Ekman
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- Carl Gustaf EkmanCarl Gustaf EkmanCarl Gustaf Ekman was a Swedish politician, Member of Parliament 1911-1932 , leader of the Freeminded People's Party 1924-1932 and Prime Minister from 1926 to 1928 and again from 1930 to 1932....
(1872 – 1945), Swedish politician - Carl Daniel EkmanCarl Daniel EkmanCarl Daniel Ekman was a Swedish chemical engineer who invented the form of the sulfite process of wood pulp manufacturing which was first established on a firm commercial basis, helping to replace rags as the main raw material of paper with wood pulp...
(1845-1904), Swedish chemical engineer - Erik Leonard EkmanErik Leonard EkmanErik Leonard Ekman was a Swedish botanist and explorer .- Biography :Erik Leonard Ekman was born into a low-income household with five children on October 14, 1883. Due to economic difficulties, the family moved to the central-Swedish town of Jönköping when he was eleven...
(1883 - 1931), Swedish botanist - Gösta EkmanGösta EkmanHans Gösta Gustaf Ekman is a Swedish actor.-Biography:One of Sweden's most appreciated, respected and popular actors; Gösta Ekman started his career in theatre but has also appeared in several Swedish films, including the Jönssonligan series...
(junior) (1939 - ), Swedish actor - Gösta Ekman (senior)Gösta Ekman (senior)Gösta Ekman, Sr. , born Frans Gösta Viktor Ekman, was a Swedish actor. Generally spoken of as Swedish theatre's most legendary stage actor, Gösta Ekman enjoyed a prolific stage career during his short life, becoming the first real star of Swedish theatre...
(1890 - 1938) Swedish actor - Hasse EkmanHasse EkmanHasse Ekman was a Swedish director, actor, writer and producer for film, stage and television.Hasse Ekman is probably Sweden's most successful and critically acclaimed film director pre Ingmar Bergman and post Sjöström and Stiller, with his peak in mid-1940s to the year 1950...
(1915 – 2004), Swedish film director and actor - Ida EkmanIda EkmanIda Ekman was a Finnish soprano singer. She was also referred to as Ida Morduch-Ekman. Her career was mainly in oratorio and lieder, and she was a renowned interpreter of the songs of Jean Sibelius, many of which were dedicated to her and her husband Karl Ekman, with whose career her own was...
(1875 - 1942), Finnish soprano - Kerstin EkmanKerstin EkmanKerstin Lillemor Ekman is a Swedish novelist.Kerstin Ekman wrote a string of successful detective novels but later went on to psychological and social themes...
(1933 - ), Swedish novelist - Nils EkmanNils EkmanNils "Nisse" Ekman is a Swedish former professional ice hockey right winger. During his 15-year career as a player at the professional level he played in the National Hockey League, Swedish Elite League , Kontinental Hockey League , and SM-liiga...
(1976 - ), Swedish ice hockey player - Paul EkmanPaul EkmanPaul Ekman is a psychologist who has been a pioneer in the study of emotions and their relation to facial expressions. He has been considered one of the 100 most eminent psychologists of the twentieth century...
(1934 - ), American psychologist - Robert Wilhelm EkmanRobert Wilhelm EkmanRobert Wilhelm Ekman , aka R. W. Ekman, was a significant teacher and painter of the Finnish romantic portraits and early national romanticism.-Childhood and Arts Education:...
(1808 – 1873), Finnish painter - Ulf EkmanUlf EkmanUlf Ekman is a Swedish charismatic pastor and founder of the charismatic church Livets Ord , which brought the Word of Faith movement to Sweden.-Ministry:...
(1950 - ), Swedish clergyman - Vagn Walfrid EkmanVagn Walfrid EkmanVagn Walfrid Ekman was a Swedish oceanographer.Born in Stockholm to Fredrik Laurentz Ekman, himself an oceanographer, he became committed to oceanography while studying physics at the University of Uppsala and, in particular, on hearing Vilhelm Bjerknes lecture on fluid dynamics.During the...
(1874 – 1954), Swedish oceanographer
Oceanography
- Ekman layer
- Ekman spiralEkman spiralThe Ekman spiral refers to a structure of currents or winds near a horizontal boundary in which the flow direction rotates as one moves away from the boundary. It derives its name from the Swedish oceanographer Vagn Walfrid Ekman...
- Ekman current meterEkman current meterThe Ekman current meter is a mechanical flowmeter invented by Vagn Walfrid Ekman a Swedish oceanographer, in 1903. It comprises a propeller with a mechanism to record the number of revolutions, a compass and a recorder with which to record the direction, and a vane that orients the instrument so...
- Ekman transportEkman transportEkman transport, part of Ekman motion theory first investigated in 1902 by Vagn Walfrid Ekman , is the term given for the 90 degree net transport of the surface layer due to wind forcings...
- Ekman numberEkman numberThe Ekman number is a dimensionless number used in describing geophysical phenomena in the oceans and atmosphere. It characterises the ratio of viscous forces in a fluid to the fictitious forces arising from planetary rotation...
- Ekman water bottleEkman water bottleThe Ekman water bottle is a sea water temperature sample device. The cylinder is dropped at the desired depth, the trap door below is opened to let the water enter and then closed tightly. This can be repeated at different depths as each sample goes to a different chamber of the insulated bottle.It...