1969 In Sweden
Events from the year 1969 in Sweden Incumbents National level * Monarch – Gustaf VI Adolf * Prime Minister – Tage Erlander until 14 October, then Olof Palme. Events October * October 1 ** In Sweden, Olof Palme is elected Leader of the Social Democratic Worker`s Party, replacing Tage Erlander as Prime Minister on October 14. *5 December – Swedish public television broadcaster Sveriges Radio-TV launches its second channel, TV2. Births * 16 January - Per "Dead" Ohlin, vocalist and lyricist (died 1991). * 3 February - Paolo Roberto, boxer and actor. * 5 February - Joakim Andersson, ice hockey player. * 12 February - Anna Pernilla Torndahl, composer, artist and singer better known by her stage name Meja. * 23 March - Fredrik Nyberg, alpine skier. * 5 April - Pontus Kåmark, footballer. * 20 May - Camilla Rinaldo Miller, politician. * 19 July - Anders Lindström, musician * 25 July - Mats Söderlund, singer better known by his stage name Günther. * 6 October - Mattias E ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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1969
This year is notable for Apollo 11's first landing on the moon. Events January * January 4 – The Government of Spain hands over Ifni to Morocco. * January 5 **Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 701 crashes into a house on its approach to London's Gatwick Airport, killing 50 of the 62 people on board and two of the home's occupants. * January 14 – An explosion aboard the aircraft carrier USS ''Enterprise'' near Hawaii kills 27 and injures 314. * January 19 – End of the siege of the University of Tokyo, marking the beginning of the end for the 1968–69 Japanese university protests. * January 20 – Richard Nixon is sworn in as the 37th President of the United States. * January 22 – An assassination attempt is carried out on Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev by deserter Viktor Ilyin. One person is killed, several are injured. Brezhnev escaped unharmed. * January 27 ** Fourteen men, 9 of them Jews, are executed in Baghdad for spying for Israel. ** Revere ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Pontus Kåmark
Sven Pontus Kåmark (born 5 April 1969) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a defender. He played for Västerås SK, IFK Göteborg, Leicester City, and AIK, and won 57 caps for the Sweden national team. He was a part of the Sweden team that finished third at the 1994 FIFA World Cup. Club career Kåmark started off his career with IK Franke before making his senior debut for Västerås SK. IFK Göteborg Kåmark signed with IFK Göteborg ahead of the 1989 Allsvenskan season and made his debut on 11 May 1989 in an Allsvenskan game against GAIS that ended 2–2. In 1990, Kåmark won his first league title with Göteborg, appearing in 8 league games. The following season, he appeared in 16 league games and 6 Svenska Cupen games when Göteborg won both the 1991 Allsvenskan as well as the 1991 Svenska Cupen. Between 1993 and 1995, Kåmark played in more than 60 league games as IFK Göteborg won three straight Allsvenskan titles. In the 1994–95 UEFA ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Harry Ahlin
Harry Ahlin (14 April 1900 – 31 July 1969) was a Swedish film actor. He appeared in 60 films between 1919 and 1969. He was also the grandfather of actor/television producer Anton Glanzelius. Selected filmography * ''Ingmar's Inheritance'' (1925) * ''The Triumph of the Heart'' (1929) * '' Frida's Songs'' (1930) * ''The People of Norrland'' (1930) * '' Tired Theodore'' (1931) * '' The Dangerous Game'' (1933) * '' Boman's Boy'' (1933) * ''The Yellow Clinic'' (1942) * '' Young Blood'' (1943) * '' Katrina'' (1943) * ''She Thought It Was Him'' (1943) * ''Blizzard'' (1944) * '' We Need Each Other'' (1944) * '' Black Roses'' (1945) * ''The Bells of the Old Town'' (1946) * ''Dynamite'' (1947) * ''Neglected by His Wife'' (1947) * '' Port of Call'' (1948) * ''The Swedish Horseman'' (1949) * ''Realm of Man'' (1949) * ''In the Arms of the Sea'' (1951) * '' Skipper in Stormy Weather'' (1951) * ''Customs Officer Bom'' (1951) * ''Blondie, Beef and the Banana'' (1952) * '' Young Summer'' ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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1928 In Sweden
Events from the year 1928 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Gustaf V * Prime Minister – Carl Gustaf Ekman, Arvid Lindman Events Literature * '' Anna Svärd'', novel by Selma Lagerlöf Sport * 24–29 January – The World Table Tennis Championships were held in Stockholm Births * 24 March – Ivar Aronsson, Swedish rower (died 2017) * 2 June – Stig Claesson, writer (died 2008) * 29 June – Hans Cavalli-Björkman, lawyer * 15 July – Stig Andersson-Tvilling, footballer and ice hockey player (died 1989). * 15 July – Hans Andersson-Tvilling, footballer and ice hockey player. * 18 July – Stig Grybe, actor, comedian, writer and film director (died 2017) * 12 December – Ernst-Hugo Järegård, Swedish actor (d. 1998) * 21 December – Stig Sjölin, boxer (died 1995). Deaths * 6 February - Amanda Christensen, seamstress and business person (born 1863) * 21 June – Carl Axel Magnus Lindman, botanist (born 1856) * 20 Au ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Albert Viksten
Albert Viksten (born 8 April 1889 in Vojen, Grangärde parish, Västernorrland, Sweden) was a Swedish writer of the proletarian school. He is most notable for his work regarding the life of the people working for the Swedish forest industry and for his portraits of nature. He was also an early debater of the consequences of the human industry on the environment. Viksten worked in the forest and railway industry and as a sailor before he became a journalist and writer. Albert was married to Lisa Viksten (formerly Brolin) and had 4 children, Sven, Hans, Karin and Marta. He died on 23 June 1969 in Färila, Gävleborg, 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 .... He received Samfundet De Nios Grand Prize posthumously in 1969. Works *Striden för livet: berättelser ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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1880 In Sweden
Events from the year 1880 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Oscar II * Prime Minister – Louis Gerhard De Geer, Arvid Posse Events * - The foundation of ''Norra Latin'' * - The Seventh-day Adventist Church in Sweden is established. * - Creation of the ''Svenska Historiska Föreningen'' Births * 22 February – Eric Lemming, athlete (died 1930). * 27 February – Olivia Nordgren, politician (died 1969) * 12 March – Henric Horn af Åminne, horse rider (died 1947). * 5 April ** Eric Carlberg, modern pentathlete, fencer and sport shooter (died 1963). ** Vilhelm Carlberg, sport shooter (died 1970). * 17 May – Gustav Hedenvind-Eriksson, writer (died 1967). * 30 June – Elisabeth Tamm, politician. (d. 1958) * 24 July –Kristian Hellström, athlete. (d. 1946) * 4 November – John Jarlén, gymnast (died 1955). Deaths * 22 July - Betty Ehrenborg, writer (born 1818) * 10 March - Thekla Knös, writer (born 1815) * 14 February - Christina En ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Olivia Nordgren
Olivia Lovisa Nordgren née Larsdotter (27 February 1880 – 7 June 1969) was a Swedish politician of the Social Democrats (Sweden), Social Democrats. She is known as one of the key figures of the Social Democratic struggle against poverty in Sweden in the 1930s. Life Olivia Nordgren was born in Gislöv in Skåne to the farmer Lars Jönsson and Ingrid Olsdotter Hallberg. Between 1894 and 1911 she worked at the newspaper ''Trelleborgs Allehanda'' in Trelleborg, first as an apprentice typographer and then as a typographer. In 1908, she married Seth Nordgren, editor of the Social Democratic local newspaper ''Arbetet''. She had four children. Political career Nordgren became a member of the Swedish Social Democratic Party in 1909. She was a Board Member of the Typographer's Trade Union in Trelleborg 1908–1922, Chairman of the Trelleborg Social Democratic Women's Club, Member of the Party Board of the Swedish Social Democratic Party in 1924–1952, Member of the City Council of Tr ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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1909 In Germany
Events in the year 1909 in Germany. Incumbents National level * Kaiser – Wilhelm II * Chancellor – Bernhard von Bülow until 14 July, then Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg State level Kingdoms * King of Bavaria – Otto of Bavaria * King of Prussia – Kaiser Wilhelm II * King of Saxony – Frederick Augustus III of Saxony * King of Württemberg – William II of Württemberg Grand Duchies * Grand Duke of Baden – Frederick II * Grand Duke of Hesse – Ernest Louis * Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin – Frederick Francis IV * Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz – Adolphus Frederick V * Grand Duke of Oldenburg – Frederick Augustus II * Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach – William Ernest Principalities * Schaumburg-Lippe – George, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe * Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt – Günther Victor, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (who assumed the title "Prince of Schwarzburg" from 28 March) * Schwarzburg-Sondershausen – Charles Gonthier, Prince of Sch ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Kurt Petter
Kurt Petter (3 February 1909 – 3 October 1969) was a German physician, youth leader and educational administrator. Petter was born in 1909, the son of Bernhard and Marie Petter. He studied medicine at the University of Würzburg, University of Bonn and Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. During his final exam period he was pediatrician to the Hitler Youth in Jena. He was appointed Hitler Youth area leader for Weimar region in 1933. In 1939 he was appointed head of the Reichsführerschule in Potsdam. In January 1937 he served as an inspector-general of the Adolf Hitler Schools with the rank of Gebietsführer. On 20 April 1942 he was promoted to Obergebietsführer and served as Deputy to Artur Axmann and as head of the Adolf Hitler Schools. From February to May 1945, he was acting Stabsführer of the Hitler Youth following the death of Helmut Möckel. He was also a senior physician advising on physical and nutritional requirements for former Hitler Youth joining the Germa ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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1881 In Sweden
Events from the year 1881 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Oscar II * Prime Minister – Arvid Posse Events * - Åre railway station opened * - Malexander Church Births *26 May – Sten Dehlgren, military officer and newspaper editor (d. 1947). * 8 July – Ruth Gustafson, social democrat, politician, social reformer (died 1960) * 9 July – Arvid Andersson, tug-of-war competitor (died 1956). * 29 August – Johan Hübner von Holst, sport shooter (died 1945). * 5 October – Florence Stephens, heiress and landowner (died 1979) * 18 November – Gösta Åsbrink, gymnast (died 1966). Deaths * 26 march - Lovisa Åhrberg, surgeon and doctor (born 1801) * - Sophia Magdalena Gardelius, damask weaver (born 1804) References 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 N ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Bruno Söderström
Vilhelm Bruno Söderström (28 October 1881 – 1 January 1969) was a Swedish track and field athlete. He competed at the 1906 Intercalated Games and 1908 Summer Olympics in the javelin throw, pole vault and high jump and won three medals. He also served as the Swedish flag bearer at the 1906 Games. Söderström represented IFK Stockholm. His elder brother Gustaf competed in athletics events at the 1900 Games. Besides athletics, Söderström was a banker and a sports administrator. In 1909, after visiting the United States, he began popularizing bowling in Sweden and building first bowling venues there. Next year he founded ''Idrottsbladet ''Idrottsbladet'' ( sv, The Sports Gazette) was a sports magazine which existed between 1910 and 2009 in Stockholm, Sweden. During its lifetime it was the largest sports magazine in Scandinavia. History and profile ''Idrottsbladet'' was launched ...'', which soon became the major Swedish sports newspaper, and became its first editor. He l ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Mattias Eklundh
Mattias Bernt Johannes Eklundh (born 6 October 1969), also known as IA, is a Swedish guitarist and vocalist. He is known for his work with Freak Kitchen, Jonas Hellborg and Art Metal, and he has also produced several noted solo Freak Guitar albums released by Steve Vai and Favored Nations, and holds his annual Freak Guitar Camp in the woods of Sweden every summer for dedicated guitar players from all over the world.Tolis Zavaliaris, 'The Freak Show,' ''Guitar Techniques'' (June 2007), p82 He was also prominently featured playing his trademark-style solos on the first four Soilwork albums. Biography Eklundh began drumming at the age of six; when he was thirteen, he began playing guitar. He has named Frank Zappa and Ace Frehley of Kiss as his two major musical influences, but his record collection also included gypsy jazz, Miles Davis, and Slayer among many others. In the mid-80's, Eklundh joined the band Frozen Eyes, a few years later he quit because their manager was holding th ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |