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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...

tradition of "corrective exercise" or "medical gymnastics" as typified by Pehr Henrik Ling. Pilates accompanied his method with a variety of equipment, which...

major general Pehr Kalm (1716–1779), Finnish explorer and naturalist Pehr Henrik Ling (1776–1839), Swedish physical education teacher Pehr Löfling (1729–1756)...

editor Pehr Henrik Ling (1766–1839), Swedish medical-gymnastic practitioner Christopher Ling (1880–1953), English soldier and cricketer Archie Ling (1881–1943)...

Swedish (Ling) gymnastics was featured in the Summer Olympic Games demonstration programme in 1948. The discipline was created by Pehr Henrik Ling in the...

medical-massage. AD 1776: Pehr Henrik Ling, a Swedish physical therapist and teacher of medical-gymnastics, is born. Ling has often been erroneously...

från forntiden, the lyric poet Karl August Nicander, Swedish teacher Pehr Henrik Ling and Gustaf Vilhelm Gumaelius (1789–1877) author of the historical novel...

with the German and Czech systems, the "Swedish System" founded by Pehr Henrik Ling promoted "light gymnastics", employing little, if any apparatus and...

nationalistic. Sometimes called the "Swedish Movement Cure," founded by Pehr Henrik Ling, was a health-oriented approach and recognized for inherent medical...

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...

for alternative medicine and professor at Southampton University. Pehr Henrik Ling – Swedish pioneer of physical education. Falsely credited as the Father...

English civil engineer, founder of the Horseley Ironworks (d. 1850) Pehr Henrik Ling, Swedish physical therapist (d. 1839) November 17 Friedrich Christoph...

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...

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...

Poet Laureate of the Franco regime. Poets Laureate of Sweden include Pehr Henrik Ling and Verner von Heidenstam (1916). In 1512, Switzerland-born Heinrich...

places in 1845. Former residents include pioneer of Swedish gymnastics Pehr Henrik Ling, civil servant and art collector Christian Frederik Holm and chief...

Cultural offices Preceded by Pehr Henrik Ling Swedish Academy, Seat No 18 1839-1855 Succeeded by Johan Henrik Thomander...

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...

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...

systems of François Delsarte and the Swedish remedial gymnastics of Pehr Henrik Ling.[citation needed] Her particular concern was the improvement of posture...