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Rosenqvist
Rosenqvist is a Swedish surname meaning "rose branch". Geographical distribution As of 2014, 64.1% of all known bearers of the surname ''Rosenqvist'' were residents of Sweden (frequency 1:4,169), 22.3% of Finland (1:6,671), 9.6% of Denmark (1:15,900) and 1.4% of Norway (1:97,025). In Sweden, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:4,169) in the following counties: * 1. Kalmar County (1:1,804) * 2. Skåne County (1:2,039) * 3. Kronoberg County (1:2,363) * 4. Jönköping County (1:2,796) * 5. Blekinge County (1:3,142) * 6. Östergötland County (1:3,392) * 7. Gävleborg County (1:3,685) * 8. Gotland County (1:3,899) In Finland, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:6,671) in the following regions: * 1. Åland (1:587) * 2. Satakunta (1:1,750) * 3. Southwest Finland (1:3,393) * 4. Uusimaa (1:4,638) * 5. Ostrobothnia (1:5,607) People * Edil Rosenqvist, Finnish wrestler * Einar Rosenqvist, Norwegian naval officer and politician * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Felix Rosenqvist
Felix Rosenqvist (born 7 November 1991) is a Swedish professional racing driver who currently drives the No. 6 Chevrolet for Arrow McLaren SP in the NTT IndyCar Series. He was named Rookie of the Year for the IndyCar Series in 2019. Racing career Formula Renault Rosenqvist started his single-seater career in Asia, he won the 2008 Formula Renault 2.0 Asia and 2009 Formula Renault 2.0 Sweden/NEZ titles. German Formula 3 Championship In 2010 he was fifth in the German Formula Three Championship with two victories, eight podiums, and one pole position. He also attended the 2010 Macau Grand Prix Formula Three where he finished ninth after having qualified seventh in his debut with the same Swedish/British racing team Performance Racing. European Formula 3 Championship For 2011, he graduated to the Formula 3 Euro Series with the Mücke Motorsport team, where he finished fifth with one win, 10 podiums, and five fastest laps, and won the Masters of Formula 3 in his rookie year. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrée & Rosenqvist
Oy Andrée & Rosenqvist Ab (shorter form Oy Andros Ab) was a boat building yard and engineering works in Turku, Finland in 1906–1939. The company was known for its fast and high-quality boats and also marine engines, which were also applied in stationary use. In 1939 Andros was taken over by Wärtsilä which merged it to the neighbouring Crichton-Vulcan yard. The last Andros engines were produced in 1958. Foundation The company was started by Carl Severin Andrée and Gustaf Allan Rosenqvist. Andrée was an engineer originally from Gothenburg, Sweden, and lived for a few years in USA before moving to Turku 1898. First he had worked for Turun Rauta-teollisuus Oy until 1905 and then he started selling boat engines in department store Wiklund. He was particularly interested in boats and engines. He bought the boat department with his brother-in-law, Gustaf Allan Rosenqvist, in 1906. Rosenqvist, born in Turku, was then just 21-year-old and he had a business degree. Expansion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Einar Rosenqvist
Einar Terkel Christian Tamberskjelver Rosenqvist (7 February 1817 – 17 April 1885) was a Norwegian naval officer and politician. He was born in Christianssand. His father was a teacher, and was later transferred to Volden as a vicar, where he died in 1854. Einar Rosenqvist was a lieutenant in the Royal Norwegian Navy from 1836. He spent some years at sea, attended school and moved back to Christianssand in 1848. He became a member of the city council and served as mayor. He was elected to the Parliament of Norway in 1851, representing the urban constituency Christianssand. He also served as a deputy representative during the term 1871–1873. He had reached the rank of Commander in 1870. He was also mayor of Horten from 1874 to 1875, where he had been stationed as a naval officer, leading the '' Sjømilitære korps'' from 1871 to 1883. He died in Horten in April 1885. He was decorated as a Knight of the Order of St. Olav. In their obituary in 1885, newspaper ''Verdens Gang'' c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terkel Rosenqvist
Terkel Nissen Rosenqvist (2 October 1921 – 1 April 2011) was a Norwegian chemist and metallurgist. Biography He was born in Aker. His parents were businessman Einar Rosenqvist (1892–1962) and Julia (Mulka) Marija Kos (1893–1939). His brother was Ivan Th. Rosenqvist. From 1945 to 1963 he was married to Tone Barth (January 25, 1924 – October 10, 1980), the sister of Professor of Social Anthropology Fredrik Barth (born 1928). He later married Siri Sverdrup Lunden (1920–2003). He finished his secondary education in 1938 and graduated from the University of Oslo with the cand.real. degree in 1943. He was a research assistant at the university, and also worked as a chemist and metallurgist for Elektrokemisk and Christiania Spigerverk. He was appointed at the Norwegian Institute of Technology in 1945, before being an instructor from 1947 and assistant professor from 1950 at the University of Chicago. He was appointed as an acting docent at the Norwegian Institute of Technolo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edil Rosenqvist
Edil Albert Rosenqvist (11 December 1892 – 14 September 1973) was a Finnish wrestler and Olympic medalist in Greco-Roman wrestling. Olympics Rosenqvist competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp where he received a silver medal in Greco-Roman wrestling, the ''light heavyweight'' class."1920 Summer Olympics – Antwerp, Belgium – Wrestling" ''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on 28 August 2008) At the in Paris
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Helena Hillar Rosenqvist
Helena Hillar Rosenqvist (born 1946) is a Swedish Green Party politician. She was a member of the Riksdag The Riksdag (, ; also sv, riksdagen or ''Sveriges riksdag'' ) is the legislature and the supreme decision-making body of Sweden. Since 1971, the Riksdag has been a unicameral legislature with 349 members (), elected proportionally and se ... from 1998 until 2006. In the Riksdag, she was a member of the housing committee 1998–2006. She was also deputy in the justice committee, the culture committee, the social affairs committee and the traffic committee. References 1946 births 21st-century Swedish women politicians Living people Members of the Riksdag 1998–2002 Members of the Riksdag 2002–2006 Members of the Riksdag from the Green Party Women members of the Riksdag {{Sweden-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ernst Rosenqvist
Ernst Edvard Rosenqvist (24 August 1869 – 27 May 1932) was a Finnish sport shooter who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics The 1912 Summer Olympics ( sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1912), officially known as the Games of the V Olympiad ( sv, Den V olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Stockholm 1912, were an international multi-sport event held in Stockholm, Sweden, be .... He was part of the Finnish team, which won the bronze medal in the 100 metre running deer, single shots event. He also competed in the 100 metre running deer, single shots event and finished 14th. References External linksprofile 1869 births 1932 deaths Finnish male sport shooters Running target shooters Shooters at the 1912 Summer Olympics Olympic shooters for Finland Olympic bronze medalists for Finland Olympic medalists in shooting Medalists at the 1912 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Helsinki People from the Grand Duchy of Finland {{Finland-sportshooting-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Susanne Rosenqvist
Susanne Rosenqvist (born 26 November 1967) is a Swedish canoe sprinter and marathon canoeist who competed in the 1990s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, she won two bronze medals in the K-4 500 m event (1992, 1996). Rosenqvist also won seven medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with three silvers (K-2 200 m: 1995, K-2 5000 m: 1991, K-4 500 m: 1993) and four bronzes (K-2 500 m: 1995, K-4 200 m: 1995, 1997; K-4 500 m: 1994 File:1994 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1994 Winter Olympics are held in Lillehammer, Norway; The Kaiser Permanente building after the 1994 Northridge earthquake; A model of the MS Estonia, which Sinking of the MS Estonia, sank in ...). ReferencesDatabaseOlympics.com profile* * 1967 births Canoeists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Living people Olympic canoeists for Sweden Olympic bronze medalists for Sweden Swedish female canoeists Olympic medalists in canoeing ICF Canoe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emelie Rosenqvist
Emelie Rosenqvist (born 27 November 1980) is a Swedish actress. Selected filmography *1993 - ''Allis med is'' (TV) *1996 - '' Skuggornas hus'' (TV) *1998 - '' Pip-Larssons'' (TV) *2005 - ''Lasermannen (TV series)'' *2005 - ''Kommissionen'' (TV) *2006 - ''LasseMajas detektivbyrå (TV series)'' *2006 - ''Min frus förste älskare'' *2007 - ''Upp till kamp ''How Soon Is Now?'' ( sv, Upp till kamp) is a 2007 Swedish drama television serial directed by Mikael Marcimain. The narrative portrays four people who grow up in Gothenburg between 1966 and 1976. The serial was produced for Sveriges Television, ...'' (TV) References External links * Swedish actresses 1980 births Living people Place of birth missing (living people) {{Sweden-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosenquist
Rosenquist is a Swedish surname meaning "rose branch". Notable people with the surname include: *Gustaf Rosenquist (1887–1961), Swedish gymnast *James Rosenquist (1933–2017), American artist *Jesse Rosenquist (1899–1966), American police radio dispatcher pioneer *Alan Rosenquist (1983–present), American Maritime Technologist See also *Rosenqvist Rosenqvist is a Swedish surname meaning "rose branch". Geographical distribution As of 2014, 64.1% of all known bearers of the surname ''Rosenqvist'' were residents of Sweden (frequency 1:4,169), 22.3% of Finland (1:6,671), 9.6% of Denmark (1:15,9 ... References {{Reflist Swedish-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Southwest Finland
Southwest Finland, calqued as Finland Proper ( fi, Varsinais-Suomi ; sv, Egentliga Finland), is a region in the southwest of Finland. It borders the regions of Satakunta, Pirkanmaa, Tavastia Proper (Kanta-Häme), Uusimaa, and Åland. The region's capital and most populous city is Turku, which was known as the former capital city of Finland before Helsinki. The area comprising the Southwest is largely the same as the historical province of Finland Proper, so named because it is the original home of the tribe known as the Finns proper. Origin of the name Finland Proper The name of Finland Proper has a historical function. In historic times, in the area of the present Southern Finland lived three tribes, which were the Finns proper, the Tavastians and the Karelians. The southwestern part of the country, the province where the Finns proper lived, was simply called Finland (Finnish: ''Suomi''). In the 17th century the name began to be used to refer to the whole land and a speci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ostrobothnia (region)
Ostrobothnia ( sv, Österbotten; fi, Pohjanmaa) is a region in western Finland. It borders the regions of Central Ostrobothnia, South Ostrobothnia, and Satakunta. It is one of four regions considered modern-day Ostrobothnia, hence also referred to as Coastal Ostrobothnia to avoid confusion. Ostrobothnia is one of two Finnish regions with a Swedish-speaking majority (the other being the constitutionally monolingual province of Åland); Swedish-speakers make up 51.2% of the total population. The region contains thirteen bilingual municipalities and one that is exclusively Finnish-speaking. The capital of Vaasa is predominantly inhabited by Finnish speakers, whereas smaller towns and rural areas are generally dominated by the Swedish language. The three municipalities with the largest number of Swedish speakers are Korsholm, Jakobstad and Pedersöre. Geographically, Ostrobothnia has little topographical relief, because it is mostly former seafloor brought to surface by post-glac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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