1958 Birthday Marie Fredriksson, Ostra-Lj Swed, singer, Roxette-Must Have Been Love 1954 Event Dmitri Sjostakovitsj appointed honored guest of Swed Royal Music Acad 1948 Death Elsa Brandstrom, Angel of Siberia, Swed philanthropist, dies at 59 1940 Death Selma O Lagerlof, Swed author (Nils Holgersson, Nobel-09), dies at 81 1930 Birthday Sonja Ruthstrom, Swed, cross country relay skier 1960 Olympics gold 1926 Death Ellen K S Key, Swed author/feminist (Century of the Child), dies at 76 1889 Death Jens/John Ericsson, Swed/US, engineer (fire extinguisher), dies at 85 1884 Birthday Anders J Ture Rangstrom, Stockholm Swed, composer/critic, Kronbruden 1744 Death Anders Celsius, Swed astronomer (Centegrade Thermometer), dies at 42 1672 Death Georg Stiernhielm, Swed scholar, author and poet (Hercules), dies at 73
