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- The concept of allotropy was originally devised by the Swedish scientist Baron Jons Jakob Berzelius (1779-1848). The term allotropy is derived ...5 KB (685 words) - 08:09, 23 July 2023
- Ingmar Bergman (pronounced ˈbɛrjman in Swedish, but usually ˈbɝgmən ... personal "repertory company" of Swedish actors whom he repeatedly ...15 KB (2,262 words) - 19:23, 5 March 2024
- Ingrid Bergman (August 29 1915 – August 29 1982) was a three-time Academy Award-winning Swedish actress. In addition, she won two Emmy Awards ...16 KB (2,451 words) - 20:21, 19 November 2022
- a stronghold for Polish forces during the Swedish invasions of 1655 and 1705 ... pockets of Polish resistance against the Swedish armies during The Deluge ...13 KB (1,981 words) - 07:32, 12 January 2024
- Trying out a new edit? Use the template's sandbox! {| class="infobox vcard" style="font-size: 85%; text-align: left; width: ...11 KB (1,182 words) - 17:38, 4 August 2022
- to separate cream from milk. In 1879, Swedish engineer Gustaf de Laval demonstrated the first continuous centrifugal separator, making its commercial ...11 KB (1,529 words) - 23:56, 3 December 2023
- During the Middle Ages, Denmark, Norway and Sweden (including the ... on nuclear power and fossil fuels, the Swedish government has launched ...40 KB (5,890 words) - 20:41, 17 March 2024
- a false etymology. The animal's name in old Swedish, Fjellfräs, meaning "fell (mountain) cat," worked its way into German as Vielfraß ...15 KB (2,106 words) - 14:50, 17 April 2023
- The prizes were instituted by the final will of Alfred Nobel, a Swedish ... The prizes for physics and chemistry shall be awarded by the Swedish ...34 KB (5,294 words) - 02:33, 16 November 2022
- who behaves violently." In old Swedish law, trolleri was a particular ... Eight Windows. 2002. The distinguished Swedish-speaking Finnish paleontologist ...13 KB (2,076 words) - 17:46, 2 May 2023
- before the beginning of Lent). In the Swedish calendar observance takes place on the first Saturday of November. Again, many religious traditions ...6 KB (918 words) - 13:36, 17 May 2021
- Greta Garbo (September 18, 1905 – April 15, 1990), born Greta Lovisa Gustafsson, was a Swedish-born actress who was prominent during Hollywood ...20 KB (3,159 words) - 16:14, 18 July 2022
- Celsius (or centigrade) is a temperature scale named after the Swedish astronomer Anders Celsius (1701–1744), who first proposed such a system ...23 KB (3,406 words) - 23:47, 3 December 2023
- opera. It was translated into English, French, Swedish, Danish, Dutch, Bohemian, Hungarian, and Russian. The story is based around Tsar Peter I ...5 KB (752 words) - 08:29, 7 December 2021
- found in a quarry near Ytterby, a small Swedish village near Vaxholm. Yttrium ... (YCl3) with potassium. In 1843, the Swedish chemist Carl Mosander was ...12 KB (1,634 words) - 21:34, 4 June 2023
- ===The Swedish National Bank=== The Swedish National Bank, Bank of Sweden, or Sveriges Riksbank, is ...30 KB (4,733 words) - 23:55, 3 December 2023
- (blue), German blau (blue), Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish blå (blue), Icelandic blár (blue), Latin flāvus (yellow), Middle Irish blá (yellow). ...6 KB (929 words) - 19:57, 30 September 2023
- cognate to Danish Isbjerg, Swedish Isberg, Low Saxon Iesbarg, and German Eisberg. An iceberg differs from sea ice in that an iceberg is made of ...12 KB (1,760 words) - 17:16, 10 February 2024
- of Jahn's developments, the Swedish teacher Pehr Henrik Ling started to see the benefits of gymnastics. In 1813 he was successful in developing ...12 KB (1,802 words) - 05:07, 24 November 2022
- the rank of Count (in Finnish Kreivi, in Swedish Greve). Mannerheim's ... title of Baron (in Finnish Vapaaherra, in Swedish Friherre; the eldest son ...26 KB (4,032 words) - 19:17, 26 November 2023
