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Bodil (given Name)
Bodil in Danish and Norwegian, in Swedish also the variations Bothild, Botilda, and Boel, is a feminine given name. It is Latinized form of Old Norse ''Bóthildr'' from ''bót'' "remedy" + ''hildr'' "battle". Older variations include Botill, Botild, Botilla, and Botyld. The Swedish name day for Bodil and for Boel is 26 January. People with the name include: * Bodil Arnesen (born 1967), Norwegian operatic soprano * Bodil Katharine Biørn (1871–1960), Norwegian missionary * Bodil Begtrup (1903-1987), Denmark's first female ambassador * Bodil Branner (born 1948), Danish mathematician * Bodil Cappelen (born 1930), Norwegian painter, textile artist, and book illustrator * Bodil Dybdal (1901–1992), Danish lawyer and judge * Bodil Finsveen (1934–2008), Norwegian politician * Bodil Hauschildt (1861–1951), Danish photographer * Bodil Hellfach (1856–1941), Danish nurse * Bodil Holmström (born 1981), Finnish orienteering competitor * Bodil Ipsen (1889–1964), Danish actre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Old Norse
Old Norse, Old Nordic, or Old Scandinavian, is a stage of development of North Germanic languages, North Germanic dialects before their final divergence into separate Nordic languages. Old Norse was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and their Viking expansion, overseas settlements and chronologically coincides with the Viking Age, the Christianization of Scandinavia and the consolidation of Scandinavian kingdoms from about the 7th to the 15th centuries. The Proto-Norse language developed into Old Norse by the 8th century, and Old Norse began to develop into the modern North Germanic languages in the mid-to-late 14th century, ending the language phase known as Old Norse. These dates, however, are not absolute, since written Old Norse is found well into the 15th century. Old Norse was divided into three dialects: Old West Norse, ''Old West Norse'' or ''Old West Nordic'' (often referred to as ''Old Norse''), Old East Norse, ''Old East Norse'' or ''Old East Nordic'', and ''Ol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bodil Kjær
Bodil Kjær (born 11 March 1932 in Hatting near Horsens) is a Danish architect, furniture designer, professor and researcher, who has specialized in interior design and city planning. Today she is recognized above all for the flexible series of office furniture she designed in the 1960s. Early life The daughter of a Jutland farmer, Kjær studied in Copenhagen at the School for Interior Architecture (1964) and then in London at the Royal College of Art and at the Architectural Association School of Architecture (1965–69). , ''Antik og Auktion'', 11 June 2008. Retrieved 18 November 2011. Interior design She has worked as a senior architect at the Arup building consultan ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bodil Udsen
Bodil Birgitte Udsen (12 January 1925 – 26 February 2008) was a Danish actress. She was a student at the Rysensteen Gymnasium in Copenhagen in 1944 and entered film in 1955. She also worked extensively in Danish theatre and appeared in the Danish TV series Huset på Christianshavn as Emma from 1970 to 1977. Selected filmography * '' Blændværk'' (1955) – Dame fra børneværnet * ' (1957) – Grete * '' Styrmand Karlsen'' (1958) – Olga * ' (1960) – Gerda Høg Hansen * '' Poeten og Lillemor og Lotte'' (1960) – The midwife * ' (1960) – Fru Bertelsen * ''Sommerlandet'' (1961) – Speaker (voice) * '' Poeten og Lillemor i forårshumør'' (1961) – Jordmoderen * '' Støv på hjernen'' (1961) – Rigmor Hansen * ' (1961) – 'Fruggi' Berthelsen * ' (1961) – Økonoma frk. Svendsen * '' Det støver stadig'' (1962) – Fru Rigmor Hansen * '' Der brænder en ild'' (1962) – Marie * ''Vi har det jo dejligt'' (1963) – Opfinderens kone * '' Frøken April'' (1963) – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bodil Thirstedt
Bodil Margrethe Thirstedt-Svendsen (born 4 November 1916; date of death unknown) was a Danish sprint canoeist who competed from the late 1930s to the early 1950s. She won three medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a gold (K-2 500 m: 1948) and two bronzes (K-1 600 m, K-2 600 m: both 1938). Svendsen also competed in the K-1 500 m event at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki Helsinki ( or ; ; sv, Helsingfors, ) is the Capital city, capital, primate city, primate, and List of cities and towns in Finland, most populous city of Finland. Located on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, it is the seat of the region of U ... but was eliminated in the heats. Her husband, Axel Svendsen, also competed in the canoeing events at the 1936 Summer Olympics. References * "THIRSTED Bodil (DEN)" * * 1916 births Year of death missing Canoeists at the 1952 Summer Olympics Danish female canoeists Olympic canoeists for Denmark ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bodil Schmidt-Nielsen
Bodil Schmidt-Nielsen (3 November 1918 – 27 April 2015) was a Danish-born American physiologist, who became the first woman president of the American Physiological Society in 1975. Biography Bodil Schmidt-Nielsen was born in Copenhagen, Denmark in 1918, the youngest of four children of two eminent physiologists, the Nobel Laureate August Krogh and Marie Krogh. In 1939, Bodil Schmidt-Nielsen married Knut Schmidt-Nielsen, a fellow physiologist, and received doctoral degrees in Dentistry, Odontology, and Physiology from the University of Copenhagen. Knut and Bodil Schmidt-Nielsen became a prominent physiology team at Duke University, but divorced in 1966. Bodil became Department Chair at Case Western Reserve University and later devoted her career full-time to research at MDI Biological Laboratory in Maine Maine () is a state in the New England and Northeastern regions of the United States. It borders New Hampshire to the west, the Gulf of Maine to the southeast, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bodil Ryste
Bodil Ryste (born 26 July 1979) is a Norwegian ski mountaineer and cross-country skier. Ryste was born in Ørsta. She lives in Gaular-Bygstad. Cross-country skiing results All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).World Cup Season standings Ski mountaineering results * 2007: ** 5th, European Championship relay race (together with |
Bodil Russ
Bodil Russ (16 September 1908 – 31 October 1998) was a Norwegian equestrian. She was born in Vestre Aker. She competed in equestrian at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Stockholm Stockholm () is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, largest city of Sweden as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in Scandinavia. Approximately 980,000 people liv ..., where she placed 29th in individual mixed dressage, and seventh in the team competition (along with Else Christophersen and Anne-Lise Kielland). References External links * 1908 births 1998 deaths Sportspeople from Oslo Norwegian female equestrians Norwegian dressage riders Equestrians at the 1956 Summer Olympics Olympic equestrians for Norway {{Norway-equestrian-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bodil Rosing
Bodil Rosing (born Bodil Frederikke Hammerich; December 27, 1877 December 31, 1941) was a Danish-American film actress in the silent and sound eras. Early years Bodil Hammerich was born in Copenhagen, the daughter of music dean Angel Hammerich and pianist Golla Hammerich (née Bodenhoff-Rosing). She studied acting at the Royal Danish Theatre in the 1890s. Career Rosing worked as a stage actress in Denmark, performing for three years with the Royal Danish Theatre. She had her stage debut in Henrik Christiernsson's comedy ''Gurli'' at the Dagmar Theatre in 1898. Her last role at the Dagmar Theatre was as Michelle in Camille'' in 1905. In 1904, she played Bianca in ''The Taming of the Shrew'' at the Casino Theatre. During the early 1920s, she made one or two stage appearances on Broadway, including ''Fools Errant'' (1922), while raising her children alone. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bodil Rasmussen
Bodil Rasmussen (born 12 December 1957 in Fredericia Fredericia () is a town located in Fredericia Municipality in the southeastern part of the Jutland peninsula in Denmark. The city is part of the Triangle Region, which includes the neighbouring cities of Kolding and Vejle. It was founded in 16 ...) is a Danish rower. References * * 1957 births Living people Danish female rowers Sportspeople from Fredericia Rowers at the 1984 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Denmark Olympic rowers for Denmark Olympic medalists in rowing Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics {{Denmark-Olympic-medalist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bodil Niska
Bodil Aileen Niska (born 21 August 1954 in Vadsø, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz saxophonist known for her recordings of jazz standards. Career Raised in Hammerfest ,she was taught music by her father, the accordion player Aksel Niska, and studied under the guidance of Kjell Bartholdsen, and ran the jazz club "Montenegro" (1979–89). After moving southward in Norway in 1990, Niska collaborated within the trio "Girl Talk" from 1992, the other members being Tine Asmundsen (double bass) and Elizabeth Walker. They recorded the album ''Talkin' Jazz'' (1996). She formed the Bodil Niska Quartet, including Per Husby (piano), Stig Hvalryg (bass) and Roger Johansen (drums), at the Oslo Jazz Festival in 2005. She is also known for her collaboration with Pete Brown Trio, including Scott Hamilton and Harry Allen. Niska has established the "Bare Jazz" store in Oslo, and a record label by the same name. For her work she received "Sildajazzprisen" in 2005 and the Oslo Jazz Festival award ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bodil Mårtensson
Bodil Mårtensson (born 1952 in Karlskrona, Sweden) is a Swedish author of crime (police) novels and adventure books for the moderately young. Mårtensson lived for fifteen years in Helsingborg, which is also the site of most of her fiction, which features a recurring staff of Helsingborg investigators, partly and sympathetically modeled after some actual police, who are also consulted for technical and investigatory details. She began writing after her son had been born, with Bertil Mårtensson. They divorced in 2005. Most of her crime novels have been successfully translated into German and published by Bertelsmann Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA () is a German private multinational conglomerate corporation based in Gütersloh, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is one of the world's largest media conglomerates, and is also active in the service sector and .... She has also published a number of popular short stories, all of this since her book debut in 1999. German title ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bodil Malmsten
Bodil Malmsten (19 August 1944 – 5 February 2016) was a Swedish poet and novelist. Malmsten was born in Bjärme, Östersund Municipality. Due to her parents' early separation, she grew up at her maternal grandparents and at foster care in Vällingby, Stockholm. Her paternal grandfather was designer and architect Carl Malmsten. She debuted as author in 1970 together with Peter Csihas (1945–2011) with their children's book ''Ludvig åker''. Csihas and Malmsten had a relationship during the 1960s and 70s and have a daughter, Stefania, born 1967, who is designer and actor. The English translation of her novel, ''Priset på vatten i Finistère'' (''The Price of Water in Finistère'', translated by Frank Perry), was selected as a ''Book of the Week'' on BBC Radio 4. In the novel, having decided to pack up and leave her country of birth, she recounts the story her settling into her new home in the Finistère ''département'', in Brittany. It is told in a series of vignettes ab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
