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1934 In Sweden
Events from the year 1934 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Gustaf V * Prime Minister – Per Albin Hansson Events * Dissolution of '' Välgörande fruntimmerssällskapet''. * The Swedish Social Democratic Party Wins the General Election Popular culture Theatre * Gothenburg City Theatre opened Sports * 16–18 February – The men's World Figure Skating Championships took place in Stockholm * 20–25 February – FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1934 in Sollefteå * 3–4 August – The 1934 World Archery Championships were held in Båstad Births * 22 March – May Britt, actress * 21 May – Bengt I. Samuelsson, Swedish biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine * 25 May – Sven Erlander, mathematician (died 2021) * 28 May – Torsten Engberg, military officer (died 2018) * 16 June – Evy Berggren, gymnast * 22 June – Ragnar Svensson, Greco-Roman wrestler from Sweden * 5 July – Erik Udd ... [...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 countries, 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 Øresund Bridge, a bridgetunnel across the Öresund. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic country, the third-largest country in the European Union, and the List of European countries by area, fifth-largest country in Europe. The Capital city, 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 List of largest lakes of Europ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bengt I
Bengt may refer to: People In arts, entertainment and media Actors * Bengt Djurberg (1898–1941), Swedish actor and singer * Bengt Ekerot (1920–1971), Swedish actor and director * Bengt Eklund (1925–1998), Swedish actor * Bengt Logardt (1914–1994), Swedish actor, screenwriter and film director * Bengt Nilsson (actor) (born 1954), Swedish actor Journalists and writers * Bengt Feldreich (1925-2019), Swedish journalist and teacher * Bengt Frithiofsson (born 1939), Swedish wine writer * Bengt Lidner (1757–1793), Swedish poet * Bengt Linder (1929–1985), Swedish writer and journalist * Bengt Magnusson (born 1950), Swedish journalist and a TV presenter * Bengt Pohjanen (born 1944), Swedish author, translator and priest In music * Bengt Berger (born 1942), Swedish jazz drummer, composer and producer * Bengt Calmeyer, Swedish musician in the band Turbonegro * Bengt Djurberg (1898–1941), Swedish actor and singer * Bengt Forsberg (born 1952), Swedish concert pianist * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Östen Warnerbring
Östen Warnerbring (22 November 1934 – 18 January 2006), also known as Östen med Rösten (lit. "Östen with the Voice"), was a Swedish singer, musician, composer and lyrics writer who mastered several musical genres. He started out as a jazz musician but over the years, he became known as a singer of other popular music, such as schlager music, and of Swedish poetry put into music by himself. In the 1970s, he became one of the first Swedish artists to use his native accent, of the province of Scania (Skåne) in the south of Sweden, also while singing. Early life Warnerbring was born in Malmö. His family lived near the race track Jägersro, and as a child, Warnerbring entertained the racing audience by playing the harmonica to them. During his childhood and as a young man he had a variety of jobs, working as a messenger boy at '' Sydsvenska Dagbladet'', as a tinsmith for a local roofing company, as a salesman, as a manager at the record company Oktav, and as a journalist at '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Store Norske Leksikon
The ''Great Norwegian Encyclopedia'' ( no, Store Norske Leksikon, abbreviated ''SNL''), is a Norwegian-language online encyclopedia. The online encyclopedia is among the most-read Norwegian published sites, with more than two million unique visitors per month. Paper editions 1978–2007 The ''SNL'' was created in 1978, when the two publishing houses Aschehoug and Gyldendal merged their encyclopedias and created the company Kunnskapsforlaget. Up until 1978 the two publishing houses of Aschehoug and Gyldendal, Norway's two largest, had published ' and ', respectively. The respective first editions were published in 1907–1913 (Aschehoug) and 1933–1934 (Gyldendal). The slump in sales for paper-based encyclopedias around the turn of the 21st century hit Kunnskapsforlaget hard, but a fourth edition of the paper encyclopedia was secured by a grant of ten million Norwegian kroner from the foundation Fritt Ord in 2003. The fourth edition consisted of 16 volumes, a t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl-Henning Wijkmark
Carl-Henning Wijkmark (21 November 1934 – 4 September 2020) was a Swedish novelist and translator. He made his literary debut in 1972, with the novel ''Jägarna på Karinhall''. Among his other novels are ''Dressinen'' from 1983 and ''Sista dagar'' from 1986. He was awarded the Dobloug Prize The Dobloug Prize ( sv, Doblougska priset, no, Doblougprisen) is a literature prize awarded for Swedish and Norwegian fiction. The prize is named after Norwegian businessman and philanthropist Birger Dobloug (1881–1944) pursuant to his bequest. T ... in 1986. He received the August Prize in 2007, for his novel '' Stundande natten''. References 1934 births 2020 deaths 20th-century Swedish novelists 21st-century Swedish novelists Swedish translators Dobloug Prize winners August Prize winners Swedish male novelists 20th-century translators 20th-century Swedish male writers 21st-century male writers {{Sweden-writer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ingvar Carlsson
Gösta Ingvar Carlsson (born 9 November 1934) is a Swedish politician who twice served as Prime Minister of Sweden, first from 1986 to 1991 and again from 1994 to 1996. He was leader of the Swedish Social Democratic Party from 1986 to 1996. He is best known for leading Sweden into the European Union. Carlsson was a member of the Riksdag from 1965 to 1996 representing the constituency of Stockholm County (until 1970 in the lower house). He served as Minister of Education from 1969 to 1973, as Minister of Housing in 1973 and again from 1974 to 1976, and as Minister of Environmental affairs from 1985 to 1986. He served as Deputy Prime Minister from 1982 to 1986, and assumed office as Prime Minister of Sweden upon the assassination of Prime Minister Olof Palme in 1986. Early life Carlsson was born in Borås, Västra Götaland County (then Älvsborg County), Sweden and is the third son of the warehouse worker Olof Karlsson and Ida, née Johansson. Carlsson has a diploma i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Princess Margaretha, Mrs
Princess is a regal rank and the feminine equivalent of prince (from Latin ''princeps'', meaning principal citizen). Most often, the term has been used for the consort of a prince, or for the daughter of a king or prince. Princess as a substantive title Some princesses are reigning monarchs of principalities. There have been fewer instances of reigning princesses than reigning princes, as most principalities excluded women from inheriting the throne. Examples of princesses regnant have included Constance of Antioch, princess regnant of Antioch in the 12th century. Since the President of France, an office for which women are eligible, is ''ex-officio'' a Co-Prince of Andorra, then Andorra could theoretically be jointly ruled by a princess. Princess as a courtesy title Descendants of monarchs For many centuries, the title "princess" was not regularly used for a monarch's daughter, who, in English, might simply be called "Lady". Old English had no female equivalent of "prince ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inger Stevens
Inger Stevens (born Ingrid Stensland; October 18, 1934 – April 30, 1970) was a Swedish-American film, stage and Golden Globe-winning television actress. Early life Inger Stevens was born in Stockholm, Sweden, the eldest child of Per Gustaf and Lisbet Stensland. When she was six years old, her mother abandoned the family, taking her youngest son Peter with her. Soon after, Stevens' father moved to the United States, leaving Stevens and her brother Ola in the custody of the family maid and then later with an aunt in Lidingö, near Stockholm. In 1944, Stevens and her brother moved to the United States and lived with their father and his new wife in New York City where he was completing his PhD in Education at Columbia University. At age 13, Stevens moved with her family to Manhattan, Kansas, where her father taught at Kansas State University. Stevens attended Manhattan High School. At 15, Stevens fled to Kansas City, where she worked in burlesque shows. At 18, she re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berit Lindholm
Berit Lindholm (born Berit Maria Jonsson, 18 October 1934) is a Swedish soprano. Born in Stockholm, Lindholm studied at the opera school in that city before making her debut at the Royal Swedish Opera in 1963. She sang at the Royal Opera House as Chrysothemis in 1966, returning for Isolde, Brünnhilde, and Chrysothemis again between 1973 and 1975. Brünnhilde was the role of her Bayreuth Festival debut in 1968 and her debut at the Metropolitan Opera The Metropolitan Opera (commonly known as the Met) is an American opera company based in New York City, resident at the Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center, currently situated on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. The company is oper ... in 1975; along with Isolde it was one of her most notable roles. In 1969 she sang Cassandre in Berlioz's '' Les Troyens'', conducted by Colin Davis. References External links * 1934 births Living people Swedish operatic sopranos Singers from Stockholm 20th-century Swe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erik Uddebom
Erik "Myggan" Uddebom (born 5 July 1934) is a retired Swedish athlete. He competed in the shot put and discus throw at the 1956 and 1960 Olympics with the best result of sixth place in the shot put in 1956. He set 11 national shot put record and was the first Swede to break the 17 meter barrier in this event. Uddebom won the national titles in the shot put (1955–57, 1959–61, 1963–64), discus throw (1956, 1961) and weightlifting (1964), and also competed in the javelin throw The javelin throw is a track and field event where the javelin, a spear about in length, is thrown. The javelin thrower gains momentum by running within a predetermined area. Javelin throwing is an event of both the men's decathlon and the wom ... and high jump. For many years he was director of the Stora Grabbars Association. References 1934 births Living people Swedish male shot putters Swedish male discus throwers Olympic athletes for Sweden Athletes (track and field) at the 1956 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ragnar Svensson (wrestler)
Sten Ragnar Svensson (born 22 June 1934) is a retired heavyweight Greco-Roman wrestler from Sweden. He won a silver medal at the 1963 World Championships, finishing fourth in 1958 and 1961. He competed at the 1960, 1964 and 1968 Olympics and placed eighth, fifth and fourth, respectively. References 1934 births Living people Olympic wrestlers for Sweden Wrestlers at the 1960 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 1964 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 1968 Summer Olympics Swedish male sport wrestlers World Wrestling Championships medalists {{Sweden-wrestling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evy Berggren
Evy Margareta Berggren (later ''Westerberg''; 16 June 1934 – 5 December 2018) was a Swedish gymnast. She competed at the 1952 and 1956 Summer Olympics and won a gold and a silver medal in ''team exercise with portable apparatus'', respectively; her teams finished fourth all-around in 1952. Her best individual result was a bronze medal on the vault at the 1954 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships The 13th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships were held in Rome, the capital of Italy, on June 28 - July 1, 1954. It was the first World Championships at which the Soviet Union The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Social ....Ewy Berggren Swedish Olympic Committee [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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