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1914 In Sweden
1914 was the first year of the First World War, though this had little effect on the nation as for the entirety of the war, and most of Swedish modern history, the nation would remain neutral. Famously the Scandinavian kings would meet in Malmö to discuss neutrality in the great war. Demographics Life expectancy - ~58 years Fertility rate - 3.2 births per woman Population - 5.7 million Important Figures * Monarch – Gustaf V * Prime Ministers - Karl Staaff, Hjalmar Hammarskjöld * Minister for Foreign Affairs Knut Agathon Wallenberg Events *6 February - Courtyard Speech * 6 February - Peasant armament support march * 27 March - March 1914 Swedish general election * 28 May - Selma Lagerlöf inducted to the Swedish Academy. * 5 September - September 1914 Swedish general election * 31 July - Declaration of neutrality in the Austro-Serbian conflict * 2 August - Knut Wallenberg speaks to Esmé Howard and tells him that if Sweden were to enter this conflict, then they wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swedish Academy
The Swedish Academy (), founded in 1786 by King Gustav III, is one of the Royal Academies of Sweden. Its 18 members, who are elected for life, comprise the highest Swedish language authority. Outside Scandinavia, it is best known as the body that chooses the laureates for the annual Nobel Prize in Literature, awarded in memory of the donor Alfred Nobel. History The Swedish Academy was founded in 1786 by King Gustav III. Modelled after the Académie française, it has 18 members. It is said that Gustaf III originally intended there to be twenty members, half the number of those in the French Academy, but eventually decided on eighteen because the Swedish expression ''De Aderton'' – 'The Eighteen' – had such a fine solemn ring. The academy's motto is "Talent and Taste" (''"Snille och Smak"'' in Swedish). The academy's primary purpose is to further the "purity, strength, and sublimity of the Swedish language" (''"Svenska Språkets renhet, styrka och höghet''") (Walshe, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henrik Schildt
Henrik Schildt (10 July 1914 – 15 March 2001) was a Finnish-born Swedish film actor.Goble p.150 He is the father of Johan Schildt, Peter Schildt and Veronica Schildt Bendjelloul. Selected filmography * '' Johan Ulfstjerna'' (1936) * ''Circus'' (1939) * ''The Yellow Clinic'' (1942) * ''Captured by a Voice'' (1943) * '' Katrina'' (1943) * '' The Brothers' Woman'' (1943) * '' Count Only the Happy Moments'' (1944) * ''The Rose of Tistelön'' (1945) * '' Maria of Kvarngarden'' (1945) * '' Blood and Fire'' (1945) * ''Evening at the Djurgarden'' (1946) * '' A Swedish Tiger'' (1948) * '' Each Heart Has Its Own Story'' (1948) * '' Andersson's Kalle'' (1950) * '' Customs Officer Bom'' (1951) * '' Dance, My Doll'' (1953) * ''Hidden in the Fog'' (1953) * '' My Passionate Longing'' (1956) * ''The Hard Game ''The Hard Game'' (Swedish: ''Den hårda leken'') is a 1956 Swedish sports drama film directed by Lars-Eric Kjellgren and starring Sven-Eric Gamble, Ann-Marie Gyllenspetz and Åke Gr� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tord Bernheim
''Tord'' Georg Bernheim (born Tord Georg Andersson; 18 April 1914 – 23 July 1992), originally Andersson, was a Swedish singer, actor, and revue performer. He was born on 18 April 1914 in Kungsholms parish in Stockholm. He died on 23 July 1992 in Råsunda, Solna.Sveriges Dödbok 1901–2009, DVD-ROM, Version 5.00, Sveriges Släktforskarförbund (2010) Tord Bernheim was the son of Georg Anshelm Andersson and his wife Hilma Signhild Elvira, née Bernheim.Rotemannen, CD-ROM, Sveriges Släktforskarförbund/Stockholms Stadsarkiv (2012) He debuted as a revue performer at Mosebacke in 1929 and was then active at various outdoor theaters in Stockholm. He was engaged by Folkan's theater director Ragnar Klange. Bernheim was considered a skilled imitator and worked in 20 different films. He imitated Karl Gerhard, among others. Bernheim was married to the Norwegian singer Jeanita Melin (1911-1973) before marrying Mary Viktoria Lindström (1924-1979) in 1946. Mary was the daughter of Hjalma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Åke Grönberg
Karl Ã…ke Edvard Grönberg (26 March 1914 – 15 September 1969) was a Swedish film actor who appeared in nearly 100 films. Grönberg was a versatile stage personality of his day, performing as a singer, variety artist, actor, in musical shows and in dramatic productions. He was born in Stockholm, Sweden, and died of a heart attack in 1969. Selected filmography * '' 65, 66 and I'' (1936) - Castle guard (uncredited) * '' Russian Flu'' (1937) - Ã…hörare i studentmössa (uncredited) * ''Klart till drabbning'' (1937) - Waiter (uncredited) * '' Comrades in Uniform'' (1938) - Bonzo (uncredited) * '' Thunder and Lightning'' (1938) - Chucker-out (uncredited) * ''Med folket för fosterlandet'' (1938) - Printing clerk (uncredited) * '' Just a Bugler'' (1938) - Ensign musician (uncredited) * '' Only One Night'' (1939) - Young Man (uncredited) * ''Adolf i eld och lÃ¥gor'' (1939) - Photographer (uncredited) * ''Hennes lilla majestät'' (1939) - Fighter (uncredited) * ''Melodin frÃ¥n Gaml ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Britt G
Britt may refer to: Places * Britt, Iowa, United States * Britt, Minnesota, United States * Britt, Ontario, Canada * Britt Peak, Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica * Britt Township, Hancock County, Iowa, United States Other uses * Britt (actress), Swedish actress, TV producer and author * Britt (name), a list of people and fictional characters with either the given name or surname * Britt Airways, a commuter airline that became Continental Express carrier ExpressJet Airlines * Britt's Department Store, an American store chain from 1962 to 1982 * Britt Festival, a performing arts festival in southern Oregon * SS ''Britt'', a Swedish cargo ship * The Britt, formerly Sutton Place Hotel Toronto See also * Café Britt, a Costa Rican coffee roasting and chocolate manufacturing company * * Brit (other) Brit most commonly refers to: * Briton, a British person Brit, Brits or BRIT may also refer to: People Nicknames * Brit Hume (born 1943), American TV journalist * Brit Selby ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inga-Bodil Vetterlund
Inga-Bodil Vetterlund (30 January 1914 – 14 September 1980) was a Swedish film and stage actress. Selected filmography * ''Charlotte Löwensköld'' (1930) * '' Pettersson - Sverige'' (1934) * ''Adventure in Pyjamas'' (1935) * '' Söder om landsvägen'' (1936) * '' Poor Millionaires'' (1936) * ''The Andersson Family ''The Andersson Family'' (Swedish: ''Familjen Andersson'') is a 1937 Swedish comedy film directed by Sigurd Wallén and starring Wallén, Elsa Carlsson and Inga-Bodil Vetterlund. Wallengren p.226 It was shot at the RÃ¥sunda Studios in Stockholm. ...'' (1937) * ''Sun Over Sweden'' (1938) * ''Alle man pÃ¥ post'' (1940) * ''Fransson the Terrible'' (1941) * ''Tre glada tokar'' (1942) * ''Aktören'' (1943) * ''Som folk är mest'' (1944) * ''Sabotage'' (1944) * ''The Green Lift (1944 film), The Green Lift'' (1944) * ''Tired Theodore (1945 film), Tired Theodore'' (1945) * ''Between Brothers (film), Between Brothers'' (1946) * ''Sällskapslek'' (1963) References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haakon VII
Haakon VII (; 3 August 187221 September 1957) was King of Norway from 18 November 1905 until his death in 1957. The future Haakon VII was born in Copenhagen as Prince Carl of Denmark. He was the second son of the Crown Prince and Crown Princess of Denmark (later King Frederick VIII and Queen Louise). Prince Carl was educated at the Royal Danish Naval Academy and served in the Royal Danish Navy. After the 1905 dissolution of the union between Sweden and Norway, he was offered the Norwegian crown. Following a November plebiscite, he accepted the offer and was formally elected king of Norway by the Storting. He took the Old Norse name ''Haakon'' and ascended the throne as Haakon VII, becoming the first independent Norwegian monarch since Olaf II in 1387. As king, Haakon gained much sympathy from the Norwegian people. Although the Constitution of Norway vests the King with considerable executive powers, in practice Haakon confined himself to a representative and ceremonial rol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian X Of Denmark
Christian X (; 26 September 1870 – 20 April 1947) was King of Denmark from 1912 until his death in 1947, and the only King of Iceland as Kristján X, holding the title as a result of the personal union between Denmark and independent Iceland between 1918 and 1944. He was a member of the House of Glücksburg, a branch of the House of Oldenburg, and the first monarch since King Frederick VII of Denmark, Frederick VII born into the Danish royal family; both his father and his grandfather were born as princes of a ducal family from Duchy of Schleswig, Schleswig. Among his siblings was King Haakon VII of Norway. His son became Frederick IX of Denmark. Among his cousins were George V, King George V of the United Kingdom, Nicholas II of Russia, Emperor Nicholas II of Russia, and Constantine I of Greece, King Constantine I of Greece, while Maud of Wales, Queen Maud of Norway, was both his cousin and sister-in-law. His character has been described as authoritarian and he strongly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
France
France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlantic, North Atlantic, the French West Indies, and List of islands of France, many islands in Oceania and the Indian Ocean, giving it Exclusive economic zone of France, one of the largest discontiguous exclusive economic zones in the world. Metropolitan France shares borders with Belgium and Luxembourg to the north; Germany to the northeast; Switzerland to the east; Italy and Monaco to the southeast; Andorra and Spain to the south; and a maritime border with the United Kingdom to the northwest. Its metropolitan area extends from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean and from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea. Its Regions of France, eighteen integral regions—five of which are overseas—span a combined area of and hav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Germany
Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total population of over 84 million in an area of , making it the most populous member state of the European Union. It borders Denmark to the north, Poland and the Czech Republic to the east, Austria and Switzerland to the south, and France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands to the west. The Capital of Germany, nation's capital and List of cities in Germany by population, most populous city is Berlin and its main financial centre is Frankfurt; the largest urban area is the Ruhr. Settlement in the territory of modern Germany began in the Lower Paleolithic, with various tribes inhabiting it from the Neolithic onward, chiefly the Celts. Various Germanic peoples, Germanic tribes have inhabited the northern parts of modern Germany since classical ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
