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=Did You Know section= Werldwayd was involved in editing of articles excerpts of which were later listed in "Do You Know" (DYK) popular section on Wikipedia front page. Thanks for the efforts of colleague BabbaQ in being actively involved in this and making me part of the featured edits.

74 The number of articles edited from which DYK interesting facts were taken


 * Limbo (Daddy Yankee song): DYK that Daddy Yankee's performance of "Limbo" at the 2013 Billboard Latin Music Awards included "performers pounding skyscraper-size drums"?" (2 May 2013)


 * Linnea Henriksson: DYK that Linnea Henriksson's (pictured) song "Enastående" was part of the soundtrack to the Swedish movie Once Upon a Time in Phuket?" (16 August 2013)


 * Meral Tasbas: DYK that Meral Tasbas has participated in both the Swedish and the Turkish versions of the reality show The Bar? (11 September 2013)


 * Kristian Gidlund: DYK that Kristian Gidlund played drums in the rock band Sugarplum Fairy until his death in 2013? (26 September 2013)


 * Hildegard Björck: DYK that Hildegard Björck was the first Swedish woman to complete an academic degree? (14 October 2013)


 * Carin Hjulström: DYK that Carin Hjulström presented Melodifestivalen 1990 (20 October 2013)


 * Fritiof Enbom: DYK that Swedish railway worker Fritiof Enbom was accused and convicted of being a spy for the Soviet Union? (2 November 2013)


 * Mia Frye: DYK that Mia Frye was the choreographer for the dance routine in the music video for the Los del Río hit song "Macarena"? (20 November 2013)


 * Nour El-Refai: DYK that Nour El-Refai will host Melodifestivalen 2014"? (26 November 2013)


 * Gula gubben: DYK that Gula gubben (the Yellowman) performs in yellow tight fitting tracksuits at different music festivals? (4 December 2013)


 * Stekenjokk: DYK that Stekenjokk holds the Swedish record for wind speed, with 170 km/h recorded during Cyclone Hilde on 16 November 2013? (5 December 2013)


 * Vildmarksvägen: DYK that Hällingsåfallet, a waterfall along the Vildmarksvägen route (pictured), has been described as "Sweden's answer to Niagara Falls"? (19 December 2013)


 * Stora Blåsjön: DYK that the town of Stora Blåsjön, Sweden, has a moose farm featuring a pair of moose named Hilda and Herbert? (20 December 2013)


 * Barna Hedenhös: DYK that Bonnier Carlsen temporarily halted its re-release of one of the Barna Hedenhös Swedish children's books because the 1950 publication refers to Native Americans as "red skins"? (23 December 2013)


 * Kitty Jutbring: DYK that Kitty Jutbring (pictured) won VeckoRevyn's competition "Plus Size Model of the Year" in 1999? (24 January 2014)


 * Allan Svensson: DYK that Allan Svensson played Gustav Svensson in the hit comedy series Svensson, Svensson?'' (3 February 2014)


 * Filippa Lagerbäck: DYK that Swedish fashion model Filippa Lagerbäck has hosted the Italian version of Candid Camera on RAI? (28 March 2014)


 * Soraya Post: DYK that Soraya Post (pictured) was the first Romani in Swedish history to top the ballot for a political party at the European Parliament elections in 2014? (8 June 2014)


 * Jon Henrik Fjällgren: DYK that Sami singer Jon Henrik Fjällgren won Talang Sverige 2014 with his interpretations of traditional Sami songs?'' (20 June 2014)


 * Henry Dunker: DYK that Henry Dunker willed his entire fortune to a foundation which subsequently funded many improvements to the city of Helsingborg?'' (23 June 2014)


 * Rudolf Fredrik Berg: DYK that Swedish engineerRudolf Fredrik Berg brother was King Oscar II's medical doctor and had to attend at the king's deathbed, preventing him from visiting Rudolf who died on the same day? (26 June 2014)


 * Skogssamer: DYK that the skogssame people had intricate ceremonies related to bears? (7 July 2014)


 * Jan O. Jansson: DYK that Jan O. Jansson has the nickname "Nude-Janne" because he walked around nude in most episodes of the two seasons he participated in The Farm? (7 July 2014)


 * Johanna Frändén: DYK that the Swedish sport journalist Johanna Frändén had the special task of following Zlatan Ibrahimović's career for SVT? (9 July 2014)


 * Elsa Collin: DYK that Elsa Collin (pictured) was the first woman at any Swedish university to be part of a student spex show? (18 July 2014)


 * Brita von Horn: DYK that Swedish director Brita von Horn (pictured) was the first to stage a Chekhov play in Sweden?'' (21 July 2014)


 * Robban Andersson: DYK that Robban Andersson ate thirteen sausages in two minutes for Talang 2010?'' (24 July 2014)


 * Elsa Billgren: DYK that Swedish television presenter Elsa Billgren (pictured) is the daughter of artist and writer Ernst Billgren? (31 July 2014)


 * Älgen Stolta: DYK that in 1907, the moose Älgen Stolta defeated horses in a harness race?'' (11 August 2014)


 * Valentin Wolfenstein: DYK that Valentin Wolfenstein owned the first successful photography studio in Los Angeles? (22 August 2014)


 * Victor Hartman: DYK that Victor Hartman was awarded the Litteris et Artibus medal in1882?'' (19 September 2014)


 * Martina Montelius: DYK that Martina Montelius (pictured) hosted an episode of the popular radio show Sommar that was described as "controlled madness and seductive"?'' (26 September 2014)


 * Anna Odell: DYK that the Swedish film director Anna Odell staged a suicide attempt and psychosis for her film Okänd, kvinna 2009–349701?'' (5 October 2014)


 * Athena Farrokhzad: DYK that after Athena Farrokhzad hosted a show on Sveriges Radio, the Moderate Party's Gunnar Axén claimed to have thrown out his TV so he could stop paying the license fee (which also supports radio)?'' (6 October 2014)


 * Karolina Lassbo: DYK that Karolina Lassbo (pictured), creator of A Glamour Princess Blog, competed in the Miss Sweden beauty pageant in 2006?'' (14 October 2014)


 * Twitterature: DYK that Twitterature has been called a literary genre, but is more accurately an adaptation of various genres to social media?'' (15 October 2014)


 * Nobelfesten: DYK that Nobel Banquet is held each 10December, after the Nobel Prize ceremony?'' (20 October 2014)


 * Robin Paulsson: DYK that the Swedish stand-up comedian Robin Paulsson became known for his imitations of footballer Zlatan Ibrahimović?'' (20 October 2014)


 * John Alvin Anderson: DYK that Swedish-American John Alvin Anderson (pictured) documented and photographed influential Sioux over a 45-year period?'' (26 October 2014)


 * Makode Linde: DYK that Swedish-American Makode Linde made and decorated a cake in the shape of a black Venus of Willendorf for his art piece Painful Cake?'' (28 October 2014)


 * Långholmens spinnhus: DYK that Långholmens spinnhus (pictured) was a women's prison located on the island of Långholmen in Stockholm, Sweden?'' (8 November 2014)


 * Hanna Stjärne: DYK that journalist Hanna Stjärne (pictured) was announced as the new CEO of Sveriges Television in September 2014 and will take the post within six months?'' (11 November 2014)


 * Anders Bárány: DYK that Swedish scientist Anders Bárány is the grandson of Nobel laureate Robert Bárány?''(18 November 2014)


 * Blue Hall: DYK that the annual Nobel Banquet is held in the Stockholm Stadshuset's red Blue Hall?'' (19 November 2014)


 * Von Sydow murders: DYK that Swedish politician Hjalmar von Sydow (pictured) was murdered by his own son with an iron in March 1932?'' (24 November 2014)


 * Lady Hutton: DYK that a group of Swedish businessmen spent more than $2.5 million to renovate the Lady Hutton?'' (26 December 2014)


 * Arne Hegerfors: DYK that Swedish sports journalist Arne Hegerfors commentated at both the basketball final at the 1972 Olympic Games and the Heysel Stadium disaster for Sveriges Television?'' (7 January 2015)

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 * Carolina Neurath: DYK that Swedish journalist Carolina Neurath ventured into acting when she starred as Princess Arianna Ad'lah in the film Star Wars: Threads of Destiny in 2014?'' (19 January 2015)


 * Karolina Olsson: DYK the Swedish woman Karolina Olsson purportedly stayed in a constant state of sleep for 32 years?'' (22 January 2015)


 * Per Holknekt: DYK that Swedish fashion designer Per Holknekt (pictured) placed second in the first Swedish Big Brother season before starting the clothing company Odd Molly?'' (3 July 2015)


 * Jenny Skavlan: DYK that actress Jenny Skavlan was married in 2014 in a dress she designed and made herself?'' (14 August 2015)


 * Ester Claesson: DYK that actress Ester Claesson is considered Sweden's first female landscape architect?'' (14 September 2015)


 * Lo Kauppi: DYK that actress Lo Kauppi was a singer and guitar player in the feminist punk band Vagina Grande?'' (17 September 2015)


 * Anna Bråkenhielm: DYK ... that the reality entertainment concept Expedition Robinson (also known as Survivor) was bought by CEO Anna Bråkenhielm and aired on Swedish television in 1997? (3 October 2015)


 * Rickard Olsson: DYK ... that Swedish television presenter Rickard Olsson on an Emmy Kids Award for his work on the children's game show Wild Kids?  (8 October 2015)


 * Gustav Laabs: DYK ... that German SS-Hauptscharführer Gustav Laabs worked as a gas van operator at the Chełmno extermination camp in Wartheland? (12 October 2015)

DYK for

 * Lars-Åke Wilhelmsson: DYK ... that Swedish fashion designer Lars-Åke Wilhelmsson is known for his dragshow character Babsan (pictured)? (15 October 2015)


 * Suzanne Sjögren: DYK ... that television presenter Suzanne Sjögren was selected as Sweden's sexiest woman by the men's magazine Slitz in 2001? (23 October 2015)

DYK for Suzanne Sjögren

 * Bea Szenfeld: DYK ... that singer Lady Gaga used a Bea Szenfeld (pictured) design for herself and her background dancers in the music video for the song "G.U.Y."? (24 October 2015)


 * Gunilla Persson: DYK ... that singer Lady Gaga used a Bea Szenfeld (pictured) design for herself and her background dancers in the music video for the song "G.U.Y."? (24 October 2015)


 * Maria Möller: DYK ... that actress Maria Möller is a classically trained mezzo-soprano and soloist? (30 October 2015)

DYK for Maria Möller

 * Villa Geber: DYK ... that Villa Geber is best known as being Sweden's second most expensive residential property when it was sold to Salvatore Grimaldi in 2000? (4 November 2015)


 * Salvatore Grimaldi: DYK ... that Salvatore Grimaldi has been described as the "richest immigrant in Sweden"? (7 November 2015)


 * Hilda Nilsson: DYK ... that Hilda Nilsson committed suicide by hanging the same day the courts commuted her death sentence to life imprisonment? (31 December 2015)


 * Julia Kronlid: DYK ... that Swedish politician Julia Kronlid has worked as a volunteer at a hospital clinic in Papua New Guinea? (27 January 2016)


 * Rock-Olga: DYK ... that singer Rock-Olga (pictured) recorded an album in 1972 using ABBA members Agnetha Fältskog and Anni-Frid Lyngstad as backing vocalists? (28 September 2016)


 * Elin Rombo: DYK ... that Elin Rombo (pictured) played Sister Blanche in Poulenc's Dialogues of the Carmelites in a 2011 production at the Royal Swedish Opera? (30 September 2016)


 * Lena Sundström: DYK ... that the Swedish journalist Lena Sundström (pictured) was a foundling? (3 October 2016)


 * Anne Ramberg: DYK ... that Anne Ramberg was awarded the H. M. The King's Medal of 12th size to wear in a blue ribbon for her work in the Swedish justice system? (13 October 2016)


 * Kenneth Gärdestad: DYK ... that Swedish songwriter Kenneth Gärdestad wrote the lyrics for the Melodifestivalen 1979 winning song "Satellit" performed by his brother Ted Gärdestad? (24 March 2018)


 * Fallet Kevin: DYK ... that 20 years after confessing to the murder of a four-year-old boy, two brothers had all suspicions against them dismissed? (22 May 2018)


 * Sharon Dyall: DYK ... that singer-songwriter Sharon Dyall translated the song lyrics from the Disney film Frozen into Swedish? (18 December 2018)


 * Kaj Linna: DYK ... that a podcast helped overturn the murder conviction of Kaj Linna after he had been imprisoned for thirteen years? (27 June 2019)


 * Christopher Wollter: DYK ... that Swedish actor Christopher Wollter started his career as a teenage reporter for the SVT children's television show Barnjournalen? (14 February 2020)