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Lindegren
Lindegren is a Swedish surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Arthur Lindegren (1911–1981), American swimmer * Erik Lindegren (1910–1968), Swedish author, poet, and member of the Swedish Academy * Yrjö Lindegren Yrjö Lorenzo Lindegren (13 August 1900 – 12 November 1952) was a Finnish architect and Olympic Gold medallist. Lindegren was born in Tampere. He graduated as an architect in 1925 from the Helsinki University of Technology, and set up his o ... (1900–1952), Finnish architect See also * Lindgren, surname {{Surname Swedish-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yrjö Lindegren
Yrjö Lorenzo Lindegren (13 August 1900 – 12 November 1952) was a Finnish architect and Olympic Gold medallist. Lindegren was born in Tampere. He graduated as an architect in 1925 from the Helsinki University of Technology, and set up his own office later the same year. Lindegren's best-known work is the Helsinki Olympic Stadium, which he designed together with Toivo Jäntti in the early 1930s. After the 1940 Summer Olympics in Helsinki were cancelled due to the Second World War, he ended up competing in the Olympics himself before his stadium was used for the Games. He won the Olympic gold medal in the town planning category of architecture at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London. Lindegren won the Grand Prix in architecture at the 1937 World's Fair in Paris, France. In the mid-1940s, he worked together with Alvar Aalto and Viljo Revell, making several community plans for the post-World War II Finland. He also designed the Docomomo-listed Serpentine House Serpentine Ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erik Lindegren
Erik Lindegren (August 5, 1910 – May 31, 1968) was a Swedish author, poet, critical writer and member of the Swedish Academy (1962–68, chair 17). Grandson of composer Johan Lindegren. Lindegren was born in Luleå, Norrbotten County, the son of a railway engineer. With Gunnar Ekelöf, he belonged to the most prominent exponents of the lyric modernism flourishing in his country, especially from the 1940s. His poetry books include the surreal "shattered sonnets" in ''mannen utan väg'' ("The Man Without a Way", title without capital M; 1942, a breakthrough work of its generation and a central work in fyrtiotalism literature), ''Sviter'' ("Suites", 1947) and ''Vinteroffer'' ("Winter Sacrifice", 1954). He translated the works of T. S. Eliot, Rainer Maria Rilke, Graham Greene, Saint-John Perse, Dylan Thomas, William Faulkner, Paul Claudel and many others into Swedish.''Britannica Book of the Year 1969'', covering events of 1968, (published 1969), "Obituaries 1968" article, item on " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Lindegren
John Arthur Lindegren (October 13, 1911 – May 23, 1981) is an American competition swimmer who represented the United States at the 1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics ( German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad ( German: ''Spiele der XI. Olympiade'') and commonly known as Berlin 1936 or the Nazi Olympics, were an international multi- ... in Berlin, Germany. Lindegren finished seventh in the men's 100-meter freestyle with a time of 59.9 seconds in the event final. External links * * 1911 births 1981 deaths American male freestyle swimmers Olympic swimmers for the United States Swimmers from Los Angeles Swimmers at the 1936 Summer Olympics 20th-century American sportsmen {{US-swimming-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lindgren
Lindgren is a Swedish surname. Geographical distribution As of 2014, 58.0% of all known bearers of the surname ''Lindgren'' were residents of Sweden, 26.3% of the United States, 7.0% of Finland, 2.4% of Norway, 1.8% of Denmark and 1.7% of Canada. In Sweden, the frequency of the surname was higher than the national average in the following counties: * 1. Västerbotten (1:108) * 2. Norrbotten (1:197) * 3. Västmanland (1:310) * 4. Västernorrland (1:312) * 5. Gävleborg (1:322) * 6. Jämtland (1:347) * 7. Uppsala (1:352) * 8. Dalarna (1:370) * 9. Gotland (1:370) * 10. Östergötland (1:409) In Finland, the frequency of the surname was higher than the national average in the following regions: * 1. Åland (1:979) * 2. Ostrobothnia (1:1,010) * 3. Southwest Finland (1:1,067) * 4. Uusimaa (1:1,265) * 5. Satakunta (1:1,593) * 6. Southern Savonia (1:1,766) Notable people * Armada (video game player) (Adam Lindgren, born 1993) *Armas Lindgren, Finnish architect *Astrid Lindgren (1907� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |