A cashier's check is a check guaranteed by a bank, drawn on the bank's own funds and signed by a cashier. Cashier's checks are treated as guaranteed funds because the bank, rather than the purchaser, is responsible for paying the amount. They are commonly required for real estate and brokerage transactions.
PostNord Sverige is the name of the Swedish postal service. The word "posten" means "the post" or "the mail" in Swedish. In 2009 it merged with its Danish equivalent, Post Danmark A/S, forming PostNord AB, a holding company that is jointly owned by the Swedish (60%) and Danish (40%) governments. A rebranding to PostNord for both the mail and logistics divisions was performed in 2015.
Posten Norge or Norway Post is the name of the Norwegian postal service. The company, owned by the Norwegian Ministry of Transport and Communications has a monopoly on distribution of letters weighing less than 50g throughout the country. There are 30 post offices in Norway, in addition to 1400 outlets in retail stores.
Post Danmark A/S is the company responsible for the Danish postal service. Established in 1995 following political liberalization efforts, it has taken over the mail delivery duties of the governmental department Postvæsenet ; it was turned into a public limited company in 2002. In 2005, 22% of the company shares were sold to CVC Capital Partners, 3.5% of the company shares were partly sold to employees at a discount, partly kept in reserve for a management incentives program.
Bring Citymail AB is a private postal organisation owned by Posten Norge, operating in Sweden and Denmark, competing with the state-owned Posten Sverige and Post Danmark. Bring Citymail closed down distribution in Denmark at the end of 2009.
PostNord AB is the name of the holding company of the two merged postal companies Posten AB and Post Danmark that were officially merged on 24 June 2009. The name of the group was changed 17 May 2011 from Posten Norden to PostNord.
Räfven is a gypsy punk band from Gothenburg, Sweden, performing original music influenced by Eastern European folk music and the klezmer tradition. The group was formed in 2003, as a reaction against the war in Iraq.
Hoppa högst is a 30-minute-long Swedish children's film. The first screening of Hoppa högst at a theater was in Sergels torg, Stockholm on 23 March 1989.
The Swedish Film Database is an internet database about Swedish films, published by the Swedish Film Institute. It contains information about all Swedish films from 1897 onwards and foreign films that had cinema premiere in Sweden. It also provides a lot of biographies of actors, directors, producers etc. who participated in Swedish films over the years. It is created with the support of the Bank of Sweden Tercentenary Foundation. The database comprises about 62,000 films and 265,000 people.
Anna Svenjeby is a Swedish retired football player who played as a midfielder for Kronängs IF and Jitex BK in the Swedish Championship in the late 1970s and 1980s. She won the first edition of the Årets Fotbollstjej Award, the forerunner of the Diamantbollen, in 1980, and she was a member of the Swedish national team that won the 1984 European Championship.
Rosenbergs Arkitekter is a Swedish architecture company founded in 1955, and owned and led since 1992 by architects Alessandro Ripellino and Inga Varg. The company works with public and civic buildings, residential developments, work places, retail buildings, interiors and urban planning.
Hur många kramar finns det i världen? is a 2013 Swedish comedy-drama film starring Claes Malmberg, Per Morberg, Vanna Rosenberg and Glada Hudik-teatern.
PostNord Logistics is a logistics company in the Nordics. The business has its roots in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden. The business was formed through the mergers of the Danish and Swedish postal operators and private sector companies. PostNord Logistics is one of four PostNord Group companies. In 2013 the group’s logistics operations, formerly consisting of 16 Nordic region companies, were gathered under a common brand – PostNord Logistics.
Brother oh Brother is a song recorded by Swedish singer Måns Zelmerlöw. It was released on 10 October 2007 as a digital download in Sweden. It was released as the third single from his debut studio album Stand by For... (2007). The song was written by Fredrik Kempe and Henrik Wikström. The song peaked at 7th position at Sverigetopplistan, and also became a Svensktoppen success staying on the chart for eight weeks between 18 November-6 January 2008 before leaving chart. The song was also performed by Black-Ingvars at Dansbandskampen 2009.
Håkan Bråkan & Josef is a Swedish comedy film which was released to cinemas in Sweden on 8 October 2004, directed by Erik Leijonborg and based on Anders Jacobsson and Sören Olsson's stories about Håkan, a Sune spinoff character.
Events from the year 1706 in Sweden
Ametist Azordegan is a Swedish journalist, television presenter and radio presenter. She was born in Tehran, Iran, but left in 1986, and studied journalism in Stockholm. She presented the Sveriges Radio music show En kärleksattack på svensk hiphop between 2007 and 2014, which was broadcast on P3 and SR Metropol. Since 2013, she has been a reviewer for different cultural events for Sveriges Radios P1, P2 and P3. She is also a member of the Grammis award jury and the Swedish Music Hall of Fame.
Daria Sofia Elisabeth (Lisa) Aschan is a Swedish film director and screenwriter.
Jamie Ryan Hopcutt is an English–Swedish footballer who plays either as a midfielder and striker for Östersund. Regarding his playing style, Hopcutt was described as "Well-behaved, athletic with a good balance and body control."
Lars Gunnar Larsson, often called Lars G Larsson, Licenciate of Technology and member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences, is a Swedish nuclear safety expert and former manager of the nuclear reactor safety department of the EBRD.
