1983 In Sweden

picture info	1983 In Sweden Events from the year 1983 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Carl XVI Gustaf * Prime Minister – Olof Palme Events 1 January – the Name Act of 1982, replacing the Name Act of 1963, comes into full and legal effect . The Tiveden National Park was established Popular culture Film 16 September – '' Beyond Sorrow, Beyond Pain'' released Births 21 February – Emilie O'Konor, ice hockey player 28 February – Sara Nordenstam, Swedish-born Norwegian swimmer 9 May – Petter Stymne, swimmer 7 July – Nanna Jansson, ice hockey player 11 July – Marie Serneholt, Swedish singer. 6 September – Johanna Wiberg, handball player. 9 September – Frej Larsson, musician 17 October – Åsa Persson, figure skater 19 October – Rebecca Ferguson, Swedish actress 15 December – Jonas Persson, swimmer. Exact date missing Anna Maria Nilsson, biathlete Deaths 22 February – Georg Rydeberg, film actor (born 1907) 12 Ma ... [...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]
	Johanna Wiberg Johanna Wiberg (born 1983) is a Swedish handball player. She played for the club FCK Håndbold F.C. Copenhagen Handball (or simply FCK Handball) was a Danish handball team, playing in Copenhagen. They had both a male and a female team, both playing in the best Danish leagues, the Danish Handball League (men) and Danish Women's Handball L ... and for the Swedish national team. She participated at the 2008 Summer Olympics in China, where the Swedish team placed eighth, and the 2012 Summer Olympics, where the Swedish team placed eleventh. References External links * 1983 births Living people Swedish female handball players Handball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Handball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic handball players of Sweden {{Sweden-handball-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	1983 In Sweden Events from the year 1983 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Carl XVI Gustaf * Prime Minister – Olof Palme Events 1 January – the Name Act of 1982, replacing the Name Act of 1963, comes into full and legal effect . The Tiveden National Park was established Popular culture Film 16 September – '' Beyond Sorrow, Beyond Pain'' released Births 21 February – Emilie O'Konor, ice hockey player 28 February – Sara Nordenstam, Swedish-born Norwegian swimmer 9 May – Petter Stymne, swimmer 7 July – Nanna Jansson, ice hockey player 11 July – Marie Serneholt, Swedish singer. 6 September – Johanna Wiberg, handball player. 9 September – Frej Larsson, musician 17 October – Åsa Persson, figure skater 19 October – Rebecca Ferguson, Swedish actress 15 December – Jonas Persson, swimmer. Exact date missing Anna Maria Nilsson, biathlete Deaths 22 February – Georg Rydeberg, film actor (born 1907) 12 Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Walker (mobility) A walker (North American English) or walking frame (British English) is a device that gives support to maintain balance or stability while walking, most commonly due to age-related mobility disability, including frailty. Another common equivalent term for a walker is a Zimmer (frame), a genericised trademark from Zimmer Biomet, a major manufacturer of such devices and joint replacement parts. Walking frames have two front wheels, and there are also wheeled walkers available having three or four wheels, also known as rollators. Walkers started appearing in the early 1950s. The first US patent was awarded in 1953 to William Cribbes Robb, of Stretford, UK, for a device called "walking aid", which had been filed with the British patent office in August 1949. Two variants with wheels were both awarded US patents in May 1957, and the first non-wheeled design that was called a "walker" was patented in 1965 by Elmer F. Ries of Cincinnati, Ohio. The first walker to resemble modern walke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Aina Wifalk Aina Wifalk (21 March 1928 – 16 June 1983) was a Swedish social scientist and inventor of the modern walker. Life and work Wifalk was born in Lund, Sweden on 21 March 1928. In 1949, during her apprenticeship as a nurse, she fell ill with poliomyelitis at the age of 21. The illness forced Wifalk to end her apprenticeship. From then on she campaigned for people with disabilities. In 1952 she founded a club for physically disabled people in her hometown Lund, in 1958 an association for patients with multiple sclerosis in the Västmanland region and in 1968 the National Association for Accident Victims in Västerås. After her aborted education, she studied social sciences. From 1957 on, she worked as a consultant in the orthopedic clinic in Västerås. At the end of the 1960s, she also advised the city of Västerås on the interests of disabled people. Aina Wifalk died on 16 June 1983 at the age of 55 in Västerås. Inventions Wifalk developed two aids for people with physic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Olle Ohlson Olov "Olle" Axel Herman Ohlson (18 June 1921 – 12 May 1983) was a Swedish water polo player who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and also known as London 1948) were an international multi-sport event held from 29 July to 14 August 1948 in London, England, United Kingdom. Following a twelve-year hiatus ca .... In 1948 he was part of the Swedish team which finished fifth in the water polo tournament. He played five matches. References 1921 births 1983 deaths Swedish male water polo players Olympic water polo players for Sweden Water polo players at the 1948 Summer Olympics {{Sweden-waterpolo-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Georg Rydeberg Olof Georg Rydeberg (21 July 1907 – 22 February 1983) was a Swedish film actor. He appeared in more than 70 films between 1932 and 1981. He was married to the Finnish actress Birgit Sergelius. Partial filmography * ''International Match'' (1932) * ''Dear Relatives'' (1933) * ''Love and Dynamite'' (1933) * ''False Greta'' (1934) * '' Fired'' (1934) * ''Walpurgis Night'' (1935) * ''Adolf Strongarm'' (1937) * '' Russian Flu'' (1937) * ''Dollar'' (1938) * ''A Woman's Face'' (1938) * ''Emilie Högquist'' (1939) * ''Lärarinna på vift'' (1941) * ''In Paradise'' (1941) * ''If I Could Marry the Minister'' (1941) ''Home from Babylon'' (1941) ''Doctor Glas'' (1942) * ''Dangerous Ways'' (1942) * ''The Case of Ingegerd Bremssen'' (1942) * ''Ombyte av tåg'' (1943) * ''Som du vill ha mej'' (1943) * ''Gentleman with a Briefcase'' (1943) * ''Appassionata'' (1944) * ''Harald the Stalwart'' (1946) * ''Two Women'' (1947) * ''Life Starts Now'' (1948) * ''The Firebird'' (1952) * ''For t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Anna Maria Nilsson Anna Maria Uusitalo (née Anna Maria Nilsson, born 13 May 1983 in Östersund, Sweden) is a Swedish former biathlete. She represented Sweden at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver Vancouver ( ) is a major city in western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia. As the List of cities in British Columbia, most populous city in the province, the 2021 Canadian census recorded 662,248 people in the .... On 24 April 2012 Uusitalo officially announced her retirement from biathlon. References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Uusitalo, Anna Maria Swedish female biathletes Olympic biathletes for Sweden Biathletes at the 2010 Winter Olympics Living people 1983 births Sportspeople from Östersund ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Jonas Persson (swimmer) Jonas Lars Persson (born 15 December 1983 in Malmö, Malmö, Sweden) is an Olympic swimmer from Sweden. He swam for his homeland at the Sweden at the 2008 Summer Olympics, 2008 Olympics. Biography Persson was born 15 December 1983 in Slottstaden in Malmö, to Lars and Ingegerd Persson. In 2002, Jonas Persson won his first individual title in the Swedish Swimming Championships, on 200 m freestyle, after having won a silver in the Swedish Short Course Swimming Championships earlier the same year. Persson swam and attended school at the USA's University of Arizona for two years (2004–06), and more recently was at the University of Tennessee (2006–09), where he majored in Marketing and International Business. At the 2008 European Aquatics Championships, 2008 European Championships, he swam the anchor leg of Sweden's winning 4×100 m freestyle relay; also on the relay were Marcus Piehl, Stefan Nystrand and Petter Stymne. Persson also participated in the 2008 Summer Olymp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Rebecca Ferguson Rebecca Louisa Ferguson Sundström (born 19 October 1983) is a Swedish actress. She began her acting career with the Swedish soap opera ''Nya tider'' (1999–2000) and went on to star in the slasher film ''Drowning Ghost'' (2004). She came to international prominence with her portrayal of Elizabeth Woodville in the British television miniseries ''The White Queen (miniseries), The White Queen'' (2013), for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award, Golden Globe for Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film, Best Actress in a Miniseries or Television Film. Ferguson starred as Secret Intelligence Service, MI6 agent Ilsa Faust in the action spy film ''Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation'' (2015) and its sequel ''Mission: Impossible – Fallout'' (2018), both with Tom Cruise. She played Jenny Lind in the musical film ''The Greatest Showman'' (2017), starred in the horror films ''Life (2017 film), Life'' (2017) and ''Doctor Sleep (2019 film), Doctor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Åsa Persson Åsa Persson (born 17 October 1983 in Osby) is a Swedish former competitive figure skater. She is the 2003 Swedish national champion and 1998 & 1999 junior national champion. She competed in the free skate at four ISU Championships – 2000 Junior Worlds in Oberstdorf, Germany; 2002 Junior Worlds in Hamar, Norway; 2002 Worlds in Nagano, Japan; and 2003 Europeans in Malmö Malmö (, ; da, Malmø ) is the largest city in the Swedish county (län) of Scania (Skåne). It is the third-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm and Gothenburg, and the sixth-largest city in the Nordic region, with a municipal populat ..., Sweden. Her highest placement, 14th, came at 2002 Junior Worlds. She was coached by Jan Ullmark. After retiring from competition, Persson became the Ice Captain on board the Royal Caribbean cruise ship ''Allure of the Seas''. Programs Results References External links * Figure skating corner profile 1983 births Living people People from Osby ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Frej Larsson Frej Larsson (born 9 September 1983 in Ronneby, Sweden) is a Swedish musician and rapper. He is a member of Slagsmålsklubben, Maskinen and Far & Son. Frej Larsson joined Slagsmålsklubben Slagsmålsklubben (; often abbreviated as SMK) was a Swedish electronic music group from Norrköping, Östergötland. The group's name is a comically literal Swedish translation of the title of the novel and film ''Fight Club'' by Chuck Palah ... in 2002, after he met them at the 2002 Emmabodafestivalen. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Larsson, Frej Swedish male musicians Swedish-language singers 1983 births Living people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]