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Ivar Öhman
Oscar ''Ivar'' Öhman (19 January 1914 – 25 August 1989) was a Swedish journalist and diplomat. He served as Ambassador of Sweden to Greece from 1976 to 1980. Early life Öhman was born on 19 January 1914 in Timrå, Sweden, the son of Oscar Öhman, an editor, and his wife Elvira (née Näslund). Career Öhman was a contributor to ''Norrlands-Kuriren'' from 1931 to 1934 and published ''Unga Röster'' between 1932 and 1934. He was editorial secretary at ''Folket i Bild'' in 1934 and editor-in-chief there from 1946 to 1962, and for ''Utflykt'' in 1962. Öhman served as a press attaché at the Swedish embassy in Oslo with position as counsellor in 1963 and as press counsellor in 1970. He served as ambassador in Athens from 1976 to 1980. Personal life and death In 1940, Öhman married Ingrid Rollvén (born 1915), the daughter of Hjalmar Rollvén and Ester (née Trolin). In 1952, he married Birgit Koch (born 1924), the daughter of Rolf Koch and Sally (née Trolin). Barn i första � ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Timrå
Timrå () is a Urban areas in Sweden, locality and the seat of Timrå Municipality in Västernorrland County, Sweden with 10,443 inhabitants in 2010. It is located about 13 km north of Sundsvall (a town with a metropolitan area of some 100,000 inhabitants), and could arguably be considered a satellite to that town. The two closest cities (Sundsvall and Härnösand) share one airport, Midlanda, that is geographically located in Timrå. Indalsälven, one of Sweden's largest rivers with a length of 430 km, meets the Gulf of Botnia in Timrå. In Sweden, Timrå is mainly known for its ice hockey club Timrå IK, which, as of season 2023/24 plays in the Swedish top division Swedish Hockey League, SHL. In 1995, Swedish artist Bengt Lindström constructed the Y, a 30 meter high sculpture located in Timrå. Local legend says that Sörberge, on the north side of the town, is haunted by a tall man wearing a very large coat called 'Lilla Bubbas'. Climate Timrå has historically ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stockholm
Stockholm (; ) is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, most populous city of Sweden, as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in the Nordic countries. Approximately 1 million people live in the Stockholm Municipality, municipality, with 1.6 million in the Stockholm urban area, urban area, and 2.5 million in the Metropolitan Stockholm, metropolitan area. The city stretches across fourteen islands where Mälaren, Lake Mälaren flows into the Baltic Sea. Outside the city to the east, and along the coast, is the island chain of the Stockholm archipelago. The area has been settled since the Stone Age, in the 6th millennium BC, and was founded as a city in 1252 by Swedish statesman Birger Jarl. The city serves as the county seat of Stockholm County. Stockholm is the cultural, media, political, and economic centre of Sweden. The Stockholm region alone accounts for over a third of the country's Gros ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Ambassadors Of Sweden To Greece
The Ambassador of Sweden to Greece (known formally as the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Sweden to the Hellenic Republic) is the official representative of the government of Sweden to the president of Greece and government of Greece. History Sweden has had diplomatic relations with Greece since 1833. In a report on the reorganization of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in early January 1921, it was proposed that the head of the mission in Constantinople also be accredited in Athens. However, the experts suggested that, for the time being, the minister should be accredited only in Sofia. Instead, the first Swedish minister to Greece was Einar af Wirsén in 1921, which held a dual accreditation and was posted to the Swedish legation in Bucharest. Knut Richard Thyberg was the first resident Swedish minister in Greece. He arrived in August 1944. As the Germans did not permit any foreign diplomatic representatives, Minister Thyberg initially held the title of Swedish consul general ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oslo
Oslo ( or ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of 1,064,235 in 2022, and the metropolitan area had an estimated population of in 2021. During the Viking Age, the area was part of Viken. Oslo was founded as a city at the end of the Viking Age in 1040 under the name Ánslo, and established as a ''kaupstad'' or trading place in 1048 by Harald Hardrada. The city was elevated to a bishopric in 1070 and a capital under Haakon V of Norway around the year 1300. Personal unions with Denmark from 1397 to 1523 and again from 1536 to 1814 reduced its influence. After being destroyed by a fire in 1624, during the reign of King Christian IV, a new city was built closer to Akershus Fortress and named Christiania in honour of the king. It became a municipality ('' formannskapsdistrikt'') on 1 January 1838. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athens
Athens ( ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Greece, largest city of Greece. A significant coastal urban area in the Mediterranean, Athens is also the capital of the Attica (region), Attica region and is the southernmost capital on the European mainland. With its urban area's population numbering over 3.6 million, it is the List of urban areas in the European Union, eighth-largest urban area in the European Union (EU). The Municipality of Athens (also City of Athens), which constitutes a small administrative unit of the entire urban area, had a population of 643,452 (2021) within its official limits, and a land area of . Athens is one of the List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, world's oldest cities, with its recorded history spanning over 3,400 years, and its earliest human presence beginning somewhere between the 11th and 7th millennia BCE. According to Greek mythology the city was named after Athena, the ancient Greek goddess of wisdom, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norra Begravningsplatsen
Norra begravningsplatsen, literally "The Northern Burial Place" in Swedish, is a major cemetery of the Stockholm urban area, located in Solna Municipality. Inaugurated on 9 June 1827, it is the burial site for a number of Swedish notables. The largest part of the cemetery is managed by Stockholm Municipality, Stockholm municipality, despite being located in the neighbouring municipality of Solna. The site also has a Catholic and a Jewish burial ground with their own administrators. The Catholic burial ground was established in 1847 to the north of the oldest part of the cemetery and next to the Catholic part is the Jewish burial ground, which was established in 1857. The Catholic and Jewish burial grounds also have chapels. Notable interments Nobel laureates * Klas Pontus Arnoldson (1844–1916), Nobel laureate in Peace * Allvar Gullstrand (1862–1930), Nobel laureate in Medicine * Nelly Sachs (1891–1970), author and Nobel laureate in Literature * Hugo Theorell (1903–1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Solna Municipality
Solna ( or , ), also known as Solna Municipality, is a municipalities of Sweden, municipality in central Stockholm County, Sweden, located just north of Stockholm City Centre. Its seat is located in the town of Solna, which is a part of the Stockholm urban area. Solna is one of the wealthiest municipalities in Sweden. The municipality is part of Metropolitan Stockholm. None of the area is considered rural, which is unusual for Swedish municipalities, which normally are of mixed rural/urban character. Solna is the third-smallest municipality in Sweden in terms of area, after nearby Sundbyberg Municipality, Sundbyberg, as well as Burlöv Municipality, Burlöv, Scania County. Solna borders Stockholm Municipality to the south, southeast, and northwest; Sundbyberg Municipality to the west; Sollentuna Municipality to the north; and Danderyd Municipality to the northeast. The boundary with Danderyd Municipality is delineated by the Stocksundet strait. There are two parishes in Solna Mun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Illis Quorum
''Illis quorum'' (''Illis quorum meruere labores'') (English: "For Those Whose Labors Have Deserved It") is a gold medal awarded for outstanding contributions to Swedish culture, science or society. The award was introduced in 1784 by King Gustav III, and was first awarded in 1785. Prior to 1975, the medal was awarded by the King of Sweden. Illis quorum is now awarded by the Government of Sweden, and it is currently the highest award that can be conferred upon an individual Swedish citizen by the Government. It is awarded, on average, to seven people per year. Selected recipients * 1848 – Rafael Ginard i Sabater * 1873 – Sophia Wilkens * 1883 – Lea Ahlborn * 1890 – Karin Åhlin * 1895 – Sophie Adlersparre, Emmy Rappe * 1896 – Hilda Caselli * 1899 – Ellen Bergman * 1904 – Anna Sandström * 1907 – Gertrud Adelborg, Anna Hierta-Retzius * 1910 – Agda Montelius * 1913 – Anna Rönström * 1918 – Kerstin Hesselgren, Emilie Rathou * 1920 – Elsa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agda Rössel
Agda Viola Rössel, née ''Jäderström'' (4 November 1910 – 27 May 2001) was a Swedish politician (Social Democrat) and diplomat. She was appointed Permanent Representative of Sweden to the United Nations in 1958 and was as the first of her gender to have been permanently placed in that position among the 60 UN ambassadors that year in the United Nations organisation; she served in that position till 1964. After this assignment she was Sweden's Ambassador to many countries such as Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia, and Greece. Early life Agda Rössel née Jäderström was born in Gällivare, Norrbotten, Sweden on 4 November 1910; Gällivare is a small town engaged in mining to in the far north of Sweden to the north of the Arctic Circle. Her father was a railway employee. She was the fourth child in family of six children. She was keen in studies. She attended schools in Gällivare and in Malmberget. Even though she wanted to train as a doctor, due to her mother's illness and financ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iwo Dölling
Fritz "Iwo" Dölling (12 January 1923 – 22 April 2019) was a Swedish diplomat. Early life Dölling was born on 12 January 1923 in Vaxholm, Sweden, the son of Major Fritz Dölling and Margit (née Zander). He passed his reserve officers exam in 1944 and received a Candidate of Law degree from Stockholm University College in 1949. Career Dölling was employed as an attaché at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in 1949. Dölling served as an attaché and secretary with the Swedish OEEC delegation in Paris from 1950 to 1955, followed by a post as secretary at the Swedish embassy in Bonn from 1955 to 1957 and at the legation in Pretoria from 1957 to 1960. From 1960 to 1963, he was a first secretary at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, then served as a commercial counsellor in London from 1963 to 1964, and later as embassy counsellor and deputy head of the Swedish EEC delegation in Brussels from 1965 to 1970. He was appointed minister in Brussels from 1970 to 1972. Following his ti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1914 Births
This year saw the beginning of what became known as the First World War, after Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir to the Austrian throne was Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, assassinated by Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip. It also saw the first airline to provide scheduled regular commercial passenger services with heavier-than-air aircraft, with the St. Petersburg–Tampa Airboat Line. Events January * January 1 – The St. Petersburg–Tampa Airboat Line in the United States starts services between St. Petersburg, Florida, St. Petersburg and Tampa, Florida, becoming the first airline to provide scheduled regular commercial passenger services with heavier-than-air aircraft, with Tony Jannus (the first federally-licensed pilot) conveying passengers in a Benoist XIV flying boat. Abram C. Pheil, mayor of St. Petersburg, is the first airline passenger, and over 3,000 people witness the first departure. * January 11 **The Sakurajima volcano in Japan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1989 Deaths
1989 was a turning point in political history with the " Revolutions of 1989" which ended communism in Eastern Bloc of Europe, starting in Poland and Hungary, with experiments in power-sharing coming to a head with the opening of the Berlin Wall in November, the Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and the overthrow of the communist dictatorship in Romania in December; the movement ended in December 1991 with the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Revolutions against communist governments in Eastern Europe mainly succeeded, but the year also saw the suppression by the Chinese government of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests in Beijing. It was the year of the first Brazilian direct presidential election in 29 years, since the end of the military government in 1985 that ruled the country for more than twenty years, and marked the redemocratization process's final point. F. W. de Klerk was elected as State President of South Africa, and his regime gradually dismantled th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
