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Valborg Olander
Valborg Olander (Uddeholm Manor, Värmland 14 May 1861 – 27 February 1943, Stockholm), was a Swedish teacher, politician and suffragette. She is known for her friendship with Selma Lagerlöf. Life and career Valborg Olander was born as one of five children to the medical doctor Gustaf Achilles and Eva Charlotta Munktell. After the death of her father when she was twelve, her mother supported the family by opening a fashion shop in Ulricehamn. Olander was educated at a girls' school in Jönköping, and at ''Högre lärarinneseminariet'' in Stockholm at the age of fifteen in 1876. After graduation in 1879, she worked as a teacher in Lidköping in 1879–80, at the elementary for girls in Gothenburg in 1880–88 and, from 1888 until 1916, at the people's academy in Falun. Olander was a strong supporter of women's suffrage: she was the chairperson of the Falun branch of National Association for Women's Suffrage in 1905–1920 and its representative in its national central comm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Selma Lagerlöf
Selma Ottilia Lovisa Lagerlöf (, , ; 20 November 1858 – 16 March 1940) was a Swedish author. She published her first novel, ''Gösta Berling's Saga'', at the age of 33. She was the first woman to win the 1909 Nobel Prize in Literature, Nobel Prize in Literature, which she was awarded in 1909. Additionally, she was the first woman to be granted a membership in the Swedish Academy in 1914. Life Early years Selma Ottilia Lovisa Lagerlöf was born on 20 November 1858 at Mårbacka, Värmland, Union between Sweden and Norway, Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway. Lagerlöf was the daughter of Erik Gustaf Lagerlöf, a lieutenant in the Royal Värmland Regiment, and Louise Lagerlöf (''née'' Wallroth), whose father was a well-to-do merchant and a foundry owner (). Lagerlöf was the couple's fifth child out of six. She was born with a Hip dysplasia (human), hip injury, which was caused by detachment in the hip joint. At the age of three and a half, a sickness left her lame in both legs, alt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sophie Elkan
Sophie Elkan née Salomon (3 January 1853, Gothenburg –5 April 1921, Gothenburg), was a Swedish writer and translator. Life Sophie Salomon was born to the merchant Alexander Salomon and Henriette Abrahamson: her parents had migrated to Sweden from Germany. Her elder brother, Otto Salomon was educator.Eva Helen Ulvros (trad. Alexia Grosjean), 'Sophie Elkan', Svenskt kvinnobiografiskt lexikon, 201/ref> She was raised in a happy home and affected strongly by her intellectual mother. In 1872 she married her cousin, the music book seller Nathan Elkan (1834-1879), with whom she had a daughter, Kerstin (1877-1879). Her marriage was happy, and the death of both her spouse and daughter in december 1879 with tuberculosis caused a crisis; for the rest of her life, she dressed in black. As a widow, she began to make translations, publish serials and papers, and debuted as a novelist in 1889. Her first novel, ''John Hall – en historia från det gamla Göteborg'', was an immediate succ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Local Politicians In Sweden
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People From Värmland
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19th-century Swedish Educators
The 19th (nineteenth) century began on 1 January 1801 ( MDCCCI), and ended on 31 December 1900 ( MCM). The 19th century was the ninth century of the 2nd millennium. The 19th century was characterized by vast social upheaval. Slavery was abolished in much of Europe and the Americas. The First Industrial Revolution, though it began in the late 18th century, expanding beyond its British homeland for the first time during this century, particularly remaking the economies and societies of the Low Countries, the Rhineland, Northern Italy, and the Northeastern United States. A few decades later, the Second Industrial Revolution led to ever more massive urbanization and much higher levels of productivity, profit, and prosperity, a pattern that continued into the 20th century. The Islamic gunpowder empires fell into decline and European imperialism brought much of South Asia, Southeast Asia, and almost all of Africa under colonial rule. It was also marked by the collapse of the la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swedish Suffragists
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1943 Deaths
Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 1 – WWII: The Soviet Union announces that 22 German divisions have been encircled at Stalingrad, with 175,000 killed and 137,650 captured. * January 4 – WWII: Greek-Polish athlete and saboteur Jerzy Iwanow-Szajnowicz is executed by the Germans at Kaisariani. * January 11 ** The United States and United Kingdom revise previously unequal treaty relationships with the Republic of China (1912–1949), Republic of China. ** Italian-American anarchist Carlo Tresca is assassinated in New York City. * January 13 – Anti-Nazi protests in Sofia result in 200 arrests and 36 executions. * January 14 – January 24, 24 – WWII: Casablanca Conference: Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States; Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom; and Generals Charles de Gaulle and Henri Giraud of the Free French forces meet secretly at the Anfa Hotel in Casablanca, Morocco, to plan the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1861 Births
Statistically, this year is considered the end of the whale oil industry and (in replacement) the beginning of the petroleum oil industry. Events January–March * January 1 ** Benito Juárez captures Mexico City. ** The first steam-powered carousel is recorded, in Bolton, England. * January 2 – Friedrich Wilhelm IV of Prussia dies, and is succeeded by Wilhelm I. * January 3 – American Civil War: Delaware votes not to secede from the Union. * January 9 – American Civil War: Mississippi becomes the second state to secede from the Union. * January 10 – American Civil War: Florida secedes from the Union. * January 11 – American Civil War: Alabama secedes from the Union. * January 12 – American Civil War: Major Robert Anderson sends dispatches to Washington. * January 19 – American Civil War: Georgia secedes from the Union. * January 21 – American Civil War: Jefferson Davis resigns from the United States Senate. * January 26 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexandra Rapaport
Alexandra Susanna Rapaport (born 26 December 1971 in Bromma) is a Swedish film and stage actress. She studied at the Teaterhögskolan i Stockholm, from which she graduated in 1997. She then worked for Uppsala Theatre before becoming engaged by Dramaten in Stockholm, where she is part of the permanent ensemble and has participated a number of classic plays. She has featured in more than 40 feature films and TV series, among them the crime series ''Sandhamn Murders'', ''Gåsmamman'' and ''Heder''. Personal life Her parents were both from Poland. Her father, Edmund Rapaport (1923–2020), was a Polish Jew who fled to Sweden during World War II and became a statistician. Her mother, Ewa Rapaport (1938–1981), was an architect. She and her husband, Joakim Eliasson, had a son in 2007 and a daughter in 2010. Retrieved 2023-01-06 She was aunt to Swedish alpine free-skier Matilda Rapaport, who died in an avalanche accident in 2016. Selected filmography *''Tsatsiki, morsan och poli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ingela Olsson
Ingela Maria Olsson (born 28 February 1958 in Nybro, Sweden) is a Swedish actress. Olsson was active in many different theatre groups during the 1980s. She started working at the Galeasen theatre in 1989, and appeared at Stockholms stadsteater, Parkteatern, Orionteatern, Dramaten, and radioteatern. Her film debut, in 1989 was Annika Silkeberg's ''Ömheten''. She is most commonly known for her part as Inger in '' Så som i himmelen''. Filmography *2021 - ''Young Royals'' (Netflix series) * 2004 - ''As It Is in Heaven'' * 2003 - '' Detaljer'' *2003 - ''Järnvägshotellet'' (TV) *2002 - ''Skeppsholmen'' (TV series guest role) * 2001 - '' Beck – Hämndens pris'' * 2001 - ''Hans och hennes'' *2000 - ''Skärgårdsdoktorn'' (TV series guest role) *2000 - '' Dubbel-8'' *1997 - ''Emma åklagare'' (TV series guest role) *1992 - ''Rederiet ''Rederiet'' (''High Seas'' or ''The Shipping Company'') was a (318 episodes) Swedish soap opera that aired on Sveriges Television between A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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