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Backlund
Backlund is a Swedish surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Albert Victor Bäcklund (1845-1922), mathematician * Bengt Backlund (1926–2006), Swedish flatwater canoer * Bob Backlund (born 1949), American professional wrestler * Filip Backlund (born 1990), Swedish motorcycle road racer * Göran Backlund (born 1957), Swedish sprint canoer * Gordon Backlund (born 1940), American politician and electrical engineer * Gösta Backlund (1893—1918), Swedish footballer * Gotthard Backlund, Swedish chess master * Ivar Backlund (1892—1969), Swedish officer * Johan Backlund (born 1981), Swedish ice hockey goaltender * Jukka Backlund (born 1982), Finnish music producer * Kaj Backlund (1945–2013), Finnish jazz trumpeter, composer, and bandleader * Mikael Backlund (born 1989), Swedish ice hockey player * Nils Backlund (1896–1964), Swedish water polo player * Oskar Backlund Johan Oskar Backlund (28 April 1846 – 29 August 1916) was a Swedish-Russian astronomer. His name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Backlund
Robert Louis Backlund (born August 14, 1949) is an American retired amateur and professional wrestler. He is best known for his appearances in the World Wide Wrestling Federation/World Wrestling Federation from 1976 to 1984 and in the 1990s, where he held the WWWF Championship/WWF Championship on two occasions. His first reign was the second longest in history as recognised by the WWE. (Backlund lost the title to Antonio Inoki in Japan in 1979 but regained the belt within a week, and the WWF never acknowledged the title change in the USA) Backlund was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2013. Backlund began his career in amateur wrestling, competing for the North Dakota State University Bison from the late 1960s to early 1970s. He began training as a professional wrestler in 1973 under Eddie Sharkey and competed for the American Wrestling Association. He then wrestled for the National Wrestling Alliance and won the NWA Missouri Heavyweight Championship in 1976. Later that year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mikael Backlund
Mikael Backlund (born 17 March 1989) is a Swedish professional ice hockey centre and alternate captain for the Calgary Flames of the National Hockey League (NHL). Backlund was a first round selection, 24th overall, of the Flames in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft, and made his NHL debut in 2008–09. He played junior hockey for VIK Västerås HK in the J20 SuperElit and the Kelowna Rockets of the Western Hockey League (WHL). He was a member of Kelowna's WHL championship team in 2009. Internationally, Backlund has represented Sweden on several occasions—he was a member of two silver medal-winning teams at the World Junior Championship, and has won a bronze, silver and gold medals with the Swedes at the World Championship. Playing career Västerås HK Backlund began his junior hockey career with the VIK Västerås HK organization in the J20 SuperElit, Sweden's premier junior league. His impressive two-way play earned him the opportunity to play for Västerås' senior team in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jukka Backlund
Jukka Henri Kristian Backlund (born 30 December 1982, Helsinki) is a Finnish music producer and multi-instrumentalist. Backlund was previously a member of the Finnish rock band Sunrise Avenue, where he played keyboards. He is best known for producing their first album, '' On the Way to Wonderland'', which is the best-selling international debut from Finland. Many of the songs on the album were co-written by Backlund and the lead singer Samu Haber, including the singles " Fairytale Gone Bad" and " Forever Yours". As a musician, Backlund has worked as a bandleader and keyboardist for numerous artists since he started his professional career in 1998. In 2011, he founded the pop-fusion band DEAD SIRIUS 3000 with his brother Tapio Backlund and guitarist Petteri Sariola. In this band, Backlund plays drums. Backlund started studying classical piano at the age of five. Later, he studied jazz and musical composition in the youth department of Sibelius Academy The Sibelius Academy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oskar Backlund
Johan Oskar Backlund (28 April 1846 – 29 August 1916) was a Swedish-Russian astronomer. His name is sometimes given as Jöns Oskar Backlund, however even contemporary Swedish sources give "Johan". In Russia, where he spent his entire career, he is known as Oskar Andreevich Baklund (Оскар Андреевич Баклунд). Russian sources sometimes give his dates of birth and death as 16 April 1846 and 16 August 1916, since Russia still used the Julian calendar at the time. Life He was born in Länghem, in Västergötland, Sweden and graduated from Uppsala University in 1872. After getting his doctorate in 1875, he emigrated to Russia in 1876. He worked at Dorpat Observatory, in today's Tartu, Estonia, and then in 1879 worked at Pulkovo Observatory, becoming director of the observatory from 1895 until his death. He specialized in celestial mechanics, and notably worked on calculating the orbit of Comet Encke, taking into account the perturbations of various planets. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivar Backlund
Lieutenant General Gustav ''Ivar'' Backlund (14 February 1892 – 5 July 1969) was a Swedish Army officer. His senior commands include Commandant in Boden Fortress, Chief of the Army Staff and the General Staff Corps. Backlund was also military commander of the VII Military District and head of the Swedish National Defence College. Early life Backlund was born on 14 February 1892 in Gothenburg, Sweden, the son of Anders Backlund, a phytosanitary inspector, and his wife Thérese Floberg. He passed ''studentexamen'' in 1909. Career Backlund was commissioned as an officer in 1912 and was assigned with the rank of ''underlöjtnant'' to Göta Life Guards (I 2). He attended the Royal Swedish Army Staff College from 1918 to 1920 and served as captain in the General Staff in 1924. Backlund was adjutant to the head of the Ministry of Defence from 1926 to 1928 and served as a general staff officer in the ''Militärläroverksinspektionen'' from 1928 to 1933. Backlund was teacher at t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gordon Backlund
Gordon Backlund (born November 11, 1940) is an American politician and former engineer who served as a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives from 1985 to 1986. Early life and education Backlund was born in Saint Paul, Minnesota. He graduated from Two Harbors High School in Two Harbors, Minnesota. Backlund received a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from the University of Minnesota and his Master of Public Administration from the University of Iowa. Career Backlund worked for Collins Radio Company in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He served in the Minnesota House of Representatives in 1985 and 1986 and was a Republican Party (United States), Republican. In 1989, Backlund served on the Fridley School Board. Personal life Backlund lived in Fridley, Minnesota. Backlund and his wife, Linda, had two children. His son, Mark, died in January 2008, at age 29, after a traffic accident. Mark was tasered by Minnesota State Patrol troopers after being "uncooperative ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaj Backlund
Harry Kaj Olof Backlund (24 February 1945 – 25 December 2013) was a Finnish jazz trumpeter, composer, arranger, bandleader, theorist, and one of the founders of the Helsinki Pop & Jazz Conservatory and the Jazz Department of Sibelius Academy. He was also one of the founding members of UMO Jazz Orchestra. He was a contemporary music education pioneer in Finland and a long-running senior music theory teacher in Helsinki Metropolia University of Applied Sciences. Backlund started playing trumpet at the age of seven in a youth brass band led by his father, at the Church of Paavali in Helsinki. At 14 years of age, he founded his first big band, which also included Paroni Paakkunainen, Teppo Hauta-aho, Eero Ojanen, Pekka Pöyry, and Juhani Aaltonen. Later, Backlund had to take a day job as an assistant accountant, but was able to participate in the Jyväskylä Arts Festival in 1966 and 1967, where George Russell was teaching. He started to get work opportunities as a sessi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gotthard Backlund
Gotthard Backlund (unknown - unknown) was a Swedish chess player. Biography Gotthard Backlund was one of the strongest chess players in Sweden in the 1950s. He played mainly in domestic chess tournaments and Swedish Chess Championships. In 1954, Gotthard Backlund took part in the international chess match with the USSR national chess team. Gotthard Backlund played for Sweden in the Chess Olympiad: * In 1956, at fourth board in the 12th Chess Olympiad in Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 millio ... (+3, =4, -4). Gotthard Backlund participated in chess tournaments until the end of the 1970s. References External links *Gotthard Backlundchess games at 365chess.com Year of birth missing Year of death missing Swedish chess players Chess Olympiad competitors 20th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johan Backlund
Johan Backlund (born July 24, 1981) is a former Swedish professional ice hockey goaltender. He previously played in two National Hockey League (NHL) games with the Philadelphia Flyers during the 2009–10 season. Playing career On March 26, 2009, Backlund signed a one-year two-way contract with the Philadelphia Flyers. After the 2009 training camp he was sent to the Adirondack Phantoms as Ray Emery and Brian Boucher Brian Boucher ( ; born January 2, 1977) is an American former professional ice hockey goaltender who is a game and studio analyst on national ESPN and ABC games and also Philadelphia Flyers games on NBC Sports Philadelphia. He played 13 season ... were slated to be the Flyers goaltending tandem for the 2009-10 NHL season. Backlund was called up briefly in early October when Brian Boucher was injured but did not play before being returned to the Phantoms. After a moderate start he earned his first shutout on North American ice against the Syracuse Crunch on No ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Filip Backlund
Jan Filip Backlund (born 14 April 1990 in Västerås, Västmanland) is a Swedish motorcycle road racer nicknamed ‘The Teacher' He currently competes in the British Superbike Championship for Quattro Plant Cool Kawasaki. Career Filip began riding motorcycles at the age of three, when his father bought him a Honda 50cc bike. He began competing in motocross at seven years old, riding in the 60cc class. In 2001, after five years in motocross, he stopped racing in the series as his parents felt it was too dangerous. After attempting different forms of motorsport and motorcycling, at the age of 12 he fell in love with Mini Moto and began to race all over Europe with his brother. At 13 years of age, Filip was granted an exemption to race 125cc bikes in Scandinavia and that year became the first rider of that age to win the championship. He followed this up in 250cc in 2004 and again won the title on his first attempt. Suzuki then invited him to ride in the Superstock 600cc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gösta Backlund
Gösta Backlund (10 July 1893 – 26 November 1918) was a Swedish footballer. He made two appearances for Sweden and won one Svenska Mästerskapet with Djurgårdens IF. Honours Club ; Djurgårdens IF Djurgårdens Idrottsförening, commonly known simply as Djurgårdens IF, Djurgården (), and (especially locally) Djurgår'n (), Dif or DIF – is a Swedish sports association with several sections, located in Stockholm. Name The club is name ...: * Svenska Mästerskapet:http://www.difarkivet.se/dif_sm_guld_seniorer.pdf 1912 References {{DEFAULTSORT:Backlund, Gosta Swedish footballers Djurgårdens IF Fotboll players 1893 births 1918 deaths Association football fullbacks Sweden international footballers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nils Backlund
Nils Robert Backlund (25 October 1896 – 3 December 1964) was a Swedish water polo player who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics and in the 1924 Summer Olympics. In 1920 he was part of the Swedish team, which was able to win the bronze medal. In the 1924 water polo competition his team finished in fourth place. At club level, Backlund represented SK Neptun. See also * List of Olympic medalists in water polo (men) Men's water polo has been part of the Summer Olympics program since 1900. Hungary men's national water polo team has won sixteen Olympic medals, becoming the most successful country in men's tournament. There are fifty-nine male athletes who have ... References External links * 1896 births 1964 deaths Swedish male water polo players Water polo players at the 1920 Summer Olympics Water polo players at the 1924 Summer Olympics Olympic water polo players of Sweden Olympic bronze medalists for Sweden Olympic medalists in water polo Medalists at the 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
