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3 unusual facts about Swedish


Carl Jenkinson

Jenkinson was born in Harlow, Essex to an English father, and a Finnish-Swede mother.

Helena Henschen

Helena Henschen (1940-2011) was a Swedish designer and writer.

Oskar Wasastjerna

Jakob Frans Oskar Wasastjerna (1819–1889) was a 19th-century Finnish-Swedish historian and author.


2004–05 Swedish Figure Skating Championships

The 2004–2005 season Swedish Championships were held in Nyköping from December 8 through December 12, 2004.

Annika Hallin

Annika Susanne Hallin (born February 16, 1968 in Hägersten, Stockholm) is a Swedish actress.

Atlantic Crossing

The album was divided into a slow side and a fast side, apparently at the suggestion of Stewart's then-girlfriend, Swedish actress Britt Ekland.

Barrio Suecia

Barrio Suecia (Spanish for "Swedish neighborhood") is a section of Santiago, Chile, centered on Calle Suecia ("Swedish Street"), in the upscale Providencia municipality, which includes many pubs, discos and restaurants.

Bertha Wellin

In 1921, she became one of the first five women to be elected to the Swedish Parliament after women suffrage alongside Nelly Thüring (Social Democrat), Agda Östlund (Social Democrat) and Elisabeth Tamm (liberal) in the Lower chamber, and Kerstin Hesselgren in the Upper chamber.

Camilla Henemark

On November 3, 2010,in the during of her illness that was cured by singer Agent unprejudiced the Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet published excerpts from a book about the Swedish King Carl XVI Gustaf, Den motvillige monarken ("The Reluctant Monarch"), claiming that he had a year-long love affair with Henemark in the late 1990s.

Candace Kroslak

Candace Kaye Kroslak (born Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, July 22, 1978) is an American actress of Slovak descent, probably best known for her role as Lindy Maddock in the Swedish-American soap opera Ocean Ave.

Chilberg

The amazing story of a Swedish-American family that came all the way from Knäred, Halland, Sweden, to America in 1846 with the boat Superb, starting their uncertain journey to the new future in Gothenburg to arrive in Philadelphia.

Dea Norberg

Andrea Heléne "Dea" Norberg (born 3 March 1974, Bräkne-Hoby, Sweden) is a Swedish singer and choirgirl who sang in most of Sweden's Eurovision Song Contest entries during the 2000s.

Ehrensvärd

Carl August Ehrensvärd (1745–1800), Swedish naval officer, painter, author, and neo-classical architect

Ekdahl

Lennart Ekdahl (1912–2005), Swedish sailor who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics

Elena-Maria Smon Wolays

Smon Wolay has also deejayed at the Swedish Sex and the City 2 gala premiere, Way Out West Festival music festival, the wedding of Jan Bengtsson (heir to clothing company H&M) and Cirkusprinsessan - an international circus world championship for females only.

Emilie Demant Hatt

Demant had a close relationship and friendship with the Swedish geologist and chemist Hjalmar Lundbohm whom she met in Jukkasjärvi in 1907.

Frida Wallberg

Frida Wallberg born April 28, 1983 in Åtvidaberg in Östergötland, Sweden, is a Swedish boxer.

Gösta Johansson

As a player of Djurgårdens IF, Johansson was Swedish champion a total of six times.

Halda

Therefore, in developing the first modern Halda-watch, the company worked with the Swedish astronaut Christer Fuglesang who tested the watch in the most extreme environment—on his latest space mission, STS-128.

Handley Page Hampden

Interest in the HP.52 by the Swedish for placing a potential order led to the HP.53 prototype, which was subsequently used as a testbed for a pair of 1,000 hp (750 kW) Napier Dagger VIII 24-cylinder H-block air-cooled inline engines.

Hylands hörna

Hylands hörna ("Hyland's corner") was a Swedish talk show presented by Lennart Hyland.

International Atomic Energy Agency

Cole served only one term, after which the IAEA was headed by two Swedes for nearly four decades: the scientist Sigvard Eklund held the job from 1961 to 1981, followed by former Swedish Foreign Minister Hans Blix, who served from 1981 to 1997.

Jacopo Foroni

After studies with Alberto Mazzucato in Milan Foroni worked as a conductor in France, Belgium and Holland before arriving in Sweden in 1849 to work for Vincenzo Galli's opera company at the Mindre teatern where he gave the Swedish premieres of works by Bellini and Donizetti as well as the young Verdi.

Kahn Lectures

After considering Arthur Pillans Laurie, Eugénie Sellers Strong and Herbert Joseph Spinden, the Department settled on the Swedish art historian Johnny Roosval, professor at Stockholm University, as the first lecturer.

Kan man älska nå'n på avstånd

Kan man älska nå'n på avstånd is a song written by Karin Hemmingsson and Tommy Andersson, and recorded by Swedish dansband Vikingarna on the album "Kramgoa låtar 1998" from the within the album title mentioned year.

Kerstin Tidelius

Her most notable performances are Ingrid Löfgren in the long running Swedish TV series Hem till byn and a supporting role as Henrietta Vergérus, the bishop's sister, in Fanny and Alexander by Ingmar Bergman.

Kunowice

It was devastated by the troops of Duke Jan II the Mad of Żagań on his 1477 expedition against the Brandenburg elector Albert Achilles of Hohenzollern and again by Imperial as well as Swedish forces during the Thirty Years' War.

Magnus Lindgren Fyra

Fyra is a 2012 album by Swedish musician Magnus Lindgren together with international musicians of world class.

Martin Schibbye

On July 1, 2011 Schibbye was arrested along with the Swedish photographer Johan Persson in Ethiopia suspected of terrorist crimes after they illegally entered the Ogaden region from Somalia in the company of ONLF guerrillas.

Milieu

Milieu is the word for environment in French, and, for hundreds of years, also in Dutch, German, Swedish, Danish, English, and other languages that were strongly influenced by French culture and French language, primarily during the 17th and 18th centuries.

Mitsubishi Ki-1

Militarized into the Junkers K37 by Junker's Swedish subsidiary AB Flygindustri at Limhamn near Malmö, it was able to reach altitudes not reachable for the fighters of 1927.

Najim

Re-titled "Près de toi (Suddenly)", it is a multilingual song in French, English and Persian and contains a sampling of Algerian classic "Abdel Kader" with Arash featuring Najim and Swedish-Mexican star Rebecca Zadig

Norway in 1814

He learned that Prussia and Austria were waning in their support of Sweden's claims to Norway, that Tsar Alexander I of Russia (a distant cousin of Christian Frederik's) favored a Swedish-Norwegian union but not with Bernadotte as the king, and that the United Kingdom was looking for a solution to the problem that would keep Norway out of Russia's influence.

Olaf the Swede

Olof the Brash, Swedish chieftain who conquered Denmark in the late 9th century or early 10th century and founded the House of Olaf

Örebro University Hospital

Örebro University Hospital (Swedish: Universitetssjukhuset Örebro, USÖ) is a university hospital in Örebro, Sweden.

Per Johansson

Pär Johansson, Swedish theatre chief, well known as founder of Glada Hudik-teatern

Seitsemän Veljestä

Published in 1870, Seven Brothers ended an era dominated by Swedish-speaking authors, most notable of which was J.L. Runeberg, and created a solid basis for new Finnish authors like Minna Canth and Juhani Aho, who were, together with Aleksis Kivi, the first authors to depict ordinary Finns in a realistic way.

Silvio Rodríguez

Rodriguez has been a major influence on many folk artists, including the Swedish artist José González.

Sökarna

The Swedish hip-hop group Infinite Mass gained public attention after their appearance in the movie with their controversial song "Area Turns Red", also known as "Shoot the Racist".

Sophia Elisabet Brenner

In 1680, she married the miniaturist painter Elias Brenner and became the first Swedish salon hostess; in her salon, there gathered the Swedish elite such as Aurora Königsmarck, the painter Anna Maria Ehrenstrahl, the poet Johan Runius and Urban Hjärne (who brought to an end the legal persecution of witches).

Stefan Gunnarsson

Stefan Gunnarsson, born October 24, 1968 in Boden, Sweden, is a Swedish musician, known as team captain in the Swedish TV program "Så ska det låta".

Stena Match Cup Sweden

Stena Match Cup Sweden (previously Swedish Match Cup) is a sailing event on the World Match Racing Tour held in Marstrand, Sweden in the beginning of July every year.

Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1987

As the songs title contained the trademark names Coca-Cola and the Swedish chewing gum Bugg, the European Broadcasting Union demanded that the lyrics would be changed before the Brussels final, so the song was renamed Boogaloo.

Swedish Humanist Association

The yearly award commemorates the Swedish philosopher Ingemar Hedenius, whose views - expressed in his book Tro och vetande ("Belief and knowledge") - were instrumental in starting the cultural debate that eventually led to the separating of the Swedish church and state.

Swedish municipal elections, 2002

The Swedish municipal elections of 2002 were held on Sunday 15 September, along with other elections in Sweden to the County Councils and the parliament.

Talang 2009

Talang 2009 was the third season of the talent show Talang, the Swedish version of Got Talent.

The Phantom Carriage

The film was a powerful influence on the later Swedish film director Ingmar Bergman who also utilised the figure of Death in The Seventh Seal, where the referring to him as a "strict master" is a reference to The Phantom Carriage.

Tiger Bell

The following year, they toured Finland for the first time and played the Swedish festivals Umeå Open and Putte i Parken.

Tomas Svensson

Tomas Runar Svensson (born February 15, 1968 in Eskilstuna, Södermanland) is a Swedish retired handball goalkeeper who is currently goalkeeper coach for Rhein-Neckar Löwen.

Totta Näslund

Nationalteatern was one of the many leftist music and theater groups that came together in 1977 to form Tältprojektet, The Tent Project, a musical theater performance on the history of the Swedish working class, which toured the country that summer.

Where Were You Last Night

Where Were You Last Night is a 1989 album released by Swedish pop artist Ankie Bagger.

William, Margrave of Baden-Baden

In 1631, Wilhelm lost Baden to the Swedish General Gustav Horn and regained control only after the Peace of Prague (1635) and the Peace of Westphalia on 24 October 1648.


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