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Jazz på svenska ("Jazz in Swedish") is an album by the Swedish jazz pianist Jan Johansson. It was issued in 1964 and consists of jazz arrangements of Swedish folk songs . All arrangements are very sparse, consisting only of Johansson on piano and Georg Riedel on double bass.
"Bang-A-Boomerang" is a song by ABBA, first released by Svenne & Lotta (both Swedish and English-language versions). The track was first recorded as a demo with English lyrics (but without any recorded vocals) in September 1974 by the ABBA musicians for their eponymous album ABBA.
In 2016 Reverso acquired Fleex, a service for learning English via subtitled movies. Based on content from Netflix, Fleex has expanded to also include video content from YouTube, TED Talks, and custom video files. [6] [7] [8] In 2018 it released a new mobile app, which combines translations and learning activities.
Knowledge of English in Sweden as reported by Swedes, 2005. [2] Very good: 31% Good: 37% Basic: 21% Not enough: 11%. The name Swenglish is a portmanteau term of the names of the two languages and is first recorded from 1938, making it one of the oldest names for a hybrid form of English. [3]
Axess TV (culture and information) - owned by Axel and Margaret Johnson Foundation for Public Benefit Purposes (DTT) (DTT); Regional terrestrial channels: Kanal 12 (DTT); Kanal 10 a.k.a 'Kristen TV i Sverige', a privately owned Christian TV channel in Sweden, was founded in 2003 by Börje Claesson.
Svenska, a passionate animal rights activist, [3] specialises in canine behaviour. [4] She is the founder of Green World TV and a patron of the World Animal Day. [5] Svenska defended Steve Irwin against criticism of mishandling animals. [6] In 2016, she wore the largest hat ever worn at Ascot in order to campaign against horse racing deaths. [7 ...
Hans Rosling (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈhɑːns ˈrûːslɪŋ]; 27 July 1948 – 7 February 2017) was a Swedish physician, academic and public speaker. He was a professor of international health at Karolinska Institute [4] and was the co-founder and chairman of the Gapminder Foundation, which developed the Trendalyzer software system.