Ylva Anna Maria Lindh was a Swedish Social Democratic politician and lawyer who served as Minister for Foreign Affairs from 1998 until her death. She was also a Member of the Riksdag for Södermanland County until her assassination. On 10 September 2003, four days before a referendum on replacing the Swedish krona with the euro as currency, Lindh was stabbed by Mijailo Mijailović at the NK department store in central Stockholm; she died the next morning at Karolinska University Hospital. Anna Lindh had been seen as a likely candidate to succeed Göran Persson as Social Democratic party leader. Her greatest commitment was to international cooperation and solidarity, as well as to environmental issues. She worked on these issues throughout her career, serving as Environment Minister from 1994 to 1998, and then as Foreign Minister for the last five years of her life.
Nordiska Kompaniet is the name of two department stores located in Stockholm and Gothenburg, in Sweden.
Artur Immanuel Hazelius was a Swedish teacher, scholar, folklorist and museum director. He was the founder of both the Nordic Museum and the Skansen open-air museum in Stockholm.
Gustaf Ferdinand Boberg was a Swedish architect.
Stig Lindberg was a Swedish ceramic designer, glass designer, textile designer, industrial designer, painter, and illustrator.
Barbro Sachs-Osher is the Swedish Consul General in San Francisco and a well-known philanthropist, chair of the Bernard Osher Foundation and of the Barbro Osher Pro Suecia Foundation.
Hans Krondahl was a Swedish painter, tapestry weaver, textile artist and textile designer. He studied painting and textile art at Konstfack, in Stockholm from 1955 to 1960.
Lieutenant General Gustaf Peder Wilhelm Dyrssen was a Swedish Army officer and Olympic modern pentathlete.
Astrid Sampe was a Swedish textile designer who for a large part of her professional life was affiliated with the textile department at Nordiska Kompaniet but also worked for several other textile producers.
Emmy Karolina Fyhring-Ljungberg, known professionally as Emy Storm, was a Swedish actress best known for her role as Alma, the mother of Emil i Lönneberga. Storm was married to actor Göte Fyhring (1929-2021).
Fredrik Vilhelm Thorsson was a Swedish politician and shoemaker. He was Minister for Finance during three separate periods, and Minister of Commerce and Industry in 1920.
The Old Stockholm telephone tower was a metallic structure built to connect approximately 5,500 telephone lines in the Swedish capital of Stockholm. Constructed in 1887, the tower was used until 1913. It was damaged by a fire in 1952 and demolished the following year.
Ernst Mauritz Manker was a Swedish ethnographer, known for his work on Sami history and ethnography.
Jacob "Juju" Wallenberg was a Swedish banker and industrial leader. Wallenberg held various central positions in Stockholms Enskilda Bank. He was also chairman of the board of several companies, including Stora Kopparbergs Bergslag and Orkla Mining Company. From 1934 to 1944 he was a member of the Swedish governmental commission for trade with Germany.
Elisabeth Margareta Glantzberg (1873–1951) was a Swedish textile artist, educator and fashion designer. After spending several years teaching weaving and promoting Swedish textiles in Boston, Massachusetts, at the beginning of the 20th century, she returned to Sweden in 1909 where together with Emy Fick she established the Birgittaskolan in Stockholm. In addition to providing courses, the Birgitta School served as a leading textile studio producing decorative works, tapestries and rugs. She went on to produce fashionable clothing there until the mid-1930s, based on Parisian trends in haute couture and everyday wear.
Emy Oscaria Charlotte Fick née Kylander (1876–1959) was a Swedish textile artist, educator and fashion designer. After completing her education with study trips to Italy, France and Germany, she returned to Stockholm where she worked with textiles in the Nordiska Kompaniet department store. While there, she met Elisabeth Glantzberg with whom in 1910 she established Birgittaskolan which not only offered courses but served as a fashion studio where textiles could be ordered. After breaking up with Glantzberg in 1914, Fick set up her own business which she called Santa Birgittaskolan. From the late 1920s, the company became recognized for its tapestries. After closing the establishment in the mid-1930s, Fick moved to Östergötland with her large collection of lace, clothes and furniture which she left to Östergötland Museum.
Barbro Nilsson née Lundberg (1899–1983) was a Swedish textile artist who is remembered in particular for her large tapestries, including the one she produced in collaboration with Sven Erixson for the Gothenburg Concert Hall in 1939. She was active as a teacher at Konstfack and as head of Märta Måås-Fjetterström's weaving establishment in Båstad. Nilsson produced her own rugs and church textiles, many with motives inspired by nature.
Inga Thyra Carola Grafström was a Swedish textile artist.
The International Association of Department Stores (IADS) is a retail trade association founded in 1928 by a group of department stores with the goal of introducing modern management methods derived from the scientific management movement to their retail format.
