Answers to the "famous Swedes" quiz:
* Astrid Lindgren - author of Pippi Longstockings
* Ingmar Bergman - movie director
* Bjorn Borg - tennis player and 5 time champion of Wimbledon
* Alfred Nobel - inventor and scientist, and founder of the Nobel Prize Foundation
* Henning Mankell - fiction writer, mainly mystery genre
* Johan Tobias Sergel - sculptor
* Greta Garbo - actress
* ABBA - pop singing group and Worldvision winner
* Arne Jacobson - designer, and creator of that famous "chair"
* Hans Christian Andersen - author, most well known for children's stories
* Lars Magnus Ericcson - inventor and found of Ericcson company
* Jenny Lind - stage actress of the late 1800's
* Carl Von Linne, a.k.a. Linnaeus - botanist, most well-known for the plant classification system used today
* Lasse Hallstrom - movie director
* Jesper Parnevik - golfer
* Bjork - singer (sometimes actress) - most recently known for the "swan dress" at the Oscars
* Carl Larsson - painter, during late 1800s and early 1900s
* Max von Sydow - actor
* Ingrid Bergman - actress, and 3-time Oscar winner
* Annika Sörenstam - golfer
How many did you know?
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Howdy! Sounds like your b-day weekend was wonderful! Happy belated b-day! I only knew the actors, directors and golfers--guess that tells about what I like to watch. HA! Can't wait to see more travel photos! Thanks for sharing-TH
yes, b-day photos to come. I am SO behind in trip photos...Next up...Sweden pics!
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