Vera Lynn Vera Lynn Dame Vera Margaret Lynn (; born 20 March 1917), widely known as "the Forces' Sweetheart", is an English singer of traditional pop, songwriter and actress, whose musical recordings and performances were enormously popular during the Second World War. During the war she toured Egypt, India, and Burma as part of ENSA, giving outdoor concerts for the troops. The songs most associated with her are "We'll Meet Again", "The White Cliffs of Dover", "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square" and "There'll Always Be an England". She remained popular after the war, appearing on radio and television in the UK
Vera Sandberg Vera Sandberg Vera Helfrid Victoria Sandberg, born May 23, 1895 at "Hångers gård" (Eng:Hångers farm) in Ljungby, died December 24, 1979 in Stockholm, was a Swedish engineer. In 1917 she became Sweden's first female engineer. Vera Sandberg grew up at Långasjönäs in Asarums parish in the province of Blekinge. When she entered Chalmers University of Technology in 1914 she was the only woman among 500 male students. In 1917 she archived her degree in chemistry, and after that she started working at "AB Skandinaviska Raffineriet" in Partille, as well as positions at "Oljefabriken i Karlshamn", "Helsingborgs Gummifabrik" and at "Sieverts