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Torstensson
Torstensson is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Anders Torstensson or Anders Torstenson, (1641–1686), Swedish statesman, member of the Privy Council, Governor-General of Estonia 1674–1681 *Åsa Torstensson (born 1958), Swedish politician and a member of the Centre Party *Conny Torstensson (born 1949), former footballer from Sweden * Count Lennart Torstensson or Lennart Torstenson, Count of Ortala, Baron of Virestad (1603–1651), Swedish Field Marshal & military engineer *Klas Torstensson (born 1951), award-winning Swedish-Dutch composer * Linnea Torstensson or Linnea Torstenson, (born 1983), Swedish handball player, played for the Sweden women's national handball team See also * Thorsteinsson * Thorsten * Tore Svensson *Torstenson War The Torstenson war, Hannibal controversy or Hannibal War ( no, Hannibalsfeiden) was a short period of conflict between Sweden and Denmark–Norway from 1643 to 1645 towards the end of the Thirty Years' War. The names ref ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Count Lennart Torstensson
Lennart Torstensson, Count of Ortala, Baron of Virestad (17 August 16037 April 1651), was a Swedish Field Marshal and military engineer. Early career He was born at Forstena manor in Västergötland. His parents were Märta Nilsdotter Posse and Torsten Lennartsson, of the noble house Forstena, who was supporter of King Sigismund and, for a while, the commandant of Älvsborg fortress. Young Lennart's parents fled to exile in the year of his birth because his father had confessed to being loyal to the deposed Sigismund. Lennart was taken care of by relatives - his father returned to Sweden only when Lennart was around twenty. His paternal uncle Anders Lennartsson was Lord High Constable of Sweden and trusted by Duke Charles, but he fell at the Battle of Kircholm in 1605. Military career At the age of fifteen he became one of the pages of the young King Gustavus Adolphus and was allowed to observe the Livonian War, such as the conquest of Riga in 1621. At the age of twenty, h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conny Torstensson
Jan Conny Torstensson (born 28 August 1949) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder or forward. He represented Åtvidabergs FF, Bayern Munich, and FC Zürich during a career that spanned between 1967 and 1980. A full international between 1972 and 1979, he won 40 caps and scored seven goals for the Sweden national team and represented his country at the 1974 and 1978 editions of the FIFA World Cup. Club career Åtvidabergs FF Torstensson commenced his career with Åtvidabergs FF in southern Sweden, then a club renowned for its successful youth development. From 1967 onward he featured regularly in the senior team with which he ascended to the first division after the first season. In the following years he was part of the team that defined the golden era of the club, winning the only titles in its history. 1970 and 1971 Åtvidabergs FF won the cup and was twice runner up in the championship, which the club won in 1972 and 1973. In 1973 the clu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Klas Torstensson
Klas Torstensson (born 16 January 1951) is a Swedish-Dutch composer. Career Torstensson was born in Nässjö, and studied composition Ingesunds Musikhögskola, musicology at Göteborgs universitet and electronic music at the Institute for Sonology. Torstensson’s compositions are performed by orchestras, ensembles and soloists worldwide and presented on most major European new music festivals: Huddersfield, Ultima (Oslo), Steirischer Herbst (Graz), Wien Modern, Stockholm New Music, Nordic Music Days (Reykjavik/Malmö/Berlin), Gaudeamus (Amsterdam), Warsaw, Gaida (Vilnius), Festival van Vlaanderen (Belgium), Holland Festival (Amsterdam), GAS (Gothenburg), NYYD (Tallinn) and Darmstadt. He was also featured composer at festivals such as Stockholm New Music 1999 (together with Mauricio Kagel and György Kurtág), Time of Music 2001, (Viitasaari, Finland), Montréal-Nouvelles-Musiques 2003 and Sacrum Profanum 2009 (Kraków). During Spring 2009 Klas Torstensson was "composer- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Åsa Torstensson
Åsa-Britt Maria Torstensson (born 25 March 1958) is a Swedish politician and a member of the Centre Party. She has a university degree in social work ( sv, socionomexamen). She was a member of the Riksdag between 1998 and 2002 representing Västra Götaland County. Torstensson was re-elected to the Riksdag in the 2006 general election. On 6 October 2006 she was selected to become Minister for Infrastructure in the Cabinet of Fredrik Reinfeldt The cabinet of Fredrik Reinfeldt ( sv, Regeringen Reinfeldt) was the cabinet of Sweden from 2006 to 2014. It was a coalition cabinet consisting of the four parties in the centre-right Alliance for Sweden: the Moderate Party, Centre Party, .... Government of Sweden, accessed 2010-07-09 After the 2010 general election she left the cabine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anders Torstenson (politician)
Count Anders Torstenson (20 January 16418 November 1686), Swedish statesman, son of Lennart Torstenson and member of the Privy Council, was from 1674 to 1681 Governor-General of Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, a .... The family became extinct in the male line in 1727. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Torstenson, Anders 1641 births 1686 deaths Governors-General of Sweden Swedish nobility 17th-century Swedish politicians Members of the Privy Council of Sweden ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Linnea Torstensson
Linnea Marie Torstensson (born 30 March 1983) is a Swedish handballer who played for the Sweden national team. She competed in three Olympic Games (2008, 2012 & 2016). She was given the award of ''Cetățean de onoare'' ("Honorary Citizen") of the city of Bucharest in 2016. International honours *EHF Champions League: **''Winner'': 2016 **''Bronze Medalist'': 2017 *EHF Cup Winners' Cup: **''Winner'': 2014 *EHF Cup: **''Winner'': 2011 *Bucharest Trophy: **''Winner'': 2014, 2015 * European Championship: **''Silver Medalist'': 2010 **''Bronze Medalist'': 2014 *Carpathian Trophy: **''Winner'': 2015 Awards and recognition *Most Valuable Player of the European Championship: 2010 * Handball-Planet.com Best Defensive Player: 2014 *Swedish Female Handballer of the Year: 2010, 2011 * Prosport ''ProSport'' was a daily Romanian newspaper, the country's second largest and most read sports-related publication after '' Gazeta Sporturilor''. It was owned by the PubliMedia International. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thorsteinsson
Thorsteinsson and Thorsteinsen are patronymic surname of Scandinavian origin, meaning ''son of Thorsteinn''. The names may refer to: Thorsteinsson * Björn Thorsteinsson (born 1940), Icelandic chess master * Raymond Thorsteinsson, Canadian geologist of the Arctic regions * Steingrímur Thorsteinsson (1831–1913), Icelandic poet, author, and translator * Thorbjorn Thorsteinsson (d. 1158), Orcadian (of Orkney) pirate Thorsteinsen * Cecilie Thorsteinsen Cecilie Thorsteinsen is a Norwegian team handball player. Thorsteinsen made her debut on the national team in 1994. She played 22 matches and scored 50 goals for the national team from 1994 to 2001. She played for the national team at the 2000 E ..., Norwegian team handball player {{surname Patronymic surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thorsten
Thorsten (Thorstein, Torstein, Torsten) is a Scandinavian given name. The Old Norse name was ''Þórsteinn''. It is a compound of the theonym ''Þór'' (''Thor'') and ''steinn'' "stone", which became ''Thor'' and ''sten'' in Old Danish and Old Swedish. The name is one of a group of Old Norse names containing the theonym ''Thor'', besides other such as ''Þórarin, Þórhall, Þórkell, Þórfinnr, Þórvald, Þórvarðr, Þórolf'', most of which, however, do not survive as modern names given with any frequency. The name is attested in medieval Iceland, e.g. Þorsteinn rauður Ólafsson (c. 850 – 880), Þōrsteinn Eirīkssonr (late 10th century), and in literature such as '' Draumr Þorsteins Síðu-Hallssonar''. The Old English equivalent of the Scandinavian and Norman name is ''Thurstan'', attested after the Norman conquest of England in the 11th century as the name of a medieval archbishop of York (died 1140), of an abbot of Pershore (1080s) and of an abbot of Glasto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tore Svensson
Tore Svensson (6 December 1927 – 26 April 2002) was a Swedish football goalkeeper who played for Malmö FF. He also represented Team Sweden in the 1950 and 1958 FIFA World Cups in Brazil respectively Sweden. He was also part of Sweden's squad at the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad ( fi, XV olympiadin kisat; sv, Den XV olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952 ( sv, Helsin ..., but he did not play in any matches. References 1927 births 2002 deaths Swedish footballers Sweden international footballers Association football goalkeepers Malmö FF players 1950 FIFA World Cup players 1958 FIFA World Cup players Footballers at the 1952 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers of Sweden Olympic bronze medalists for Sweden Olympic medalists in football Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics {{Sweden-footy-goalkeeper- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
