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Ivan Lönnberg
Ivan Lönnberg (12 November 1891, Stockholm – 26 April 1918, Cachy) was a Swedish modernism, modernist painter, marathon runner, and war veteran. In style he was close to the Swedish painters of his generation known as "" ("The Young") which included Isaac Grünewald and Birger Simonsson. Life and career He studied art at a private school operated by Carl Wilhelmson. In 1912, he held an exhibition in Stockholm with two of his friends, and . He came to Paris in January 1914, where he became a part of a circle of Swedish painters on Montparnasse including Grünewald, Einar Jolin, and . His also made friends with Nils Dardel and . After World War I broke out, he joined the French Foreign Legion. While serving in Paris, he met artist Lena Börjeson and they started dating. He was mortally wounded by a shot in his left eye at the Western Front (World War I), Western Front in 1918, the year the war ended. Lönnberg was also a long-distance track event, long-distance runner. He w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stockholm
Stockholm (; ) is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, most populous city of Sweden, as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in the Nordic countries. Approximately 1 million people live in the Stockholm Municipality, municipality, with 1.6 million in the Stockholm urban area, urban area, and 2.5 million in the Metropolitan Stockholm, metropolitan area. The city stretches across fourteen islands where Mälaren, Lake Mälaren flows into the Baltic Sea. Outside the city to the east, and along the coast, is the island chain of the Stockholm archipelago. The area has been settled since the Stone Age, in the 6th millennium BC, and was founded as a city in 1252 by Swedish statesman Birger Jarl. The city serves as the county seat of Stockholm County. Stockholm is the cultural, media, political, and economic centre of Sweden. The Stockholm region alone accounts for over a third of the country's Gros ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
