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Märta
Märta is a Swedish feminine given name. The name is often a diminutive of Margareta. Individuals bearing the name Märta include: * Märta of Denmark (1277–1341), Queen consort of Sweden * Märta Adlerz (1897–1979), Swedish diver *Märta Allertz (1628–c. 1677), royal mistress of Charles X of Sweden * Märta Andersson (born 1925), Swedish gymnast *Märta Berendes (1639–1717), Swedish Baroness and diarist *Märta Björnbom (1888–1973), Swedish lawyer * Märta Blomstedt (1899–1982), Finnish architect *Märta Bucht (1882–1962), Swedish schoolteacher, suffragist and peace activist *Märta Dorff (1909–1990), Swedish actress *Märta Eketrä (1851–1894), Swedish lady-in-waiting to Sophia of Nassau *Märta Johansson (1907–1998), Swedish diver * Märta Leijonhufvud (1520–1584), Swedish noble; sister of Queen Margaret Leijonhufvud *Märtha Leth (1877-1953), Swedish pharmacist *Märta Ljungberg (1656–1741), Swedish innkeeper *Märta Norberg (born 1922), Swedish cr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Märta Ljungberg
Marta Liungberg (''modern spelling:'' Märta Ljungberg) (1656–1741), was a Swedish innkeeper. She managed the important inn at Ljungby in Sunnerbo. She was also a successful farmer, who acquired many of the farms around the area of the inn. In 1828, when it was decided that a city should be founded in Sunnerbo, Ljungby (at that time only a couple of farms around the inn), was chosen to be founded upon the land donated by her in her will. Before the inn Märta Ljungberg grew up on ''Ljungby Gård'' (English: ''Ljungby Farm'') together with her parents and six siblings. She was daughter to '' frälseinspektor'' and innkeeper Lars Svensson Frimolin and his wife Margareta Larsdotter. Inn After her parents' death the ownership of inn was taken over by her brother Abraham Ljungberg (later Ljungfelt) with the everyday operation handed over to Märta herself. Instead her brother made a career as a county official ''( Swe: landskamrerare)'' for the county. During the next four years t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Märta Blomstedt
Märta Blomstedt (1899–1982) was an architect and one of the driving forces of the Finnish functionalism movement. Partnering with her husband, Pauli E. Blomstedt, her first works were noted for their functional, rather than decorative appearance and settings in park-like environments. After her husband's death, initially she formed a firm with Matti Lampén to complete projects her husband and she had begun. Later, she and Lampén formed a firm designing their own creations. She designed all aspects of her buildings including the furnishings, demonstrated in one of Blomstedt & Lampén's most noted designs of the Hotel Aulanko. During the war, Blomstedt & Lampén mostly worked on renovation and restoration projects of existing buildings, but at the war's end, they returned to their own designs. In addition to buildings, they were responsible for the city plans for Kuusjärvi and the Oravikoski Mining Community and created both public and private buildings in each city as well. Wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Märta Strömberg
Märta Strömberg (1921 – 2012) was a Swedish archaeologist. Life and work Märta Strömberg was one of the first female archaeologists to enter the academic realm in Sweden. She began her career as a researcher at Lund University and stayed her entire professional career at the same university. She continued to work sporadically at the university also after her retirement. She has been described as one of the foremost experts in Nordic prehistory in Sweden, but had a broad base of knowledge and expertise stretching from knowledge about the Stone Age to the Middle Ages. Her research was based on a systems theory Systems theory is the interdisciplinary study of systems, i.e. cohesive groups of interrelated, interdependent components that can be natural or human-made. Every system has causal boundaries, is influenced by its context, defined by its structu ... approach and focused on explaining social and economic structures by studying patterns of settlements in the landscape ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Märta Eketrä
''Märta'' Elisabeth Margareta Eketrä (Stockholm, 4 November 1851 – 26 August 1894, Ulriksdal Palace), was a Swedish lady-in-waiting, favorite and confidant of Sophia of Nassau, queen Sophia of Sweden. Märta Eketrä was the daughter of the noble-born colonel and courtier Johan Gabriel Eketrä and Stanislas Margareta Tersmeden. During her childhood, she was a playmate of Louise of Sweden. She never married. In 1872, she was appointed ''hovfröken'' (maid of honour) to the new Queen after the accession of King Oscar II to the throne. In 1889, she was promoted to the post and rank of ''kammarfröken'' (the highest rank of an unmarried female courtier). Eketrä was a favorite and confidante of queen Sophia. She is noted to have been one of the queen's three favorite ladies-in-waiting, the other two being Ida Wedel-Jarlsberg and Ebba von Rosen. In 1878, it was Märta Eketrä who introduced Sophia to the British preacher Lord Radstock, whose teachings came to have a great importance ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martha Leijonhufvud
Martha Eriksdotter Leijonhufvud (24 December 1520 in Ödeby Lillkyrka, Ekeberg, Närke – 15 January 1584 in Stegeholm), known as (), was a politically-active Swedish noblewoman. She was the sister of Queen Margaret Leijonhufvud and sister-in-law of King Gustav I of Sweden: she was also the maternal aunt of Queen Catherine Stenbock and the daughter-in-law of the regent Christina Gyllenstierna. In 1568, she financed the deposition of King Eric XIV of Sweden, which placed her nephew John III of Sweden on the throne. Biography Marriage Born to Erik Abrahamsson Leijonhufvud (d. 1520), a victim of the Stockholm Bloodbath, and Ebba Eriksdotter Vasa, and relative of Gustav Vasa, who became king of Sweden in 1523. Her sister Margaret was engaged to Svante Stensson Sture, the son of former regent Christina Gyllenstierna, but the engagement was broken in 1536 when king Gustav decided to marry her. Instead, Sture was married to Märta. There is a well known legend as to how this c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Märta Bucht
Märta Johanna Bucht (1882–1962) was a Swedish schoolteacher, suffragist and peace activist. From 1908, she chaired the Luleå branch of the Swedish Association for Women's Suffrage (FKPR). She was also active in the peace movement. In 1919, she was one of the 12 Swedes who attended the Zurich conference where the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom was established. Throughout her life, Bucht supported the temperance movement, becoming a member of the IOGT-NTO. Biography Born on 23 October 1882 in Luleå, Märta Johanna Bucht was the daughter of the cartographer and town planner Gustaf Wilhelm Bucht (1849–1894) and his wife Rosina (Rosa) Maria née Högström (1853–1894). She was the fourth in a family of six children. After completing her schooling at a private school in Luleå, she worked for several years as a governess in Malmberget. Following her father's death in 1894, her former headmistress covered the cost of her training as a schoolteacher at the P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Märta Björnbom
Märta Björnbom (25 May 1888 in Stockholm – 14 July 1973 in Danderyd Municipality Danderyd Municipality (''Danderyds kommun''; ) is a municipalities of Sweden, municipality north of Stockholm in Stockholm County in east central Sweden. It is one of the smallest municipalities of Sweden, but the most affluent. Its seat is locat ...) was a Swedish lawyer. She was one of the first women in Sweden to complete a law degree in the early 20th century. She had worked in the law sphere, like being a notary, legal representative, an assistant to a lawyer, then later being involved in many associations; member of the International Law Association, chaired the Swedish Women's Citizens' Union, an apolitical association that worked to achieve gender equality and improve women's conditions. References Further reading * 1888 births 1973 deaths Swedish women lawyers 20th-century Swedish lawyers 20th-century women lawyers 20th-century Swedish women {{Sweden-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Märta Johansson
Märta Ester Lovisa Johansson (later ''Engdahl'', 24 January 1907 – 6 January 1998) was 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 ... diver. She competed in the 3 m springboard at the 1924 Summer Olympics, but failed to reach the final. Her sister-in-law Signe Johansson-Engdahl was also an Olympic diver, and her elder brother Nils Johansson was an Olympic ice hockey player. References 1907 births 1998 deaths Swedish female divers Olympic divers of Sweden Divers at the 1924 Summer Olympics Stockholms KK divers Divers from Stockholm {{Sweden-acrobatics-diving-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Märta Helena Reenstierna
Märta Helena Reenstierna (16 September 1753 – 12 January 1841; married name: von Schnell), known as ''Årstafrun'' (The Årsta lady), was a Swedish diary writer. Her diaries were written in the period 1793–1839, and are kept at the archives of Nordiska museet in Stockholm. They were published in 1946–1953 as ''Årstadagboken'' (The Årsta Diary). They are considered as a valuable cultural historical document of the everyday life of the people at a Swedish manor of her epoch. Biography Märta Helena Reenstierna was the daughter of lieutenant Abraham Reenstierna and Catharina Maria von Köhler. On 6 June 1775, she married Cavalry Captain Christian Henrik von Schnell (1733–1811). She had eight children between 1776 and 1787, though by the time she began her diary in 1793, only her son Hans Abraham (1780–1812) was alive to reach adulthood. She did not begun her diary until 1793, and the first eighteen years of her marriage are therefore not described. However, the spous ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Märta Norberg
Märta Norberg (19 September 1922 – 19 December 2020) was a Swedish cross-country skier who competed in the 1950s. She won two bronze medals in the 3 × 5 km relay at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships (1954, 1958). She was born in Örnsköldsvik, Ångermanland. Norberg finished fourth in the 10 km event at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo Oslo ( , , or ; sma, Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population .... Cross-country skiing results Olympic Games World Championships * 2 medals – (2 bronze) References External linksWorld Championship results * 1922 births 2020 deaths People from Örnsköldsvik Municipality Cross-country skiers from Västernorrland County Swedish female cross-country skiers Olympic cross-country skiers of Sweden Cross-country skiers at the 1952 Wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martha Of Denmark
Martha of Denmark (1277 – 2 March or 3 October 1341) was Queen of Sweden by marriage to King Birger. She was given the name Margaret ( da, Margrete Eriksdatter at birth, but in Sweden was called Martha ( sv, Märta), and has been known in history by that name. She was regarded as a politically influential queen and an important figure in the Håtuna games and the Nyköping Banquet. Life Early life Martha was born to King Eric V of Denmark and Agnes of Brandenburg and sister of King Eric VI. In 1282, peaceful relations were resumed between the kings of Denmark and Sweden, and it was agreed that Princess Martha should be married to Prince Birger, the heir to the Swedish throne.Märta urn:sbl:8651, '' |
Märta Andersson
Martha Louise “Märta” Andersson (also known as Märta Ingemansson and Märta Karlsson) (14 February 1925 – 2 December 2018) was a who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics
The 1948 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and also known as London 1948) were an international multi-sport event held from 29 July to 14 August 1948 in London, England, United Kingdom. Following a twelve-year hiatus ...
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