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Olle Grönstedt
Olle is a masculine given name, often a short form (hypocorism) of Olof, and a surname. It may refer to: Given name or nickname * Olle Åberg (1925–2013), Swedish middle-distance runner * Olle Åhlund (1920–1996), Swedish footballer * Olle Ericsson (other) * Olle Felten (born 1953), Swedish politician * Olle Hagnell (1924–2011), Swedish psychiatrist * Olle Håkansson (1927–2001), Swedish footballer * Olle Håkansson (curler) (born 1956), Swedish retired curler and coach * Olle Hellbom (1925–1982), Swedish film director, producer, and screenwriter * Olle Hjortzberg (1872–1959), Swedish painter and illustrator * Olle Johansson (sailor) (born 1957), Swedish sailor * Olle Johansson (swimmer) (1927–1994), Swedish swimmer and water polo player * Olle Langert (1924–2016), Swedish painter and sculptor * Olle Länsberg (1922–1998), Swedish screenwriter * Olle Larsson (1928–1960), Swedish rower * Olle Lind, Swedish jazz trombonist * Olle Ljungström (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hypocorism
A hypocorism ( or ; from Ancient Greek ; sometimes also ''hypocoristic''), or pet name, is a name used to show affection for a person. It may be a diminutive form of a person's name, such as ''Izzy'' for Isabel or ''Bob (given name), Bob'' for Robert, or it may be unrelated. Origins and usage Etymologically, the term ''hypocorism'' is from Ancient Greek (), from (), meaning 'to call by endearing names'. The prefix refers in this case to creating a diminutive, something that is smaller in a tender or affectionate sense; the root originates in the Greek for 'to caress' or 'to treat with tokens of affection', and is related to the words () 'boy, youth' and () 'girl, young woman'. In linguistics, the term can be used more specifically to refer to the Morphology (linguistics), morphological process by which the standard form of the word is transformed into a form denoting affection, or to words resulting from this process. In English, a word is often clipping (morphology), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olle Ljungström
Lars Olof "Olle" Gustaf Ljungström (12 August 1961 – 4 May 2016) was a Swedish singer, songwriter, and musician. Ljungström grew up in Vaxholm. He was vocalist and guitarist in the group Reeperbahn from 1979 to 1984; since the early 1990s he performed solo. Reeperbahn Ljungström began his musical career as vocalist and guitarist in the Swedish rock group Reeperbahn. The group, which initially also consisted of Dan Sundquist (bass), Eddie Sjöberg (guitar) and Peter Korhonen (drums), made their self-titled debut album in 1979. On their first LP, Reeperbahn used both Swedish and English lyrics, but later on settled for only Swedish songs. The group made three more full-length albums, ''Venuspassagen'' (1981), ''Peep-Show'' (1983) and ''Intriger'' (1983) before splitting up in 1984. Heinz and Young After Reeperbahn, Ljungström briefly formed a duo named Heinz & Young with Heinz Liljedahl (from the band Ratata). The duo released only one album entitled ''Buzzbuzzboys...' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hjalmar Peterson
Hjalmar Peterson (7 February 1886 – 24 June 1960) was a singer and comedian from Sweden, who achieved great popularity during the 1910s and 1920s. His stage name was Olle i Skratthult (Olle from Laughtersville). Life Career Hjalmar Peterson was born in Munkfors, Värmland. After emigrating to the United States in 1906 and living in Willmar, Minnesota, for many years, he eventually settled in Minneapolis. At first Peterson worked as a bricklayer in the new country, but before long he embarked on a career as a professional entertainer. In that role he returned to Sweden in 1909 and during a six-month tour gathered the songs, stories and jokes he would later use on stage in America. Back in America Peterson adopted the persona of Olle i Skratthult and began performing on the Scandinavian-language vaudeville circuit. Olle was a ''bondkomiker'' (peasant comic), and he dressed the part with a blacked-out tooth and straw-colored wig. By 1916 he had a touring group, and the fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nick Olle
Nicholas Durrant Olle (born 12 November 1974) is an Australian journalist and since 2014 has been a producer with '' Dateline'' on SBS TV. He had produced programs for SBS's ''Insight'' before joining ''Dateline''. Biography Olle is the son of journalist Andrew Olle (1947–1995) and his wife Annette. He attended Newington College (1990–1995) where his grandfather, John Durrant Olle (1912–2003), had been a student in the 1920s. At university, Olle graduated in arts and law (Bachelor of Laws (Honours), University of Technology, Sydney; Bachelor of Arts, University of Sydney) and then worked as a lawyer. In 2001 he switched to a career in journalism. Since then he has worked in print, radio, television and online media. From 2005 until 2013 he lived and worked out of Argentina reporting South America news for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and National Public Radio National Public Radio (NPR) is an American public broadcasting organization headquartered in Wash ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Olle
John Andrew Durrant Olle (28 December 194712 December 1995) was an Australian radio and television presenter who mostly worked for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Early and personal life Olle was born in the Sydney suburb of Hornsby as the only child of Major John Durrant Olle, a radio telegraphist who had fought in World War II, and Marie Jose née Ifwersen, a New Zealand-born court reporter and stenographer with French and Danish heritage. His mother and father had married in February 1947, aged 21 and 36, respectively. His father rejoined the army in 1948 and, when Olle turned two, took the family to England while he was on army training. After three years they returned to Australia and lived in Darwin for a year, after which the marriage ended. His father, whose army career continued until 1960, received full custody of Olle and sent him to private boarding schools for his primary education: first Geelong Grammar Preparatory School then Ivanhoe Grammar School ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Olle
Alan Charles Olle (23 July 1924 – 12 October 2004)Alan Charles Olle's obituary in the ''Herald Sun'', 14 October 2004 was an Australian rules footballer who played for in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Early life Olle was born in Melbourne in 1924. In 1942 he enlisted in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), serving as a sergeant until he was discharged in 1946. Football career He made his debut in the final round of the 1946 VFL season against at the Junction Oval. Between 1946 and 1951 he played 51 matches for the Saints. In 1952 Olle accepted a coaching role in Sorrento when the Coulter Law restricted payments to VFL players to £3 per week, £7 less than Sorrento's offer. His employer, the Postmaster-General's Department The Postmaster-General's Department (PMG) was a department of the Australian federal government, established at Federation in 1901, whose responsibilities included the provision of postal and telegraphic services throughout Austra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olle Wästberg
Olof "Olle" Mattias Wästberg (6 May 1945 – 10 October 2023) was a Swedish journalist, politician and diplomat, who served as Director-General of the Swedish Institute from 2005 to 2010. Biography Olle Wästberg was born in Stockholm, the son of Erik Wästberg and his wife ''Greta'' née ''Hirsch'', and is the younger brother of Per Wästberg. He received a Candidate of Philosophy in political science and economic history from Stockholm University in 1972. He was married to Inger Claesson-Wästberg with whom he had two children. Wästberg started his political career in the Liberal Youth of Sweden, where he served as Secretary-General from 1966 to 1969. He worked as an editorial writer in ''Expressen'' from 1969 to 1971. He was elected Member of Parliament for the Liberal People's Party from 1976 to 1982. During his time as an MP, he was noted for his criticism towards the Fälldin government during the Telub affair in 1981. From 1983 to 1991 Wästberg was CEO of the co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olle Thorell
Lars Olof Thorell (born 1967) is a Swedish politician, teacher and member of the Riksdag, the national legislature. A member of the Social Democratic Party, he has represented Västmanland County since October 2006. Thorell is the son of engineer Lars Håkan Thorell and teacher Kia Ericson (née Scherlund). He was educated at Jamestown High School in the USA and in Hallstahammar. He studied part-time at Uppsala University and political science and economic history at Mälardalen University College. He taught Swedish for immigrants (SFI) at the Arbetarnas bildningsförbund (ABF) in Hedemora between 1990 and 1995 and was a Komvux tutor in Sala between 1995 and 1998. He was a high school A secondary school, high school, or senior school, is an institution that provides secondary education. Some secondary schools provide both ''lower secondary education'' (ages 11 to 14) and ''upper secondary education'' (ages 14 to 18), i.e., ... ( högstadium) teacher in Surahammar M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olle Tandberg
Olof Peder "Olle" Tandberg (10 October 1918 – 26 December 1996) was a Swedish heavyweight boxer. He was the European amateur boxing champion between 1937 and 1939. Biography Tandberg was born in Stockholm, Sweden on 10 October 1918. He represented Djurgårdens IF. During his career he had 30 fights, winning 23 (11 by KO), losing 6 (1 by KO), and drawing 1. He fought in the 1936 Berlin Olympics where he defeated US boxer Art Oliver. He lost in the second round of competition to Hungarian Ferenc Nagy. On 14 August 1949 he lost to Jersey Joe Walcott on TKO in the 5th round. He died in 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 ... on 26 December 1996. References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Tandberg, Olle 1918 births 1996 deaths Heavyweight boxers Oly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olle Romo
Olle Romö is a Swedish music producer, songwriter, and drummer. Romo rehearsed with Swedish progressive rock group Kaipa in early 1982; however, he left the group after a few weeks to join Eurythmics, and he was a drummer for them from the mid-to-late 1980s. He also worked on onetime Eurythmic Dave Stewart's solo albums in the 1990s and was a part of Stewart's Vegas project with Terry Hall. During his career he has been a programmer for producers such as Robert John "Mutt" Lange; on albums including Shania Twain's ''Come on Over'' and Bryan Adams' '' 18 til I Die''. His writing credits include co-writing '' Runaway Train'', performed by Elton John and Eric Clapton Eric Patrick Clapton (born 1945) is an English Rock music, rock and blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He is regarded as one of the most successful and influential guitarists in rock music. Clapton ranked second in ''Rolling Stone''s l .... His production credits include Tara Blaise's '' Dancing on T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olle Råde
Olle Råde (born 11 December 1978) is a professional Magic: The Gathering player from Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, and Finland to the east. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic count .... He was inducted to the Magic: The Gathering Pro Tour Hall of Fame as part of the inaugural class in 2005. Olle was also the first player awarded with the coveted ''Player of the Year'' award and was the first non-American player to win a pro tour event. He was also the youngest pro tour event winner at the time (at only 17 years old at the time of his win.) He appears in the artwork of , which he designed after winning the first Magic Invitational. In April 2015 a poll was conducted by www.svenskamagic.com, the official Magic the Gathering-page of Sweden. There Olle was voted best Swedish magic player of all time, with 37.3% of the votes. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olle Nordemar
Olof Harry "Olle" Nordemar (25 July 1914 – 18 February 1999) was a Swedish film director, film editor, film producer, cinematographer and screenwriter. Nordemar is best known as the producer behind Olle Hellbom's films based on novels by Astrid Lindgren. Nordemar edited and produced the Norwegian-Swedish documentary ''Kon-Tiki'' (1950) which received the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature for 1951 at the 24th Academy Awards. Career Nordemar was born in Stockholm, Sweden and was brother to film editor and director Eric Nordemar. Nordemar was active in the film industry from 1932. After completing school education, Nordemar conducted laboratory practice in the film industry from 1931 to 1935. He was employed by the Army, Navy and Air Film (''Armé-, Marin- och Flygfilm'') to do work as photographer and editor from 1935 to 1940. Nordemar became chief photographer at the Sandrew Group in 1940 and was chief photographer at AB Europa Film from 1945. He was cinematograph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
