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Swedish Italians
Swedish Italians ( sv, Svenskitalienare) are Swedish citizens or residents of Italian ethnic, cultural and linguistic heritage or identity. There are approximately 8,126 people born in Italy living in Sweden today, as well as 10,961 people born in Sweden with at least one parent born in Italy. Notable Swedish Italians File:Marcus Birro 2010 cropped.jpg, Marcus Birro File:Alexandra Zazzi 1.jpg, Alexandra Zazzi File:Thomas Ravelli.jpg, Thomas Ravelli File:Mauro Scocco 2012-10-05 001.jpg, Mauro Scocco File:John_Guidetti_(2013,_cropped).jpg, John Guidetti File:Sebastian_Ingrosso_playing_live_at_Ushuaia_Ibiza.jpeg, Sebastian Ingrosso File:Alesso_playing_live_at_Ushuaia_Ibiza.jpeg, Alesso File:Anna Maria Corazza Bildt,Sweden-MIP-Europaparlament-by-Leila-Paul-4.jpg, Anna Maria Corazza Bildt File:Amelia Adamo.jpg, Amelia Adamo File:Maria Taglioni Kriehuber.jpg, Marie Taglioni File:Claudia Galli Cannes 2012 cropped.jpg, Claudia Galli File:Veronica Maggio.jpg, Veronica Maggio *Amelia ... [...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 2.4 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 Gross d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amelia Adamo
Amelia Adamo (born 24 February 1947) is a Swedish journalist. She established several women's magazines and worked as an editor-in-chief. Biography She was born in Rome, Italy, and went to Sweden soon after her birth. She received a degree in social sciences. She has worked on magazines such as '' Svensk Damtidning'', ''Husmodern'' and '' VeckoRevyn''. She was the editor-in-chief of the latter. Adamo started the magazines '' Amelia'' (1995), '' Tara'' (2000) and ''M-magasin'' (2006). Adamo has married third times. She first married Lars Ericsson who was the summer editor-in-chief at ''Svensk Damtidning''. They had two sons, and Ericsson died of cancer. Her second husband was Thorbjörn Larsson, former chief editor of ''Aftonbladet ''Aftonbladet'' (, lit. "The evening paper") is a Swedish daily newspaper published in Stockholm, Sweden. It is one of the largest daily newspapers in the Nordic countries. History and profile The newspaper was founded by Lars Johan H . ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erik Gandini
Erik Walter Gandini (born 14 August 1967) is an Italian-Swedish film director, writer, and producer anprofessorof documentary film at Stockholm University of the Arts. His film '' The Swedish Theory of Love'' premiered at the 2015 Stockholm International Film Festival. Early life Erik Gandini moved to Sweden aged 19 to attend film school and avoid military service in Italy. After his studies at Biskops Arnö and having completed a master's degree in film science at Stockholm University, he started working as a documentary filmmaker. In 1994, Gandini adventured with a fake letter of recommendation from a small local Swedish TV broadcaster to the besieged city of Sarajevo where he directed and produced his first documentary ''Raja Sarajevo'' for Sveriges Television. The film, shot on a small Hi-8 camera by cinematographer Martina Iverus, followed four young friends trying to survive the brutality of the siege. ''Raja Sarajevo'' was Gandini's international breakthrough and was pre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helena Frith Powell
Helena Frith Powell is an author and a columnist. Frith Powell was born in Sweden to a Swedish mother and an Italian father. She studied at Durham University, where she wrote for Palatinate and also served on the Fashion Show committee. She writes the 'French Mistress' column in The Sunday Times about living in France and has also contributed to Tatler and Harper's. She has written books, including: * ''Ciao Bella: In Search of My Italian Father'' was written when she moved to France, where she lived with her family for five years. *''Two Lipsticks and a Lover'' (2007) is about the secrets behind French style and taste. ''Two Lipsticks and a Lover'' has been bought by Penguin Penguins ( order Sphenisciformes , family Spheniscidae ) are a group of aquatic flightless birds. They live almost exclusively in the Southern Hemisphere: only one species, the Galápagos penguin, is found north of the Equator. Highly adapt ... in the US and Arrow Books, Arrow in the UK for paperb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonnie Fedel
Jonnie Luigi Fedel (born 22 November 1966) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He serves as a goalkeeping coach for Allsvenskan club Malmö FF. He spent almost his entire playing career at Malmö FF. International career Fedel won two caps for the Sweden national team, making his debut in 1992 in a friendly game against Australia. He won his second cap in a friendly game against South Korea in 1996, replacing Bengt Andersson in goal at half time. Career statistics Honours Malmö FF * Swedish Champion: 1986, 1988 File:1988 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The oil platform Piper Alpha explodes and collapses in the North Sea, killing 165 workers; The USS Vincennes (CG-49) mistakenly shoots down Iran Air Flight 655; Australia celebrates its Australian ... * Svenska Cupen: 1985–86, 1988–89 References External sources Malmö FF profile * {{DEFAULTSORT:Fedel, Jonnie 1966 births Living people Swedish people of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Di Leva
Sven Thomas Magnusson (born 23 October 1963), known by his stage names Thomas Di Leva or simply Di Leva, is a Swedish singer and songwriter. Biography Sven Thomas Magnusson was born 1963 in Gävle, Gävleborg County, Gästrikland, Sweden. At 14 years of age, he changed his name from Magnusson to Di Leva, inspired both by his mother's Italian maiden name and idols like Leonardo da Vinci and Charlie Chaplin. Thomas started his career with the band The Pillisnorks, debuting with the EP ''4 Visitors'' on 1 January 1980. Later, Di Leva formed the band Modern Art, which subsequently became Modærn Art. In autumn 1981, Di Leva signed a record contract as a solo artist with the recently started company Adventure. The following year, Di Leva released his debut album, ''Marginal Cirkus''. After a short time at the company Stranded, Billy Bolero took Di Leva to the newly started company Papa Records, and with the release of the album ''På ett fat'' Di Leva became known throughout the cou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Staffan De Mistura
Staffan de Mistura (born 25 January 1947) is an Italian- Swedish diplomat, United Nations official and former member of the Italian government. After a 40-year career in various United Nations agencies, he was appointed Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs and thereafter Deputy Foreign Minister in the Italian cabinet headed by Mario Monti. In 2013, he was director of operations at the Foundation Villa San Michele in Anacapri. From 2014 to 2019 he was the United Nations Special Envoy for Syria. De Mistura's previous UN posts have included that of Special Representative of the Secretary-General in Iraq (2007–2009) and Afghanistan (2010–2011), Personal Representative of the Secretary-General for Southern Lebanon (2001–2004), and director of the UN Information Center in Rome (2000–2001). His work has taken him to many of the world's most volatile trouble-spots including Afghanistan, Iraq, Rwanda, Somalia, Sudan and the former Yugoslavia. Since September 2019, Staff ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johan De Farfalla
Johan De Farfalla (born 3 June 1971 in Stockholm) is a Sweden, Swedish bass player. He is the former bassist of seminal Swedish progressive metal band Opeth. He originally joined Opeth in 1991 when its lineup was David Isberg on vocals, Mikael Åkerfeldt and Kim Pettersson on guitar, and Anders Nordin on drums. He replaced Nick Döring on bass for one show and quit immediately afterwards. Opeth recruited Peter Lindgren (musician), Peter Lindgren to replace him for their next show, and then Stefan Guteklint after Lindgren moved to guitar. In 1994, Opeth was approached for signing by Candlelight Records, and fired Guteklint. De Farfalla rejoined Opeth initially as a session bassist for their first album ''Orchid (album), Orchid'' (1995), but subsequently became an official member again. After touring in support of their second album ''Morningrise'' (1996), De Farfalla was fired by Åkerfeldt who cited that he was not a good fit. De Farfalla used to work as a teacher at Storv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandro Cavazza
Alessandro Michele Cavazza (; born 11 September 1992), mostly known as Sandro Cavazza, is a Swedish songwriter and former singer of Italian origin. Besides his solo career he was also a member of the pop group Estraden. He names his musical influences as Eagle-Eye Cherry, Nirvana, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Westlife, ABBA, Max Martin, Bon Iver and Queen, in particular Freddie Mercury. Cavazza is well known as a good friend of the Swedish producer Avicii. Together they made two songs ("Gonna Love Ya" and "Sunset Jesus") for Avicii's album ''Stories''. Cavazza also features on " Without You" which was nominated for a Grammis The Grammis are music awards presented annually to musicians and songwriters in Sweden. The oldest Swedish music awards, they were instituted as a local equivalent of the Grammy Awards given in the United States. The awards ceremony is general ... in 2017. During a road-trip through America, Avicii and Cavazza made multiple songs together. After Avicii's d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lydia Capolicchio
Lydia Capolicchio (born 7 January 1964) is a Swedish journalist and hostess. Born in Borås, Sweden, from an Italian father and a Slovene mother, Capolicchio is best known for hosting the Eurovision Song Contest 1992, alongside Harald Treutiger, held in Malmö. accessed 2010-05-17 In 2001 she hosted the pageants. See also *List of Eurovision Song Contest presenters
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Peter Birro
Peter Birro (born 19 July 1966 in Gothenburg) is a Swedish script writer, poet and musician. In the 1980s and early 1990s, Birro was an obscure poet who performed with the almost equally obscure Swedish band The Christer Petterssons (named after the suspected assassin of Swedish Prime minister Olof Palme, Christer Pettersson). Birro's breakthrough as a writer was his script for the TV-series ''Hammarkullen'' (1997) directed by Agneta Fagerström-Olsson, which follows some people living in a low-income suburb of Gothenburg. It was widely praised for its humor and realism, although some of the real inhabitants of Hammarkullen were not amused. Birro's first film script, ''Knockout'' (2000), also directed by Fagerström-Olsson and telling the story of a washed up Swedish boxer lost in the Russian city of Murmansk Murmansk ( Russian: ''Мурманск'' lit. " Norwegian coast"; Finnish: ''Murmansk'', sometimes ''Muurmanski'', previously ''Muurmanni''; Norwegian: ''Norskeky ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Member Of The European Parliament
A Member of the European Parliament (MEP) is a person who has been elected to serve as a popular representative in the European Parliament. When the European Parliament (then known as the Common Assembly of the European Coal and Steel Community, ECSC) first met in 1952, its members were directly appointed by the governments of member states from among those already sitting in their own national parliaments. Since 1979, however, MEPs have been elected by direct universal suffrage. Earlier European organizations that were a precursor to the European Union did not have MEPs. Each Member state of the European Union, member state establishes its own method for electing MEPs – and in some states this has changed over time – but the system chosen must be a form of proportional representation. Some member states elect their MEPs to represent a single national constituency; other states apportion seats to sub-national regions for election. They are sometimes referred to as delega ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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