1993 In Sweden
Events from the year 1993 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Carl XVI Gustaf * Prime Minister – Carl Bildt Events January * 1 January – The Sami Parliament of Sweden established. Undated *Svea Fireworks company is founded. Popular culture Literature * '' Händelser vid vatten'', novel by Kerstin Ekman, winner of the August Prize. Sports * The 1993 Allsvenskan was won by IFK Göteborg Births *2 January – Jonna Andersson, footballer *8 January – William Karlsson, ice hockey player *12 January – Branimir Hrgota, footballer *17 January – Amanda Ilestedt, footballer *7 February – Davor Blažević, footballer *26 February – Léon, singer and songwriter *1 March – Victor Rask, ice hockey player *11 March – Simon Hedlund, footballer *28 March – Adam Lindgren, gamer *31 March – Mikael Ishak, footballer *10 April – Sam Larsson, footballer *16 April – Hanna Glas, footballer *18 April – Mika Zibanejad, ice hockey player *22 April – Filip Helander, ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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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]   |
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Amanda Ilestedt
Amanda Ilestedt (born 17 January 1993) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a defender for Division 1 Féminine club Paris Saint-Germain and the Sweden national team. Club career Ilestedt came from Karlskrona FF during 2009 season, but initially played in Malmö's B team. She broke into the Damallsvenskan side in 2010. In June 2017, Ilestedt joined German club Turbine Potsdam on a two-year deal. In May 2019, she moved to fellow German side Bayern Munich by signing a contract until June 2021. She scored four goals from 18 league matches in 2020–21 season, helping the club to win their first league title in five years. On 12 July 2021, Ilestedt joined French club Paris Saint-Germain on a two-year deal. International career Ilestedt made her debut for the senior Sweden team in a 4–1 win over England on 4 July 2013. Coach Pia Sundhage named Ilestedt in the Sweden squad for UEFA Women's Euro 2013. Personal life Oliver Ekman-Larsson of the National Hockey L ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Nils Grandelius
Nils Axel Grandelius (born 3 June 1993 in Lund, Sweden) is a Swedish chess grandmaster. He is the top ranked player of Sweden. Chess career FIDE awarded him the titles FIDE Master, in 2007, International Master, in 2008, and Grandmaster in 2010. In 2008, Grandelius tied for second place, placing fourth on countback, in the Under 16 section of the European Youth Chess Championships. In the same year, he took clear first place in the Olomouc Open in Czech Republic with a score of 6½ points from 9 games; thanks to this result, he also achieved his first norm required for the title Grandmaster (GM). In the following year's edition, he placed tied for first place with the same score, placing second on tiebreak. He also achieved the second GM norm. Grandelius achieved the GM title by earning the third and final norm in the 40th Bosna International Tournament in Sarajevo, in which he finished fifteenth, the first among juniors. He took the bronze medal at the 2010 World Youth Chess ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Emil Bergström
Emil Evert Bergström (born 19 May 1993) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Polish club Górnik Zabrze. Club career Bergström made the move to Djurgården from IF Brommapojkarna as a youth player at the age of fifteen as he wanted to be at a bigger club. He had started out as a forward and then moved down to midfield before eventually finding his place in central defence. In 2010, he started getting a lot of playing time with the club's U21 team. On 15 April 2011, Bergström made his Allsvenskan debut against Malmö FF as a substitute. Midway through the following 2012 Allsvenskan season Bergström had become a regular starter at the central defence position. On 30 June 2013, he scored his first league goal, which was also the historical last goal for Djurgården at Stockholms stadion before the club moved to their new home stadium Tele2 Arena. On 4 February 2016, Bergström signed a contract with FC Rubin Kazan. On 27 January 2017, he sign ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Elin Rubensson
Elin Ingrid Johanna Rubensson (born 11 May 1993) is a Swedish football midfielder currently playing in the Damallsvenskan for BK Häcken and the Swedish National Team. She was part of and played an important role for Sweden at the Under 19 Championship in 2012. Between 2008 and 2012, Rubensson scored nearly 50 goals for the Sweden U17 and U19 youth national teams. Club career Rubensson started playing football at Marieholms IS. From 2010 she played for Malmö FF in the Damallsvenskan, with which she became champion in 2010, 2011, 2013, and 2014 and won the 2012 Supercup. She also took the team to the Champions League four times, with the best showing being reaching the quarter-finals in 2011/12 and 2012/13. In May 2013 Malmö converted Rubensson from a forward to a left back. She left champions Malmö (who had become known as FC Rosengård) in December 2014, to sign a two-year contract with Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC. On 4 August 2018 she signed a 5-year contract extens ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Filip Helander
Filip Viktor Helander (born 22 April 1993) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Scottish Premiership side Rangers and the Sweden national team. Club career Malmö Helander made his Allsvenskan debut in a match against Syrianska on 17 October 2011. Helander played the first matches beside Pontus Jansson in defence before being replaced by Daniel Andersson after the second round of matches. On 17 July 2012, Helander signed a first team contract with Malmö until the end of the 2015 season. When Andersson played less and less after the summer break Helander established himself in the starting lineup and finished the season as a regular starter in the defence. Helander played a total of 12 league matches for Malmö during the 2012 season. The league title winning 2013 season proved to be the real breakthrough season for Helander as he played 18 matches for the club. He was injured in the early stages of the season and was replaced in the starting ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Mika Zibanejad
Mika Zibanejad ( fa, میکا زیبانژاد; born 18 April 1993) is a Swedish professional ice hockey center (ice hockey), centre and Captain (ice hockey)#Alternate captains, alternate captain for the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League (NHL). Zibanejad was selected sixth overall in the 2011 NHL Entry Draft by the Ottawa Senators. He made the Senators lineup out of training camp to start the 2011–12 NHL season, 2011–12 season, but was returned to Djurgårdens IF Hockey, Djurgårdens IF in Sweden after scoring one point in nine NHL games with Ottawa. On 18 July 2016, after five seasons within the Senators organization, Zibanejad was traded to the Rangers. Internationally, Zibanejad has represented Sweden at both the Sweden men's national under-18 ice hockey team, under-18 and Sweden men's national junior ice hockey team, junior levels. On 5 January 2012, Zibanejad scored the gold medal-winning golden goal for Sweden in the 2012 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Hanna Glas
Hanna Erica Maria Glas (born 16 April 1993) is a Swedish footballer who plays as a defender for Frauen-Bundesliga club Bayern Munich and the Sweden national team. Club career Glas began her football career at Sundsvalls DFF of Sweden's second division, the Elitettan. Glas' first experience with a professional team was in 2013, when she joined Sunnanå SK of the Damallsvenskan. In March 2013, Glas suffered the second ACL tear of her career in a pre-season match against Umeå IK. As a result, she missed the entire 2013 Damallsvenskan season. In November 2013, she joined Umeå IK and played sixteen matches in her first season, scoring two goals. At the end of the 2014 Damallsvenskan season, Glas extended her contract with Umeå for another year. Glas played most of the 2015 Damallsvenskan season before tearing her ACL for the third time in September 2015 in a match against Kopparberg/Goeteborg FC (now BK Häcken). Ahead of the 2016 season, she extended her contract at ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Sam Larsson
Sam Andreas Larsson (born 10 April 1993) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a winger for Süper Lig club Antalyaspor. Club career IFK Göteborg Born in Gothenburg, Sam Larsson made his first start in the Swedish top-flight, Allsvenskan for IFK Göteborg in March 2013, in a game against local rivals BK Häcken. By scoring once and assisting two more in a 3–0 win, Larsson quickly made his way to the headlines, with manager Mikael Stahre describing him as a "Swedish Brazilian", he furthermore earned himself the nickname "Samba-Sam", due to his impressive skills on the ball and unpredictable moves. After a successful first season, Larsson made further progress during the following year, gaining much praise for his creative play and taking on a larger role in leading his team on the attack. Heerenveen 2014–15 season On 12 August 2014, IFK Göteborg announced the transfer of Larsson to Dutch side Heerenveen. On 23 August, Larsson played his first league game for ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Mikael Ishak
Mikael Ishak (born 31 March 1993) is a Swedish professional Association football, footballer of Assyrian people, Assyrian descent who plays as a Forward (association football)#Striker, striker for Ekstraklasa club Lech Poznań. Beginning his career with Assyriska FF in 2010, he has gone on to play professionally in Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Denmark, and Poland. A full international since 2015, he has won seven Cap (sport), caps and scored one goal for the Sweden national football team, Sweden national team. He represented the Sweden Olympic football team, Sweden Olympic team at the Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics, 2016 Summer Olympics. Club career Early life and career Ishak's parents migrated from Syria. He was born in Södertälje, Sweden and started his professional career at Assyriska FF, where he was included in the first team in 2010. 1. FC Köln In December 2011, Ishak was signed by German Bundesliga club 1. FC Köln after a successful trial. He made his de ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Armada (gamer)
Adam Lindgren (born 28 March 1993), known by his handle Armada, is a Swedish professional '' Super Smash Bros.'' player from Gothenburg. He is widely considered one of the greatest '' Super Smash Bros. Melee'' players of all time and the greatest ''Melee'' Peach player of all time. Lindgren has won several major tournaments: he is a three-time champion of GENESIS, two-time champion of EVO, two-time champion of Apex and one-time champion of The Big House. Considered one of the "Five Gods" of ''Melee'', alongside Jason "Mew2King" Zimmerman, Joseph "Mango" Marquez, Juan "Hungrybox" DeBiedma, and Kevin "PPMD" Nanney, Lindgren was ranked one of the top two ''Melee'' players in the world every year from the beginning of formal rankings in 2013 until his retirement from singles tournaments in 2018, with Lindgren ranked as the number one ''Melee'' player in the world in 2015 and 2016. A 2021 list by PGstats ranked Lindgren as the second-greatest ''Melee'' player of all time. Lindgren re ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Simon Hedlund
Simon Fredrik Hedlund (; born 11 March 1993) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a forward for Allsvenskan club Elfsborg. Hedlund joined IF Elfsborg at the age of 16 and debuted in the Allsvenskan in 2012. In 2016, he moved to Union Berlin for a club record €850,000 before signing for Brøndby IF for €250,000 two and a half years later, in January 2019. In Denmark, he developed a strong partnership in attack with first top goalscorer Kamil Wilczek and since Mikael Uhre and became noted for his pace and pressing abilities. He returned to Elfsborg in 2023, after seven years abroad. Hedlund has represented Sweden at different youth levels and made his under-21 debut in 2012. He was called up to the senior team in 2020, and scored his first goal for the national team in his second appearance. Club career Elfsborg Born in Trollhättan, Västra Götaland County, Hedlund joined the youth system of IF Elfsborg when he was 16 years old, after having played for hometow ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |