Tomas Gösta Tranströmer (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈtʊːmas ˈjœsˈta ˈtrɑːnˈstrœmər]; born 15 April 1931) is a Swedish poet, psychologist and translator. His poems capture the long Swedish winters, the rhythm of the seasons and the palpable, atmospheric beauty of nature. Tranströmer's work is also characterized by a sense of mystery and wonder underlying the routine of everyday life, a quality which often gives his poems a religious dimension. Indeed, he has been described as a Christian poet.

Tranströmer is acclaimed as one of the most important Scandinavian writers since the Second World War. Critics have praised his poetry for its accessibility, even in translation. His poetry has been translated into over 60 languages. He is the recipient of the 1990 Neustadt International Prize for Literature and the 2011 Nobel Prize in Literature.

Tranströmer was born in Stockholm in 1931 and raised by his mother, a schoolteacher, following her divorce from his father. He received his secondary education at the Södra Latin School in Stockholm, where he began writing poetry. In addition to selected journal publications, his first collection of poems, 17 Poems was published in 1954. He continued his education at Stockholm University, graduating as a psychologist in 1956 with additional studies in history, religion, and literature. Between 1960 and 1966, Tranströmer split his time between working as a psychologist at the Roxtuna center for juvenile offenders and writing poetry.

Michael Krüger (born May 28, 1954, in Scharnebeck) is a German football coach and former football player.

He played for Arminia Hannover in the 2nd Bundesliga.

Krüger began his coaching career as assistant-coach from Peter Neururer with FC Schalke 04, in September 1989 was named as the new head coach of the 2 Football League club Hannover 96, after one year was suspended. He works than 1999 one year for the lower league team VfV Hildesheim, before signed a contact as assistant coach from Erich Rutemöller by F.C. Hansa Rostock. In the 1994/95 season Krüger took the coaching job at Holstein Kiel. He then worked in Egypt, he coached the club Arab Contractors and won the African Cup, one year later he led Al-Masry to win the Egyptian Cup against his former team Arab Contractors in 1998. In the year 1998 he returned to Germany and was named as the head coach of Kickers Emden and later took the same job at the second team of VfL Wolfsburg.

From 15 March 2004 was Krueger head coach of Eintracht Braunschweig and led the club back in the second Bundesliga in 2006. On 4 October 2006, Kruger was fired with assistant Wolfgang Loos by the Lower Saxony club. On 13 June 2007 Krueger was named as the new Head coach of the regional league relegated team 1. FC Saarbrücken, he follows the fired Wolfgang Loos who was released in April 2007.

Lena Endre (born 8 July 1955) is a Swedish actress. She was born in Lidingö, Stockholm County, and grew up in Härnösand, Ångermanland and Trollbäcken, Tyresö. She had her breakthrough in the Swedish TV-series Varuhuset and Lorry in the 1980s. Since then she has acted in a number of TV-series and movies, both in Sweden and Norway. She is perhaps best known for her part in the Liv Ullmann film Trolösa (2000) as well as her role as Katarina, the love interest for Wallander in the second TV series of that name.

She has appeared in two films by Danish director Simon Staho, Dag och Natt and Himlens Hjärta for which she was nominated as Best Leading Actress at the Swedish film awards, "Guldbagge".

Endre has been married to the Swedish director Richard Hobert since 2000. She has two children from an earlier marriage with the actor Thomas Hanzon.

Endre will make her English language debut in Paul Thomas Anderson's The Master alongside Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams and Laura Dern.