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Espen Blystad
Espen is a Norwegian masculine given name. In Norway it reached the peak of its popularity between 1970 and 1990, during which period approximately 1.1% of children were given that name. Origin and variants It originated as a variant of Asbjørn or Esben. Given name Notable people with the given name include: Artists * Espen Aalberg, Norwegian jazz musician, drummer * Espen Berg (musician) (born 1983), Norwegian musician, arranger and composer * Espen Dietrichson (born 1976), Norwegian artist * Espen Eckbo (born 1973), Norwegian actor, writer and comedian * Espen Sommer Eide (born 1972), Norwegian composer and musician * Espen Eriksen, Norwegian jazz musician founder of Espen Eriksen Trio * Espen Grjotheim (born 1976), Norwegian singer and actor * Espen Haavardsholm (born 1945), Norwegian novelist, poet, biographer and essayist * Espen Klouman Høiner (born 1981), Norwegian writer and actor * Espen Beranek Holm (born 1960), Norwegian pop artist and comedian * Espen L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of Norway. Bouvet Island, located in the Subantarctic, is a dependency of Norway; it also lays claims to the Antarctic territories of Peter I Island and Queen Maud Land. The capital and largest city in Norway is Oslo. Norway has a total area of and had a population of 5,425,270 in January 2022. The country shares a long eastern border with Sweden at a length of . It is bordered by Finland and Russia to the northeast and the Skagerrak strait to the south, on the other side of which are Denmark and the United Kingdom. Norway has an extensive coastline, facing the North Atlantic Ocean and the Barents Sea. The maritime influence dominates Norway's climate, with mild lowland temperatures on the se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Espen Sandberg
Espen Sandberg (born 2 June 1971) is a Norwegian film director and advertising producer, well known to work with his childhood friend and director Joachim Rønning on several projects such as ''Bandidas'' (2006), '' Max Manus: Man of War'' (2008), ''Kon-Tiki'' (2012) and '' Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales'' (2017). He received a nomination at 85th Academy Awards as well as 70th Golden Globe Awards for Best Foreign Language Film for directing 2012 movie ''Kon-Tiki'' with Rønning. Early life and career Espen Sandberg was born in Sandefjord, Norway on 17 June 1971. Growing up in the 1980s, Sandberg and his childhood friend Joachim Rønning spent their free time making short films with Joachim's father's 30-pound home video camera, one of few burdens for being the first of the video generation. He has two sons named Peder and Axel and one daughter named Ea. In 1992 they both attended Stockholm Film School in Sweden, and graduated in 1994. Later that year they serve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Espen Baardsen
Espen Baardsen (born 7 December 1977) is a former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Baardsen spent his entire professional career in the English Premier League. He began his career with Tottenham Hotspur, where he made his debut aged 19. He left the club for £1.25m in 2000 for Watford, where he spent two years before leaving and signing a short-term contract with Everton. After making one appearance, he voluntarily retired from football upon the expiration of his contract, aged 25. Born in the United States to Norwegian parents, he was selected for the USA under-18 national team before switching his international eligibility to Norway because of his dual nationality. Club career In 1995 Baardsen was spotted by English team Tottenham Hotspur while he was playing for the San Francisco United All Blacks of the USISL. Tottenham offered him a contract. He made his debut for the team in the spring of 1997 against Liverpool at Anfield. Despite good performances, i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Espen Aune
Espen Aune (born 1982) is a Norwegian professional strongman competitor and winner of the 2011 Norway's Strongest Man.Geir TverdaEspen Aune: Det handler om å være den sterkeste. Enkelt og greit. iform.no (2010-03-01). Retrieved on 2011-12-28. Personal Records * Squat – *Bench press – *Deadlift The deadlift is a weight training exercise in which a loaded barbell or bar is lifted off the ground to the level of the hips, torso perpendicular to the floor, before being placed back on the ground. It is one of the three powerlifting exercises, ... – References Norwegian strength athletes Living people 1982 births {{Norway-sport-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Espen Andersen (skier Born 1993)
Espen Andersen (born 28 October 1993) is a Norwegian nordic combined skier. Career At the 2012 Junior World Championships], he won a bronze medal in the 5 km Gundersen event and a fourth place in the team competition and fifth in the 10 km. At the FIS Junior Ski World Championships 2013, 2013 Junior World Championships, he managed sixth place. At the 2013 Winter Universiade, he finished 20th in mass start, seventh in Gundersen, and fourth in the team competition. He made his FIS Alpine Ski World Cup debut in March 2013 in Oslo, with a 47th place, and collected his first World Cup points with a 20th-place finish in March 2014—also in Oslo. He first made the top 15 with a 12th place in January 2015 in Sapporo. He hails from Bærum, represents the sports club Lommedalens IL but relocated to Lillehammer Lillehammer () is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Gudbrandsdal. The administrative centre of the municipa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Espen Andersen
Espen Andersen (born July 12, 1961) is a Norwegian Nordic combined skier who competed from 1982 to 1987. He won the 3 x 10 km silver medal at the 1982 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships and the silver medal in 1985. Andersen's first victories was at the 1984 Holmenkollen ski festival, the World Cup in Falun in 1983, and at the World Cup in Sapporo in 1983. His strength was in the jumping hill. He also had three individual World Cup victories through his career. He is the brother of ski jumper Ski jumping is a winter sport in which competitors aim to achieve the farthest jump after sliding down on their skis from a specially designed curved ramp. Along with jump length, competitor's aerial style and other factors also affect the fina ... Geir Andersen. References *Holmenkollen winners since 1892- click Vinnere for downloadable pdf file External links * 1961 births Nordic combined skiers at the 1984 Winter Olympics Holmenkollen Ski Festival winners Liv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Espen Agdestein
Espen Agdestein (born 7 February 1965) is the former manager of current Chess World Champion Magnus Carlsen (until 2021). He is the brother of chess grandmaster and former coach of Magnus Carlsen, Simen Agdestein, and is himself a FIDE master, with a FIDE rating of 2372. Espen is one of the co-founders and partners of Idekapital, the largest Venture Capital Fund in Norway. Idekapital manages over NOK 500 million and invests in Norwegian startup companies in need of growth capital. He founded Idekapital together with Anders Brandt, Rune Holen and Kristian Øvsthus. He is part owner and sits in the board of directors in Magnus Carlsen's company Play Magnus, where Anders Brandt is chairman and Kate Murphy is the CEO. Espen said that "Play Magnus is Magnus Carlsen's tool to bring chess to the world". Espen was Carlsen's manager beginning in 2009, and according to an interview in the Norwegian newspaper Stavanger Aftenblad, the job as manager of Magnus Carlsen turned out to be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Espen Wensaas
Espen Wensaas (born November 14, 1986) is a Norwegian musician and multi-instrumentalist (most notably mandolin, cittern and guitar) residing in Oslo, Norway. He is mostly known for performing Norwegian and Scandinavian folk music on guitar and modern cittern. Education Wensaas started his musical education at Toneheim Folk High School in 2004, where he was studying classical guitar and other music related subjects. Later on he continued his classical training in Ringerike High School in Hønefoss. After high school Wensaas moved to Stavanger in 2009 to study jazz guitar at the University of Stavanger. He moved to Oslo in 2010 and was admitted to a bachelor's degree in musical performance at the Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo. He graduated from the academy in 2015, also receiving the highest grade possible on his final exam concert. In 2018 he became the first student admitted to the masters program in the folk department at the same academy with guitar and cittern as the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Espen Stueland
Espen Stueland (born 30 May 1970) is a Norwegian poet, novelist, literary critic and essayist. He hails from Porsgrunn, but lives in Vossevangen. Among his books are the novel ''Kjærlighet i tide og utide'' (2001), and the poetry collection ''Å si om seg selv'' (2003). He received the Halldis Moren Vesaas Prize The Halldis Moren Vesaas Prize ()Halldis Moren Vesaas (1907—1995) was a Norwegian author, poet and translator. is a Norwegian literary prize which is awarded annually to a Norwegian for lyric or other poetry, which through the quality and magnitu ... in 2003. References 1970 births Living people 21st-century Norwegian poets Norwegian male poets 20th-century Norwegian novelists 21st-century Norwegian novelists Norwegian essayists Norwegian literary critics People from Porsgrunn Norwegian male novelists Male essayists 20th-century essayists 21st-century essayists 20th-century Norwegian male writers 21st-century Norwegian male writers {{norway-w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Di Derre
Di Derre is a Norwegian Pop rock band, founded in 1992. They were awarded the Gammleng-prisen in 1996. Band members *Jo Nesbø – vocals, guitar *Espen Stenhammer – drums *Magnus Larsen jr. – bass guitar, vocals *Halvor Holter – keyboards *Unni Wilhelmsen Unni Elisabeth Wilhelmsen (born 12 July 1971) is a Norwegian singer, songwriter, and musician. Her musical influences are pop music and the American tradition of the singer-songwriter in which the lyrics play an important role as well as the mus ... – vocals, guitar (joined September 2013) ;Former members * Knut Nesbø – vocals, guitar (died in 2013) * Sverre Beyer – drummer (died 2002) Discography References External links''Article about the band in the Norwegian music magazine MIC''"Sprettent band klar for fest""Unni Wilhelmsen ny gitarist i Di Derre" Musical groups established in 1992 Norwegian musical groups Vitamin Records artists {{Norway-band-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Espen Stenhammer
Di Derre is a Norway, Norwegian Pop rock band, founded in 1992 in music, 1992. They were awarded the Gammleng-prisen in 1996. Band members *Jo Nesbø – vocals, guitar *Espen Stenhammer – drums *Magnus Larsen jr. – bass guitar, vocals *Halvor Holter – keyboards *Unni Wilhelmsen – vocals, guitar (joined September 2013) ;Former members *Knut Nesbø – vocals, guitar (died in 2013) *Sverre Beyer – drummer (died 2002) Discography References External links''Article about the band in the Norwegian music magazine MIC''"Sprettent band klar for fest""Unni Wilhelmsen ny gitarist i Di Derre" Musical groups established in 1992 Norwegian musical groups Vitamin Records artists {{Norway-band-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Espen Sørensen
Espen Sørensen, known professionally as Mzungu Kichaa, is a Danish singer and musician. He was born in Denmark, but grew up in Tanzania, where his parents worked in the field of Development Cooperation. They went there when he was six years old. In Tanzania, he learned to speak Swahili fluently, and later on, he got involved in music and particularly in the production of Bongo Flava at Bongo Records. The latest outcome of his interest in East African music is his first solo album "Tuko Pamoja". Music career In the late 1990s, Mzungu Kichaa was among the first artists that started recording at Bongo Records in Dar Es Salaam, among them Juma Nature Juma Nature a.k.a. Sir Nature (born ''Juma Kassim Ally'', in 1980) is a Tanzanian hip hop recording artist and record producer. He is the founder and member of a Temeke group called Wanaume, an informal group of rappers from the temeke side of ..., TID, Mangwair, Ferooz and Professor Jay and Mwasiti. During that time, it was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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