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Stina Wirsén
Stina Wirsén Hedengren (born 1968) is a Swedish author and illustrator. Early life and education Stina Wirsén was born in 1968 in Älvsjö, a suburb of Stockholm, Sweden. Her parents were Carin and Christian Wirsén. She started making art in early childhood. She was educated at Konstfack (or University of Arts, Crafts and Design) in Stockholm from 1985 to 1992. Career Wirsén was the in-house illustrator at ''Dagens Nyheter'' between 1990 and 2010. She was the head of the papers illustration department for several years. After 2010 she began working as a freelance illustrator and author. She has received several awards for her illustrations. Wirsén's illustrations often switch between different genres. That also applies to her children's books. She writes Alphabet book, ABC-books for the youngest age group, as well as anthologies, text, and picture books. She is a member of the Swedish Children's Book Academy. The book ''Little Pink and the Motley Crew'' ( sv, En liten ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stina Wirsén
Stina Wirsén Hedengren (born 1968) is a Swedish author and illustrator. Early life and education Stina Wirsén was born in 1968 in Älvsjö, a suburb of Stockholm, Sweden. Her parents were Carin and Christian Wirsén. She started making art in early childhood. She was educated at Konstfack (or University of Arts, Crafts and Design) in Stockholm from 1985 to 1992. Career Wirsén was the in-house illustrator at ''Dagens Nyheter'' between 1990 and 2010. She was the head of the papers illustration department for several years. After 2010 she began working as a freelance illustrator and author. She has received several awards for her illustrations. Wirsén's illustrations often switch between different genres. That also applies to her children's books. She writes Alphabet book, ABC-books for the youngest age group, as well as anthologies, text, and picture books. She is a member of the Swedish Children's Book Academy. The book ''Little Pink and the Motley Crew'' ( sv, En liten ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nationalmuseum
Nationalmuseum (or National Museum of Fine Arts) is the national gallery of Sweden, located on the peninsula Blasieholmen in central Stockholm. The museum's operations stretches far beyond the borders of Blasieholmen, the nationalmuseum manage the National Portrait gallery collection at Gripshom, Gustavsbergporclain museum, a handful of castle collections and the Swedish Institute in Paris (Institut Tessin). In the summer of 2018 Nationalmuseum Jamtli opened in Östersund as a way to show a part of the collection in the north of Sweden. The museum's benefactors include King Gustav III and Carl Gustaf Tessin. The museum was founded in 1792 as Kungliga Museet ("Royal Museum"). The present building was opened in 1866, when it was renamed the Nationalmuseum, and used as one of the buildings to hold the 1866 General Industrial Exposition of Stockholm. The current building, built between 1844 and 1866, was inspired by North Italian Renaissance architecture. It is the design of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Expressens Heffaklump
Expressens Heffaklump (Heffaklumpen) is a Swedish annual award for children's and youth culture, especially children's and youth literature, that is awarded by the newspaper Expressen. The award was established in 1966 and the original award statuette was created by the artist Karl Göte Bejemark, but in the 2010s the artist Stina Opitz was given the assignment. The name "Heffaklump" is taken from the Swedish name of the Heffalump character in A.A. Milne's Winnie the Pooh stories. Recipients * 1966 – Maria Gripe for ''Hugo'' * 1967 – Max Lundgren for ''Pojken med guldbyxorna'' * 1968 – Harry Kullman for ''De rödas uppror'' * 1969 – Inger Sandberg and Lasse Sandberg for ''Pappa kom ut!'' * 1970 – Tove Jansson for '' Sent i november'' and Astrid Lindgren for ''Än lever Emil i Lönneberga'' * 1971 – Barbro Lindgren for ''Jättehemligt'' * 1972 – Maud Reuterswärd for ''Han-där!'' * 1973 – ''No award'' * 1974 – Jan Lööf for ''Sagan om det röda äpplet'' * 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elsa Beskow-plaketten
Elsa may refer to: ELSA (acronym) *ELSA Technology, a manufacturer of computer hardware *English Language Skills Assessment *English Longitudinal Study of Ageing *Ethical, Legal and Social Aspects research *European Law Students' Association *European League of Stuttering Associations *Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Australia, a group in the history of the Lutheran Church of Australia *Experimental light-sport aircraft (E-LSA) People * Elsa (given name), a female given name * Pedro Elsa (1901–unknown), Argentine Olympic athlete Characters * Elsa of Brabant, a character in the 1850 Richard Wagner opera ''Lohengrin'' * Elsa (''Frozen''), fictional character from the Disney animated franchise, ''Frozen'' Places * Elsa, California, a place in California, U.S. * Elsa, Texas, U.S. * Elsa, Yukon, Canada Other * 182 Elsa, an asteroid * ''Elsa'' (album), debut album of Elsa Lunghini * Elsa (river), Tuscany, Italy * Elsa the lioness, subject of the book and film ''Born Free'' * Stor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stockholms Stad (stadskommun)
Stockholm Municipality or the City of Stockholm ( sv, Stockholms kommun or ) is a municipality in Stockholm County in east central Sweden. It has the largest population of the 290 municipalities of the country, but one of the smallest areas, making it the second most densely populated. It is also the most populous municipality in the Nordic countries. Although legally a municipality with the official proper name ''Stockholms kommun'', the municipal assembly () has decided to use the name ''Stockholms stad'' (''City of Stockholm'' in English) whenever possible. This is purely nominal and has no effect on the legal status of the municipality. Geographically, the city comprises the Stockholm City Centre and two suburban areas, Söderort (South Stockholm) and Västerort (West Stockholm). Administratively, it is subdivided into 14 districts (sometimes incorrectly called "boroughs" in English), which are administered by district councils (). Geography Geographically, the City of Stoc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sveriges Television
Sveriges Television AB ("Sweden's Television Stock Company"), shortened to SVT (), is the Sweden, Swedish national public broadcasting, public television broadcaster, funded by a public service tax on personal income set by the Riksdag (national parliament). Prior to 2019, SVT was funded by a television licence fee payable by all owners of television sets. The Swedish public broadcasting system is largely modelled after the system used in the United Kingdom, and Sveriges Television shares many traits with its British counterpart, the BBC. SVT is a public limited company that can be described as a quasi-autonomous non-government organisation. Together with the other two public broadcasters, Sveriges Radio and Sveriges Utbildningsradio, it is owned by an independent foundation, ''Foundation Management for SR, SVT, and UR, Förvaltningsstiftelsen för Sveriges Radio AB, Sveriges Television AB och Sveriges Utbildningsradio AB''. The foundation's board consists of 13 politicians, repr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brottsoffermyndigheten
The Swedish Crime Victim Authority ( sv, Brottsoffermyndigheten) is a Swedish government agency which provides compensation and support for victims of crime. It is located in Umeå and has nationwide responsibility for three areas: Victim injury compensation If the offenders have no ability to pay damages and if there is no insurance for the damage, the victim may be entitled to Victim injury compensation of state resources. The right may exist even if the perpetrator is unknown. The allowance compensates primarily personal injury and violation. Victims Fund The fund is distributed for research and other victim-oriented projects driven in a non-profit, public or private. The fund is built up mainly by a special fee of 1 000 SEK each convicted person must pay if the crime is punishable by a fine sentence. Distributed annually about 40 million from the Fund. Learning Center Victim Agency will gather and disseminate information and research to help improve treatment and treatment o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carin Wirsén
Carin is a given name and surname. As a given name it is a variant spelling of Karin. Notable persons with the name Carin include: Persons with the given name * Carin Cone (born 1940), American swimmer * Carin du Rietz (1766–1788), Swedish soldier * Carin Göring (1888–1931), Swedish first wife of Hermann Göring. * Carin Götblad (born 1956), Swedish police commissioner * Carin Greenberg, American television writer * Carin Jämtin (born 1964), Swedish politician * Carin Jennings-Gabarra (born 1965), American soccer player * Carin Koch (born 1971), Swedish golfer * Carin Lundberg (born 1944), Swedish politician * Carin Månsdotter (1550–1612), Queen of Sweden * Carin Nilsson (1904–1999), Swedish swimmer * Carin Runeson (born 1947), Swedish politician * Carin ter Beek (born 1970), Dutch rower Persons with the surname * Jon Carin (born 1964), American artist and musician See also * Carine (given name) * Karin (given name) * Caren (other) * Caryn * Karen (disambiguat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ulf Stark
Ulf Gottfrid Stark (12 July 1944 – 13 June 2017) was a Swedish author and screenwriter (he adapted several of his own books for film and wrote the screenplay for the 1999 film ''Tsatsiki, morsan och polisen''). Stark has collaborated with the illustrators Anna Höglund and Mati Lepp. From 1989 to 1998 he was an elected member of the Swedish Academy for Children's Books. In 1998 he received the Nordic Children's Book Prize. Career Stark was born and grew up in Stureby, Stockholm Municipality, which place features in several of his books. Stark's interest in writing started early; during his time at secondary school he was introduced to writing by his classmate , and in 1964 he wrote his first poetry collection, '. Following this, Stark's interest in writing for a career was greatly encouraged. Stark died on 13 June 2017 at the age of 72 after suffering from cancer. Selected bibliography English translations *2005 – '' Can You Whistle, Johanna?,'' (Gecko Press) **202 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frida Nilsson
Frida Nilsson (born 1979) is a Swedish children’s writer whose first book was published in 2004. She has won numerous international shortlistings and prizes, including the August Prize, the German Youth Literature Prize, Expressens Heffaklump (2015) and the Astrid Lindgren Prize. She was recently chosen as one of the best emerging writers in Europe under 39 (Hay Festival’s Aarhus 39, 2017). Nilsson’s writing is characterised by playfulness and sincerity. She has been compared to Roald Dahl and Barbro Lindgren. Swedish bibliography *2017 – ''Det tunna svärdet'' (Natur & Kultur) *2015 – ''Ishavspirater'' (Natur & Kultur) *2014 – ''God jul, Lilla Lök'' (Rabén & Sjögren) *2013 – ''Jagger Jagger'' (Natur & Kultur) *2011 – ''Ryska kyssen'' (Rabén & Sjögren) *2009 – ''Hedvig och Hardemos prinsessa'' (Natur & Kultur) *2008 – ''Jag, Dante och miljonerna'' (Natur & Kultur) *2007 – ''Hedvig och sommaren med Steken'' (Natur & Kultur) *2006 – ''Hedvig och Max-Olo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Hörling
Anna may refer to: People Surname and given name * Anna (name) Mononym * Anna the Prophetess, in the Gospel of Luke * Anna (wife of Artabasdos) (fl. 715–773) * Anna (daughter of Boris I) (9th–10th century) * Anna (Anisia) (fl. 1218 to 1221) * Anna of Poland, Countess of Celje (1366–1425) * Anna of Cilli (1386–1416) * Anna, Grand Duchess of Lithuania (died 1418) * Anne of Austria, Landgravine of Thuringia (1432–1462) * Anna of Nassau-Dillenburg (died 1514) * Anna, Duchess of Prussia (1576–1625) * Anna of Russia (1693–1740) * Anna, Lady Miller (1741–1781) * Anna Russell, Duchess of Bedford (1783–1857) * Anna, Lady Barlow (1873–1965) * Anna (feral child) (1932–1942) * Anna (singer) (born 1987) Places Australia * Hundred of Anna, a cadastral district in South Australia Iran * Anna, Fars, a village in Fars Province * Anna, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad, a village in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province Russia * Anna, Voronezh Oblast, an urban locality in Voronezh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Vårdstedt
Martin may refer to: Places * Martin City (other) * Martin County (other) * Martin Township (other) Antarctica * Martin Peninsula, Marie Byrd Land * Port Martin, Adelie Land * Point Martin, South Orkney Islands Australia * Martin, Western Australia * Martin Place, Sydney Caribbean * Martin, Saint-Jean-du-Sud, Haiti, a village in the Sud Department of Haiti Europe * Martin, Croatia, a village in Slavonia, Croatia * Martin, Slovakia, a city * Martín del Río, Aragón, Spain * Martin (Val Poschiavo), Switzerland England * Martin, Hampshire * Martin, Kent * Martin, East Lindsey, Lincolnshire, hamlet and former parish in East Lindsey district * Martin, North Kesteven, village and parish in Lincolnshire in North Kesteven district * Martin Hussingtree, Worcestershire * Martin Mere, a lake in Lancashire ** WWT Martin Mere, a wetland nature reserve that includes the lake and surrounding areas * Martin Mill, Kent North America Canada * Rural Municipality of M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
