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Pehr Forsskål
Pehr is a predominantly Swedish language masculine give name and may refer to: *Pehr Adlerfelt (1680–1743), Swedish Army colonel *Pehr von Afzelius (1760–1843), Swedish medical doctor and professor * Pehr Victor Edman (1916—1977), Swedish biochemist *Pehr von Ehrenheim (1823–1918), Swedish politician * Pehr Forsskål (also known as Peter Forsskål; 1732–1763), Swedish-Finnish explorer, orientalist and naturalist *Pehr Götrek (1798–1876), Swedish Christian communist *Pehr Gyllenhammar (1901–1988), Swedish businessman *Pehr G. Gyllenhammar (born 1935), Swedish businessman * Pehr Harbury (born 1965), American biochemist *Pehr Hilleström (1732–1816), Swedish artist * Pehr Ferdinand Holm (1844–1917), Swedish-born New Zealand mariner * Pehr G. Holmes (1881–1952), Swedish-born American politician *Pehr Hörberg (1746–1816), Swedish painter and musician * Pehr Janse (1893–1961), Swedish Army major general *Pehr Kalm (1716–1779), Finnish explorer and naturali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pehr Adlerfelt
Baron Pehr Adlerfelt (1680–1743) was a Swedish colonel. He was the brother of Gustaf Adlerfelt. In 1712 he was made colonel in the Swedish army and in 1720 was made a baron and in 1739 a member of the Riksrad (''Council of the Kingdom''). He died in 1743 while defending Stockholm against the Dalecarlians. Sources *Svenskt biografiskt handlexikon Swedish Army colonels 18th-century Swedish nobility 1680 births 1743 deaths Caroleans {{sweden-noble-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pehr Löfling
Pehr Löfling (31 January 1729 – 22 February 1756) was a Swedish botanist and an apostle of Carl Linnaeus. Biography Löfling was born in Tolvfors Bruk, Gävle, Sweden. He studied at the University of Uppsala where he attended courses taught by Carl Linnaeus. When the Spanish ambassador asked Linnaeus to select a botanist for service in the American colonies, the professor at once named Loefling. He went to Spain in 1751 to learn Spanish, and then embarked with other scientists for South America in February 1754. The Treaty of Madrid (13 January 1750) had fixed the colonial borders of Spain and Portugal. In Cumaná, Venezuela (then a Spanish colony) Löfling joined a project to demarcate the border with Brazil, the ''Expedicion de Limites al Orinoco''. He was put in charge of a natural history department evaluating the resources of the region. Assisted by two young Spanish doctors, he was involved in the expedition for the remainder of his life. He died in a remote mission ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter (given Name)
Peter is a common masculine given name. It is derived directly from Greek language, Greek , ''Petros'' (an invented, masculine form of Greek ''wikt:petra, petra,'' the word for "rock" or "stone"), which itself was a translation of Aramaic ''Kefa'' ("stone, rock"), the new name Jesus gave to apostle Simon bar Jonah. An Old English variant is Piers (name), Piers. In other languages The following names can be interpreted as Peter in English language, English. * Afrikaans: Pieter, Petrus (given name), Petrus * Albanian language, Albanian: Pjetër, Për * Amharic: ጴጥሮስ ("Ṗeṭros") * Arabic: بطرس (''Boutros''), بيار ("Pierre," mainly in Lebanon), بيتر ("Peter," exact transcription) * Aragonese language, Aragonese: Pietro, Pero, Piero, Pier * Armenian language, Armenian: Պետրոս (Bedros in the Western dialect, Petros (given name), Petros in the Eastern dialect) * Assamese: পিটাৰ * Asturian language, Asturian: Pedru * Azerbaijani language, Azerbaijani ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pär
Pär is a given name, a Scandinavian form of Peter. Notable people with the name include: * Pär Arlbrandt (born 1982), Swedish former professional ice hockey forward * Pär Arvidsson (born 1960), former butterfly swimmer from Sweden * Pär Asp (born 1982), retired Swedish footballer * Pär Bäcker (born 1982), Swedish professional ice hockey player * Pär Aron Borg (1776–1839), Swedish pedagogue and a pioneer in the education for the blind and deaf * Pär Boström * Pär Cederqvist (born 1980), Swedish footballer * Pär Djoos (born 1968), former ice hockey defenceman * Pär Edblom (born 1985), Swedish former ice hockey player * Pär Edlund (born 1967), retired Swedish ice hockey player * Pär Edwardson (born 1963), Swedish musician, songwriter and producer * Pär Ericsson (born 1988), Swedish footballer * Pär Gerell (born 1982), Swedish table tennis player * Pär Granstedt (born 1945), Swedish politician * Pär Götrek * Pär Hallström (born 1947), Swedish le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Per (given Name)
Per is a Scandinavian masculine given name. It is derived from Greek , ''Petros'' (an invented, masculine form of Greek '' petra,'' the word for "rock" or "stone"). The name is a variant of Peter, a common masculine name of the same origin. Other Scandinavian variants of Per are Pehr, Peer and Pär. A–B * Per Aabel (1902–1999), Norwegian comic actor * Per Almar Aas (1929–2014), Norwegian politician * Per Ahlmark (1939–2018), Swedish writer and former politician * Per Egil Ahlsen (born 1958), retired Norwegian footballer * Per Aldeheim (born 1966), Swedish guitarist, songwriter, and producer * Per Almaas (1898–1991), Norwegian politician * Per Almqvist (born 1978), Swedish singer-songwriter * Per Andersen (1930–2020), Norwegian brain researcher * Per Anger (1913–2002), Swedish diplomat * Per Ankersjö (born 1971), Swedish politician * Per Ankre (born 1948), Norwegian handball player * Per Arneberg (1901–1981), Norwegian poet and translator * Per Arnol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pehr Wilhelm Wargentin
Pehr Wilhelm Wargentin ( Sunne parish, Jämtlands län 11 September 1717 ( OS) – Stockholm 13 December 1783), Swedish astronomer and demographer. Wargentin was the son of the vicar of Sunne Wilhelm Wargentin (1670–1735) and his spouse Christina Aroselia, and the great-grandson of Joachim Wargentin (1611–1682), a Lübeck-born burgher of Åbo (Turku) in Finland. When Pehr Wargentin was 12 years old he observed a (total) lunar eclipse which would spark his lifelong interest in Astronomy. During his tenure at Frösö ''trivialskola'' (elementary school), his teacher deemed him advanced enough to continue directly to Uppsala University. However, Wargentin's father wanted him first to attend the ''gymnasium'' (secondary school) of Härnösand, which he did. According to his own account, Wargentin was unimpressed with the purely classical and theological curriculum and the lack of any education in the sciences and did not finish the fourth year. In 1735, Wargentin matricu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pehr Evind Svinhufvud
Pehr Evind Svinhufvud af Qvalstad (, 15 December 1861 – 29 February 1944) was the third president of Finland from 1931 to 1937. Serving as a lawyer, judge, and politician in the Grand Duchy of Finland, which was at that time an autonomous state under the Russian Empire’s rule, Svinhufvud played a major role in the movement for Independence of Finland, Finnish independence. He was the one who presented the Finnish Declaration of Independence, Declaration of Independence to the Parliament of Finland, Parliament. From December 1917, Svinhufvud was the first head of government of independent Finland as Chairman of the Senate of Finland, Senate. He led the Whites (Finland), White government during the Finnish Civil War while Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim, Mannerheim led their armies. After the war, he served as Finland's first temporary head of state with the title of Regent during the Kingdom of Finland (1918), project to establish a German-aligned monarchy in the country, until ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pehr Arvid Säve
Pehr Magnus Arvid Säve (19 April 1811 – 10 November 1887) was a Swedish teacher, cultural historian and artist. He was the initiator of the ''Gotlands Fornvänner'' society and Gotland Museum. Early life and education Säve was born in Roma the son of the provost there, Pehr Säve and his wife Hedvig Lallerius. Säve started out as a teacher in Visby 1835–57, and he soon became a pioneer for the Gotlandic cultural history. Career On the behalf of the Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities he collected facts about Gotland's heritage, language, geography and culture. He was the academy's curator of antiquities on Gotland and in Västergötland and Östergötland. His notes are collected in six large volumes in Uppsala University Library. Notes made by Säve and his brother, Carl Säve, resulted in a Gotlandic dictionary (''Gotländsk ordbok'') was published in Uppsala in 1936–45. He also gathered and wrote down Gotlandic traditional tales, which h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pehr Qværnstrøm
Pehr Adolf Qværnstrøm (February 8, 1878 – December 12, 1949) was a Norwegian actor, film director, and scriptwriter. Filmography As an actor *1911: '' Bondefangeri i Vaterland'' as the farmer *1911: '' Fattigdommens forbandelse'' *1912: '' Hemmeligheden'' as the fisherman *1920: '' Kaksen på Øverland'' as Aasmund Venaas, a musician *1937: '' Bra mennesker'' as a merchant *1938: '' Det drønner gjennom dalen'' as a forest owner *1938: '' Lenkene brytes'' as Ludvigsen *1938: '' Ungen'' as a restaurateur *1939: '' Familien på Borgan'' as Ola Bråten *1939: '' Gryr i Norden'' as the chairman *1940: '' Godvakker-Maren'' as the merchant Nils Endresen *1943: '' Vigdis'' as a court witness *1946: '' Så møtes vi imorgen'' as the office manager As director *1911: '' Bondefangeri i Vaterland'' As scriptwriter *1911: '' Bondefangeri i Vaterland'' References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Qvaernstrom, Pehr 1878 births 1949 deaths Norwegian male film actors Norwegian male ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pehr August Peterson
Pehr August Peterson (September8, 1846June10, 1927) was a Swedish-born business executive, civic leader, and philanthropist in Rockford, Illinois, United States. Peterson was founder and president of numerous furniture and machine tool manufacturing companies and one of the founders of Swedish American Hospital. Background Peterson came from Ving, in the historical province of Västergötland, Sweden. His father was a tailor. In 1852, when Pehr was six, the Peterson family immigrated to America and Rockford, Illinois. After four years the family settled on a farm in nearby Cherry Valley, Illinois. Young Peterson worked on farms for years. Career Peterson set off on his own to work in Wisconsin in lumber camps and sawmills, as well as in Chicago as a bookkeeper. He later put himself through business college. In 1875, he moved back to Rockford and began his career in the city's growing furniture industry. By the early 1890s Rockford was the second-greatest furniture-manufacturin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pehr Osbeck
Pehr Osbeck (1723 – 23 December 1805) was a Swedish explorer, naturalist and an apostle of Carl Linnaeus. He was born in the parish of Hålanda on Västergötland and studied at Uppsala with Carolus Linnaeus. Naturalist in Canton In 1750–1752 he travelled as chaplain on the ship ''Prins Carl'' to Asia where he spent four months studying the flora, fauna, and people of the Canton region of China. He returned home just in time to contribute more than 600 species of plant to Linnaeus' ''Species Plantarum'', published in 1753. In 1757 he published the journal of his voyage to China, ''Dagbok öfwer en ostindisk Resa åren 1750, 1751, 1752'', which was translated into German in 1762 and English in 1771. In 1758, he was elected a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Later career He ended his career as the parish priest of Våxtorp and Hasslöv in Halland, where he died in 1805. Collections His large collections are preserved in Sweden and the UK. He is commemor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pehr Henrik Nordgren
Pehr Henrik Nordgren (19 January 1944 – 25 August 2008) was a Finnish composer. Life Pehr Henrik Nordgren was born in Saltvik, Åland, on 19 January 1944. received composition lessons starting from 1958 in Helsinki and studied musicology at the university from 1962 to 1967, as well as receiving private tuition from Joonas Kokkonen from 1965 to 1969. At the Tokyo University of the Arts, he supplemented his composition studies from 1970 to 1973 with Yoshio Hasegawa and became acquainted with traditional Japanese music, which soon became an influence in his works. In 1973, he married Shinobu Suzuki in Tokyo, and returned to Finland where he established himself in Kaustinen, a small place in Central Ostrobothnia, as a freelance composer. Kaustinen is the center of folk music in Finland; folk music festivals take place all summer long with travellers coming from around the world. Thus Nordgren concerned himself now with the music of his country. On the other hand, he intensively b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
