Osvald Polívka Buildings
Osvald may refer to: * Osvald (given name) * Surname: ** Hugo Osvald (1892–1970), Swedish botanist and plant ecologist specializing on mire ecology, Sphagnum and peat formation * Osvald Group, Norwegian sabotage organisation during World War II led by Asbjørn Sunde, who used Osvald as one of his cover names See also * Oswald (other) Oswald may refer to: People * Oswald (given name), including a list of people with the name *Oswald (surname), including a list of people with the name Fictional characters *Oswald the Reeve, who tells a tale in Geoffrey Chaucer's '' The Canterb ...

Osvald (given Name)
Osvald is a male given name. People named Osvald include: * Kristian Osvald Viderø (1906–1991), Faroese clergyman, poet and Bible translator *Osvald Chlubna (1893–1971), Czech composer * Osvald Helmuth (1894–1966), Danish stage and film actor * Osvald Käpp (1905–1995), Estonian wrestler who won a gold medal at the 1928 Summer Olympics * Osvald Moberg (1888–1933), Swedish gymnast who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics *Osvald Polívka (1859–1931), Austrian-born Czech architect associated with the Secession / Art Nouveau period in Prague *Osvald Sirén Osvald Sirén (6 April 1879 – 26 June 1966) was a Finnish-born Swedish art historian, whose interests included the art of 18th century Sweden, Renaissance Italy and China. Biography Sirén was born in Helsinki. He held the J.A. Berg Profe ... (1879–1966), Finnish-born Swedish art historian, whose interests included 18th century Sweden, Renaissance Italy and China References {{Given name Czech masculi ...
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Hugo Osvald
Hugo Osvald (1892–1970) was a Swedish botanist and plant ecologist specialized on mire ecology, Sphagnum and peat Peat (), also known as turf (), is an accumulation of partially decayed vegetation or organic matter. It is unique to natural areas called peatlands, bogs, mires, moors, or muskegs. The peatland ecosystem covers and is the most efficient ... formation. Godwin, Harry (1973) 'Obituary: tribute to four botanists'. New Phytologist 72 (5): 1245-1250. Osvald participated in the Third International Phytogeographic Excursion to Switzerland in 1923. References 1892 births 1970 deaths 20th-century Swedish botanists 20th-century Swedish geologists Plant ecologists Members of the Första kammaren {{Sweden-botanist-stub ...
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Osvald Group
The Osvald Group was a Norwegian organisation that was the most active World War II resistance group in Norway from 1941 to the summer of 1944. Numbering more than 200 members, it committed at least 110 acts of sabotage against Nazi occupying forces and the collaborationist government of Vidkun Quisling.There were 39 sabotage actions according to Asbjørn Sunde; see Asbjørn Sunde: ''Menn i mørket''. Dreyer Forlag. Oslo (1947), pp. 245–248. The organisation is perhaps best known for conducting the first act of resistance against the German occupation of Norway, when on 2 February 1942 it detonated a bomb at Oslo East Station in protest against Quisling's inauguration as Minister-President. The Osvald Group was originally the Norwegian branch of the "Organisation Against Fascism and in Support of the USSR", better known as the Wollweber League, an anti-fascist group founded in 1936 by German communist Ernst Wollweber, with the support and direction of the Soviet secret po ...
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