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Bestum
Bestum is a neighbourhood in Ullern in Oslo, Norway. Before the residential area arose, Bestum was mainly an agricultural area. The name origins from the middle ages. Bestum was served by a station named "Bestun" and the tram stop Bestum, but both are now closed. The residential houses in the area are drawn in Swiss chalet style.
Coordinates: 59°55′13″N 10°39′32″E / 59.92028°N 10.65889°E / 59.92028; 10.65889

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Oslo
Oslo (English pronunciation: /ˈɒzloʊ/, OZ-loh,Norwegian pronunciation: [²ʊʃlʊ] ( listen) or [²ʊslʊ]) is the capital of and most populous city in Norway. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III, the city was elevated to a bishopric in 1070 and a capital under Haakon V around 1300. Personal unions with Denmark from 1397 to 1523 and again from 1536 to 1814 and with Sweden from 1814 to 1905 reduced its influence. After being destroyed by a fire in 1624, the city was moved closer to Akershus Castle during the reign of King Christian IV and renamed Christiania in his honour. It was established as a municipality (formannskapsdistrikt) on 1 January 1838. Following a spelling reform, it was known as Kristiania from 1877 to 1925, when its original Norwegian name was restored.
Oslo is the economic and governmental centre of Norway. The city is also a hub of Norwegian trade, banking, industry and shipping. It is an important centre for maritime industries and maritime trade in Europe. The city is home to many companies within the maritime sector, some of which are amongst the world's largest shipping companies, shipbrokers and maritime insurance brokers. Oslo is a pilot city of the Council of Europe and the European Commission intercultural cities programme.

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Ullevål Hageby
Coordinates: 59°56′37″N 10°44′0″E / 59.94361°N 10.733333°E / 59.94361; 10.733333
Ullevål Hageby is a residential area and garden city in borough Nordre Aker of Oslo, Norway. All housing in the area is part of the housing cooperative Oslo Havebyselskap. The area borders on Ullevål University Hospital to the east, Blindern in the west, and Berg to the north.
The area was built between 1918 and 1926, and consists of 116 buildings with 653 apartments, making it the largest garden city in the country. It was intended for the working class, as an attempt to create healthy housing with more space, and with a small plot of garden for each house. However, when the apartments were sold, people with a middle class background ended up as buyers, and today the area has among the highest prices in the city.
The land originally belonged to Store Ullevål gård, bought by the City of Oslo in 1909. All buildings are made of bricks, and consists of single dwellings, row housing and duplexes.
In 1913, Oscar Hoff (1875-1942) won a contest to build Ullevål Hageby, and created a residential area that was a total departure from the squared buildings of the early days of industrialism. Already in 1910, "light, air, and green trees" became the ideal, 20 years prior to functionalism's take-over of this motto. Ullevål Hageby made an indelible mark on the way houses were built thereafter.

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University of Oslo
The University of Oslo (Norwegian: Universitetet i Oslo), formerly The Royal Frederick University (Norwegian: Det Kongelige Frederiks Universitet), is the oldest and largest university in Norway, situated in the Norwegian capital of Oslo. One of northern Europe's most prestigious universities, it is frequently ranked among the world's top 100 universities.
The university has around 27,700 students and employs around 6,000 people. It has faculties of (Lutheran) Theology (Norway's state religion since 1536), Law, Medicine, Humanities, Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Social Sciences, Dentistry, and Education. The university's old campus, strongly influenced by Prussian architect Karl Friedrich Schinkel's neoclassical style, is found in the centre of Oslo, near the National Theatre, the Royal Palace, and the Parliament. Today the old campus is occupied by the Faculty of Law, whereas most of the other faculties are located at the Blindern campus in the suburban West End, erected from the 1930s. The Faculty of Medicine is split between several university hospitals in the Oslo area.

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Arvid Carlsson
Arvid Carlsson (born 25 January 1923) is a Swedish scientist who is best known for his work with the neurotransmitter dopamine and its effects in Parkinson's disease. For his work on dopamine, Carlsson was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2000, along with co-recipients Eric Kandel and Paul Greengard.
Carlsson was born in Uppsala, Sweden, son of Gottfrid Carlsson, historian and later professor of history at the Lund University, where he began his medical education in 1941. In 1944 he was participating in the task of examining prisoners of Nazi concentration camps, who Folke Bernadotte, a member of the royal Swedish family, had managed to bring to Sweden. Although Sweden was neutral during World War II, Carlsson's education was interrupted by several years of service in the Swedish Armed Forces. In 1951, he received his M.L. degree (the equivalent of the American M.D.) and his M.D. (the equivalent of the American Ph.D.). He then became a professor at the University of Lund. In 1959 he became a professor at the University of Gothenburg.

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Arvid Hanssen
Arvid Hanssen (1932, Lenvik – 1998) was a Norwegian journalist, newspaper editor, poet, novelist and children's writer.
His songs reached a wide audience through Tove Karoline Knutsen's 1980 album Blå kveill, which was based on Hanssen's lyrics. He received a number of prizes, including the Prøysen Prize in 1982, The Fritt Ord Honorary Award in 1984, and the Cappelen Prize in 1985.
Lenvik municipality has named a place after him, called Arvid Hanssens plass. This is located outside the cultural centre in Finnsnes. A bust of the writer is placed here.

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Arvid Harnack
Arvid Harnack (24 May 1901 in Darmstadt – 22 December 1942 in Berlin, executed) was a German jurist, economist, and resistance fighter in Nazi Germany.
Harnack was the son of literary history professor Otto Harnack, the older brother of Falk Harnack, and the nephew of theologian Adolf von Harnack. From 1919 to 1923, he studied law in Jena (at the Friedrich Schiller University), Graz, and Hamburg and became a Doctor of Law in 1924.
From 1926 to 1928, he studied economics at the University of Wisconsin in Madison in the United States, where in 1926 he married the literary historian Mildred Fish. In 1929-1930 he became a Doctor of Philosophy in Gießen, producing as his thesis Die vormarxistische Arbeiterbewegung in den Vereinigten Staaten ("The Pre-Marxist Workers' Movement in the United States"). Along with the Gießen economist Friedrich Lenz (1885–1968), he founded the Wissenschaftliche Arbeitsgemeinschaft zum Studium der sowjetischen Planwirtschaft ("Scientific Working Community for the Study of the Soviet Planned Economy"), or ARPLAN in 1931. Harnack was made First Secretary of this group, which counted about 50 members. At the height of the Great Depression, the capitalist system had clearly broken down, and the Soviet model seemed to them to be an interesting alternative. Scientists, but also ardent revolutionary nationalists like Klaus Mehnert and Ernst Jünger and communist intellectuals like George Lukacs and Karl August Wittfogel took part in sessions. Harnack's hope, apparently, was that Germany could serve as a spiritual and economic bridge between East and West. The first meeting of the group took place on 3 and 4 January 1932. In August and September of the same year a three week trip to the Soviet Union was organized with the help of the Soviet embassy in Berlin. The soviet economy was observed in Moscow, Leningrad, Odessa, Kiew and in the Dnjepr region.

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Arvid Horn
Count Arvid Bernhard Horn af Ekebyholm (6 April 1664 – 17 April 1742) was a Swedish soldier, diplomat and politician. He served twice as President of the Privy Council Chancellery (1710–1719 and 1720–1738) and was one of the leading figures of the Swedish Age of Liberty.
He was born Arvid Bernhard Horn in Vuorentaka (now part of Salo, Finland Proper), Sweden, the son of Gustaf Horn af Kanckas and his wife Anna Helena von Gertten. After completing his studies at Turku, he entered the Swedish Army and served for several years in the Netherlands, in Hungary under Prince Eugene, and in Flanders under Waldeck (1690–1695). He stood high in the favour of the young Charles XII of Sweden and was one of his foremost generals in the earlier part of the Great Northern War. In 1704 he was entrusted with his first diplomatic mission, the deposition of Augustus II of Poland and the election of Stanislaus I of Poland, a mission which he accomplished with distinguished ability but absolute unscrupulousness. Shortly afterwards he was besieged by Augustus in Warsaw and compelled to surrender.

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Arvid Johanson
Arvid Helmer Johanson (born 3 February 1929) was a Norwegian newspaper editor and politician for the Labour Party. He served five full terms in the Parliament of Norway, was Norway's second Minister of Petroleum and Energy, and outside of politics he spent most of his career in the newspaper Halden Arbeiderblad.
He was born in Halden as a son of Arvid Martin Johanson (1896–1981) and housewife Karla Niemi (1899–1932). He started his career as a journalist in Halden Arbeiderblad in 1947, and remained there for a year. In 1949 he worked in Sarpsborg Arbeiderblad. He returned to Halden Arbeiderblad, and remained there for the rest of his career. He underwent studies at the Norwegian Journalist Academy from 1942 to 1953 and at Fircroft College from 1954 to 1955. He was a board member of the county chapter of the Norwegian Press Association from 1954 to 1955.
Johanson became involved in politics as leader of the local workers' youth organization in 1949. He was elected as a member of Halden municipal council from 1959 to 1963. He chaired the Labour Party branch in Halden from 1956 to 1958 and 1962 to 1963, and the county chapter in Østfold from 1962 to 1974. From 1969 to 1974 he was a member of the central committee of the Labour Party.

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Arvid Järnefelt
Arvid Järnefelt (16 November 1861, Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire – 27 December 1932, Helsinki, Finland) was a Finnish judge and writer.
Arvid's parents were general and governor August Aleksander Järnefelt and Elisabeth Järnefelt (née Clodt von Jürgensburg). Arvid had nine siblings: Kasper, Erik, Ellida, Ellen, Armas, Aino, Hilja and Sigrid.
Arvid Järnefelt married Emilia Fredrika Parviainen at Jyväskylä on 6 September 1884. They had five children: Eero, Liisa, Anna, Maija, and Emmi.
Järnefelt became a famous author in the late 19th century. He wrote realistic, often tendentious but psychologically insightful novels, short stories and memoirs.
In 1889 Arvid founded the newspaper Päivälehti with his friends Eero Erkko and Juhani Aho. Päivälehti was succeeded by Helsingin Sanomat in 1904.
Arvid Järnefelt became interested in Tolstoyanism, influenced by his mother Elisabeth. He had studied law and 1891 became a trainee lawyer in Vaasa. At the time, he read the writings of Russian author Leo Tolstoy and became fan of Tolstoyanism. Arvid quit his career as a lawyer and began to live as a Tolstoyan; he became farmer at Virkkala. He also helped the poor and prisoners.

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Arvid Knutsen
Arvid Knutsen (3 March 1944 – 4 January 2009) was a Norwegian footballer and later coach.
He joined Viking FK from Stavanger IF in 1961, and made his senior team debut in 1963. With Viking he won the Norwegian First Division in 1972, 1973, 1974 and 1975, and also took bronze medals in 1968 and 1971. He played for Viking 396 times, scoring 117 goals. From 1976 he coached the team.
Outside of his sporting career, Knutsen worked as a high school teacher at Stavanger Cathedral School. He took his education at the University of Bergen in 1969 and at the Norwegian School of Sport Sciences in 1981. He married in 1974, and had two daughters.
In March 2008 he was diagnosed with brain tumor. Operated at Haukeland, he learned that he suffered from terminal cancer, and he died in January 2009.

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Arvid Lindman
Salomon Arvid Achates Lindman (19 September 1862 – 9 December 1936) was a Swedish Rear Admiral, Industrialist and conservative politician. He was the leader of the right-wing General Electoral Union (Allmänna valmansförbundet) between 1912 and 1935 and leader of Lantmanna- och borgarepartiet (a member party of the General Electoral Union) from 1913 to 1935, except for a short while during 1917 when he served as Minister for Foreign Affairs. He also served twice as Prime Minister of Sweden, from 1906 to 1911 and from 1928 to 1930.
Lindman married Annie Almström in 1888, with whom he had three children. He was a cousin of Alex Lindman.
Arvid Lindman was born in Uppsala, Sweden as the son of managing director Achates Lindman and Ebba Dahlgren. His career as a naval officer 1882-92 reached its peak in 1907 when he was appointed as Rear Admiral in the naval reserve. During his political career following this he became known primarily as "the Admiral". Lindman was CEO of Iggesunds Bruk from 1892 to 1903 and of Strömbacka bruks AB between 1903 and 1923. In 1904 he also became Director-general of Televerket.

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Arvid Nyholm
Arvid Frederick Nyholm (July 12, 1866 - November 14, 1927) was a Swedish-American artist, known primarily as a portrait and landscape painter.
Arvid Frederick Nyholm was born in Stockholm, Sweden. His father, Karl Fredrik Nyholm, was also a printer. In 1886, he graduated from Södra Real-läroverket in Stockholm. He initially studied architecture at the Royal Technical School (Swedish: kungliga tekniska högskolan) from 1886-1887. He studied privately with the well-known Swedish artist, Anders Zorn. He also was a student at the Académie Colarossi in Paris. He was a student of theatre painting briefly at the Royal Academy (Swedish: kungliga konstakademin) in Stockholm from 1889 to 1891.
He immigrated to New York, United States, in the autumn of 1891. He exhibited work in both the New York Watercolor Society exhibitions and at the National Academy of Design. He eventually settled in Chicago in 1903, where he was based for the remainder of his life. He entered 30 annual exhibitions at the Art Institute of Chicago between 1904 and 1926. One of the founders of the Swedish Artists Association in 1905, he exhibited with this group and in their subsequent exhibitions until his death.

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Arvid Pardo
Arvid Pardo (February 12, 1914 – June 19, 1999) was a Maltese diplomat, scholar, and university professor. He is known as the "Father of the Law of the Sea Conference".
Pardo was born in Rome. His Maltese father died of typhus while on a relief mission in the Soviet Union in 1922. His Swedish mother died a year later during an appendectomy and his brother was killed in an automobile accident. He became the ward of his uncle, Italian diplomat Bernardo Attolico, who served as Ambassador to Brazil, the Soviet Union, Germany and the Vatican. Attolico sent him to school at Collegio Mondragone, Frascati, and the young Pardo spent his vacations with Attolico at the latter's various diplomatic posts.
Pardo spoke Italian, English, French, Swedish and Spanish fluently, and knew German fairly well. As a student in pre-war Rome, he met Margit Claeson, a Swedish textile designer. In 1947, once his finances were secure, he went to Sweden to find her (they had lost touch during the war) and married her. They had three children: Christina (1949, m. Menez), Lars (1950) and David (1951), all educated in England. His wife and children all outlived him.

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Arvid Posse
Count Arvid Rutger Fredriksson Posse (15 February 1820 - 24 April 1901) was the Prime Minister of Sweden from 1880 to 1883.
Arvid Posse was born at Rosendal manor in Malmöhus County, as the son of Governor Count Fredrik Posse and Baroness Magdalena Charlotta Bennet. In 1835 he enrolled at Lund University, receiving a law degree in 1840. The same year, he began as a trainee at the Court of Appeal of Skåne and Blekinge (Hovrätten över Skåne och Blekinge), during which time he worked both at district courts and at the Court of Appeal itself. Later, he was appointed Assistant District Judge (vice häradshövding) and in 1846 a clerk at the Court of Appeal, and in 1847 was made an Associate Justice at the Court. In 1849 Posse left public service and resettled at Charlottenlund Manor and devoted his time to agriculture, enterprise and local politics (being, e.g., 1865-68 the President of Malmöhus County Council).

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Arvid Storsveen
Arvid Kristian Storsveen (9 July 1915 - 27 April 1943), was the Norwegian organizer of XU, the main intelligence gathering organisation within occupied Norway during World War II.
Arvid Kristian Storsveen was born in Aker, Norway. Storsveen studied engineering at the Norwegian Institute of Technology in Trondheim. After graduation in 1939, he was employed at the Norwegian Water Resources and Electricity in Oslo.
Lt. Storsveen took part in the Norwegian Campaign against the German invasion forces in the spring of 1940 and, following the Norwegian surrender, he soon saw the value of an intelligence-gathering organisation for the Allies. This 'XU' organisation was started as early as July 1940 and became a reliable source of information for the Supreme Allied Commander in London.
After two years of dangerous work, Storsveen was forced to flee to Sweden in July 1942, successfully evading the German units who were tracking him down.
He returned to Oslo in the spring of 1943, but due to an unfortunate accident he was found and killed by the Gestapo on April 27. Storsveen's discipline was maintained to the very end: the false documentation found on his person meant that, even after his death, the Gestapo never realised the true identity of the man they had killed and so his organisation was able to recover from the incident.

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Arvid Trolle
Arvid Birgersson, Lord of Bergkvara (c. 1440 – 20 February 1505) was a Swedish magnate and politician in the last decades of Middle Ages. He was justiciar of Östergötland and then of Tiohärad, as well as a Lord High Councillor of Sweden, and once a candidate for the Regentship.
Arvid Birgersson was born as second son of Birger Birgersson, Lord of Bo and Bergkvara, and his royally-descended wife Cecilia Knutsdotter of Aspenäs. His family coat of arms depict a headless troll whereby some have retrospectively called him Arvid Trolle. His elder brother Erik Birgersson was murdered in Lübeck in c 1460, which left Arvid as the heir of their parents' lands.
In 1460s, Arvid sympathized and somewhat supported King Charles VIII of Sweden in his opposition against the Kalmar Union. He was married with Beate, daughter of Iver Axelsen of Lilloe in Skåne, fiefholder of Gotland, who was in almost open opposition against Danish central government, and himself became a son-in-law of Charles VIII.
Iver Axelsen, Charles' mightiest and chief ally in late 1460s, had once been promised succession after him by King Charles, but Charles' nephew Sten Sture the Elder managed to wrest the regentship. Iver supported Arvid's election to regent to replace Sten Sture. They actually succeeded once in a coup in Stockholm, so the Swedish High Council chose Arvid, but they soon lost their base to Sten Sture who had the support of burghers and peasantry.

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Arvid Wittenberg
Arvid Wittenberg or Arvid Wirtenberg von Debern (1606 – 7 September 1657), Swedish count, field marshal and privy councillor. Born in Porvoo, Finland, died in prison in Zamość, Poland, 7 September 1657. Arvid Wittenberg preferred call himself by the original Wittenberg family name, which was Wirtenberg von Debern.
Arvid Wittenberg was born on Johannesberg in Porvoo, Finland as a son of the assessor Johannes Wirtenberg von Debern and Magdalena Schönfeld or Magdalena Johansdotter till Skinnarbacka. The title of count was given to Arvid Wittenberg in 1652. He was married twice, with Eva Margareta von Langen from 1642 to her death in 1646 and in 1648 he married Maximiliana Elisabeth von Schönburg.
Arvid Wittenberg began his military career in 1622 and participated as a Colonel in the Battle of Nördlingen in 1634. He was captured there but later freed. He then participated in the battles of Wittstock 1636 and Chemnitz 1639 before being promoted to major general. He later came under the command of Lennart Torstenson with whom he participated in the rest of the Swedish campaign in the Thirty Years' War until the Torstenson resigned in 1645, including the battles of Breitenfeld 1642 and Jankov 1645, in which he on both occasions commanded the Swedish right flank. He then took command of the Swedish army until the arrival of Carl Gustaf Wrangel.

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Arvīds Pelše
Arvīds Pelše (Russian: А́рвид Я́нович Пе́льше, Arvid Yanovich Pelshe); February 7 [O.S. January 26] 1899, Iecava, Bauska District, Latvia – May 29, 1983, Moscow) was a politician and functionary in the Soviet Union, an historian in his profession
Pelše was born into a peasant family, in "Mazie" farm near Zālīte, Iecava in Bauska District. As a worker in Riga, Pelše joined the Social-Democratic Party (Bolsheviks) of the Latvian Region in 1915. In 1916 he met Lenin in Switzerland. Between 1914 and 1918, Pelše worked in the work-shops of Riga and Vitebsk, as a milling machine operator at the steam-engine making plant in Kharkov, as a punching worker in Petrograd and a loader in the port of Arkhangelsk. On behalf of the local committees he had joined the revolutionary propaganda. He was delegate of the sixth congress of Russian Social Democratic Labour Party of the Arkhangelsk party organization. Participated in February revolution in 1917, Pelše was also a member of the famous Petrograd Soviet. He was actively involved in the preparation and conducting of the October Revolution in 1917. In 1918 he joined the Cheka. In 1918, he was sent by Lenin to Latvia to prosecute the revolution there. In 1919 he was attached to the Red Army and later became a manager in the Construction Ministry of the Latvian Socialist Soviet Republic. After the defeat of the Soviet Latvian régime he returned to Russia in 1919.

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ARVID - Hur Kunde Jag Låta Det Ske

Music video from ARVID. "Hur kunde jag låta det ske" The first video from the album "Andet...

published: 16 May 2009

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Espen Eckbo: Arvid Lofthus

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published: 12 May 2011

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Stefan & Krister Birger snackar om Arvid & Hulda

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published: 30 Sep 2008

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Arvid Kejriwal at Swadeshi Jagran Manch- Jaipur Part 1/2

Famous social worker shri Arvind Kejriwal's speech on 'Right to Information' and Swaraj at...

published: 10 Jun 2011

author: hinduway

Arvid Tuba - The Seasons Are Sitting On Chairs

Arvid Tuba, "the drum machine troubadour"....

published: 19 Jan 2009

author: OptirocCX44

Arvid Kejriwal at Swadeshi Jagran Manch- Jaipur Part 2/2

Famous social worker shri Arvind Kejriwal speech on 'Right to Information' and Swaraj at "...

published: 10 Jun 2011

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History of Neuroscience: Arvid Carlsson

Society for Neuroscience archival interview with Nobel Prize-winning Swedish scientist Arv...

published: 05 Jul 2012

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Arvid Helminen - At World's End...

Artist : Arvid Helminen Album : To The Sky (2009)...

published: 08 Jun 2010

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published: 28 Oct 2009

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Wish you where here - Calle & Arvid live at tobbe´s

A cover of the pink floyd song, wish you where here. By Calle Kristiansson and Arvid Nilss...

published: 24 Mar 2009

author: Callekristian

Nordvargr meets art of Juha Arvid Helminen...

Music by Nordvargr, "Tordön". Black Industrial from Sweden. Album : "Pyrrhula", 2008. Juha...

published: 30 Jul 2009

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Pseudo Slang X Trucker Stroe - Cool Letter Man

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An Indian army soldier patrols near the line of control, the line that divides Kashmir between India and Pakistan, after a reported cease-fire violation, in Mendhar, Poonch district, about 210 kilometers (131 miles) from Jammu, India, Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2013.

India lashes out at Pakistan after deadly Kashmir encounter

The Star

09 Jan 2013

JAMMU, India (Reuters) - India slammed arch-rival Pakistan on Wednesday over a fire fight in the disputed territory of Kashmir in which two of its soldiers were killed, and said the mutilation of one of the bodies was "inhuman". India's Defence Minister A.K. Antony waits to speak at a plenary session of the 11th International Institute of Strategic Studies (IISS) Asia Security Summit ... REUTERS/Tim Chong ... ....(size: 2.6Kb)

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In this Oct. 24, 2012 photo, soldiers stop to check a car as they patrol in a convoy near the town of El Alcalde in Michoacan state, Mexico. Knights Templar, a quasi-religious drug cartel that controls the area and most of the state, monitors the movements of the military and police around the clock.

Mexico to compensate drug-violence victims

Al Jazeera

10 Jan 2013

Mexican has enacted a law that will ensure that the victims and relatives of crime are compensated with payments and social services from the state. The law, enacted by President Enrique Pena Nieto on Wednesday, comprises the creation of a fund to pay relatives up to $70,000 in compensation for an innocent victim killed in attacks by drug gangs ... “There are thousands of people who have suffered the ravages of violence ... Share ... ....(size: 18.3Kb)

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File - Members of Congress, the Cabinet, and Supreme Court applaud as President Barack Obama enters the House Chamber to deliver his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress, Jan. 27, 2010.

Unworthy Governments and the Paine of It All

WorldNews.com

10 Jan 2013

Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling. "Lay then, the axe to the root, and teach governments humanity. It is their sanguinary punishments which corrupt mankind." -Thomas Paine, "The Rights of Man". If alive today, Thomas Paine would recognize that the United States Government is not worthy of its citizens ... He would caution the People ... Paine would also empathize with ... In another town, Paine would identify with ... (1) Paine, Thomas....(size: 4.8Kb)

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Kurdish activists gather outside a building where three Kurdish women were shot dead, in Paris, Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013. Police say three Kurdish women have been shot dead at a pro-Kurdish centre in Paris in what the French interior minister is calling an execution.

Three Kurdish women shot dead in Paris

The Times of India

10 Jan 2013

PARIS. Three Kurdish women, including one of the founders of a militant group battling Turkish troops since 1984, were "executed" at a Kurdish center in Paris, the interior minister said on Thursday. Turkey's Anadolu news agency identified one of the victims as Sakine Cansiz, a founding member of the Kurdistan Workers Party, or PKK ... He called it a "totally intolerable act." ... ....(size: 1.7Kb)

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Pakistani police officers and local residents gather at the site of a bomb blast that targeted paramilitary soldiers in a commercial area in Quetta, Pakistan, killing at least 12 people and wounding more than 40 others, according to police, Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013.

Bombings kill 115 in Pakistan

Newsday

11 Jan 2013

QUETTA, Pakistan -- A series of bombings killed 115 people in Pakistan yesterday, including 81 who died in a sectarian attack on a billiard hall in the southwest city of Quetta, officials said. The blasts punctuated one of the deadliest days in recent years in Pakistan, where the government faces a bloody insurgency by militants in the northwest and Baluch militants in the southwest ... No group claimed responsibility for the attack.. . .....(size: 7.7Kb)

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Brad Thomas: A Greenland journey taught me something about feeling entitled

The Dallas Morning News

11 Jan 2013

I’ve found myself throwing around the word entitled quite a bit recently. Usually in a judging sort of way, never at myself, always at others. Me, entitled? Absolutely no way. That may have changed during a recent trip to Greenland. I’m embarrassed to say that I might feel more entitled at certain times than I ever imagined ... I asked why. The answer was simple ... His name was Arvid ... For a moment, I wished I’d met Arvid before my journey ... Video....(size: 6.5Kb)

"5 Broken Cameras" Named Top Doc at Cinema Eye Honors

Yahoo Daily News

10 Jan 2013

The Audience Choice Prize, the only award voted by the public, was won by Lee Hirsch's "Bully ." ... Jason Tippet and Elizabeth Mims won for their debut feature "Only the Young," Dial.81 won for the music to "Detropia," Oskar Gullstrand and Arvid Steen won for the graphic design or animation in "Searching for Sugar Man," and "Argentinian Lesson" won the Spotlight Award ... Walk ... Oskar Gullstrand and Arvid Steen, "Searching for Sugar Man" ... ....(size: 5.1Kb)

'5 Broken Cameras' Named Top Doc at Cinema Eye Honors

The Wrap

10 Jan 2013

Print this page Tweet ... Other awards. Jason Tippet and Elizabeth Mims won for their debut feature "Only the Young," Dial.81 won for the music to "Detropia," Oskar Gullstrand and Arvid Steen won for the graphic design or animation in "Searching for Sugar Man," and "Argentinian Lesson" won the Spotlight Award. The award for nonfiction short went to "Good Bye Mandima." ... Also read ... ....(size: 3.6Kb)

Book review: "It's Fine By Me" by Per Petterson a moving tale of a troubled teen

Denver Post

06 Jan 2013

When Audun and his friend Arvid, for example, borrow Arvid's father's car and head out of Oslo — despite the fact that Audun can barely drive and neither boy knows how to put fuel in the vehicle — the trip starts out like the kind of random, best-buddies excursion ... At another point, Arvid's father is beaten up by some young toughs, and Arvid, blind with rage, sets out to take revenge....(size: 2.8Kb)

Second-half run helps Lutes

The News Tribune

03 Jan 2013

Neither the Puget Sound nor Pacific Lutheran men had spent the non-conference basketball season lighting the world on fire with their play – or their victories ... The spurt was capped by Arvid Isakson’s basket as PLU broke the Loggers’ full-court pressure ... “One of the keys is we have not had Arvid all year. Arvid brings a huge, huge sense of energy and urgency to everything he does.”....(size: 2.4Kb)

Point guard Landram works way into Lutes' hearts, minds

The News Tribune

28 Dec 2012

Daniel Landram played a grand total of 28 minutes at Pacific Lutheran University as a basketball freshman last season. That isn’t a huge body of work when it comes to trying to persuade Lutes coach Steve Dickerson that you are his point guard of the future – the post-James Conti era ... “The No ... MEN. Coach ... Last season ... SF Arvid Isaksen, 6-1, jr.; PF Kai Hoyt, 6-4, jr.; SF Johnny Tveter, 6-4, jr.; C Cole Parker, 6-8, so ... Jan....(size: 7.1Kb)

JUST SHORT: Red Kettle Campaign Short of Goal

MSNBC

24 Dec 2012

The Salvation Army says last week’s snow storm is one of the factors that kept them from reaching their Red Kettle goal ... It allows us to help more people,” said Arvid Huisman, the communications director for the Salvation Army. Advertise ... ....(size: 1.8Kb)

Book World: Teen confronts adult reality in ‘It’s Fine by Me,’ by Per Petterson

The Washington Post

21 Dec 2012

When Audun and his friend Arvid, for example, borrow Arvid’s father’s car and head out of Oslo — despite the fact that Audun can barely drive and neither boy knows how to put fuel in the vehicle — the trip starts out like the kind of random, best-buddies excursion that allows them to shake off hangovers and reminisce about the horrors of the Boy Scouts....(size: 5.3Kb)

If Britain left the EU, would it really thrive like Norway?

The Guardian

16 Dec 2012

Eurosceptics point to the prosperous Scandinavian country as the perfect example of life outside the EU. But what would life be like for Britons under the Norwegian model?. Skaters in Oslo, one of Europe's fastest growing cities Photograph. Jeff Gilbert / Alamy/Alamy. At Karl Johans Gate, Oslo's main shopping thoroughfare, the Observer conducted its own European referendum ... There was only one question ... I'm out ... Arvid, her husband, said ... ....(size: 13.8Kb)

Secretary-General's remarks at 30th anniversary of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UN - United Nations)

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10 Dec 2012

(Source. UN - United Nations) Latest Statements. New York, 10 December 2012 - Secretary-General's remarks at 30th anniversary of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea. We come together to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea ... Excellencies, ... The late Ambassador Arvid Pardo of Malta, who launched the concept of the international seabed as the common heritage of mankind....(size: 4.9Kb)

Ban Calls For Commitment to 'Constitution of the Oceans'

Scoop

10 Dec 2012

Tuesday, 11 December 2012, 11.02 am. Press Release. UN News. At General Assembly, Ban Calls For Universal Commitment to 'Constitution of the Oceans' ... "I am encouraged that support for the Convention has grown steadily through the years," Mr. Ban said in an before the 193-nation UN General Assembly ... Ban urged ... Charles said ... Both Mr. Ban and Mr ... Mr ... Both he and Mr. Charles also saluted Ambassador Arvid Pardo of Malta, who died in 1999 and whom Mr....(size: 4.7Kb)

At General Assembly, Ban calls for universal commitment to ‘constitution of the oceans’

United Nations

10 Dec 2012

Print. 10 December 2012 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today marked the 30th anniversary of the launch of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) by calling for a collective global effort to have all nations commit to the treaty, which is often called the “constitution for the oceans.” ... Ban urged ... Charles said ... Mr ... Charles also saluted Ambassador Arvid Pardo of Malta, who died in 1999 and whom Mr ... Mr....(size: 4.8Kb)

At General Assembly, Ban calls for universal commitment to ‘constitution of the oceans’ (UN - United Nations)

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(Source. UN - United Nations) At General Assembly, Ban calls for universal commitment to 'constitution of the oceans'. Credit. United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea ... "I am encouraged that support for the Convention has grown steadily through the years," Mr. Ban said in an address before the 193-nation UN General Assembly ... Ban urged ... Charles said ... Mr ... Charles also saluted Ambassador Arvid Pardo of Malta, who died in 1999 and whom Mr....(size: 5.5Kb)

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Arvid, Arved or Arnvid is a male given name, most common in Scandinavia. It is derived from Old Norse Arnviðr^[1] and means "forest of eagles".^[2]

People named Arvid include:

Arvid Andersson (disambiguation), various Olympic Games competitors
Arvid Carlsson (born 1923), Swedish scientist and Nobel laureate
Arvid Hanssen (1932-1998), Norwegian journalist, newspaper editor, poet, novelist and children's writer
Arvid Harnack (1901-1942), German jurist, economist, and resistance fighter in Nazi Germany
Arvid Horn (1664-1742), Swedish soldier, diplomat and politician
Arvid Järnefelt (1861-1932), Finnish writer
Arvid Johanson (born 1929), Norwegian newspaper editor and politician
Arvid Knutsen (1944–2009), Norwegian footballer and coach
Arvid Lindman (1862-1936), Swedish rear admiral, industrialist and politician
Arvid Nyholm (1866-1927), Swedish-American painter
Arvid Pardo (1914-1999), Maltese diplomat, scholar and university professor
Arvīds Pelše (1899-1983), Soviet politician and government functionary
Arvid Posse (1820-1901), Prime Minister of Sweden from 1880 to 1883
Arvid Stålarm the Younger (c. 1540 or 1549–1620), Swedish noble and soldier
Arvid Storsveen (1915-1943), Norwegian organizer of XU, the main intelligence gathering organisation in occupied Norway during World War II
Arvid Trolle (c. 1440-1505), Swedish magnate and politician
Arvid Wittenberg (1606-1657), Swedish count, field marshal and privy councillor

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Espen Eckbo (born 22 April 1973) is a Norwegian actor, writer and comedian.

He was born in Oslo, and grew up in Bestum. He now lives in Ullevål Hageby. Eckbo has no formal training as an actor, but has a background as a law student for two years at the University of Oslo.^[1]

Internationally, he is best recognised for having helped to create the fictional boy band Boyzvoice and the subsequent mockumentary Get Ready to be Boyzvoiced (2000) together with Henrik Elvestad.^[2] Eckbo first appeared on Norwegian television in 1998, when he got his own segment in the news satire program Mandagsklubben, where he would portray a different character every week in a mock documentary style. These segments were also the launching pad for Boyzvoice. The short-lived show I kveld, with Thomas Giertsen, followed in 1999.^[1]

He later made fun of the reality TV phenomenon in the mock reality show Nissene på låven (2001, together with Kristian Ødegård). This show also introduced two of his most familiar characters, Asbjørn Brekke and Rhino Thue. By that time, Eckbo had established the production company Seefood together with Kristian Ødegård.^[1]

Eckbo and his characters has also featured in the game show TV2-nøttene which was presented by Ødegård and aired during Christmas and Easter, and is a parody of the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation programs Julenøtter and Påskenøtter.^[1] His characters also featured in Henrik Elvestad's mock talk show Tonight med Timothy Dale (2003) and Eckbo's show Tett på tre (2008). He had segments in Otto Jespersen's Rikets røst.^[3] In 2006 Eckbo created the live show Team Eckbo together with Atle Antonsen, Harald Eia and Bård Tufte Johansen.^[2]

References [link]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Johansen, John Magne. "Espen Eckbo" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. http://www.nrk.no/programmer/radio/stjerneklart/1.6479280. Retrieved 9 August 2010.
^ ^a ^b Henriksen, Petter, ed. (2007). "Espen Eckbo" (in Norwegian). Store norske leksikon. Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. http://www.snl.no/Espen_Eckbo. Retrieved 9 August 2010.
^ Laastad, Bjarne (6 October 2008). "Eckbo i nye roller" (in Norwegian). TV 2. http://www.tv2.no/omtv2/annonsere/eckbo-i-nye-roller-2277425.html. Retrieved 9 August 2010.

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Arvid Carlsson

Born	(1923-01-25) 25 January 1923 (age 89) Uppsala, Sweden
Nationality	Swedish
Alma mater	Lund University
Known for	Dopamine
Notable awards	Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2000)

Arvid Carlsson (born 25 January 1923) is a Swedish scientist who is best known for his work with the neurotransmitter dopamine and its effects in Parkinson's disease. For his work on dopamine, Carlsson was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2000,^[1] along with co-recipients Eric Kandel and Paul Greengard.

Carlsson was born in Uppsala, Sweden, son of Gottfrid Carlsson, historian and later professor of history at the Lund University, where he began his medical education in 1941. In 1944 he was participating in the task of examining prisoners of Nazi concentration camps, who Folke Bernadotte, a member of the royal Swedish family, had managed to bring to Sweden. Although Sweden was neutral during World War II, Carlsson's education was interrupted by several years of service in the Swedish Armed Forces. In 1951, he received his M.L. degree (the equivalent of the American M.D.) and his M.D. (the equivalent of the American Ph.D.). He then became a professor at the University of Lund. In 1959 he became a professor at the University of Gothenburg.

In 1957 Carlsson demonstrated that dopamine was a neurotransmitter in the brain and not just a precursor for norepinephrine, as had been previously believed.^[2]^[3]

While working at Astra AB, Carlsson and his colleagues were able to derive the first marketed selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor, zimelidine, from brompheniramine.^[1]

Carlsson developed a method for measuring the amount of dopamine in brain tissues. He found that dopamine levels in the basal ganglia, a brain area important for movement, were particularly high. He then showed that giving animals the drug reserpine caused a decrease in dopamine levels and a loss of movement control. These effects were similar to the symptoms of Parkinson's disease. By administering to these animals L-Dopa, which is the precursor of dopamine, he could alleviate the symptoms. These findings led other doctors to try using L-Dopa on patients with Parkinson's disease, and found it to alleviate some of the symptoms in the early stages of the disease. L-Dopa is still the basis for most commonly used means of treating Parkinson's disease.^[1]

Opposition to fluoridation of drinking water [link]

Carlsson is opposed to the fluoridation of drinking water.^[4]^[5] He took part in the debate in Sweden, where he helped to convince Parliament that water fluoridation should be illegal due to ethics. He believes that water fluoridation violates modern pharmalogical principles, which indicate that medications should be tailored to individuals.^[6]

References [link]

^ ^a ^b ^c Barondes, Samuel H. (2003). Better Than Prozac. New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 21–22, 39–40. ISBN 0-19-515130-5.
^ Arvid Carlsson, Margit Lindqvist, Tor Magnusson (November 1957). "3,4-Dihydroxyphenylalanine and 5-hydroxytryptophan as reserpine antagonists". Nature 180 (4596): 1200. DOI:10.1038/1801200a0. PMID 13483658. http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v180/n4596/abs/1801200a0.html.
^ Abbott A (2007). "Neuroscience: the molecular wake-up call". Nature 447 (7143): 368–70. DOI:10.1038/447368a. PMID 17522649. http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v447/n7143/full/447368a.html. Retrieved 2008-09-28.
^ Fluoride in drinking water can cause cancer, Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish)
^ Torell P, Forsman B (February 1979). "[Arvid Carlsson's fluoride ponderings 1978]" (in Swedish). Tandlakartidningen 71 (3): 142–57. PMID 287207.
^ Bryson C. The Fluoride Deception, p. 240.

Les Prix Nobel. 2001. The Nobel Prizes 2000, Editor Tore Frängsmyr, Nobel Foundation: Stockholm.

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v t e Nobel Laureates in Physiology or Medicine (1976–2000)

Baruch Blumberg / Daniel Gajdusek (1976) Roger Guillemin / Andrew Schally / Rosalyn Yalow (1977) Werner Arber / Daniel Nathans / Hamilton O. Smith (1978) Allan Cormack / Godfrey Hounsfield (1979) Baruj Benacerraf / Jean Dausset / George Snell (1980) Roger Sperry / David H. Hubel / Torsten Wiesel (1981) Sune Bergström / Bengt I. Samuelsson / John Vane (1982) Barbara McClintock (1983) Niels Jerne / Georges Köhler / César Milstein (1984) Michael Brown / Joseph L. Goldstein (1985) Stanley Cohen / Rita Levi-Montalcini (1986) Susumu Tonegawa (1987) James W. Black / Gertrude B. Elion / George H. Hitchings (1988) J. Michael Bishop / Harold E. Varmus (1989) Joseph Murray / E. Donnall Thomas (1990) Erwin Neher / Bert Sakmann (1991) Edmond Fischer / Edwin G. Krebs (1992) Richard J. Roberts / Phillip Sharp (1993) Alfred G. Gilman / Martin Rodbell (1994) Edward B. Lewis / Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard / Eric F. Wieschaus (1995) Peter C. Doherty / Rolf M. Zinkernagel (1996) Stanley B. Prusiner (1997) Robert F. Furchgott / Louis Ignarro / Ferid Murad (1998) Günter Blobel (1999) Arvid Carlsson / Paul Greengard / Eric Kandel (2000)

Complete list (1901–1925) (1926–1950) (1951–1975) (1976–2000) (2001–2025)

v t e Wolf Prize in Medicine Laureates

George Snell / Jean Dausset / Jon J. van Rood (1978) Roger Sperry / Arvid Carlsson / Oleh Hornykiewicz (1979) César Milstein / Leo Sachs / James L. Gowans (1980) Barbara McClintock / Stanley Norman Cohen (1981) Jean-Pierre Changeux / Solomon H. Snyder / James W. Black (1982) Donald F. Steiner (1984/5) Osamu Hayaishi (1986) Pedro Cuatrecasas / Meir Wilchek (1987) Henri G. Hers / Elizabeth F. Neufeld (1988) John Gurdon / Edward B. Lewis (1989) Maclyn McCarty (1990) Seymour Benzer (1991) Judah Folkman (1992) Michael Berridge / Yasutomi Nishizuka (1994/5) Stanley B. Prusiner (1995/6) Mary F. Lyon (1996/7) Michael Sela / Ruth Arnon (1998) Eric Kandel (1999) Avram Hershko / Alexander Varshavsky (2001) Ralph L. Brinster / Mario Capecchi / Oliver Smithies (2002/3) Robert Weinberg / Roger Y. Tsien (2004) Alexander Levitzki / Anthony R. Hunter / Anthony Pawson (2005) Howard Cedar / Aharon Razin (2008) Axel Ullrich (2010) Shinya Yamanaka / Rudolf Jaenisch (2011) Ronald M. Evans (2012)

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Count Arvid Horn

President of Privy Council Chancellery of Sweden
In office 1710–1719
Preceded by	Nils Gyldenstolpe
Succeeded by	Gustaf Cronhielm
President of Privy Council Chancellery of Sweden
In office 1720–1738
Preceded by	Gustaf Cronhielm
Succeeded by	Carl Gyllenborg
Personal details
Born	(1664-04-06)6 April 1664 Vuorentaka Manor, Halikko, Finland Proper
Died	17 April 1742(1742-04-17) (aged 78) Ekebyholm Castle, Uppland, Sweden
Political party	Caps (mössorna)
Spouse(s)	Anna Beata Ehrensteen (married 1696) Inga Törnflycht (married 1705) Margareta Gyllenstierna (married 1711)
Military service
Allegiance	Sweden
Rank	Lieutenant General
Battles/wars	Great Northern War

Count Arvid Bernhard Horn af Ekebyholm (6 April 1664 – 17 April 1742) was a Swedish soldier, diplomat and politician. He served twice as President of the Privy Council Chancellery (1710–1719 and 1720–1738) and was one of the leading figures of the Swedish Age of Liberty.

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4 Notes
5 References

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He was born Arvid Bernhard Horn in Vuorentaka (now part of Salo, Finland Proper), Sweden, the son of Gustaf Horn af Kanckas and his wife Anna Helena von Gertten. After completing his studies at Turku, he entered the Swedish Army and served for several years in the Netherlands, in Hungary under Prince Eugene, and in Flanders under Waldeck (1690–1695). He stood high in the favour of the young Charles XII of Sweden and was one of his foremost generals in the earlier part of the Great Northern War. In 1704 he was entrusted with his first diplomatic mission, the deposition of Augustus II of Poland and the election of Stanislaus I of Poland, a mission which he accomplished with distinguished ability but absolute unscrupulousness. Shortly afterwards he was besieged by Augustus in Warsaw and compelled to surrender.

Politician [link]

In 1705 he was made a Privy Councillor, in 1706 a count and in 1707 governor of Charles XII's nephew, the young duke Charles Frederick of Holstein-Gottorp. In 1710 he succeeded Nils Gyldenstolpe as President of the Privy Council Chancellery. Transferred to the central point of the administration, he had ample opportunity of regarding with other eyes the situation of the kingdom, and in consequence of his remonstrances he fell rapidly in the favour of Charles XII. Both in 1710 and 1713 Horn was in favour of summoning the Estates, but when in 1714 the diet adopted an anti-monarchical attitude, he gravely warned and ultimately dissolved it. In Charles XII's later years Horn had little to do with the administration. After the death of Charles XII, in 1718 it was Horn who persuaded the princess Ulrika Eleonora of Sweden to relinquish her hereditary claims and submit to be elected queen of Sweden. He protested against the queen's autocratic behaviour, and resigned from the Privy Council.

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He was elected lantmarskalk, for the Caps at the Riksdag of 1720, and contributed, on the resignation of Ulrika Eleonora, to the election of Frederick of Hesse as king of Sweden, whose first act was to restore to him to the Privy Council and as President of its Chancellery, in effect as Prime Minister. For the next eighteen years he so absolutely controlled both the foreign and the domestic affairs of Sweden that the period between 1720 and 1738 has well been called the Horn period. His services to his country were indeed inestimable. His strong hand kept the inevitable strife of the parliamentary factions within due limits, and it was entirely owing to his provident care that Sweden so rapidly recovered from the wretched condition in which the wars of Charles XII had plunged her. In his foreign policy Horn was extremely wary and cautious, yet without compromising either the independence or the self-respect of his country. He was, however, the promoter of a new principle of administration which in later days proved very dangerous to Sweden under ministers less capable than he was. This was to increase the influence of the diet and its secret committees in the solution of purely diplomatic questions, which should have been left entirely to the executive, thus weakening the central government and at the same time facilitating the interference of foreign Powers in Sweden's domestic affairs. Not till 1731 was there any appearance of opposition in the diet to Horn's "system"; but Horn, piqued by the growing coolness of the king, the same year offered his resignation, which was not accepted.

In 1734, however, the opposition denounced his neutrality on the occasion of the War of the Polish Succession, when Stanislaus I of Poland again appeared upon the scene as a candidate for the Polish throne; but Horn still was able to prevent a rupture with Russia. Henceforth he was accused^[1] of want of patriotism, and in 1738 was compelled at last to retire before the triumphant young Hats. For the rest of his life, he lived in retirement at his estate at Ekebyholm.

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^ Robert Nisbet Bain, in his article on Horn for the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica, characterizes these accusations as unjust. He also suggests “Horn in many respects greatly resembled his English contemporary Robert Walpole. The peculiar situation of Sweden, and the circumstances of his time, made his policy necessarily opportunist, but it was an opportunism based on excellent common sense.”

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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Horn, Arvid Bernhard, Count". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.

Preceded by Nils Gyldenstolpe	President of the Privy Council 1710–1719	Succeeded by Gustaf Cronhielm
Preceded by Gustaf Cronhielm	President of the Privy Council 1720–1738	Succeeded by Carl Gyllenborg

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