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Holmberg
Holmberg is a Swedish surname formed from the words ''holm(e)'' meaning islet and ''berg'' meaning mountain. It is a relatively common name, at least in Sweden, which has to do with the fact that many Swedish place names contain the suffixes ''-holm'', ''-holmen'' or ''-berg'', ''-berga'', ''-berget''. Notable people with the surname include: * Åke Holmberg (1907–1991), Swedish author and translator * Krister Holmberg (born 1946), professor of Surface Chemistry at Chalmers University of Technology * Anne Holmberg (born 1938), American writer of historical romance novels * Arvid Holmberg (1886–1958), Swedish gymnast who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics * Barbro Holmberg (born 1952), Swedish Social Democratic politician * Birgit Agda Holmberg (born 1921), Swedish revue director, actress and singer * Bo Holmberg (1942–2010), Swedish politician, widower of former Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs Anna Lindh (1957–2003) * Britta Holmberg (1921–2004), Swedish film act ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eduardo Ladislao Holmberg
Eduardo Ladislao Holmberg (27 July 1852, in Buenos Aires – 4 November 1937) was an Argentine natural historian and novelist, one of the leading figures in Argentine biology. Together with Florentino Ameghino he undertook the inventory of Argentine flora and fauna, and explored all the ecoregions in the country, summarizing for the first time the biodiversity of its territory. The son of botanical aficionado and grandson of the Baron Holmberg, Holmburg accompanied Argentine '' Libertador'' Manuel Belgrano on his campaigns and introduced the cultivation of the ''camellia'' to Argentina. As director of the Buenos Aires Zoological Garden he greatly developed its scientific aspect, publishing booklets and providing printed media for a learned appreciation of its contents. He also directed the Natural History Cabinet of the University of Buenos Aires and published the standard reference works on botany and zoology used in his country for most of the 20th century. While less ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elena Holmberg
Elena Angélica Dolores Holmberg Lanusse (24 May 1931 – disappeared 20 December 1978), better known as Elena Holmberg, was an Argentine diplomat who was kidnapped and assassinated in 1978. Distinguished for being the first woman to graduate from the Institute of Foreign Services of the Nation, Holmberg was an important official of the military dictatorship which took power in 1976, and is generally believed to have been detained-disappeared and then killed by the regime to which she belonged. Biography Elena Holmberg came from a traditional family, the sister of retired Colonel Enrique Holmberg and cousin of General Alejandro Lanusse (former ''de facto'' president of the Argentine Republic). She worked as a career functionary at the Argentine Embassy in France. Due to friction with the staff of the "Pilot Information Center" (a group of Argentine Navy intelligence officers headquartered in Paris, where , Alfredo Astiz, and were also assigned), the diplomat was summoned to Bu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nils Holmberg
Nils Gösta Holmberg (23 December 1902 – 4 August 1981) was a communist leader in Sweden. He was born on 23 December 1902 in Stockholm. Holmberg was a member of the Young Communist League of Sweden (SKU) from 1926 to 1929. He was a member of the executive committee of SKU. Later on, he became a leading member of the mother party, the Communist Party of Sweden (SKP). In 1933 he was inducted into the Central Committee of the party, a position he held until 1956. From 1933 to 1958 he was a member of the board of the Communist Arbetarkommun of Gothenburg and a member of the municipal council of the city from 1935 to 1944. He was also the editor of the daily newspaper of the party in Gothenburg, '' Arbetar-Tidningen''. During the Second World War the government imposed a ban on transporting the publication. The newspaper was confiscated 34 times by the police, and thrice did the confiscations lead to charges against it. Twice did the court sentence the responsible publisher to impri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erik Holmberg (astronomer)
Erik Holmberg (13 November 1908 – 1 February 2000) was a Swedish astronomer and cosmologist. He is most famous for his work in the effects of interacting galaxies. This research showed that galaxies that came near each other would likely combine to form a larger galaxy. Personal life In 1908, Holmberg was born to Malcolm and Anna Holmberg in Skillingaryd, Sweden. In 1947 he married Martha Asdahl. They had one daughter named Osa, who was born in 1953. He died on 1 February 2000 in Gothenburg, at the age of 91. Scientific work In 1941, Holmberg performed arguably the first N-body simulation#Direct gravitational N-body simulations, N-body simulation on the dynamics of interacting galaxies. In order to simulate the effect, he constructed an array of 37 lightbulbs. Using photocells, he measured the simulated force of gravity. Over time, the galaxies moved closer toward each other. He also concluded in a later experiment that Elliptical galaxy, elliptical galaxies are generally older ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henrik Johan Holmberg
Henrik Johan Holmberg or Heinrich Johann Holmberg (3 January 1818 in Kökar – 23 December 1864 in Helsinki) was a Finnish naturalist, geologist (mineralogist) and ethnographer. He was the first recorder of the Awa'uq Massacre in the Russian America of Shelikhov-Golikov Company.Holmberg, Johann Heinrich: "Ethnographic Sketches of the Peoples of Russian America." ''Acta Societatis Scientiarum Fennicae''. Vol. 4 (1856), Vol. 7 (1863), (Helsinki). Translated by Richard A. Pierce. Alaska Division of State Libraries, 1974Heinrich J. Holmberg (1985), ''Holmberg's Ethnographic Sketches''. Translated by Marvin W. Falk, edited by Fritz, Limestone Press, Fairbanks Henrik Holmberg followed in 1851 to document an evolved origin story and several other stories as told by Arsenti Aminak (his memory of Russian conquest at Awa’uq that Aminak survived as a young boy). In 1839 he became a student of the Mining Inspectorate of Finland, in 1841 was registered as an extra conductor and in 1850 went ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dennis Holmberg
Dennis Nels Holmberg (born August 2, 1951) is an American minor league baseball manager for the Bluefield Blue Jays, and was a professional baseball player for eight seasons in the minor leagues. Holmberg attended Brewton-Parker College and was chosen by the Montreal Expos in the 58th round of the 1969 amateur draft, but he declined to sign with them. The next year he was drafted in the 5th round by the Milwaukee Brewers, and he played eight seasons in their farm system. He began his professional career with the 1970 Newark Co-Pilots, splitting his time between third base and the outfield. In 1971, he was a part-time third baseman with the Danville Warriors. Holmberg spent the 1972 campaign with the San Antonio Brewers. In 1973, Dennis split his time between Danville and Shreveport. In 1974 Holmberg was back in Danville. Playing for Burlington in 1975, Holmberg did well at the plate but poorly in the field having thirty-eight errors at third base. In 1976, Holmberg played for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ã…ke Holmberg
Ã…ke Robert Holmberg (31 May 1907 in Stockholm – 9 September 1991) was a Swedish writer and translator, most famous for his nine children's books about detective Tam Sventon Tam Sventon (Swedish: ''Ture Sventon'') is a fictional private detective based in Stockholm, the main character in nine well-known Swedish children's books written by Ã…ke Holmberg between 1948 and 1973. He is characterized by eating semlas, n ... (Swedish: ''Ture Sventon''). Biography Holmberg studied at Stockholm University and graduated with a PhD in 1934. He then worked for several years at the Nordic Museum in Stockholm, and became a full-time author in 1946. Holmberg wrote exclusively youth books, with one exception: the adult novel a breakfast in Aquileia from 1967. Ã…ke Holmberg was awarded Svenska Dagbladet's Literature Prize in 1948 (together with Stina Aronson, Vilgot Sjöman, Ragnar Bengtsson and Bengt V. Wall). In 1961, he became the recipient of the Nils Holgersson plaque, and in 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henrik Holmberg
Carl Henrik Lennart Holmberg (born 5 July 1963) is a Swedish curler. (look for "Holmberg, Henrik") He is a , a two-time Swedish men's champion (1982, 1992) and a 1986 Swedisn mixed champion. He was a member of team who won 1982 the Swedish men's championship and qualified for the , but Holmberg didn't compete because it was decided"Decided" - in Swedish Curling Federation? that he was too young to participate. Teams Men's Mixed References External links * Living people 1963 births Swedish male curlers Swedish curling champions 20th-century Swedish people {{Sweden-curling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joyce Holmberg
Joyce Mina Lundeen Holmberg (n̩e Lundeen; June 19, 1930 РMarch 20, 2017) was an American politician and educator. Born in Rockford, Illinois, Holmberg graduated from East High School in Rockford and was married to Eugene Holmberg. She received her bachelor's degree in education from Northern Illinois University and her master's degree in counseling psychology from Adler School of Professional Psychology. She also did graduate work at Rockford University. Holmberg worked as a teacher in the Rockford Public Schools and was an instructor at Rock Valley College. In the 1982 general election, Holmberg defeated Republican incumbent W. Timothy Simms to represent the 34th legislative district. From 1983 to 1993, Holmberg served in the Illinois Senate and was a Democrat Democrat, Democrats, or Democratic may refer to: Politics *A proponent of democracy, or democratic government; a form of government involving rule by the people. *A member of a Democratic Party: **Democratic P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Krister Holmberg
Krister Holmberg, born 1946, is a Swedish chemist. Holmberg took a PhD in Organic Chemistry from Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg, Sweden in 1974. He then worked in industry for many years and he was R&D Director of Berol Nobel in Stenungsund, Sweden. During the period 1991-1998 he was Director of the Institute for Surface Chemistry in Stockholm. Since 1998 he is Professor of Surface Chemistry at Chalmers University of Technology. His research during recent years has had a focus on the behavior of surface active compounds in solution and at interfaces. He has been active in a number of industrial applications of surface and colloid chemistry. Holmberg has been visiting professor at universities in the EU, the US and China: P. et M. Curie in Paris, the University of Florence, the University of California at Santa Barbara and the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing. He is a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences ''(Kungliga Ingenjörsvetens ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henric Holmberg
Sven Martin Henric Holmberg (born 4 January 1946) is a Swedish actor, director and scriptwriter. Biography Holmberg started acting in different leftist theater groups, and in 1977 he participated in the Tent Project, a musical theater performance on the history of the Swedish working class movement, in which he had played the role of the Swedish Communist leader Zeth Höglund. Holmberg has played many historical parts. He portrayed Rutger Macklean in ''Macklean'', a 1993 drama show for Sveriges Television. Holmberg has also portrayed Adolf Hitler in the play '' Albert Speer'' at Gothenburg City Theatre Gothenburg City Theatre ( sv, Göteborgs stadsteater) opened in 1934 at Götaplatsen square in Gothenburg, Sweden. The theatre was designed by Swedish architect Carl Bergsten who gave the exterior a Neo-Classical look with a touch of Streamlin ... in 2001, which was also later aired on TV. References * External links * Swedish male actors People from Växjö 1946 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bo Holmberg
Bo Lindor Holmberg (17 November 1942 – 11 February 2010), born in Härnösand, Västernorrlands län, Sweden, was a Swedish politician, Governor of Södermanland, and husband of former Minister for Foreign Affairs Anna Lindh. Biography Holmberg's first major political assignment was as a Commissioner of the Västernorrland County Council from 1976 to 1982. In 1982, he was made Minister for Municipal Affairs in the newly elected Social Democrat Government, and in the following year Minister for Civil Service Affairs, on which post he remained until 1988. He then served as a Member of the Parliament for his home constituency of Västernorrland until being appointed Governor of Södermanland on 1 July 1996. His term ended in 2005. Holmberg was married to Lindh from 1991 until she was assassinated in 2003. They had two sons, David and Filip. Holmberg died on 11 February 2010 at age 67. See also *List of Södermanland Governors, Government of Sweden The Government of the Ki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
