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Bohlin
Bohlin is a surname of notable people including: * Adolf Bohlin (born 1873), Swedish missionary * Allan Bohlin (1907–1959), Swedish film actor * Birger Bohlin (1898–1990), Swedish palaeontologist * Britt Bohlin Olsson (born 1956), Swedish social democratic politician * Ella Bohlin (born 1979), Christian Democratic politician in Sweden * Erik Bohlin (1897–1977), Swedish road racing cyclist * Folke Bohlin (sailor) (1903–1972), Swedish sailor * Folke Bohlin (musicologist) (born 1931), Swedish musicologist * Kjell Bohlin (1928–2011), Norwegian politician * Nils Bohlin (1920–2002), Swedish inventor * Peter Bohlin Peter Q. Bohlin (born 1937 in New York City, United States) is an American architect and the winner of the 2010 AIA Gold Medal, Gold Medal of the American Institute of Architects. He is a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects (FAIA) and ... (born 1937), American architect * Ragnar Bohlin (born 1965), Swedish conductor * Ross Bohlin, former Austra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bohlin Cywinski Jackson
Bohlin Cywinski Jackson is a United States–based architectural practice that was founded as Bohlin & Powell in 1965 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania by Peter Bohlin and Richard Powell. Briefly known as Bohlin Powell Brown, with offices in Wilkes-Barre and Pittsburgh, the firm merged with John F. Larkin and Bernard Cywinski's Philadelphia-based architectural practice, Larkin Cywinski, in 1979. It is recognized for its distinguished portfolio of residential, university, commercial, cultural and government projects. Design Bohlin Cywinski Jackson is known for emphasizing a strong relationship between buildings and their physical surroundings. They were an early advocate of sustainable design and subsequently received national awards from the American Institute of Architects Committee on the Environment. Their buildings include the Liberty Bell Center,Liberty Bell Center: Bohlin Cywinski Jackson, 2006 Apple Fifth Avenue in New York City, Seattle City Hall and the Discovery and Vis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adolf Bohlin
Adolf Bohlin (born 9 March 1873) was a Swedish missionary. He served with the Mission Union of Sweden in Chinese Turkestan Chinese Turkestan or Chinese Turkistan, is a geographical term or historical region corresponding to the region of the Tarim Basin in Southern Xinjiang (south of the Tian Shan mountain range) or Xinjiang as a whole which was under the rule of ... (present day Xinjiang). Born Adolf Fredrik Persson in Tived, Skaraborg, Sweden, he was the ninth child of 12 for Per Erik Persson and Maja Cajsa Jacobsdotter. In late 1920 he moved to Los Angeles, California in the United States where he worked as a gardener until his retirement. Bibliography *J. Lundahl (editor), På obanade stigar: Tjugofem år i Ost-Turkestan. Stockholm, Svenska Missionsförbundet Förlag, 1917 External linksMission and Change in Eastern Turkestan(English Translation of select chapters of ''Mission och revolution i Centralasien'') Swedish Protestant missionaries Protestant mission ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allan Bohlin
Allan Bohlin (5 November 1907 – 23 January 1959) was a Swedish film actor. He appeared in more than 40 films between 1934 and 1956. Selected filmography * ''The Song to Her'' (1934) * ''The Atlantic Adventure'' (1934) * ''Walpurgis Night'' (1935) * '' Under False Flag'' (1935) * '' 65, 66 and I'' (1936) * '' Johan Ulfstjerna'' (1936) * '' Klart till drabbning'' (1937) * ''The Andersson Family'' (1937) * '' Oh, Such a Night!'' (1937) * '' Landstormens lilla Lotta'' (1939) * '' Whalers'' (1939) * ''Variety Is the Spice of Life'' (1939) * ''Oh, What a Boy!'' (1939) * '' With Open Arms'' (1940) * '' The Crazy Family'' (1940) * '' Poor Ferdinand'' (1941) * ''Lärarinna på vift'' (1941) * ''The Train Leaves at Nine'' (1941) * '' Lilla helgonet'' (1944) * ''Oss tjuvar emellan eller En burk ananas'' (1945) * ''Motherhood'' (1945) * ''Crisis'' (1946) * ''The Night Watchman's Wife ''The Night Watchman's Wife'' (Swedish: ''Nattvaktens hustru'') is a 1947 Swedish drama film directed by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birger Bohlin
Dr. Anders Birger Bohlin (26 March 1898 – 28 November 1990) was a Swedish palaeontologist. As well as his work on dinosaurs and prehistoric mammals, Bohlin was part of the group that established the existence of Peking Man ''(Sinanthropus pekinensis)''. In the 1950s, the scientific designation of Peking Man was changed when the hominid was generally decided to be a ''Homo erectus ''Homo erectus'' ( ) is an extinction, extinct species of Homo, archaic human from the Pleistocene, spanning nearly 2 million years. It is the first human species to evolve a humanlike body plan and human gait, gait, to early expansions of h ...''. See also * '' Peishansaurus'' References {{DEFAULTSORT:Bohlin, Birger Swedish paleontologists Academic staff of Uppsala University 1898 births 1990 deaths Members of the Royal Society of Sciences in Uppsala ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Britt Bohlin Olsson
Britt Bohlin Olsson (born 1956) is a Swedish Social Democratic politician, who served as Secretary-General of the Nordic Council since 2014 until 2021. She was a member of the Riksdag from 1988 to 2008. She served as County Governor of Jämtland County from 2008 to 2014, and was replaced in the Riksdag by Renée Jeryd. External links Britt Bohlin Olssonat the Riksdag The Riksdag ( , ; also or , ) is the parliament and the parliamentary sovereignty, supreme decision-making body of the Kingdom of Sweden. Since 1971, the Riksdag has been a unicameral parliament with 349 members (), elected proportional rep ... website Jämtland County Members of the Riksdag from the Social Democrats Living people 1956 births Women members of the Riksdag Members of the Riksdag 2002–2006 21st-century Swedish women politicians Governors of Jämtland County Women county governors of Sweden {{Sweden-SocialDemocratic-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ella Bohlin
Ella Elin Nikolina Bohlin (born 1979) is a Christian Democratic politician in Sweden. Early life and education Bohlin was born in Jönköping. She has a B.A. in political science and has worked as a spinning instructor. Political career Bohlin was the leader of the Christian Democratic Youth League of Sweden between 2005 and 2008. She was her party's top candidate in the 2009 elections to the European Parliament, but was not elected because Alf Svensson, the former party leader, received more individual votes and took the party's single seat. In 2011 she became an advisor to the government on behalf of her party in environmental and agricultural matters. In 2014 she was elected to the Stockholm County Council, where she is minister for children and the aged. Personal life and views She is married to Per Bohlin. She is an evangelical Christian and has been labeled a creationist, but says she does not care about the subject. She is a former member of Livets ord Word of L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erik Bohlin
Erik Viktor "Orsa" Bohlin (1 June 1897 – 8 June 1977) was a Swedish road racing cyclist who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics The 1924 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the VIII Olympiad () and officially branded as Paris 1924, were an international multi-sport event held in Paris, France. The opening ceremony was held on 5 July, but some competitions had al .... He finished seventh in the individual road race and won a team bronze medal. During his cycling career Bohlin won four national titles and two Swedish six-day races (in 1924 and 1926). He retired in 1927 after finishing fourth at the road world championships. He later changed to motorcycling and, with the engineer Gösta Rödén, created a 250 cc motorcycle that set a new Swedish speed record. References 1897 births 1977 deaths Swedish male cyclists Olympic cyclists for Sweden Cyclists at the 1924 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Sweden Olympic medalists in cycling People fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Folke Bohlin (sailor)
Folke Ivar Reinhold Bohlin (20 March 1903 – 12 June 1972) was a Swedish sailor who competed in the 1948 and 1956 Summer Olympics. In 1948 he won the silver medal as helmsman of the Swedish boat ''Slaghöken'' in the Dragon class event. Eight years later he won the gold medal as helmsman A helmsman or helm (sometimes driver or steersman) is a person who steering, steers a ship, sailboat, submarine, other type of maritime vessel, airship, or spacecraft. The rank and seniority of the helmsman may vary: on small vessels such as fis ... of the Swedish boat ''Slaghöken II'' in the Dragon class competition. Folke Bohlin Swedish Olympic Committee See also *[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Folke Bohlin (musicologist)
Folke Bohlin (born September 21, 1931, in Uppsala) is a Swedish musicologist and choral conductor. His chief area of research is Swedish church music, particularly that after the Reformation, and he is a former Professor emeritus of musicology at Lund University. Biography Prior to his formal music education, Bohlin founded Uppsala Akademiska Kammarkör in 1957. From 1957 to 1968, Bohlin was first repetiteur and later assistant conductor of Orphei Drängar. Bohlin first earned a degree in theology in 1960. He also studied musicology under Carl-Allan Moberg and Ingmar Bengtsson at Uppsala University, graduating with his doctorate in 1970. His doctoral dissertation utilized his former background as he wrote on liturgical song in Swedish churches in the 18th and 19th centuries. After his graduate studies, Bohlin became a reader at Lund University in 1970 and was appointed a lecturer there the following year. In 1972, he began leading the Lunds Studentsångförening Lund Unive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kjell Bohlin
Kjell Gotfred Bohlin (27 September 1928 – 17 June 2011) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He was born in Røros Municipality. He was elected to the Parliament of Norway from Telemark in 1977, and was re-elected on two occasions. He had previously served as a deputy representative from 1969 to 1973. On the local level Bohlin was deputy mayor of Bamble Municipality from 1963 to 1970, and then mayor from 1971 to 1981. He returned as a member of the municipal council of Bamble Municipality from 2003 to 2007. From 1967 to 1981 he was also involved in county politics in Telemark, serving as deputy county mayor from 1975 to 1981. His political career ended with the position of County Governor of Telemark, which he held from 1989 to 1998, having been appointed in 1987. Outside politics he was a journalist in ''Arbeidets Rett'' from 1948 to 1949 but spent the majority of his career as a social security bureaucrat. He died in June 2011 in Langesund is the administr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nils Bohlin
Nils Ivar Bohlin (17 July 1920 – 26 September 2002) was a Swedish mechanical engineer and inventor who invented the three-point safety belt while working at Volvo. Biography Born in Härnösand, Sweden, Bohlin received a diploma in mechanical engineering from Härnösand Läroverk in 1939. In 1942 he started working for the aircraft maker Saab as an aircraft designer and helped develop ejection seats. In 1958 he joined Volvo The Volvo Group (; legally Aktiebolaget Volvo, shortened to AB Volvo, stylized as VOLVO) is a Swedish multinational manufacturing corporation headquartered in Gothenburg. While its core activity is the production, distribution and sale of truck ... as a safety engineer. He is credited with the invention of the modern three-point safety belt, now a standard safety feature in all cars. Bohlin worked on the seat belt for about a year, using skills in developing ejection seats for SAAB; he concentrated on keeping the driver safe in a car accident ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Bohlin
Peter Q. Bohlin (born 1937 in New York City, United States) is an American architect and the winner of the 2010 AIA Gold Medal, Gold Medal of the American Institute of Architects. He is a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects (FAIA) and a founding principal of Bohlin Cywinski Jackson, established originally in 1965 as Bohlin and Powell in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. Bohlin Cywinski Jackson has six offices in Wilkes-Barre, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Seattle, San Francisco, and New York City. In 1994, Bohlin Cywinski Jackson was honored with the Firm Award presented by the American Institute of Architects. Peter Bohlin has been a guest design critic and a visiting professor at architecture schools. He received his Bachelor of Architecture from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1958 and his Master of Architecture degree from Cranbrook Academy of Art. He was inducted into RPI's Alumni Hall of Fame in 2011. Selected projects * Copperhill Mountain Lodge: Åre, Sweden * Grand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
