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Björlin
Björlin is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Nadia Bjorlin (born 1980), American actress, singer and model * Risto Björlin (born 1944), Finnish sport wrestler *Ulf Björlin Mats Ulf Stefan Björlin (21 May 1933 – 23 October 1993) was a Swedish composer and conductor. Bjorlin was known for being one of the most active opera composers in the 20th century. Biography Björlin was born in Stockholm in 1933. He studi ... (1933–1993), Swedish composer and conductor See also * Björling {{DEFAULTSORT:Bjorlin Swedish-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Björling
Björling is a Swedish surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Anna-Lisa Björling (1910–2006), Swedish opera singer and actress * Carl Fabian Björling (1839–1910), Swedish mathematician and meteorologist * Carl Georg Björling (1870–1934), Swedish lawyer * Emanuel Björling (1808–1872), Swedish mathematician * Ewa Björling (born 1961), Swedish politician * Gunnar Björling (1887–1960), Finnish poet * Johan Alfred Björling (1871–1892/93), Swedish botanist and explorer *Jussi Björling (1911–1960), Swedish opera singer *Renée Björling (1898–1975), Swedish actress * Sigurd Björling (1907–1983), Swedish opera singer See also *Björlin Björlin is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Nadia Bjorlin (born 1980), American actress, singer and model * Risto Björlin (born 1944), Finnish sport wrestler *Ulf Björlin Mats Ulf Stefan Björlin (21 May 1933 – 23 Octob ... {{DEFAULTSORT:Bjorling Swedish-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nadia Bjorlin
Nadia Alexandra Bjorlin (born August 2, 1980) is an American actress, singer, and model. Early life Bjorlin was born on August 2, 1980, in Newport, Rhode Island. She is the second eldest child of Swedish composer and conductor Ulf Björlin and Fary Björlin ( Dadashi), an Iranian interior designer. Bjorlin is fluent in English, Swedish, and Persian and is also schooled in French, Italian, and Russian. Bjorlin's family moved to her father's native country of Sweden while she was still an infant. She has described her childhood as "wonderful" with "loving parents and siblings to lean on", although Bjorlin recalls being "oblivious" to racial tensions going on in Sweden. Although she never attended school there, a few of her siblings did and she remembers them talking about how they "experienced some torment" from classmates due to being half-Iranian. Being born after the Revolution of Iran, Bjorlin says she "grew up in a time where Iranians were looked down upon in places of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ulf Björlin
Mats Ulf Stefan Björlin (21 May 1933 – 23 October 1993) was a Swedish composer and conductor. Bjorlin was known for being one of the most active opera composers in the 20th century. Biography Björlin was born in Stockholm in 1933. He studied music with conductor Igor Markevitch in Salzburg, Austria at age 19 and later continued his studies at the Conservatoire de Paris, with teacher Nadia Boulanger. After completing his military service, he worked at the Royal Swedish Opera in Stockholm and at the Malmö College of Music. From 1962, he was employed as musical producer at Sveriges Radio and wrote music for several movies and television productions, including the series of films and TV series about the children on the island Saltkråkan (Seacrow Island), based on Astrid Lindgren's scripts. He also worked as music director for many years under Ingmar Bergman at the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm. Bjorlin came to the United States in 1977. He served as guest conductor f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Risto Björlin
Risto Björlin (born 9 December 1944) was a Finnish wrestler. He was born in Vaasa. He won an Olympic bronze medal in Greco-Roman wrestling Greco-Roman (American English), Graeco-Roman (British English), or classic wrestling (Euro-English) is a style of wrestling that is practiced worldwide. Greco-Roman wrestling was included in the first modern Olympic Games in 1896 and has been i ... in 1972. He also competed at the 1964 and 1968 Summer Olympics. References External links * 1944 births Living people Olympic wrestlers for Finland Wrestlers at the 1964 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 1968 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 1972 Summer Olympics Finnish male sport wrestlers Olympic bronze medalists for Finland Olympic medalists in wrestling Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Vaasa 20th-century Finnish sportsmen 21st-century Finnish people {{Finland-wrestling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
