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Broder Knudtzon
Broder Lysholm Knudtzon (5 October 178820 March 1864) was a Norwegian merchant, politician and benefactor. Born into one of Trondheim's wealthiest mercantile families, he travelled to England where he developed a great admiration of English language and English literature, literature. Despite his commercial background he was more drawn towards the fields of politics, culture and art. He nevertheless administrated his father's family firm, acting as foreign correspondent with little interest in the everyday business. In England he befriended Lord Byron and came under the influence of the English national liberalism, national liberal movement. He bequeathed his entire library and several artworks to the Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters. Early years Knudtzon was born in Trondheim in Sør-Trøndelag; he was the sixth and youngest child of Hans Carl Knudtzon (1751–1823), a merchant and burgomaster, and Karen Knudtzon (née Müller, 1752–1818).Bratberg, "Knudtzon." Kn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lorentz Johannsen
Lorentz Johannsen (14 September 1769 – 27 April 1837) was a Norwegian merchant and member of the Norwegian Parliament. Lorentz Johannsen was born at Glücksburg in the district of Schleswig-Flensburg in Schleswig-Holstein (now in Germany). In 1801, he was married with Magdalena Boletta Knudtzon (1779-1803). In 1804, he married Sarah Marie Knudtzon 1782-1854), sister of his first wife. Both of his wives were daughters of Hans Carl Knudtzon (1751-1823) who was a successful merchant in Trondheim, Norway. Hans Carl Knudtzon had been born in Bredstedt, in the district of Nordfriesland, Schleswig-Holstein. Knudtzon had moved to Trondheim where he founded Hans Knudtzon & Co. a wholesale trading company. Following his marriage, Lorentz Johannsen became a partner with his father-in-law at the trading firm. The company grew to become one of foremost trading firms in Trondheim. The firm operated its own fleet of ships and was engaged in the trade of commodities. Through his ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Knudtzon is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Annelise Knudtzon (1914–2006), Norwegian textile artist * Birger Knudtzon (born 1936), retired Norwegian rower *Broder Knudtzon (1788–1864), Norwegian merchant, politician and benefactor * Erling Knudtzon (born 1988), Norwegian football midfielder * Hans Carl Knudtzon (1751–1823), Norwegian merchant, ship-owner and politician *Jørgen Alexander Knudtzon (1854–1917), Norwegian linguist and historian *Jørgen von Cappelen Knudtzon (1784–1854), Norwegian businessman and patron of the arts *Leif Knudtzon Leif Knudtzon (23 December 1895 – 16 July 1925) was a Norwegian modern pentathlete. He competed at the 1924 Summer Olympics. Knudtzon died in a plane crash in Kristiansand Kristiansand is a seaside resort city and municipality in Ag ... (1895–1925), Norwegian modern pentathlete * Nic Knudtzon (1922–2013), Norwegian telecommunications engineer See also * Knutzon {{surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Storting
The Storting ( no, Stortinget ) (lit. the Great Thing) is the supreme legislature of Norway, established in 1814 by the Constitution of Norway. It is located in Oslo. The unicameral parliament has 169 members and is elected every four years based on party-list proportional representation in nineteen multi-seat constituencies. A member of Stortinget is known in Norwegian as a ''stortingsrepresentant'', literally "Storting representative". The assembly is led by a president and, since 2009, five vice presidents: the presidium. The members are allocated to twelve standing committees as well as four procedural committees. Three ombudsmen are directly subordinate to parliament: the Parliamentary Intelligence Oversight Committee and the Office of the Auditor General. Parliamentarianism was established in 1884, with the Storting operating a form of "qualified unicameralism", in which it divided its membership into two internal chambers making Norway a de facto bicameral parli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norwegian Merchants
Norwegian, Norwayan, or Norsk may refer to: *Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe *Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway *Demographics of Norway *The Norwegian language, including the two official written forms: **Bokmål, literally "book language", used by 85–90% of the population of Norway **Nynorsk, literally "New Norwegian", used by 10–15% of the population of Norway *The Norwegian Sea Norwegian or may also refer to: Norwegian *Norwegian Air Shuttle, an airline, trading as Norwegian ** Norwegian Long Haul, a defunct subsidiary of Norwegian Air Shuttle, flying long-haul flights * Norwegian Air Lines, a former airline, merged with Scandinavian Airlines in 1951 * Norwegian coupling, used for narrow-gauge railways * Norwegian Cruise Line, a cruise line * Norwegian Elkhound, a canine breed. * Norwegian Forest cat, a domestic feline breed * Norwegian Red, a breed of dairy cattle * Norwegian Township, Schuylkill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1864 Deaths
Events January–March * January 13 – American songwriter Stephen Foster (" Oh! Susanna", "Old Folks at Home") dies aged 37 in New York City, leaving a scrap of paper reading "Dear friends and gentle hearts". His parlor song "Beautiful Dreamer" is published in March. * January 16 – Denmark rejects an Austrian-Prussian ultimatum to repeal the Danish Constitution, which says that Schleswig-Holstein is part of Denmark. * January 21 – New Zealand Wars: The Tauranga campaign begins. * February – John Wisden publishes '' The Cricketer's Almanack for the year 1864'' in England; it will go on to become the major annual cricket reference publication. * February 1 – Danish-Prussian War (Second Schleswig War): 57,000 Austrian and Prussian troops cross the Eider River into Denmark. * February 15 – Heineken brewery founded in Netherlands. * February 17 – American Civil War: The tiny Confederate hand-propelled submarine '' H. L. Hun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1788 Births
Events January–March * January 1 – The first edition of ''The Times'', previously ''The Daily Universal Register'', is published in London. * January 2 – Georgia ratifies the United States Constitution, and becomes the fourth U.S. state under the new government. * January 9 – Connecticut ratifies the United States Constitution, and becomes the fifth U.S. state. * January 18 – The leading ship (armed tender HMS ''Supply'') in Captain Arthur Phillip's First Fleet arrives at Botany Bay, to colonise Australia. * January 22 – the Congress of the Confederation, effectively a caretaker government until the United States Constitution can be ratified by at least nine of the 13 states, elects Cyrus Griffin as its last president.''Harper's Encyclopaedia of United States History from 458 A. D. to 1909'', ed. by Benson John Lossing and, Woodrow Wilson (Harper & Brothers, 1910) p167 * January 24 – The La Perouse expedition in the '' Astrolabe'' and '' Bous ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nordisk Tidskrift För Bok- Och Biblioteksväsen
''Nordisk tidskrift för bok- och biblioteksväsen'' was a Swedish bibliographical periodical. It was established in 1914 by Almqvist & Wiksell with Isak Collijn as its editor-in-chief. He was succeeded by Tönnes Kleberg in 1949, who was succeeded by Gert Hornwall in 1975. In 1990, Almqvist & Wiksell ceased publishing the periodical. It was then published by Avdelningen för bok- och bibliotekshistoria in 1991, by Lund University from 1992 to 1997 and by the Scandinavian University Press until 2000. It was revived by the five national libraries of the Nordic countries, which titled it ''Nordisk Tidskrift för Bok- och Bibliotekshistoria''. The periodical was disestablished in 2007. In March 2005, Project Runeberg Project Runeberg ( sv, Projekt Runeberg) is a digital cultural archive initiative that publishes free electronic versions of books significant to the culture and history of the Nordic countries. Patterned after Project Gutenberg, it was founded ... started digitalisi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Knut Helle
Knut Helle (19 December 1930 – 27 June 2015) was a Norwegian historian. A professor at the University of Bergen from 1973 to 2000, he specialized in the late medieval history of Norway. He has contributed to several large works. Early life, education and marriage He was born in Larvik as the son of school inspector Hermann Olai Helle (1893–1973) and teacher Berta Marie Malm (1906–1991). He was the older brother of politician Ingvar Lars Helle. The family moved to Hetland when Knut Helle was seventeen years old. He took the examen artium in Stavanger in 1949, and a teacher's education in Kristiansand in 1952. He studied philology in Oslo and Bergen, and graduated with the cand.philol. degree in 1957. His paper ''Omkring Bǫglungasǫgur'', on the Bagler sagas, was printed in 1959. In December 1957 he married Karen Blauuw, who would later become a professor. Helle's marriage to Blauuw was dissolved in 1985. In October 1987 Helle married museum director and professor of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norsk Biografisk Leksikon
is the largest Norwegian biographical encyclopedia. The first edition (NBL1) was issued between 1921 and 1983, including 19 volumes and 5,100 articles. It was published by Aschehoug with economic support from the state. bought the rights to NBL1 from Aschehoug in 1995, and after a pre-project in 1996–97 the work for a new edition began in 1998. The project had economic support from the Fritt Ord Foundation and the Ministry of Culture, and the second edition (NBL2) was launched in the years 1999–2005, including 10 volumes and around 5,700 articles. In 2006 the work for an electronic edition of NBL2 began, with support from the same institutions. In 2009 an Internet The Internet (or internet) is the global system of interconnected computer networks that uses the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) to communicate between networks and devices. It is a '' network of networks'' that consists of private, pub ... edition, with free access, was released by together with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jon Gunnar Arntzen
Jon Gunnar Arntzen (born 1951) is a Norwegian encyclopedist. He studied at the University of Oslo where he got his cand.mag. in 1974. His main interest is the history of Oslo Oslo ( , , or ; sma, Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population o ... in general, and has edited multiple books on this topic. His latest edited book is ''OSLO 1900–1925'', which is the fourth book in a series on the history of Oslo. References External linksList of publicationsat capris.no 1951 births Norwegian encyclopedists Living people University of Oslo alumni Place of birth missing (living people) {{norway-historian-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trondheim Byleksikon
''Trondheim byleksikon'' ("Trondheim City Encyclopedia") is a printed encyclopedia which covers Trondheim, Norway. Published by Kunnskapsforlaget and written by Terje Bratberg, the first edition was published in 1996 ahead of the city's 1000th anniversary the following year. The first edition contained 4200 entries. Støren's book contents have been an important part of the basic material for the city encyclopedia. Place and name in Trondheim referred only to the districts that lay within the city limits of 1892, as well as Bymarka and the old Lade parish, that is, Strinda herred with the exception of Bratsberg parish. The districts of Tiller, Leinstrand and Byneset were therefore not covered. The second edition was published in 2008 and contains 5000 entries. According to the author, a large part of the expansion is connected with better coverage of businesses and commerce. Editions Terje Bratberg, editor (1996). Trondheim city encyclopedia (1 ed.). Kunnskapsforlaget. p. 680. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terje Bratberg
Terje Torberg Vevik Bratberg (born 17 January 1955) is a Norwegian historian and encyclopedist. He got his cand.philol. degree with his thesis on Jens Bjelke in 1990. Bratberg is the editor of the Norwegian language-encyclopedia on the city Trondheim, named ''Trondheim byleksikon''. Works *''Munkholmen'', editor with Øivind Lunde and Jill Løhre, 2008 *''Gårds- og slektshistorie for Rissa'', 2007 *''Austrått : herregård i tusen år'', 2006 *''Trondheim byleksikon ''Trondheim byleksikon'' ("Trondheim City Encyclopedia") is a printed encyclopedia which covers Trondheim, Norway. Published by Kunnskapsforlaget and written by Terje Bratberg, the first edition was published in 1996 ahead of the city's 1000th ...'', numerous editions *''Utviklingen av et norsk storgods på 1660-tallet : Jens Bjelkes gods 1610-1665'', main thesis in history, 1990 * Harald Nissen og Terje Bratberg: ''Schønings våpenbok – Gamle Norske Adel Efter et gammelt Manuskript Assessor Ifver Hirtzholm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
