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67 matches to Swedish Academy
Swedish Academy. 1786. Awards Nobel Literature prizes.
Åland Islands. Swedish- 1809 Russian. 1917 Finland. 1920 autonomous/Finnish.
Altmark Truce. 1629-35. Polish-Swedish wars of succession.
Altranstadt, Peace. 1706 Sweden-Poland: Augustus renounces Polish throne. 1707 Sweden-HRE: HRE buys Swedish neutrality in War of Spanish Succession. 1714 Louis XIV-Charles VI.
Angström, Anders. 1814-74. Swedish physicist: discovered spectroscopy 1853.
Anjala League. 1788-89. Swedish, Finnish officers conspire vs Gustav III to end Russo-Swedish War.
Arrhenius, Svante. 1859-1927. Swedish physicist, discoverer of ions.
Bergman, Ingmar. 1918-. Swedish filmmaker dealing with moral issues, psychoses. Persona 1966.
Berzelius, Jacob. 1779-1848. Swedish chemist, created symbolic notation 1808. Atomic Weights, 1818. Silicon 1823.
Branting, Karl. 1860-1925. Founder of Swedish Social Democratic Party, Prime Minister 1920-4.
Breitenfeld, Battles. 1631,42. Swedish victories over Catholic League in 30 Years War. Sweden a great power.
Bridget, St. 1303-73. Swedish visionary, Patron St. F. Brigittine Order.
Celsius, Anders. 1701-44. Swedish physicist: centigrade temperature scale 1742.
Charles X Gustav. 1622-60. Swedish king 1654-. Gt. Northern War.
Christina. 1629-89. Swedish queen 1632-54. Abdicated. Patron of Arts.
Delaware. “First” US state. Owasco, Delaware, Nanticoke, Assateague. 1609 English exploredl. 1631 Dutch. 1638 Swedish. 1655 Dutch. 1664 England.
Ericsson, John. 1803-89. Swedish/US. Invented screw propeller, designed Monitor.
Fersen, Hans. 1755-1810. Swedish. Failed attempt to save Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette.
Gustav I. Vasa. 1496-1560. Elected Swedish king 1523-. Defeated Danes, dissolved Kalmar Union.
Gustav IV. Adolf. 1778-1837. Swedish king 1792-1809. Lost Finland. Overthrown.
Hammarskjold, Dag. 1905-61. Swedish UN Secretary General 1953-.
Hansson, Per. 1885-1946. Swedish Prime Minister 1932-. Maintained neutrality in WWII.
Linnaeus, Carolus. 1707-78. Swedish botanist. Created Latin genus/species naming convention. Systema Naturae 1735. Philosophia Botanica 1751. Classified Homo Sapiens 1766.
Lo-Johansson, Ivar. 1901-90. Swedish novelist of social causes. Goodnight, Earth 1933.
Myrdal, Gunnar. 1898-1987. Swedish economist/sociologist on racism. American Dilemma 1944.