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Martin Lamm
Martin Lamm (22 June 1880 – 5 May 1950) was a Swedes, Swedish Comparative literature, literary scholar elected to a lifetime membership of the Swedish Academy (seat number 2). Life and work Lamm was the son of businessman Herman Lamm (businessman), Herman Lamm and Lisen Philipson. He became associate professor of literature at Uppsala University in 1908. Lamm was a professor at Stockholm University 1919–1945. In 1928, he became a member of the Swedish Academy. Lamm was the first scholar to systematically edit the unpublished papers of August Strindberg and to conduct serious studies on the works of Carl Jonas Love Almquist. He also wrote a biography on Emanuel Swedenborg. Lamm died in a tram accident on Skeppsbron in Stockholm. Lamm was married to Greta Wawrinsky and had a daughter, psychiatrist Esther Lamm. Sources * Svenska Dagbladets årsbok : 1950, ed. Erik Rudberg, Edvin Hellbom, Stockholm 1951 p. 286. * Lamm 5, Herman Fredrik in Nordisk familjebok (2nd ed., 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Esther Lamm
Esther Lamm, (9 August 1913 in Stockholm – 28 February 1989 in Stockholm), was a Swedish child and adult psychiatrist and psychoanalyst who became involved in refugee relief. After World War II, she treated concentration camp survivors who arrived at the Stockholm hospital by ship and ambulance. Life and work Esther Lamm was born in 1913 to an intellectual Swedish-Jewish family. Her father Martin Lamm was elected to a life-time membership of the Swedish Academy and was known as a popular lecturer. Her mother Greta Wawrinsky stayed at home and became involved in refugee relief and social work with people fleeing the World War II, Second World War. During the 1930s, Esther Lamm studied medicine at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm specializing in psychiatry and graduated as a medical doctor in 1945 with high marks. She was present at the Karolinska Institute on 9 February 1939 and was among those who voted for the right of ten Jewish doctors to come to Sweden and practice th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skeppsbron
Skeppsbron ( Swedish: "The Ship's Bridge") is both a street and a quay in Gamla stan, the old town of Stockholm, capital of Sweden, stretching from the bridge Strömbron in front of the Royal Palace southward to Slussen. The quay Skeppsbrokajen runs along the street. Several alleys connects Skeppsbron to the thoroughfare Österlånggatan: Slottskajen, Lejonbacken, Slottsbacken, Telegrafgränd, Skeppar Karls Gränd, Bredgränd, Kråkgränd, Nygränd, Brunnsgränd, Skottgränd, Stora Hoparegränd, Drakens Gränd, Ferkens gränd, Gaffelgränd, Johannesgränd, Packhusgränd, Tullgränd, Norra Bankogränd, Södra Bankogränd, Norra Dryckesgränd, Södra Dryckesgränd, Slussplan History Skeppsbron is mentioned as ''Stadzbron'' in 1592, ''skeepzbroon'' in 1647, and finally appears as ''Skeppsbron'' in 1961. While no historical documents knows to tell when or why the decision was taken to develop the eastern waterfront of Stadsholmen in accordance to th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Members Of The Swedish Academy
Member may refer to: * Military jury, referred to as "Members" in military jargon * Element (mathematics), an object that belongs to a mathematical set * In object-oriented programming, a member of a class ** Field (computer science), entries in a database ** Member variable, a variable that is associated with a specific object * Limb (anatomy), an appendage of the human or animal body ** Euphemism for penis * Structural component of a truss, connected by nodes * User (computing), a person making use of a computing service, especially on the Internet * Member (geology), a component of a geological formation * Member of parliament * The Members, a British punk rock band * Meronymy, a semantic relationship in linguistics * Church membership, belonging to a local Christian congregation, a Christian denomination and the universal Church * Member, a participant in a club or learned society A learned society ( ; also scholarly, intellectual, or academic society) is an organizatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Academic Staff Of Uppsala University
An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of tertiary education. The name traces back to Plato's school of philosophy, founded approximately 386 BC at Akademia, a sanctuary of Athena, the goddess of wisdom and Skills, skill, north of Ancient Athens, Athens, Greece. The Royal Spanish Academy defines academy as scientific, literary or artistic society established with public authority and as a teaching establishment, public or private, of a professional, artistic, technical or simply practical nature. Etymology The word comes from the ''Academy'' in ancient Greece, which derives from the Athenian hero, ''Akademos''. Outside the city walls of Athens, the Gymnasium (ancient Greece), gymnasium was made famous by Plato as a center of learning. The sacred space, dedicated to the goddess of wisdom, Athena, had formerly been an olive Grove (nature), grove, hence the expression "the groves of Academe". In these gardens, the philos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1950 Deaths
Events January * January 1 – The International Police Association (IPA) – the largest police organization in the world – is formed. * January 5 – 1950 Sverdlovsk plane crash, Sverdlovsk plane crash: ''Aeroflot'' Lisunov Li-2 crashes in a snowstorm. All 19 aboard are killed, including almost the entire national ice hockey team (VVS Moscow) of the Soviet Air Force – 11 players, as well as a team doctor and a masseur. * January 6 – The UK recognizes the People's Republic of China; the Republic of China severs diplomatic relations with Britain in response. * January 7 – A fire in the St Elizabeth's Ward of Mercy Hospital in Davenport, Iowa, United States, kills 41 patients. * January 9 – The Israeli government recognizes the People's Republic of China. * January 12 – Submarine collides with Sweden, Swedish oil tanker ''Divina'' in the Thames Estuary and sinks; 64 die. * January 13 – Finland forms diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of Chin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1880 Births
Events January *January 27 – Thomas Edison is granted a patent for the incandescent light bulb. Edison filed for a US patent for an electric lamp using "a carbon filament or strip coiled and connected ... to platina contact wires." granted 27 January 1880 Although the patent described several ways of creating the carbon filament ,including using "cotton and linen thread, wood splints, papers coiled in various ways," Edison and his team later discovered that a carbonized bamboo filament could last more than 1200 hours. * January **The international White slave trade affair scandal in Brussels is exposed and attracts international infamy. **The Gokstad ship is found in Norway, the first Viking ship burial to be excavated. February * February 2 ** The first electric streetlight is installed in Wabash, Indiana. ** The first successful shipment of frozen mutton from Australia arrives in London, aboard the SS ''Strathleven''. * February 4 – The Black Donnelly Massa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ingvar Andersson
Carl Ingvar Andersson (19 March 1899 – 14 October 1974) was a Swedish historian and director of the National Archives of Sweden. Andersson was an associate professor at Lund University Lund University () is a Public university, public research university in Sweden and one of Northern Europe's oldest universities. The university is located in the city of Lund in the Swedish province of Scania. The university was officially foun ... from 1928 to 1938 and director of the National Archives from 1950 to 1965. Most of his historical research was focused on the 16th century. Among his works is a biography of Eric XIV of Sweden (1935)Svensk uppslagsbok, vol 1, 1947-1955. and his life's work ''Skånes historia'' (1947–1975). In 1950 Andersson became a member of the Swedish Academy. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Andersson, Ingvar 1899 births 1974 deaths 20th-century Swedish historians Members of the Swedish Academy Academic staff of Lund University Members of the R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claes Annerstedt
Claes Annerstedt (7 June 1839 – 20 November 1927) was a Swedes, Swedish historian and librarian. Annerstedt became doctor of philosophy in 1869 and associate professor the same year. Between 1883 and 1904 he was head librarian (in essence the director of the whole library) at Uppsala University Library and he wrote several lauded works about the history of the library. In 1901 he became a member of the Swedish Academy and in 1917 he was awarded an honorary doctorate in theology at Uppsala university, Uppsala. He served as an elected local politician in Uppsala between 1883 and 1907. Sources * Annerstedt, 4. Claes in Nordisk familjebok (2nd ed., 1904). * Annerstedt, 4. Claes in Herman Hofberg, ''Svenskt biografiskt handlexikon'' (2nd ed., 1906). * Annerstedt, Claes in ''Vem är det 1925''. * Schück, H.: Claes Annerstedt in ''Svenskt biografiskt lexikon'' (1920) * ''Svenska män och kvinnor'', vol. 1, Stockholm 1942, p. 113 f. * ''Svenska Dagbladets årsbok'' – 1927, ed. Er ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Members Of The Swedish Academy
This is a list of members of the Swedish Academy by seat number. The dates shown indicate the terms of the members, who generally serve for life except for Gustaf Mauritz Armfelt who was excluded twice. On 2 May 2018, the Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden, Swedish King amended the rules of the academy and made it possible for members to resign. The new rules also states that a member who has been inactive in the work of the academy for more than two years, can be asked to resign. Following the new rules, the first members to formally be granted permission to leave the Academy and vacating their chairs were Kerstin Ekman, Klas Östergren, Sara Stridsberg and Lotta Lotass. Seat 1 Seat 2 Seat 3 Seat 4 Seat 5 Seat 6 Seat 7 Seat 8 Seat 9 Seat 10 Seat 11 Seat 12 Seat 13 Seat 14 Seat 15 Seat 16 Seat 17 Seat 18 References External links Members of the Swedish Academy at Projekt Runeberg – in Swedish {{Members of the Swedish Academy Swedish Academy, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emanuel Swedenborg
Emanuel Swedenborg (; ; born Emanuel Swedberg; (29 January 168829 March 1772) was a Swedish polymath; scientist, engineer, astronomer, anatomist, Christian theologian, philosopher, and mysticism, mystic. He became best known for his book on the afterlife, Heaven and Hell (Swedenborg), ''Heaven and Hell'' (1758). Swedenborg had a prolific career as an inventor and scientist. In 1741, at 53, he entered into a Spirituality, spiritual phase in which he began to experience dreams and visions, notably on Easter Weekend, on 6 April 1744. His experiences culminated in a "spiritual awakening" in which he received a revelation that Jesus Christ had appointed him to write ''The Heavenly Doctrine'' to reform Christianity. According to ''The Heavenly Doctrine'', the Lord had opened Swedenborg's spiritual eyes so that from then on, he could freely visit heaven and hell to converse with angels, demons, and other spirits and that the Last Judgment had already occurred in 1757, the year before th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swedes
Swedes (), or Swedish people, are an ethnic group native to Sweden, who share a common ancestry, Culture of Sweden, culture, History of Sweden, history, and Swedish language, language. They mostly inhabit Sweden and the other Nordic countries, Swedish-speaking population of Finland, in particular, neighboring Finland, where they are an officially recognized minority, with Swedish being one of the official languages of the country, and with a substantial Swedish diaspora, diaspora in other countries, especially the Swedish Americans, United States. Etymology The English term "Swede" has been attested in English since the late 16th century and is of Middle Dutch or Middle Low German origin. In Swedish language, Swedish, the term is ''svensk'', which is from the name of ''svear'' (or Swedes), the people who inhabited Svealand in eastern central Sweden, and were listed as ''Suiones'' in Tacitus' history ''Germania (book), Germania'' from the first century AD. The term is believed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Jonas Love Almquist
Carl Jonas Love Ludvig Almqvist (28 November 1793 – 26 September 1866) was a Sweden, Swedish author, romantic poetry, romantic poet, critique of political economy, romantic critic of political economy, literary realism, realist, composer and social critic. Biography Carl Jonas Love Almqvist was born in Stockholm, Sweden. He was the son of War Commissioner Karl Gustav Almqvist (1768–1846) and Birgitta Lovisa Gjörwell (1768–1806), daughter of journalist and editor Carl Christoffer Gjörwell Sr. (1731–1811). Almqvist's younger half-brother was Director-General Gustavus Fridolf Almquist (1814–1886), who was the father of Agnes Hammarskjöld. He studied at Uppsala University and then worked as a clerk in Stockholm. In 1823 he gave up his post, and in the autumn of the following year moved to Adolfsfors-Köla in northern Värmland where he and some friends, inspired by Jean-Jacques Rousseau, intended to live out a rural idyll. It was there in 1824, that he married Anna Mar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
