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Wahlström
Wahlström or Wahlstrom is a Swedish language, Swedish surname, which means "meadow by a stream". It may refer to: *Becky Wahlstrom (born 1975), American actress *Charlotte Wahlström (1849-1924), Swedish painter *Elin Wahlström (born 1993), Swedish football player *Emil Wahlström (born 1987), Swedish football player *Eva Wahlström (born 1980), Finnish boxer *Göte Wahlström (born 1951), Swedish politician *Jarl Wahlström (1918–1999), Finnish religious leader *Johannes Wahlström (born 1981), Swedish journalist *Lydia Wahlström (1869–1954), Swedish historian *Magnus Wahlström (1903–1972), American entrepreneur *Margareta Wahlström (born 1950), Swedish diplomat and social scientist *Mats Wahlstrom, Swedish entrepreneur and hotelier *Oliver Wahlstrom (born 2000), American ice hockey player *Oskar Wahlström (born 1976), Swedish football player *Richard Wahlstrom (1931–2003), American rower *Sigrid Wahlström (1888–1984), Swedish painter See also *Wahlström & ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swedish Language
Swedish ( ) is a North Germanic languages, North Germanic language from the Indo-European languages, Indo-European language family, spoken predominantly in Sweden and parts of Finland. It has at least 10 million native speakers, making it the Germanic_languages#Statistics, fourth most spoken Germanic language, and the first among its type in the Nordic countries overall. Swedish, like the other North Germanic languages, Nordic languages, is a descendant of Old Norse, the common language of the Germanic peoples living in Scandinavia during the Viking Age. It is largely mutually intelligible with Norwegian language, Norwegian and Danish language, Danish, although the degree of mutual intelligibility is dependent on the dialect and accent of the speaker. Standard Swedish, spoken by most Swedes, is the national language that evolved from the Central Swedish dialects in the 19th century, and was well established by the beginning of the 20th century. While distinct regional Variety ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margareta Wahlström
Margareta Wahlström (born 30 March 1950) is a Swedish diplomat and social scientist who has held leading positions in the Red Cross and the United Nations. Specializing in disaster relief, from 2008 to 2015 she served as UN Assistant Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction, simultaneously heading the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction. In May 2017, she was elected President of the Swedish Red Cross. Biography Born on 30 March 1950, Margareta Wahlström was brought up in Boden in north-eastern Sweden. The first in her family to go to university, she studied diplomacy, economic history and social anthropology, as well as French and Spanish, at Stockholm University. Wahlström's first job after graduating was in South America where she worked on a development project. She was then invited to go to Vietnam to take part in an aid initiative involving a paper mill. It provided opportunities for her to meet many inhabitants interested in rebuilding their country. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wahlströms
Wahlströms was a dansband from Vadstena, Sweden, established in 1985. In 1999, the band participated in the " Dansbandslåten" contest with the song "Blå blå ögon". On 27 September 2011, it was announced that the band was to be disestablished following the last appearance at Brunnsparken in Örebro on 14 January 2012. Wahlströms participated at Dansbandskampen in 2008. Members * Anders Hildeskog - drums, vocals * Tobias "Tobbe" Nyström - keyboard/piano, vocals * Daniel Wahlström - vocals, guitar * Henrik "Turbo" Wallrin - bass, vocals *Chris Andersen - lead guitar, vocals (2008-2009) Discography Albums * Blå, blå ögon - 1999 * Min ängel (compilation album) - 1999 * Lovar & svär - 2001 * Allt jag vill ha - 2003 * Varannan vecka - 2006 * XX En samling - 2007 * Om du vore här - 2008 * Vårt älskade 80-tal - 2010 *Also appears on the charity compilation album "Jag ser en sol" - 1997 Singles *Vi gör det ikväll - 1995 *Om hon bara visste - 1998 *Jag fick ditt namn o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wahlstrom Peak
Wahlstrom Peak is a high, sharp peak at the southeast side of the ice-covered Vinson Plateau in the Sentinel Range of the Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica. It surmounts the head of Roché Glacier to the northwest and Hammer Col to the southeast. The peak was named by US-ACAN in 2006 after Richard W. Wahlstrom, member of the 1966–67 American Antarctic Mountaineering Expedition that made the first ascent of Mount Vinson, the summit of Antarctica, and other high mountains in the Sentinel Range. Location Wahlstrom Peak is located at , which is southeast of Mount Vinson, southwest of Marts Peak and northeast of Opalchenie Peak. US mapping in 1961, updated in 1988. Maps Vinson Massif. Scale 1:250 000 topographic map. Reston, Virginia: US Geological Survey, 1988. * D. Gildea and C. Rada. Vinson Massif and the Sentinel Range. Scale 1:50 000 topographic map. Omega Foundation, 2007. Antarctic Digital Database (ADD).Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wahlström & Widstrand
Wahlström & Widstrand is a Swedish book publishing company. Wahlström & Widstrand was established in 1885 by two book sellers in Stockholm, Per Karl Wahlström and Wilhelm Widstrand. The company started publishing fiction in the 1890s and later also published non-fiction works, especially historical biographies. Foreign authors introduced by Wahlström & Widstrand to Swedish readers in the first half of the 20th century include Hermann Hesse, Thomas Mann, Joseph Conrad, Maxim Gorky and Henri Bergson as well as later authors such as Franz Kafka in the 1940s, William Styron in the 1950s and Joseph Heller in the 1960s. Numerous acclaimed Swedish writers have been discovered by the publishing house of Wahlström & Widstrand, and it has also published several Nobel Prize winners such as Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Gabriel García Márquez, Derek Walcott, Wole Soyinka, Joseph Brodsky, José Saramago José de Sousa Saramago (; 16 November 1922 – 18 June 2010) was a Portuguese pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Wahlstrom
Richard Wayne Wahlstrom (November 8, 1931 – December 18, 2003) was an American rower who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics. He was born in Seattle Seattle ( ) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Washington and in the Pacific Northwest region of North America. With a population of 780,995 in 2024, it is the 18th-most populous city in the United States. The city is the cou ... and died in Snohomish county, Washington. In 1952 he was a crew member of the American boat which won the bronze medal in the coxed fours event. External links profile 1931 births 2003 deaths American male rowers Rowers at the 1952 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in rowing American people of Swedish descent Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics 20th-century American sportsmen {{US-rowing-Olympic-medalist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oskar Wahlström
Oskar Wahlström (born 16 August 1976) is a Swedish former football goalkeeper. He most recently played for Djurgårdens IF after retiring after the 2009 season. Wahlström joined Djurgården in 2004, leaving Västerås SK. He made his Allsvenskan debut against Landskrona BoIS on 2 May 2004 as a substitute. Wahlström has also represented Katrineholms SK and Bie GoIF. Honours ; Djurgårdens IF: * Allsvenskan: 2005 2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ... References 1976 births Allsvenskan players Djurgårdens IF Fotboll players Västerås SK Fotboll players Swedish men's footballers Living people Men's association football goalkeepers IFK Västerås players {{Sweden-footy-goalkeeper-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oliver Wahlstrom
Oliver Joakim Wahlstrom (born June 13, 2000) is an American professional ice hockey right winger for the Providence Bruins of the American Hockey League (AHL) while under contract to the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was selected by the New York Islanders, 11th overall, in the 2018 NHL entry draft. Playing career Wahlstrom played for the USA Hockey National Team Development Program in the 2016–17 and 2017–18 seasons, where he served as an alternate captain for the under-18 team in his final season. He originally committed to play for the University of Maine when he was just 13 years old, becoming the first player born in the 2000s to commit to play college ice hockey, as well as the youngest player ever to commit to play college ice hockey, before switching his commitment to Harvard University for the 2018–19 season, and finally to Boston College. In the 2018–19 season, Wahlstrom recorded 8 goals and 11 assists for 19 points as a freshman in 36 g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mats Wahlstrom
Mats Wahlström (also Wahlstroem or Wahlstrom) is a Swedish entrepreneur and hotelier. He is the founder of International hospitality group Puro, Purobeach and Purohotels. He is also the founder of lifestyle brand Spirit of the Nomad and music platform Melobee Music Revolution. Early life Wahlstrom was born and raised in Stockholm, Sweden. He holds a Bachelor in Business Administration degree from Gothenburg School of Business, Economics and Law. After the graduation, he worked in international sales at the headquarters of Itochu in Japan. Since his young age, he had interest in entrepreneurship and travelling. At the age of 26, while living Switzerland he founded Mercantile Spareparts AG in Zug, providing steel rims, auto parts and accessories and sold it in 1996. In the late 1990s, he established Fastigheter AB, which bought office and department stores in and around Stockholm. Career Wahlstrom the founder of the Puro Group, which includes, beach clubs, a record label, a plane ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magnus Wahlström
Magnus Wahlström (October 28, 1903 in Surahammar Municipality, Sweden – January 30, 1972 in Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA), often Wahlstrom in English, was a Swedish American entrepreneur and later a philanthropist. He was married to Agnes (née Johnson); they had a daughter, Eleanora. In his youth he worked on Surahammar's Mill, first in the office and then in the mechanical workshop. Wahlstrom moved to the United States in 1923. His first stop was Chicago. In Chicago he met another Swedish American, Rudolph Bannow (1897–1962). Another friend was Gerhard 'Gerry' T. Rooth. Bannow and Wahlstrom founded the business that became Bridgeport Machines, Inc, a major machine tool builder famous for its milling machines. The meeting with Bannow was the start of a successful partnership. The two began by producing electric hedge clippers. After much hard work, their first universal milling machine was built in 1932. By 1936, their company was called the Bridgeport Pattern an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Becky Wahlstrom
Becky Wahlstrom (born April 25, 1975) is an American actress. She graduated from the Chicago Academy for the Arts high school, and the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art in England. Her credits include guest roles in television series '' Star Trek: Enterprise'', ''Charmed'', ''Mad Men'', '' NCIS'' and ''Judging Amy'', several theatre productions, including Shakespeare's ''Twelfth Night'' and the stage adaptation of Ray Bradbury's novel ''Fahrenheit 451'', as well as a number of minor film roles. However, it was her regular supporting role as Grace Polk on the series ''Joan of Arcadia'', alongside Amber Tamblyn, which has attracted most attention. Wahlstrom supports, promotes, and stars in regional theatre in the Los Angeles Los Angeles, often referred to by its initials L.A., is the List of municipalities in California, most populous city in the U.S. state of California, and the commercial, Financial District, Los Angeles, financial, and Culture of Los Angeles, . ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lydia Wahlström
Lydia Katarina Wahlström (28 June 1869 – 2 June 1954) was a Swedish historian, author and feminist Feminism is a range of socio-political movements and ideology, ideologies that aim to define and establish the political, economic, personal, and social gender equality, equality of the sexes. Feminism holds the position that modern soci .... She was one of the founders of the National Association for Women's Suffrage (Sweden), National Association for Women's Suffrage and its chairman in 1909–1911. Early life and education Lydia Katarina Wahlström was born on 28 June 1869 in Lundby, Västmanland, the youngest, by eleven years, of the four daughter of the vicar Johan Gustaf Wahlström and Ida Schmidt. Her elder sister served as her first teacher and she said that Wahlström was in some ways raised as a boy, and she enjoyed dressing like one. She studied at the Wallinska skolan in Stockholm, and was accepted at the Uppsala University in 1888. She qualified with a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
