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Ruth Svedberg
Ruth Augusta Svedberg (14 April 1903 – 27 December 2002) was a Swedish track and field athlete. She competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics in the 100 m, 4 × 100 m relay and discus throw events and won a bronze medal in the discus, failing to reach the finals in sprint events. Two years later she won the bronze medal in the triathlon at the third Women's World Games. Svedberg held national records in the discus throw, shot put and triathlon and won the national championships in the long jump (1933), shot put (1933 and 1937), discus (1927, 1929–30, 1932–33 and 1949), javelin throw (1929, 1931 and 1933), triathlon (1929–31, 1933, 1937 and 1938), and in the 4×80 m (1939–41) and 4 × 100 m sprint relays (1943–45 and 1947). At her last national championships, aged 46, she won the discus throw event with her best-ever throw of 38.98 m. Three years earlier she set her personal best in the shot put while placing second at the national championships. Svedberg was a physiother ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malmberget
Malmberget ("The Ore Mountain", Finnish and Meänkieli: ''Malmivaara'') is a locality and mining town situated in Gällivare Municipality, Norrbotten County, Sweden. It had 5,590 inhabitants in 2010, reduced to 927 by December 2020. It is situated 5 kilometres from the municipal seat of Gällivare. The entire Malmberget town was moved in 2020/2021 due to mining activities in the area. Malmberget is known as a major site for the extraction of iron ore from deep mines by Swedish mining company LKAB. Iron ore mining started in 1741 at Illuvaara mountain, later known as ''Gällivare Malmberg'' and eventually just ''Malmberget''. The first train transporting iron ore was loaded in 1888 - the beginning of the great iron ore rush that would change the entire area of Northern Lapland. In Malmberget there was plentiful employment, but no dwellings - a striking resemblance to the conditions during some of the gold rushes in North America. During the first years, workers lived in shacks bu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |