Elsa Borg

Elisabeth "Elsa" Dionysia Borg (19 July 1826, Rytterne, Västmanland – 24 February 1909, Vita Bergen (White Mountains), Stockholm) was a Swedish educator and social worker. She had been a student of Cecilia Fryxell.

Elsa Borg was the daughter of the vicar Denis Borg (d. 1837) and Hedvig Elisabet Borg (d. 1830): her mother was the cousin of Pär Aron Borg. She was educated in a girls' school in first Sala and then Stockholm, and finally at the school of Cecilia Fryxell. After having completed her education, she worked as a governess. Between 1859 and 1874, Elsa Borg functioned as the principal of the Christian Girl's School in Gävle, regarded as the local pioneer educational institution for females in that city.

Elsa Borg was one of the foremost representatives of the Great Awakening in Sweden. After a visit to Great Britain in 1876 and 1878, she came to know William Boardman and Granville Waldegrave, 3rd Baron Radstock, and having returned to Sweden, she devoted herself to mission work combined with Christian social work. In 1875, Elsa Borg moved to Stockholm, where she founded a Bible Home for women with the support of Queen Sophia. The institution was situated in the Stockholm ill reputed slum of Vita Bergen (White Mountains). The home was meant to educate female Christian social workers. In 1877, it expanded to include an asylum for former female prostitutes, in 1881 an orphanage and in 1883 a hospital, and in 1885 a home for the education of missionaries: this was followed by branches in other parts of the country.

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Elsa

Elsa may refer to:

Names

Elsa (given name), a female given name (Scandinavian)

Elsa Lunghini (stage name Elsa), French singer

Elsa the lioness, subject of the book and film Born Free

Elsa (Disney), a character from the 2013 Disney film Frozen

Elsa of Brabant, a character from Richard Wagner's 1850 Romantic opera Lohengrin

Places

Elsa, California, an unincorporated community

Elsa, Texas, a city

Elsa, Yukon, a privately owned mining town

182 Elsa, an asteroid

ELSA (acronym)

ELSA Technology, a manufacturer of computer hardware

European Law Students' Association

European League of Stuttering Associations

Experimental light-sport aircraft (E-LSA)

ELectronic Service Manual for all Volkswagen AG group cars, including Volkswagen, SEAT and Audi

English Longitudinal Study of Ageing

ELSA Moot Court Competition

Ethical, Legal and Social Aspects research

Other

The abbreviation for Elearethusa, an orchid genus

Elsa (album), debut album of Elsa Lunghini

Elsa, a starship in the Xenosaga series of video games

Xenosaga

Xenosaga (ゼノサーガ, Zenosāga) is a series of science fiction video games developed by Monolith Soft and published by Bandai Namco. Xenosaga's main story is in the form of a trilogy of PlayStation 2 video games. There have been three spin-off games and an anime adaptation. The Xenosaga series serves as a spiritual successor to the game Xenogears, which was released in 1998 for the PlayStation by Square. The creator of both Xenogears and Xenosaga is Tetsuya Takahashi, who left Square in 1998 along with Hirohide Sugiura. Using funds from Namco, they started MonolithSoft and the Xenosaga project.

The first game in the trilogy, Episode I: Der Wille zur Macht was released in February 2002 in Japan, and in February 2003 in North America. Xenosaga Freaks, a lighthearted game with a playable demo for Episode II, was released in April 2004 in Japan, but was not released elsewhere. Episode II: Jenseits von Gut und Böse was released in June 2004 in Japan and February 2005 in North America. Xenosaga: The Animation, an anime based on Episode I, premiered on TV Asahi in Japan on January 5, 2005. Xenosaga Pied Piper, a three chapter-long cellphone-based game depicting the history of cyborg "Ziggurat 8" 100 years before the start of Episode I, was released in Japan in July 2004. Released on July 6, 2006, Episode III: Also sprach Zarathustra is the final title in the Xenosaga series; six episodes were originally projected, but by the time Episode III was released, Namco had already established that it would be the last entry, effectively halving the series. A retelling of the first two episodes titled Xenosaga I & II was released on the Nintendo DS in March 2006 in Japan.

Elsa (album)

Elsa is the debut album of the French singer Elsa Lunghini, released in 1988.

Background and critical reception

After the success of her first two singles, "T'en va pas", which peaked at #1 for eight weeks on the official singles chart (Top 50), and "Quelque chose dans mon cœur", #2 hit, Elsa decided to release her first album. In it, there are collaborations with Didier Barbelivien, Élisabeth Anaïs for texts, and her father (Georges Lunghini) for compositions. Georges also co-signed ten of the eleven songs on the album.

In the French TV program Sacrée Soirée compered by Jean-Pierre Foucault, Elsa met Glenn Medeiros, which generated the duet "Un Roman d'amitié (Friend Give Me a Reason)". It was the next single from the album. Once again, it was a success, reaching #1 on the Top 50 for six weeks during 1988 summer. Thereafter, Elsa also released three other singles on this album, which were all ranked in the top ten on the singles chart.

This debut album was very successful. In addition to the huge sales of the singles, it was certified double platinum by the SNEP, the French certifier, for more than 600,000 sales in France.