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Altberg (surname)
Altberg is a German-language surname. A Latvianized version: Altbergs. Notable people with the surname include: * (1908—2009), Brazilian architect *Erik Altberg, birth name of Eric Barclay Eric Barclay (born Erik Altberg, 1894–1938) was a Swedish film actor. Barclay became a prominent actor in French silent films of the early 1920s, often working with director Jacques de Baroncelli.Powrie & Rebillard p.28 He also appeared in Germa ..., Swedish film actor *Jonas Erik Altberg, better known as Basshunter, Swedish singer, record producer, songwriter and DJ * (born 1953), Brazilian screenwriter and film director * (1877—1942), Russian physicist See also * * Altenberg (other) {{surname German-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Latvianization
Latvianization (sometimes Lettization) is a cultural assimilation of something non-Latvian into Latvian. This process was an important component during the several waves of Latvian national awakening. Language The first notable process of Latvianization was during the First Latvian National Awakening, when Germanisms in Latvian started to be replaced with native Latvian ones: ''beķeris'' (baker) > ''maiznieks'', ''duršlags'' ( colander) > ''caurduris'', ''trekteris'' ( funnel) > ''piltuve'' (both words are in use today), and the intolerant attitude was formed towards these borrowings. This process continued over time and by 1990s the Germanic barbarisms (unwarranted borrowings) were to a great extent removed from the literary Latvian. Juris Alunāns was especially active in this and now he is recognized as the father of Latvian linguistics. Notably, he suggested Latvianized names for foreign countries, nationalities, and names of months, elaborating on the suggestion o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eric Barclay
Eric Barclay (born Erik Altberg, 1894–1938) was a Swedish film actor. Barclay became a prominent actor in French silent films of the early 1920s, often working with director Jacques de Baroncelli.Powrie & Rebillard p.28 He also appeared in German and British films, and those of his native Sweden. Selected filmography *''Enchantment (1920 film), Enchantment'' (1920) *''Judge Not (1920 film), Judge Not'' (1920) *''The Corner Man'' (1921) *''Roger la Honte (1922 film), Roger la Honte'' (1922) *''Das Spielzeug von Paris'' (1925) *''Faust (1926 film), Faust'' (1926) *''Three Cuckoo Clocks'' (1926) *''The Glass Boat'' (1927) * ''The Porter from Maxim's (1927 film), The Porter from Maxim's'' (1927) * ''Tales from the Vienna Woods (1928 film), Tales from the Vienna Woods'' (1928) *''The Man with the Limp'' (1928) * ''The Gambling Den of Montmartre'' (1928) *''Who Invented Divorce?'' (1928) *''The Little Match Girl (1928 film), The Little Match Girl'' (1928) *''Charlotte Löwensköld (fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Basshunter
Jonas Erik Altberg (; born 22 December 1984), known professionally as Basshunter, is a Swedish singer, record producer, songwriter and DJ. Basshunter has recorded five studio albums: ''The Bassmachine'' (2004), ''LOL (Basshunter album), LOL'' (2006), ''Now You're Gone – The Album'' (2008), ''Bass Generation'' (2009), and ''Calling Time'' (2013). In addition to his own music, he has written for Shut Up Chicken, El Capon, Mange Makers, and Lana Scolaro. He has taken part in the Celebrity Big Brother (British series 7), seventh series of the British reality television show ''Celebrity Big Brother (British TV series), Celebrity Big Brother'', episodes of the Swedish game show ''Fort Boyard (game show), Fångarna på fortet'', and an episode of the British television quiz show ''The Weakest Link (British game show), Weakest Link''. Basshunter has won awards such as a European Border Breakers Award (2008), a Musikförläggarnas pris in category Newcomer of the Year (2006), and a Gram ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Altenberg (other)
Altenberg (German for "old mountain" or "mountain of the old") may refer to: Places Austria * Altenberg, a town in Sankt Andrä-Wördern, Tulln District * Altenberg bei Linz, in Upper Austria * Altenberg an der Rax, in Styria Germany * Altenberg (Bergisches Land), an area in Odenthal, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany ** Altenberg Abbey, Cistercian monastery in Altenberg (Bergisches Land) ** Altenberger Dom sometimes called Altenberg Cathedral, the former church of this Cistercian monastery * Altenberg, Saxony, a town in the Free State of Saxony * Altenberga, a municipality in the Saale-Holzfeld district, Thuringia * Altenberg Abbey, Solms, a former Premonstratensian nunnery near Wetzlar in Hesse * Zinkfabrik Altenberg, a former zinc factory, now a branch of the LVR Industrial Museum, Oberhausen, North Rhine-Westphalia * Grube Altenberg, a show mine near Kreuztal, North Rhine-Westphalia Other places * Altenberg, the German name for Vieille Montagne (''old mountain'' in Fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
