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Tomten (poem)
Tomten, also known as "Midvinternattens köld är hård", is a poem written by Viktor Rydberg, and originally published in ''Ny Illustrerad Tidning'' in 1881. While outwardly being an idyllic Christmas poem, the poem asks about the meaning of life. A short film, ''Tomten (film), Tomten'', was recorded in 1941 by Gösta Roosling, where Hilda Borgström reads the entire poem. Lotta Engberg's 2009 in music, 2009 Christmas music, Christmas album ''Jul hos mig'' closes with a final, hidden, bonus track with Sven Wollter reading the poem. The poem has also been recorded as an audio book, with Torgny Lindgren reading it. In English Rydberg's poem has been translated into English by Charles Wharton Stork, Anna Krook, Elias Gordon and Judith Moffett. In 1961 Astrid Lindgren published a The Tomten (Astrid Lindgren), prose version of the story with illustrations by Harald Wiberg. In 2007 the German film ''Tomte Tummetott and the Fox'' was made, based on the stories by Astrid Lindgren. Se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viktor Rydberg
Abraham Viktor Rydberg (; 18 December 182821 September 1895) was a Swedish writer and a member of the Swedish Academy, 1877–1895. "Primarily a classical idealist", Viktor Rydberg has been described as "Sweden's last Romantic" and by 1859 was "generally regarded in the first rank of Swedish novelists." Biography Viktor Rydberg was of humble parentage. One biographer notes that: "He had a hard struggle to satisfy the thirst for learning which was a leading passion of his life, but he finally attained distinction in several fields of scholarship." He was the son of a soldier turned prison guard, Johan Rydberg, and a midwife, Hedvig Düker. Viktor Rydberg had two brothers and three sisters. In 1834 his mother died during a cholera epidemic. Her death broke the spirit of his father, who yielded to hypochondria and alcoholism, contributing towards his loss of employment and the family's apartment, forcing authorities to board young Viktor out to a series of foster homes, one of w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Tomten (Astrid Lindgren)
The ''Tomten'' books are two children's books written by Astrid Lindgren. They are based on poems by Viktor Rydberg and Karl-Erik Forsslund. Plot ''The Tomten'' During the night the people at a farm in a forest are asleep. Only Tomten is awake. No one has ever seen Tomten, the people only know that he is there. Sometimes the people only find his small footprints in the snow. Tomten takes care of the animals and gives them comfort through a cold winter's night. He promises them that spring will be there soon. Tomten also visits the children, who always want to see him. However, they are always at sleep when he comes, so they dream about him. ''The Tomten and the Fox'' The fox Mickel is hungry and has not found food for a long time. On Christmas Eve, he comes across a farm in the forest. He goes into the chicken's shed and wants to eat a chicken. However, he is stopped by Tomten. Tomten knows how hungry a fox can be in such a cold winter's night. When a child leaves a plate of g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christmas Poems
Christmas is an annual festival commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ, observed primarily on December 25 as a religious and cultural celebration among billions of people around the world. A feast central to the Christian liturgical year, it is preceded by the season of Advent or the Nativity Fast and initiates the season of Christmastide, which historically in the West lasts twelve days and culminates on Twelfth Night. Christmas Day is a public holiday in many countries, is celebrated religiously by a majority of Christians, as well as culturally by many non-Christians, and forms an integral part of the holiday season organized around it. The traditional Christmas narrative recounted in the New Testament, known as the Nativity of Jesus, says that Jesus was born in Bethlehem, in accordance with messianic prophecies. When Joseph and Mary arrived in the city, the inn had no room and so they were offered a stable where the Christ Child was soon born, with angels proclaim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Internet Archive
The Internet Archive is an American digital library with the stated mission of "universal access to all knowledge". It provides free public access to collections of digitized materials, including websites, software applications/games, music, movies/videos, moving images, and millions of books. In addition to its archiving function, the Archive is an activist organization, advocating a free and open Internet. , the Internet Archive holds over 35 million books and texts, 8.5 million movies, videos and TV shows, 894 thousand software programs, 14 million audio files, 4.4 million images, 2.4 million TV clips, 241 thousand concerts, and over 734 billion web pages in the Wayback Machine. The Internet Archive allows the public to upload and download digital material to its data cluster, but the bulk of its data is collected automatically by its web crawlers, which work to preserve as much of the public web as possible. Its web archiving, web archive, the Wayback Machine, contains hu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robin Goodfellow
In English folklore, Puck (), sometimes known as Robin Goodfellow, is a domestic and nature sprite, demon, or fairy. Origins and comparative folklore Etymology The etymology of ''puck'' is uncertain. The modern English word is attested already in Old English as (with a diminutive form ). Similar words are attested later in Old Norse (, with related forms including Old Swedish , Icelandic , and Frisian ) but also in the Celtic languages (Welsh , Cornish and Irish ). Most commentators think that the word was borrowed from one of these neighbouring north-west European languages into the others, but it is not certain in what direction the borrowing went, and all vectors have been proposed by scholars. The ''Oxford English Dictionary'' favoured a Scandinavian origin, while the scholarly study by Erin Sebo of Flinders University argues for an Irish origin, on the basis that the word is widely distributed in Irish place-names, whereas ''puck''-place-names in English are rare ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Christmas-themed Literature
The following is a navigational list of notable literary works which are set at Christmas time, or contain Christmas amongst the central themes. Novels and novellas *Agatha Christie, ''Hercule Poirot's Christmas'' *Charles Dickens, ''A Christmas Carol'' *Charles Dickens, ''The Chimes'' *Charles Dickens, ''The Cricket on the Hearth'' *Charles Dickens, ''The Battle of Life'' *Charles Dickens, ''The Haunted Man and The Ghost's Bargain'' *Janet Evanovich, '' Visions of Sugar Plums'' *Frederick Forsyth, ''The Shepherd'' *Jostein Gaarder, '' The Christmas Mystery'' *John Grisham, ''Skipping Christmas'' *Maureen Johnson, John Green and Lauren Myracle, ''Let It Snow'' *C. S. Lewis, '' The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe'' * Christopher Moore, '' The Stupidest Angel: A Heartwarming Tale of Christmas Terror'' Short stories *Hans Christian Andersen, "The Fir-Tree" *Truman Capote, "A Christmas Memory" (published in '' Mademoiselle'') * John Cheever, " Christmas is a Sad Season for the Poor" * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lyyli Wartiovaara-Kallioniemi
2204 Lyyli ( ''prov. designation'': ) is a dark asteroid and very eccentric Mars-crosser from the middle region of the asteroid belt, approximately in diameter. It was discovered on 3 March 1943 by Finnish astronomer Yrjö Väisälä at Turku Observatory in Southwest Finland. Orbit and classification ''Lyyli'' orbits the Sun in the central main-belt at a distance of 1.5–3.6 AU once every 4 years and 2 months (1,522 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.41 and an inclination of 21 ° with respect to the ecliptic. Naming This minor planet was named in honour of Lyyli Heinänen (1903–1988), née Hartonen, a Finnish female Esperantist, professor of mathematics, amateur astronomer and former assistant of the discoverer. The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 26 May 1983 (). Physical characteristics ''Lyyli'' is an X-type asteroid in the SMASS classification. It has also been characterized as a P-type asteroid by NASA's NEOWISE ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tomte Tummetott And The Fox
Tomte Tummetott and the Fox (original: Tomte Tummetott und der Fuchs) is a 2007 German film directed by Sandra Schießl and based on the novels '' The Tomten'' and '' The Tomten and the Fox'' by Astrid Lindgren. Plot It is winter and the landscape is covered in snow. All animals are hungry, especially the fox. He wants to kill and eat the chicken in the stable. Meanwhile, Emma wants to put food outside for the dwarf Tomte Tummetott. Her older brothers laugh at her, because they think Tomte Tummetott doesn't exist. Her mother however says that, just because you can't see it, it doesn't mean it doesn't exist. Meanwhile, the mice see that the fox is on his way to the chicken stable. They inform Tomte Tummetott, who tells them to let the dog know about this. Then Tomte feeds the other animals. He tells them that he saw many winters come and go and that they have to be patient as this winter will also give way to spring. With the help from the dog, the cow and the mice Tomte can sto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harald Wiberg
Harald Wiberg (1 March 1908 – 15 August 1986) was a Swedish writer, artist and illustrator. He was best known for his illustrations in the books about Tomten and of Astrid Lindgren. Life and career Wiberg was born in Ankarsrum in 1908. He attended the Stockholm College of Drama (Stockholms dramatiska högskola). Later he also studied in France and Italy. Most of his illustrations show Scandinavian landscapes, animals and traditional mythological figures. In the 1960s, he became known in Sweden through his appearances in the nature documentary show ''Korsnäsgårde''. He became known internationally through his illustrations of the Tomten books: ''Tomten'' (1961) and ''Tomten and the Fox'' (1965). In the Swedish edition of these works, Wiberg's illustrations were published next to the original poems by Viktor Rydberg and Karl-Erik Forsslund. In the international editions the illustration appeared next to a text written by Astrid Lindgren, based on the poems and the illustr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Astrid Lindgren
Astrid Anna Emilia Lindgren (; ; 14 November 1907 – 28 January 2002) was a Swedish writer of fiction and screenplays. She is best known for several children's book series, featuring Pippi Longstocking, Emil of Lönneberga, Karlsson-on-the-Roof, and the Six Bullerby Children (''Children of Noisy Village'' in the US), and for the children's fantasy novels '' Mio, My Son'', ''Ronia the Robber's Daughter'', and '' The Brothers Lionheart''. Lindgren worked on the Children's Literature Editorial Board at the Rabén & Sjögren publishing house in Stockholm and wrote more than 30 books for children. In January 2017, she was calculated to be the world's 18th most translated author, and the fourth most translated children's writer after Enid Blyton, Hans Christian Andersen and the Brothers Grimm. Lindgren has so far sold roughly 167 million books worldwide. In 1994, she was awarded the Right Livelihood Award for "her unique authorship dedicated to the rights of children and re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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