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Fruängen
Fruängen (''Wife Meadow'') is a district of the Hägersten-Liljeholmen borough in Söderort, the southern suburban part of Stockholm. It was built in the early 1950s. All the streets are named after famous Swedish women like Agnes Lagerstedt, Anna Sandström, Karolina Widerström, Ellen Fries, Ellen Key, Elsa Beskow, Elin Wägner, Elsa Borg, Elsa Brändström, Eva Bonnier, Fredrika Bremer, Hanna Pauli, Hanna Rydh, Jenny Nyström, Karin Boye, Kata Dalström, Kerstin Hesselgren, Lina Sandell and Jenny Lind. A number of famous Swedes come from Fruängen. Examples include Gunnel Fred, Rolf Ridderwall, Fredde Granberg, Tomas Andersson Wij, Pontus Enhörning, Susanne Ljung and script writer Lars Lundström. The name Fruängen translates as ''lady's'' or ''ladies' meadow'' or possibly ''Our Lady's meadow''. According to one source, Fruängen was the name of a torp (croft), while another source states the name is constructed as an analogy to the city borough Härrängen (''master's m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hägersten-Liljeholmen
Hägersten-Liljeholmen is a borough (''stadsdelsområde'') in Stockholm, Sweden. It is part of the Söderort suburban area. The borough is located in South Stockholm. The districts that make up the borough are Aspudden, Fruängen, Gröndal, Hägersten, Hägerstensåsen, Liljeholmen, Midsommarkransen, Mälarhöjden, Västberga, and Västertorp. The population of Hägersten-Liljeholmen borough is 83,283 as of 2014. The borough was formed on January 1, 2007 by merging the Hägersten borough (Hägersten, Fruängen, Hägerstensåsen, Mälarhöjden and Västertorp) with Liljeholmen borough (Aspudden, Gröndal, Midsommarkransen, Västberga and a portion of Hägersten). Demographic history * The population of the Liljeholmen borough in 2004 was 30,450 on an area of 6.83 km², giving it a density of 4,458/km². * The population of Hägersten-Liljeholmen borough is 83,283 as of 2014. Sports The following sports clubs are located in Hägersten-Liljeholmen: * IFK Aspudden-Tel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Söderort
Söderort (literally "the southern place", sometimes translated to ''South Stockholm'') is the southern suburban part of the Stockholm Municipality, Sweden. It is also part of the city of Stockholm. Geography Söderort is located in the northern part of the Södertörn peninsula/island. The boroughs of Söderort are: Enskede-Årsta-Vantör, Farsta, Hägersten-Liljeholmen, Skärholmen, Skarpnäck and Älvsjö. History The main part of Söderort was annexed by the ''City of Stockholm'' in 1913. Before 2007, it was organized into eight ''stadsdelsområden'': Enskede-Årsta, Farsta, Hägersten, Liljeholmen, Skarpnäck, Skärholmen, Vantör and Älvsjö. Since 2007, Söderort is organized into six ''stadsdelsområden'' (sometimes translated to boroughs): Enskede-Årsta-Vantör, Farsta, Hägersten-Liljeholmen, Skarpnäck, Skärholmen, and Älvsjö.City of Stockholm"Stockholm by districts"/ref> Districts 1/ km²2/ Population per hectare See also *Stockholm C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tomas Andersson Wij
Tomas Andersson Wij (born 6 February 1972, birthname: ''Tomas Per Andersson''), often abbreviated as TAW, is a Swedish singer, songwriter, and journalist. Early life He was born on 6 February 1972 in Stockholm, Sweden and raised in the south suburbs Fruängen and Sköndal. Journalist and editor Between years 1990 and 1997, Tomas Andersson Wij was a writer in ''Svenska Dagbladet'', as well as Swedish music magazine ''Pop'' and Swedish entertainment publication ''Nöjesguiden''. In the mid 1990s, he was editor of the television show ''Knesset'' on ZTV. He also worked as a DJ for '' Sveriges Radio'' in the summer of 2000. He has edited two anthologies, ''Solidaritet'' (Cordia 1998) and ''Boken om Recovery'' (Libris, 2002). He is cofounder and coeditor alongside Sven-Gösta Holst for the existentialist journal ''Von Oben'', which published two issues in 2002 and 2003. Music Producer Lars Halapi discovered Tomas Andersson Wij through a simple demo tape in 1995 and went on to prod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Borough
A borough is an administrative division in various English-speaking countries. In principle, the term ''borough'' designates a self-governing walled town, although in practice, official use of the term varies widely. History In the Middle Ages, boroughs were settlements in England that were granted some self-government; burghs were the Scottish equivalent. In medieval England, boroughs were also entitled to elect members of parliament. The use of the word ''borough'' probably derives from the burghal system of Alfred the Great. Alfred set up a system of defensive strong points ( Burhs); in order to maintain these particular settlements, he granted them a degree of autonomy. After the Norman Conquest, when certain towns were granted self-governance, the concept of the burh/borough seems to have been reused to mean a self-governing settlement. The concept of the borough has been used repeatedly (and often differently) throughout the world. Often, a borough is a single to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torp (architecture)
A is a type of croft emblematic of the Swedish countryside. It comes from the Old Norse . In modern usage, it is the emblematic Swedish summer house, a small cottage painted Falu red and white, and evidence of the way in which urbanization came quite late to all of Scandinavia. Its characteristic colour is ubiquitous in Sweden and became popular due to the paint's affordability. In the meaning of "simple second home", the concept exists under other names in Danish, Norwegian ( – but the term is also used in Norwegian) and Finnish ( or ). The word is cognate with the English ''thorp'' (a secondary settlement or small group of houses in the countryside), which is found in many English placenames. Its meaning in Swedish has shifted over time. Before the 16th century, a ''torp'' was a separate farm, usually established by a farmer who had moved out from a village, and which often grew to become a village in its own right. In 16th-century Sweden, which at that time included Finla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pontus Enhörning
Pontus or Pontos may refer to: * Short Latin name for the Pontus Euxinus, the Greek name for the Black Sea (aka the Euxine sea) * Pontus (mythology), a sea god in Greek mythology * Pontus (region), on the southern coast of the Black Sea, in modern-day Turkey * Kingdom of Pontus Pontus ( grc-gre, Πόντος ) was a Hellenistic kingdom centered in the historical region of Pontus and ruled by the Mithridatic dynasty (of Persian origin), which possibly may have been directly related to Darius the Great of the Achaemeni ... or Pontic Empire, a state founded in 281 BC * Diocese of Pontus, a diocese of the later Roman Empire * Republic of Pontus, a proposed Pontic Greek state discussed in 1919 * Pontus (given name), a Swedish masculine given name * Pontos (film), a 2008 dramatic short film See also * Pontic Greeks, Pontian Greeks or Pontians, an ethnically Greek group who traditionally lived in the region of the Black Sea * Bithynia and Pontus, a Roman province * Pontic ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rolf Ridderwall
Rolf Lennart "Riddarn" ("the Knight") Ridderwall (born 20 November 1958) is a retired Swedish ice hockey goaltender. He played for Djurgårdens IF Hockey, Djurgårdens IF in the Swedish Hockey League, Swedish Elite League almost his entire career. Ridderwall won the Golden Puck as the top player in Sweden for the 1989-90 season. Family His son, Stefan Ridderwall, is also a hockey goaltender, and his nephew, Calle Ridderwall, is currently playing professional ice hockey in Germany with the Düsseldorfer EG of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga. References External links *aSports-Reference.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Ridderwall, Rolf 1958 births Living people AIK IF players Djurgårdens IF Hockey players Ice hockey players at the 1984 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 1984 Winter Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Sweden Olympic ice hockey players of Sweden Olympic medalists in ice hockey Ice hockey people from Stockholm Swedish ice hockey goaltenders ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gunnel Fred
Gunnel Elisabet Fred (born 29 August 1955) is a Swedish film actress. Selected filmography * ''Midsommar'' (2019) * ''Saraband'' (2003) * ''Details'' (2003) * '' In the Presence of a Clown'' (1997) * ''Private Confessions'' (1996) * ''Underground Secrets'' (1991) * ''The Land Before Time'' (1988) * ''Åke and His World ''Åke and His World'' ( sv, Åke och hans värld) is a 1984 Swedish drama film directed by Allan Edwall. It was entered into the 14th Moscow International Film Festival. The film was also selected as the Swedish entry for the Best Foreign Lang ...'' (1984) References External links * * 1955 births Living people Actresses from Stockholm 20th-century Swedish actresses 21st-century Swedish actresses {{Sweden-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jenny Lind
Johanna Maria "Jenny" Lind (6 October 18202 November 1887) was a Swedish opera singer, often called the "Swedish Nightingale". One of the most highly regarded singers of the 19th century, she performed in soprano roles in opera in Sweden and across Europe, and undertook an extraordinarily popular Jenny Lind tour of America, 1850–52, concert tour of the United States beginning in 1850. She was a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music from 1840. Lind became famous after her performance in ''Der Freischütz'' in Sweden in 1838. Within a few years, she had suffered vocal damage, but the singing teacher Manuel García (baritone), Manuel García saved her voice. She was in great demand in opera roles throughout Sweden and northern Europe during the 1840s, and was closely associated with Felix Mendelssohn. After two acclaimed seasons in London, she announced her retirement from opera at the age of 29. In 1850, Lind went to America at the invitation of the showman P. T. Barnum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lina Sandell
Lina Sandell (full name: Karolina Wilhelmina Sandell-Berg) (3 October 1832 – 27 July 1903) was a Swedish poet and author of gospel hymns. Background The daughter of a Lutheran minister, Sandell grew up in the rectory at Fröderyd parish in the Diocese of Växjö in Småland, Sweden. Lina greatly loved and admired her father. Since she was a frail youngster, she generally preferred to be with him in his study rather than with comrades outdoors. When Lina was just 12 years of age, she had an experience that greatly shaped her entire life. At an early age she had been stricken with a partial paralysis that confined her to bed much of the time. Though the physicians considered her chance for a complete recovery hopeless, her parents always believed that God would in time make her well again. One Sunday morning, while her parents were in church, Lina began reading the Bible and praying earnestly. When her parents returned, they were amazed to find her dressed and walking freely. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
