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unusual facts about Swedish people



2001 Speedway World Cup Final

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.

Äppelknyckarjazz

Äppelknyckarjazz is the first studio album by Swedish Hip Hop Swing band Movits!.

Beckenham Place Park

Cator, reputed to be friends with Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus and son-in-law of Peter Collinson, introduced many exotic tree species and a lake, which is now dry.

Carl P. Herslow

Carl P. Herslow is a Swedish politician and leader of the Scania Party.

Carta marina

The map was created in Rome by the Swedish ecclesiastic Olaus Magnus (1490–1557), who arrived on a diplomatic visit for the Swedish government and stayed on, likely because his brother Johannes Magnus became involved in a religious feud with King Gustav I of Sweden.

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.

Dennis Saikkonen

Dennis Saikkonen (born November 27, 1992) is a Swedish-Finnish-Swiss professional ice hockey goaltender who is currently a prospect within the ZSC Lions organization.

Emmaboda

The musical "Kristina från Duvemåla" ("Kristina from Duvemåla") written by former members of the Swedish music group ABBA; Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus, is a story based on books by Vilhelm Moberg about the people living in Dufvemåla homestead (which is 3 km outside of Emmaboda) that Emigrated to America.

History of the Internet in Sweden

The history of Internet in Sweden can be considered to have begun in 1984, when the first Swedish network was connected to the Internet in Gothenburg.

International trade

In the early 1900s a theory of international trade was developed by two Swedish economists, Eli Heckscher and Bertil Ohlin.

Jonas Carl Linnerhielm

Jonas Carl Linnerhielm (30 August 1758 - 12 February 1829) was a Swedish nobleman, State Herald of Sweden, artist and writer.

Katarina Konow

Katarina Konow-Scott born in Gnosjö in Jönköping County is a Swedish model and beauty queen who placed 1-runner up in Miss Universe Sweden in 2012, and represented Sweden in Miss International 2012 in Japan.

Lars-Erik Esbjörs

Lars-Erik Esbjörs (born October 11, 1949 in Avesta, Sweden) is a retired Swedish professional ice hockey player and coach.

Ludwig Göransson

Ludwig Göransson (born September 1, 1984), also known under the stage name Ludovin, is a Swedish composer best known for his work on US TV sitcoms Community, Happy Endings, and New Girl, as well as composing the music for 30 Minutes or Less and collaborating with Donald Glover on the Childish Gambino albums Camp and Because the Internet.

Miss Maud

The business was founded in 1971 by Maud Edmiston, a Swedish immigrant who opened a small Swedish Pastry House to resemble the bakery near her home in Stockholm.

Most Beloved Sister

Most Beloved Sister (Allrakäraste Syster) is a 1949 fairytale by the Swedish author Astrid Lindgren.

Name of Sweden

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).

Next Finnish parliamentary election

The incumbent government is formed by a six party coalition, composed of the National Coalition Party, Social Democratic Party, Left Alliance, Green League, Swedish People's Party and the Christian Democrats as well as the MP for Åland.

Niklas Wikegård

Niklas Wikegård (born October 3, 1963) is a Swedish former ice hockey player and coach, currently working for the TV4 Group as a color commentator in ice hockey-related shows.

Popotan

Sales of the visual novel and its fan disc made the top 50 list of bestselling bishōjo games in Japan multiple times and it spawned an internet meme when the opening was put to sped-up music by the Swedish band Caramell.

Revolution, Baby

"Revolution, Baby" is the lead single of the fourth studio album We Rule the Night by the Swedish heavy metal band Sonic Syndicate.

Rune Johansson

Rune Arnold Georg Johansson (August 23, 1920 – December 30, 1998) was a Swedish sportsperson who played bandy, football, handball, ice hockey, and competed in track and field.

Sävsjö

The Swedish emigrant Jonas Bronck, founder of the borough The Bronx, New York City, was born outside of today's Sävsjö town in the little village of Komstad.

Shrimp scad

The shrimp scad was first scientifically described by Swedish naturalist Peter Forsskål from a specimen collected in the Red Sea in 1775, which was designated to be the holotype.

Smile×Smile

Smile×Smile (released on July 24, 2003) is J-pop artist Mayumi Iizuka's seventh album and was produced by Tore Johansson, who is a Swedish musician.

The Devil's Blood

The group's name is taken after the song "Devil's Blood" by the Swedish black-metal band Watain.

The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking

The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking is a 1988 American fantasyadventuremusical film written and directed by Ken Annakin based on the books of the fictional character Pippi Longstocking, created by Swedish children's book author Astrid Lindgren.

Tintin Anderzon

Anna Catharina Tintin Anderzon, born 29 April 1964, is a Swedish actress and daughter of actor Kim Anderzon.

Tommy Kristoffersson

Tommy Kristoffersson (born 1 May 1959 in Arvika) is a Swedish race car driver.

Veltto Virtanen

In Mayday 2011 the newly elected member of the parliament delivered a political Mayday speech, where he stated that if the Swedish People's Party were to become part of the next cabinet with the True Finns, he would resign from the party and vomit for five days.

We Write the Story

"We Write the Story" is a song composed by ex-ABBA members, Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson and the Swedish DJ and record producer, Avicii.


see also

August Strindberg bibliography

Svenska folket i helg och söcken, i krig och i fred, hemma och ute; eller, Ett tusen år av svenska bildningens och sedernas historia (The Swedish People on Holy Day and Everyday, in War and Peace, at Home and Abroad; or, A Thousand Years of the History of Swedish Culture and Manners), illustrations by Carl Larsson and C. E. Fritze, Volume I ,1881 and volume II, 1882

Sweden and the euro

Olli Rehn, the EU commissioner for economic affairs has said that this is up to Swedish people to decide.

Swedish iron mining during World War II

According to Erik Boheman, the State Secretary for Foreign Affairs during the war, the main reasons were luck and the development of the war, in combination with the Swedish people's spirit to resist an invasion, and perhaps also some diplomatic skillfulness.