Thorsson may refer to:
Melodifestivalen is an annual song competition organised by Swedish public broadcasters Sveriges Television (SVT) and Sveriges Radio (SR). It determines the country's representative for the Eurovision Song Contest, and has been staged almost every year since 1959. In the early 2000s, the competition was the most popular television program in Sweden; it is also broadcast on radio and the Internet. In 2012, the heats averaged 3.3 million viewers, and over an estimated four million people in Sweden watched the final, almost half of the Swedish population.
Taube is a surname. It may refer to:
Persson is the eighth most common Swedish family name. It is a patronymic surname and literally means "son of Per".
Fredholm is a Swedish surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Abrahamsson is a patronymic Swedish surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Swedish or svensk(a) may refer to:
Petersson is a Swedish patronymic surname meaning "son of Peter". There are alternate Danish, Dutch, English, German, Latvian and Norwegian spellings. Numbers in Sweden:
Petrini is an Italian surname. Notable people with the surname include:
The Arjeplog blasphemy trial of 1687 took place in Arjeplog in 1687 against two Sami, Erik Eskilsson and Amund Thorsson, who were put on trial accused of blasphemy for being followers of Sami shamanism during the Swedish Christianization of the Sámi people in the late 17th century. Their case was a notable one and is often referred to in Sami history.
Vilks is a Latvian surname, derived from the Latvian word for "wolf". Individuals with the surname include:
Adamsson is a Scandinavian surname.
The surname Petrus may refer to:
Thoresson is a Swedish surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Landberg is a Swedish surname that may refer to
Child auction was a historical practice in Sweden and Finland during the 19th and early 20th centuries, in which orphan and poor children were boarded out in auctions. The name auction, however, does not refer to actual slave auctions, as the children in these auctions were never actually bought in a legal sense, but the name has become the common name for the practice.
Petrushin (masculine), Petrushina (feminine) is a Russian-language surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Pålsson is a Swedish-language surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Påhlsson is a Swedish-language surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Påhlson is a Swedish-language surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Inga Margarethe Thorsson, née Sjöbäck was a Swedish politician. Thorsson held various significant roles throughout her career in both national and international spheres. She served as the secretary and later the chairperson of Social Democratic Women in Sweden, and held leadership positions in social welfare and foreign affairs. Thorsson was the Swedish ambassador to Tel Aviv from 1964 to 1966 and later directed the Social Development Division at the UN Centre for Social Development and Humanitarian Affairs. She also chaired multiple Swedish committees, including those related to health, environmental issues, and disarmament. Thorsson represented Sweden in the United Nations General Assembly and served as a delegate to several UN bodies, playing a key role in international disarmament and development initiatives. Her international influence extended to leadership roles in various UN committees and peace organizations, emphasizing her commitment to disarmament and global peace efforts.