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Christer or Krister are varieties of the masculine given name Kristian, derived from the Latin name ''Christianus'', which in turn comes from the Greek language, Greek word ''khristianós'', which means "follower of Christ". The name, written in its two variants Christer and Krister, is quite common in the Nordic countries. Notable people with the name include: *Catherine Christer Hennix (born 1948), Swedish-American composer, philosopher, scientist and visual artist associated with drone minimal music *Christer Abris (formerly Abrahamsson, born 1947), Swedish former ice hockey goaltender *Christer Adelsbo, born 1962, is a Swedish social democratic politician who has been a member of the Riksdag since 2002 *Christer Basma (born 1972), Norwegian football coach and defender *Christer Björkman (born 1957), Swedish singer *Christer Boucht (1911–2009), Finnish-Swedish lawyer, adventure traveller and writer *Christer Boustedt (1939–1986), Swedish musician and actor *Christer Dahl (b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Krister
Krister is a Swedish variant of the Swedish masculine given name Christer and may refer to: *Krister Bringéus (born 1954), Swedish diplomat *Krister Classon (born 1955), Swedish comedian, actor, director and screenwriter *Krister Dreyer (born 1974), Norwegian musician *Krister Hammarbergh (born 1963), Swedish politician of the Moderate Party *Krister Henriksson (born 1946), Swedish actor *Krister Kristensson (born 1942), Swedish football player *Krister Linder (born 1970), Swedish electronic musician *Krister Nordin (born 1968), Swedish football player *Krister Örnfjäder (born 1952), Swedish social democratic politician *Krister Sørgård (born 1970), Norwegian cross country skier *Krister Stendahl (1921–2008), Swedish theologian *Krister Wemberg (born 1992), Norwegian football player *Krister Wickman (1924–1993), Swedish politician {{given name References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christer Gardell
Christer Gardell (born 1960) is a Swedish hedge fund manager. Gardell studied business at Stockholm School of Economics and graduated in the year 1984, worked at McKinsey & Company and was appointed CEO of Swedish investment company AB Custos in 1996, where he stayed until 2001. In 2002, he co-founded (with Lars Förberg) the investment firm Amaranth Capital, which in 2003 changed its name to Cevian Capital. The firm uses an "active ownership" or "activist" investment strategy. In 2006, Cevian launched Cevian Capital II, the largest dedicated active ownership fund in Europe with more than €10 billion of aum as of April 2017. This fund holds major investments in several companies on the Stockholm Stock Exchange, including Volvo. Past investments have included Lindex, Skandia, and TeliaSonera. See also *List of people and organisations named in the Paradise Papers This is a list of people and organisations named in the Paradise Papers as connected to offshore companies. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christer Pettersson
Carl Gustaf Christer Pettersson (23 April 1947 – 29 September 2004) was a Swedish criminal who was a suspect in the 1986 assassination of Olof Palme, the Prime Minister of Sweden. In 1989 he was convicted of the murder in district court but acquitted on appeal the following year. Early life Pettersson was born on 23 April 1947, to Roland Pettersson (1916–1977) and Inga Maria Hansson (1918–1973) and grew up in a middle-class family in Solna outside of Stockholm and later moved to the suburb of Sollentuna. In his youth, he attended a theatrical school (''Calle Flygares teaterskola''), where he was considered to be promising by at least one of his teachers. However, Pettersson suffered a head injury from which he would never fully recover. Petterson then began a period of substance abuse, which would eventually force him to drop out of school. In 1970, he stabbed a man to death in central Stockholm, during a street brawl in what the Swedish press dubbed the "bayonet murd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christer Olsson
Christer Lennart Olsson (born July 24, 1970) is a Swedish former professional ice hockey defenceman. He is the current head coach of VIK Västerås HK in the HockeyAllsvenskan (Allsv). Olsson played briefly in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the St. Louis Blues and Ottawa Senators. Playing career Olsson was drafted by the Blues in the 11th round, 275th overall in the 1993 NHL Entry Draft. He played in Sweden for 2 years before splitting the 1995–1996 season with the Worcester Ice Cats of the AHL and making his debut with the Blues. The following season he was part of an infamous and extremely lopsided trade when he was traded by the Blues to the Ottawa Senators for Pavol Demitra. Demitra eventually became a scoring powerhouse with the Blues for a number of years while Olsson decided to go back to Sweden to play hockey after his short stint with the Senators that year. Olsson played 7 more years in Sweden and one in Austria before retiring after the 2004–05 season. Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christer Nylander
Lars ''Christer'' Stefan Nylander (born 3 October 1968) is a Swedish Liberals Party politician, member of the Riksdag since 2002 for Skåne Northern and Eastern. He was the parliamentary leader from June 2016 until June 2019 for the Liberals Party in the Riksdag. He first joined the Riksdag in 2000 as a replacement for a colleague who left the Riksdag, he has been a regular member of the Riksdag since the 2002 general election. He is currently taking up seat number 188 in the Riksdag for the constituency of Skåne Northern and Eastern. Since the 2018 general election he has been a member and the Speaker of the Cultural Affairs Committee. Work in the Riksdag During his time in the Riksdag from 2000 until 2002, while serving as a replacement, he served only as an alternate in the Justice Committee and the Foreign Affairs Committee. He first became a full member of the Finance Committee after the 2002 general election as well as being an alternate for the Taxation Committ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christer Majbäck
Christer Majbäck (born 30 January 1964) is a Swedish former cross-country skier who competed at international top level from 1984 to 1999. He won a bronze medal in 10 km at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville. Majbäck's biggest successes were at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships is a biennial nordic skiing event organized by the International Ski Federation (FIS). The World Championships was started in 1925 for men and opened for women's participation in 1954. World Championship e ... where earned five medals, including one gold (4 × 10 km relay: 1989), two silvers (10 km, 4 × 10 km relay: both 1991), and two bronzes (30 km: 1987, 1989). He also won two World Cup and FIS Races in his career (1989, 1997) Majbäck is currently the owner and President of Skigo AB which manufactures and distributes the Skigo brand of wax, poles and other skiing products. Cross-country skiing results All results are s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christer Magnusson
Christer Magnusson (born 1 April 1958) is a former Swedish handball player who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics. In 1984 he finished fifth with the Swedish team in the Olympic tournament. He played all six matches and scored four goals A goal is an objective that a person or a system plans or intends to achieve. Goal may also refer to: Sport * Goal (sports), a method of scoring in many sports, or the physical structure or area where scoring occurs ** Goals, the goal frame in .... References 1958 births Living people Swedish male handball players Olympic handball players of Sweden Handball players at the 1984 Summer Olympics {{Sweden-handball-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christer Lindarw
Christer Lindarw (born 3 March 1953) is a Swedish clothes designer, actor, drag queen entertainer, and the leader of drag group '' After Dark''. Career Lindarw was born in Eskilstuna, Södermanland County. He was educated at Beckmans designhögskola in Stockholm. His 1976 stage debut was as ''Zsa Zsa Shakespeer'' in ''Wild Side Story'' at Alexandra Charles's club, and he staged his first major production at Hamburger Börs in 1980 together with Roger Jönsson and Lars Flinckman, Lindarw's future co-star of many years from stage shows with their group After Dark. After Dark participated in Melodifestivalen with the song ''La dolce vita'' and placed third in the final in Globen. Lindarws interest for dragshowing started after an masquerade where the theme was reversed gender roles. On Jönsson's recommendation he had started to appear in drag in 1976. Lindarw hosted shows at the nightclub Shazam for a few months and then started the dragshow group After Dark and opened his o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christer Löfqvist
Christer Löfqvist (born 4 June 1944 in Visby, Gotland, Sweden - died 1 February 1978) was an international speedway rider who reached the final of the Speedway World Championship in 1974.Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). ''A History of the World Speedway Championship''. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. He competed in Great Britain for West Ham Hammers, Poole Pirates, and the Hackney Hawks. World Final Appearances Individual World Championship * 1972 - London, Wembley Stadium - 4th - 11pts * 1974 - Göteborg, Ullevi - 9th - 8pts World Team Cup * 1972 - Olching, Olching Speedwaybahn (with Tommy Jansson / Jan Simensen / Anders Michanek / Göte Nordin) 4th - 18pts (6) * 1974 - Chorzów, Silesian Stadium (with Anders Michanek / Sören Sjösten / Tommy Jansson) - 2nd - 31pts (5) * 1976 - London, White City Stadium (with Anders Michanek / Bengt Jansson / Bernt Persson Bernt Eveart Persson (24 June 1946 to 20 September 2020) was a Swedish international speedway rider who f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christer Kleiven
Christer Kleiven (born 9 April 1988) is a Norwegian midfielder who currently plays for Vigør in the 3. divisjon. Club career FK Vigør As a youth player Kleiven played for Vigør. IK Start He made his debut for Start in 2007, playing in Adeccoligaen. He made 35 appearances and scored 3 goals that season. Christer Kleiven had a good start in Tippeligaen 2010. Having scored no goals for IK Start in Tippeligaen, he started the season off with 5 goals in 5 matches. Stabæk Fotball Before the 2012 season, Christer Kleiven signed a contract with Norwegian Premier League club Stabæk. Odd Before the 2013-season, Christer Kleiven signed a contract with Odd Odd means unpaired, occasional, strange or unusual, or a person who is viewed as eccentric. Odd may also refer to: Acronym * ODD (Text Encoding Initiative) ("One Document Does it all"), an abstracted literate-programming format for describing X ... after one season at Stabæk. Career statistics References External ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christer Kellgren
Christer Alfons Kellgren (born August 15, 1958 in Gothenburg, Sweden) is a retired Swedish professional ice hockey player. He played for Frölunda HC between 1977 and 1981, and again from 1982 to 1989, as well as five games in the National Hockey League for the Colorado Rockies The Colorado Rockies are an American professional baseball team based in Denver. The Rockies compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) West division. The team plays its home baseball games at Coors Fie ... during the 1981–82 season. He later served as Frölunda HC's Director of Hockey Operations. Career statistics Regular season and playoffs External links * 1958 births Living people Colorado Rockies (NHL) players Fort Worth Texans players Frölunda HC players Ice hockey people from Gothenburg Swedish ice hockey right wingers Undrafted National Hockey League players {{Sweden-icehockey-player-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christer Johansson (skier)
Christer Johansson (born 11 November 1950 in Bjurholm, Västerbotten) was a former Swedish cross-country skier who competed in the 1970s. He earned a gold medal in the 4 × 10 km relay at the 1978 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Lahti. He also participated at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck Innsbruck (; bar, Innschbruck, label=Bavarian language, Austro-Bavarian ) is the capital of Tyrol (state), Tyrol and the List of cities and towns in Austria, fifth-largest city in Austria. On the Inn (river), River Inn, at its junction with the ... with a 21st place on the 30 km and a fourth place in the 4 × 10 km relay. Cross-country skiing results Olympic Games World Championships * 1 medal – (1 gold) References External linksWorld Championship results {{DEFAULTSORT:Johansson, Christer 1950 births Living people People from Bjurholm Municipality Cross-country skiers from Västerbotten County Swedish male cross-country skiers Cross-country skier ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
