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Kiær Family (1888–1968), a Norwegian industrialist
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Kiaer or Kiær may refer to: * Anders Nicolai Kiær (1838-1919), a Norwegian statistician * Benedikte Kiær (born 1969), a Danish politician * Dakky Kiær (1892–1980), a Norwegian politician * Elias C. Kiær (1827–1911), a Norwegian businessperson * Hans Kiær (1795–1867), a Norwegian politician * Ian Kiaer (born 1971), an artist based in London * Johan Aschehoug Kiær (1869–1931), a Norwegian paleontologist and geologist * Nicolai Kiær (1888–1934), a Norwegian gymnast * Rolf Kiær (1897–1975), a Norwegian hydrographer * Thorry Kiær Thorvald "Thorry" Meyer Kiær (6 January 1888 – 29 June 1968) was a Norwegian industrialist. He was born in Aker to barrister Georg Fredrik Egidius Kiær and Julie Caroline Helene Løvenskiold. He was a brother of Dakky Kiær, and great-gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anders Nicolai Kiær
Anders Nicolai Kiær ( Drammen, 15 September 1838 – Oslo, 16 April 1919) was a Norwegian statistician who first proposed that a representative sample rather than a complete enumerating survey could and should be used to collect information about a population. He was born in Drammen as the son of ship-owner Niels Andersen Kiær (1802–1887), and brother of physician and historian Frantz Casper Kiær. He graduated as cand.jur. in 1860, and was hired as head of the statistics department in the Ministry of the Interior in 1868. In 1877 he was appointed director of the newly appointed office Statistics Norway, staying in this position until 1913. Before 1882 he functioned as a co-director together with Jakob Mohn. Anders Nicolai Kiær was a nephew of Hans Andersen Kiær and first cousin of businessmen Hans Theodor and Anders F. Kiær Anders is a male name in Scandinavian languages and Fering North Frisian, an equivalent of the Greek Andreas ("manly") and the English Andrew. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benedikte Kiær
Benedikte Kiær (born 10 December 1969) is a Danish politician. From 2010 to 2011 she was Minister of Social Affairs in Lars Løkke Rasmussen's cabinet. She belongs to the Conservative People's Party. Kiær has degrees in chemistry and political science from the University of Copenhagen. Since 1 January 2014 she has been the mayor of Helsingør Municipality Helsingør Municipality (a variant English name: Elsinore Municipality; Danish: ''Helsingør Kommune''), is a municipality in the Capital Region on the northeast coast of the island of Zealand (''Sjælland'') in eastern Denmark. The municipali .... References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kiaer, Benedikte 1969 births Living people Conservative People's Party (Denmark) politicians Government ministers of Denmark University of Copenhagen alumni 21st-century Danish women politicians Women government ministers of Denmark Women members of the Folketing Members of the Folketing 2011–2015 People fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dakky Kiær
Dagny Caroline "Dakky" Kiær (19 August 1892 – 21 July 1980) was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party, feminist and civic leader. She was born in Aker as a daughter of barrister and former mayor of Aker, Georg Fredrik Egidius Kiær and Julie Caroline Helene Løvenskiold. Her maternal grandfather Herman Severin Løvenskiold (1838–1910) was Lord Chamberlain of the Royal Court. She was sister of industrialist Thorry Kiær. She was rector of '' Norske Kvinners Nasjonalråds sosialskole'' 1946–1953 and president of the Norwegian Association for Women's Rights 1946–52. She served as a member of the city council of Oslo for the Liberal Party 1952–1956. She was the runner-up for the party's ballot in the 1949 parliamentary election, and later a minor ballot candidate in 1953 and 1957 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1957th year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 957th year of the 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elias C
Elias is the Greek equivalent of Elijah ( he, אֵלִיָּהוּ ''ʾĒlīyyāhū''; Syriac: ܐܠܝܐ ''Eliyā''; Arabic: الیاس Ilyās/Elyās), a prophet in the Northern Kingdom of Israel in the 9th century BC, mentioned in several holy books. Due to Elias' role in the scriptures and to many later associated traditions, the name is used as a personal name in numerous languages. Variants * Éilias Irish * Elia Italian, English * Elias Norwegian * Elías Icelandic * Éliás Hungarian * Elías Spanish * Eliáš, Elijáš Czech * Elias, Eelis, Eljas Finnish * Elias Danish, German, Swedish * Elias Portuguese * Elias, Iliya () Persian * Elias, Elis Swedish * Elias, Elyas Ethiopian * Elias, Elyas Philippines * Eliasz Polish * Élie French * Elija Slovene * Elijah English, Hebrew * Elis Welsh * Elisedd Welsh * Eliya (එලියා) Sinhala * Eliyas (Ілияс) Kazakh * Eliyahu, Eliya (אֵלִיָּהוּ, אליה) Biblical Hebrew, Hebrew * Elyās, Ilyās, E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hans Kiær
Hans Andersen Kiær (1795–1867) was a Norwegian businessperson and politician. He was a part of a large ship-owner family, starting with his father Anders Hansen Kiær (1769–1838). He was the brother of Niels Andersen Kiær, and through him the uncle of physician and historian Frantz Casper Kiær and director of Statistics Norway, Anders Nicolai Kiær. Himself, Hans Andersen Kiær fathered the businessmen Anders, Hans Theodor and Oluf Emil Kiær, as well as the priest Hagbarth Kiær. Anders F. Kiær founded the company And. H. Kiær & Co. Through Hans Theodor, Hans Andersen Kiær was the grandfather of Elias C. Kiær and great-grandfather of Hans Theodor Kiær, both of whom carried the directorship of And. H. Kiær & Co. Through Hagbarth, Hans Andersen Kiær was the grandfather of paleontologist Johan Aschehoug Kiær. Through Oluf Emil, Hans Andersen Kiær was the grandfather of Frits Kiær and great-grandfather of Thorry and Dakky Kiær Dagny Caroline "Dakky" Kiær (19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hans Andersen Kiær
Hans may refer to: __NOTOC__ People * Hans (name), a masculine given name * Hans Raj Hans, Indian singer and politician ** Navraj Hans, Indian singer, actor, entrepreneur, cricket player and performer, son of Hans Raj Hans ** Yuvraj Hans, Punjabi actor and singer, son of Hans Raj Hans * Hans clan, a tribal clan in Punjab, Pakistan Places * Hans, Marne, a commune in France * Hans Island, administrated by Greenland and Canada Arts and entertainment * ''Hans'' (film) a 2006 Italian film directed by Louis Nero * Hans (Frozen), the main antagonist of the 2013 Disney animated film ''Frozen'' * ''Hans'' (magazine), an Indian Hindi literary monthly * ''Hans'', a comic book drawn by Grzegorz Rosiński and later by Zbigniew Kasprzak Other uses * Clever Hans, the "wonder horse" * ''The Hans India'', an English language newspaper in India * HANS device, a racing car safety device *Hans, the ISO 15924 code for Simplified Chinese script See also *Han (other) *Hans im Glück, a Germa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johan Aschehoug Kiær
Johan Aschehoug Kiær (October 11, 1869 – October 31, 1931) was a Norwegian paleontologist and geologist. Biography Johan Kiær was born in Drammen, Norway. He was the son of parish priest Hagbarth Kiær (1829–1903) and grandson of shipowner and Member of Parliament Hans Andersen Kiær (1795–1867). He was a nephew of Elias C. Kiær (1863–1939) operator of the family company And. H. Kiær & Co. which had been founded by his great-grandfather, Anders Hansen Kiær (1769–1838). Kiær studied zoology and then paleontology for three years under Professor Karl Alfred von Zittel (1839–1904) at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich where in 1896 he received his doctorate. In 1909 he was appointed professor of paleontology at the University of Oslo, as the first in Norway to hold such a position. He was also head of the Palaeontological Museum of Oslo which opened in 1920. His most important publication was his doctoral dissertation from 1906, ''Das Obersilur im Kri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicolai Kiær
Nicolai Kiær (2 April 1888 – 29 May 1934 in Hunan, China) was a Norwegian gymnast who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics The 1908 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the IV Olympiad and also known as London 1908) were an international multi-sport event held in London, England, United Kingdom, from 27 April to 31 October 1908. The 1908 Games were ori .... As a member of the Norwegian team, he won the silver medal in the gymnastics team event in 1908. Kiær drowned in a river in Hunan, China, while working for the Norwegian Lutheran Mission. References 1888 births 1934 deaths Norwegian male artistic gymnasts Gymnasts at the 1908 Summer Olympics Olympic gymnasts for Norway Olympic silver medalists for Norway Olympic medalists in gymnastics Medalists at the 1908 Summer Olympics 20th-century Norwegian people {{Norway-artistic-gymnastics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rolf Kiær
Rolf Kiær (17 June 1897 – 1975) is a Norwegian hydrographer. He was born in Trondhjem. He was hired in the Norwegian Hydrographic Service in 1920, and in Norges Svalbard- og Ishavsundersøkelser in 1929. Here, he took part in expeditions to Svalbard Svalbard ( , ), also known as Spitsbergen, or Spitzbergen, is a Norwegian archipelago in the Arctic Ocean. North of mainland Europe, it is about midway between the northern coast of Norway and the North Pole. The islands of the group range ... and Eastern Greenland. From 1936 to 1967 he was the director of the Norwegian Hydrographic Service. References 1897 births 1975 deaths Norwegian hydrographers Directors of government agencies of Norway {{norway-scientist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
