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Elsebeth Reingaard
Elsebeth is a Danish female given name. It is the Danish form of Elizabeth. Notable people with this name include: * Elsebeth Brehm (1901-1995), Danish tennis player * Elsebeth Budolfsen (born 1947), Danish pharmacist * Elsebeth Egholm (born 1960), Danish author * Elsebeth Gerner Nielsen (born 1960), Danish politician * Elsebeth Kock-Petersen (born 1949), Danish politician * Elsebeth Mercedis Gunnleygsdóttur Elsebeth Mercedis Gunnleygsdóttur (born 26 October 1963) is a Faroese policewoman and politician of the conservative People's Party. She has been a member of Løgting since 2011. Career Gunnleygsdóttur worked for two years (1983-85) as an ass ... (born 1963), Faroese politician {{given name Danish feminine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danish Language
Danish (; , ) is a North Germanic language spoken by about six million people, principally in and around Denmark. Communities of Danish speakers are also found in Greenland, the Faroe Islands, and the northern German region of Southern Schleswig, where it has minority language status. Minor Danish-speaking communities are also found in Norway, Sweden, the United States, Canada, Brazil, and Argentina. Along with the other North Germanic languages, Danish is a descendant of Old Norse, the common language of the Germanic peoples who lived in Scandinavia during the Viking Era. Danish, together with Swedish, derives from the ''East Norse'' dialect group, while the Middle Norwegian language (before the influence of Danish) and Norwegian Bokmål are classified as ''West Norse'' along with Faroese and Icelandic. A more recent classification based on mutual intelligibility separates modern spoken Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish as "mainland (or ''continental'') Scandinavian", while I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth (given Name)
Elizabeth is a feminine given name, a variation of the Hebrew language, Hebrew name (), meaning "My God is an oath" or "My God is abundance", as rendered in the Septuagint. Occurrence in the Bible "Elizabeth" appears in the Hebrew Bible as the name of Aaron's wife ("Elisheba, Elisheva" in the Hebrew Bible), and in the New Testament as the name of the Elizabeth (biblical figure), wife of the priest Zechariah (New Testament figure), Zechariah and mother of John the Baptist. It has also been the name of several saints and queens. Statistics The name has many variants in use across the world and has been in consistent use worldwide. 'Elizabeth' was the tenth most popular name given to baby girls in the United States in 2007 and has been among the 25 most popular names given to girls in the United States for the past 100 years. It is the only name that remained in the top ten US girls' names list from 1925 to 1972. In the early 21st century, 'Elizabeth' has been among the top 50 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elsebeth Brehm
Elsebeth Brehm Jorgensen (30 July 1901 – 14 July 1995) was a Danish tennis player. She represented Denmark at the 1920 Summer Olympics and at the 1924 Summer Olympics. In 1921, she along with Ebba Meyer emerged as the champions in the World Covered Court Championships The World Covered Court Championships were part of a series of three major world championships sanctioned from 1913 to 1923 by the International Lawn Tennis Federation (ILTF). The tournament was played indoors on wood floors, and its venue changed .... References Danish female tennis players Olympic tennis players of Denmark Tennis players at the 1920 Summer Olympics Tennis players at the 1924 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Frederiksberg 1901 births 1995 deaths 20th-century Danish women {{Denmark-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elsebeth Budolfsen
Elsebeth Budolfsen (born 8 March 1947) is a Danish pharmacist and business executive. She has held top management positions in several Danish companies over the past 20 years, including managing director of ALK-Abelló, Christian Hansen Holding and Novo. As of September 2015, she heads the biotechnology company T-cellic (a.k.a.Torsana Oncology Systems) while serving on the board of directors of over a dozen private companies and public organizations, including DONG Energy, Danske Bank and the Risø Research Centre. Biography Budolfsen graduated in pharmacy from the Danish Pharmaceutical College in 1971 and went on to earn an M.Sc. in biology in 1973. She received the title of businesswoman of the year in 1997 and has been a member of the since 1991. Budolsen has become a strong supporter of women in top management. In an interview with the Danish newspaper ''Berlingske ''Berlingske'', previously known as ''Berlingske Tidende'' (, ''Berling's Times''), is a Danish national d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elsebeth Egholm
Elsebeth Egholm (born 17 September 1960) is a Danish journalist and best-selling author who writes mainly crime fiction novels. She is known internationally as the creator of the television series ''Those Who Kill''. Early life Born in Nyborg on the Danish island of Funen, she grew up in Lisbjerg near Aarhus, where her parents had a garden centre. After schooling in Aarhus, she matriculated from the state gymnasium in Hasle. She went on to study piano at the Music Conservatory of Jutland, where she remained for four years before switching to journalism at the Danish School of Journalism (''Journalisthøjskolen'') in 1985. Career After an apprenticeship with '' Berlinske Tidende'' in Copenhagen, she worked as a background reporter for the newspaper until 1992, when she quit and moved to Malta. There she worked both as a freelance journalist and as a short story writer for women's magazines such as ''Alt for Damerne''. On the Maltese island of Gozo, she met her future husband, Brit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elsebeth Gerner Nielsen
Elsebeth Gerner Nielsen (born 5 January 1960) is a Danish politician. Life Nielsen graduated from Odense University, and was subsequently assigned as education assistant at the university. She was elected member of Folketinget for the Danish Social Liberal Party from 1994 to 2007. She was Minister for Culture in Poul Nyrup Rasmussen's fourth cabinet from 1998 to 2001.. Accessed 4 July 2019. She is married and has four children. In March 2020 she tested positive for coronavirus Coronaviruses are a group of related RNA viruses that cause diseases in mammals and birds. In humans and birds, they cause respiratory tract infections that can range from mild to lethal. Mild illnesses in humans include some cases of the com .... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elsebeth Kock-Petersen
Elsebeth Kock-Petersen (born 15 January 1949) is a Danish Venstre politician. She was a member of the Folketing who represented the constituency from 1975 to 1977 and then the between 1984 and 1990. Kock-Petersen was appointed the youngest ever Minister for Ecclesiastical Affairs in 1982 before being made Minister of Social Affairs between 1984 and 1986 and then the Minister of Health from 1988 to 1989. She was appointed Commander of the Order of the Dannebrog in 1984. Early life and education Kock-Petersen was born to the Nørrebro-based parish priest Ejnar Larsen and housewife Anna Maria Elkjær Larsen in Copenhagen on 15 January 1949. She was educated at Nørre Gymnasium from 1967 and graduated from the University of Copenhagen with a Candidate of Law in 1973. Career Aged 15, Kock-Petersen began her involvement in politics as a member of the Venstres Ungdom. She sat on the board of the Liberal Youth Board in Copenhagen-Frederiksberg between 1965 and 1970. Kock-Petersen a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elsebeth Mercedis Gunnleygsdóttur
Elsebeth Mercedis Gunnleygsdóttur (born 26 October 1963) is a Faroese policewoman and politician of the conservative People's Party. She has been a member of Løgting since 2011. Career Gunnleygsdóttur worked for two years (1983-85) as an assistant at Postverk Føroya. She then began training with the police. Politics Gunnleygsdóttur has been sitting in the town council of her home town of Klaksvík since 2009. She also sat in various committees. At the end of October 2011, she was elected to Løgting with 344 personal voices. She was chairman of the Judiciary Committee and was also a member of the Committee on Welfare. In the elections to the Løgting on 1 September 2015 she was reelected with 371 personal votes. After Annika Olsen Annika Olsen (born 13 March 1975, in Tórshavn, grew up in Vágur) is a Faroese politician, high school teacher and former swimmer. She was Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Social Affairs in the Faroe Islands (2011–15) and Minister ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
