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I am feeling better about the prognosis for the world economy for the first time in ages.  Jag känner mig mer positiv till världsekonomins utsikter än jag gjort på evigheter.  For første gang på svært lenge føler jeg meg mer optimistisk med tanke på prognosene for verdensøkonomien.  Jeg føler mig for første gang i lang tid mere optimistisk omkring prognosen for verdensøkonomien. Stephen Roach (1945-) Economic optimism

These authors were born on the 4th of October:
Samuel Huntington (1765-1817) - American politician; Governor of Ohio (1765-1817)
Jeremias Gotthelf (1797-1854) - Swiss novelist (1797–1854)
Millet (1814-1875) - French painter (1814–1875)
Jan Franco (1814-1875) - French painter (1814–1875)
Francis Edward Smedley (1818-1864) - British writer
Rutherford B. Hayes (1822-1893) - president of the United States from 1877 to 1881 (1822-1893)
John Anderson (1833-1900) - Scottish anatomist and zoologist who worked in India as the curator of the Indian Museum (1833–1900)
Dorothy Frances Gurney (1858-1932) - English hymnwriter, poet (1858-1932)
John Lubbock (1858-1929) - English aristocrat and banker (1858-1929)
Andreas Berg (1861-1944) - Alingsås player
Walter Rauschenbusch (1861-1918) - United States Baptist theologian (1861–1918)
Frederic Remington (1861-1909) - American painter and sculptor (1861-1909)
Samuel Stephan (1867-1943) - group leader (SD)
Fanny Roos (1869-1940) - shot putter
Frances Perkins (1880-1965) - US educator
Poul Østergaard (1882-1914) - police commissioner and head of the special legislation and decision center at Midt- og Vestjyllands Politi
Harry Terrell (1883-1951) - American baseball player (1883-1951)
Damon Runyon (1884-1946) - American writer (1880–1946)
Martin Åberg (1888-1946) - father to Ammie
Robert Lawson (1892-1957) - American children's illustrator and writer (1992–1957)
Frans G. Bengtsson (1894-1954) - Swedish author, studied in Lund.
Frans G Bengtsson (1894-1954) - Swedish writer (1894-1954)
Frans Bengtsson (1894-1954) - Swedish writer (1894-1954)
Cliff Hall (1894-1972) - American actor (1894-1972)
Buster Keaton (1895-1966) - US actor
Frank McCue (1898-1953) - American baseball player
Suzanne Meyer (1899-1943) - 4 Oct 1899 - 18 Feb 1943
Stefan Persson (1900-) - CEO of Hennes & Mauritz in Sweden.
Paul Brinkman (1905-)
Wolfgang Franz (1905-1996) - German mathematician (1905-1996)
Ivar Halvorsen (1906-1990) - municipal chief medical officer
Alice Stewart (1906-2002) - British epidemiologist
David Gans (1907-1999) - Ph.D. New York University 1948
Bjørn Nielsen (1907-1949) - former colleague
Eiler Krag (1908-1991) - Danish painter (1908-1991)
Kenneth Cross (1911-2003) - British Royal Air Force commander
Nicholas LaRocca (1913-1999) - American politician from New Jersey
Jim Cairns (1914-2003) - Australian politician, 4th Deputy Prime Minister of Australia (1914-2003)
Birger Olsen (1915-) - boxer
Victor Riley (1916-2004) - Welsh politician
Marv Harshman (1917-2013) - American basketball player and coach (1917–2013)
Violeta Parra (1917-1967) - Chilean musician and folklorist
Magne Rommetveit (1918-2009) - politician (Ap)
Dick Hutton (1923-2003) - American amateur and professional wrestler
Charlton Heston (1924-2008) - US actor
Ludvig Hjorth (1924-1943) - specialist at the auction house Bruun Rasmussen
Ragnar Nilsen (1925-2010) - Head of Culture in Skien municipality
Robert Bush (1926-2005) - United States Navy Medal of Honor recipient (1926–2005)
C. DeLores Tucker (1927-2005) - American politician and activist (1927–2005)
Bobby Walters (1927-2020) - American athletics competitor
Lewis Brown (1928-2011) - American costume designer (1928-2011)
Torben Ulrich (1928-2023) - Danish tennis player, jazz musician, filmmaker and writer (1928–2023)
Hans Christian (1929-2011) - private individual (49 years old)
Leroy Van Dyke (1929-) - American singer
Lasse Steve (1930-2014) - head of security in Fredrikstad
Sir Terence Conran (1931-2020) - British restaurateur and designer (1931–2020)
Eric Howe (1931-) - British business exectutive and Data Protection Registrar
Richard Rorty (1931-2007) - American philosopher (1931–2007)
Etienne Davignon (1932-2026) - Belgian retired diplomat and civil servant
Dennis Emery (1933-1986) - association football player (1933-1986)
John Noble Wilford (1933-2025) - American journalist (1933–2025)
Sam Huff (1934-2021) - American football player (1934–2021)
Sam Wyly (1934-) - American businessman
Peter Byrne (1935-2022) - Irish sportswriter and author (1935–2022)
Ed Kelly (1935-2005) - American musician and pianist (1935–2005)
Christopher Melville (1935-) - South African cricketer
Christopher Alexander (1936-2022) - American architect and design theorist (1936-2022)
Don House (1936-2016) - New Zealand inorganic chemist (1936–2016)
Wayne Flynt (1940-) - American historian
Steve Swallow (1940-) - American jazz bassist and composer
Ulf Adelsohn (1941-) - former leader of the Moderate Party
Jackie Collins (1941-2015) - English? writer
Roy Blount, Jr. (1941-)
Anne Rice (1941-2021) - of horror and fantasy stories. b.
Eva Steiness (1941-) - CEO of Serodus
Robert Wilson (1941-2025) - American stage director and playwright (1941–2025)
Bernice Johnson (1942-2024) - American singer, composer, and activist (1942–2024)
Terry Mancini (1942-) - Irish footballer
Norman Pearlstine (1942-) - American magazine editor
Bernice Johnson Reagon (1942-2024) - American singer, composer, and activist (1942–2024)
Johanna Sigurdardottir (1942-) - Prime Minister
Marianne Fors (1943-2014) - Piteå IF office
Jean-Cyril Spinetta (1943-) - French businessman
Tony LaRussa (1944-) - American baseball player and manager
Tony La Russa (1944-) - American baseball player and manager
Clifton Davis (1945-) - American actor, musician and minister
Chuck Hagel (1946-) - American soldier and politician
Jim Muldoon (1946-) - Irish rower
Michael G. Mullen (1946-) - U.S. Navy admiral and 17th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Mike Mullen (1946-) - U.S. Navy admiral and 17th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Michael Mullen (1946-) - US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Jim Press (1946-) - American businessman
Susan Sarandon (1946-) - American actress and activist
Einar Guldvog Staalesen (1946-) - film critic
Jim McFarland (1947-2020) - American football player
Osamu Miyata (1947-)
Thomas Schieffer (1947-) - American politician
Michael Brian Schiffer (1947-) - American archaeologist
Ann Widdecombe (1947-2026) - British politician and media personality (1947–2026)
Peter Brandt (1948-) - German historian
Roy Evans (1948-) - English footballer and manager (born 1948)
Steinar Ofsdal (1948-) - composer and musician
Armand Assante (1949-) - American actor
Linda McMahon (1949-) - United States Secretary of Education since 2025
Lars Vorland (1949-) - Director of Helse Nord
Bob Wenzel (1949-) - American basketball coach
Phil Bronstein (1950-) - American journalist
Øivind Johannessen (1950-2018) - comedian
Alan Rosenberg (1950-) - American actor
John Ellinger (1951-) - football manager
Michael Knighton (1951-) - British businessman
Stein A. Ytterdahl (1951-) - County Governor of Agder
Tana De Zulueta (1951-) - Italian politician
Flemming Besenbacher (1952-) - Chairman of Carlsberg
Harald Børsting (1952-) - LO's outgoing chairman
Anita Defrantz (1952-) - American rower
Terje Svabø (1952-) - freelance journalist
Anne Tybjærg-Hansen (1952-) - professor at the University of Copenhagen
Aksel Hagen (1953-) - head of the municipal committee
Tchéky Karyo (1953-2025) - Actor
Bill McInturff (1953-) - American pollster
Knut Støbakk (1953-) - mayor of Giske municipality
Dennis Little (1954-) - American baseball player
Rick Minter (1954-) - American football coach
Rustam Usubov (1954-)
Jorge Valdano (1955-) - Argentine association football player and manager
Mikaela Engell (1956-) - former High Commissioner for Greenland
Helge Førde (1956-) - composer
Wally Hennessey (1956-) - Canadian-American athlete
Alfonso Quiroz (1956-2013) - Peruvian historian
Sherri Turner (1956-) - professional golfer
Christoph Waltz (1956-) - Actor
David Coltart (1957-) - Minister in the Cabinet of Zimbabwe
Anders Flanking (1957-) - State Secretary
David Kendall (1957-2026) - American film director
Sigmund Loland (1957-) - professor of philosophy of sport, sport and ethics at NIH
Russell Simmons (1957-) - American entrepreneur and record executive
Malcolm Andrews (1958-2019) - British–American mechanical engineer (1958–2019)
Andrew Gordon-Saker (1958-) - Senior costs judge
Anneka Rice (1958-) - TV presenter
Stein Endresen (1959-) - show jumper
Magnus Hall (1959-) - CEO
Ana Botín (1960-) - group chair
Billy Hatcher (1960-) - baseball player and coach from the United States
Priscilla Hill (1960-) - figure skater
Mikael Högberg (1960-) - press officer for Avarn
Blake Nordstrom (1960-2019) - American businessman (1960-2019)
Salim Abdal (1961-) - unemployed
Donato Masciandaro (1961-) - Italian economist (born 1961)
Ian McParland (1961-) - assistant coach
Oddvar Svendsen (1961-) - mayor
Ulf Friberg (1962-) - running coach
Butch Pierre (1962-) - American college basketball coach
Claire Shipman (1962-) - incoming principal and former TV journalist
Steve Capus (1963-) - American businessman
Mette Reissmann (1963-) - education spokesperson for the Social Democrats
Ivo Welch (1963-) - American economist
Peter Florence (1964-) - British actor
Sarah Lancashire (1964-) - English actress
Mark McLemore (1964-) - American baseball player (1964-)
Thorgerdur Katrin Gunnarsdottir (1965-) - Iceland's Minister for Foreign Affairs
Frank Cignetti Jr (1965-) - American football player and coach
Anita Karlsen (1965-) - leader of Utdanningsforbundet in Nordland
Eugene Kaspersky (1965-) - Russian specialist in the information security field
John Melendez (1965-) - Former Stern show cast member and author
Pippo Russo (1965-) - author and sociologist at Università degli Studi di Firenze
Todd Sanders (1965-) - anthropologist
John van den Brom (1966-) - football manager
Cecilie Lynum (1966-) - psychologist
Jon Rogstad (1966-) - professor at Fafo
Heather Rose (1966-2002)
Marcus Bentley (1967-) - narrator
Olle Häggström (1967-) - professor of mathematical statistics
Liev Schreiber (1967-) - American actor
Jiro Yamaguchi (1967-)
Sean Sutton (1968-) - American basketball player-coach
Sven-Olof Sällström (1968-2024) - labor market policy spokesperson for the Sweden Democrats
Knut Underbakke (1968-) - municipal director
Tim Wise (1968-) - American anti-racist activist and writer
Ole Morten Mardal (1969-) - coach for individual athletes
Thomas Søndergård (1969-) - conductor
Jim Crowley (1970-) - American basketball coach
Heidi Newfield (1970-) - American musician
Knut Anders Fostervold (1971-) - former football player
Søren Randa-Boldt (1971-) - women's national team coach
Trond Espen Seim (1971-) - actor
Nathan Rosenberg (1972-) - Ukrainian politician
Mark Turner (1972-) - English footballer (born 1972)
Anders Bortne (1973-) - communications advisor
Kerry Joseph (1973-) - American and Canadian football player
Jen Shah (1973-) - RHOSLC star and convicted fraudster
Reggie Lee (1975-) - Filipino actor
Andrei Soldatov (1975-) - investigative journalist
Andrej Soldatov (1975-) - Russian journalist
Stefan Madsen (1976-) - head coach
Edgar Moreno (1976-) - Spanish actor
Alicia Silverstone (1976-) - American actress
Mia Skäringer (1976-) - actress
Thomas Becker (1977-) - Chief Negotiator at the Ministry of Climate and Energy
Matthias Fekl (1977-) - Minister of the Interior
Bobby Scales (1977-) - American baseball player
Trond Brekke (1978-) - press officer at Ruter
George Calombaris (1978-) - MasterChef judge
Anna Jakobsson (1978-) - training manager at Friskis & Svettis in Uppsala
Kyle Lohse (1978-) - American baseball player
Veronica Schmidt (1978-) - children's author
Dale Taylor (1978-) - college basketball player (1999–2002) Siena
Caitriona Balfe (1979-) - Actress
Brandon Barash (1979-) - actor
Anna Bertills (1979-) - chair of the municipal executive board (SFP)
Rachael Leigh (1979-) - American actress and model
Bjorn Phau (1979-) - German tennis player
Me'Lisa Barber (1980-) - American track and field sprint athlete
Joe Kennedy III (1980-) - member of the House of Representatives
Nick Mohammed (1980-) - Actor
Tomas Rosicky (1980-) - Czech footballer
Morgan Spector (1980-) - American actor
Curtis Deloatch (1981-) - player of American football
Nate Janes (1981-) - basketball player
Natalja Korosteleva (1981-) - former Russian cross-country skier
Rikke Lassen (1981-) - judge
Philip Sandberg (1981-) - Swedish local politician
Ransom Antoine (1982-) - basketball player
Calen Carr (1982-) - American soccer player
Grace Lee (1982-) - Filipino actor and journalist
Ilhan Omar (1982-) - Democratic member of Congress elected in Minnesota
Trygve Ottersen (1982-) - FHI's regional director for infection control
Sam Russell (1982-) - English association football player
Jered Weaver (1982-) - American baseball player
Dan Clarke (1983-) - British open-wheel racing driver
Sarah Heard (1983-) - Australian rower
Chansi Stuckey (1983-) - American football player
Kurt Suzuki (1983-) - American baseball player and manager (born 1983)
Jay Foreman (1984-) - British comedian and YouTuber
Lena Katina (1984-) - one half of the girl duo t.A.T.u. and artist
Drew Stubbs (1984-) - American baseball player
Sheray Thomas (1984-) - Canadian basketball player (born 1984)
Sikandar Siddique (1986-) - chairman of Frie Grønne
Peder Sjo Slettebø (1986-) - county council member for Høyre in Hordaland
Lee Crockett (1987-) - association football player (born 1987)
Rawez Lawan (1987-) - captain for Dalkurd
Anne Møller (1987-) - physician
Adrian Tollefsen (1987-) - Mayor of Øvre Eiker
Ashley Banjo (1988-) - performer/father
Melissa Benoist (1988-) - actress
John Junior (1988-) - man with food phobia/OCD
Dakota Johnson (1989-) - Actress
Kimmie Meissner (1989-) - American figure skater, born 1989
Viktoria Rebensburg (1989-) - skier
Stacey Solomon (1989-) - presenter and former X Factor star
Tessa Worley (1989-) - skater
Preben Fjell (1990-) - youtuber
Leigh-Anne Pinnock (1991-) - member of the girl group Little Mix
Erik Sviatchenko (1991-) - football player
Espen Andre Breivik (1992-) - organizer of the torchlight procession
Espen Moe Breivik (1992-) - VGTV presenter
Rupi Kaur (1992-) - artist
Vetle Eck Aga (1993-) - national team player
Yeonmi Park (1993-) - North Korean defector and author
Markus Hoelgaard (1994-) - Uno-X rider
Elena Lopez (1994-) - Eddy Lopez's mother
Katie Miller (1994-) - American political advisor (born 1991)
Sven Thorgren (1994-) - snowboarder
Kai Steffen Østensen (1994-) - politician
Hanna Ardéhn (1995-) - actress
Morten Bjørlo (1995-) - plays for Fredrikstad
Caitlyn Shadbolt (1995-) - country singer
Sam Stewart (1995-) - New Zealand rugby union player
Anthony Bennett (1996-) - American gridiron football player (born 1996)
Ava Sambora (1997-) - model
Adam Spence (2001-) - Australian middle- and long-distance runner
Kaja Bjelde Hjelmhaug (2006-) - player
John Montano (2006-) - Colombian association football player

Idag firar vi Frans Frank!

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Here you'll find proverbs in Swedish, Danish and Norwegian and a little happiness without soft-ice - in a collection that has been ongoing since the year 1990. It has been printed on paper four times, in the shape of the book "Språkets Kryddor". This book is now really sold out, and it won't be printed again.

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