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Lars Tingsten
General Lars Herman Tingsten (13 July 1857 – 10 September 1937) was a Swedish Army officer. He was Minister for War from 1905 to 1907 and Chief of the General Staff from 1919 to 1922. Early life Tingsten was born on 13 July 1857 in Ingatorp, Sweden, the son of sergeant Lars Magnus Tingsten and his wife Maria Charlotta (née Durling). He was the uncle of Herbert Tingsten. Tingsten passed '' studentexamen'' in Uppsala in 1875 and decided soon to pursue a military career, but at a time with petty military prejudices, it was only with great difficulty that the son of a noncommissioned officer son managed to be accepted as a volunteer officer. Career Tingsten was commissioned as an officer in Hälsinge Regiment (I 14) in 1878 with then rank second lieutenant. He was promoted to lieutenant in 1884 and he became lieutenant of the General Staff in 1886 and captain of the General Staff in 1891. Tingsten became major of the General Staff in 1897 and lieutenant colonel in 1901 after h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
General (Sweden)
General (Gen; ) is a Four-star rank, four-star commissioned Officer (armed forces), officer rank in the Swedish Army, Swedish Air Force and Swedish Amphibious Corps. General ranks immediately above Generallöjtnant, lieutenant general and is equivalent to Admiral (Sweden), admiral in the Swedish Navy. It is held by the Supreme Commander of the Swedish Armed Forces, Supreme Commander of the Swedish Armed Forces and the Monarchy of Sweden, monarch. History In Sweden, the rank of general was a three-star rank until 1972 when it became a four-star rank. Historically, during the 20th century, Generallöjtnant, lieutenant generals were Tombstone promotion, promoted one grade upon retirement to full general. According to current practice only royals and the Supreme Commander of the Swedish Armed Forces, if he were to come from the Swedish Army, Swedish Air Force or the Swedish Amphibious Corps can hold the rank of a full, four-star, general in Sweden. In 2009, the Swedish Armed Forces r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ingatorp
Ingatorp is a locality situated in Eksjö Municipality, Jönköping County, Sweden Sweden, 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 count ... with 453 inhabitants in 2010. References External links Populated places in Eksjö Municipality {{Jönköping-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Södermanland Regiment (infantry)
Södermanland Regiment (), designation I 10, was a Swedish Army infantry regiment that operated 1634–1942 and 1957–1963. The unit was based in the Strängnäs Garrison in Strängnäs, Södermanland, Sweden. In 1963 the regiment was transferred to the Swedish Armoured Troops under the name of Södermanland Regiment (P 10). History In October 1939, in accordance with the Defence act of 1936, I 10 had been reorganized into a combined regiment, ie with an infantry battalion and an armored battalion. The tanks of the armored battalion came from the then disbanded Göta Life Guard (I 2) and consisted of Stridsvagn m/21-29, Stridsvagn m/31, Stridsvagn m/37 and Stridsvagn m/38, in all about 40. Due to the military-political situation of 1940, in April, for the first time in Sweden, a tank battalion was mobilized, namely the 1st Tank Battalion (''1. stridsvagnsbataljonen'') at I 10 in Strängnäs. Through the Defence Act of 1942, the regiment was reorganized into the Södermanlan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boden, Sweden
Boden (, outdatedly , Lule Sámi: ''Suttes'') is a locality and the seat of Boden Municipality in Norrbotten County, Sweden, with 16,847 inhabitants in 2018. It is part of the larger area around coastal city Luleå some southeast. After Kiruna, it is the second largest town in Northern Sweden's interior. History The town of Boden started as a railway junction where the Northern Line ('' Norra stambanan'', opened 1894) met with the Ore Line ('' Malmbanan'') from the rich iron ore fields in northern Sweden. The town experienced increased growth when the Boden Fortress was constructed in the beginning of the 20th century. The purpose of the fortress was to defend Sweden from a possible attack from the east, where Russia was considered the most dangerous threat. The first official writings mentioning Boden refer to it as "Boden Village" (Swedish: ''Bodebyn'') and come from a 1539 national tax register. In 1546, "Boden village" is mentioned as having 7 homes. Boden received the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olof Malm
Olov (or Olof) is a Swedish form of Olav/Olaf, meaning "ancestor's descendant". A common short form of the name is ''Olle''. The name may refer to: * Olle Åberg (1925–2013), Swedish middle-distance runner * Olle Åhlund (1920–1996), Swedish footballer * Olle Anderberg (1919–2003), Swedish wrestler in the Olympic Games * Olle Andersson (speedway rider) (1932–2017), Swedish speedway rider * Olle Andersson (tennis) (1895–1974), Swedish tennis player * Olov Englund (born 1983), Swedish bandy player * Olof Forssberg (1938–2023), Swedish jurist and civil servant * Olle Hagnell (1924–2011), Swedish psychiatrist * Olle Hellbom (1925–1982), Swedish film director * Olof Johansson (born 1937), Swedish politician * Olov Lambatunga, Archbishop of Uppsala, Sweden, 1198–1206 * Olle Larsson (1928–1960), Swedish rower * Olof Mellberg (born 1977), Swedish footballer * Olof Mörck (born 1981), Swedish guitarist and songwriter, member of Amaranthe * Olle Nordemar (191 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arvid Lindman
Salomon Arvid Achates Lindman (19 September 1862 – 9 December 1936) was a Swedish rear admiral, industrialist and conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of Sweden from 1906 to 1911 and again from 1928 to 1930. He has been described as one of the fathers of modern Sweden. He was also the leader of the conservative Moderate Party, General Electoral Union () between 1912 and 1935 as well as leader of ''Lantmanna- och borgarepartiet'' (a member party of the General Electoral Union) from 1913 to 1935, except for a short while during 1917 when he served as Minister for Foreign Affairs (Sweden), Minister for Foreign Affairs. Lindman married Annie Almström in 1888, with whom he had three children. He was a cousin of Alex Lindman. Biography Early life and career Arvid Lindman was born in Österbybruk, Uppsala County (Riksdag constituency), Uppsala county, Sweden, the son of Emil Achates Lindman, a mill director and Ebba Dahlgren. The family name arises from the L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suffrage
Suffrage, political franchise, or simply franchise is the right to vote in public, political elections and referendums (although the term is sometimes used for any right to vote). In some languages, and occasionally in English, the right to vote is called active suffrage, as distinct from passive suffrage, which is the right to stand for election. The combination of active and passive suffrage is sometimes called ''full suffrage''. In most democracies, eligible voters can vote in elections for representatives. Voting on issues by referendum ( direct democracy) may also be available. For example, in Switzerland, this is permitted at all levels of government. In the United States, some states allow citizens the opportunity to write, propose, and vote on referendums ( popular initiatives); other states and the federal government do not. Referendums in the United Kingdom are rare. Suffrage continues to be especially restricted on the basis of age, residency and citizenship ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andra Kammaren
The Andra kammaren (lit. "Second Chamber", often abbreviated 'AK'; referred to in some non-Swedish sources as the Chamber of Deputies) was the lower house of the Bicameralism, bicameral Riksdag of Sweden between 1866 and 1970 that replaced the Riksdag of the Estates. The upper house was the Första kammaren. At the time of its abolition the chamber had 233 members, who were elected for four-year terms of office by men and women over the age of twenty. Volume 24, Dan Golenpaul, McGraw-Hill, 1970, page 358 Both chambers had the same powers. At the last 1968 Swedish general election, general election in 1968, the Swedish Social Democratic Party, Social Democrats received more than half the votes. Early compositio ...
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Erik Trolle (Sweden)
Erik Trolle (or Erik Arvidsson) (c. 1460–1530) was elected regent of Sweden in 1512, during the era of Kalmar Union. He was Justiciar of Närke and a Lord High Councillor of Sweden from 1487. Biography Erik Arvidsson was born around 1460 into an important family of high nobility and was apparently aiming at a clerical career. Erik's parents were lord Arvid Birgersson Trolle (died 1505) and his first wife Kerstin Jonsdotter (Gädda). His father had connected him to the powerful Thott family by marrying Beate Iversdatter Thott (died 1487) as his second wife in 1466. His last stepmother was his father's third wife Brita Turesdotter Bielke. Erik studied at the University of Rostock and University of Cologne, had positions as Canon in Uppsala and Linköping but was never ordained. Erik was elected Regent ('' riksföreståndare'') at the meeting of the High Council of Sweden in 1512 upon the death of regent Svante Nilsson, Lord of Ekesiö, but never actually took office, being su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karl Staaff
Karl Albert Staaff (21 January 1860 – 4 October 1915) was a Swedish liberal politician and lawyer who served as the Prime Minister of Sweden from 1905 to 1906 and again from 1911 to 1914. He was chairman of the Liberal Coalition Party from 1907 to 1915. He was Sweden's first liberal prime minister, as well as its last prime minister whose governance was ended by a lack of monarchical support. Biography Karl Albert Staaff was born on 21 January 1860 in the city of Stockholm. His parents were and Fredrika Wilhelmina "Mina" Schöne. From 1897 to 1915 Staaff was a member of the Riksdag's '' Andra kammar'', Parliament's lower house. In 1905, he became a Minister without portfolio in Christian Lundeberg's cabinet. Lundeberg appointed him a delegate in Karlstad that year to negotiate the dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden. The working relationship between the Swedish delegates was good, particularly between Staaff and ecclesiastical minister Hjalmar Hammarskjö ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian Lundeberg
Christian Lundeberg (14 July 1842 – 10 November 1911) was a Swedish politician who served as Prime Minister of Sweden from 2 August to 7 November 1905. Biography Lundeberg was born in Forsbacka, Gävleborg County, on 14 July 1842. He was the son of Johan Ulrik August Lundeberg, a mill owner, and Maria Benjamina Eckman. He studied at Ultuna and at a military school, and was a Löjtnant (roughly equivalent to lieutenant) from 1861 to 1874, after which he left the military service. He worked at the iron works at Forsbacka bruk, where he was CEO from 1885 to 1906. He was a member of the First Chamber of Parliament for the conservative and protectionist party, and became its leader in 1899. Lundeberg was a leading figure during the parliamentary discussions regarding the union between Sweden and Norway. He was the chairman of a committee that was critical of, and eventually lead to the demise of Johan Ramstedt's government. In June 1905, the King appointed Lundeberg to cre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ministry Of Land Defence
Ministry of Land Defence () was in a broad sense, one of the eight ministries, in which the Government of Sweden, Swedish government administration was divided into. Its head was called Minister of War. The Ministry of Land Defence Department was established on 16 May 1840 and was merged with the Ministry for Naval Affairs (Sweden), Ministry for Naval Affairs into the newly established Ministry of Defence (Sweden), Ministry of Defence on 30 June 1920. History The Ministry of Land Defence was established in connection with the ministry reform in 1840. The cases, previously handled by the War Office (''Krigsexpeditionen''), were now divided between the Ministry of Land Defence and the Ministry for Naval Affairs (Sweden), Ministry for Naval Affairs. The Ministry of Land Defence's first cabinet meeting day was on 19 May 1840. According to the Royal Decree concerning the distribution of cases between the ministries on 16 May 1840 (Swedish Code of Statutes, SFS 1840 No. 14), the following ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
