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Ulrika Bodén
Ulrica, also spelled Ulrika, is a female given name of Germanic origins. Its male equivalent is Ulric, Ulrich or Ulrik. Ulrike and Ulrikke are alternative names derived from Ulrica. A German diminutive thereof is Ullie, Swedish Ulla. Ulrica may refer to: People * Ulrika Eleonora, Queen of Sweden (1688–1741) * Ulrica Elisabeth von Liewen (1747–1775), rumored parent (along with King Adolf Frederick of Sweden) of Lolotte Forssberg * Ulrika Åberg (1771–1852), Swedish ballerina * Ulrica Arfvidsson (1734–1801), Swedish fortune teller * Ulrika Björn (born 1973), Swedish footballer * Ulrika Ericsson, ''Playboy'' Playmate of the Month for November 1996 * Ulrika von Fersen (1749–1810), Swedish socialite, a known figure of the Gustavian age, the inspiration of a poem * Ulrika Jonsson (born 1967), Swedish personality on British television * Ulrika Knape (born 1955), Swedish diver * Ulrika Melin (1767–1834), Swedish artist * Ulrika Pasch (1735–1796), Swedish painter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Germanic Languages
The Germanic languages are a branch of the Indo-European languages, Indo-European language family spoken natively by a population of about 515 million people mainly in Europe, North America, Oceania, and Southern Africa. The most widely spoken Germanic language, English language, English, is also the world's most List of languages by total number of speakers, widely spoken language with an estimated 2 billion speakers. All Germanic languages are derived from Proto-Germanic language, Proto-Germanic, spoken in Iron Age Scandinavia, History of Germany#Iron Age, Iron Age Northern Germany and along the North Sea and Baltic coasts. The West Germanic languages include the three most widely spoken Germanic languages: English language, English with around 360–400 million native speakers; German language, German, with over 100 million native speakers; and Dutch language, Dutch, with 24 million native speakers. Other West Germanic languages include Afrikaans, an offshoot of Dutch origi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ulrika Knape
Ulrika Margareta Knape-Lindberg (née ''Knape'' on 26 April 1955) is a retired Swedish diver. She competed in the 10 m platform and 3 m springboard at the 1972 and 1976 Olympics and won one gold and two silver medals. In 1972–1974 she was named the ''World Platform Diver of the Year''. Domestically she won 38 Swedish titles. Knape won the Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal in 1972, and after retiring from competitions worked as a national diving coach. She is married to the fellow diver Mathz Lindberg; their daughter Anna Lindberg competed in diving at five Olympics. See also * List of members of the International Swimming Hall of Fame The International Swimming Hall of Fame is a history museum and hall of fame, serving as the central point for the study of the history of swimming in the United States and around the world. List of the members of the International Swimming Hall ... References External links * * * * 1955 births Living people Swedish female ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tenko (TV Series)
''Tenko'' is a television drama series co-produced by the BBC and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), which was broadcast between 22 October 1981 and 26 December 1985. The series dealt with the experiences of British, Australian and Dutch women who were captured after the Fall of Singapore in February 1942, after the Japanese invasion, and held in a fictional Japanese internment camp on a Japanese-occupied island in the Dutch East Indies in modern day Indonesia between Singapore and Australia (the actual location of the island is not revealed in the series but it is assumed that the fictitious locations are set in south east Sumatra). Having been separated from their husbands, herded into makeshift holding camps and largely forgotten by the British War Office, the women had to learn to cope with appalling living conditions, malnutrition, disease, sexual violence and death. Background ''Tenko'' was created by Lavinia Warner after she had conducted research int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivanhoe (opera)
''Ivanhoe'' is a romantic opera in three acts based on the Ivanhoe, 1819 novel by Walter Scott, Sir Walter Scott, with music by Sir Arthur Sullivan and a libretto by Julian Sturgis. It premiered at the Royal English Opera House on 31 January 1891 for a consecutive run of 155 performances, a record for a grand opera. at The Gilbert and Sullivan Archive. This has been surpassed only by Broadway theatre, Broadway's 2003 production of ''La bohème''. Later that year it was performed six more times, making a total of 161 performances.Dailey, Chapter 7 It was toured by Carl Rosa Opera Company in 1894–1895 but has rarely been performed since. The first complete, fully professional recording was released in 2010 on the Chandos Records label. Background After the days of Michael William Balfe and his contemporaries, the fashion in London, led by the Edward VII, Prince of Wales, was for opera houses to present mostly imported operas from Italy, France and Germany. English opera went i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivanhoe
''Ivanhoe: A Romance'' ( ) by Walter Scott is a historical novel published in three volumes, in December 1819, as one of the Waverley novels. It marked a shift away from Scott's prior practice of setting stories in Scotland and in the more recent past. It became one of Scott's best-known and most influential novels. Set in England in the Middle Ages, with colourful descriptions of a tournament, outlaws, a witch trial, and divisions between Jews and Christians, Normans and Saxons, the novel was credited by many, including Thomas Carlyle and John Ruskin, with inspiring increased interest in chivalric romance and medievalism. As John Henry Newman put it, Scott "had first turned men's minds in the direction of the Middle Ages". It was also credited with influencing contemporary popular perceptions of historical figures such as King Richard the Lionheart, John, King of England, Prince John, and Robin Hood. Composition and sources In June 1819, Walter Scott still suffered from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ullie Akerstrom
Ulrika "Ullie" Akerstrom (born Ulrica Regina Akerstrom;"Ullie Akerstrom: A Brief Sketch of a Successful Actress" ''Hartford Courant''. January 25, 1886. p. 2. Retrieved December 8, 2023. March 17,"United States Passport Applications, 1795–1925", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24F-N9Q5 : Wed Nov 01 09:54:44 UTC 2023), Entry for Ulrica Akerstrom, 1896. 1858"New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829–1938", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:24ZZ-JJP : Thu Nov 30 04:33:23 UTC 2023), Entry for Abner Benedict and Ulrica Akerstrom, 9 May 1898. – August 10, 1941) was an American actress, dancer, playwright, and |
Ulrica Wilson
Ulrica Wilson is a mathematician specializing in the theory of noncommutative rings and in the combinatorics of matrices. She is an associate professor at Morehouse College, associate director of diversity and outreach at the Institute for Computational and Experimental Research in Mathematics (ICERM), and a former vice president of the National Association of Mathematicians. Education and career Wilson is African-American, and originally from Massachusetts, but grew up in Birmingham, Alabama. She is a 1992 graduate of Spelman College, and completed her Ph.D. at Emory University in 2004. Her dissertation, ''Cyclicity of Division Algebras over an Arithmetically Nice Field'', was supervised by Eric Brussel. Wilson has contributed to the advancement of black women, women of color, and women in general in the field of mathematical sciences through the program EDGE Enhancing Diversity in Graduate Education, which is a program that helps minorities with support in order to achieve acade ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ulrika Widström
Ulrika Carolina Widström (24 November 1764, in Stockholm – 19 February 1841), was a Swedish poet and translator. She is remembered for her successful collection ''Erotiska sånger'' (Erotic songs) which was published in 1799. She was awarded a gold medal by the Swedish Academy for her literary output. Early life and education Ulrika Carolina Widström was born to the organ manufacturer Peter Forsberg and Katarina Maria Grip, who both served at the royal palace, on 24 November 1764, in Stockholm. One of her godparents was Charlotta Fredrika von Fersen, lady in waiting to Queen Sofia Magdalena. Thanks to her godmother, Widström was educated in both French and German, and learned languages and music. Career Widström debuted as a poet in the 1780s, when she aroused attention by some poems, published in the literary papers of the day. Her breakthrough came by the publication of ''Erotiska sånger'' (Erotic songs) in 1799. Her poetry was described as very affected by the Gustavi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ulla Tessin
Ulrika "Ulla" Lovisa Tessin née Sparre (23 May 1711 – 14 December 1768) was a Swedish courtier, letter writer and dilettante artist. Life Ulla Tessin was born to ''riksråd'' marshal count Erik Sparre of Sundby and Christina (Stina) Beata Lillie. She was given private tuition in both modern and Classical language and could speak French, German and Italian. Marriage She was engaged in 1725 and married 27 August 1727 to Count Carl Gustaf Tessin. Because her fortune exceeded that of her spouse, he was by law required to grant her both the Tessin Palace as well as the Boo Manor as her dower. The marriage was childless. The Tessin's were leading members of the interest in amateur theater within the Swedish aristocracy which attracted the interest for theater that lay the foundation of the first professional Swedish language theater in Bollhuset in 1737. On 1 February 1732, for example, they directed and acted in the French play ''Dom Japhlet d'Arménie'' by Paul Scarron, which was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ulrika Von Strussenfelt
Ulrika "Ulla" Sophia von Strussenfelt (9 May 1801 – 16 January 1873), was a Swedish writer. She was a popular writer of historical novels and has been referred to as one of the most productive Swedish novelists of her time.Svenskt biografiskt lexikon (artikel av Stefan Johansson med bidrag av Andreas Tjerneld (Constantia Carolina Amalia v S) Life Von Strussenfelt was born in Hilleshög. She was the daughter of the courtier and nobleman Michael von Strussenfelt and Fredrika Beata Lindencrona, and the sister of the writer Amelie von Strussenfelt. Her mother died in childbirth in 1803 and her father left the country after his remarriage not long after, and she was placed in the care of her maternal grandparents, while her sister was placed in the care of her paternal grandparents. The sisters were to have a bad relationship, and von Strussenfelt placed the blame for her late development as a writer on the fact that her sister had always been considered the more gifted. Von Str ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ulla Stenberg
Ulla (Johanna Ulrica) Stenberg, née Colliander (1792–1858) was a Swedish damask maker. Stenberg was the daughter of vicar Nils Johan Colliander in Jönköping. She was professional damask maker from 1822, and had her own weaving school from 1830. She also designed her own damask patterns. She participated in the art exhibitions at the Prince Carl Palace in Stockholm 1834-40 and in Stockholm and London in 1851 and Paris in 1855. She had a Royal Warrant of Appointment Royal warrants of appointment have been issued for centuries to tradespeople who supply goods or services to a royal court or certain royal personages. The royal warrant enables the supplier to advertise the fact that they supply to the issuer of t ... in Sweden and international customers. References ;Citations ;Bibliography * Svenskt konstnärslexikon (Swedish Art dictionary) Allhems Förlag, Malmö (1952) Further reading * 1792 births 1858 deaths People from Jönköping 19th-century Swedish bu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
