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Þjóðólfr of Hvinir Þjóðólfr of Hvinir (Thjodolf) was a Norwegian skald, active around the year 900. He is considered to have been the original author of Ynglingatal, a poem glorifying the Norwegian petty king Ragnvald the Mountain-High, by describing how he was descended from the Swedish kings and the Norse gods.
ĂžorgerĂ°ur KatrĂ­n GunnarsdĂłttir ĂžorgerĂ°ur KatrĂ­n GunnarsdĂłttir (Thorgerdur Katrin Gunnarsdottir) (born 4 October 1965) is the vice-chairman of the Independence Party in Iceland. She has been the Minister of Education, Science and Culture since 31 December 2003 and a member of the Icelandic Parliament since 1999.
Þorgnýr the Lawspeaker Þorgnýr the Lawspeaker (Old Icelandic: Þorgnýr lögmaðr, Swedish: Torgny Lagman) is the name of one of at least three generations of lawspeakers by the name Þorgnýr. They are mentioned in several sources, of which the Heimskringla by the Icelandic historian Snorri Sturluson is the most important, but also in the less known Styrbjarnar þáttr Svíakappa and Hróa þáttr heimska.
Þorlákshöfn Þorlákshöfn is a town on the south coast of Iceland. Its main importance is as a port as it has the only viable harbour on Iceland's southern coastline between Grindavík in the west and Höfn in the east, and it serves as the departure point for ferries to the Vestmannaeyjar archipelago.
Þorleifr jarlsskáld Þorleifr Rauðfeldarson or Þorleifr jarlsskáld (Poet of the Earl) was an Icelandic skald. He was one of the court poets of Hákon Sigurðarson, though only a couple of his verses on the ruler have come down to us.
Ăžorramatur Ăžorramatur (food of the Ăľorri) is the traditional Icelandic national food. Today Ăľorramatur is chiefly consumed during the ancient Nordic month of Ăľorri, in January and February, as a tribute to old culture.
Ăžorsteinn Gylfason Ăžorsteinn Gylfason (August 12 1942 - August 16 2005) was an influential Icelandic philosopher, translator, musician, poet, art enthusiast and intellectual. Ăžorsteinn was born and raised in ReykjavĂ­k, the capital of Iceland.
Þorsteinn J Þorsteinn J (pronounced Thorstaydn Yoth), full name Þorsteinn Jens Vilhjálmsson is an Icelandic television personality and co-host of Stöð 2's primetime news/talk show Ísland í dag. He has worked in the Icelandic media for years and has been very popular.
Þorsteinn Pálsson Þorsteinn Pálsson () (born 29 October 1947) was Prime Minister of Iceland for the Independence Party from 8 July 1987 to 28 September 1988. Þorsteinn led the independence party from 1983 to 1991 when he lost an inner partial election to then vice chairman of the independence party and mayor of Reykjavík, Davíð Oddsson.
Ăžorsteins saga VĂ­kingssonar Ăžorsteins saga VĂ­kingssonar or The Saga of Thorstein, Viking's Son is a legendary saga taking place in the 7th century and it is about the father of Frithjof the Bold. It begins in Norway and Sweden (with locations such as UllerĂĄker) but continues into exotic places such as India.
Þorvaldr Ásvaldsson Þorvaldr Ásvaldsson (English: Thorvald Asvaldsson) was the father of the discoverer of Greenland, Eiríkr Rauði (Erik the Red) and grandfather of Leifr Eiríksson, who visited North America centuries before Christopher Columbus. (See Discovery of America.
Þrúðheimr In Norse mythology, Þrúðheimr (anglicized Thrúdheim or Thrudheim), which means "World of strength" in Old Norse, is the home of Thor according to the Eddic poem Grímnismál (4). But in Snorri Sturluson's Edda (Gylfaginning, 21, 47; Skáldskaparmál, 17) and Ynglinga saga (5), the name of Thor's residence is Þrúðvangr or Þrúðvangar.
Þrúðvangr Þrúðvangr (anglicized Thrúdvang or Thrudvang), which means "Fields of Strength", is the name given by Snorri in Gylfaginning to Þrúðheimr, the kingdom of Thor in Asgard where he lives in the hall of Bilskirnir with his wife Sif.
Þriði In Norse mythology, Þriði ("Third"), anglicized as Thridi, is either one of the many names of Odin given in Grimnismal (46) or the name of one of the three characters (along with Hárr and Jafnhárr) questioned by king Gylfi in Snorri Sturluson's Gylfaginning.
Þrymheimr In Norse mythology, Þrymheimr ("house of uproar") was the abode of Þjazi, a giant, located in Jötunheimr. It was also the home of Skaði, the wife of Niord who became homesick for the place after her marriage.
Þrymr In Norse mythology, King Thrym ("uproar") (Þrymr) of the Jotuns (frost giants) stole Mjollnir, Thor's hammer, to extort the gods into giving him Freyja as his wife. His kingdom was called Jotunheim, but according to Hversu Noregr byggdist, it was the Swedish province Värmland.
ĂžrymskviĂ°a ĂžrymskviĂ°a (the name can be anglicized as ThrymskviĂ°a, Thrymskvitha, Thrymskvidha or Thrymskvida) is one of the best known poems from the Poetic Edda. The Norse myth had enduring popularity in Scandinavia and continued to be told and sung in several forms until the 19th century.
Île d'Orléans Bridge The Île d'Orléans Bridge, known locally as the Pont de l'Ile, is a suspension bridge that spans the Saint Lawrence River between Montmorency Falls, in Quebec City, and Île d'Orléans (Isle of Orleans) in the Canadian province of Quebec. The first bridge, constructed in 1912, was destroyed by fire in 1921.
ĂŽle de la Passe Ile de la Passe is a rocky islet in the bay of Grand Port on the island of Mauritius. Between 20-25 August 1810, during the British campaign to capture the island (then called ĂŽle de France) from the French, it was the scene of a long and very hard-fought action between roughly equal forces of French and British frigates and, on balance, a defeat for the British, who lost four frigates, though one of these was subsequently recaptured and the French squadron did not survive the British invasion of Mauritius.
Île Jésus Île Jésus (French for Jesus Island) is an island in southwestern Quebec, separated from the mainland to the north by the Rivière des Mille-Îles, and from the Island of Montreal to the south by the Rivière des Prairies.
Île Perrot Île Perrot is an island west to the island of Montreal in the Canadian province of Quebec. Right between Lake Saint-Louis and Lac des Deux-Montagnes, more than 31,000 people live in one of Île Perrot’s four municipalities.
ĂŽle Royale ĂŽle Royale (Royal Island) is the largest and westernmost island of the three ĂŽles du Salut, in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of French Guiana. As the largest island, with an area of 28 hectares, it was used as the centre for administration when the islands were used as a penal settlement.
Île Sans Fil Île Sans Fil («wi-fi island») is a non-profit community wireless network devoted to providing free public wireless internet access to mobile users in public spaces throughout the island of Montréal, Québec, Canada. They are using Open-source software and inexpensive off-the-shelf Wi-Fi hardware to share broadband Internet connections.
Île-de-France (province) Île-de-France is one of the ancient provinces of France, and the one that has been the center of power during most of French history (France.com at Today, the territory of the province of Île-de-France is divided between the Île-de-France] [[région and the Picardie région.
ĂŽle-de-France (region) ĂŽle-de-France is one of the twenty-six regions of France. It was created as the "District of the Paris Region" in 1961 and, with borders unchanged, was transformed into the ĂŽle-de-France region in 1976.
Îles d'Hyères The Îles d'Hyères (or Îles d'Or) is a group of three islands off Hyères in the Var département, in the south-east of France. The three mediterranean islands are named Porquerolles, Port-Cros, and Île du Levant.
ĂŽles du Salut The ĂŽles du Salut (in English: Salvation Islands) are a group of small islands of volcanic origin about 11 km off the coast of French Guiana (14 km north of Kourou) in the Atlantic Ocean. Although closer to Kourou, the islands are part of Cayenne commune (municipality), specifically Cayenne 1er Canton Nord-Ouest.
Îles Laval The Îles Laval are an island grouping in the Rivière des Prairies in southwestern Quebec. Located southwest of Île Bizard between the Island of Montreal and Île Jésus, they include Île Bigras, Île Pariseau, Île Verte and Île Ronde.
ĂŽles Tuamotu-Gambier The ĂŽles Tuamotu-Gambier (French: ĂŽles Tuamotu-Gambier or Archipels des Tuamotu et des Gambier or Archipel des Tuamotu-Gambier or Tuamotu-Gambier or officially subdivision administrative des (ĂŽles) Tuamotu-Gambier) geographically consist of the Tuamotus and the Gambier Islands which are geographically located closely together. The ĂŽles Tuamotu-Gambier consist of 17 communes: The 16 communes Anaa, Arutua, Fakarava, Fangatau, Gambier, Hao, Hikueru, Makemo, Manihi, Napuka, Nukutavake, Pukapuka, Rangiroa, Reao, Takaroa-takapoto, Tatakoto and Tureia on the Tuamotus and the commune Gambier, comprising the Gambier Islands.
ĂŽles-de-la-Madeleine ĂŽles-de-la-Madeleine is a provincial electoral district in Quebec, Canada that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. Formed from a part of the former Gaspe riding, ĂŽles-de-la-Madeleine first appeared in the Quebec general election of 1897.
Îlots des Apôtres (Crozet) The Îlots des Apôtres (English: Apostle Islets) are a group of small and uninhabited rocky islands in the northwestern part of the Crozet Archipelago in the southern Indian Ocean, located at , 10 km north of Île aux Cochons, the largest of the Crozet Islands. Their total area is about 2 km².
Încă o noapte Încă o noapte is a single by Romanian dance music group DJ Project and the most successful single on their Povestea mea album. The song reached #1 on the Romanian charts in the week from 28 August to 3 September, 2006, particularly becoming a summer hit on Romania's Black Sea Coast.
Ó Cléirigh Ó Cléirigh was the name of a learned family who were originally rulers of Uí Fiachrach Aidhne till expelled by their cousins, the Clan Ó Seachnasaigh (O'Shaughnessy). From the early 11th or 12th century they were based in Tír Conaill (modern-day Co.
Ó Dálaigh The Ó Dálaigh were a learned bardic family who first came to prominence early in the 12th century. Originally from what is now Westmeath, different members of the clan founded bardic schools in widely different parts of Ireland.
Ó Duibhdábhoireann The Ó Duibhdábhoireann were a learned family located in the region of Corcomroe, Thomond (modern-day County Clare), who served as brehons for the local ruling dynasty of Ó Loughlin from the 14th century or earlier.
Ă“ Maolconaire The Ă“ Maolconaire were a bardic family of Ollamh's from Connacht, many of whom were successive Ollamh SĂ­l Muireadaigh to the SĂ­l Muireadaigh and other Irish dynastys from possibly as early as the 12th to 17th centuries. They were chiefly historians and poets.
Ó Neill Ó Neill is the name of one of the premier families of Ireland, formerly Kings of Tir Eogain and Earl of Tyrone. They were a branch of the northern Irish dynasty known as the Cenél Conaill, who were in turn an off-shoot of another dynasty, the Uí Néill
Ó Rothlain Ó Rothlain (Irish name meaning "descendant of Rothlan") is the pre-anglicisation Irish form of the names Rowlan, Rowland, Rowlands, Rollan, Rollin, Rolan and Rowley. The name can also be found spelled as Ó Rothlán, Rothlán, and Rothlan.
Ă“engus I of the Picts Ă“engus, son of Fergus (Hypothetical Pictish form: Onuist map Urguist;Forsyth discusses the various forms of Ă“engus's name, also providing Ungus(t) as an alternative Pictish form. Old Irish: Ă“engus mac Fergusso, Anglicisation: Angus mac Fergus), was king of the Picts from 732 until his death in 761.
Ă“engus II of the Picts Ă“engus mac Fergusa (variants Onuist, Hungus or Angus) was king of the Picts (or of Fortriu), in modern Scotland, from about 820 until 834. Tradition associates him with the cult of Saint Andrew and the Flag of Scotland.
Óglaigh na hÉireann Óglaigh na hÉireann (, old orthography Óglaiġ na h-Éireann, ) is an Irish language term traditionally translated as “Volunteers of Ireland” or “Warriors of Ireland”. Its exact designation has changed throughout recent history.
Ă“lafur ElĂ­asson Ă“lafur ElĂ­asson (born 1967 in Copenhagen, Denmark) is an Icelandic artist, famous in the UK for his exhibition The Weather Project at the Tate Modern, London, in 2003. That same year, he also represented Denmark at the Venice Biennale.
Ólafur Jóhannesson Ólafur Jóhannesson (March 1, 1913–May 20, 1984) was the 15th Prime Minister of Iceland for the Progressive Party on two occasions. He served his first term from 14 July 1971 to 28 August 1974, and his second term from 1 September 1978 to 15 October 1979.
Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson () (born 14 May 1943, in Ísafjörður, Iceland) is the fifth and current President of Iceland, from 1996 to present, re-elected unopposed in 2000, and was re-elected for a third term in 2004.
Óláfr Þórðarson Óláfr Þórðarson was an Icelandic skald and scholar who was born about 1210 and died in 1259. He is usually called Óláfr hvítaskáld ("Olaf the white skald") in contrast to a contemporary skald called Óláfr svartaskáld ("Olaf the black skald").
Ă“rale Ă“rale is a common interjection in Mexican slang with varying connotations, including an affirmation that something is impressive, an agreement with a statement (akin to "word"), or a simple greeting. The word literally means "pray to him" in Spanish](it is the imperative form of the verb orar with the indirect object pronoun le attached).
Óró - A Live Session Óró - A Live Session is a music album by Irish musician Máire Brennan, now known as Moya Brennan. Just before the start of the German tour, Moya and her band recorded a "live session" album to have available for fans on the tour.
Ă“rgiva Ă“rgiva is a small town and municipality in the Alpujarra mountains in the eastern part of AndalucĂ­a in Spain. It has a population of around 6,500 and lies in a depression between the Sierra de Lujar and Sierra Nevada.
Óscar Arias Óscar Rafael de Jesús Arias Sánchez (born 13 September 1940, in Heredia, Costa Rica) is the current President of Costa Rica and the first Nobel Laureate in history to be elected a nation's president after winning the award. He served as President from 1986 to 1990, and was elected for a second term in a close election in 2006.
Óscar Escandón Óscar Escandón Berrío (born July 10, 1984 in Ibagué) is a boxer from Colombia, who participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics for his native South American country. There he was stopped in the round of sixteen of the Flyweight (51 kg) division by Germany's Rustamhodza Rahimov.
Ă“scar Humberto MejĂ­a Victores Ă“scar Humberto MejĂ­a Victores (born 1930) was President of Guatemala from 8 August 1983 to 14 January 1986. A member of the Military, he was President of Guatemala during a time of increased repression and death squad activity.
Óscar Ibáñez Óscar Manuel Ibáñez Holzmann (born 8 August, 1968) is a Peruvian football goalkeeper, who made his debut for the national team on April 18, 1998. Since then he obtained 50 caps, with the last match being on March 30, 2005.
Óscar Miñambres Pascual Óscar Miñambres Pascual (born January 1, 1981 in Madrid) is a Spanish football right-sided fullback, who plays for Real Madrid. Miñambres is one of the unluckiest footballers in the world; he was toppled by injury two times, and the recent injury was in a last year training session.
Ă“scar PĂ©rez Bovela Ă“scar PĂ©rez Bovela (born August 27, 1981 in Oviedo) is a Spanish football (soccer) player who most recently played in England for Bolton Wanderers. Signed by the club after he was released from his contract by Spanish Third Division side Cordoba CF in January 2005 he can play both in the centre and on the right of midfield.
Óscar R. Benavides Óscar Raymundo Benavides Larrea (1876 – 1945) was the President of Peru from 1914 until 1915 and from 1933 to 1939. He was the only member of the Peruvian military to hold the rank of Marshal during the twentieth century and achieved both of his terms as President through military coups.
Óscar Romero Óscar Arnulfo Romero y Galdámez (August 15, 1917 – March 24, 1980), commonly known as Monseñor Romero, was a priest of the Roman Catholic Church in El Salvador. He later became the eighth Bishop and fourth Archbishop of San Salvador, succeeding the long-reigning Luis Chávez y González.
Ă“scar Villarreal Ă“scar Eduardo Villareal (born November 22, 1981 in Nuevo LeĂłn, Mexico) is a relief pitcher who currently plays for the Atlanta Braves (2006-present). He previously played for the Arizona Diamondbacks (2003-2005).
Ă“skar PĂ©tursson Ă“skar PĂ©tursson (born 26 January 1989) is an Icelandic football goalkeeper who currently plays for Ipswich Town. He signed a two-year Academy scholarship in April 2005, PĂ©tursson is considered the most promising keeper in the Nordic countries and had interested a number of English clubs prior to signing for Ipswich and spent time on trial at Wolverhampton Wanderers earlier in the 2004/05 season.
Óskópnir In Norse mythology, Óskópnir is another name for Vigrid, the great island battlefield where the final conflict of Ragnarök will be waged. The source for this term is found in Fáfnismál, stanzas 14 and 15, during the dialogue between Sigurd and Fafnir.
Óttar (mythology) Óttarr, also known as Óttarr the Simple, was a protégé of Freyja, and the subject of the Lay of Hyndla (Hyndluljóð). In this tale, she concealed him by transforming him into the boar named Hildisvín the Battle-Swine, which she rode into battle.
Óttarr svarti Óttarr svarti (The Black) was an 11th century Icelandic skald. He was the court poet first of Óláfr skautkonungr of Sweden, then of Óláfr Haraldsson of Norway, the Swedish king Anund Jacob and finally of Canute the Great of Denmark and England.
Ă… The letter Ă… represents various o sounds in the Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, North Frisian, Walloon, Chamorro and Istro-Romanian language alphabets. Other alphabets using the letter include the Lule Sami, Skolt Sami and Southern Sami alphabet.
Ă…bo Akademi University Ă…bo Akademi University is a Swedish language university in Turku, Finland (Ă…bo is the Swedish name for Turku). The university was founded in 1918, and is the oldest of the three universities in the city, the other two being the University of Turku and the Turku School of Economics and Business Administration.
Åboland Åboland (Swedish; Turunmaa in Finnish) is a sub-region in the Finland Proper region in south-western Finland. The sub-region consists of the majority Finland-Swedish municipalities of Dragsfjärd, Houtskär, Iniö, Kimito, Korpo, Nagu, Pargas, and Västanfjärd, all of which are located in the archipelago around the city of Turku (Åbo in Swedish), on the Archipelago Sea.
Ă…dalen Ă…dalen is the river valley of the Ă…ngerman River, downstream Junsele, in Sweden. It often refers to the broad, densely populated, fjord-like mouth of the river, in Kramfors Municipality, and is known for the Ă…dalen shootings in 1931.
Ă…dalen shootings The Ă…dalen shootings (in Swedish: Skotten i Ă…dalen), also known as the Ă…dalen riots was a series of events in and around the Swedish sawmill district of Ă…dalen, in Kramfors Municipality, in May 1931. During a protest, five persons were killed by bullets fired by Swedish military troops.
Åhléns Åhléns is a Swedish chain of department stores, located in almost every city in the country and with several stores in the major cities - there are more than 15 Åhléns stores in Stockholm alone. Åhléns also has business operations in Norway.
Åhus Åhus is a town in Scania in southernmost Sweden, incorporated into Kristianstad Municipality. The population is about 10,000 in the winter but it triples in the summer due to the tourists, largely from Germany, who come seeking the great beaches and the beautiful nature of the Helgeå and Hanöbukten area.
Ă…ke Borg Ă…ke Borg (1901-1973) was a long distance swimmer from Sweden and twin brother to Arne Borg. He won a bronze medal in the 4x200 m freestle relay at the 1924 Summer Olympics together with his brother Arne, Orvar Trolle and Georg Werner.
Ă…ke Edwardson Ă…ke Edwardson (born 1953) is a Swedish author of detective fiction, and a professor at Gothenburg University, the city where many of his Inspector Winter novels are set. Edwardson has had many jobs, including a journalist and press officer for the United Nations, and his crime novels have made him a three-time winner of the Swedish Crime Writers' Award for best crime novel.
Åke Green Åke Green (born 3 June, 1941) is a Pentecostal Christian pastor who was sentenced to one month in prison under Sweden's law against hate speech. On February 11, 2005 an appeals court, Göta hovrätt, overturned the decision and acquitted Åke Green.
Ă…ke Gustafsson Karl Ă…ke Torsten Gustafsson (1908-1988) was a Swedish botanist and geneticist, who was also known as an essayist and poet. He was professor at the Statens Skogsforskningsinstitut (the Swedish Institute for Forest Research) 1947-1968 and at Lund University 1968-1974.
Åke Wallenquist Åke Anders Edvard Wallenquist (1904 – 1994) was a Swedish astronomer. He worked at the Dutch Bosscha Observatory in Indonesia between 1928 and 1935, and became assistant professor at Uppsala's Kvistabergs Observatorium (Kvistaberg Observatory) in 1948.
Åkviksundet Bridge Åkviksundet Bridge (Åkviksundet bru) is a cantilever bridge that crosses Åkviksundet between the islands Dønna and Staulen in Nordland county in Norway. It is part of the road connection between the municipalities Herøy and Dønna.
Ă…land Ă…land (pronounced in Swedish), also called the Ă…land Islands or Ahvenanmaa(n maakunta) (in Finnish, akin to "Ahvaland" meaning Waterland in ancient Scandinavian), is an archipelago in the Baltic Sea. It is situated at the entrance to the Gulf of Bothnia and forms an autonomous, demilitarised, monolingually Swedish-speaking administrative province of Finland.
Ă…land crisis The Ă…land Crisis was one of the first issues the new League of Nations had to arbitrate. The Ă…land Islands' population's demand for self-determination was not met and sovereignty over the islands was retained by Finland, but international guarantees were given to allow the population to pursue its own (Swedish) culture, relieving the threat of assimilation by Finnish culture, perceived by the islanders.
Ă…land State Provincial Office The Ă…land State Provincial Office represents the Finnish central government on the Ă…land Islands. Due to its autonomy, it has somewhat different functions than similar offices in other Provinces of Finland.
Ă…landstidningen Ă…landstidningen or Tidningen Ă…land is a Swedish language newspaper on the Ă…land Islands, an autonomous region in Finland. It's published five times a week, and is the largest local newspaper on Ă…land, of the two published (the other being Nya Ă…land).
Ålänningens sång Ålänningens sång (Swedish: "Song of the Ålander"), is the official anthem of the Åland Islands, an autonomous Swedish-speaking province of Finland. Adopted in 1922, the anthem's words are by John Grandell and the music was composed by Johan Fridolf Hagfors.
Ålesund Ålesund is a town and municipality in the county of Møre og Romsdal, Norway. It is a sea port, 236 km north northeast of Bergen, and is noted for its unique concentration of jugendstil architecture (the German name of Art Nouveau).
Ålkistan Ålkistan (Swedish: "The Eel Hatch") is the name of a canal, and the surrounding area, north of Stockholm, Sweden. The canal is connecting Lake Värtan to Lake Brunnsviken, and delimits Bergshamra, the northern part of Solna, from the northern part of Djurgården.
Ă…ndalsnes Ă…ndalsnes is a Norwegian town in the municipality of Rauma, of which it is also the administrative center. Ă…ndalsnes has around 3,000 inhabitants, and is located at the mouth of the river Rauma, which flows through the valley Romsdal.
Ånden som Gjorde Opprør Ånden Som Gjorde Opprør is the second full-length album by Norwegian solo artist Mortiis that was released in 1994, a year after his debut album, Fodt Til Å Herske, and is the predecessor to Keiser Av En Dimensjon Ukjent. The album was released on CD and gatefold LP formats, with the latter being limited to 300 copies, which came with posters and postcards.
Ångström An ångström or aangstroem (the official transliteration), or angstrom (symbol Å) is a non-SI unit of length that is internationally recognised. It is sometimes used in expressing the sizes of atoms, lengths of chemical bonds and visible-light spectra.
Ångström (crater) Ångström is a small lunar impact crater located on the border between Oceanus Procellarum to the west and Mare Imbrium to the east. To the south is a formation of mounts rising out of the maria named the Montes Harbinger.
Årstabroarna Årstabroarna (Swedish: "The Årsta bridges") are two parallel railway viaducts in central Stockholm, Sweden. Passing over the watercourse of Årstaviken and the islets Årsta holmar, they connect the major island Södermalm to the southern mainland district Årsta.
Åsa Linderborg Åsa Natacha Linderborg (née Andersson, born 20 May 1968 in Västerås) is a Swedish historian and political writer. She has a Marxist view on history and politics and has been active in the Swedish Left Party.
Åsa-Nisse Åsa-Nisse is a Swedish literary character created by Stig Cederholm. The character first appeared in the weekly magazine "Tidsfördriv" in 1944, and was then a series of 20 films, produced between 1949 and 1969.
Ă…sane Seahawks Ă…sane Seahawks is the name of an American football team located in Ă…sane, Norway that competes in the Norway American Football Federation. The team borrowed its name from the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League.
Åsebakken Priory Åsebakken Priory, or the Priory of Our Lady, Åsebakken, is a Benedictine nunnery at Birkerød, about 20 km north of Copenhagen in Denmark. The nunnery is a member of the Beuronese Congregation within the Benedictine Confederation.
Ă…sele Lapland Court District Ă…sele Lapland Court District, or Ă…sele lappmarks tingslag, was a district of Lapland in Sweden. The provinces in Norrland were never divided into hundreds and instead the court district (tingslag) served as the basic division of rural areas.
Åsele Municipality Åsele Municipality is a Swedish municipality in Västerbotten County, in the far South of the province of Lapland in northern Sweden. The population is 3,375 but decreases annually, and the municipality is sparsely populated with less than 1 inhabitants per km².
Åsta accident The Åsta accident was a railway accident that occured at 13:12:25 on January 4 2000 at Åsta in Åmot, south of Rena in Østerdalen, Norway. A train from Trondheim collided with a local train from Hamar on Rørosbanen resulting in an explosive fire.
Åstorp The town of Åstorp is the seat of the Municipality of Åstorp and a railway junction located at the European route E4 close to Helsingborg. Åstorp is a station on the local line Helsingborg-Hässleholm-Kristianstad located 25 minutes from Helsingborg and 70 minutes from Kristianstad.
Älvdalen Court District Älvdalen Court District, or Älvdalens tingslag, was a district divided between Dalarna and Härjedalen in Sweden. The court district (tingslag) served as the basic division of the rural areas in Dalecarlia and the provinces in Norrland.
Älvsborg County Älvsborg County, or Älvsborgs län, was a county of Sweden until December 31, 1998 when it was merged with the counties of Gothenburg and Bohus and Skaraborg to form the county of Västra Götaland. It consisted of the Provinces of Dalia and the central part of Westrogothia with the seat of residence in the city of Vänersborg.
Älvsjö Älvsjö is a part of the city of Stockholm in Sweden. Located in South Stockholm and organized as Älvsjö borough, it has the biggest rentable facility in northern Europe called Stockholm International Fairs.
Änglagård Änglagård is a currently defunct Swedish progressive rock band, with influences including King Crimson, Genesis, Trettioåriga Kriget, Schicke Führs Fröhling & Van Der Graaf Generator. The band was established in 1991 by Tord Lindman (guitars and vocals) and Johan Högberg (bass guitar), and broke up in 1994.
Ô Canada! mon pays, mes amours The lyrics to "Ô Canada! mon pays, mes amours", a French Canadian song, were written by George-Étienne Cartier are and not to be confused with the other O Canada, which today is the official anthem of Canada.
Ôgon Batto Ôgon Batto (the Golden Bat) is possibly the first Japanese superhero. Created by Takeo Nagamatsu in 1930, some sources say that the character first appeared in a pulp novel, while others say that he debued in Kamishibai, a traveling show in which a sequence of pictures is narated by a storyteller.

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