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1973 In Sweden
Events from the year 1973 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Gustaf VI Adolf (died 15 September), then Carl XVI Gustaf * Prime Minister – Olof Palme Events * 20 January – A 34-year-old academic lecturer, Alf Svensson, becomes party leader of the Swedish political party Kristen Demokratisk Samling (KDS). , a position he would hold for 31 years. * 16 March – Residents of the municipality of Dorothea go on hunger strike in protest of the Swedish government's plans to merge with the municipalities of Åsele and Frederika, giving up after a week. * 11 May – The Data Act (Sw. ''Datalagen'') − the world's first national data protection law − is enacted in Sweden. * 23–28 August – Norrmalmstorg robbery – a bank robbery and hostage crisis best known as the origin of the term Stockholm syndrome. * 15 September – King Gustaf VI Adolf dies in his 91st year at 8:35 pm. He's succeeded by his 27-year-old grandson, Carl XVI Gustaf. * 16 September – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magnus Hedman
Magnus Carl Hedman (; born 19 March 1973) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Beginning his career with AIK in 1990, he went on play in the English Premier League, Scottish Premier League, and Italian Serie A before retiring in 2005. He played 58 matches for the Sweden national team, and represented his country at the 1994 and 2002 FIFA World Cups, as well as UEFA Euro 2000 and 2004. He was awarded Guldbollen in 2000 as Sweden's best footballer of the year. Club career Early career Hedman was born in Botkyrka, and began his footballing career with Vårby Gårds IF and IFK Stockholm. He signed with AIK in 1987 and made his Allsvenskan debut for the club during the 1990 Allsvenskan season at only 17 years of age. He won the 1992 Allsvenskan championship with AIK and eventually moved abroad to play for English club Coventry City in July 1997. Coventry City Aged 24 on 13 December 1997, Hedman debuted in a 4-0 win over Tottenham Hotspur an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tina Nordström
Maria Kristina "Tina" Nordström Holmqvist (born 6 August 1973) is a Swedish celebrity chef and television personality from Helsingborg, Sweden. She hosted the second season of '' New Scandinavian Cooking'' on PBS stations on American television, replacing Andreas Viestad as host of the show; she was succeeded by Claus Meyer. She also appeared in a subsequent series featuring the same cast in rotation called "Perfect Day", produced by Tellusworks/Anagram Produktion and directed by Andreas Lindergard. Besides the cookery show ''Mat'' ("Food"), which she made together with Tomas Tengby, she has written cookbooks—''Tinas mat'' ("Tina's food"), ''Tina'' and ''Jättegott Tina'' ("Delicious, Tina"). Nordström won the Swedish '' Let's Dance'' television show in 2008, dancing with Tobias Karlsson. In 2009, she produced ''Tinas cookalong'', with Gordon Ramsay as a guest cook. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Markus Näslund
Markus Sten Näslund (born 30 July 1973) is a Swedish former professional ice hockey player and former general manager for Modo Hockey of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL, formerly named Elitserien). He played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Pittsburgh Penguins, Vancouver Canucks, and New York Rangers, as well as in the Elitserien with Modo Hockey. Nicknamed "Nazzy" by Canucks fans and "Macke" or "Mackan" in his native Sweden, he was known for his offensive skills, particularly his wrist shot and stickhandling. After playing junior hockey within the Modo organization, Näslund turned professional with the club's Elitserien team in 1990–91. Selected in the first round, 16th overall by the Penguins in the 1991 NHL Entry Draft, he joined the NHL in 1993–94. After his tenure with Pittsburgh, Näslund was traded to the Vancouver Canucks in 1996, where he spent 12 years, including a team record 8 as captain. With the Canucks, Näslund led the team in scoring for 7 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marléne Lund Kopparklint
Marléne Althea Lund Kopparklint (previously Engström; born 24 July 1973) is a Swedish politician from the Moderate Party. Since 2018, she has been member of the Riksdag for Värmland County. She is a member of Armenian-Swedish parliamentary friendship group. References See also * List of members of the Riksdag, 2022–2026 This is a list of Member of Parliament (Sweden), members of the Riksdag, elected in the 2022 Swedish general election, for the term 2022–2026. The opening of the new Riksdag session took place on 27 September 2022. Composition List of ele ... {{DEFAULTSORT:Lund Kopparklint, Marléne Living people 1973 births People from Värmland County Members of the Riksdag from the Moderate Party 21st-century Swedish women politicians Women members of the Riksdag Members of the Riksdag 2022–2026 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Forsberg
Peter Mattias Forsberg (; born 20 July 1973) is a Swedish former professional ice hockey player and former assistant general manager of Modo Hockey. Nicknamed "Peter the Great" and "Foppa", Forsberg was known for his on-ice vision and physical play, and is considered one of the greatest players of all time. Although his career was shortened by persistent injuries, , he stands eighth all-time in career points-per-game and fifth all-time in career assists-per-game in the NHL, behind only Wayne Gretzky, Mario Lemieux, Bobby Orr, and Connor McDavid. In 2017 Forsberg was named one of the '100 Greatest NHL Players' in history. His 19-year professional career includes 13 years in the National Hockey League (NHL), where he won two Stanley Cups with the Colorado Avalanche, as well as several individual honors including the Hart Memorial Trophy in 2003. As of the end of the 2017–18 season, he is the seventh-highest all-time Swedish point scorer in the NHL regular season. Before his short ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcus Allbäck
Marcus Christian Allbäck (; born 5 July 1973) is a Swedish former professional association football, footballer who played as a Forward (association football), striker. He was known for his sharp finishing ability and represented clubs in Sweden, Denmark, Italy, the Netherlands, England, and Germany during a career that spanned between 1992 and 2009. A full international between 1999 and 2008, he won 74 Cap (sport), caps for the Sweden men's national football team, Sweden national team and scored 30 goals. He represented Sweden at three UEFA European Championship, UEFA European Championships (UEFA Euro 2000, 2000, UEFA Euro 2004, 2004, and UEFA Euro 2008, 2008) as well as two FIFA World Cup, FIFA World Cups (2002 FIFA World Cup, 2002 and 2006 FIFA World Cup, 2006). After his playing career he served as an assistant coach for the Sweden national team between 2009 and 2016. Club career Early career Born in Gothenburg, Allbäck started his professional career with Örgryte IS. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jill Johnson
Jill Anna Maria Johnson (born 24 May 1973) is a Swedish country and pop singer, songwriter and TV-host. She performed in the Melodifestivalen 1998 contest, winning with the song " Kärleken är" ("Love Is"), and represented Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest 1998 with that song, which finished 10th with 53 points. In 2003 she entered Melodifestivalen for the second time with " Crazy in Love", which finished fourth in the final. She also hosted the final of Melodifestivalen 2005. Johnson is today one of the most successful artists in Sweden, with several Gold and Platinum records and since 2014 has hosted her own Swedish TV-show from Nashville, '' Jills veranda''. Biography Johnson is from the small town of Ängelholm in the south western part of Sweden. By the age of four, she had decided she wanted to become an artist, an aspiration towards which she was highly encouraged by her local choir leader. As a 12-year-old, she started off as the vocalist in a Country & Western ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johan Hedberg
Johan "Moose" Hedberg (born 5 May 1973) is a Swedish former professional ice hockey goaltender. During a career that lasted from 1993 to 2014 he played for the Pittsburgh Penguins, Vancouver Canucks, Dallas Stars, Atlanta Thrashers, and New Jersey Devils of the National Hockey League (NHL), as well as Leksands IF of the Swedish Elitserien, as well as several minor league teams. After several years in Sweden Hedberg moved to North America in 1997 and made his NHL debut in 2000. Internationally he played for the Sweden men's national ice hockey team, Swedish national team at several tournaments, including the 2002 Winter Olympics and several ice hockey world championships, World Championships, winning gold at the 1998 IIHF World Championship, 1998 World Championship. Playing career Drafted by the Flyers Hedberg was drafted in the ninth round, 218th overall, in the 1994 NHL Entry Draft by the Philadelphia Flyers. However the Flyers never invited him from Sweden to a training camp. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sharlee D'Angelo
Sharlee D'Angelo (born Charles Petter Andreason, 27 April 1973) is a Swedish musician. He is the bassist for the melodic death metal band Arch Enemy, as well as the classic rock/AOR band the Night Flight Orchestra and the stoner metal band Spiritual Beggars. D'Angelo has also been in various bands in the past, either as a studio session player or full member. These include Arch Enemy, Mercyful Fate, Dismember, King Diamond and Witchery. Equipment He plays with Dunlop picks and primarily used Rickenbacker bass guitars in his early career, before switching to playing and endorsing Ibanez Iceman bass guitars in 2005. Ibanez now produces the Sharlee D'Angelo signature bass guitar, called the SDB2, which is tuned to D'Angelo's preferred C standard (Low to High – C, F, Bb, Eb). Influences D'Angelo has ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teddy Lučić
Teddy Mark Šime Lučić (; born 15 April 1973) is a Swedish former professional footballer and manager. He played as a centre-back. Lučić made his debut for Sweden in 1995, and represented his country at three FIFA World Cups (1994, 2002, and 2006) and two UEFA European Championships (2000 and 2004), earning a total of 86 caps. Early life Lučić was born on 15 April 1973 in Biskopsgården, Gothenburg to Croatian father, Krešimir, and Finnish mother, Annis. His father Krešimir was also a football player. In 1966, Krešimir moved to Sweden where he played football. In 1971, his father was offered to play for Halmstads BK but declined because he thought he was too old, at age 27. The Lučić family decided to live in Sweden but visited Croatia and Finland often. As a boy, Lučić attended the Bjurslätt School in Hisingen, which is only 500 meters from where BK Häcken have their exercise equipment. Due to his parents' heritage, Lučić had Yugoslavian passport rather than a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andreas Carlsson
Andreas Mikael Carlsson (; born 3 April 1973) is a Swedish music producer and pop songwriter. Biography Carlsson was part of the Cheiron Studios team until the studio was closed down in 2000. In January 2001, former Cheiron-members Andreas Carlsson, Kristian Lundin and Jake Schulze assumed the lease of the legendary Cheiron studios. Two years later, they launched production-company The Location and publishing-company Location Songs, where writer Savan Kotecha is signed. Carlsson frequently collaborates with writers Desmond Child and Chris Braide. Together they have written many hit songs, including "Invisible" for Irish boy band D-Side and ''American Idol'' contestant Clay Aiken. The song became one of the most performed on American radio in 2004. A more recent collaboration is Katy Perry's " Waking Up in Vegas", featured on her album ''One of the Boys''. Carlsson also co-wrote the song "Strange" for the ''Alice in Wonderland'' soundtrack, which was performed by Tokio Hotel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
