Anna Whitlock (13 June 1852 – 16 June 1930), was a Swedish school pioneer, journalist and feminist.
He became widely known in Chile by his adopted nom de plume, Augusto d’Halmar, in honour of his maternal great grandfather the Swede Baron de d’Halmar.
Knut Pedersen from Stavanger and Erik Hogan from Telemark were some of the many Norwegian members that migrated west to the Utah Territory after the death of Joseph Smith Jr. They were met in the mountains by a group heading east who had been called to open the Scandinavian Mission: Erastus Snow, the Swede John E. Forsgren, and the Dane Peter O. Hansen.
The name of Sweden was originally a plural form of Swede and is a so-called "back-formation", from Old English Sweoðeod, which meant "people of the Swedes" (Old Norse Svíþjóð, Latin Suetidi).
Tova Magnusson (née Towa Dorothea Magnusson, born 18 June 1968) is a Swedish film and television actress; comedian; and film director.
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Australian rider Jason Crump became the first rider since the legendary Swede Ove Fundin in the inaugural Speedway World Team Cup in 1960 to go through the entire tournament (including qualification rounds) undefeated.
On August 11 and 12 2007 at Maasmechelen in Belgium Nesbitt contested his first ever round of the FIA European Championships for Rallycross Drivers with a 550+bhp strong spare Saab 9-3 T16 4x4 of Swede Per Eklund.
Among the veterans interviewed for the program are pilots Captain Donald "Flash" Gordon, Stanley "Swede" Vejtasa, Rear Admiral James D. Ramage, and Bruce McGraw.
Clips from Bingolotto are featured in the video of Madonna's song "Ray of Light", directed by Swede Jonas Åkerlund in 1998 and in the movie Show Me Love.
The Swede competed in the 2006 Australian Open, losing to 20th seed Radek Štěpánek 6-1, 6-2, 6-2, and at the 2009 Australian Open, but lost in the first round 6-0, 6-2, 6-2 to eventual semi-finalist Andy Roddick.
Other ingredients, such as nettle tops, kale, and swede may be added to the basic brose (Davidson op.cit.).
In 1966, the Commission became responsible for almost seven miles of roadway on County Route 543 (River Road), from Route 73 in Palmyra to the halfway house in Delran, including the three bridges/structures that crossed over Pompeston Creek, Swede Run and Twin Pipe Culvert.
Jenkinson was born in Harlow, Essex to an English father, and a Finnish-Swede mother.
British citizen Ivan Aranto Herrera Jorge and Swede Carl Magnus Lindgren, members of celebrity chef Heston Blumenthal's culinary team, were among the dead.
The best result was achieved by Swede Håkan Dahlqvist in the Coupe d'Europe at Magny-Cours where he finished sixth.
One of the FA Cup traditions of the club was for a group of supporters to dribble a swede before kick-off to the Meadow End and score a goal for good luck.
This was the first "Hittite" monument discovered in modern times (early 18th century, by the Swede Otter, an emissary of Louis XIV).
Jacob Fahlström (1795–1859), the first Swede ever to settle in Canada
During the 2010 season he was hired by New York Red Bulls to serve as an assistant coach under fellow Swede Hans Backe.
Mr. Larsson, a Swede who was edentulous at the time and had been born with severe chin and jaw deformities, agreed to the test because he wanted to have teeth again.
Drawn in the same group as Magnus Samuelsson, Edwards was directly matched up against the Swede in the log lift, losing 10 lifts to 2.
He has performed with artists such as Benedicte Adrian, Secret Garden, Sølvguttene, Tommy Körberg, Øivind Blunck, Outer Suløens Jass-ensemble, and last but not least the Swede Robert Wells in the Royal Albert Hall in 2003.
He came to Paris with good recommendations and came into the leading French art circles where he caught the attention and interest of Count Philippe de Caylus, renowned artist François Boucher, and fellow Swede Alexander Roslin (1718–1798).
The year after she was deposed by the direction as a principal, she was given the task to teach the Danish guest actress Charlotte Bournonville (daughter of August Bournonville) Swedish, which she did so well that Bournonville could perform soon after as a native Swede in the part of Fatima in Oberon, were she made success.
Krzysztof Komeda composed the film's music and the featured saxophonist was the Swede Bernt Rosengren.
As late as 2007, one former Fick student reported that next to his bedside table was Gösta Berling's Saga by Selma Lagerlöf, the first woman and the first Swede to win the Nobel Prize for literature in 1909.
In 1652, Olaus Rudbeck (1630–1702), a Swede, discovered certain transparent vessels in the liver that contained clear fluid (and not white), and thus named them hepatico-aqueous vessels.
The Momsen lung was invented by Charles B. Momsen (nicknamed "Swede").
It opened in 1989 to replace the older Norristown High Speed Line (Route 100) terminus one block away at Main and Swede Streets, and integrated the former Reading Company DeKalb Street Norristown railroad station (built 1933) into its structure.
He twice participated in the Guarujá Open and in 1988 made it into the second round, with a win over Swede Ronnie Båthman.
In the episode, The Swede (Christopher Heyerdahl) reveals himself to be the "White Spirit" as he aids the Sioux in their war with the railroad.
It was a young Swede named Patrick Westerlund, who together with friends he had met on the IRC network DALnet, started the radio as a hobby project.
After Matikainen was fired and the new head coach, Swede Curt "Curre" Lindström took over in 1994 Helminen was re-instated to the national team.
On August 20, 2009 the pair and their young child were apprehended in Pakistan, together with fellow Swede Mehdi Ghezali, and nine other non-Pakistanis.
A Swede, Pehr Victor Edman was appointed the first director of the Institute after a world-wide search.
The award-winning album Minnesota: A History of the Land, released by musician Peter Ostroushko in 2005, included a piece called "Swede Hollow Lament".
At the 1984 Winter Olympics, Wassberg beat out fellow Swede Gunde Svan by 4.9 seconds in the 50 km, the closest margin of victory ever in that event until Giorgio Di Centa (Italy) edged out Yevgeny Dementyev (Russia) by 0.8 seconds at the 2006 Winter Olympics though the 2006 event was a mass start event while the 1984 event was an interval start event.
The following month, Dorsey was scheduled to fight for the PKO World Bantamweight (-57 kg/125 lb) Championship in Gothenburg, Sweden against Dennis Sigo but the Swede had broken his hand during sparring just one week prior to the event and Michael Kuhr was asked to take the fight and move down in weight on short notice.
He won the Nils V. "Swede" Nelson Award in 1968 and was the team captain in the legendary "Harvard Beats Yale 29-29" game and appears in the 2008 documentary film about this game.