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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] |
Magnus Carlsen
Sven Magnus Øen Carlsen (born 30 November 1990) is a Norwegian chess grandmaster who is the reigning five-time World Chess Champion. He is also a three-time World Rapid Chess Champion and five-time World Blitz Chess Champion. Carlsen has held the position in the FIDE world chess rankings since 1 July 2011 and trails only Garry Kasparov in time spent as the highest-rated player in the world. His peak rating of 2882 is the highest in history. He also holds the record for the longest unbeaten streak at the elite level in classical chess. A chess prodigy, Carlsen finished first in the C group of the Corus chess tournament shortly after he turned 13 and earned the title of grandmaster a few months later. At 15, he won the Norwegian Chess Championship, and at 17 he finished joint first in the top group of Corus. He surpassed a rating of 2800 at 18, the youngest at the time to do so. In 2010, at 19, he reached in the FIDE world rankings, the youngest person ever to do so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emil Carlsen
Soren Emil Carlsen (October 19, 1853 – January 2, 1932, New York City, U.S.) was an American Impressionist painter who emigrated to the United States from Denmark. He became known for his still lifes. Later in his career, Carlsen expanded his range of subjects to include landscapes and seascapes as well. During his long career, he won many of the most important honors in American art and was elected to membership in the National Academy of Design. For more than forty years he was also a respected teacher in Chicago, San Francisco and New York. Early career Emil Carlsen was born and raised in the Danish capital of Copenhagen. He came from an artistic family. His mother painted, and by some accounts, his cousin, who was an influence on him, later became the director of the Danish Royal Academy He studied architecture at the Royal Academy in Copenhagen for four years and then emigrated to the United States in 1872, settling in Chicago, United States. Interested in art, he first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henrik Kurt Carlsen
(Henrik) Kurt Carlsen (20 February 1914 – 7 October 1989) was a Denmark, Danish-born sea-captain who became world-famous in January 1952 when he stayed on his sinking freighter, the ''SS Flying Enterprise, Flying Enterprise'', for 13 days."Henrik K. Carlsen, 75, A Heroic Sea Captain" "New York Times", 9 Oct 198/ref> It eventually sank less than from safe harbour at Falmouth, Cornwall in England, minutes after the Captain was forced to abandon ship. The endeavour was reported around the world, and Carlsen received a ticker-tape parade in New York City on January 17, 1952. A few months later Carlsen took command of the ''Flying Enterprise II'', passing up lucrative offers from Cinema of the United States, Hollywood. It is now believed that the ''Flying Enterprise'' was hit not once but twice by a rogue wave thereby eventually sinking the freighter. Carlsen became a seaman at age 14 and master of his first ship at 22, in the service of the Danish-American company American Export ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenneth Carlsen
Kenneth Carlsen (born 17 April 1973) is a Danish former professional tennis player, who was active between 1992 and 2007. Carlsen played left-handed with a one-handed backhand. His greatest asset was his powerful serve, and his game was therefore best suited to fast surfaces (grass and hardcourt). For most of his long career, Carlsen was Denmark's best tennis player, and consistently among the few Danish players playing at the highest international level. He was awarded as best Danish "Tennis Player of the Year" seven times by the Danish Tennis Federation (first time in 1991, last time in 2005). Two times the award went to the Danish Davis Cup team, of which Kenneth Carlsen until 2003 was a central part (having a 29–13 record in singles). Career Carlsen began playing tennis at age nine, and in his teens became one of the best juniors in the world. He finished as No. 3 in the world in 1991. He turned full-time professional in 1992, and his breakthrough as senior in a major tourn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franziska Carlsen
Franziska Antoinette Hilleborg Carlsen (13 November 1817 – 28 February 1876) was a Danish writer who was particularly interested in local history and folklore. She was also a keen collector of items of historical interest. With the publication of her pioneering ''Noget om og fra Rønnebæk Sogn med Rønnebæksholm'' (Something about and from the parish of Rønnebæk and Ronnebæakshlom Manor) in 1861, she became one of the few women of her times to publish works documenting local folklore. Biography Born in Gammel Køgegård near Køge on 13 November 1817, Franziska Antoinette Hilleborg Carlsen was the daughter of the estate owner Christen Rasmus Carlsen (1777–1818) and his wife Else Margrethe née Nyhuus (1792–1857). She had at least two siblings: Hans Rasmussen Carlsen (1810–1887) and Marie Toft. Her sister Marie owned the Rønnebæksholm estate after the death of her first husband. Franziska spent her adult life mostly in Rønnebæksholm Manor and Vallø Castle Vall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dines Carlsen
Dines Carlsen (March 28, 1901 – October 1, 1966)''Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014''. Social Security Administration. was an American Expressionist painter. He was a student at, and later a member of, the National Academy of Design. He also exhibited frequently at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. He was known particularly for his still life paintings, and in his memory his wife established the Emil and Dines Carlsen Award to recognize the Academy's best still life painter annually. Biography Carlsen was born in New York City on March 28, 1901, the son of the well-known Danish-American artist Emil Carlsen. Carlsen was homeschooled by his parents. His mother taught him academic subjects and his father instructed him in art. Consequently, his paintings bear a marked resemblance to his father's work. He began exhibiting with the prestigious National Academy of Design in 1915 and he won the Julius Hallgarten Prize twice, in 1919 and 1923. He became an Associate of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agnete Carlsen
Agnete Synnøve Carlsen (born 15 January 1971) is a former Norwegian professional footballer who played as a midfielder. With the Norway women's national team, Carlsen won the 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup and an Olympic bronze medal in 1996. At club level Carlsen played for SK Sprint-Jeløy in Norway, then joined Japanese L. League team Nikko Securities Dream Ladies on a professional contract. International career Carlsen made her debut for the senior Norway women's national football team in June 1988, starting a 2–1 defeat by Brazil women's national football team, Brazil at the 1988 FIFA Women's Invitation Tournament in China. She scored her first goal in her second appearance, a 3–0 win over the Netherlands women's national football team, Netherlands in Rijsoord. In July 1989 Carlsen played in Norway's 4–1 defeat by Germany women's national football team, West Germany in the 1989 European Competition for Women's Football final. The match was played before 22,000 fans in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henrik Carlsen
''For the Danish sea captain, see Henrik Kurt Carlsen'' Henrik Carlsen (born 30 November 1959) is a Danish composer, record producer, singer, and keyboardist. Carlsen was born in Copenhagen, Frederiksberg and grew up in Brøndby. He was a founding member of Street Beat in 1982 and led it until it was disbanded in 1993. As a composer, he has written or co-written pop-songs like " Ring A Ling" (Tiggy), " Diddley-Dee" (Cartoons), " Easy Come Easy Go" (Los Umbrellos), and worked as producer or re-mixer with Barcode Brothers, E-Type, Blå Øjne and many more. He was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2001. , The Danish Multiple Sclerosis Society, 23 May 2003 He retired from the mu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dale Carlsen
Dale R. Carlsen founded The Sleep Train Mattress Center in 1985,Jon Ortiz, ''Mattresses beneath his wings'', ''Sacramento Bee'', October 10, 2005, Page D1. and has guided the company to become the largest retailer of mattresses on the West Coast, and one of the top three in the United States.Nancy Butler, Sleep Train—Calculated risks, focus on people catapults California entrepreneur to the top'', ''Sleep Savvy'' January/February 2007. In 2002, Dale purchased 54 of Mattress Discounters' stores in California during that company's bankruptcy—more than doubling Sleep Train's size.Kelly Johnson, ', ''Sacramento Business Journal'', October 23, 2002. In August 2006, Dale purchased Sleep Country USA from Simmons Bedding in a move to re-enter the northwestern market. He is a 1984 graduate of Sacramento State University in the College of Business Administration and a member of Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity. In 2013, Carlsen was awarded an honorary doctorate degree from Sacramento State Uni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian Thomsen Carl
Christian Thomsen Carl, Christian Thomasen Carl, Christian Thomæsen Carl, Christian Thomesen Carl, Christen Thomasen Carl or Christen Thomesen Carl, in German tradition Carlson or Karlson, rarely Carlsen (born 1676 in Assens, Funen - died 29 March 1713 in Greifswald, Swedish Pomerania) was a Danish naval officer. He is known not only for his military career, but also for saving the town council's archives in Greifswald as well as the whole town of Anklam from being burned during the Great Northern War. Biography Family Christian Thomsen Carl was born in 1676 in Assens on the Danish isle of Funen as the son of Helvig Jensdatter (†1717) and Thomas Iversen,Lützow (1788) as cited by Topsøe-Jensen & Marquard (1935), p. 232; Lützow (1788) as cited by With-Seidelin (1888), pp. 374-375. also spelled Iffversen.Sander (1914), pp. 27-28. Carl's father was a wagoner and owned a ferry, then a typical reward for former naval officers; on 5 October 1665 he had received the privilege to ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reidar Carlsen
Reidar Carlsen (1 July 1908 – 2 May 1987) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. Reidar Carlsen was born in Bodin in Nordland county, Norway. He studied at the National School of Forestry (''Skogskolen'') in the community of Steinkjer (1928–1929). He was Member of Parliament of Norway from 1945 to 1961. He was Minister of Trade 1945–1946, and Minister of Fisheries 1946–1951. He served as Director of the Regional Development Fund The Regional Development Fund ( no, Distriktenes utbyggingsfond, DU) was a national development bank in Norway tasked with promoting regional development by counselling, loans and subsidies. The fund was established in 1961 and existed until 1993 ... 1961–78. Awards * Petter Dass Medal (''Petter Dass -medaljen'') - (1955) * Order of St. Olav - (1968) * King Haakon VII 100-year Medal - (1972) References 1908 births 1987 deaths Government ministers of Norway Members of the Storting Labour Party (Norway) politicians ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
