Göran
Encyclopedia
Göran or Jöran is the Swedish
form of George
, not to be confused with the Slavic
Goran
.
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
form of George
George (given name)
George, from the Greek word γεωργός , "farmer" or "earth-worker", which became a name in Greek: Γεώργιος , and Latin: Georgius. The word γεωργός is a compound word, formed by the words ge , "earth", "soil" and ergon , "work"...
, not to be confused with the Slavic
Slavic languages
The Slavic languages , a group of closely related languages of the Slavic peoples and a subgroup of Indo-European languages, have speakers in most of Eastern Europe, in much of the Balkans, in parts of Central Europe, and in the northern part of Asia.-Branches:Scholars traditionally divide Slavic...
Goran
Goran
Goran is a Slavic male first name often used in Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Montenegro, the Republic of Macedonia and Slovenia.- Variations :* female Goranka * female Gorana...
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Famous namesakes
- Göran PerssonGöran PerssonHans Göran Persson was the Prime Minister of Sweden from 1996 to 2006 and the leader of the Swedish Social Democratic Party from 1996 to 2007. Conceding defeat in the September 2006 general election, he announced that he would resign as party leader, and Mona Sahlin was elected to succeed him as...
Swedish prime ministerPrime Minister of SwedenThe Prime Minister is the head of government in the Kingdom of Sweden. Before the creation of the office of a Prime Minister in 1876, Sweden did not have a head of government separate from its head of state, namely the King, in whom the executive authority was vested...
(1996-2006) - Sven-Göran ErikssonSven-Göran ErikssonSven-Göran Eriksson , in Sweden commonly referred to just by his nickname Svennis, is a Swedish ex-football manager. From October 2010 to October 2011 he managed Football League Championship side Leicester City....
, Swedish footballFootball (soccer)Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
coach - Göran Philipson, professional chessChessChess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...
player and storm chasingStorm chasingStorm chasing is broadly defined as the pursuit of any severe weather condition, regardless of motive, which can be curiosity, adventure, scientific exploration or for news professions/media coverage....
pioneer. - Göran FolkestadGöran FolkestadGöran Folkestad, born 1952, is a Swedish songwriter and singer. He is professor of music pedagogy at Malmö Academy of Music. He has competed three times in Melodifestivalen during the 1980s, with the songs:...
, Swedish musician - Göran GenteleGöran GenteleGöran Gentele was a Swedish actor, director, and opera manager.Born in Stockholm, Gentele studied from 1944 until 1946 at the Dramatens elevskola, beginning a brief career as a film actor not long afterwards...
, Swedish actor - Göran HögostaGöran HögostaGöran Högosta is a retired Swedish ice hockey Goaltender.Högosta played one game for the New York Islanders in 1977-78 and in 21 games with the Quebec Nordiques in 1979-80. In Sweden he played for Leksands IF and Västra Frölunda HC.He represented Sweden at the 1976 Canada Cup.- External links :...
, Swedish ice hockeyIce hockeyIce hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
player - Göran JohanssonGöran JohanssonGöran Johansson is a Swedish Social Democratic Party politician. He is currently the chairman of the Gothenburg Municipality Executive Board...
, Swedish politician, mayor of GothenburgGothenburgGothenburg is the second-largest city in Sweden and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries. Situated on the west coast of Sweden, the city proper has a population of 519,399, with 549,839 in the urban area and total of 937,015 inhabitants in the metropolitan area... - Göran LennmarkerGöran LennmarkerRolf Göran Lennmarker is a Swedish moderate politician who has been a member of the Riksdag since 1991. From 2006 until 2010 he was the Chair of the Riksdag's Committee on Foreign Affairs...
, Swedish politician - Göran HägglundGöran HägglundBo Göran Hägglund is a Swedish politician and the current leader of the Christian Democrats of Sweden . He was elected Party Leader on 3 April 2004, succeeding Alf Svensson...
, Swedish politician, leader of the Christian DemocratsChristian Democrats (Sweden)The Christian Democrats ) is a political party in Sweden. The party was founded in 1964 but did not enter parliament until 1985 in an electoral cooperation with the Centre Party and on the Christian Democrats' own accord in 1991. The leader since April 3, 2004 is Göran Hägglund. He succeeded Alf... - Göran SöllscherGöran SöllscherGöran Söllscher is a Swedish award-winning virtuoso classical guitarist known for his broad range of musical interpretations, ranging from Bach to the Beatles...
, Swedish classical guitarist - Jöran HägglundJöran HägglundJöran Hägglund is a Swedish politician. He is a member of the Centre Party. Hägglund was State Secretary of Sweden at the Ministry of Enterprise, Energy and Communications.-References:...
, Swedish politician, secretary of the Centre partyCentre PartyThere are several self-described centrist political parties with the name Centre Party.Nordic Agrarian parties most typically use this name.-Active parties:: Åland Centre: Estonian Centre Party: Centre Party: Centre Party: German Centre Party: Centre Party: Center Party: Lithuanian Centre Party:...
. - Jöran PerssonJöran PerssonJöran Persson, alternatively Göran Persson , was King Eric XIV of Sweden's favorite, most trusted, counsellor and head of the King's network of spies. He was widely seen as a Machiavellian figure, and of holding too much influence over Eric...
, Swedish official during the 16th century