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Bengtson
Bengtsson is Swedish surname originating in a patronymic, meaning "son of Bengt" (Benedict), Bengt meaning "Blessed". The name is sometimes written Bengtson (a form frequently adopted by migrants to the United States). Other forms occur, such as ''Bengtzon'', Bankson, Bankston, Benson, Bengston or ''Benktsson''. Bengtsson is the 15th most common surname in Sweden. Notable people with the surname include: * Anders Bengtsson (born 1968), Swedish politician and member of parliament * Angelica Bengtsson (born 1993), Swedish pole vaulter * Bengt Bengtsson (1897–1977), Swedish gymnast * Bengt-Åke Bengtsson (born 1938), Swedish rower *Birgitta Bengtsson (born 1965), Swedish sailor * Björn Bengtsson (born 1973), Swedish actor * Catrine Bengtsson (born 1969), Swedish badminton player *Christopher Bengtsson (born 1993), Swedish professional ice hockey player * Emma Bengtsson, Swedish chef * Erik G. Bengtsson (born 1928), Swedish Army lieutenant general * Erling Blöndal Bengtsson (193 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patronymic
A patronymic, or patronym, is a component of a personal name based on the given name of one's father, grandfather (avonymic), or an earlier male ancestor. Patronymics are still in use, including mandatory use, in many countries worldwide, although their use has largely been replaced by or transformed into patronymic surnames. Examples of such transformations include common English surnames such as Johnson (son of John). Origins of terms The usual noun and adjective in English is ''patronymic'', but as a noun this exists in free variation alongside ''patronym''. The first part of the word ''patronym'' comes from Greek πατήρ ''patēr'' "father" (GEN πατρός ''patros'' whence the combining form πατρο- ''patro''-); the second part comes from Greek ὄνυμα ''onyma'', a variant form of ὄνομα ''onoma'' "name". In the form ''patronymic'', this stands with the addition of the suffix -ικός (''-ikos''), which was originally used to form adjectives with the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gösta Bengtsson
Gösta Ragnar Bengtsson (25 July 1897 – 19 January 1984) was a sailor from Sweden, who represented his native country at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Ostend, Belgium. Bengtsson took the gold in the 30m² Skerry Cruiser thumb Skerry cruisers (or Square metre yachts) are yachts, usually wooden, which are constructed according to the Square metre rule. Originating from Sweden, they were historically most popular in the Baltic Sea, though some classes also saw popu .... References Sources * * Swedish male sailors (sport) Sailors at the 1920 Summer Olympics – 30m2 Skerry cruiser Olympic sailors of Sweden 1897 births 1984 deaths Kullaviks Kanot- och Kappseglingsklubb sailors Medalists at the 1920 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Sweden Olympic medalists in sailing Sportspeople from Gothenburg 20th-century Swedish people {{Sweden-Olympic-medalist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mikael Bengtsson
Mikael Bengtsson (born December 5, 1981) is a Swedish Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ... former association footballer. He played most of his career for the Swedish club Trelleborgs FF. He has also played for Landskrona BoIS for two seasons. External links * Profile at Eliteprospects Swedish footballers Trelleborgs FF players Landskrona BoIS players 1981 births Living people Allsvenskan players Superettan players Association football defenders {{Sweden-footy-defender-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Bengtsson (footballer)
Martin Oskar Johan Bengtsson (born 14 March 1986) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Club career Bengtsson started playing football for IK Sturehov as a child and stayed with the club until he was signed by Örebro SK as a 15-year-old in 2002. He made his Allsvenskan debut at 17 years old for Örebro SK during the 2003 season in a game against Enköpings SK when he came on as a substitute for Mirza Jelecak. After the 2003 season, Bengtsson left Örebro SK to sign for the Serie A club Inter Milan. However, he left the Italian club after only nine months after suffering from depression. In 2005, he signed for Örebro SK Ungdom in Division 2 Norra Svealand but only played for one season before retiring from professional football at the age of 19. International career Bengtsson appeared 20 times for the Sweden U17 team, scoring three goals. He also appeared twice for the Sweden U19 team. Personal life In 2007, he wrote the autobi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Bengtsson (musician)
Martin Bengtsson is a Sweden, Swedish death metal, metal musician. He was a key part of the influential Swedish melodic death metal scene. He was a member of the melodic death metal band Arch Enemy (band), Arch Enemy between 1997 and 1998, and played bass guitar on their second album, ''Stigmata (Arch Enemy album), Stigmata''. He was also a member of Arch Enemy guitarist Christopher Amott's side project Armageddon (Swedish band), Armageddon in 1997. Bengtsson is currently the vocalist and lead guitarist in the heavy metal music, heavy metal band Lechery (band), Lechery. References Death metal musicians Swedish heavy metal bass guitarists Swedish heavy metal guitarists Swedish heavy metal singers Swedish male singers Arch Enemy members Living people Male bass guitarists 1974 births {{Sweden-guitarist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria Bengtsson (soprano)
Maria Bengtsson (born 7 May 1975) is a Swedish operatic soprano, who has appeared in major opera houses in Europe. She is known for roles in operas by Mozart and Richard Strauss. Career Born in Trelleborg, Sweden, Bengtsson grew up in Höllviken, taking piano lessons and singing in choirs. She studied voice from 1995 to 2000 with Beata Heuer-Christen at the Musikhochschule Freiburg. She was a member of the Wiener Volksoper from 2000. In 2002, Kirill Petrenko engaged her at the Komische Oper Berlin, where she stayed to 2007. She appeared there as Konstanze in Mozart's ''Die Entführung aus dem Serail'', staged by Calixto Bieito in a provoking way. She made her debut at the Royal Opera House in London as Lauretta in Puccini's ''Gianni Schicchi''. She has also performed at the Opéra Bastille in Paris, the Bavarian State Opera and the Staatsoper Berlin, among others. She has collaborated with conductors such as Daniel Barenboim, Bertrand de Billy, Marc Minkowski, Antonio P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria Bengtsson (badminton)
Maria Bengtsson (born 5 March 1964) is a badminton player from Sweden who played in three editions of Olympic games in 1988, 1992 and 1996. Career She won two silver medals at the World Badminton Championships, one in 1985 in mixed doubles with Stefan Karlsson and another in 1991 in women's doubles with Christine Magnusson. She won a bronze medal at the 1989 IBF World Championships in women's doubles, also with Magnusson. Bengtsson competed in badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics in women's singles and women's doubles with Catrine Bengtsson, and they lost in the quarterfinals to Guan Weizhen and Nong Qunhua, of China, 15-4, 15-9. Personal life Her daughter Johanna Magnusson Johanna Magnusson (born 15 November 1998) is a Swedish badminton player. She won gold at the 2017 European Junior Championships in the girls' doubles event with her partner Emma Karlsson. Achievements European Junior Championships ''Girls' ... is also a badminton player. Achievements World C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margot Bengtsson
Margot Bengtsson (born 1943) is a Swedish psychologist and Reader in Psychology at Lund University. She is known for her research in developmental, social, feminist and critical psychology Critical psychology is a perspective on psychology that draws extensively on critical theory. Critical psychology challenges the assumptions, theories and methods of mainstream psychology and attempts to apply psychological understandings in diffe ..., especially her research on gender, power, identity and social class. Bengtsson earned her PhD in psychology at Lund University in 1983 and was appointed as a Reader in Applied Psychology at Lund University in 1986. Her early work "focused on how society's needs for women to enter the workforce co-varied with trends in psychological research about sex differences." Her later work has "pursued the interactions between larger political changes and changes in gendered identities of Swedish young people." Selected publications *''Feminism och psyko ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lennart Bengtsson
Lennart Bengtsson (born ) is a Swedish meteorologist. His research interests include climate sensitivity, extreme events, climate variability and climate predictability. Career He was head of research at the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts from 1975 to 1981 and then director until 1990; then director of the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology in Hamburg. He became a recipient of the Milutin Milankovic Medal in 1996. He is now a senior research fellow at the Environmental Systems Science Centre in the University of Reading. In 2005 he was awarded the René Descartes Prize for Collaborative Research together with Prof. Ola M. Johannessen and Dr. Leonid Bobylev from the Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Centre in Norway and Russia for the Climate and Environmental Change in the Arctic project. In 2006 he was awarded the 51st International Meteorological Organization Prize of the World Meteorological Organization for pioneering research in numerical weather ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kristin Bengtsson
Gärd Kristin "Kicki" Bengtsson (born 12 January 1970) is a Swedish former footballer who played as a defender. She represented the Sweden national team from 1991 to 2005. Career She holds 157 caps for the Swedish women's national team. Bengtsson has appeared in three World Cups, 1995, 1999, and 2003 competitions. She netted one goal in the 1999 competition, scoring the opening goal on her team's first day of match play against China. She competed at three Olympic Games with Sweden: Atlanta 1996, Sydney 2000, and Athens 2004. Bengtsson also appeared in four UEFA Championships with Sweden, 1995, 1997, 2001, and 2005 competitions. Matches and goals scored at World Cup tournaments Matches and goals scored at European Championship tournaments Honours Club ; Djurgårdens IF: * Damallsvenskan: winner 2004 *Svenska Cupen: Winner 2004, 2005 ; Hammarby IF *Svenska Cupen: Winner 1994, 1995 International ;Sweden * 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup: Quarter-final *1999 FIFA Women's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johan Bengtsson
Johan Bengtsson (born 3 May 1979 in Helsingborg, Sweden) is the bassist for The Sounds. He has also collaborated with DJ Tommie Sunshine on the song "Dance Among the Ruins". References Living people 1979 births 21st-century Swedish male musicians Musicians from Helsingborg Musicians from Skåne County Swedish bass guitarists {{Sweden-musician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan-Olof Bengtsson
Jan-Olof Bengtsson is a Swedish journalist and political columnist in different media. He was born on 30 April 1952 and lives in Malmö, Sweden and in France. Accredited Bengtsson covered the Middle East conflict in Israel and Lebanon during the early eighties as correspondent. He has also been European correspondent and in that capacity covered European Affairs and EU-related material for several years with base in Brussels and Strasbourg. Among other assignments he participated in the Swedish Himalaya-expedition in Nepal in 1981. He is accredited to the ''International Press Centre'' by the Danish ministry of foreign affairs and a member of the Swedish Union of Journalists . Until 2011 he worked as political columnist of the Swedish daily Kvällsposten, Malmö, Sweden. Now he is a frequent contributor in other different media as political columnist including the capacity as moderator in debates, mediastrategist and writer. Featured articles Bengtsson has produced many feat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
