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Enqvist
Enqvist is a Swedish surname, present mainly in Sweden and in Finland. Alternate spellings include Enquist and Enkvist. Notable people Notable people who have this surname include: * Björn Morgan Enqvist, Swedish footballer * Kari Enqvist, Finnish cosmologist * Oskar Enqvist, Russian admiral * Simon Enqvist, Finnish football player * Thomas Enqvist, Swedish tennis player See also * Enquist Enquist is a surname of Swedish origin which may refer to: *Jan Enquist, Swedish rear admiral *Jeff Enquist, American soccer player *Lynn W. Enquist, American professor in molecular biology * Oskar Enquist, Imperial Russian vice admiral of Swedish ... References {{Surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Björn Morgan Enqvist
Björn Morgan Enqvist (born 12 October 1977 in Lund, Sweden) is a Swedish footballer who last played for Aris Limassol FC in the 2nd division in Cyprus. Club career Early life Enqvist is a centre midfielder from the academy of Malmö FF, where he started his career as a 10-year-old playing in a very successful youth team of boys born 1977. The team won two Swedish championships for under-16s. Both the national league for U16 and the National indoor 5-a-side championship. They also competed successfully in many European tournaments and the successful youth team produced five professional players for the senior team of Malmö FF, including Enqvist. England On 10 February 1995, Enqvist moved to the Premier League (at the age of 17) with Crystal Palace. He spent two years playing for the club mostly in the reserves but also reaching the FA Youth Cup semi-final against Liverpool where he scored a memorable volley. Scandinavia Enqvist transferred back to Malmö FF in January 1997 u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oskar Enqvist
Oskar Wilhelm Enqvist (russian: О́скар Адо́льфович Энквист, Oskar Adolfovich Enkvist; 28 October 1849 – 3 March 1912) was a Finnish-Swedish admiral in the Imperial Russian Navy, noted for his role in the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905. Youth and early career Born to Captain Adolf Frederik Enqvist of ethnic Finno-Swedish ethnicity and Lutheran faith. Enqvist was a classmate of future Admiral Nikolai Nebogatov at the Naval Cadet Corps in 1866. He was promoted to gardemarin in 1869 and graduated as a midshipman in 1871. He served in the Russian Baltic Fleet from 1871–1874, and was promoted to lieutenant on 30 August 1874. From 15 June 1884 to 24 October 1886, he was an officer on the gunboat ''Sivuch'' on which he led an expedition to the Far East. On 13 April 1886 he was promoted to captain 2nd rank, while still on his expedition. On 28 October 1887 he returned to Russia. Enqvist was transferred to the cruiser as executive officer on 9 April 1888, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Enqvist
Thomas Karl Johan Enqvist (born 13 March 1974) is a Swedish former professional tennis player. He reached the final of the 1999 Australian Open and won a total of 19 singles titles, including three Masters titles. He has a career high ATP world singles ranking of No. 4, achieved on 15 November 1999. Tennis career Throughout his career, Enqvist finished four seasons ranked inside the top 10 and won at least one ATP title for six consecutive years. In 1998 he underwent surgery in Stockholm to remove a small piece of bone from his right foot and had surgery on his right shoulder to repair a repetitive strain injury. Despite his surgeries, Enqvist posted some major victories, including wins over world no. 1 Pete Sampras, Juan Carlos Ferrero, and Andy Roddick. Enqvist won a total of 19 singles titles, the most significant being ATP Masters Series titles at Paris (1996), Stuttgart (1999) and both the singles and doubles titles in Cincinnati (2000). In winning the Stuttgart Masters, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kari Enqvist
Kari-Pekka Enqvist (born February 16, 1954 in Lahti, Finland) is a professor of cosmology in the Department of Physical Sciences at the University of Helsinki. Enqvist was awarded his PhD in theoretical physics in 1983. Enqvist is the chairman of the scientific advisory board of Skepsis ry (a Finnish sceptics' society) and has written many books that popularize physics. In 1997 Enqvist was granted the Magnus Ehrnrooth Foundation Physics Award for his efforts in particle physics and cosmology Cosmology () is a branch of physics and metaphysics dealing with the nature of the universe. The term ''cosmology'' was first used in English in 1656 in Thomas Blount's ''Glossographia'', and in 1731 taken up in Latin by German philosophe .... In 1999, he was awarded the Tieto-Finlandia award, Finland's most significant award for non-fiction, for his book ''Olemisen porteilla ("At the gates of being")''. Enqvist retired from the University of Helsinki in 2019. References Exte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon Enqvist
Simon Enqvist (born 2 October 1988) is a Finnish football goalkeeper. After playing on low tiers in Sweden and Finland, Enqvist joined IF Finströms Kamraterna in the 2008 Kakkonen before being picked up by first-tier club IFK Mariehamn in the same season. He played 5 games in the 2008 Veikkausliiga. After spending 2009 in another club, he returned to Mariehamn in 2010 without playing. He also played 5 games for the Åland Islands official football team Åland ( fi, Ahvenanmaa: ; ; ) is an autonomous and demilitarised region of Finland since 1920 by a decision of the League of Nations. It is the smallest region of Finland by area and population, with a size of 1,580 km2, and a populatio ... in the 2009 Island Games. References 1988 births Living people Sportspeople from Åland Finnish footballers Association football goalkeepers IFK Mariehamn players Kakkonen players Veikkausliiga players {{Finland-footy-goalkeeper-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sweden
Sweden, ; fi, Ruotsi; fit, Ruotti; se, Ruoŧŧa; smj, Svierik; sje, Sverji; sju, Sverje; sma, Sveerje or ; yi, שוועדן, Shvedn; rmu, Svedikko; rmf, Sveittiko. 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 country and the List of European countries by area, fifth-largest country in Europe. The Capital city, capital and largest city is Stockholm. Sweden has a population of 10.5 million, and a low population density of ; around 87% of Swedes reside in urban areas in the central and southern half of the country. Sweden’s urban areas together cover 1.5% of its land area. Because the country is so long, ranging from 55th parallel north, 55°N to 69th parallel north, 69°N, the climate of Sweden is diverse. Sweden has been inhabited since Prehistoric Sweden, prehistoric times, . T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
