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Serverat, Ers Majestät!
Astrid Lindgren’s plays are a number of theater plays written by Astrid Lindgren in the 1940s to 1970s. Part of the plays are based on her books, other stories were only written for theater. Since almost all of Astrid Lindgren's works have been staged for theater, this page only deals with the plays, whose scripts were written by Astrid Lindgren. Many of these works were published in the Swedish books ''Sex Pjäser för barn och ungdom'' (1950), ''Serverat, Ers Majestät!'' (1955) and ''Praeser för barn och ungdom. Other Samlingen'' (1968). Most of these works have not been translated into English. These include stories about well-known characters such as Kalle Blomquist or Pippi Longstocking, which were only written for the theater and were not published as prose. Plays ''Kalle Blomkvist, Nisse Nöjd och Vicke på Vind'' ''Kalle Blomkvist, Nisse Nöjd och Vicke på Vind'' (''Kalle Blomkvist, Nisse Nöjd and Vicke på Vind'') is a play by Astrid Lindgren. ; Characters * Ka ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Astrid Lindgren
Astrid Anna Emilia Lindgren (; ; 14 November 1907 – 28 January 2002) was a Swedish writer of fiction and screenplays. She is best known for several children's book series, featuring Pippi Longstocking, Emil of Lönneberga, Karlsson-on-the-Roof, and the Six Bullerby Children (''Children of Noisy Village'' in the US), and for the children's fantasy novels '' Mio, My Son'', ''Ronia the Robber's Daughter'', and '' The Brothers Lionheart''. Lindgren worked on the Children's Literature Editorial Board at the Rabén & Sjögren publishing house in Stockholm and wrote more than 30 books for children. In January 2017, she was calculated to be the world's 18th most translated author, and the fourth most translated children's writer after Enid Blyton, Hans Christian Andersen and the Brothers Grimm. Lindgren has so far sold roughly 167 million books worldwide. In 1994, she was awarded the Right Livelihood Award for "her unique authorship dedicated to the rights of children and re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nadja Sandberg
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Nadja may refer to: * Nadja (given name) * Nadja, pen-name of Louisa Nadia Green (1896—1934), British poet * ''Nadja'' (novel), 1928 surrealist novel by André Breton * ''Nadja'' (film), 1994 vampire film by Michael Almereyda * Nadja (band), Canadian drone doom metal side project of Aidan Baker See also * Nadia (other) Nadia is a female given name. Nadia may also refer to: * Nadia district, in the West Bengal state of India * Toyota Nadia, a compact minivan * ''Nadia'' (film), an unauthorized 1984 made-for-television film biopic of Nadia Comăneci * ''Nadia'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Staffan Götestam
Per Staffan Götestam (born 20 May 1952 in Örnsköldsvik, Sweden) is a Swedish actor, director, theatre chief, playwright and founder of Junibacken. He is best known as Jonatan in ''The Brothers Lionheart''. He is brother to Birgitta Götestam. Götestam started playing amateur theatre with ''Örebro Student Theatre''. He was educated at ''Skara skolscen'' and ''Statens scenskola'', Stockholm. He played a role in the musical ''Godspell'', in 1974. Götestam wrote the music of the song " Mio My Mio" from the film ''Mio in the Land of Faraway''. In the beginning of the 1980s, he started working with Olle Kinch, the theatre chief of Folkan. He then finished his acting career and became a producer/director. He directed many plays, among them '' Nils Karlsson Pyssling'', ''Madicken'' and ''Tjorven på Saltkråkan'', and many musicals, among them ''Rent'', ''Beauty and the Beast'' and '' the Wizard of Oz''. In 2000, Götestam received a Guldmasken. Life Staffan Götestam went to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stockholm
Stockholm () is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, largest city of Sweden as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in Scandinavia. Approximately 980,000 people live in the Stockholm Municipality, municipality, with 1.6 million in the Stockholm urban area, urban area, and 2.4 million in the Metropolitan Stockholm, metropolitan area. The city stretches across fourteen islands where Mälaren, Lake Mälaren flows into the Baltic Sea. Outside the city to the east, and along the coast, is the island chain of the Stockholm archipelago. The area has been settled since the Stone Age, in the 6th millennium BC, and was founded as a city in 1252 by Swedish statesman Birger Jarl. It is also the county seat of Stockholm County. For several hundred years, Stockholm was the capital of Finland as well (), which then was a part of Sweden. The population of the municipality of Stockholm is expected to reach o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Folkan
Folkan (also known as Folkteatern, English: People's Theater) was a theatre at Östermalmstorg in Stockholm Stockholm () is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, largest city of Sweden as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in Scandinavia. Approximately 980,000 people liv ..., Sweden. It was built in 1856 and demolished in 2008 because of problems with the foundation. The theatre was called Ladugårdslandsteatern when it was built, but was renamed to Bijou-teatern in 1877. It got the name Folkan in 1887. References Former theatres in Stockholm Buildings and structures in Stockholm 1856 establishments in Sweden 2008 disestablishments in Sweden Demolished buildings and structures in Sweden Buildings and structures demolished in 2008 {{Stockholm-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christina Schollin
Christina Schollin (born Christina Alma Elisabet Schollin; 26 December 1937) is a Swedish actress. She is best known to international audiences mainly through her appearances in motion pictures, such as '' Dear John'', ''Song of Norway'' and Ingmar Bergman's ''Fanny and Alexander''. The "angel" theme has become an integral part of Schollin's image, and until 2011 she ran her own gift shop with that motif and product, plus an adjacent lounge for performing arts, in the Old Town Gamla stan of Stockholm. She is known in Sweden for her roles as Margaretha Öhman in the series Varuhuset, and Birgitta Wästberg in the series Tre Kronor. Lately she is also known for participating in her daughter Pernilla Wahlgren's TV series ''Wahlgrens värld'' which is broadcast on Kanal 5. Family Since 1962, she is married to actor Hans Wahlgren; the couple have four children: Peter, Niclas, Pernilla and Linus Wahlgren. She won the award for Best Actress Best Actress is the name of an aw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivar Wahlgren
Ivar (Old Norse ''Ívarr'') is a Scandinavian masculine given name. Another variant of the name is Iver, which is more common in Norway. The Old Norse name has several possible etymologies. In North Germanic phonology, several of the elements common to Germanic names became homophonous. The first element ''Ívarr'' may contain '' yr'' "yew" and ''-arr'' (from ''hari'', "warrior"), but it may have become partly conflated with Ingvar, and possibly Joar (element '' jó'' "horse"). The second element ''-arr'' may alternatively also be from ''geir'' "spear" or it may be ''var'' "protector". citing Lena Peterson: Nordiskt runnamnslexikon (2002), Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005), Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995), Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979). The name was adopted into English as |
Håkan Westerlund
Håkan is a common Swedish given name. It has a common origin with the Norwegian given name Haakon (modern Norwegian Håkon, Danish Hakon) in the Old Norse ''Hákon''. The meaning of the name is disputed but a possible meaning is "high son" from Old Norse ''há-'' ( Proto-Norse ''hauha-'') (high) and ''konr'' (kin). On Swedish runestones the name is usually written ''Hakun'' and in medieval documents usually ''Haquon'' or in the Latinised versions ''Haqvin''/''Haqvinus''. From the 16th century and onwards the name is usually written Håkan. Although in some western regions the name can be found as Håkon and Håka as late as in the 18th century. In Old East Slavic the name was written Yakun (Cyrillic: Якун). For example, the Primary Chronicle mentions the Varangian leader Yakun that arrived in Kievan Rus' in the year 1024 and fought in the Battle of Listven. The name never became popular as a Slavic name but at least two high rank Novgorod officials had the name: the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gunilla Åkesson
Gunilla is a Swedish female name, derived from Gunhild. It was among the top feminine names in the Scandinavian countries in the 1940s. People named Gunilla * Gunilla Andersson (born 1975), ice hockey player from Sweden * Gunilla Bergström (1942–2021), Swedish author, journalist, and illustrator * Gunilla Bielke (1568–1597), the second spouse and queen consort of John III of Sweden *Gunilla Carlsson (born 1963), Swedish politician * Gunilla Carlsson (Social Democrat) (born 1966), Swedish Social Democratic politician *Gunilla Florby (1943–2011), Swedish academic *Gunilla Forseth (born 1985), Norwegian football striker * Gunilla Gerland (born 1963). Swedish author * Gunilla Hutton (born 1944), Swedish actress *Gunilla Knutson, Swedish model and actress *Gunilla Lindberg (born 1947), Swedish sports official * Gunilla Süssmann (born 1977), Norwegian classical pianist *Gunilla Sköld-Feiler (born 1953), Swedish artist *Gunilla Svärd (born 1970), Swedish orienteering competitor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hans Wahlgren
Hans Carl Gustav Wahlgren (born 26 June 1937) is a Swedish actor. Career Wahlgren grew up in Smedslätten, and debuted in a film in 1945 in Ragnar Falcks shortfilm ''Indianer och blekansikten''. His breakthrough came in the film ''Raggare'' in 1959. During eleven seasons he performed in the revue Hagges Revue in Gothenburg. In the revue he made imitations of famous people like Jan Malmsjö, Jarl Kulle, Carl XVI Gustaf and Claes af Geijerstam. Wahlgren has also performed in several farces and comedies in Stockholm prive theaters, and plays like ''Oh! Calcutta!'' and ''Pippi Longstocking'' at Folkan. '' Charleys Tant'' and '' Spanska flugan'' at Vasateatern. During the summer of 2001 he along with Eva Rydberg performed in the comedy ''Kärlek och lavemang'' at Fredriksdalsteatern in Helsingborg. He has also done plenty of voice acting in several films such as Charlie and the chocolate factory and Nanny PcPhee, he provides the voice of Charles Ingvar "Sickan" Jönssons in the comp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sune Mangs
Bengt Sune Mangs (31 December 1932 – 11 February 1994) was a Swedish actor. He appeared in more than 35 films and television shows between 1953 and 1990. Born in Finland, Mangs' parents divorced in the midst of the Winter War, and eight-year-old Mangs moved to Stockholm with his mother and siblings. Visit Kaskinen Partial filmography * '' Speed Fever'' (1953) - Pupil * ''Blockerat spår'' (1955) - Heikki, Benkan's Friend * ''Den tappre soldaten Jönsson'' (1956) - Soldier * '' The Koster Waltz'' (1958) - Fotograf (uncredited) * '' |
Ulf Brunnberg
Hans Ulf Brunnberg (born 7 April 1947) is a Swedish actor. Filmography Film Television References External links * 1947 births Living people Male actors from Stockholm Swedish male film actors Best Supporting Actor Guldbagge Award winners {{Sweden-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
