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Swedish Poles
Poles in Sweden ( sv, Svenskpolacker) are citizens and residents of Sweden who emigrated from Poland. Demographics According to Statistics Sweden, as of 2016, there are a total 88,704 Poland-born immigrants living in Sweden. They include both native Poles, as well as descendants of Polish Jewish immigrants from Poland. Education In 2010, there were 4,186 students with Polish as their mother tongue who participated in the state-run Swedish for Immigrants adult language program. Of these pupils, 251 had 0–6 years of education in their home country (''Antal utbildningsår i hemlandet''), 241 had 7–9 years of education in their home country, and 3,694 had 10 years education or more in their home country. As of 2012, 5,100 pupils with Polish as their mother tongue and 5,079 Poland-born students were enrolled in the language program. Organizations There are several Polish organizations in Sweden, incl. the Polish Institute in Stockholm, the Polish Cultural Association in Gothe ... [...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] |
Polish Institute
The Polish Institutes is a network of establishments reporting to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Poland. there are 25 of them. Their mission id described as "creating a positive image of Poland abroad" by promoting Polish culture, history, science, language and national heritage.Polish Institutes at gov.pl Other tasks include supporting , in particular, within the framework of the , as well as implementation of various international cultural programme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katrine Marcal
Katrina or Katrine may refer to: People * Katrina (given name) * Katrine (given name) Meteorology *List of storms named Katrina, a list of tropical cyclones designated as Katrina ** Hurricane Katrina, an exceptionally powerful Atlantic hurricane in 2005, and the costliest tropical cyclone in history Places * Katrine, Virginia, United States * Lake Katrine, New York, United States * Loch Katrine, a loch (lake) in Scotland Music and entertainment * Katrina and the Waves, a pop rock band of the 1980s * ''Katrina'' (1943 film), a Swedish film * ''Katrina'' (1969 film), a South African drama film * ''Katrina'' (novel), a 1936 Swedish novel by Sally Salminen * ''Katrina'' (talk show), a 1967 Australian television talk show hosted by Katrina Pye that aired on ATV-0 in Melbourne * ''Katrina'', a webcomic from Red Giant Entertainment * ''Katrine'', best-selling 1909 novel by Elinor Macartney Lane Other uses * Katrina Cottage, a type of kit house * Katrina cough, a respiratory illnes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Boppers
The Boppers are a Swedish band formed in 1977 who found fame with cover versions of 1950s and 1960s songs. History The band was formed by two brothers, Michel and Peter Jezewski (then 22 and 20 years old) and Ville and Ingemar Wallén (then 19 and 22 years old respectively), as well as their friends Mats Lagerwall (then 20 years old) and Lasse Westerberg (then 18 years old). They soon got a large number of gigs. Their debut album ''Number 1'' in 1978 was originally only a minor, but went on to become one of the best-selling albums in Sweden, selling over 420,000 copies. They gained mainstream success in 1979 with their second album Keep On Boppin', which topped the charts and has sold a similar number of copies. At the same time, the group slimmed down and got their standard line-up in Ingemar Wallén (vocals, guitar), Mats Lagerwall (vocals, guitar), Peter Jezewski (vocals, bass) and Ville Wallén (vocals, drums). Already from the second album, the Boppers started touring around ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catherine Jagiellon
Catherine Jagiellon ( pl, Katarzyna Jagiellonka; sv, Katarina Jagellonica, Lithuanian: ''Kotryna Jogailatė''; 1 November 1526 – 16 September 1583) was a Polish princess and Queen of Sweden as the first wife of King John III. As such, she was also Duchess of Finland (1562–1583) and Grand Princess of Finland (1581–1583). Catherine had significant influence over state affairs during the reign of her spouse and negotiated with the pope to introduce a counter-reformation in Sweden.Katarina Jagellonica urn:sbl:12406, Svenskt biografiskt lexikon (art av Birgitta Lager-Kromnow), hämtad 2013-12-05. She was the mother of the future , |
Peter Jablonski
Peter Jablonski (born 1971) is a Swedish concert pianist. Biography Peter Jablonski was born in Lyckeby, Sweden to a Swedish mother and Polish father. He studied percussion and piano at Malmö Conservatory from 1982 to 1986. He performed as a drummer at the Village Vanguard jazz club in New York at the age of nine. He debuted as a pianist in Sweden at the age of 12, with Mozart concerto k 453. In 1989 he moved to the United Kingdom. There he studied composition, conducting and piano at the Royal College of Music in London. He signed to Decca Records in 1991, with a debut recording of Gershwin's piano concerto in F with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Vladimir Ashkenazy, followed by Rachmaninoff's Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Lutoslawski's Paganini Variations, and Shostakovich's concerto no.1 for piano and trumpet, again with the RPO and Ashkenazy - for which he won an Edison award. With Ashkenazy he also recorded Scriabin's "Prometheus" and piano concerto with the Deutsch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greekazo
Alexander Cielma Miliarakis (born 30 March 2001), known professionally as Greekazo, is a Swedish rapper. Greekazo grew up in Hässelby in Stockholm and was born to parents of Polish and Greek background. Greekazo started his career on 31 July 2019, with the music single "HotSpot", which has received over 23 million streams on Spotify. His other songs have been streamed over 60 million times on Spotify. He released his debut studio album ''Gör nu, tänk sen'' on 30 March 2020, which peaked at number three on the Swedish Albums Chart. In December 2019, Greekazo appeared in a much publicized interview with Malou von Sivers on her talkshow Malou efter tio broadcast on TV4 TV4 or TV 4 may refer to: *TV4 (Poland), a private Polish television station *TV4 (Sweden), a Swedish television network **TV4 Group, owners of the Swedish television station *South African Broadcasting Corporation TV4, a channel operated by the st .... He had been invited to talk about his career, but the inte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jerzy Einhorn
Jerzy Einhorn (26 July 1925 in Częstochowa, Poland – 28 April 2000 in Danderyd, Stockholm, Sweden) was a Polish-born Swedish medical doctor, researcher and politician ( Kristdemokrat). His Hebrew name was Chil Josef, after his paternal grandfather. Born into a Yiddish-speaking Jewish family, during the German occupation of Poland he became a victim of the Holocaust during World War II. He was first sent to the Warsaw Ghetto, then to the Częstochowa Ghetto outside his hometown,"Jerzy Einhorn; Holocaust Survivor Revolutionized Cancer Care in Sweden" ''Los Angeles Times'' (April 30, 2000). Retrieved March 18, 2011 where he was detained at the -Placery |
Wonna I DeJong
Wonna is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Biskupiec, within Nowe Miasto County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Biskupiec, north-west of Nowe Miasto Lubawskie, and west of the regional capital Olsztyn Olsztyn ( , ; german: Allenstein ; Old Prussian: ''Alnāsteini'' * Latin: ''Allenstenium'', ''Holstin'') is a city on the Łyna River in northern Poland. It is the capital of the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, and is a city with county rights. .... References Wonna {{NoweMiasto-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paweł Cibicki
Paweł Cibicki (; born 9 January 1994) is a Swedish professional footballer. His preferred position is striker but he can also play as a winger. He was born in Malmö, Sweden to parents from Poland. He represented the Sweden U21 team at the 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship. In 2021 he was given a four-year suspension for match fixing. Club career Malmö FF On 23 November 2012, Cibicki signed a first-team contract on a youth basis with Malmö FF. Cibicki made his Allsvenskan debut for Malmö FF in a home fixture against Gefle IF on 7 July 2013. In total Cibicki played seven matches for the club during his first season, most of the matches coming on as a substitute for the attackers. On 1 July 2014, Cibicki signed a first team contract with Malmö FF for three and a half additional years at the club. Previously in the summer of 2014 Cibicki had reached a verbal agreement with Dutch Eredivisie club FC Groningen, but he decided to stay at Malmö FF the day before the deal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anitha Bondestam
Anitha Bondestam (born 1941) is a German-born Swedish jurist who served as the minister of communications (Transport) in the Ullsten Cabinet in the period 1978–1979. She also held several official positions. Biography Bondestam was born in Danzig, Germany in 1941. However, in a study by Hanna Bäck et. al. (2008) it is stated that she was born in Poland. She received a bachelor's degree in law from Uppsala University. Bondestam started her career as a jurist at the district courts in 1964 and worked at different courts until 1974. She was a legal advisor for the ministry of commerce from 1972 to 1973 and for the ministry of justice between 1974 and 1977. She was head of operations at the ministry of communications in 1977. She served as the minister of communications (Transport) from 1978 to 1979. She was chairman of the gender equality board for two terms. After leaving politics Bondestam served as the justice administrator of the court of appeal in Gothenburg between 1980 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paula Bieler
Paula Bieler (born 31 March 1988) is a Swedish former politician for the Sweden Democrats party. She became a member of the party in 2009. In November 2013 Bieler became an elected member of Sweden Democrats party council. In the 2014 Swedish general election, Bieler was the party's number six national candidate for the Riksdag, and was elected a member of the Riksdag. Since April 2014 Bieler has also been the party's official political spokesman on gender and gay rights. On 11 February 2020, Bieler revealed that she was leaving the Riksdag in an interview with the Swedish tabloid Expressen. Shortly afterwards the podcast ''Lögnarnas Tempel'' revealed that she has also left the Sweden Democrats. It was widely reported that a fellow SD member used an antisemitic slur against Bieler, who then was an active politician, during a party meeting. Early life Paula Bieler was born on 31 March 1988 in Västerås, Västmanland, but grew up in Täby. Both of Bieler's parents are from Pol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
