|
Syrén
Syrén is a Swedish language, Swedish surname. *Håkan Syrén (born 1952) Supreme Commander of the Swedish Armed Forces from 1 January 2004 to 25 March 2009; he was the first Supreme Commander to come from the Navy. *Mikael Syrén (born 1965), writer and director. *Johan Arvid Gunnar Syrén (1903–1985), Swedish missionary. {{DEFAULTSORT:Syren Swedish-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Håkan Syrén
General Håkan Erik Gunnar Syrén (born 31 January 1952) is a retired officer of the Swedish Coastal Artillery/Swedish Amphibious Corps and former chairman of the European Union Military Committee. He was the Supreme Commander of the Swedish Armed Forces from 1 January 2004 to 25 March 2009, and was the first Supreme Commander to come from the Navy. Early life Syrén was born in Växjö, Sweden, the son of lieutenant colonel Gunnar Syrén and his wife Siv Syrén. He grew up in Uppsala, where he graduated from Lundellska läroverket in 1970. Career Military career Syrén studied at the Royal Swedish Naval Academy from which he graduated in 1973. He was then instructor and platoon commander at the Vaxholm Coastal Artillery Regiment (KA 1) from 1973 to 1979 and studied at the Military Academy Karlberg in Stockholm from 1980 to 1984. Syrén was a staff officer at the Naval Staff in Stockholm from 1984 to 1988 and was a student at the Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johan Arvid Gunnar Syrén
Johan Arvid Gunnar Syrén (16 January 1903, in Sweden – 1985), son to Frans Gustav Syrén and Ida Karolina Gustavsdotter, was a Swedish missionary. In the early 1930s Johan and his wife travelled to Natal, South Africa, as Swedish diplomats and missionaries A missionary is a member of a religious group who is sent into an area in order to promote its faith or provide services to people, such as education, literacy, social justice, health care, and economic development.Thomas Hale 'On Being a Miss .... Sources *Historical journals and personal file*Frans Gustav Syréns journal*Ida Karolina Gustavsdotter's journal*Historical journals and personal file {{DEFAULTSORT:Syren, Johan Arvid Gunnar Swedish Protestant missionaries 1903 births 1985 deaths Swedish diplomats Protestant missionaries in South Africa Swedish expatriates in South Africa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swedish Language
Swedish ( ) is a North Germanic languages, North Germanic language from the Indo-European languages, Indo-European language family, spoken predominantly in Sweden and parts of Finland. It has at least 10 million native speakers, making it the Germanic_languages#Statistics, fourth most spoken Germanic language, and the first among its type in the Nordic countries overall. Swedish, like the other North Germanic languages, Nordic languages, is a descendant of Old Norse, the common language of the Germanic peoples living in Scandinavia during the Viking Age. It is largely mutually intelligible with Norwegian language, Norwegian and Danish language, Danish, although the degree of mutual intelligibility is dependent on the dialect and accent of the speaker. Standard Swedish, spoken by most Swedes, is the national language that evolved from the Central Swedish dialects in the 19th century, and was well established by the beginning of the 20th century. While distinct regional Variety ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mikael Syrén
Mikael is a masculine given name, a variant of the Hebrew name Michael (מִיכָאֵל), which means "Who is like God". It is used predominantly throughout Scandinavia and Finland. Mikaela is the feminine form of the name. In France, the name is written Mikaël, a tréma on the letter e, and is of Breton origin. Notable people with the name Mikael or Mikaël include: Entertainment * Mikael Birkkjær (born 1958), Danish actor * Mikael Håfström (born 1960), Swedish director and screenwriter * Mikael Nyqvist (1960–2017), Swedish actor * Mikael Persbrandt (born 1963), Swedish actor * Mikael Salomon (born 1945), Danish cinematographer, director and producer Music * Mikael Åkerfeldt (born 1974), Swedish musician * Mikael Gabriel (born 1990), Finnish rapper * Mikael Jorgensen (born 1972), American musician * Mikael Stanne (born 1974), Swedish musician Politics * Mikael Cederbratt (1955–2020), Swedish politician of the Moderate Party * Mikael Eskilandersson (born 1977), Swedis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
