The Swedish Academy, founded in 1786 by King Gustav III, is one of the Royal Academies of Sweden. Its 18 members, who are elected for life, comprise the highest Swedish language authority. Outside Scandinavia, it is best known as the body that chooses the laureates for the annual Nobel Prize in Literature, awarded in memory of the donor Alfred Nobel.
Carl XVI Gustaf is King of Sweden. He ascended the throne on the death of his grandfather, Gustaf VI Adolf, on 15 September 1973.
Kjell Bertil Leonard Bergqvist is a Swedish actor.
Kungens Kurva is a part of Huddinge Municipality, in Metropolitan Stockholm, Sweden, 20 km south of the city. The area got its name on 28 September 1946, when King Gustav V's chauffeur-driven 1939 Cadillac skidded off the road and ended up in a ditch. The name later became official.
Film i Väst is a film company located in Trollhättan, Sweden, nicknamed "Trollywood"), founded in 1992 by the Älvsborg County Council. Lars von Trier used its facilities in his movies, such as Dogville and Manderlay. Film i Väst became known early on under the nickname Trollywood. Since its inception, Film i Väst has co-produced a total of more than 1,000 Swedish and international feature films, TV dramas, documentaries and short films.
Frans Gösta Viktor Ekman was a Swedish actor, director and singer. Generally spoken of as Swedish theatre's most legendary stage actor, Gösta Ekman enjoyed a prolific stage career during his short life, becoming the first real star of Swedish theatre. His boyish good looks attracted both sexes, helping to create a massive cult following and elevating him to the status of a living legend. Combined with a beautiful voice and a powerful stage presence, Ekman was able to captivate his audiences.
Sven Robert Morgan Alling is a Swedish actor, screenwriter and film and theatre director.
Robert Henry Arthur Wells is a Swedish singer, songwriter and musician best known for the musical Rhapsody in Rock, which contains elements of rock, classical and boogie-woogie.
Peter Månsson is a Swedish music producer and songwriter, who often writes his name as Peter Mansson when working with non-Swedish artists. He is based in MIR Studios, Stockholm, Sweden.
Charles Joel Nordström Kinnaman is a Swedish-American actor and model who first gained recognition for his roles in the Swedish film Easy Money and the Johan Falk crime series. Kinnaman is known internationally for his television roles as Detective Stephen Holder in AMC's The Killing, Takeshi Kovacs in the first season of Altered Carbon, and Governor Will Conway in the U.S. version of House of Cards. He has also played Alex Murphy in the 2014 RoboCop remake, and Rick Flag in the Warner Bros. film adaptations of the DC Comics anti-hero team Suicide Squad (2016), as well as James Gunn's 2021 sequel/soft reboot, The Suicide Squad. Since 2019, he has starred as NASA astronaut Ed Baldwin in the Apple TV+ science fiction drama series For All Mankind.
Kungen kommer is a 1936 Swedish comedy film directed by Ragnar Hyltén-Cavallius. It starrs Gösta Ekman, Birgit Tengroth, Åke Ohberg, Tollie Zellman and Håkan Westergren.
Ulf Peter Vilhelm Malmros is a Swedish screenwriter and film director.
Tord Gösta Magnuson is a Swedish business executive and the consul general for Mauritius. He is married to Princess Christina of Sweden, the youngest of the older sisters of King Carl XVI Gustaf. With the deaths of John Ambler in 2008, Prince Johann Georg of Hohenzollern in 2016 and Baron Niclas Silfverschiöld in 2017, Magnuson is the only living brother-in-law of Carl XVI Gustaf.
Milentije Marković, known as Mille Marković, was a Yugoslavian-born Swedish professional boxer, an owner of a sex club, and a convicted criminal and gangster. He died from gunshot wounds to the head on 23 January 2014 in Ulvsunda, a suburb of Stockholm.
Anders Lönnbro was a Swedish actor. He won the award for Best Actor at the 14th Guldbagge Awards for his role in The Score. He appeared in more than 30 films and television shows since 1978. Lönnbro died on 8 September 2022, at the age of 76.
Brita Clara Alice Augusta Florence von Horn was a Swedish novelist, dramatist, director and theatre leader. She worked in the theatre scene in Stockholm and published several books.
Events from the year 2001 in Sweden
The Coup of 1809 also referred to as the Revolution of 1809 was a Swedish coup d'état by a group of noblemen led by Georg Adlersparre. The coup resulted in the deposition of King Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden and the introduction of the Instrument of Government (1809). The coup was provoked by the disastrous Finnish War. The leaders of the coup are known in history collectively as 1809 års män.
Kristina Josefin Neldén, is a Swedish actress. She made her film debut in the 2005 film Tjenare kungen by director Ulf Malmros. She made her stage debut in the 2007 play En måste ju leva at Angereds Teater in Gothenburg. In 2014, she was nominated for a Guldbagge award for Best Supporting role as Lena in Shed No Tears. The film was based on the lyrics and music of singer Håkan Hellström.
Doctor Sleep is a 2019 American supernatural horror film written and directed by Mike Flanagan. It is based on the 2013 Stephen King novel of the same name, and is a sequel to Stanley Kubrick's The Shining (1980). Set several decades after the events of its predecessor, the film stars Ewan McGregor as Danny Torrance, a man with psychic abilities who struggles with childhood trauma. Rebecca Ferguson, Kyliegh Curran, and Cliff Curtis have supporting roles.
