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Word: sweden (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...meter swim, free style: Arne Borg, of Sweden, 14 min. 14 4/10...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New World's Records: Jul. 23, 1923 | 7/23/1923 | See Source »

...meter run: Edwin Wide, Sweden, 8 min. 30 2-5 sec. ¶ 100-yard swim for women, free style: Gertrude Ederle, of New York, 1 min. 5 sec. ¶ 150-yard back stroke for women: Sybil Bauer, of Chicago, 2 min. 1 2-5 sec. ¶ 100-yard back stroke for women: Sybil Bauer, of Chicago, 1 min. 26 3-5 sec. ¶ 500-meter swim, free style: John Weissmuller, of Chicago, 6 min. 55 sec. ¶ 220-yard swim for women, free style: Miss Gertrude Ederle, New York, 2 min. 49 sec. ¶ 15-mile automobile racing on dirt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: New World's Records: Jul. 16, 1923 | 7/16/1923 | See Source »

Engaged. Gustaf Adolf, Crown Prince of Sweden, 41, to Lady Louise Mountbatten, 43, cousin of George V. (See page...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Jul. 9, 1923 | 7/9/1923 | See Source »

Peter the Great. Russia has been seized by the movies. The 18th century (when the Court conducted itself on a scale that only the movies can latterly conceive) is the background of the present opus. Intrigue, war with Sweden, all the old town pomp of St. Petersburg pass bravely in review. Yet the most impressive feature of the entertainment is Emil Janning's Peter. Under the play of his personality the moving picture book of history comes vividly to life...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures Jul. 2, 1923 | 7/2/1923 | See Source »

King Haakon was known before he ascended the Norwegian throne as Prince Carl of Denmark. When in 1905 Norway declared the union with Sweden dissolved, the throne was first offered to a prince of the reigning house of Sweden, but was refused. It was then offered to Prince Carl, who, after a plebiscite, accepted and was formally elected King of Norway as Haakon VII. He was crowned at Trondhjem in June...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NETHERLANDS: The Queen Receives | 6/18/1923 | See Source »

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