Jenny Eugenia Nyström was a painter and illustrator mainly known as the creator of the Swedish image of the jultomte on Christmas cards and magazine covers,thus linking the Swedish version of Santa Claus to the gnomes and tomtar of Scandinavian folklore.
Gunilla Bielke;Swedish:Gunilla Johansdotter Bielke af Åkerö was Queen of Sweden as the second wife of King John III. Queen Gunilla is acknowledged to have acted as the political adviser to John III and to have influenced his religious policies in favour of Protestantism.
Maria Kristina Franck was a Swedish actress and drama teacher. She was a member of the pioneer generation of the Royal Dramatic Theatre,and belonged to the first stars of the theater. She has been referred to as her country's first native dramatic tragedienne. She was the principal of the Royal Dramatic Training Academy from 1819 to 1823. During her last years on stage,she was known under her name as married,Ruckman.
Mariane Theresia Sophie Stebnowska also called Zofia Stępkowska or Stempkosta was a Swedish opera singer and harpist of Polish origin. She has been referred to as one of the more notable stage artists of the Gustavian era Royal Swedish Opera. She was the maternal grandmother of the famous ballerina Marie Taglioni.
Sofia Franziska Stading was a Swedish opera singer of German origin. She is referred to as one of the more notable opera singers in Sweden during the Gustavian era. She was a Hovsångare and member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music from 1788.
Helga de la Brache,née Aurora Florentina Magnusson,,was a Swedish con artist. She obtained a royal pension by convincing the authorities that she was the secret legitimate daughter of King Gustav IV of Sweden and Queen Frederica of Baden.
Henrika Juliana Lieven,Swedish,archaic;von Liewen was a Swedish noble,socialite and lady-in-waiting,politically active on behalf of the Hats (party) during the Age of liberty.
Countess Catherine Charlotte De la Gardie,also known as Catherine Charlotte de La Gardie,was a Swedish countess and courtier. She is famed for her support of the smallpox vaccination in Sweden,and for stopping the last witch trial in her country.
Gustaf Albrecht Bror Cederström was a Swedish baron and lieutenant general and Minister of War.
Christina Wilhelmina Enbom was a Swedish operatic soprano. She was active at the Royal Swedish Opera in Stockholm in 1819–26,in 1830–41 and 1850–57. She was one of the most notable opera singers in Sweden during the 1830s.
Sophie Christina Mathilda Bolander,was a Swedish author. She is most famed for her participation in the contemporary debate on gender issues.
Aurora Lovisa Ljungstedt,was a Swedish writer. She is regarded to be the first crime novel author of her country and has been referred to as Sweden's Edgar Allan Poe.
Rape in Sweden has a legal definition described in Chapter 6 in the Swedish Penal Code. Historically,rape has been defined as forced sexual intercourse initiated against a woman or man by one or several people,without consent. In recent years,several revisions to the definition of rape have been made to the law of Sweden,to include not only intercourse but also comparable sexual acts against someone incapable of giving consent,due to being in a vulnerable situation,such as a state of fear or unconsciousness.
Ulrika "Ulla" Sofia De Geer was a politically influential Swedish countess and salon holder. She was married to the politician count Carl De Geer,over whom she is believed to have exerted influence,and was a central figure in the Stockholm high society in the mid-19th century.
Blessed Ingrid of Skänninge was a Swedish abbess venerated as a saint in the Roman Catholic Church. She founded Skänninge Abbey,a nunnery belonging to the Dominicans,in 1272. Her feast day is on September 2.
Ann Helen Heberlein is a Swedish academic and author,who writes extensively on theology and ethics. She is best known for her autobiographical account of life with bipolar disorder,Jag vill inte dö,jag vill bara inte leva.
Hilda Augusta Amanda Kerfstedt,née Hallström,was a Swedish novelist,playwright and translator. She was a popular and noted writer in late 19th and early 20th century Sweden,and participated in public debate. She was also engaged in the movement for women's rights,and active in the Fredrika Bremer Association and Married Woman's Property Rights Association. As a feminist,she focused on the debate around sexual equality,and was critical to the contemporary sexual double standards for men and women. As such,she was one of the participants in the Nordic sexual morality debate,the public debate in Swedish papers,books and plays,which took place during the 1880s. Kerfstedt was a member of the women's association Nya Idun and one of its first committee members. She was the editor of the feminist paper Dagny,the publication of the Fredrika Bremer Association,in 1888–1891. She was especially noted within the debate on children's literature.
Gotland Military District was a military district within the Swedish Armed Forces active between 2000 and 2004. The staff was located within Gotland Garrison in Visby on Gotland.
Lieutenant General Carl Henry Tottie was a Swedish Army officer. Tottie's senior commands include Executive Officer of Svea Life Guards,Chief of the Army Staff and the General Staff Corps and military commander of the II Military District.
The Swedish Committee for Vietnam [SKfV –Svenska Kommittén för Vietnam] was a pacifist non-governmental organization founded in Sweden in 1967 that supported North-Vietnam in the Vietnam War. The SKfV was a restructuring of the former Swedish Vietnam Committee [SVK –Svenska Vietnamkommittén]. The committee was aimed at supporting North Vietnam and strongly opposed American involvement in Vietnam with the slogan "Peace in Vietnam" through monetary aid,the torchlight procession,providing asylum for draft evaders,and letters to the Swedish government. Politically left leaning,the SKfV was tied to the Social Democratic Party. The SKfV aimed to increase public focus and involvement in Vietnam. The SKfV pushed the Swedish government to critique the United States over its involvement in what was formerly French Indochina and organized campaigns to raise support for North Vietnam. This campaign exacerbated the worsening Swedish-United States tensions over the American War in Vietnam. In 1974,the SKfV increased its scope to include Cambodia and Laos,marking its second rebranding,prior to the American withdrawal from Vietnam in 1979 and the Vietnamese invasion of Cambodia. The Swedish Committee for Vietnam,Laos,and Cambodia continues to operate today.
