The sagas of Icelanders, also known as family sagas, are a subgenre, or text group, of Icelandic sagas. They are prose narratives primarily based on historical events that mostly took place in Iceland in the ninth, tenth, and early eleventh centuries, during the so-called Saga Age. They were written in Old Icelandic, a western dialect of Old Norse. They are the best-known specimens of Icelandic literature.
Alva Myrdal was a Swedish sociologist, diplomat and politician. She was a prominent leader of the disarmament movement. She, along with Alfonso García Robles, received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1982. She married Gunnar Myrdal in 1924; he received the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1974, making them the fourth ever married couple to have won Nobel Prizes, and the first to win independent of each other.
Eric the Victorious was a Swedish monarch as of around 970. Although there were earlier Swedish kings, he is the first Swedish king in a consecutive regnal succession, who is attested in sources independent of each other, and consequently Sweden's list of rulers usually begins with him. His son Olof Skötkonung, however, is considered the first ruler documented to definitely have been accepted both by the original Swedes around Lake Mälaren and by the Geats around Lake Vättern. Adam of Bremen reports a king named Emund Eriksson before Eric, but it is not known whether he was Eric's father. The Norse sagas' accounts of a Björn Eriksson are considered unreliable.
Gunnlaugs saga ormstungu or the Saga of Gunnlaugur Serpent-Tongue is one of the sagas of Icelanders. Composed at the end of the 13th century, it is preserved complete in a slightly younger manuscript. It contains 25 verses of skaldic poetry attributed to the main characters.
Colonel Mats Danielsson is a retired Swedish officer. He served as the Swedish ISAF troops in Afghanistan during the War in Afghanistan. He was the head of the Military Academy Karlberg from 2009 to 2013.
Military Academy Karlberg is a Swedish military academy, since its inauguration in 1792 in operation in the Karlberg Palace in Solna, just north of central Stockholm. It is thus the oldest military academy in the world to remain in its original location.
The 1st Submarine Flotilla is a unit of the Swedish Fleet which has operated in various forms since 1904. Its unit staff is located at Karlskrona Naval Base, Blekinge in Karlskrona Garrison.
Swedish orthography is the set of rules and conventions used for writing Swedish. The primary authority on Swedish orthography is Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL), a spelling dictionary published by the Swedish Academy. The balance between describing the language and creating norms has changed with the years.
Per Bengt Magnus Ingemar Rösiö was a Swedish diplomat and author. He served as Ambassador to 17 countries and authored 20 books, mainly on diplomacy. He is more widely known however for having conducted the Swedish government's inquiry into the death of the UN Secretary General Dag Hammarskjöld where he maintained that there was no foul play.
General Sten Bengt Gustaf Gustafsson was a senior Swedish Army officer. Gustafsson's military career began as a sergeant pilot. He underwent various promotions and training, including attending the Royal Swedish Army Staff College and becoming an officer in Boden Engineer Corps. His roles ranged from lieutenant to colonel, and he served in important positions, such as Director at the Swedish Civil Defence Board and Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Defence.
Esaias Tegnér Jr. was a Swedish linguist. He was professor of eastern languages at Lund University 1879-1908, lead editor of Svenska Akademiens ordbok 1913-1919, member of the Bible Commission 1884-1917, and member of the Swedish Academy from 1882 onward. Tegnér was the grandson of the well-known poet Esaias Tegnér, also his namesake, and was brother-in-law to the poet and composer Alice Tegnér.
Pehr Magnus Arvid Säve was a Swedish teacher, cultural historian and artist. He was the initiator of the Gotlands Fornvänner society and Gotland Museum.
Lars Lönnroth is a Swedish literary scholar.
Johan Börjesson was a Swedish prelate, poet, and dramatist, associated with the Swedish phosphorist and romanticist movements. He was holder of chair 3 of the Swedish Academy.
Admiral Bror Per Harald Stefenson was a Swedish Navy officer. Stefenson's senior commands include Chief of the Defence Staff and military commander of the Eastern Military District as well as Commandant General in Stockholm. He also served as Chief of His Majesty's Military Staff. As of 2023, Stefenson remains the last appointed Swedish admiral.
Gunhild Kyle was a Swedish historian. She was Sweden's first professor of women's history at the University of Gothenburg.
The Chief of the Army Staff is the professional head of the Swedish Army Staff. The post was created in 1936 with colonel Helge Jung as the first incumbent. The post disappeared in 1994 and was reintroduced in 2019 when the new Army Staff was established.
The 2019 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to the Austrian writer Peter Handke "for an influential work that with linguistic ingenuity has explored the periphery and the specificity of human experience." The prize was announced by the Swedish Academy on 10 October 2019. Handke is the second Austrian Nobel laureate in Literature after Elfriede Jelinek, who won the prize in 2004.
Lieutenant General Edvard (Edward) Magnus Samuel Malm was a senior Swedish Army officer. Malm served as commander of Stockholm Anti-Aircraft Regiment (1949–1956), as Deputy Chief of Ordnance (1956–1959), and as Master-General of the Ordnance (1959–1964).
Bengt Daniel Ankarloo, formerly Norrman, 19 mars 1970 born in Backa, Gothenburg, is a Swedish Ph.D. in economic history, author and senior lecturer at Malmö University.
