Through his father, Alfred Nobel was a descendant of the Swedish scientist Olaus Rudbeck ( 1630 – 1702 ), and in his turn the boy was interested in engineering, particularly explosives, learning the basic principles from his father at a young age.

Celsius conducted many geographical measurements for the Swedish General map, and was one of earliest to note that much of Scandinavia is slowly rising above sea level, a continuous process which has been occurring since the melting of the ice from the latest ice age.

Linnaeus ' father began teaching him Latin, religion, and geography at an early age ; one account says that due to family use of Latin for conversation, the boy learned Latin before he learned Swedish.

She spoke French, the court language of the age, but never bothered to learn to write German or Swedish correctly.

In 1991, at the age of twelve, Robyn recorded the theme song for the Swedish television show Lilla Sportspegeln, named Du kan alltid bli nummer ett (" You can always be number one ").

Sampling influences from electronica, rap, R & B and new age, Robyn received rave reviews, and gained the singer three Swedish Grammy Awards in 2006 for " Årets Album " ( Best Album ), " Årets Kompositör " ( Best Writer, alongside Klas Åhlund ) and " Årets Pop Kvinnlig " ( Best Pop Female ).

As the daughter of two Swedish actors, Robyn grew up in a creative and artistic environment ; she became involved in acting at the age of 9, with a role as an extra in Kronbruden at the Swedish theatre Dramaten.

Initially beginning his career as a chemistry and mathematics teacher after leaving school at the age of 15, Anderson soon entered the Swedish popular music scene, becoming a music producer, manager and also occasional performer.

979 – 1035 ) was a Medieval and Viking age Swedish Queen consort and West Slavic Princess, married to Olof Skötkonung, the King of Sweden, ca.

At the age of seventeen, she was married off to a Swedish dragoon, Johan Cruse or Johann Rabbe, with whom she remained for eight days in 1702, at which point the Swedish troops were withdrawn from Marienburg.

At the age of 13, Garbo graduated from school and typical of a Swedish working-class girl at that time, she did not attend high school ; she would later confess she had an inferiority complex about this.

The exact age of the Swedish flag is not known, but the oldest recorded pictures of a blue cloth with a yellow cross date from the early 16th century, during the reign of King Gustaf Vasa.

Swedish branch of Save the Children estimated that, " 23, 600 to 29, 900 children required medical treatment for their beating injuries in the first two years of the intifada ", one third of whom were children under the age of ten years old.

However, at the age of thirteen, his teacher Jacobsen, at the school for poor children urged him to apply to the " principskola " of the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts, and he was admitted.

At the age of seventeen he joined the Swedish army in Jämtland, serving in the Jämtland Field Ranger Regiment, as a Second Lieutenant, but was soon promoted to Lieutenant.

In the medieval age it was a busy city and hosted an important Swedish harbor, until it was moved to its present location in 1473, and little remained.

In this medieval age, the " Helsings " were the Swedish speaking inhabitants of the entire coastal region north of Uppland, a rather unprecise denomination.

He entered the Swedish army at an early age and was already a captain when, in 1689, at the head of a deputation of Livonian gentry, he went to Stockholm to protest against the rigour with which the land-recovery project of Charles XI of Sweden was being carried out in his native province.

For example, his explanation of why he, at such a young age, was appointed prime minister, was that in the narrow circles of Swedish nobility at the time, it was difficult to find anyone with at least the mediocre intelligence which was needed for the office.

At the age of 9 his family moved to Stockholm, Sweden, where he became fluent in Swedish and learned basic English language ( his neighbour was half-Jamaican ).

`` Young for his age '' means only the presence of some minor characteristic not quite usual.

Both the overall age distribution and the median age are driven by the presence of the local university Appalachian State.

The age of peace is still a progressing work of divine grace, but without the visible presence of Christ to take the place of an Earthly ruler.

Nixon also provided a strong anti-communist presence as well as some youth to counter Ike's more advanced age.

The presence of a Hellenised Diana at Nemi should be related to the presence of the cult in Campania, as Diana Tifatina was appelled Trivia in an imperial age inscription which mentions a flamen Virbialis dedicated by eques C. Octavius Verus.

The Athenaeum reviewer praised Ellis Bell's work for its music and power, and the Critic reviewer recognized " the presence of more genius than it was supposed this utilitarian age had devoted to the loftier exercises of the intellect.

The presence of other generalized non-cercopithecids of middle Miocene age from sites far distant — Otavipithecus from cave deposits in Namibia, and Pierolapithecus and Dryopithecus from France, Spain and Austria — is evidence of a wide diversity of forms across Africa and the Mediterranean basin during the relatively warm and equable climatic regimes of the early and middle Miocene.

As organisms exist at the same time period throughout the world, their presence or ( sometimes ) absence may be used to provide a relative age of the formations in which they are found.

The precise level of glucose considered low enough to define hypoglycemia is dependent on ( 1 ) the measurement method, ( 2 ) the age of the person, ( 3 ) presence or absence of effects, and ( 4 ) the purpose of the definition.

He died at age 81 at 12: 45 AM on Friday, December 6, 1889, in the presence of several friends and with his hand in Varina's.

Carson died a month later at age 58 on May 23, 1868, in the presence of Dr. Tilton.

The age and origin of these stones is debated, and so far none has been firmly dated or associated with clear evidence of a medieval Norse presence.

" Walking lengthened the life of people with diabetes regardless of age, sex, race, body mass index, length of time since diagnosis, and presence of complications or functional limitations.

Several civilizations settled in Milazzo and left signs of their presence from the Neolithic age.

Utrecht has a young population, with many inhabitants in the age category from 20 and 30 years, due to the presence of a large university.

The decision when to apply IVF in endometriosis-associated infertility takes into account the age of the patient, the severity of the endometriosis, the presence of other infertility factors, and the results and duration of past treatments.

However, recent archaeological work has produced a detailed breakdown of the age of the buried children and based on this, and especially on the presence of pre natal individuals-that is still births, it is also argued that this site is consistent with the burial of children who had died from natural causes in a society that had a high infant mortality rate-as Carthage is assumed to have been.

Other elements which the team used to support their theory were the age of the body, the presence of embedded nefer beads, and a wig of a rare style worn by Nefertiti.

The overall age distribution and median age are greatly affected by the presence of Appalachian State University in Boone.

Both the unusually large portion of the population in the 18-to-24 range and the relatively low median age are mainly because of the presence of Morehead State University.

Both the relatively large 18-to-24 population and the relatively low median age can be explained by the presence of Eastern Kentucky University, and to a considerably lesser extent Berea College.