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Georg Ljungström
Georg Ljungström (1861–1930) was a Sweden, Swedish cartographer, author, and poet. Biography Georg Ljungström was born in 1861 to the cartographer Jonas Patrik Ljungström, and Amalia (née Falck). Among his siblings were Fredrik Ljungström, Birger Ljungström, and Oscar Ljungström. A land surveyor by profession, he served as a public cartographer in the state's general power plant. Of a family background partly of Christians outside of the mainline Lutheran Church of Sweden, Georg Ljungström and his brother Oscar Ljungström shared interests in the new ideas on philosophy and religion. Both would eventually investigate Theosophy (Blavatskian), Theosophy. Georg Ljungström was appointed president of the theosophic lodge ''Orion'' in Stockholm,https://stockholmskallan.stockholm.se/PostFiles/SMF/SD/SSMB_0023983_1914_75.pdf and a contributing editor to its publication ''Teosofisk tidskrift''. Theosophy made an impact on European intellectuals and artists of liberal mindsets ... [...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 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 a bridgetunnel across the Öresund. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic country, the third-largest country in the European Union, and the fifth-largest country in Europe. The 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 some of the largest in Europe. Many long rivers run from the Scandes range through the landscape, primarily ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swedish Engineers
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 the Swedish language * Swedish people or Swedes, persons with a Swedish ancestral or ethnic identity ** A national or citizen of Sweden, see demographics of Sweden ** Culture of Sweden * Swedish cuisine See also * * Swedish Church (other) * Swedish Institute (other) * Swedish invasion (other) * Swedish Open (other) Swedish Open is a tennis tournament. Swedish Open may also refer to: *Swedish Open (badminton) * Swedish Open (table tennis) *Swedish Open (squash) *Swedish Open (darts) The Swedish Open is a darts tournament established in 1969, held in Malm ... {{disambig Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1930 Deaths
Year 193 ( CXCIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Sosius and Ericius (or, less frequently, year 946 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 193 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * January 1 – Year of the Five Emperors: The Roman Senate chooses Publius Helvius Pertinax, against his will, to succeed the late Commodus as Emperor. Pertinax is forced to reorganize the handling of finances, which were wrecked under Commodus, to reestablish discipline in the Roman army, and to suspend the food programs established by Trajan, provoking the ire of the Praetorian Guard. * March 28 – Pertinax is assassinated by members of the Praetorian Guard, who storm the imperial palace. The Empire is auctioned of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1861 Births
Statistically, this year is considered the end of the whale oil industry and (in replacement) the beginning of the petroleum oil industry. Events January–March * January 1 ** Benito Juárez captures Mexico City. ** The first steam-powered carousel is recorded, in Bolton, England. * January 2 – Friedrich Wilhelm IV of Prussia dies, and is succeeded by Wilhelm I. * January 3 – American Civil War: Delaware votes not to secede from the Union. * January 9 – American Civil War: Mississippi becomes the second state to secede from the Union. * January 10 – American Civil War: Florida secedes from the Union. * January 11 – American Civil War: Alabama secedes from the Union. * January 12 – American Civil War: Major Robert Anderson sends dispatches to Washington. * January 19 – American Civil War: Georgia secedes from the Union. * January 21 – American Civil War: Jefferson Davis resigns from the United States Senate. * January 26 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olof Ljungström
Gustaf Olof "Olle" Ljungström (1918-2013) was a Swedish engineer. He was a visiting professor in aircraft design at Stanford University and the California Institute of Technology in the United States. Biography Olof Ljungström was born in 1918 as the son of Fredrik Ljungström and Signe (née Söderberg). He studied at Whitlockska samskolan, and studied aeronautics at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm. He undertook military service as an automotive engineer in the Swedish Air Force in 1939 and 1940. He acquired a Ph.D. in transportation and aviation technology at the Royal Institute of Technology in 1973. Ljungström made contributions as an engineer in both his family businesses, notably in shale oil extraction, and beyond. He was recruited for the aircraft development at Saab. As a technical engineer, he worked with models from Saab 17 and Saab 29 Tunnan to Saab 35 Draken, the latter which was originally due to employ the jet engine STAL Dovern. He also spearhe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Gedin
David (; , "beloved one") (traditional spelling), , ''Dāwūd''; grc-koi, Δαυΐδ, Dauíd; la, Davidus, David; gez , ዳዊት, ''Dawit''; xcl, Դաւիթ, ''Dawitʿ''; cu, Давíдъ, ''Davidŭ''; possibly meaning "beloved one". was, according to the Hebrew Bible, the third king of the United Kingdom of Israel. In the Books of Samuel, he is described as a young shepherd and harpist who gains fame by slaying Goliath, a champion of the Philistines, in southern Canaan. David becomes a favourite of Saul, the first king of Israel; he also forges a notably close friendship with Jonathan, a son of Saul. However, under the paranoia that David is seeking to usurp the throne, Saul attempts to kill David, forcing the latter to go into hiding and effectively operate as a fugitive for several years. After Saul and Jonathan are both killed in battle against the Philistines, a 30-year-old David is anointed king over all of Israel and Judah. Following his rise to power, Da ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Cavallinn
Anna may refer to: People Surname and given name * Anna (name) Mononym * Anna the Prophetess, in the Gospel of Luke * Anna (wife of Artabasdos) (fl. 715–773) * Anna (daughter of Boris I) (9th–10th century) * Anna (Anisia) (fl. 1218 to 1221) * Anna of Poland, Countess of Celje (1366–1425) * Anna of Cilli (1386–1416) * Anna, Grand Duchess of Lithuania (died 1418) * Anne of Austria, Landgravine of Thuringia (1432–1462) * Anna of Nassau-Dillenburg (died 1514) * Anna, Duchess of Prussia (1576–1625) * Anna of Russia (1693–1740) * Anna, Lady Miller (1741–1781) * Anna Russell, Duchess of Bedford (1783–1857) * Anna, Lady Barlow (1873–1965) * Anna (feral child) (1932–1942) * Anna (singer) (born 1987) Places Australia * Hundred of Anna, a cadastral district in South Australia Iran * Anna, Fars, a village in Fars Province * Anna, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad, a village in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province Russia * Anna, Voronezh Oblast, an urban locality in Voro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eszter Szalczer
The August Strindberg Repertory Theatre is the resident company at the Gene Frankel Theatre. 2012–13 Season The August Strindberg Repertory Theatre became the resident company at the Gene Frankel Theatre in New York City's East Village when it transferred its first production, Strindberg's ''Playing with Fire'' (co-produced by the Negro Ensemble Company), there in June 2012 after an initial run at the New School's theatre in the West Village.''A Swedish Love Triangle, With Some Slight Revisions'' by Eric Grode, NY Times, May 28, 2012, ''Playing with Fire'' received three [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ockulta Dagboken
This is a list of August Strindberg's written works. See also * August Strindberg paintings Bibliography Drama Posthumous * ''The growth of a soul'', translated by Claud Field, 1913 * ''På gott och ont'' (''Of Good and Evil''), 1914 * ''Genom öknar till arvland; eller, Moses'' (''Through the Wilderness to the Promised Land; or, Moses'') (''Through Deserts to Ancestral Lands ''), twenty-one tableaux, 1918 * ''Hellas; eller, Sokrates'' (''Hellas; or, Socrates'') (''Hellas ''), nineteen tableaux, 1918 * ''Lammet och vilddjuret; eller, Kristus'' (''The Lamb and the Wild Beast; or, Christ'') (''The Lamb and the Beast ''), fifteen tableaux, 1918 * ''Toten-Insel'' (''Isle of the Dead''), one scene, 1918 * ''Han och hon: En själs utvecklingshistoria'' (''He and She: A soul's development history''), 1919 * ''Efterspelet'' (''Epilogue''), 1920 * ''Strindbergs brev till Harriet Bosse'': Natur & Kultur, 1932 * ''August Strindbergs och Ola Hanssons brevvåxling'', 1938 * ''Åttitalsnovel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
En Blå Bok
This is a list of August Strindberg's written works. See also * August Strindberg paintings Bibliography Drama Posthumous * ''The growth of a soul'', translated by Claud Field, 1913 * ''På gott och ont'' (''Of Good and Evil''), 1914 * ''Genom öknar till arvland; eller, Moses'' (''Through the Wilderness to the Promised Land; or, Moses'') (''Through Deserts to Ancestral Lands ''), twenty-one tableaux, 1918 * ''Hellas; eller, Sokrates'' (''Hellas; or, Socrates'') (''Hellas ''), nineteen tableaux, 1918 * ''Lammet och vilddjuret; eller, Kristus'' (''The Lamb and the Wild Beast; or, Christ'') (''The Lamb and the Beast ''), fifteen tableaux, 1918 * ''Toten-Insel'' (''Isle of the Dead''), one scene, 1918 * ''Han och hon: En själs utvecklingshistoria'' (''He and She: A soul's development history''), 1919 * ''Efterspelet'' (''Epilogue''), 1920 * ''Strindbergs brev till Harriet Bosse'': Natur & Kultur, 1932 * ''August Strindbergs och Ola Hanssons brevvåxling'', 1938 * ''Åttitalsnovel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
August Strindberg
Johan August Strindberg (, ; 22 January 184914 May 1912) was a Swedish playwright, novelist, poet, essayist and painter.Lane (1998), 1040. A prolific writer who often drew directly on his personal experience, Strindberg wrote more than sixty plays and more than thirty works of fiction, autobiography, history, cultural analysis, and politics during his career, which spanned four decades. A bold experimenter and iconoclast throughout, he explored a wide range of dramatic methods and purposes, from naturalistic tragedy, monodrama, and history plays, to his anticipations of expressionist and surrealist dramatic techniques. From his earliest work, Strindberg developed innovative forms of dramatic action, language, and visual composition. He is considered the "father" of modern Swedish literature and his '' The Red Room'' (1879) has frequently been described as the first modern Swedish novel. In Sweden, Strindberg is known as an essayist, painter, poet, and especially as a novelist an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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