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Erik Wijk (born 1963 in Gothenburg) is a Swedish journalist and leftist writer. He has written books about the 2001 Gothenburg Riots criticizing the Swedish Police. He has also campaigned and written books against NATO's 1999 military actions against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. [1]
Lerum is a locality and the seat of Lerum Municipality in Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had 16,855 inhabitants in 2010.
Expressen is one of two nationwide evening newspapers in Sweden. Describing itself as independent liberal, Expressen was founded in 1944; its symbol is a wasp and its slogans are "it stings" or "Expressen to your rescue".
Jakob Benzelius was Archbishop of Uppsala in the Church of Sweden from 1744 to his death.
The 1908 season in Swedish football, starting January 1908 and ending December 1908:
The 1909 season in Swedish football, starting January 1909 and ending December 1909:
The 1925–26 season in Swedish football, starting August 1925 and ending July 1926:
Frölunda Hockey Club, previously known as the Frölunda Indians, is a Swedish professional ice hockey club based in Gothenburg. They currently play in the highest Swedish league, the Swedish Hockey League (SHL), formerly the Elitserien, where they have played for most of the club's existence. They last played in the lower division, the Allsvenskan, in 1995. Frölunda have won the national championship title five times: in 1965, 2003, 2005, 2016 and 2019.
Loek van Wely is a Dutch chess player and politician. He was awarded the title Grandmaster by FIDE in 1993, and was rated among the world's top ten in 2001 with a rating of 2714. In March 2019, he was elected to the Dutch Senate for the right-wing Forum for Democracy; however, on 8 December 2020 he switched his party allegiance to the van Pareren group, which is now affiliated with the right-wing JA21 party.
Björn Gösta Tryggve Granath was a Swedish actor who appeared in over 100 films and television shows.
Erik Carlsson Sjöblad was a Swedish governor, admiral, and baron.
Are U 4 Real? is a Swedish young adult book written by Sara Kadefors. It was originally written as a script for a television drama, but after a Swedish television network turned it down, Kadefors got Bonnier Carlsen to publish it as a book in 2001. On 7 April 2009 it was revealed that the book would be released in the United States on 14 May 2009 with a new title, Are U 4 Real? The book is about a girl named Ida who lives in Stockholm and a boy named Sandor who lives in Gothenburg. The two sixteen-year-olds meet for the first time on an Internet chat room, where they eventually fall in love with each other. However, everything goes wrong when Sandor decides to visit Ida in Stockholm.
Planka.nu is a network of organizations in Sweden promoting tax-financed zero-fare public transport with chapters in Stockholm, Gothenburg, Skåne and Östergötland. Planka.nu was founded in 2001 by the Swedish Anarcho-syndicalist Youth Federation in response to the increasingly expensive ticket prices in the public transport system in Stockholm. The campaign has received much attention because of the controversial methods used to promote free public transport: Planka.nu encourage people to fare-dodge in the public transport, aiding its members in paying penalty fares through the insurance fund p-kassan.
Per-Erik Lennart Öhrn is a Swedish opera and theatre director, opera singer, actor, professor, translator and Artistic Director.
Annika Thor is a Swedish author and screenwriter from Sweden who has won the August Prize for Truth or Dare in 1997.
Lilla Bommen is a part of Gothenburg harbor used for visiting boats and also the name given to the land surrounding the harbor. The eponymous building along with The Göteborg Opera house and the barque Viking are all located at Lilla Bommen.
Lars Lönnroth is a Swedish literary scholar.
Martin Bagge is a Swedish musician and composer known for his interpretations of Carl Michael Bellman's songs.
Älvsborg, now generally known as Old Älvsborg or Älvsborg Castle to distinguish it from the later New Älvsborg and Älvsborg Fortress, was a medieval castle situated on the rocky outcrop known as Klippan, on the south bank of the Göta Älv river within the urban area of the modern city of Gothenburg. It was demolished in the late seventeenth century, but some of its ruins are still visible today, close to the southern pylon of the Älvsborg Bridge.
The Torstenson Palace is a building on Södra Hamngatan in Gothenburg, also known as Kungshuset because it was formerly the Swedish king's residence in Gothenburg. It is currently the residence and offices of the landshövding of Västra Götaland County.
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