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Giertz
Giertz is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Bo Giertz (1905–1998), Swedish Lutheran theologian, novelist and bishop * Caroline Giertz (born 1958), Swedish author and television presenter * Simone Giertz (born 1990), Swedish inventor, maker, robotics enthusiast, TV host, and professional YouTuber {{surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bo Giertz
Bo Harald Giertz (; 31 August 1905 – 12 July 1998) was a Swedish Lutheran theologian, novelist and bishop of the Gothenburg Lutheran Diocese from 1949 to 1970. By the time he became bishop, he was already quite well known in Sweden and elsewhere both as an author and as a priest. He worked hard to promote western Swedish Pietism, an outlook that strongly resembled Neo-Lutheranism. Mostly it was a piety that took Scripture seriously, though not in a fundamentalist, literalist sense, and that centered Christian life on sacraments and prayer. Giertz's combination of pietist pastoral care with High Church Lutheran theology, which can also be noticed in his novels, gained for him a wide readership and made his novels as well as non-fiction books about Christian faith popular in Scandinavia. Giertz wrote more than 600 works but is known in the English-speaking world mostly for his book '' The Hammer of God''. Biography Childhood Giertz was born in Räpplinge on Öland, an island o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caroline Giertz
Elsa Caroline Giertz (born 26 May 1958) is a Swedish author and television presenter. From 1996 to 1998, Giertz hosted news panel show ''Måndagsklubben'', broadcast on Swedish channel Kanal 5, and is also known for hosting paranormal show ''Det Okända'', broadcast on TV4 and Sjuan between 2006 and 2019. Giertz is also an author and has published several books since the 1990s. Personal life Giertz is the granddaughter of architect Lars Magnus Giertz, and niece of his brother Bo Giertz, who was a bishop. Her great great grandfather, Lars Magnus Ericsson, was the founder of telecommunications manufacturer Ericsson, and author Martin Giertz is her second cousin once removed. Giertz and her partner, television producer Nicola Söderlund, had one daughter, Simone Giertz, who is a popular inventor and YouTube creator. In a 2012 interview, Giertz said that she had been diagnosed with ADHD Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a neurodevelopmental disorde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
