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Prince Eugen Medal
The Prince Eugen Medal ( sv, Prins Eugen-medaljen) is a medal conferred by the King of Sweden for "outstanding artistic achievement". The medal was established in 1945 by the then King of Sweden, Gustaf V, in connection with the eightieth birthday of his brother Prince Eugen who was a noted painter and art collector. It is awarded every year on 5 November, the name day of Eugen, and presented to the winners at the Royal Palace in Stockholm. Medallists The following people have received the Prince Eugen Medal since its inception. Winners are Swedish unless denoted otherwise. Architects Painters Graphic Artists Sculptors Artisans Photographers Draftsmen Designers See also *Orders, decorations, and medals of Sweden The Orders, decorations, and medals of Sweden have a historical basis, reaching back to the 1606 founding of the extinct Jehova Order. The Royal Order of Knights of Sweden were only truly codified in the 18th century, with their formal foundation . ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Litteris Et Artibus
Litteris et Artibus is a Swedish royal medal established in 1853 by Charles XV of Sweden, who was then crown prince. It is awarded to people who have made important contributions to culture, especially music, dramatic art and literature. The obverse side of the medal has the image of the current King while the reverse has the text ''"Litteris et artibus"'' (Latin: Letters and Arts). Recipients * 1857 – Karolina Bock * 1865 – Elise Hwasser * 1869 – Louise Michaëli * 1871 – Henriette Nissen-Saloman * 1874 – Béla Kéler * 1885 – Bertha Tammelin * 1886 – Ellen Hartman * 1890 – Dina Edling * 1891 – Thecla Åhlander, Agi Lindegren, Carolina Östberg * 1895 – Mathilda Grabow * 1896 – Agnes Branting * 1899 – John Forsell * 1900 – Adelina Patti * 1906 – Martina Bergman-Österberg * 1907 – Armas Järnefelt * 1914 – Alice Tegnér * 1914 – Anna Bergström-Simonsson * 1915 – Anna Oscàr * 1916 – Hugo Alfvén, Harriet Bosse, Carl Boberg * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alvar Aalto
Hugo Alvar Henrik Aalto (; 3 February 1898 – 11 May 1976) was a Finnish architect and designer. His work includes architecture, furniture, textiles and glassware, as well as sculptures and paintings. He never regarded himself as an artist, seeing painting and sculpture as "branches of the tree whose trunk is architecture." Aalto's early career ran in parallel with the rapid economic growth and industrialization of Finland during the first half of the 20th century. Many of his clients were industrialists, among them the Ahlström-Gullichsen family, who became his patrons. The span of his career, from the 1920s to the 1970s, is reflected in the styles of his work, ranging from Nordic Classicism of the early work, to a rational International Style Modernism during the 1930s to a more organic modernist style from the 1940s onwards. His architectural work, throughout his entire career, is characterized by a concern for design as Gesamtkunstwerk—a ''total work of art'' in whic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nils Tesch
Nils is a Scandinavian given name, a chiefly Norwegian, Danish, Swedish and Latvian variant of Niels, cognate to Nicholas. People and animals with the given name * Nils Bergström (born 1985), Swedish ice hockey player *Nils Björk (1898–1989), Swedish Army lieutenant general *Nils Dacke (died 1543), Swedish rebel *Nils-Joel Englund (1907–1995), Swedish cross-country skier *Nils Ericson (1802–1870), Swedish inventor and engineer *Nils Frahm (born 1982), German pianist and producer *Nils Frykdahl, American musician *Nils Gründer (born 1997), German politician * Nils Hald (1897–1963), Norwegian actor *Nils Haßfurther (born 1999), German basketball player *Nils-Göran Holmqvist (born 1943), Swedish politician *Nils Kreicbergs (born 1996), Latvian handball player *Nils Liedholm (1922–2007), Swedish footballer and coach *Nils Lofgren (born 1951), American musician * Nils Lorens Sjöberg (1754-1822), Swedish officer and poet *Nils Mittmann (born 1979), German basketball play ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leif Reinius
Leif is a male given name of Scandinavian origin. It is derived from the Old Norse name ''Leifr'' (nominative case), meaning "heir", "descendant". Use in the Nordic countries Spelling and prevalence Across the Nordic countries, the most commonly occurring spelling of the name is ''Leif'', however, there are some well-established regional variants: * – Leiv * – Lejf * – Leifur * – Leivur In Norway, about 17,000 men have Leif as their first (or only) name. In Sweden, 70,000 men have the name Leif, about 60% of them as a first name. As of 2018, about 15,000 Danish men have Leif as their first name. In Finland, as of 2012, 4,628 men have Leif as a first name. In the U.S. , as of 2015, 6,415 men have Leif as a first name. Pronunciation Because the Scandinavian languages differ in their pronunciation of the digraphs and , the name Leif may be either pronounced as an approximate rhyme for "safe", or approximately like the English word "life", In Sweden, Finland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sven Backström
Sven (in Danish and Norwegian, also Svend and also in Norwegian most commonly Svein) is a Scandinavian first name which is also used in the Low Countries and German-speaking countries. The name itself is Old Norse for "young man" or "young warrior". The original spelling in Old Norse was ''sveinn''. Over the centuries, many northern European rulers have carried the name including Sweyn I of Denmark (Sven Gabelbart). An old legend relates the pagan king Blot-Sven ordered the execution of the Anglo-Saxon monk Saint Eskil. In medieval Swedish, "sven" (or "sven av vapen" (sven of arms)) is a term for squire. The female equivalent, Svenja, though seemingly Dutch and Scandinavian, is not common anywhere outside of German-speaking countries. Sven can also be spelled with W, Swen, but is pronounced as Sven. The Icelandic version of Sven/Svend is Sveinn (); the Faroese version is Sveinur (). Entertainment and music * Sven Einar Englund, Finnish composer * Sven Epiney, Swiss television ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erik Lundberg (architect)
Erik Filip Lundberg (13 August 1907 – 14 September 1987) was a Swedish economist, born in Stockholm. He was a professor of political economics at Stockholm University and a member of the Stockholm School of economic thought. He was president of the International Economic Association from 1968 to 1971. From 1969 to 1979, he was a member of the committee that selects the laureates for the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences, the Economics Prize Committee, and served as the committee's chairman from 1975 to 1979. Erik Lundberg was the son of mathematician Ph.D. Filip Lundberg (1876-1965) and Astrid Bergstedt. 1931-33 he studied in the United States as Rockefeller Scholar, after his associate degree at Stockholm University, and when he returned to Sweden, he received post at the Riksbank's economic secretariat. In 1934 he was economic planning committee financial advisor in Iceland. He took his doctorate in 1937 with Studies in the theory of economic expansion, and recei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viljo Revell
Viljo Gabriel Revell (25 January 1910 – 8 November 1964) was a Finnish architect of the functionalist school. In Finland he is best known for the design of the Lasipalatsi ("Glass Palace") and Palace Hotel, both in Helsinki. Internationally, Revell is best known for designing the New City Hall of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Life and career Revell, originally spelt ''Rewell'', was born in Vaasa in 1910, and graduated from Vaasan Lyseo in 1928. He graduated as an architect from the Helsinki University of Technology in 1937. He made his architectural breakthrough already the year he graduated when he, together with fellow students Heimo Riihimäki and Niilo Kokko, won the architectural competition for the design of the Lasipalatsi, which had originally been intended as a temporary building comprising shops, restaurant and cinema, but which became one of the landmarks of Finnish "white functionalist" architecture. His next major work was the so-called Teollisuuskeskus (Indust ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arne Jacobsen
Arne Emil Jacobsen, Hon. FAIA () 11 February 1902 – 24 March 1971) was a Danish architect and furniture designer. He is remembered for his contribution to architectural functionalism and for the worldwide success he enjoyed with simple well-designed chairs. Biography Early life and education Arne Jacobsen was born on 11 February 1902 in Copenhagen. His father Johan was a wholesale trader in safety pins and snap fasteners. His mother Pouline was a bank teller whose hobby was floral motifs. He first hoped to become a painter, but was dissuaded by his mother, who encouraged him to opt instead for the more secure domain of architecture. After a spell as an apprentice mason, Jacobsen was admitted to the Architecture School at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts where from 1924 to 1927 he studied under Kay Fisker and Kaj Gottlob, both leading architects and designers. Still a student, in 1925 Jacobsen participated in the Paris Art Deco fair, ''Exposition Internationale des ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sven Markelius
Sven Gottfrid Markelius (25 October 1889 – 24 February 1972) was a Swedish modernist architect. Markelius played an important role in the post-war urban planning of Stockholm, for example in the creation of the model suburbs of Vällingby (1950s) and Farsta (1960s). Biography Born in Stockholm, he attended the Royal Institute of Technology and the Academy of Arts in Stockholm from 1910 to 1915, later working at the offices of Ragnar Östberg and Erik Lallerstedt. He developed an early interest in housing and planning, was one of the founder members of CIAM in 1928, and participated in the modernist housing section of the Stockholm International Exhibition (1930), the birth of Swedish Functionalism. In 1931, he co-authored the book-length manifesto ''" acceptera"'', promoting modernism as a set of cultural values. His association with Swedish reformer Alva Myrdal (1902–1986) resulted in a design for a 57-unit communal-living Collective House in the center of Stockholm, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arnstein Arneberg
Arnstein Rynning Arneberg (6 July 1882 – 9 June 1961) was a Norwegian architect. He was active professionally for 50 years and is often considered the leading architect in Norway of his time. Personal life Arnstein Rynning Arneberg was born in Fredrikshald (now Halden) as a son of factory manager Mauritz Otto Edward Arneberg (1845–1913) and Hermione Nicoline Mathilde Rynning (1858–1944). Arneberg grew up in Lysaker in Oslo. In 1910 he married Aagot Kielland Skavlan (1888–1960), a daughter of professor Olaf Skavlan. After the marriage was dissolved in 1923 Arneberg married Eva Elisabeth Reimers (1901–1987). A daughter from the first marriage, ceramicist Gro Skavlan Arneberg, was married to economist and politician Egil Lothe. Education From 1899–1902, he was a student at the Royal Drawing School, now the Norwegian National Academy of Craft and Art Industry in Oslo. Arneberg began his education of the architect with employment as assistant to the architect ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melchior Wernstedt
Melchior is the name traditionally given to one of the biblical Magi appearing in the Gospel of Matthew. There are many notable people with this name, or close variations. As a first name * Melchior Anderegg (1828–1914), Swiss mountain guide * Melchior Berri (1801–1854), Swiss architect * Melchior Broederlam (c. 1350 – after 1409), Dutch painter * Melchior Cano (1525–1560), Spanish theologian * Melchior Cibinensis, 16th century Hungarian alchemical writer * Melchior Goldast (1576–1635), Swiss writer * Melchior d'Hondecoeter (1636–1695), Dutch animalier * Melchior de Polignac (1661–1742), French diplomat, Roman Catholic cardinal * Melchior de Vogüé (1848–1910), French diplomat, travel writer, archaeologist, philanthropist * Melchior Franck (1579–1639), German composer * Melchior Grodziecki (1584–1619), Catholic saint * Melchior Hoffman (c. 1495–1543), German-Dutch Anabaptist prophet * Melchior Inchofer (c. 1584–1648), Jesuit who took part in Galileo's tria ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
