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Tillbaka Till Vintergatan
''Vintergatan'' (literally "Winter Street", the Swedish name of the Milky Way) was a Swedish science fiction comedy TV series directed and written by Petter Bragée and broadcast in 2000, 2001, 2003, and 2010 by Sveriges Television. ''Vintergatan 5a'' ''Vintergatan 5a'' was broadcast as ''Sommarlovsmorgon'' Monday–Friday 13 June–11 August 2000. Plot Mira is forced by her father to go to ''Älguddens sommarkollo'' ("Älgudden Summer Camp"). She travels there by taxi with two schoolmates, Henrik and Glen. On the way, the taxi has an engine breakdown and the three friends stay in the forest while Peo, the taxi driver, angrily tries to repair the car. Suddenly, they see a bright light and later they are Transporter (Star Trek), beamed up to a spaceship where they meet a figure called Alien who shows them how to control the spaceship and gives them several missions to collect Raunkiær plant life-forms from planets. They travel through black holes to complete Alien's missions, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milky Way
The Milky Way or Milky Way Galaxy is the galaxy that includes the Solar System, with the name describing the #Appearance, galaxy's appearance from Earth: a hazy band of light seen in the night sky formed from stars in other arms of the galaxy, which are so far away that they cannot be individually distinguished by the naked eye. The Milky Way is a barred spiral galaxy with a Galaxy#Isophotal diameter, D25 isophotal diameter estimated at , but only about 1,000 light-years thick at the spiral arms (more at the bulge). Recent simulations suggest that a dark matter area, also containing some visible stars, may extend up to a diameter of almost 2 million light-years (613 kpc). The Milky Way has several List of Milky Way's satellite galaxies, satellite galaxies and is part of the Local Group of galaxies, forming part of the Virgo Supercluster which is itself a component of the Laniakea Supercluster. It is estimated to contain 100–400 billion stars and at least that number of pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melvis
Kwok Lam-sang (2 February 1952 – 29 December 2020) known professionally as Melvis, or Lan Kwai Fong Elvis was an Elvis Presley impersonator and busker and cultural icon in Hong Kong active from 1981 until his death in December 2020. Early life Kwok was born in Jakarta, Indonesia to an ethnic Chinese family. His family moved to Guiyang, Guizhou Province, China in 1967. He moved to Hong Kong in 1974 and found a job at an electronics factory in Kwun Tong. Career Kwok said that he became aware of Elvis Presley only after Elvis’ death in 1977 and soon became obsessed with the late singer. Kwok won his first Elvis impersonation contest in 1981 in Kowloon district. In February 1992, he began busking full-time as the "Cat King", the Chinese name for Elvis. Kwok started frequenting the newly popular Lan Kwai Fong area of Hong Kong Island, playing to the largely expatriate bargoers who would pay him small sums of money to play Elvis songs. His wife Anna was initially reluctant abou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Karim
Alexander Ally Karim (born Ally Kimbugwe Karim; 26 May 1976) is a Swedish actor and writer. His role as Frank Nordling in the Viaplay/ TV3 series ''The Lawyer'' (''Advokaten'') earned him a Kristallen nomination for Best Actor in 2018. He is also known for his roles as Dr. Sigur Johanson in '' The Swarm'', and as Ihab Rashid in FX's ''Tyrant''. Background Karim was born Ally Kimbugwe Karim on 26 May 1976 in Uppsala, Sweden to a family of refugees from Uganda who came to Sweden in 1975 to escape despotic president Idi Amin. He has two brothers: director Othman "Osmond" Karim and director Baker Karim. Karim is married with three children. Career After completing high school, he moved, as well as his brothers before him, to the United States and City College in Los Angeles, where they all trained as actors. He later worked at ''The Hudson Theater'' in the same city. In 2000, Karim moved back to Sweden and started working in film. In his first movie from the same year, the short ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sanna Persson
Susanna "Sanna" Persson Halapi (born 18 August 1974 in Kävlinge, Sweden) is a Swedish comedian and actress. Persson began her career as a comedian in a Lund student comedy ensemble. She belonged to the first generation of the female ensemble Boelspexarna and has also participated in several carnivals, including a major role in the carnival film "The Handyman and the Professor" (2002). In Sweden, she is probably best known from the TV series "HippHipp" (in which she played Lithuanian Jolanta, hostess of "Swedish Celebrity Travels"), "Extra allt" and "Anders och Måns". Together with the actors in the latter programme, Anders Johansson and Måns Nilsson, she has also played dinner shows in Malmö, and hosted the inauguration of Malmö Festival 2005. Sanna performed in the ensemble "Humorkollektivet Ivan Lendl" for a while together with Josephine Johansson and Måns and Anders. Persson has also played serious roles, including in Jan Troell's "Så vit som en snö", a production o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philomène Grandin
Philomène Grandin (born 23 September 1974, in Stockholm) is a Swedish actress and television host. She is the daughter of Izzy Young, the folk music expert. She works at theatres and participates in TV series. She is married to the musician Lars Demian. They have two children. She studied at the Ecole Int. de theatre Jaques Lecoq, Paris 1992–94. Grandin has since performed in many Swedish films, television programmes and theatre productions. She hosted the children's television show Philofix in 2008. Filmography *1995 - '' Jag heter Mitra'' *2000 – '' Vintergatan 5a'' (TV) *2001 – '' Anderssons älskarinna'' *2001 – '' Vintergatan 5b'' (TV) *2003 – '' Kvinnor emellan'' *2003 – ''Tillbaka till Vintergatan'' (TV) *2004 – ''Min f.d. familj Min or MIN may refer to: Places * Fujian, also called Mǐn, a province of China ** Min Kingdom (909–945), a state in Fujian * Min County, a county of Dingxi, Gansu province, China * Min River (Fujian) * Min Ri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kapten Zoom
''Kapten'' ( in the Swedish Army/Air Force, ''Lieutenant'' in the Navy) is a company grade officer rank. In the army/airforce, it ranks above lieutenant and below major. In the navy, it ranks above sub-lieutenant and below lieutenant commander. It is equivalent to the specialist officers rank of '' förvaltare''. The rank has been used in Sweden since the Middle Ages. Army/Air Force/Navy ''Kapten'' (captain) is a rank in the Swedish Army, Swedish Air Force and in the Swedish Navy (Coastal Artillery 1902–2000, Amphibious Corps 2000–present). History A ''kapten'' (captain) usually commanded an infantry company or an artillery battery. The name appeared quite early in the Middle Ages and then applied to the highest commander in an area, a city etc. With the standing armies, which began to be established in the latter half of the 15th century, it was the name of the commander of a unit in both the infantry and the cavalry, which unit was first called company, then ''fana'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anders Jansson
Lars ''Anders'' Jansson, (born 9 October 1967 in Staffanstorp), is a Swedish comedian known for such TV-shows as Hipp Hipp and the Swedish version of QI. Jansson, as well as his close companion Johan Wester, started out his entertaining career doing student horseplay at Lund University. Jansson, again with Wester, worked as scriptwriter for the TV-show '' Snacka om nyheter'' (''Have I Got News For You''). In 2010, he did the part of Sir Bedevere in the Swedish production of Spamalot at Nöjesteatern in Malmö Malmö is the List of urban areas in Sweden by population, third-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm and Gothenburg, and the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, sixth-largest city in Nordic countries, the Nordic region. Located on .... In the fall of 2012 SVT started airing '' Intresseklubben'', a Swedish version of the BBC-show QI, where Jansson took on the Alan Davies-role of regular panellist. Jansson hosted Melodifestivalen 2014 along with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
André Wickström
André Wickström (born 11 February 1976 in Sipoo, Eastern Uusimaa, Finland) is a Finland Swedish comedian and actor, performing in both the Swedish and the Finnish language. Wickström was born in Paipis in Sipoo east of Helsinki. His debut as a stand-up comedian came in 1995 and he got his degree from the Theatre Academy in 1999. In 2003, thanks to the TV show '' W-Tyyli'', Wickström reached a broad audience in Finland. In W-Tyyli Wickström portrayed a fictional talk-show host in a documentary fashion preparing the evenings show by welcoming and pre-pepping actual celebrities for the evenings show. The format of ''W-tyyli'' was sold to multiple countries including Britain and Belgium. Wickström has later appeared more and more on Swedish television instead. In 2006, Wickström was one of the hosts of the TV show '' Veckans nyheter'' on Kanal 5 in Sweden. Since 2007 he is also a panelist in the popular Swedish TV-program Parlamentet. In 2008 he was a frequent guest in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eva Westerling
Eva or EVA may refer to: * Eva (name), a feminine given name Arts, entertainment, and media Fictional characters * Eva (Dynamite Entertainment), a comic book character * Eva (''Devil May Cry''), in the ''Devil May Cry'' video game series * Eva (''Metal Gear''), in the ''Metal Gear'' video games series * Eva Mapendo, in 2018 romantic drama series '' Ngayon at Kailanman'', portrayed by Julia Barretto * Evangelion (mecha), in the ''Neon Genesis Evangelion'' franchise Films * ''Eva'' (1948 film), a Swedish film * ''Eva'' (1953 film), a Greek drama film * ''Eva'' (1958 film), an Austrian film * ''Eva'' (1962 film), a French-Italian film in English * ''Eva'' (2010 film), an English-language Romanian film * ''Eva'' (2011 film), a Spanish film * ''Eva'' (2018 film), a French film * ''Eva'' (2023 film), a Malaysian film Music Artists * Eva (singer), German pop singer (1943-2020) * Eva Narcissus Boyd (Little Eva), American singer (1943–2003) * Banda Eva, a Brazilian a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sanna Persson Halapi
Susanna "Sanna" Persson Halapi (born 18 August 1974 in Kävlinge, Sweden) is a Swedish comedian and actress. Persson began her career as a comedian in a Lund student comedy ensemble. She belonged to the first generation of the female ensemble Boelspexarna and has also participated in several carnivals, including a major role in the carnival film "The Handyman and the Professor" (2002). In Sweden, she is probably best known from the TV series "HippHipp" (in which she played Lithuanian Jolanta, hostess of "Swedish Celebrity Travels"), "Extra allt" and "Anders och Måns". Together with the actors in the latter programme, Anders Johansson and Måns Nilsson, she has also played dinner shows in Malmö, and hosted the inauguration of Malmö Festival 2005. Sanna performed in the ensemble "Humorkollektivet Ivan Lendl" for a while together with Josephine Johansson and Måns and Anders. Persson has also played serious roles, including in Jan Troell's "Så vit som en snö", a production o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christina Göransson
Christina may refer to: People * Christina (given name), shared by several people * Christina (surname), shared by several people Places * Christina, Montana, unincorporated community, United States * Christina, British Columbia, Canada * Christina Lake (British Columbia), Canada * Christina River, Delaware, United States, named after Christina, Queen regnant of Sweden * Christina River (Alberta), river in Alberta * Christina School District, Delaware, United States, named after Christina, Queen regnant of Sweden * Fort Christina, first Swedish settlement in North America * Mount Christina mountain in New Zealand Arts and entertainment * ''Christina's World'', an Andrew Wyeth painting of Christina Olson * ''Christina'' (1929 film), a 1929 silent film * ''Christina'' (1953 film), a West German drama film * ''Christina'' (book series), a series of novels published by Playboy Press ** ''Christina'' (1984 film), a film based on the book series * ''Christina'', self-titled album ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
