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    Pehr Henrik Ling (15 November 1776 – 3 May 1839) pioneered the teaching of physical education in Sweden. Ling is credited as the father of Swedish massage...
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  • Swedish (Ling) gymnastics was featured in the Summer Olympic Games demonstration programme in 1948. The discipline was created by Pehr Henrik Ling in the...
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    tradition of "corrective exercise" or "medical gymnastics" as typified by Pehr Henrik Ling. Pilates accompanied his method with a variety of equipment, which...
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    female figures Reverse: A herald opening the Games with a statue of Pehr Henrik Ling behind him Bertram Mackennal (obverse) Erik Lindberg (reverse) C.C...
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  • editor Pehr Henrik Ling (1766–1839), Swedish medical-gymnastic practitioner Christopher Ling (1880–1953), English soldier and cricketer Archie Ling (1881–1943)...
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  • major general Pehr Kalm (1716–1779), Finnish explorer and naturalist Pehr Henrik Ling (1776–1839), Swedish physical education teacher Pehr Löfling (1729–1756)...
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  • (1949) Sweden Stockholm Specialised Expo Sport and physical culture Pehr Henrik Ling 37 09/1949 – 10/1949 The International Exhibition of Rural Habitat...
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  • with the German and Czech systems, the "Swedish System" founded by Pehr Henrik Ling promoted "light gymnastics", employing little, if any apparatus and...
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    medical-massage. AD 1776: Pehr Henrik Ling, a Swedish physical therapist and teacher of medical-gymnastics, is born. Ling has often been erroneously...
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    of Gymnastics (sv) G.C.I. was founded 1813 in Stockholm, Sweden by Pehr Henrik Ling. It was the first Physiotherapy school in the world, training hundreds...
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    från forntiden, the lyric poet Karl August Nicander, Swedish teacher Pehr Henrik Ling and Gustaf Vilhelm Gumaelius (1789–1877) author of the historical novel...
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    sport movement can be traced back to the early 19th century and the Pehr Henrik Ling gymnastics, a recreational movement that would keep its position as...
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    The form of yoga practised in the Western world was influenced by Pehr Henrik Ling's system of gymnastics. Sweden is home, too, to Europe's first yoga...
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    the body in order to sustain public morals and mold better citizens. Pehr Henrik Ling was a pioneer in the teaching of physical education in Sweden, and...
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  • nationalistic. Sometimes called the "Swedish Movement Cure," founded by Pehr Henrik Ling, was a health-oriented approach and recognized for inherent medical...
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  • for alternative medicine and professor at Southampton University. Pehr Henrik Ling – Swedish pioneer of physical education. Falsely credited as the Father...
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    English civil engineer, founder of the Horseley Ironworks (d. 1850) Pehr Henrik Ling, Swedish physical therapist (d. 1839) November 17 Friedrich Christoph...
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    places in 1845. Former residents include pioneer of Swedish gymnastics Pehr Henrik Ling, civil servant and art collector Christian Frederik Holm and chief...
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    two Lingiads that were held in Stockholm in 1939 (100 years after Pehr Henrik Ling's death) and 1949. The name Gymnaestrada is formed from the words gymnastik...
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  • gymnastics became more popular, a more artistic version developed by Pehr Henrik Ling which was for men and women, and needed little apparatus. Women first...
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  • a pioneer in the education for the blind and deaf (b. 1776) May 3 Pehr Henrik Ling, pioneer of physical education in Sweden (b. 1776) José Antonio Mexía...
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    systems of François Delsarte and the Swedish remedial gymnastics of Pehr Henrik Ling. Her particular concern was the improvement of posture and muscle structure...
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    Cultural offices Preceded by Pehr Henrik Ling Swedish Academy, Seat No 18 1839-1855 Succeeded by Johan Henrik Thomander...
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    the medical gymnastics of Kaare Theilmann. Within the tradition of Pehr Henrik Ling, Bukh developed his own primitive gymnastics, aimed at using forceful...
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  • taxonomy, and is also considered one of the fathers of modern ecology. Pehr Henrik Ling (1776–1839) is considered the prime developer of natural gymnastics...
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    Mechanical Aids in the Treatment of Chronic Forms of Disease (1893) Pehr Henrik Ling Russell Thacher Trall Davidson, Johnathan. (2014). A Century of Homeopaths:...
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    Stockholm in 1939 and 1949 in honor of the founder of Swedish gymnastics, Pehr Henrik Ling. The 1949 event was a sporting success, but a financial fiasco. Unable...
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    resources, including the Royal Central Institute of Gymnastics, founded by Pehr Henrik Ling in Sweden, as well as faculty from Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute...
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    gymnastics. She was trained in the Swedish system of gymnastics devised by Pehr Henrik Ling. Her gymnastics studies also took her to England, France, Germany and...
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    Pierre de Coubertin Johann Christoph Friedrich GutsMuths Georges Hébert Pehr Henrik Ling Gymnastic and Sports Federation of French Patronages the United States...
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