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Sigrid Lidströmer
Sigrid Lidströmer (1866–1942), granddaughter of the architect Fredrik August Lidströmer, was a Swedish author, polemicist and translator. She wrote articles in the Swedish literary magazine '' Idun,'' wrote and translated songs,Lennart Reimer's Music Archives, Part of the Swedish State Musicological Archives, Stockholm novels, short stories, polemical articles, and poems from and to Swedish, Finnish, Norwegian, Danish, German, French and English. She corresponded with Oscar Wilde and translated his The Ballad of Reading Gaol ''The Ballad of Reading Gaol'' is a poem by Oscar Wilde, written in exile in Berneval-le-Grand, after his release from Reading Gaol () on 19 May 1897. Wilde had been incarcerated in Reading after being convicted of gross indecency with other m ... into Swedish. Her main interests were women's rights, education, literary debate and general human rights.''Ord och Bild'' (Word and Picture), Magazine (12th-21st volumes) Notes {{DEFAULTSORT:Lidstr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Swedish Author Sigrid Lidströmer (1866-1942), Portrayed By Christine Sundberg (Swedish Painter) 1837 - 1892, Oil On Panel
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with pronouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of pronoun ''thee'') when followed by a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lidströmer
Lidströmer is a Swedish noble family, originating from the village of Liden, Medelpad, Sweden. Knighted 3 October 1800 by King Gustav IV Adolf in Stockholm Palace, Sweden. Jonas Lidströmer (1755–1808) was nobilised on the grounds of his great innovations during late 18th centuryFredrik Blom, ''Åminnelse-Tal öfver Kongl. Akademiens framl. Ledamot, öfvertse Löjtanten, Välborne Herr Jonas Lidströmer'', Krigsvetenskapsakademiens Handlingar 1808-1809, pp. 37-58, Stockholm, 1811 Notable members * Jonas Lidströmer (1755–1808), inventor * Anna Fredrika Lidströmer (1780-1861), spouse of Admiral Otto Gustaf Nordenskiöld * Fredrik August Lidströmer (1787–1856), architect * Fredrik Lidströmer (1820-1862), officer at the Swedish colony of Saint Barthélemy * August Lidströmer (1839–1915), businessman * Gustaf Lidströmer (1871–1944), county councillor *Sigrid Lidströmer Sigrid Lidströmer (1866–1942), granddaughter of the architect Fredrik August Lidströmer, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fredrik August Lidströmer
Fredrik August Lidströmer (1787–1856) was the son of Jonas Lidströmer. He was a Swedish architect, artist and marine officer, as well as Stockholm's city architect. Raised in the naval city of Karlskrona, he came to Stockholm to help his father with the construction of the Obelisk at Slottsbacken adjacent to the royal palace, and then continued with the construction of the quays surrounding the waters of the city. He is the architect of Stockholm's oldest official park, the , situated between the Royal Palace in Stockholm and the Opera House, just opposite the current parliament building. After a short career, he joined King Charles XIV John's officers and became his first architect for the construction of the original Rosendal Palace, which burned down in 1819. He designed the pedestal and stonework for the statue of Charles XIII in Kungsträdgården (the Royal Gardden), located in Stockholm, and was the city architect between 1818 and 1824. At the order of the king, h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Idun (magazine)
''Idun'' was a Swedish magazine published in Sweden from 1887 to 1963. It was named after the goddess Idun, who appears with her basket of apples on its masthead. History and profile ''Idun'' was founded by Frithiof Hellberg and C. E. Gernandt in 1887. The subtitle of the magazine was “A Practical Weekly Magazine for Women and the Home”. ''Idun'' focused on literature and gender equality. Several poems were also published in the magazine. The magazine merged with Åhlén & Åkerlunds's '' Vecko-Journalen'' in 1963. The merged magazine was published weekly under the double-barrelled name A double-barrelled name is a type of compound surname, typically featuring two words (occasionally more), often joined by a hyphen. Examples of some notable people with double-barrelled names include Winnie Madikizela-Mandela and Sacha Baron C ... ''Idun-Veckojournalen''. In 1980, falling circulation figures forced it to a monthly cycle, and it was renamed '' Månadsjournalen'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oscar Wilde
Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (16 October 185430 November 1900) was an Irish poet and playwright. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, he became one of the most popular playwrights in London in the early 1890s. He is best remembered for his epigrams and plays, his novel ''The Picture of Dorian Gray'', and the circumstances of his criminal conviction for gross indecency for consensual homosexual acts in "one of the first celebrity trials", imprisonment, and early death from meningitis at age 46. Wilde's parents were Anglo-Irish intellectuals in Dublin. A young Wilde learned to speak fluent French and German. At university, Wilde read Literae Humaniores#Greats, Greats; he demonstrated himself to be an exceptional Classics, classicist, first at Trinity College Dublin, then at Magdalen College, Oxford, Oxford. He became associated with the emerging philosophy of aestheticism, led by two of his tutors, Walter Pater and John Ruskin. After university, Wilde m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Ballad Of Reading Gaol
''The Ballad of Reading Gaol'' is a poem by Oscar Wilde, written in exile in Berneval-le-Grand, after his release from Reading Gaol () on 19 May 1897. Wilde had been incarcerated in Reading after being convicted of gross indecency with other men in 1895 and sentenced to two years' hard labour in prison. During his imprisonment, on Tuesday, 7 July 1896, a hanging took place. Charles Thomas Wooldridge had been a trooper in the Royal Horse Guards. He was convicted of cutting the throat of his wife, Laura Ellen,GRO Register of Deaths: JUN qtr 1896 Wooldridge, Laura Ellen aged 23 Windsor 2c 241 earlier that year at Clewer, near Windsor. He was aged 30 when executed.GRO Register of Deaths: SEP qtr 1896 Wooldridge, Charles Thomas aged 30 Reading 2c 210 Wilde wrote the poem in mid-1897 while staying with Robert Ross in Berneval-le-Grand. The poem narrates the execution of Wooldridge; it moves from an objective story-telling to symbolic identification with the prisoners as a whole. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1866 Births
Events January–March * January 1 ** Fisk University, a historically black university, is established in Nashville, Tennessee. ** The last issue of the abolitionist magazine '' The Liberator'' is published. * January 6 – Ottoman troops clash with supporters of Maronite leader Youssef Bey Karam, at St. Doumit in Lebanon; the Ottomans are defeated. * January 12 ** The ''Royal Aeronautical Society'' is formed as ''The Aeronautical Society of Great Britain'' in London, the world's oldest such society. ** British auxiliary steamer sinks in a storm in the Bay of Biscay, on passage from the Thames to Australia, with the loss of 244 people, and only 19 survivors. * January 18 – Wesley College, Melbourne, is established. * January 26 – Volcanic eruption in the Santorini caldera begins. * February 7 – Battle of Abtao: A Spanish naval squadron fights a combined Peruvian-Chilean fleet, at the island of Abtao, in the Chiloé Archipelago of southern Chile. * February 13 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1942 Deaths
Year 194 ( CXCIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Septimius and Septimius (or, less frequently, year 947 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 194 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Emperor Septimius Severus and Decimus Clodius Septimius Albinus Caesar become Roman Consuls. * Battle of Issus: Septimius Severus marches with his army (12 legions) to Cilicia, and defeats Pescennius Niger, Roman governor of Syria. Pescennius retreats to Antioch, and is executed by Severus' troops. * Septimius Severus besieges Byzantium (194–196); the city walls suffer extensive damage. Asia * Battle of Yan Province: Warlords Cao Cao and Lü Bu fight for control over Yan Province; the battle lasts for over 100 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swedish Translators
Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by the Swedish language * Swedish people or Swedes, persons with a Swedish ancestral or ethnic identity ** A national or citizen of Sweden, see demographics of Sweden ** Culture of Sweden * Swedish cuisine See also * * Swedish Church (other) * Swedish Institute (other) * Swedish invasion (other) * Swedish Open (other) {{disambig Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swedish Women Writers
This is a list of women writers who were born in Sweden or whose writings are closely associated with the country. A *Sophie Adlersparre (1823–1895), journalist, editor, women's rights activist *Charlotte Agell (born 1959), English-language works for children and young adults *Catharina Ahlgren (1734–1800) * Astrid Ahnfelt (1876–1962), writer, translator and editor, fostered cultural relations between Sweden and Italy * Sonja Åkesson (1926–1977), poet, dramatist * Susanna Alakoski (born 1962), Finnish-born author now in Sweden, novelist, author of ''Svinalängorna'' filmed as ''Beyond'' * Eva Alexanderson (1911–1994), novelist, translator, publisher * Elsa Alkman (1878–1975), suffragist, women's rights activist, writer and composer *Barbro Alving (1909–1987), journalist, feminist, screenwriter * Fanny Alving (1874–1955), journalist, novelist *Karin Alvtegen (born 1965), crime fiction writer, some works now in English * Lena Anderson (born 1939), children's wri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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