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Wicanderska Välgörenhetsskölden
("The Wicander Charity Shield") was a Swedish football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ... cup tournament played between 1905 and 1916, a match was also planned to be played in 1920, but was not. The idea for the tournament came from the English Charity Shield trophy, and in the same way as the English match, profits from the matches in the Swedish tournament were given to various charities. Previous winners Cup champions Sources DIFarkivet.se: Wicanderska Välgörenhetsskölden Defunct football competitions in Sweden 1905 establishments in Sweden 1916 disestablishments in Sweden Recurring sporting events established in 1905 {{Sweden-footy-competition-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Summer
Summer or summertime is the hottest and brightest of the four temperate seasons, occurring after spring and before autumn. At or centred on the summer solstice, daylight hours are the longest and darkness hours are the shortest, with day length decreasing as the season progresses after the solstice. The earliest sunrises and latest sunsets also occur near the date of the solstice. The date of the beginning of summer varies according to definition, climate, tradition, and culture. When it is summer in the Northern Hemisphere, it is winter in the Southern Hemisphere, and vice versa. Etymology The modern English ''summer'' derives from the Middle English ''somer'', via the Old English ''sumor''. Timing From an astronomical view, the equinoxes and solstices would be the middle of the respective seasons, but sometimes astronomical summer is defined as starting at the solstice, the time of maximal insolation, often identified with 21 June or 21 December. By solar reckonin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
