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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 98. Chapters: Carl Linnaeus, Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden, Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden, Olof Palme, Ingrid Bergman, Lise Meitner, Greta Garbo, Oscar I of Sweden, Charles XIV John of Sweden, Charles XV of Sweden, Goran Persson, Gustaf V of Sweden, Oscar II of Sweden, Queen Silvia of Sweden, Ingvar Carlsson, Dag Hammarskjold, Ann-Margret, Jenny Lind, Birgit Nilsson, Dolph Lundgren, Selma Lagerlof, Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden, Prince Carl Philip, Duke of Varmland, Princess Madeleine, Duchess of Halsingland and Gastrikland, Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Vasterbotten, Lars Levi Laestadius, Sven Nykvist, Laurentius Carels, Per Albin Hansson, Hjalmar Branting, Tage Erlander, Nils Hasselmo, Hjalmar Hammarskjold, Mattias Tedenby, Laurentius Petri, Krister Stendahl, Eric Norelius, Andreas Rudman, Olaus Petri, Lovisa Augusti, Reorus Torkillus, Olof Persson Stille, Lina Sandell, Lars Paul Esbjorn, Gunnar Rosendal, Israel Acrelius, Yngve Kalin, Bo Giertz, Oscar Ahnfelt, Laurentius Andreae, Jonas Swensson, Bertil Gartner, Henric Schartau, Sven Lidman, Helle Klein, Mary von Rosen. Excerpt: Greta Garbo (18 September 1905 - 15 April 1990), born Greta Lovisa Gustafsson, was a Swedish international film star, icon, and accomplished actress during Hollywood's silent and classical periods. Many of Garbo's films, from her first, Torrent, 1926, to her last, Two-Faced Woman, 1941, were sensational hits, and all but three were profitable. Garbo was nominated four times for an Academy Award and was recognized with one in 1954 for her "unforgettable screen performances." She received the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress for both Anna Karenina, 1935, and Camille, 1936. In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked Garbo fifth on their list of greatest female stars of all time, after Katharine Hepburn, Bette Davis, Audrey Hepburn, and Ingrid..
