The University of Gothenburg is a university in Sweden's second largest city, Gothenburg.
Svenska Dagbladet, abbreviated SvD, is a daily newspaper published in Stockholm, Sweden.
Midde Hamrin is a Swedish athlete, competing in the long-distance running events.
Christian Olsson is a former Swedish athlete competing in high jump and triple jump. He won an Olympic gold medal, one gold and one silver medal in the World Championships and two gold medals in the European Championships as well as a further two golds in the World Indoor championships. He also won the overall IAAF Golden League jackpot in 2004 where he cashed in 500,000 US dollars.
Johan Gunnar Gren was a Swedish football player and coach. He is best known for playing for IFK Gothenburg and A.C. Milan. A creative forward, known for his technical skill, vision, tactical intelligence, and passing ability as a playmaker, he was part of the famous "Gre-No-Li" trio of forwards at Milan and the Swedish national team, and was also capable of playing as an attacking midfielder or even as a striker. Gren has won numerous awards including an Olympic Gold Medal in 1948, Guldbollen in 1946, and was a part of the 1958 Swedish National Team that took second place. Gren is considered to be one of Sweden's greatest and most prolific football players; a statue has been erected in his honor outside Gamla Ullevi stadium.
Mikael Ljungberg was a Swedish wrestler from Gothenburg. He competed for Örgryte IS's wrestling section.
Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna Göteborg, commonly known as IFK Göteborg, is a Swedish multisports club located in Gothenburg. It was established on 4 October 1904, and functions as an alliance association for clubs in six different sports, and cooperates with a separate organisation in a seventh sport. The club is best known for its professional football team, one of the most successful in the Nordic countries.
Krohn is the surname of several people:
Leif Robert Kronberg is a Swedish male hurdler of Serbian descent.
The Women's Marathon at the 1995 World Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden was held on Sunday August 5, 1995. Due to judges' error the marathon course was 400 metres short of the normal distance as at the start the women left the stadium one lap too early.
Anders Michanek is a Speedway rider. In 1974 he won the Speedway World Championship in his Swedish homeland with a maximum score of 15 points.
Daniel Birgmark is a sailor representing Sweden at Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Finn class and Sailing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Finn class. He studied Marine Biology at the Gothenburg University in Sweden.
Jasmin Sudić is a Bosnian-born Swedish footballer who plays for Trelleborgs FF as a centre-back.
Holger Valdemar Hansson was a football player and coach. He was born in Gothenburg, Sweden. During his club career, Hansson played for IFK Göteborg. He won the bronze medal at the 1952 Summer Olympics. He later trained a number of teams, including IK Brage, IFK Göteborg, GAIS in Sweden.
The Swedish Hockey Association is the national hockey association in Sweden.
There are several derbies in the Allsvenskan and in the lower divisions of the Swedish football pyramid.
Georg Herman Monrad-Krohn, born in Bergen, Norway, is known for his work on the development of neurology early in the 20th century. He studied at the National Hospital, Queens Square in London, and often visited Paris, France to work in the Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital facilities. In 1917 he returned to Norway, and began studies at the Neurological University Clinic of Oslo (Rikshospitalet), where he was appointed a Professor in 1922. In 1927 he became Professor of Neurology at the University of Oslo, and later Emeritus Professor of Neurology.. He retired from this professorial chair at the age of 70. His son, the computer engineer and entrepreneur Lars Monrad-Krohn was born in 1933. Monrad-Krohn died in 1964 after a long career in what both he and Acta Neurologica Scandinavica termed "the struggle for neurology".
Kent Halvor Carlsson is a retired Swedish Olympic sailor in the Finn and Star classes. He competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics, 1980 Summer Olympics and in the 1984 Summer Olympics, best finishing 4th in the 1984 edition together with Henrik Eyermann in Star.
Johan Barne is a Swedish Olympic sailor in the Soling class. Barne competed in 1992, 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics, finishing fifth in the Soling in 2000 edition.
