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Stina Quint
Kristina Quint (13 April 1859 – 30 October 1924) was a Swedish educator, children's newspaper editor, suffragette, and feminist. She was the founder and editor of one of the earliest children's magazines in Sweden, ''Kamratposten'' (''Folkskolans Barntidning''). An active member of the country's women's suffrage movement, Quint served as the deputy chair of Moderata Kvinnors Rösträttsförening since its inception in 1917. Life Stina Quint was born on 13 April 1859 at Frillestad parish, Scania, one of the five children born to soldier Ola Quint and Elna Kristina. Quint attended the Frillestad public school, and between 1874 and 1875, she took teachers' training at Småskollärarinneseminariet in Landskrona. She worked as a junior school teacher in Scania. In 1876, she enrolled in a public school teacher training programme in Stockholm. Upon completion of the degree, she began working as a school-teacher in Hudiksvall. In 1880, she taught at a public school in Nyköping. W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sweden
Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, Finland to the east, and is connected to Denmark in the southwest by a bridgetunnel across the Öresund. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic country, the third-largest country in the European Union, and the fifth-largest country in Europe. The capital and largest city is Stockholm. Sweden has a total population of 10.5 million, and a low population density of , with around 87% of Swedes residing in urban areas in the central and southern half of the country. Sweden has a nature dominated by forests and a large amount of lakes, including some of the largest in Europe. Many long rivers run from the Scandes range through the landscape, primarily ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quint Arbetsrum
Quint or Quints may refer to: __NOTOC__ In music * A type of sackbut, a musical instrument * A free-bass system for the accordion invented by Willard Palmer * A type of pipe organ stop Vehicles * Honda Quint, a subcompact car manufactured by Honda of Japan * Quint (fire apparatus), a fire service apparatus combining features of an engine and a ladder truck * A tandem bicycle with five seats People and fictional characters * Quint (name), a list of people and characters with the surname or given name Other uses * NATO Quint, an informal decision-making group consisting of the EU big four and the United States * Quint-, a numerical prefix meaning five * A component of a graphical GUI scroll bar widget * Quintuplets, born as part of a multiple birth with five children * ''Quints (film) ''Quints'' is a 2000 Disney Channel Original Movie starring Kimberly J. Brown as the older sister of a set of quintuplets. One of the quints was played by Kimberly J. Brown’s real-life b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1924 Deaths
Nineteen or 19 may refer to: * 19 (number), the natural number following 18 and preceding 20 * one of the years 19 BC, AD 19, 1919, 2019 Films * ''19'' (film), a 2001 Japanese film * ''Nineteen'' (film), a 1987 science fiction film Music * 19 (band), a Japanese pop music duo Albums * ''19'' (Adele album), 2008 * ''19'', a 2003 album by Alsou * ''19'', a 2006 album by Evan Yo * ''19'', a 2018 album by MHD * ''19'', one half of the double album ''63/19'' by Kool A.D. * ''Number Nineteen'', a 1971 album by American jazz pianist Mal Waldron * ''XIX'' (EP), a 2019 EP by 1the9 Songs * "19" (song), a 1985 song by British musician Paul Hardcastle. * "Nineteen", a song by Bad4Good from the 1992 album '' Refugee'' * "Nineteen", a song by Karma to Burn from the 2001 album ''Almost Heathen''. * "Nineteen" (song), a 2007 song by American singer Billy Ray Cyrus. * "Nineteen", a song by Tegan and Sara from the 2007 album '' The Con''. * "XIX" (song), a 2014 song by Slipk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1859 Births
Events January–March * January 21 – José Mariano Salas (1797–1867) becomes Conservative interim President of Mexico. * January 24 ( O. S.) – Wallachia and Moldavia are united under Alexandru Ioan Cuza (Romania since 1866, final unification takes place on December 1, 1918; Transylvania and other regions are still missing at that time). * January 28 – The city of Olympia is incorporated in the Washington Territory of the United States of America. * February 2 – Miguel Miramón (1832–1867) becomes Conservative interim President of Mexico. * February 4 – German scholar Constantin von Tischendorf rediscovers the ''Codex Sinaiticus'', a 4th-century uncial manuscript of the Greek Bible, in Saint Catherine's Monastery on the foot of Mount Sinai, in the Khedivate of Egypt. * February 14 – Oregon is admitted as the 33rd U.S. state. * February 12 – The Mekteb-i Mülkiye School is founded in the Ottoman Empire. * February 17 – French naval forces under Char ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Association For Women's Suffrage (Sweden)
The National Association for Women's Suffrage ( sv, Landsföreningen för kvinnans politiska rösträtt, LKPR) was a part of the general suffrage movement and the national society for women's suffrage in Sweden. It functioned as a parallel to the :sv: Sveriges allmänna rösträttsförbund, Sveriges allmänna rösträttsförbund (SARF; 'The Swedish League for Universal Suffrage') which was active mainly in acquiring full suffrage for males. The LKPR was a part of the International Woman Suffrage Alliance. It was active locally from 1902 as the Föreningen för kvinnans politiska rösträtt (Society for Woman Suffrage), and nationwide as the Landsföreningen för kvinnans politiska rösträtt (National Association for Women's Suffrage) from 1903 until 1921. History Background and foundation In 1884, the first motion of women suffrage was presented to the Riksdag, Swedish parliament by Fredrik Borg. Borg presented his motion with the motivation that it would be just if women c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fredrika Bremer Association
The Fredrika Bremer Association ( sv, Fredrika Bremer Förbundet, abbreviated FBF) is the oldest women's rights organisation in Sweden. The association stands for an inclusive, intersectional and progressive liberal feminism, and advocates for women's rights and LGBT rights. It is traditionally the foremost organisation of the bourgeois-liberal women's movement in Sweden. It has always been open to both women and men. It is a member of the International Alliance of Women, and is a sister association of the Danish Women's Society, the Norwegian Association for Women's Rights and the Icelandic Women's Rights Association. Activity The FBF works with forming public opinion in favor of gender equality by information and activities, and by handing out money from various funds and scholarships. It collaborates with other organisations with similar goals both nationally and internationally. The FBF had a representative in the governmental council of equality. History The organisation was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dagny (Swedish Magazine)
''Dagny'' was a Swedish language women's magazine that existed between 1886 and 1913. The title of the magazine bore the statement (Swedish: published by the Fredrika Bremer Association), which indicated the publisher. It was subtitled (Swedish: Journal for social and literary interests). It is the first Swedish magazine which covered social issues from women's perspective and from 1903 assumed a leading position in the suffrage movement in Sweden. History and profile ''Dagny'' was launched in 1886 as a successor to another women's magazine, ''Tidskrift för hemmet'', which was published from 1859 to 1885. The publisher was Fredrika Bremer Association. According to doctor , son of doctor Salomon Henschen, the periodical was named after his sister, translator . The magazine was headquartered in Stockholm and published on a weekly basis. The editor of ''Dagny'' was Lotten Dahlgren, who held the post between 1891 and 1907. The page number of the magazine varied between 15 and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lidingö
Lidingö, also known in its definite form ''Lidingön'' and as ''Lidingölandet'', is an island in the inner Stockholm archipelago, northeast of Stockholm, Sweden. In 2010, the population of the Lidingö urban area on the island was 31,561. It is the seat of government of the Lidingö Municipality, Stockholm County. Lidingö's qualities have attracted affluent residents such as Björn Ulvaeus, Agnetha Fältskog, Anni-Frid Lyngstad and Benny Andersson of ABBA. Exclusive regions include the coastal region between Mölna and the east tip of the island, Gåshaga, as well as the east tip of the northern part of the horse shoe, called Elfvik. Notwithstanding the fact that many middle-class Swedes have moved to the island, (due to rental apartment construction projects), the inhabitants of the municipality remains the third wealthiest in Sweden after Danderyd and Täby. History Runic inscriptions Two runic inscriptions have been found on Lidingö. The latest, listed in Rundata as t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Maria Roos
Anna Maria Roos (9 April 1862 – 23 April 1938) was a Swedish educator, author, theosophist and songwriter. Biography Roos was born to Postmaster General Adolf Wilhelm Roos and Sophie Maria Roos née Nordenfalk in 1862 in Stockholm, Sweden. She was the granddaughter of Minister of Justice Johan Nordenfalk. Roos was the only girl in her family and had a tumultuous upbringing, reflected in her work. Her childhood summers were spent with her grandmother, Baroness Maria Nordenfalk, at Blekhem. She was said to have been a voracious reader and learner. She was educated at the Högre lärarinneseminariet in Stockholm in 1879–1881. Roos was involved in the arts but her passion was for writing. Roos was a popular children's author, illustrator and songwriter. Her best-known books are and (from ), set in the village of Kålåkers in Törnsfall parish in eastern Småland; her mother was born and raised at Blekhem in Törnsfall, where her family had roots. The books were part of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elsa Beskow
Elsa Beskow ( Maartman; 11February 187430June 1953) was a famous Swedish author and illustrator of children's books. Among her better known books are ''Tale of the Little Little Old Woman'' and ''Aunt Green, Aunt Brown and Aunt Lavender''. Background Born in Stockholm her parents were businessman Bernt Maartman (1841–1889), whose family came from Bergen, Norway, and Augusta Fahlstedt (1850–1915). Beskow studied Art Education at Konstfack, University College of Arts, Crafts and Design, then called ''Tekniska skolan'', or the Technical school, in Stockholm. She married former minister and social worker, doctor of theology Natanael Beskow in 1897. Elsa Beskow met her future husband at Djursholms samskola while serving as a teacher where he served as head master. From 1900 they lived in Villa Ekeliden in Djursholm which had initially been built for the author Viktor Rydberg. They had six sons, including the artist Bo Beskow (1906–1989) and geologist Gunnar Beskow (1901–1991 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
