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2011 In Sweden
Events from the year 2011 in Sweden Incumbents * List of Swedish monarchs, Monarch – Carl XVI Gustaf * Prime Minister of Sweden, Prime Minister – Fredrik Reinfeldt Events *23 September: Annie Lööf is appointed chairperson of the Swedish Centre Party, succeeding Maud Olofsson. Deaths * 5 January – Assar Rönnlund, cross-country skier (born 1935). * 14 January – Sun Axelsson, novelist (born 1935) * 26 January – Tore Sjöstrand, runner (born 1921). * 4 February – Lena Nyman, actress (born 1944) * 3 March – Lasse Eriksson, comedian (born 1949) * 5 March – Eivor Alm, cross-country skier (born 1924). * 10 March – Valter Nyström, runner (born 1915). * 24 March – Stig Berntsson, sport shooter (born 1930). * 7 May – Eilert Määttä, ice hockey player (born 1935). * 30 May – Ricky Bruch, discus thrower (born 1946). * 12 July – Kurt Lundquist, sprinter (born 1925). * 8 August – Kurt Johansson, sport shooter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stig Berntsson
Stig Berntsson (19 October 1930 – 24 March 2011) was a Swedish sports shooter. He competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics, 1964 Summer Olympics and the 1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad () and officially branded as Mexico 1968 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 12 to 27 October 1968, in Mexico City, Mexico. These were the first Ol .... His greatest run was at the 1960 Olympics, where he scored #11 in Shooting. References External links * 1930 births 2011 deaths Swedish male sport shooters Olympic shooters for Sweden Shooters at the 1960 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 1964 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 1968 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Gothenburg Sport shooters from Västra Götaland County 20th-century Swedish sportsmen {{Sweden-sportshooting-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2011 In Swedish Television
This is a list of Swedish television related events from 2011. Events *25 March - The Fame singer Jessica Andersson and her partner Kristjan Lootus win the sixth season of '' Let's Dance''. *5 June – Simon Danielsson wins the fifth season of ''Big Brother''. *10 June – 17-year-old Rubik's Cube solver Simon Westlund wins the fifth season of ''Talang''. *9 December – Amanda Fondell wins the sixth season of '' Idol''. Debuts *20 February – '' Big Brother Sverige'' (2000–2004, 2011–2012) Television shows 2000s *'' Let's Dance'' (2006–present) 2010s *1–24 December – Tjuvarnas jul Ending this year *'' Idol'' (2004–2011, 2013–present) *''Talang'' (2007–2011, 2014–present) Networks and services Launches Conversions and rebrandings Closures Births Deaths See also *2011 in Sweden Events from the year 2011 in Sweden Incumbents * List of Swedish monarchs, Monarch – Carl XVI Gustaf * Prime Minister of Sweden, Prime Minister – Fredrik Rei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2011 In Europe
Eleven or 11 may refer to: *11 (number) * One of the years 11 BC, AD 11, 1911, 2011 Literature * ''Eleven'' (novel), a 2006 novel by British author David Llewellyn *''Eleven'', a 1970 collection of short stories by Patricia Highsmith *''Eleven'', a 2004 children's novel in The Winnie Years by Lauren Myracle *''Eleven'', a 2008 children's novel by Patricia Reilly Giff *''Eleven'', a short story by Sandra Cisneros Music * Eleven (band), an American rock band * Eleven: A Music Company, an Australian record label * Up to eleven, an idiom from popular culture, coined in the movie ''This Is Spinal Tap'' Albums * ''11'' (The Smithereens album), 1989 * ''11'' (Ua album), 1996 * ''11'' (Bryan Adams album), 2008 * ''11'' (Sault album), 2022 * ''Eleven'' (Harry Connick, Jr. album), 1992 * ''Eleven'' (22-Pistepirkko album), 1998 * ''Eleven'' (Sugarcult album), 1999 * ''Eleven'' (B'z album), 2000 * ''Eleven'' (Reamonn album), 2010 * ''Eleven'' (Martina McBride album), 2011 * ''Eleven'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2011 In The European Union
Events from the year 2011 in the European Union. Incumbents * President of the European Council – Herman Van Rompuy * Commission President – José Manuel Barroso * Council Presidency – (Jan–Jun 2011) and (Jul–Dec 2011) * Parliament President – Jerzy Buzek * High Representative – Catherine Ashton Events January * January 1 ** Hungary takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union from Belgium. ** Estonia officially adopts the Euro currency and becomes the seventeenth Eurozone country. ** Lithuania receives chairmanship of Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe. February * February 25 – EU ban on BPA in baby bottles enters into force. March * March 15 – Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No. 282/2011 is adopted. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ingrid Sandahl
Ingrid Sandahl (5 November 1924 – 15 November 2011) was a Swedish artistic gymnast. She competed at both the 1948 and 1952 Olympics and won a gold medal in the team portable apparatus event in 1952. She also won a gold all-around team medal and team portable apparatus medal at the 1950 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. Individually, she won three all-around medals at the Swedish Championships, including gold in 1949. Biography Sandahl was born in Stockholm in 1924 and began gymnastics around 1937, when she was 13. In 1947, she won silver at the Swedish Championships, and in 1948, bronze. At the two selection events for the 1948 Summer Olympics, she placed second at one and first at the other, and she won a place on the team. It was the first time that Sweden had sent a gymnastics team to the Olympics since 1920, due to differences that had developed between the Swedish style of gymnastics and the international one. At the Olympics, the Swedish team placed fourth. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Store Norske Leksikon
The ''Great Norwegian Encyclopedia'' (, abbreviated ''SNL'') is a Norwegian-language online encyclopedia. It has several subdivisions, including the Norsk biografisk leksikon. The online encyclopedia is among the most-read Norwegian published sites, with up to 3.5 million unique visitors per month. Paper editions (1978–2007) The ''SNL'' was created in 1978, when the two publishing houses Aschehoug and Gyldendal merged their encyclopedias and created the company Kunnskapsforlaget. Up until 1978 the two publishing houses of Aschehoug and Gyldendal, Norway's two largest, had published ' and ', respectively. The respective first editions were published in 1906–1913 (Aschehoug) and 1933–1934 (Gyldendal). The slump in sales of paper-based encyclopedias around the turn of the 21st century hit Kunnskapsforlaget hard, but a fourth edition of the paper encyclopedia was secured by a grant of ten million Norwegian kroner from the foundation Fritt Ord in 2003. The f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sickan Carlsson
Sickan Anna-Greta Carlsson (12 August 19152 November 2011) was a Swedish film and theatre actress and singer. Biography From the 1930s to 1950s, Carlsson was Sweden's most popular film actress and its highest paid, topping the salary of even the most popular male performer. She was also an accomplished singer and recording artist and performed on stage and in musical revues. She was noted for her comedic films, which peaked during World War II. Several of her films from this period include upbeat musical numbers intended to raise the morale of her war-weary audiences. The characters she portrayed in the post-war years were often more complex than those she had played previously and featured less of her singing talents. Her screen persona was that of a carefree, energetic young woman who faced everyday problems with optimism. Her films were immensely popular and often had long runs in theaters. Carlsson is most closely associated with two directors: Schamyl Bauman (in films fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sven Tumba
Sven Tumba (born Sven Olof Gunnar Johansson; 28 August 1931 – 1 October 2011) was one of the most prominent Swedish ice hockey players of the 1950s and 1960s. He also represented Sweden in Association football, football as well as golf and became Swedish champion in waterskiing.Sven Johansson Swedish Olympic Committee Johansson first became known as "Tumba" in the 1950s since there were other players with the same last name, and he grew up in the Swedish town of Tumba, Sweden, Tumba. In October 1960 he married his wife Mona, and five years later he, along with Mona, legally changed his family name to Tumba. Johansson was inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame in 1997. After his retirement from ice hockey, he became an accomplished golfer, a golf course designer, creator and organizer of golf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stefan Liv
Stefan Daniel Patryk Liv (born Patryk Śliż; 21 December 1980 – 7 September 2011) was a Polish-born Swedish professional ice hockey player who played as a goaltender. Liv played professionally in Sweden, North America and Russia. Liv played nine seasons for HV71 in the top-tier league in Sweden. He was drafted by the Detroit Red Wings in the 2000 NHL entry draft and played one season elsewhere in the Red Wings organization, but never played in the National Hockey League (NHL). He then returned to Europe and HV71, where he played three seasons before moving to Russia in 2010. Liv was a member of Lokomotiv Yaroslavl of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) when he died, along with the rest of the team in the 2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash. He was a member of several Swedish national teams, including the 2006 Olympic championship team. A street in Jönköping was named "Stefan Livs gata" (English: ''Stefan Liv's street'') in his honour on 2 August 2013. Early life Liv was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lennart Magnusson
Lennart Carl Oscar Magnusson (1 January 1924 – 2 September 2011) was a Swedish fencer. He won a silver medal in the team épée event at the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics (, ), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad (, ) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952, were an international multi-sport event held from 19 July to 3 August 1952 in Helsinki, Finland. After Japan declared in ....Lennart Magnusson Swedish Olympic Committee References External links * 1924 births 2011 deaths Swedish male épée fencers[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kurt Johansson
Kurt Ivar Björn Johansson (25 February 1914 – 8 August 2011) was a Swedish shooter who competed at the 1948, 1960 and 1968 Olympics. In 1948 in London he placed fourth in the free rifle, three positions, 300 m event. In 1960 he finished 19th in the same event and 15th in the 50 m rifle prone competition. In 1968 he placed 17th, 20th and 26th in the mixed free rifle, three positions, 300 m, mixed small-bore rifle, three positions, 50 m, and mixed small-bore rifle, prone, 50 m, respectively. Johansson was born in Stockholm and competed out of Södermalm Liljeholmens Skf. He was a successful international competitor outside of the Olympic Games and gained a reputation at the 1947 ISSF World Shooting Championships in his native Stockholm. There he captured individual silver in the 300 m prone and kneeling positions, gold in the 300 m standard position, and bronze in the 50 m prone position, as well as team gold in the 300 m standard position and bronze in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
