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Bjørnar IL
Bjørnar is a given name. Notable people with the name include: * Bjørnar Andersen (born 1978), Norwegian refrigerator mechanic and competitive dog musher * Bjørnar Håkensmoen (born 1969), the head coach of the Norwegian cross-country skiing team at the 2006 Winter Olympics * Bjørnar Holmvik (born 1985), Norwegian football defender *Bjørnar Johannessen (born 1977), Norwegian football midfielder *Bjørnar Moxnes (born 1981), Norwegian politician and leader of the Red Party * Bjørnar Neteland (born 1991), alpine skier *Bjørnar Valstad Bjørnar Valstad (born 27 April 1967) is a Norwegian former orienteering athlete who has won 4 World Orienteering Championships gold medals. Valstad ran for the Norwegian club Bækkelagets SK in Oslo. He previously represented Nydalens SK, NTH ... (born 1967), Norwegian orienteering athlete, winner of 4 World Orienteering Championships gold medals See also * Arna-Bjørnar Fotball, Norwegian football club from Arna, Bergen * Bjorn {{DEFA ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bjørnar Andersen
Bjørnar Andersen (born 1978), commonly Bjornar in English is a Norwegian refrigerator mechanic and dog musher who has won all the long-distance dog sled races in Norway, and placed fourth in the 2005 Iditarod across the U.S. state of Alaska, in his rookie outing. Andersen was born in 1978, and began competing in dog sled races in 1991. He is the nephew of Robert Sørlie, the 2003 and 2005 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race champion, and together with Kjetil Backen they form Team Norway. Andersen placed third in the 300 km (200 mi) Femundløpet dog sled race in 1999, placed second in the 500 km (300 mi) Femundløpet in 2002 and 2004, and won in 2003. Andersen also won the 1,000 km (500 mi) Finnmarksløpet in 2004. Andersen finished the 1,868 km (1,161 mi) 2005 Iditarod dog sled race in 4th place with a time of 9 days, 19 hours, 50 minutes, and 38 seconds, and won the Rookie of the Year Award. This is the highest position a first-time competito ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bjørnar Håkensmoen
Bjørnar Håkensmoen (or ''Bjoernar Haakensmoen'', born July 18, 1969) was the head coach of the Norway, Norwegian cross-country skiing team at the 2006 Winter Olympics. He rose to fame after offering Canadian skier Sara Renner his ski pole after hers broke during the women's team sprint event. This act of sportsmanship allowed Renner to go on to claim the silver medal with teammate Beckie Scott, edging the Norwegian entry of Ella Gjømle Berg and Marit Bjørgen Marit Bjørgen (born 21 March 1980) is a former Norwegian cross-country skier. She is ranked first in the all-time Cross-Country World Cup rankings with 114 individual victories. Bjørgen is also the most successful sprinter in Cross-Country W ... into fourth place. Canada responded to this act of kindness with many gifts and gestures, including: * Over 600 letters, telephone calls and e-mails of thanks were received by the Norwegian Embassy in Canada. * Canadian businessman Michael Page donated 7400 cans of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bjørnar Holmvik
Bjørnar Pettersen Holmvik (born 2 June 1985) is a Norwegian football coach and former player. As a player, Holmvik played as a defender and winger. He is currently head coach at Vidar. He played for Stabæk from 2003 to 2008 and for SK Brann from 2009 to 2011.Stabæk profile SK Brann did not wish to renew Bjørnar Holmvik's contract and he went on to sign with newly promoted Tippeliga-club . On 28 July he signed a contract with the Swedish club . In 2015, he joined B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bjørnar Johannessen
Bjørnar Johannessen (born 23 September 1977) is a retired Norwegian football midfielder who manages Kråkerøy IL. He started his career in Vesterøy, and went on to Lisleby, Råde and Eik-Tønsberg. He then joined Fredrikstad FK, and helped win promotion to the Norwegian Premier League. He got eighteen Premier League games in 2004 without scoring. Ahead of the 2005 season he joined Sparta Sarpsborg, and ahead of the 2008 season he joined Moss FK. He joined Sarpsborg 08 Sarpsborg 08 Fotballforening, commonly known as Sarpsborg 08 or simply Sarpsborg (), is a Norwegian football club based in Sarpsborg, playing in Eliteserien. Sarpsborg 08 and its predecessors played in 1. divisjon from 2005 to 2010. In 2010, the ... in the middle of the 2009-season, and decided to retire at the end of the season. Johannessen became player-coach at Kråkerøy IL in 2010. References 1977 births Living people People from Østfold Norwegian men's footballers FK Eik Tønsberg playe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bjørnar Moxnes
Bjørnar Moxnes (born 19 December 1981) is a Norwegian politician and activist representing the left-wing political party Rødt in Stortinget. Moxnes opposes the European Union, characterizing Norway's participation in the EEA as undemocratic. Moxnes describes himself as a socialist. Biography Moxnes grew up in Nordstrand, Norway, with his parents. His mother was a health scientist, and his father worked in a kindergarten. He became politically active after neonazis started to stand out in the city in the 1990s. Later, he became part of the radical community in Oslo Cathedral School, and a member of Red Youth. Education Moxnes has a degree in sociology from the University of Oslo. His master's thesis ''Med makt i Bagasjen, En analyse av politkerelitens yrkesmobilitet'' (With Power in the Luggage, An Analysis of the Political Elite's occupational mobility) was about politicians changing careers to PR, a subject Moxnes was very interested in as a politician. Leadership in R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red Party (Norway)
The Red Party ( nb, Rødt; nn, Raudt; sme, Ruoksat) is a political party in Norway. It was founded in March 2007 by a merger of the Red Electoral Alliance and the Workers' Communist Party. A Marxist party, it has been described as left-wing and far-left"Rødts historie" ''TV 2''. 19 February 2009."Rødt" ''Store Norske Leksikon'', 10 September 2013 on the . In its political programme, the Red Party sets the creation of a classless society to be its ultimate goal, which the party says is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bjørnar Neteland
Bjørnar Neteland (born 20 May 1991) is a Norwegian alpine ski racer. He competes in Super G, giant slalom and Combined. He competed at the 2017 World Championships in St. Moritz St. Moritz (also german: Sankt Moritz, rm, , it, San Maurizio, french: Saint-Moritz) is a high Alpine resort town in the Engadine in Switzerland, at an elevation of about above sea level. It is Upper Engadine's major town and a municipality in ..., Switzerland, where he placed 25th in the Super-G. References External links * * 1991 births Sportspeople from Bergen Skiers from Vestland Norwegian male alpine skiers Living people {{Norway-sport-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bjørnar Valstad
Bjørnar Valstad (born 27 April 1967) is a Norwegian former orienteering athlete who has won 4 World Orienteering Championships gold medals. Valstad ran for the Norwegian club Bækkelagets SK in Oslo. He previously represented Nydalens SK, NTHI and IL Stjørdals-Blink. From 2007 to 2014 he was the secretary-general of the Norges Orienteringsforbund. He retired from international orienteering at the end of the 2004 season where he became world champion in both the long and relay events, despite this he failed to make the Orienteering World Cup final round in Germany. He is married to former orienteering athlete Hanne Staff. They are living in Nittedal with their two daughters born 2006 and 2009. Valstad got his degree in electrical engineering at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology Since 2014 Valstad is head of department for electrical engineering at Kuben Upper Secondary School in Oslo. Achievements World Orienteering Championships * Gold, Long Dis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arna-Bjørnar Fotball
Arna-Bjørnar Fotball is a Norwegian football club from Arna, Bergen. It was founded in late 2000 as a merger between the football branches from ''IL Bjørnar'' and ''Arna T&IL'', and replaced Bjørnar IL in the league system from 2001. The women's team has played since then in the ''Toppserien'' apart from the 2005 season when it was in the First divisjon. Prominent members of the women's team (2009) are goalkeepers Reidun Seth and Erika Skarbø, and Nigerian keeper Precious Dede brought in to cover while Skarbø recovers from a long-term wrist injury. Arna-Bjørnar has earned a reputation for developing young players and the squad includes the former and current Norway Under-19 captains, Maren Mjelde and Kristine Hegland, and prominent former Under-19 players Caroline Walde and Ingrid Ryland, both now Under-23 players, as well as senior international Madeleine Giske who played in the FIFA Women's World Cup 2007. The team has players in Norway's Under-17 team also. Arna-Bjà ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bjorn
Bjorn (English, Dutch), Björn (Swedish, Icelandic, Dutch, and German), Bjørn (Danish, Faroese and Norwegian), Beorn (Old English) or, rarely, Bjôrn, Biorn, or Latinized Biornus, Brum (Portuguese), is a Scandinavian male given name, or less often a surname. The name means " bear" (the animal). In Finnish and Finland Swedish, sometimes also in Swedish, the nickname Nalle ("teddy bear") refers to Björn. Surname *Claus Bjørn, Danish author, historian, and television and radio broadcaster *Evert Björn, Swedish Olympic athlete *Hugo Björne, Swedish actor *Kristian Bjørn, Norwegian skier * Lars "Lasse" Björn, Swedish Olympic ice hockey player *Thomas Bjørn, Danish golfer Given name Acting * Björn Andrésen, Swedish actor and musician *Björn Bjelfvenstam, Swedish actor * Björn Granath, Swedish actor * Björn Gustafsson, Swedish comedian and actor * Björn Kjellman, Swedish actor and singer * Björn Skifs, Swedish singer and actor Art and music *Björn Afzelius, Swedish m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
