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Carlsen (other)
Carlsen may also refer to: People * Carlsen, people with the surname Places * Carlsen Air Force Base, a United States military facility in Trinidad *Carlsen Island, part of the Svalbard archipelago Organisations * Carlsen Verlag Carlsen Verlag is a subsidiary of the homonymous Danish publishing house which in turn belongs to the Swedish media company Bonnier. The branch was founded on 25 April 1953 in Hamburg. The publisher's program focuses on books for children, i.e. ..., a Danish publishing house See also * Carlson (other) {{Disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlsen
Carlsen is a Danish-Norwegian patronymic surname meaning "son of Carl". The form Karlsen is cognate. The parallel Swedish forms are Carlsson and Karlsson. Notable people with the surname include: * Agnete Carlsen (born 1971), Norwegian footballer, world champion and Olympic medalist * Audun Carlsen, Norwegian person involved in an incident with the recording artist Boy George in 2007 * Christian Thomsen Carl, also referred to as ''Carlsen'' (1676-1713), Danish navy officer * Dale Carlsen, American businessman * Dines Carlsen (1901–1966), American painter * Emil Carlsen (1853–1932), American painter * Eric Carlsén (born 1982), Swedish curler * Franziska Carlsen (1817–1876), Danish writer * Gary Carlsen (born 1945), American discus thrower * Henrik Carlsen (born 1959), Danish composer * Henrik Kurt Carlsen (1914 ? - 1989), Danish sea captain * Kenneth Carlsen (born 1973), Danish tennis player * Kirsten Carlsen (born 1938), Danish cross-country skier * Magnus Carlsen ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlsen Air Force Base
Carlsen Air Force Base is a former United States Army Air Forces World War II airbase on Trinidad, consisting of two landing strips, "Edinburgh" and "Xeres". The airbase also included an emergency landing strip, "Tobago". History The American rights to the airfield and Naval Base Trinidad were obtained via the Destroyers for Bases Agreement in September 1940 when the United States transferred fifty destroyers to Great Britain in exchange for Army and Navy base rights on British possessions in the Americas. Opened in 1942, Edinburgh Field had been intended solely as an overflow facility for Air Transport Command transport aircraft headed for nearby Waller Field, but eventually, it grew into an enormous sprawling complex with three parallel paved runways – 5000 x 150 ft / 5000 x 150 ft / 2000 x 300 ft and an Airship operating area that made it physically larger than all the other airbases in Trinidad, being used by both Army and Navy aircraft. Edinburgh Field ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlsen Island
Carlsen Island''Norway, Svalbard and Jan Mayen, Official Standard Names Approved by the United States Board on Geographic Names''. 1963. Washington, DC: Office of Geography, p. 875. ( no, Carlsenøya) is one of the Rønnbeck Islands in the Svalbard archipelago. It lies southeast of Hinlopen Strait and northeast of Cape Weyprecht on Spitsbergen. The island is a low basalt cliff and its highest point is only above sea level. The closest neighboring islands are Qvale Island about to the west and Nedrevaag Island about to the west. There are also some islets to the north and east. The wildlife consists largely of polar bears. The island is named after Elling Carlsen (1819–1900), a Norwegians, Norwegian skipper and seal hunter. References Islands of Svalbard Seal hunting {{svalbard-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlsen Verlag
Carlsen Verlag is a subsidiary of the homonymous Danish publishing house which in turn belongs to the Swedish media company Bonnier. The branch was founded on 25 April 1953 in Hamburg. The publisher's program focuses on books for children, i.e. ''Harry Potter'', ''Rugrats'', ''Naruto'', ''Twilight'', and ''The Adventures of Tintin''. By 2005 Carlsen Comics, the publisher's comic division, had grown to be one of the three biggest comic book publishers in Germany. Carlsen is one of the ten biggest publishers of children's books. History Carlsen was founded on April 25, 1953, by Per Hjald Carlsen in Hamburg as a subsidiary of Danish company Illustrationsforlaget/PIB. At first, it published work about the bears Petzi and his friend, which were already successful in various German newspapers. The first Pixi-Bücher were released in 10 x 10 cm format in 1954. The publisher began its comic program with the first collection from The Adventures of Tintin series. The program was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
