The map shows both the Angeln peninsula (to the east of Flensburg and Schleswig) and the Schwansen peninsula (south of the Schlei).

The Flensburg Fjord

The geographical regions of Bundesland Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

The Falshöft lighthouse, Pommerby

Schleswig

Modern Angeln, also known as Anglia (German: Angeln, Danish: Angel, Latin: Anglia), is a small peninsula (within the larger Jutland peninsula) in Southern Schleswig in the northern Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, protruding into the Bay of Kiel. It is separated from the neighbouring peninsula of Schwansen (Danish: Svans or Svansø) by the Schlei inlet, and from the Danish island of Als by the Flensburger Förde ("Firth of Flensburg"). Whether ancient Angeln conformed to these borders is uncertain. It may have been somewhat larger; however, the ancient sources mainly concur that it included the territory of modern Angeln. Angeln has a significance far beyond its current small area and country terrain, in that it is believed to have been the original home of the Angles, Germanic immigrants to central and northern England, and East Anglia. This migration led to their new homeland being named after them, from which the name "England" derives. Both England and the English language, thus, ultimately derive their names from the Angles and Angeln.

Name[link]

In one theory the name of the Angles came from Germanic words for "narrow" (compare German eng = "narrow"), and meant "the people who live beside the Narrow [Water]", i.e. beside the Schlei estuary. The root would be *angh-, "tight".

The word Engel in German means "angel", but is used as a way to designate the area they occupied (Anglia). The most common theory is that the name Angeln itself means "hook", as in angling for fish. Many reputable etymological dictionaries are silent on its root. Julius Pokorny, a major Indo-European linguist, derives it from *ang-, "bend". The meaning would be Anwohner der Holsteiner Bucht, "residents at the Bay of Holstein". The problem with this derivation is that Grimm's Law does not appear to apply to it. The theory that "Angeln" refers to a landform resembling a hook would have required advanced mapmaking abilities by its people, and is thus misleading.^{[citation needed]}

Angeln is situated on the large bight linking the Baltic coast to Jutland, which is mainly the Bay of Kiel (Kieler Bucht), but might be seen as Holsteiner Bucht.

The Angles were part of the Federation of the Ingaevones, with their mythical ancestor and god of fertility Yngvi, and both terms might well share the same root (inglish -> anglish), say as the origin of the federation. Pokorny points out the possible use of this etymological root in other ancient names, such as Hardanger and Angrivarii.

Early history[link]

The region was home to the Germanic people, the Angles, who, together with Saxons and Jutes, left their home to migrate to Britain in the 5th-6th centuries. For the years 449-455, the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, written c. 890, describes how King Vortigern (a British tribal king) invited the Angles to come and receive land in return for helping him defend against marauding Picts. Those successful Angles sent word back that good land was available and that the British were worthless (it is presumed as soldiers). A wholesale emigration of Angles and kindred German peoples followed.

The Chronicle, commissioned by King Alfred the Great, drew on earlier oral traditions and on the few written fragments available. The best of these, written around 730, was by the monk Bede whose history of English Christianity had the following brief account of the origin and distribution of the Angles:

"...from the Angles, that is, the country which is called Anglia, and which is said, from that time, to remain desert to this day, between the provinces of the Jutes and the Saxons, are descended the East Angles, the Midland Angles, Mercians, all the race of the Northumbrians, that is, of those nations that dwell on the north side of the river Humber, and the other nations of the English." (Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English Nation, Book I, Chapter XV, 731 A.D.)

The phrase "north of the Humber" refers to the northern kingdom of Northumbria, which includes what is now north and north-eastern England and part of southern Scotland. Mercia was located in central England and broadly corresponds to what is now known as the English Midlands.

It had long been suspected from all the Germanic sources that this report is too simple, a suspicion confirmed by the archaeology; namely, the fibulae, or brooches, worn by the women. In essence, there are two kinds, the saucer brooch and the cruciform brooch. East coastal and northern Britain were settled by women wearing cruciform brooches, which came from coastal Scandinavia, all of Denmark, and Schleswig-Holstein all the way south to the lower Elbe and all the way east to the Oder, as well as a pocket in coastal Friesland, the embarkation point.

South central Britain was settled by women wearing the saucer brooch, which came from Lower Saxony, the south side of the lower Elbe, and pockets among the then Franks up the Rhine and along the coast to the mouth of the Seine. These are the areas of England that are labeled explicitly as Saxon: Sussex, Wessex, and Essex. The settlement of Kent is attributed to Jutes (from the north of the Angles).

This leads to a conclusion that the "Angles" described by Bede included all the people who populated modern Schleswig-Holstein and Western Pomerania south to the first big bend in the Elbe, and potentially members of any of the other language related groups that were recorded under different names grouped by late ethnologists as Ingaevones. A more complete presentation is given under Angles.

Later history[link]

The Isted Lion, Berlin copy.

After the Angles departed from Anglia, by the 8th century the region was occupied by Danish Vikings. This is reflected in the large number of place names ending in -by (meaning -village) in the region today. In the Viking period, the chronicler Æthelweard reports that the most important town in Angeln was Hedeby.

Later Angeln's history is subsumed in that of the larger surrounding region, which came to be known as Southern Jutland or Schleswig (Danish: Slesvig). Until the 19th century, the area belonged primarily to Denmark. But, in terms of ethnic and linguistic heritage, a mixed German/Danish population evolved. Denmark lost Schleswig to Austria and Prussia in 1864 as a result of the second war of Schleswig. In 1920, following Germany's defeat in World War I, a plebiscite was held to determine which areas should return to Danish control. As a result of the plebiscite, much of Schleswig returned to Denmark, but Angeln remained in Germany. See Schleswig-Holstein Question for a detailed history.

See also[link]

• Angles
• List of Germanic peoples
• Anglo-Saxons
• Thorsberg moor

References[link]

• Ecclesiastical History of the English Nation, Book I, Bede, c. 731
• The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle: Translated and collated by Anne Savage, Dorset Press, 1983, ISBN 0-88029-061-7
• Malcom Falkus and John Gillingham, Historical Atlas of Britain, Crescent Books, 1987, ISBN 0-517-63382-5

External links[link]

• Bede, ca 731 A.D., Ecclesiastical History of the English Nation
• Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, ca 890 A.D.
• Angeln cattle
• Tourism in Angeln
• Cinarchea (Archaeological films of Schleswig-Holstein)
• County and Municipal Flags (Schleswig-Holstein, Germany)
• Genealogy in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Coordinates: 54°40′N 9°40′E / 54.66667°N 9.66667°E / 54.66667; 9.66667

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Eva Dahlgren at the Helsinki Book Fair in 2004

Eva Dahlgren is a Swedish pop musician, born 9 June 1960 in Umeå, Sweden.

Dahlgren was discovered by musician/producer Bruno Glenmark in 1978 after appearing on the TV show "Sveriges magasin" and her debut album Finns det nån som bryr sej om was released the same year. In 1979 she placed third in Melodifestivalen (the tryout competition for the Eurovision Song Contest in Sweden). She toured Sweden in 1987 with Swedish pop duo Roxette, a tour that was attended for more than 100.000 people. Dahlgren's career grew steadily with several album releases during the 1980s but her definite breakthrough in Sweden came in 1991 with the hit album En blekt blondins hjärta which sold over half a million copies and netted the singer five Grammis awards.

In 1996 Dahlgren made headlines in the Swedish press when she came out as a lesbian through her civil union with jewellery designer Efva Attling. In connection with the civil union, Dahlgren changed her surname to Dahlgren-Attling.

Eva Dahlgren toured July - August 2008 together with Peter Jöback in Sweden, Norway and Finland. The tour was called "Himlen är inget tak", and a single with the same title was released.

Discography[link]

(In parenthesis, peak positions in Swedish Albums Chart) ^[1]

• 1978: Finns det nån som bryr sig om (#23)
• 1980: Eva Dahlgren (#25)
• 1981: För väntan (#2)
• 1982: Tvillingskäl (#8)
• 1984: Ett fönster mot gatan (#2)
• 1984: Känn mig
• 1987: Ung och stolt (#2)
• 1989: Fria Världen 1.989 (#3)
• 1991: En blekt blondins hjärta (#1)
  • 1992: Eva Dahlgren (English language version of En blekt blondins hjärta)
• 1992: För minnenas skull (double CD) (1978–1992) (#10)
• 1995: Jag vill se min älskade komma från det vilda (#2)
• 1999: Lai Lai (#1)
• 1999: LaLaLive (#5)
• 2005: Snö (#2)
• 2007: En blekt blondins ballader (1980–2005) (#1)
• 2007: Petroleum och tång (#3)

Singles[link]

(In parenthesis, peak positions in Swedish Singles Chart) ^[2]

• 1989: "Ängeln i rummet" (#4)
  • (English version: "Angel in My Room")
• 1991: "Gunga mig" (#40)
• 1991: "Vem tänder stjärnorna" (#4)
  • (English version: "I'm not in Love with You")
• 1991: "Kom och håll om mig" (#27)
  • (English version: "Just Want You to Love Me")
• 1994: "Tro på varann" (Uno Svenningsson and Eva Dahlgren (#22)
• 1999: "Underbara människa" (#41)
• 2005: "När jag längtar" (#17)
• 2006: "Äventyr" (EP) (#58)
• 2008: "Himlen är inget tak" (Eva Dahlgren and Peter Jöback) (#36)

References[link]

External links[link]

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• (Swedish)Official web site

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Erik Segerstedt
Erik Segerstedt in Norrköping in 2009
Background information
Born	(1983-04-20) April 20, 1983 (age 29)
Origin	Uddevalla, Sweden
Genres	Pop, rock
Years active	2006–present
Labels	Sony BMG

Erik Segerstedt (born April 20, 1983 in Uddevalla) was the runner-up to Markus Fagervall on the third season of Swedish version of Idol 2006.^[1]

In 2007, he became part of the Swedish band E.M.D. alongside two other Idol contestants Danny Saucedo from Idol 2006 and Mattias Andréasson from Idol 2007.

[edit] Idol

Erik Segerstedt took part in Idol 2006 singing the following:

After having reached the final, he finished as runner-up to winner Markus Fagervall after declaration of the results of the public vote.

[edit] Post-Idol

Erik Segerstedt

Segerstedt was signed at Sony BMG and on February 21, 2007 his debut album A Different Shade was released. The album debuted at #2 on the Swedish albums chart and stayed at this position for a second week. The first single "I Can't say I'm Sorry" written by Andreas Carlsson peaked at #1 on the Swedish singles chart.

In 2007, Segerstedt formed the musical trio E.M.D. with Mattias Andréasson and Danny Saucedo and is still a member of the band.

Discography[link]

Solo work[link]

Studio albums

• 2007: A Different Shade

Singles

• 2007: "I Can't Say I'm Sorry"
• 2007: "How Did We Change"
• 2009: "Saturday Night"

E.M.D.[link]

Studio albums

• 2008: A State of Mind
  • 2009: A State of Mind (Deluxe Edition)
• 2009: Välkommen hem
• 2010: Rewind

Singles

• 2007: "All for Love"
• 2008: "Jennie Let Me Love You"
• 2008: "Alone"
• 2009: "Baby Goodbye"
• 2009: "Youngblood"
• 2009: "Välkommen hem
• 2010: "Save Tonight"
• 2010: "What Is Love"

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official website