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1918 In Sweden
Events from the year 1918 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Gustaf V * Prime Minister - Nils Edén Events * 14 March – Eva Andén is elected the first female member of the Swedish Bar Association. * 14 June - The Poor Care Regulation of 1918 replaces the Poor Care Regulation of 1871: it abolishes the poor houses, the ''Rotegång'', Poor Auctions, and other outdated poor care methods. * The forced registration and medical examination system of prostitutes is abolished. The '' Svenska Federationen'', having reached its goal, is therefore dissolved. Births * 16 January – Allan Ekelund, film producer (died 2009) * 17 May - Birgit Nilsson Märta Birgit Nilsson (17 May 1918 – 25 December 2005) was a celebrated Swedish dramatic soprano. Although she sang a wide répertoire of operatic and vocal works, Nilsson was best known for her performances in the operas of Richard Wagner a ..., operatic soprano (died 2005 in Sweden, 2005) * 14 July - Ingmar Bergman, director ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allan Ekelund
Allan Ekelund (16 January 1918 – 4 September 2009) was a Swedish film producer. He produced 50 films between 1947 and 1964. Selected filmography * ''The Emperor of Portugallia (film), The Emperor of Portugallia'' (1944) * ''Father Bom'' (1949) * ''To Joy (film), To Joy'' (1950) * ''The Kiss on the Cruise'' (1950) * ''Summer Interlude'' (1951) * ''Skipper in Stormy Weather'' (1951) * ''Defiance (1952 film), Defiance'' (1952) * ''Blondie, Beef and the Banana'' (1952) * ''Secrets of Women (film), Secrets of Women'' (1952) * ''Love (1952 film), Love'' (1952) * ''Say It with Flowers (1952 film), Say It with Flowers'' (1952) * ''Summer with Monika'' (1953) * ''Dance, My Doll'' (1953) * ''Hidden in the Fog'' (1953) * ''No Man's Woman (1953 film), No Man's Woman'' (1953) * ''The Glass Mountain (1953 film), The Glass Mountain'' (1953) * ''A Lesson in Love'' (1954) * ''Smiles of a Summer Night'' (1955) * ''Violence (1955 film), Violence'' (1955) * ''The Light from Lund'' (1955) * '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1918 In Sweden
Events from the year 1918 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Gustaf V * Prime Minister - Nils Edén Events * 14 March – Eva Andén is elected the first female member of the Swedish Bar Association. * 14 June - The Poor Care Regulation of 1918 replaces the Poor Care Regulation of 1871: it abolishes the poor houses, the ''Rotegång'', Poor Auctions, and other outdated poor care methods. * The forced registration and medical examination system of prostitutes is abolished. The '' Svenska Federationen'', having reached its goal, is therefore dissolved. Births * 16 January – Allan Ekelund, film producer (died 2009) * 17 May - Birgit Nilsson Märta Birgit Nilsson (17 May 1918 – 25 December 2005) was a celebrated Swedish dramatic soprano. Although she sang a wide répertoire of operatic and vocal works, Nilsson was best known for her performances in the operas of Richard Wagner a ..., operatic soprano (died 2005 in Sweden, 2005) * 14 July - Ingmar Bergman, director ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1839 In Sweden
Events from the year 1839 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Charles XIV John Events * The revised edition of the radical novel ''Det går an'' by Carl Jonas Love Almqvist, first published in 1822, is published * ''Liljeholmens Stearinfabriks AB'' * '' Stockholms Lyceum'' Births * 2 March - Victoria Bundsen, opera alto (died 1909) * 18 April - Lotten Edholm, composer and a pioneer within the Swedish Red Cross (died 1930) * 21 May - Nils Christoffer Dunér, astronomer (died 1914) * 24 August - Sofie Johannesdotter, serial killer (died 1876) * 2 November - Augusta Braunerhjelm, playwright (died 1929) * 30 December - Victor Hartman, actor (died 1898) * Charlotte Yhlen, doctor (died 1919) * Hulda Mellgren, industrialist (died 1918) Deaths * 7 February - Karl August Nicander, poet (born 1799) * 30 June - Johan Olof Wallin, minister, orator, poet and later Church of Sweden Archbishop of Uppsala (born 1779) * Jacquette Löwenhielm, royal mistress (born 1797) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hulda Mellgren
Hulda Mellgren (1839–1918) was a Swedish industrialist. She was the daughter of a Major Hansson. She married in 1858 to the tobacco industrialist Johan August Mellgren (1829–1877), with whom she had twelve children. She took over the ''Mellgrens Snus och Tobaksfabrik'' ('Mellgren Snus and Tobacco Factory') when she was widowed in 1877. She managed the firm assisted by her two brothers-in-law until she retired in favor of her sons Erik Olof Mellgren and Anders Valdemar Mellgren in 1900. During her tenure, the factory was one of the leading snus factories in Sweden. A street in Gothenburg Gothenburg (; abbreviated Gbg; sv, Göteborg ) is the second-largest city in Sweden, fifth-largest in the Nordic countries, and capital of the Västra Götaland County. It is situated by the Kattegat, on the west coast of Sweden, and has ..., ''Hulda Mellgrens Gata'' (Hulda Mellgren Street) was named after her. Larsson, Lisbeth, Hundrade och en Göteborgskvinnor, Göteborg, 2018 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1884 In Sweden
Events from the year 1884 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Oscar II * Prime Minister – Carl Johan Thyselius, Robert Themptander Events * - The court case of the short story collection ''Getting Married'' by August Strindberg, one of the most known incidents of the ongoing so called ''Sedlighetsdebatten''. * - The women's organization ''Fredrika-Bremer-Förbundet'' is founded in Stockholm. It is followed by the woman's organisation '' Göteborgs Kvinnoförening'' in Gothenburg. * - May - Karolina Widerström becomes the first woman to graduate in medicine in Sweden. * - First issue of '' ATL Lantbrukets Affärstidning'' * - The toy company Brio is founded. * - First issue of ''Svenska Dagbladet'' * - The nursing college Sophiahemmet University College is founded in Stockholm by the queen. * - The appointment of the Workers' Insurance Committee ** Which led in turn to the 1889 Workers' Safety Act and the foundation of the Labor Inspectorate, as well as the 1891 National He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olof Palme (historian)
Olof Palme (21 September 1884 - 3 April 1918), (in Swedish). Projekt runeberg. Retrieved 10 March 2015. was a Swedish historian and the organizer of the voluntary Swedish Brigade in the 1918 . He was the uncle of Olof Palme, the prime minister of Sweden, who was murdered in 1986. Life Palme was born in Porvoo, Finland as the son of the Swedish politician and artillery officer Sven Palme and Finnish Hanna von Born. He went to school in[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2007 In Sweden
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Events from the year 2007 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Carl XVI Gustaf * Prime Minister – Fredrik Reinfeldt Events Publications * ''The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest'', novel by Stieg Larsson. Deaths * 27 March – Hans Hedberg, sculptor (born 1917) * 5 April – Maria Gripe, writer (born 1923) * 13 April – Birgitta Arman, actress (born 1921) * 5 November – Nils Liedholm, footballer (born 1922). See also * 2007 in Swedish television References Years of the 21st century in Sweden Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ingmar Bergman
Ernst Ingmar Bergman (14 July 1918 – 30 July 2007) was a Swedish film director, screenwriter, Film producer, producer and playwright. Widely considered one of the greatest and most influential filmmakers of all time, his films are known as "profoundly personal meditations into the myriad struggles facing the psyche and the soul." Some of his most acclaimed work includes ''The Seventh Seal'' (1957), ''Wild Strawberries (film), Wild Strawberries'' (1957), ''The Virgin Spring'' (1960), ''Through a Glass Darkly (film), Through a Glass Darkly'' (1961), ''Persona (1966 film), Persona'' (1966), and ''Fanny and Alexander'' (1982). Bergman directed more than 60 films and documentaries for cinematic release and for television screenings, most of which he also wrote. His theatrical career continued in parallel and included periods as Leading Director of the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm and of the Residenztheater in Munich. He directed more than 170 plays. He forged a creativ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Guardian
''The Guardian'' is a British daily newspaper. It was founded in 1821 as ''The Manchester Guardian'', and changed its name in 1959. Along with its sister papers ''The Observer'' and ''The Guardian Weekly'', ''The Guardian'' is part of the Guardian Media Group, owned by the Scott Trust. The trust was created in 1936 to "secure the financial and editorial independence of ''The Guardian'' in perpetuity and to safeguard the journalistic freedom and liberal values of ''The Guardian'' free from commercial or political interference". The trust was converted into a limited company in 2008, with a constitution written so as to maintain for ''The Guardian'' the same protections as were built into the structure of the Scott Trust by its creators. Profits are reinvested in journalism rather than distributed to owners or shareholders. It is considered a newspaper of record in the UK. The editor-in-chief Katharine Viner succeeded Alan Rusbridger in 2015. Since 2018, the paper's main news ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2005 In Sweden
Events from the year 2005 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Carl XVI Gustaf * Prime Minister – Göran Persson Events * January 1 - The train service between Oslo and Stockholm is closed after 133 years. * January 8–9 – A strong storm, Hurricane Gudrun, hits northern Europe, including southern Sweden. At least 18 people are killed, 300,000 households and 75 million cubic meters of forest are felled. * January 18 - The company SIBA's CEO Fabian Bengtsson disappears in central Gothenburg, probably kidnapped. * February 3 – Fabian Bengtsson is found alive in Gothenburg. * February 5 - Sweden's Prime Minister Göran Persson is appointed an honorary doctor of medicine at Örebro University. The appointment arouses strong protests, as it is considered a reward for the prime minister's having made Örebro University into a university. * March 11 - Nintendo launches its new game console Nintendo DS in Sweden and the rest of Europe. * March 21 - An arson attack is carried ou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birgit Nilsson
Märta Birgit Nilsson (17 May 1918 – 25 December 2005) was a celebrated Swedish dramatic soprano. Although she sang a wide répertoire of operatic and vocal works, Nilsson was best known for her performances in the operas of Richard Wagner and Richard Strauss. Her voice was noted for its overwhelming force, bountiful reserves of power, and the gleaming brilliance and clarity in the upper register. Biography Early life Birgit Nilsson was born Märta Birgit Svensson on a farm at Västra Karup in Skåne (100 km/60 miles north of Malmö) to Nils Svensson and Justina Svensson (née Paulsson). When she was three years old she began picking out melodies on a toy piano her mother bought for her. She once told an interviewer that she could sing before she could walk, adding, "I even sang in my dreams". Her vocal talent was first noticed when she began to sing in her church choir. A choirmaster near her home heard her sing and advised her to take voice lessons. She studied w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
