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Asplund, Erik Gunnar

(Encyclopedia) Asplund, Erik GunnarAsplund, Erik Gunnarāˈrĭk g&oobreve;nˈnär äsˈplənd [key], 1885–1940, Swedish architect. He designed the central library of Stockholm (completed 1928), but he is…

Karlfeldt, Erik Axel

(Encyclopedia) Karlfeldt, Erik AxelKarlfeldt, Erik Axelāˈrĭk äkˈsəl kärlˈfĕlt [key], 1864–1931, Swedish lyric poet. His work is representative of neoromanticism in the 1890s. Themes of nature, love,…

Geijer, Erik Gustav

(Encyclopedia) Geijer, Erik GustavGeijer, Erik Gustavāˈrĭk gŭsˈtäv yīˈər [key], 1783–1847, Swedish historian and poet. A leader in the revival of Swedish national literature, he also taught history…

Dahlberg, Erik Jönsson, Count

(Encyclopedia) Dahlberg, Erik Jönsson, CountDahlberg, Erik Jönsson, Countāˈrēk yönˈsən dälˈbĕrg [key], 1625–1703, Swedish military engineer, field marshal, and architect. In 1658 he conveyed the army…

Bruhn, Erik

(Encyclopedia) Bruhn, ErikBruhn, Erikĕrˈĭk br&oomacr;n [key], 1929–86, Danish ballet dancer, b. Copenhagen. Bruhn joined the Royal Danish Ballet in 1947 and became a soloist there in 1949. He was…

Erikson, Erik H.

psychoanalystBirthplace: Frankfurt, GermanyBorn: 1902Died: 1994

Nordenskjöld, Nils Adolf Erik, Baron

(Encyclopedia) Nordenskjöld, Nils Adolf Erik, BaronNordenskjöld, Nils Adolf Erik, Baronnĭls äˈdôlf āˈrĭk n&oomacr;rˈdənshöld [key], 1832–1901, Swedish geologist and arctic explorer, first to…

Nordenskjöld, Nils Otto Gustaf

(Encyclopedia) Nordenskjöld, Nils Otto Gustaf, 1869–1928, Swedish geographer and explorer, nephew of Nils Adolf Erik Nordenskjöld. He headed an expedition to Patagonia (1895–97) and later explored…

Satie, Erik

(Encyclopedia) Satie, ErikSatie, Erikārēkˈ sätēˈ [key], 1866–1925, French composer, studied at the Paris Conservatory; pupil of Vincent D'Indy and Albert Roussel at the Schola Cantorum. He early…