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Fredrik Bergenstråhle
Johan Fredrik Göstasson (Gson) Bergenstråhle (23 September 1926 – 10 February 2005) was a Swedish diplomat. Early life Bergenstråhle was born on 23 September 1926 in Stockholm, Sweden the son of Colonel Gösta Bergenstråhle and his wife Greta (née Löfgren). He received a Candidate of Law degree in Stockholm in 1950. Career Bergenstråhle worked at the Swedish National Bank and the General Export Association of Sweden from 1956 to 1961 before becoming an attaché at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in 1952. Bergenstråhle served in Bonn from 1954 to 1956 and was embassy secretary in Rio de Janeiro from 1956 to 1961. He was senior administrative officer at the Foreign Ministry from 1961 to 1965, embassy counsellor in Brussels from 1965 to 1971 and embassy counsellor and acting chargé d'affaires in Kuala Lumpur from 1971 to 1975. During his time as chargé d'affaires in Kuala Lumpur in 1975, Bergenstråhle was held hostage for over 80 hours by the Japanese Red Army, but was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stockholm
Stockholm () is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, largest city of Sweden as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in Scandinavia. Approximately 980,000 people live in the Stockholm Municipality, municipality, with 1.6 million in the Stockholm urban area, urban area, and 2.4 million in the Metropolitan Stockholm, metropolitan area. The city stretches across fourteen islands where Mälaren, Lake Mälaren flows into the Baltic Sea. Outside the city to the east, and along the coast, is the island chain of the Stockholm archipelago. The area has been settled since the Stone Age, in the 6th millennium BC, and was founded as a city in 1252 by Swedish statesman Birger Jarl. It is also the county seat of Stockholm County. For several hundred years, Stockholm was the capital of Finland as well (), which then was a part of Sweden. The population of the municipality of Stockholm is expected to reach o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Astra AB
Astra AB was a former international pharmaceutical company headquartered in Södertälje, Sweden. Astra was formed in 1913 and merged with the British Zeneca, Zeneca Group in 1999 to form AstraZeneca. Product development was focused on therapeutics for Gastroenterology, gastrointestinal, Cardiology, cardiovascular and Pulmonology, respiratory disorders and Anesthesia, pain control. At the time of the fusion, Astra was the largest Swedish pharmaceutical company. Astra also operated Astra Tech, a medical devices company, and marketed pharmaceuticals outside their primary development area, including Infectious disease, anti-infective agents. History The issue of domestic industrial production of pharmaceuticals in Sweden, as opposed to manual preparations by pharmacists, had been discussed among Swedish pharmacists since mid-1890s. At this time, German and Swiss pharmaceutical companies dominated the Swedish market. For a long time, this never led to more than discussions, but in 1913 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2005 Deaths
This is a list of deaths of notable people, organised by year. New deaths articles are added to their respective month (e.g., Deaths in ) and then linked here. 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 See also * Lists of deaths by day The following pages, corresponding to the Gregorian calendar, list the historical events, births, deaths, and holidays and observances of the specified day of the year: Footnotes See also * Leap year * List of calendars * List of non-standard ... * Deaths by year {{DEFAULTSORT:deaths by year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1926 Births
Events January * January 3 – Theodoros Pangalos (general), Theodoros Pangalos declares himself dictator in Greece. * January 8 **Abdul-Aziz ibn Saud is crowned King of Kingdom of Hejaz, Hejaz. ** Bảo Đại, Crown Prince Nguyễn Phúc Vĩnh Thuy ascends the throne, the last monarch of Vietnam. * January 12 – Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll premiere their radio program ''Sam 'n' Henry'', in which the two white performers portray two black characters from Harlem looking to strike it rich in the big city (it is a precursor to Gosden and Correll's more popular later program, ''Amos 'n' Andy''). * January 16 – A BBC comic radio play broadcast by Ronald Knox, about a workers' revolution, causes a panic in London. * January 21 – The Belgian Parliament accepts the Locarno Treaties. * January 26 – Scottish inventor John Logie Baird demonstrates a mechanical television system at his London laboratory for members of the Royal Institution and a report ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karl Wärnberg
Karl may refer to: People * Karl (given name), including a list of people and characters with the name * Karl der Große, commonly known in English as Charlemagne * Karl Marx, German philosopher and political writer * Karl of Austria, last Austrian Emperor * Karl (footballer) (born 1993), Karl Cachoeira Della Vedova Júnior, Brazilian footballer In myth * Karl (mythology), in Norse mythology, a son of Rig and considered the progenitor of peasants (churl) * ''Karl'', giant in Icelandic myth, associated with Drangey island Vehicles * Opel Karl, a car * ST ''Karl'', Swedish tugboat requisitioned during the Second World War as ST ''Empire Henchman'' Other uses * Karl, Germany, municipality in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany * ''Karl-Gerät'', AKA Mörser Karl, 600mm German mortar used in the Second World War * KARL project, an open source knowledge management system * Korean Amateur Radio League, a national non-profit organization for amateur radio enthusiasts in South Korea * K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Belfrage
Frank Kurt Claude Belfrage (born 13 March 1942) is a Swedish economist and diplomat who was State Secretary for Foreign Affairs between 2006 and 2014, heading the Ministry for Foreign Affairs under then Minister for Foreign Affairs Carl Bildt. He was previously Ambassador of Sweden to the European Union from 1994 to 1999 and Ambassador of Sweden to France from 2001 to 2006. Belfrage is a member of the noble Belfrage family. He is the son of diplomat Kurt-Allan Belfrage and his wife, Renée France Paule Puaux. He is the nephew of Leif Belfrage who was State Secretary for Foreign Affairs from 1956 to 1967. He is married and has four daughters. Belfrage was part of the 2016 SVT documentary "Springnotan" revealing to the Swedish people how some of their political leaders hid money from tax authorities. Belfrage used a temporary and questionable tax amnesty, avoiding imprisonment, where his name was revealed. Awards *Commander of the Legion of Honour * H. M. The King's Medal, 12 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swedish Ambassador To Saudi Arabia
This is a list of ambassadors of Sweden to Saudi Arabia. The Swedish ambassador resides in Riyad and is the official representative of the Government in Stockholm to the Government of Saudi Arabia. , the current ambassador is also accredited in Muscat (Oman) and in Sanaʽa (Yemen). List of representatives Sveriges ambassad, Riyadh, Saudiarabien, '' Aftonbladet'', Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Embassy of Sweden/ref> See also * List of ambassadors of Saudi Arabia to Sweden References {{reflist Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), is a country in Western Asia. It covers the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and has a land area of about , making it the fifth-largest country in Asia, the second-largest in the A ... Sweden ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cecilia Nettelbrandt
Cecilia Aina Nettelbrandt, née Bergens (27 June 1922 – 24 February 2009) was a Swedish politician ( Liberals). She was MP of the Second Chamber of the Parliament of Sweden from 1961 to 1976. Early life Nettelbrandt was born Cecilia Aina Bergens on 27 June 1922 in Östersund, Sweden, the daughter of Emanuel Bergens and his wife Ester (née Johansson). She received a ''Civilekonom'' degree in Stockholm in 1945 and a Candidate of Law degree in Stockholm in 1951. Career Legal and diplomatic career Nettelbrandt worked as a teaching assistant in the National Swedish Board of Vocational and Technical Education (''Överstyrelsen för yrkesutbildning'') from 1945 to 1948, as an assistant master from 1948 to 1950, an assistant jurist from 1951 to 1953, and as a union lawyer in the Swedish Union of Teachers (''Sveriges lärarförbund'') from 1953 to 1970. She served as consul general in San Francisco including 10 states in the Western United States from 1976 to 1978. After just two years ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Otto Rathsman
Per ''Otto'' Gustaf Rathsman (14 August 1917 – 15 June 1986) was a Swedish diplomat. Early life Rathsman was born on 14 August 1917 in Ljung, Linköping Municipality, Sweden, the son of vicar Otto Rathsman and his wife Sara (née Svensson). He passed ''studentexamen'' in Linköping in 1936 and received a Candidate of Law degree from Uppsala University in 1939 before becoming an attaché at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in 1940. Career Rathsman served in New York City in 1942, Washington, D.C. in 1943, Buenos Aires in 1945 and was First Secretary there in 1950. He was First Legation Secretary in London in 1950, First Secretary in 1953, First Legation Secretary in Ottawa in 1953, and First Secretary in 1957. While serving as First Secretary in Ottawa, Rathsman was en route to Stockholm on 25 July 1956 for a two-month vacation when the eastbound MS ''Stockholm'' collided with westbound Italian ocean liner . He suffered only a minor head injury. The year after, Rathsman becam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
