Sverker Olofsson
Sverker Olofsson (born April 14, 1947 in Vännäs, Västerbotten), is a Swedish TV-personality. He has led the consumer show ''Plus'' since 1987 on SVT, and is one of their most well-known faces, appearing in a series of advertisements for SVT and was in 2006 a part of the Swedish election An election is a formal group decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual or multiple individuals to hold public office. Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy has opera ... survey called ''Karavanen''. He has also appeared on the consumer issues program 24 Konsument. In 2009 he was awarded the Lukas Bonnier Great Journalist Award. He is the father of Linda Olofsson, who also is working for SVT. Sources 1947 births Living people People from Vännäs Municipality Swedish television personalities Swedish television journalists {{Sweden-bio-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Sverker Olofsson In 2015-2
''Sverker'' is a studio album by Neo-Medieval group Corvus Corax. Track listing # "Intro Gjallarhorni" - 0:58 # "Gjallarhorni" - 2:59 # "Sverker" - 4:31 # "Fiach Dubh" - 6:38 # "Trinkt vom Met" - 0:35 # "The drinking loving dancers" - 5:19 # "Lá í mBealtaine" - 4:47 # "Havfrue" - 4:36 # "Baldr" - 3:27 # "Ragnarök" - 7:40 # "Tjugundi bidil" - 0:27 # "Na Láma-sa" - 9:18 Credits * Wim Dobbrisch - bagpipes, shawm, bucina, vocals * Castus Karsten Liehm - bagpipes, shawn, bucina, sistrum, vocals * Hatz - big frame drum, cymbals, cassa, vocals * Norri Drescher - big frame drum, bass drum, string drum, tam tam, vocals * PanPeter - bagpipes * Vit - bagpipes * Steve the machine - percussion References External links * ''Corvus Corax''at Reverbnation at Rateyourmusic ''Sverker''at Discogs {{Authority control 2011 albums Corvus Corax (band) albums Medieval music albums ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Vännäs
Vännäs () is a locality in Västerbotten County in northern Sweden. Vännäs is the seat of Vännäs Municipality and had 4,466 inhabitants in 2018. The name of the village is known since 1535 (''Wendenäs'', ‘The place where a person walking down the western shoreline of the Vindel river must change her path’.Lundberg, Tyko & Nilsson, Tore ''Vännäs kommuns historia''. Utgiven 1984 Vännäs is the hometown of the hardcore-band Refused. The Vännäs TV Tower, a 323 metres tall partially manned broadcasting mast, is located in the vicinity of Vännäs. Twinned municipalities Vännäs Municipality is twinned with Cameri, Italy (since 2003), Hemnes, Norway and Storkyro, Finland. Vännäsdagarna Vännäsdagarna ("The Vännäs Days") is a three days long annual festival during the second weekend of July, which brings a mix of performers and street vendors to Vännäs every year. An estimated 58,000 visitors attend the festival each year, thus making Vännäsdagar ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Västerbotten
Västerbotten (), known in English as West Bothnia or Westrobothnia, is a province (''landskap'') in the north of Sweden, bordering Ångermanland, Lapland, North Bothnia, and the Gulf of Bothnia. It is known for the cheese named after the province. Administration The traditional provinces of Sweden serve no administrative or political purposes, but are historical and cultural entities. The administrative county, Västerbotten County, consists of the province and the southern part of Swedish Lappland. Heraldry On 18 January 1884, all provinces gained the rights to the rank of duchy, and the arms can be represented with a ducal coronet. Blazon: "Azure Seme of Mullets Or a Reindeer in full course and hoofed Gules." Geography Västerbotten was historically divided into chartered cities and districts. Cities *Umeå (1622) *Skellefteå (1845) Communes/Municipality Västerbottens län Towns and villages * Björksele Facts *Highest mountain: Åmliden (550 meters) ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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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]   |
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Plus (TV-show)
Plus may refer to: Mathematics * Addition * +, the mathematical sign Music * ''+'' (Ed Sheeran album), (pronounced "plus"), 2011 * ''Plus'' (Cannonball Adderley Quintet album), 1961 * ''Plus'' (Matt Nathanson EP), 2003 * ''Plus'' (Martin Garrix EP), 2018 * Plus (band), a Japanese pop boy band * ''Plus'' (Autechre album), 2020 Companies * Plus Communication Sh.A, a cellphone company in Albania * Plus (telecommunications Poland), a mobile phone brand * Plus (British TV channel), run by Granada Sky Broadcasting * Plus (Slovak TV channel) * Plus (interbank network), Visa's ATM and debit card network * PLUS Markets, a small stock exchange in London, UK * PLUS Expressway Berhad, concessionaire of the North-South Expressway, Malaysia * PLUS (Dutch supermarket) * Plus (German supermarket) * Plus (autonomous trucking) * Plus Development, a defunct American computer storage manufacturer Other * +, the international call prefix * PLUS Loan, a United States Federal student ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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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]   |
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Dagens Nyheter
''Dagens Nyheter'' (, ), abbreviated ''DN'', is a daily newspaper in Sweden. It is published in Stockholm and aspires to full national and international coverage, and is widely considered Sweden's newspaper of record. History and profile ''Dagens Nyheter'' was founded by Rudolf Wall in December 1864. The first issue was published on 23 December 1864. During its initial period the paper was published in the morning. In 1874 the paper became a joint stock company. Its circulation in 1880 was 15,000 copies. In the 1890s, Wall left ''Dagens Nyheter'' and soon after, the paper became the organ of the Liberal Party. From 1946 to 1959, Herbert Tingsten was the executive editor. The newspaper is owned by the Bonnier Group since 1909, when Karl Otto Bonnier acquired the remaining shares that his family had not owned (his father Albert had already acquired some shares since 1888). [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Election
An election is a formal group decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual or multiple individuals to hold public office. Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy has operated since the 17th century. Elections may fill offices in the legislature, sometimes in the executive and judiciary, and for regional and local government. This process is also used in many other private and business organisations, from clubs to voluntary associations and corporations. The global use of elections as a tool for selecting representatives in modern representative democracies is in contrast with the practice in the democratic archetype, ancient Athens, where the elections were considered an oligarchic institution and most political offices were filled using sortition, also known as allotment, by which officeholders were chosen by lot. Electoral reform describes the process of introducing fair electoral systems wher ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Stora Journalistpriset
Stora Journalistpriset ("The Swedish Grand Prize for Journalism") is an annual Swedish award, founded in 1966 by Bonnier AB, given to "recognize achievement in journalism". The prize money is SEK 100,000 and is awarded in four categories: * Scoop of the Year (''Årets Avslöjande'') * Storyteller of the Year (''Årets Berättare'') * Innovator of the Year (''Årets Förnyare'') * Lukas Bonnier's Grand Prize for Journalism (''Lukas Bonniers Stora Journalistpris'') History The award was established in 1966 by the will of Albert Bonnier, Jr. From the beginning the award was given in two categories: " daily press" and " other periodical press". In 1969 a third category for radio and television was added. In 1979 the category "other periodical press" was split into two separate categories for weekly magazines and special/organization magazines, while the category "radio and television" was split into two separate categories as well (one for each media). In 1992, the "Lukas Bonni ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Linda Olofsson (TV Journalist)
Linda Olofsson (born May 24, 1973 in Vännäs, Västerbotten) is a Swedish TV-journalist. 2005-05-12 She is currently co-hosting the debate show '''' on SVT together with , and was earlier the hostess of '' [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Living People
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