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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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  • 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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    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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  • 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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    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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  • 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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  • (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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    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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