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Elsa Bonsdorff
''Elsa'' Rosina Bonsdorff; 10 November 1883, Turku – 4 August 1973, Helsinki) was a Finnish politician who served as a member of the Parliament of Finland for the Uusimaa (constituency), Uusimaa constituency from 1936 to 1945, representing the Swedish People's Party of Finland (SFP). References External links 1883 births 1973 deaths Politicians from Turku Swedish-speaking Finns Swedish People's Party of Finland politicians Members of the Parliament of Finland (1936–1939) Members of the Parliament of Finland (1939–1945) 20th-century Finnish women politicians Women members of the Parliament of Finland {{SwedishPeoplesParty-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Göran Schildt
Göran Schildt (11 March 1917 – 24 January 2009) was a Finnish Swede author and art historian. He was the son of the author Runar Schildt. Life and work Schildt is perhaps best known for his travelogues with the sailboat ''Daphne''. He made the decision to become a Mediterranean sailor after being seriously injured during the Finnish Winter War and forced to spend a year and a half in hospital. "Then I thought that if I can do this, I will realize my dream: I will get a boat and sail around all corners of the Mediterranean," he later said. The architect Alvar Aalto was one of the guests at ''Daphne'' and their lifelong friendship was the basis for Schildt's masterpiece, the three-part biography of Aalto. Schildt went to school at the in Helsinki. He received his doctorate in philosophy with a dissertation on the painter Cezanne and also studied languages at the Sorbonne in Paris. He moved to Sweden in 1945 and was an employee of Svenska Dagbladet 1951–1990. He was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |