|
Åmål
Åmål () is a urban areas of Sweden, locality and the seat of Åmål Municipality in Västra Götaland County, Sweden with 9,065 inhabitants in 2010. It is situated on the western shore of Vänern. In 2005 Åmål received second prize in the international competition The International Awards for Liveable Communities (also known as the LivCom Awards). The Åmåls Blues Fest has been held annually in Åmål since 1992. History Åmål was founded in the 17th century by Christina of Sweden, Queen Christina, and became one of the now defunct Cities of Sweden on April 1, 1643, and the only city in the historical province of Dalsland. Its location close to the borders of the Denmark-Norway alliance made it vulnerable to attack and it accordingly suffered over the ensuing centuries: first in 1645, when it was almost completely demolished, again in 1676 and 1679; and the last time in 1788 when it was conquered by the Danes, who then held it for a short while. The town suffered devast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Åmål Municipality
Åmål Municipality () is a municipalities of Sweden, municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the stad (Sweden), city of Åmål. The present municipality was created in 1971 through the amalgamation (politics), amalgamation of the former ''City of Åmål'' and the former rural municipality of Tössbo (the latter created in 1952). Geography and natural resources The stad (Sweden), city of Åmål is located in a scenic bay of Vänern, Lake Vänern, the largest lake in Sweden. The municipality has a small archipelago with some 30 islands, called ''Tösse skärgård'', to the south of the city. The islands are protected as a nature preserve; many of the islands are wooded, but a few are used for farming. They provide habitat for a number of bird species, including grey heron, osprey, mallard, goldeneye (duck), goldeneye, goosander, the black-throated diver and Eurasian hobby, hobby in the bays; on the cobs are colonies of European herring gul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Show Me Love (film)
''Show Me Love'' () is a 1998 Swedish romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Lukas Moodysson in his feature-length directorial debut. It stars Rebecka Liljeberg and Alexandra Dahlström as two seemingly disparate teenage girls who begin a tentative romantic relationship. The film was released theatrically in Sweden on 23 October 1998, and premiered internationally at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival. It received an overwhelmingly positive reception and won four Guldbagge Awards (Sweden's official film awards) at the 1999 ceremony. Its international awards include the Teddy Award at the 1999 Berlin International Film Festival, and the Special Jury Prize at the 34th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. The film was selected as the Swedish entry for the Best Foreign Language Oscar at the 71st Academy Awards, but it did not make the final shortlist. The Swedish title refers to the small town of Åmål in Västra Götaland County, western Sweden. However, only ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IFK Åmål
IFK Åmål is a Swedish football club located in Åmål in Västra Götaland County. Background Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna Åmål is a sports club from Åmål that was founded in 1908. The club specialises in football and handball. At one time the club also participated in bandy and in 1959 played in Sweden's top division. The football club played in Sweden's second-highest division in the 1927/28 season. Since their foundation IFK Åmål has participated mainly in the middle and lower divisions of the Swedish football league system. The club currently plays in Division 2 Norra Götaland which is the fourth tier of Swedish football. They play their home matches at the Örnäsvallens IP in Åmål. IFK Åmål are affiliated to Dalslands Fotbollförbund. Recent history In recent seasons IFK Åmål have competed in the following divisions: 2018 - Division III, Västra Svealand 2017 - Division III, Västra Svealand 2016 - Division IV, Bohuslän/Dalsland 2015& ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bengt Anders Valter Oldinger
Bengt Anders Valter (Bengtolle) Oldinger (November 3, 1911, in Åmål – March 31, 1988, in Stockholm) was a Swedish painter, teacher, and draftsman. Early life After training as an elementary school teacher at the and as an opera singer, he studied painting with Otte Sköld in Stockholm in 1937, and with André Lhote in Paris in 1947 and 1951. He was a teacher in until 1949. Career Primarily, Oldinger painted in oil and acrylic, and was a draftsman who captured people in motion with a few lines. In reviews, his strong coloring, safe brushwork, and ability to compose images are emphasized. His motifs were discovered on painting trips in some sixty countries. He was particularly stimulated by encounters with folk life and nature in Egypt, Mexico, and Japan Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dalsland
Dalsland () is a Swedish traditional province, or ''landskap'', situated in Götaland in southern Sweden. Lying to the west of Lake Vänern, it is bordered by Värmland to the north, Västergötland to the southeast, Bohuslän to the west, and Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of ... to the northwest. The province has a low population density of around 14 inhabitants/km2 and just one town of significant size: Åmål. The total population numbers 50,604. The uninhabited areas are characterized by dense forests in the northwestern uplands and lakes in the east, giving rise to the epithet, commonly used for Dalsland, of "Sweden's lake province". The Latinized name ''Dalia'', which was often used to name Dalsland in older prints, can still sometimes be encou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Åmåls Blues Fest
Åmåls Blues Fest is a blues festival in Åmål, Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, and Finland to the east. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic count .... The festival is usually held in July. The Blues Fest is a four-day international blues festival that has grown into Sweden's foremost since its inception in 1992. References * Åmåls Bluesförening Music festivals in Sweden Culture of Västra Götaland County Åmål Municipality 20th-century establishments in Älvsborg County 1982 establishments in Sweden {{Music-festival-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Egzon Binaku
Egzon Binaku (born 27 August 1995) is a professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Swedish club IF Viken. Born in Sweden, he played for the Albania national team. Personal life Binaku was born in Åmål, Sweden from Kosovo Albanian parents from the Kosovan town of Mitrovica. Club career On 4 May 2015, he made his Allsvenskan debut for BK Häcken against Halmstads BK. International career On 21 May 2018, Binaku received a call-up from Albania for the friendly matches against Kosovo and Ukraine Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the List of European countries by area, second-largest country in Europe after Russia, which Russia–Ukraine border, borders it to the east and northeast. Ukraine also borders Belarus to the nor .... Career statistics Club Honours BK Häcken * Svenska Cupen: 2015–16 References External links * * 1995 births Living people People from Åmål Municipality Swedish people of Albanian descent Swedish people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IF Viken
IF Viken is a Swedish football club located in Åmål. Background IF Viken currently plays in Division 4 Bohuslän/Dalsland which is the sixth tier of Swedish football. They play their home matches at the Rösvallen in Åmål. The club played in the 1940s and 1950s in the second highest division (current Superettan). At best, they reached third place In sociology, the third place refers to the social surroundings that are separate from the two usual social environments of home ("first place") and the workplace ("second place"). Examples of third places include Church (building), churches, C .... The player uniform is a light blue shirt and white trousers, and sometimes navy blue collars and socks. The club is affiliated to Dalslands Fotbollförbund. IF Viken have competed in the Svenska Cupen on 25 occasions and have played 52 matches in the competition. Season to season In their most successful period IF Viken competed in the following divisions: In recent season ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lukas Moodysson
Karl Fredrik Lukas Moodysson (; born 17 January 1969) is a Swedish filmmaker, novelist, and short story writer. First coming to prominence as an ambitious poet in the 1980s, he had his big domestic and international breakthrough directing the 1998 romantic film '' Show Me Love''. He has since directed a string of films with different styles and public appeal, as well as continued to write both poetry and novels. In 2007, ''The Guardian'' ranked Moodysson eleventh in its list of the world’s best directors, describing his directorial style as “heartfelt and uncompromising.” Early life Born in Lund, Moodysson grew up in Åkarp, Skåne County as an outcast, expressing himself through poetry. By the time he was 23 he had written five poetry collections and a novel published by Wahlström & Widstrand. He decided to move to film to produce works that were less introverted and could be enjoyed by a wider audience than poetry. After studying at what was then Sweden's only film sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rut Berglund
Rut Berglund, also Ruth Berglund (12 April 1897 – 29 August 1984) was a Swedish operatic mezzo-soprano and contralto, who was engaged in Germany from 1924 to 1944. She was personally appointed Kammersängerin by Adolf Hitler. Life and career Born in Åmål, Berglund studied singing with Gillis Bratt in Stockholm and with Ernst Grenzebach in Berlin. In the 1924–25 season she was engaged as a volunteer at the Theater des Westens in Berlin, but due to hyperinflation the house was closed in 1925. The singer subsequently made her debut at the Deutsche Oper Berlin, received a permanent engagement at this house and remained a member of the ensemble until 1932. Berglund married the surgeon Nathanael Wessén in 1927, the wedding took place in the church of her home town Åmål. In 1929 she took part in performances of Wagner's ''Der Ring des Nibelungen'' at the Grand Théâtre de Genève. In the season 1932-33 she was engaged at the Stadttheater Königsberg in East Prussia. At the 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Västra Götaland County
Västra Götaland County () is a county or '' län'' on the western coast of Sweden. The county is the second most populous of Sweden's counties and it comprises 49 municipalities (''kommuner''). Its population of 1,616,000 amounts to 17% of Sweden's population. The formal capital and seat of the governor of Västra Götaland County is Gothenburg. The political capital and seat of the Västra Götaland Regional Council is Vänersborg. The county was established on 1 January 1998, when Älvsborg County, Gothenburg and Bohus County and Skaraborg County were merged. Provinces Sweden's counties are generally of greater importance than its provinces. The counties are the main administrative units for politics and population census counts. Due to its size and young age, the Västra Götaland County has no common heritage. Of cultural and historical significance are the provinces that Västra Götaland County consists of: Västergötland, Bohuslän and Dalsland. There is al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
