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1954 In Sweden
Events from the year 1954 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Gustaf VI Adolf * Prime Minister – Tage Erlander Events *June – The Catalina affair * Dissolution of the ''Kvinnliga medborgarskolan vid Fogelstad''. Popular culture Sport *26 February to 7 March – The 1954 World Ice Hockey Championships were held in Stockholm Literature *''Mio, My Son'', children's book by Astrid Lindgren Film *26 December – '' Gabrielle'', directed by Hasse Ekman, released Births *15 April – Göran Högosta, ice hockey player *28 April – Peter Schantz, medical scientist *19 May – Lena Einhorn, director, writer and physician *23 July – Philip Zandén, actor *8 September – Johan Harmenberg, fencer. *16 December – Eva Gustafsson, middle-distance runner Deaths *19 February – Axel Pehrsson-Bramstorp, politician (born 1883) *2 June – Lydia Wahlström, historian and women's rights activist (born 1869) *29 June – Thorsten Svensson, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, Finland to the east, and is connected to Denmark in the southwest by a bridgetunnel across the Öresund. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic country, the third-largest country in the European Union, and the fifth-largest country in Europe. The capital and largest city is Stockholm. Sweden has a total population of 10.5 million, and a low population density of , with around 87% of Swedes residing in urban areas in the central and southern half of the country. Sweden has a nature dominated by forests and a large amount of lakes, including some of the largest in Europe. Many long rivers run from the Scandes range through the landscape, primarily ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RIAN Archive 556150 Fencer Johan Harmenberg
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1954 In Sweden
Events from the year 1954 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Gustaf VI Adolf * Prime Minister – Tage Erlander Events *June – The Catalina affair * Dissolution of the ''Kvinnliga medborgarskolan vid Fogelstad''. Popular culture Sport *26 February to 7 March – The 1954 World Ice Hockey Championships were held in Stockholm Literature *''Mio, My Son'', children's book by Astrid Lindgren Film *26 December – '' Gabrielle'', directed by Hasse Ekman, released Births *15 April – Göran Högosta, ice hockey player *28 April – Peter Schantz, medical scientist *19 May – Lena Einhorn, director, writer and physician *23 July – Philip Zandén, actor *8 September – Johan Harmenberg, fencer. *16 December – Eva Gustafsson, middle-distance runner Deaths *19 February – Axel Pehrsson-Bramstorp, politician (born 1883) *2 June – Lydia Wahlström, historian and women's rights activist (born 1869) *29 June – Thorsten Svensson, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thorsten Svensson
Thorsten Svensson (October 8, 1901 – June 29, 1954) was a Swedish football player who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics The 1924 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1924), officially the Games of the VIII Olympiad (french: Jeux de la VIIIe olympiade) and also known as Paris 1924, were an international multi-sport event held in Paris, France. The op .... He was a member of the Swedish team, which won the bronze medal in the football tournament. References External linksThorsten Svensson at databaseOlympics.com* 1901 births 1954 deaths Swedish men's footballers Footballers at the 1924 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers for Sweden Olympic bronze medalists for Sweden Sweden men's international footballers Olympic medalists in football Medalists at the 1924 Summer Olympics Men's association football forwards GAIS players {{Sweden-footy-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lydia Wahlström
''Lydia'' Katarina Wahlström (28 June 1869 – 2 June 1954) was a Swedish historian, author and feminist. She was one of the founders of the National Association for Women's Suffrage and its chairman in 1909–1911. Life and career Wahlström was born in Lundby, Västmanland, the youngest, by eleven years, of the four daughter of the vicar Johan Gustaf Wahlström and Ida Schmidt. Her elder sister served as her first teacher and she said that was in some ways raised as a boy, and she enjoyed dressing like one. She studied at the Wallinska skolan in Stockholm, was accepted at the Uppsala University in 1888, became a Bachelor of Arts in history, Nordic languages and Political science and made a disputation in 1898. As a student, she founded the first organisation for female students at Uppsala University, whose members wore their students' caps in public even though it was considered unsuitable for their gender. Wahlstrom wanted to be a pastor like her father but this was imp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Axel Pehrsson-Bramstorp
Axel Alarik Pehrsson-Bramstorp (born Axel Alarik Pehrsson; 19 August 1883 – 19 February 1954) was a Swedish politician and was Prime Minister of Sweden for a few months during 1936. As a parliamentarian he was known as Axel Pehrsson in Bramstorp, or just Bramstorp for short. In 1937 he officially added the name of his farm to his family name. Early life Axel Pehrsson was a member of a farming family in Öja (now in Ystad Municipality) in Skåne. His father's death made it impossible for him to continue his schooling. After the age of 14, he later completed some adult education courses in a ''folkhögskola'' (the equivalent of community college). His parents' farm was of considerable size. At the time of his marriage he bought Bramstorp farm in the same parish and later took over the parental farm and bought several others as well. Political career Pehrsson was active in local and regional politics, and in 1918 became a Member of the Second Chamber of the Riksdag, representing t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eva Gustafsson
Eva Gustafsson (born 16 December 1954) is a Swedish former athlete (middle distance), who competed for the club Kil AIK Kil or KIL may refer to: *Kil Municipality, Värmland County, Sweden **Kil, Värmland, Kil Municipality, Sweden *Kil, Nacka Municipality, Sweden *Kil Hundred, former hundred, Värmland, Sweden *Kil, Telemark, Kragerø, Norway *Dordtsche Kil, a rive ... and later (in the 1990s) SOK Sisu. Personal bests *800 meters - 2.09.3 ( Karlstad 29 June 1976 ) *1500 meters - 4.17.69 ( Stockholm 14 June 1977 ) *3000 meters - 9.12.06 ( Stockholm 31 July 1974 ) *5000 metes - 16.07.0 ( Jakobstad 30 May 1976 ) *10000 meters - 35.40.82 ( Kristiansand Norway July 3, 1992 ) *Half marathon - 1:18:33 ( Karlstad 16 September 1990 ) *Marathon - 2:43:48 ( Karlstad 1 June 1991 ) References * Much of the content of this article comes from the equivalent Swedish-language Wikipedia article (retrieved August 1, 2013). * SverigebästaPersonliga rekord, födelsedatum (läst 2012-08-27) fri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johan Harmenberg
Johan Georg Harmenberg (born 8 September 1954 in Stockholm, Sweden) is a Swedish Olympic and world champion epee fencer. Early and personal life Harmenberg was born in Stockholm, Sweden. He completed two years of study at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1975, leaving his course early (he would have graduated in 1977) before returning to Sweden, having been drafted by the Swedish army. He became a biotech executive and researcher. He now holds an MD and a PhD in virology from Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, and has been the Chief Medical Officer of Oncopeptides AB since 2012. In September 2019, Harmenberg joined Beactica Therapeutics, a Swedish drug discovery company, as a clinical advisor. His son Karl Harmenberg fenced epee for Harvard University, and as a junior in 2008-09 won the gold medal at the NCAA Regionals and was selected to All-Ivy League second team. Fencing career He has won eight total epee gold medals in both individual and team ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philip Zandén
Philip Zandén (born 23 July 1954) is a Swedish actor. He has appeared in more than 60 films and television shows since 1981. He is the brother of actress Jessica Zandén. Partial filmography * '' Jönssonligan och Dynamit-Harry'' (1982) - Direktörsassistenten * '' Mamma'' (1982) - Arne * '' Ronia, the Robber's Daughter'' (1984) - Adelsherre * ''False as Water'' (1985) - Jens * ''Stilleben'' (1985) - The young man * ''The Mozart Brothers'' (1986) - Flemming * '' Amorosa'' (1986) - Adolf von Krusenstjerna * ''Lethal Film'' (1988) - Lucho * ''Jungfruresan'' (1988) - Lindqvist * ''Nallar och människor'' (1989) - (voice) * '' Codename Coq Rouge'' (1989) - Appeltoft * '' The Guardian Angel'' (1990) - Jacob * ''Riktiga män bär alltid slips'' (1991) - Felix * '' The Boys from St. Petri'' (1991) - Jacob 'Rosen' Rosenheim * ''Freud's Leaving Home'' (1991) - David Cohen * ''Brev til Jonas'' (1992) * ''Dreaming of Rita'' (1993) - Steff * '' Black Harvest'' (1993) - Isidor Seemann * ''D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lena Einhorn
Lena Einhorn (born 19 May 1954) is a Swedish director and writer and former physician. Early life and family Einhorn was born on 19 May 1954 in Spånga, Sweden. Her mother, Nina, escaped the Warsaw ghetto during World War II and settled in Sweden, and her father, Jerzy, was a cancer specialist, politician and Holocaust survivor who wrote in 1966 a book about what he had experienced. Her younger brother is doctor and author, Stefan Einhorn. Career After graduating from the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm with a doctorate in virology and tumor biology, she worked as a doctor, specialising in tumour viruses and the causes of cancer in fetuses and newborns. She changed careers when she lived in the United States in the 1980s and began working as a medical editor at Lifetime Television where she also produced and wrote medical documentaries. She also produced scientific and medical documentaries for independent companies and for PBS until she returned to Sweden in 1994. She ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Schantz
Peter Gösta Schantz, born on 28 April 1954 in Stockholm, Sweden, graduated as doctor in medical sciences at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm in 1986, became professor in human movement sciences at Mid-Sweden University in Östersund, Jämtland, in 2008, and professor in human biology, including the multidisciplinary field of movement, health and environment, at the Swedish School of Sport and Health Sciences, GIH, in Stockholm, Sweden, in 2013. Schantz was recruited as PhD student by his teacher, professor Per-Olof Åstrand at the Karolinska Institute. He got the basic training as researcher within the field of exercise physiology, primarily studying the adaptation in human skeletal muscle with physical training and detraining. In order to study whether muscle fibre type transformation, from fast to slow, could occur, studies of 1500 km ski touring along the Swedish mountain range (Fjällmarsch TranTre, in 1978; which he initiated, organized and participated in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Göran Högosta
Alf Göran Högosta (born April 15, 1954 in Äppelbo, Sweden) is a Swedish former professional ice hockey goaltender. Högosta played one game for the New York Islanders in 1977-78 and in 21 games with the Quebec Nordiques in 1979-80. In Sweden he played for Leksands IF and Västra Frölunda HC. He represented Sweden at the 1976 Canada Cup The 1976 Canada Cup was an international ice hockey tournament held September 2 to 15, 1976, in Ottawa, Toronto, Montreal, Winnipeg and Quebec City in Canada as well as in Philadelphia, in the United States. It was the first of five Canada Cup to .... External links * 1954 births Frölunda HC players Leksands IF players Living people New York Islanders players People from Vansbro Municipality Quebec Nordiques players Swedish ice hockey goaltenders Undrafted National Hockey League players Sportspeople from Dalarna County {{Sweden-icehockey-goaltender-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
