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Ljungberg is a Swedish surname derived from ''ljung'' (heather) and ''berg'' (mountain). Youngberg is an Americanized variant of the name. Notable persons with this name include: * Annika Ljungberg, Swedish singer * Birger Ljungberg (1884–1967), Norwegian Minister of Defense * Bo Ljungberg, Swedish pole vaulter * Einar Texas Ljungberg (1880–1974), Swedish politician * * Freddie Ljungberg, Swedish footballer * Hanna Ljungberg, Swedish footballer * Jon Ljungberg, Canadian television personality * Lars Ljungberg, Swedish musician and bass guitarist of The Ark * Mikael Ljungberg (1970–2004), Swedish wrestler * Mikael Ljungberg (curler) (born 1961), Swedish curler * Sven Ljungberg, Swedish visual artist See also * Thomas Ljungbergh (born 1963), Swedish ice hockey player * Ljungberg Museum Ljungberg Museum ( sv, Ljungbergmuseet) is a museum located in Ljungby, Sweden, and is Kronoberg County's official museum of visual art. The museum is located in Ljungby city cente ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Youngberg (other)
Youngberg may refer to: People * Brett Youngberg (born 1979), Canadian volleyball player * Garth Youngberg, founder and director of the Institute for Alternative Agriculture * Jordan Youngberg, American politician and businessman, member of the South Dakota Senate from 2017 to 2020 * Renae Youngberg (1933–2015), American baseball player in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Other uses * Youngberg, Arizona Youngberg is a populated place situated in Pinal County, Arizona, United States. History Originally called Goldfield due to the nearby gold mines, The Goldfield Post Office was established on October 7, 1893, with James L Patterson as its first ..., United States, a populated place * '' Youngberg v. Romeo'', a landmark United States Supreme Court case regarding the rights of the involuntarily committed and mentally retarded {{disambiguation, surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annika Ljungberg
Rednex is a Swedish musical group whose style is a mix of American country music and modern Eurodance, with their appearance and stage names taking inspiration from the American redneck stereotypes. The band originally consisted of the lead singer Mary Joe (Annika Ljungberg), alongside Bobby Sue (Kent Olander), Ken Tacky (Arne Arstrand), Billy Ray (Jonas Nilsson) and Mup (Patrick Edenberg). Pat Reiniz (Patrick Edenberg) also served as the band's producer. The band has gone through multiple lineup changes throughout its existence, with none of the members having an uninterrupted tenure. The group enjoyed success throughout the 1990s with novelty hits such as "Cotton Eye Joe", "Old Pop in an Oak", "The Spirit of the Hawk" and "Wish You Were Here", which often topped the charts in several European countries. Band history 1994–1995: Formation and ''Sex & Violins'' Rednex was initially the brainchild of Swedish producers Janne Ericsson, Örjan "Öban" Öberg, and Patrick Edenb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birger Ljungberg
Birger Ljungberg (7 June 1884 – 20 April 1967) was a Norwegian military officer and politician from the Conservative Party who served as Minister of Defence A defence minister or minister of defence is a Cabinet (government), cabinet official position in charge of a ministry of defense, which regulates the armed forces in sovereign states. The role of a defence minister varies considerably from coun ... from 1939–1942. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Ljungberg, Birger 1884 births 1967 deaths Norwegian Army World War II generals Defence ministers of Norway ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bo Ljungberg
Bo Alexander Ljungberg (21 November 1911 – 19 March 1984) was a Swedish athlete. He won two silver medals in the pole vault at the European Championships and competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics as both a pole vaulter and a triple jumper. Career Bo Ljungberg won gold in the pole vault at the 1933 International University Games in Turin, clearing 3.90 m. At the following year's European Championships, also in Turin, he jumped 4.00 m and won silver behind Germany's Gustav Wegner; he also competed in the triple jump, placing 8th with 14.01 m. He also took part in both events at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin; in the triple jump he managed 14.35 m and placed eighteenth, while in the pole vault he again cleared 4.00 m and shared sixth place with ten others. At the 1938 European Championships he repeated his silver medal from four years before, clearing 4.00 m once more. In 1939 This year also marks the start of the Second World War, the l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Einar Texas Ljungberg
Einar "Texas" Ljungberg (26 August 1880 - 6 December 1974) was a Swedish Socialist politician. Einar Ljunberg joined the Social Democratic movement in Gothenburg in the early 1900s, and was active in the ranks of the Swedish Social Democratic Party. In 1909, he served almost one year in jail for treason, after having criticized the Swedish Monarchy and arguing for its replacement with a democratic republic.G F Einar ("Texas") Ljungberg, https://sok.riksarkivet.se/sbl/artikel/10788, Svenskt biografiskt lexikon (article by Sven Erik Täckmark), retrieved 2024-02-29. After his release from prison, Ljungberg traveled to America and toured the United States speaking about socialism to Scandinavian immigrants there. Upon his return to Sweden, he was given the nickname "''Texas''" by his comrades. Einar "Texas" Ljungberg was part of the left, pro-Bolshevik opposition within the Swedish Social Democratic Party, and, after the split of 1917, he joined the newly founded Swedish Commu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Freddie Ljungberg
Karl Fredrik "Freddie" Ljungberg (; born 16 April 1977) is a Swedish former professional footballer and manager who played as a winger. He was most recently a former assistant coach, and interim head coach of Arsenal. He began his career at Halmstad and went on to spend most of his career at Arsenal, where he won honours including two Premier League titles and three FA Cups, scoring in two finals including the victory in 2002. After leaving Arsenal in 2007, he had short spells at a number of clubs in England, Scotland, the United States, Japan and India. An international for a full decade, Ljungberg earned 75 caps and represented Sweden national team at UEFA Euro 2000, 2004 and 2008, as well as at the 2002 and 2006 FIFA World Cups. He was captain of Sweden from 2006 until he announced his international retirement after UEFA Euro 2008. Ljungberg was a model for Calvin Klein underwear until 2007. He previously represented brands such as Nike, Procter & Gamble, L'Oréal, Puma, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hanna Ljungberg
Hanna Carolina Ljungberg (born 8 January 1979) is a Swedish former football player, who played the position of forward. She played for the club side Umeå IK and for the Swedish national football team. She debuted for Sweden, at age 17, on 6 February 1996, when Sweden won 8-0 against Spain. Ljungberg can be seen in the Sveriges Television documentary television series The Other Sport from 2013. Career Hanna Ljungberg was one of several professional players in the Swedish women's league, Damallsvenskan. She was chosen as Swedish Player of the Year in 2002, winning the Diamond Ball (Diamantbollen). She also scored a record setting number of goals that season with 39 goals (roughly 1.78 goals per game). Ljungberg made altogether 227 league appearances for Umeå IK and scored 196 goals. As a world class forward, Ljungberg was instrumental in the Swedish side that were runners up in the FIFA Women's World Cup 2003 held in the United States, scoring three goals and assisting anothe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jon Ljungberg
Jon Ljungberg is a Winnipeg television personality and comedian, most known as the host of ''Breakfast Television'' (formerly ''The Big Breakfast''), on Citytv Winnipeg. Born in Worcester, Massachusetts, Ljungberg holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree from Clark University Clark University is a private research university in Worcester, Massachusetts. Founded in 1887 with a large endowment from its namesake Jonas Gilman Clark, a prominent businessman, Clark was one of the first modern research universities in the .... Ljungberg has also done work on Fruit Pebbles advertisements, illustrated children's books, and does stand-up comedy. He is a big fan of the Boston Red Sox. He had a daughter, Brittney Ljungberg (1988), and a son, Christopher Ljungberg (1991) and was married twice. Ljungberg, the cartoonist, has also contributed 10's of thousands of original cartoon compositions to the world of clipart for a variety of large stock image libraries. He ended his career with Breakf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lars Ljungberg
Lars "Leari" Ljungberg, (born 6 March 1977 in Huddinge, Sweden) is a Swedish musician and bass player of the alternative rock/glam rock band The Ark. He started out as a studio and touring musician for artists such as soul singer Titiyo. In 1999 he went on an 8-month tour with the Cardigans due to Magnus Sveningsson, Cardigans regular bass player being injured. In autumn and winter 08/09 Leari was employed as a bassist in the rock opera ''Jesus Christ Superstar'' at the Malmö opera. He is also a member of The Ark side-project, the disco/glam rock crossover band ''Stereo Explosion''. Personal life Ljungberg was born just outside Stockholm, Sweden and grew up in Saudi Arabia, South Korea and Växjö, Sweden. His mother is Egyptian of Beja/Nubian Nubian may refer to: *Something of, from, or related to Nubia, a region along the Nile river in Southern Egypt and northern Sudan. *Nubian people *Nubian languages *Anglo-Nubian goat, a breed of goat * Nubian ibex * , several ship ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mikael Ljungberg
Mikael Ljungberg (13 June 1970 – 17 November 2004) was a Swedish wrestler from Gothenburg. He competed for Örgryte IS's wrestling section. Ljungberg was one of the most successful Swedish wrestlers ever. He won World Championship gold medals in 1993 and 1995, European Championship gold medals in 1995 and 1999, and an Olympic gold medal in 2000. In the summer of 2004, the '' Complete Book of the Olympics'' 2004 edition wrongly reported Mikael Ljungberg had been suspended in 1994 for using a banned performance-enhancing drug. This was silently corrected in the 2008 edition of the same book. On 17 November 2004, while receiving care for depression at the psychiatric ward of the Mölndal hospital outside Gothenburg, he committed suicide by hanging himself. His brother reported in interviews afterwards that Mikael was a sensitive person who took setbacks seriously. Also, it was reported that his life after his professional career came to an end had been difficult for him; his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mikael Ljungberg (curler)
Mikael "Micke" Ljungberg (born 23 August 1961) is a Swedish 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 ... curler. (look for "Ljungberg, Mikael") He is a and a . In 2003 he was inducted into the Swedish Curling Hall of Fame. Teams Personal life His wife is Swedish curler Lena Mårdberg, she played on . References External links * Living people 1961 births Swedish male curlers 20th-century Swedish people {{Sweden-curling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sven Ljungberg
Sven Birger Ljungberg (December 15, 1913 – July 28, 2010) was a Swedish visual artist whose work was created predominantly in the genres of printmaking and painting, though his entire body of his work includes murals and mosaics. He was born in Ljungby, Sweden. Biography Small-town life in Sweden, specifically in Småland, located in the central southern part of Sweden, serves as the major theme in his work. His hometown of Ljungby, located in Småland, is specifically referenced throughout his work. His work is included in both the Moderna museet and Nationalmuseum in Stockholm, as well as museums in Växjö, Kalmar, and Jönköping. The village of Ljungby has also erected a museum, Ljungbergmuseet, to house his works. In addition to his larger work, Ljungberg has also created illustrations for several books, including many books by Ivar Lo-Johansson. Ljungberg served as director of Konsthögskolan ( Royal University College of Fine Arts) in Stockholm between 1972 and 1978 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
