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Immanuel Nobel the Younger was a Swedish engineer, architect, inventor and industrialist. He was the inventor of the rotary lathe used in plywood manufacturing. He was a member of the Nobel family and the father of Robert Nobel, Ludvig Nobel, Alfred Nobel and Emil Oskar Nobel. In 1827 he married the children's mother, Andriette Ahlsell. He also often experimented with nitroglycerin with his sons, which led to his son Emil Oskar's death because of an explosion at his father's factory Heleneborg in Stockholm in 1864.
International Swede of the Year is a prize awarded by the Society for expatriate Swedes.
Sweden competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany. 171 competitors, 163 men and 8 women, took part in 84 events in 17 sports.
Fredrik Ljungström was a Swedish engineer, technical designer, and industrialist.
Historiens 100 viktigaste svenskar is a book by Niklas Ekdal and Petter Karlsson, published in 2009. Before the book was released, the list was published by Dagens Nyheter between 14 April and 6 May. The book is a list of the 100 Swedes that according to the authors have had "the greatest influence on Swedish people's lives, and also people's lives around the world". There are 84 men and 16 women on the list. Around 40 of them lived in the previous century, and 16 were still alive as of the book's publication.
Made in Sweden is a 1969 Swedish drama film directed by Johan Bergenstråhle. It was entered into the 19th Berlin International Film Festival, where it won a Silver Bear award.
Events from the year 1801 in Sweden
Birger Ljungström was a Swedish engineer, technical designer, industrialist, and inventor.
Ljungström is a Swedish family originating from Jönköping County, Småland, through the bailiff Johan Liungström.
Jonas Patrik Ljungström was a Swedish cartographer, geodesist, and teacher at the Royal Institute of Technology.
Johan Patrik Ljungström (1784–1859) was a Swedish jeweler, inventor, and underwater diving pioneer. He is credited as the first private underwater diver in Sweden, and possibly beyond.
The Engwall family is a prominent Swedish family descended from Jonas Engwall, an inventor and engineer. The Engwalls are noted as merchants, industrialists, scholars, bankers, politicians, activists, bureaucrats, military officials, philanthropists, economists, and diplomats.