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Frederiksen
Frederiksen is a Danish patronymic surname meaning "son of Frederik". The Norwegian counterpart is Fredriksen and the Swedish is Fredriksson. People * Axel Frederiksen (1894–1951), Danish composer * Christian Frederiksen, Danish-born Norwegian sprint canoer *Claus Hjort Frederiksen, Danish Minister of Finance *Dennis Frederiksen (1951–2014), American singer, the lead vocalist for Angel, Le Roux, and Toto *Grete Frederiksen, Danish freestyle swimmer who competed in the 1936 Olympics *Heather Frederiksen, British swimmer *Helle Frederiksen, Danish triathlete *Henrik Frederiksen (born 1943/44), Danish businessman and car collector *Ib Frederiksen, Danish badminton player *Ingeborg Frederiksen (1886–1976), Danish botanical illustrator *Ivan Frederiksen, Danish curler * Jan Frederiksen, Danish professional football defender *John Frederiksen, Faroese footballer * Johnny Frederiksen, Danish curler *Kaj Frederiksen (1916–1991), Danish boxer who competed in the 1936 Olympic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mette Frederiksen
Mette Frederiksen (; born 19 November 1977) is a Danish politician who has been Prime Minister of Denmark since June 2019, and Leader of the Social Democrats since June 2015. The second woman to hold either office, she is also the youngest prime minister in Danish history. Besides a brief career as a trade unionist (2000–2001), Frederiksen has never had any employment outside politics. She was first elected to the Folketing in the 2001 general election, representing Copenhagen County. After the Social Democrats won the 2011 general election, she was appointed Minister of Employment by Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt. She was promoted to Minister of Justice in 2014. After the Social Democrats' narrow defeat in the 2015 general election, Thorning-Schmidt stood down, and Frederiksen won the subsequent leadership election to replace her, becoming Leader of the Opposition.. Accessed on 29 June 2019. Frederiksen led her party into the 2019 general election, which resulte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niels Frederiksen
Niels Frederiksen (; born 5 November 1970) is a Danish professional football manager. He last worked as the head coach of Danish Superliga club Brøndby IF. Frederiksen began his career as a head coach at Lyngby Boldklub in 2009 after having spent almost two decades as a youth coach in B 1913, B.93, and Lyngby. He remained in the post as head coach, and later manager, for the club for nearly four years. He then coached Esbjerg, leading them to a fifth place in the domestic league as well as their best European result ever: the Europa League round of 32 where the club was knocked out by Fiorentina. He was relieved of his duties in 2015. He was later put in charge of the Denmark national under-21 team, before being appointed head coach of Brøndby in June 2019, replacing Alexander Zorniger. He would go on to lead the club to their first Danish Superliga title in 16 years in the 2020–21 season. Frederiksen is noted for his exceptional work with young talents, developing play ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dennis Frederiksen
Dennis Hardy "Fergie" Frederiksen (May 15, 1951 – January 18, 2014) was an American rock singer best known as the former lead singer of Trillion, Angel, LeRoux and Toto, as well as providing backing vocals for Survivor. He contributed to hit singles in three consecutive years, all with different bands: Survivor's "American Heartbeat" in 1982, LeRoux's "Carrie's Gone" in 1983 and Toto's " Stranger in Town" in 1984. Early life and career Frederiksen started his musical career at the age of 13, and he played clubs and pubs at the age of 15 with a group called the Common People in Grand Rapids, MI. In 1975, while he was still attending college at Central Michigan, Frederiksen was asked by his friend Tommy Shaw to replace him as the lead vocalist for the band MSFunk, as Shaw was leaving to join Styx.Fergie Frederiksen biography [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lars Frederiksen
Lars Erik Frederiksen (born Lars Erik Dapello, August 30, 1971) is an American musician and record producer best known as a guitarist and vocalist for the punk rock band Rancid, as well as the frontman of Lars Frederiksen and the Bastards and the Old Firm Casuals. In addition, he currently plays guitar in Oxley's Midnight Runners, Stomper 98, and The Last Resort. He was also briefly a member of the UK Subs in 1991. Frederiksen joined Rancid in 1993 after the band was searching for a second guitar player and was present on their second album '' Let's Go''. He has produced albums for bands such as Dropkick Murphys, Agnostic Front, The Business, Swingin Utters, Marky Ramone and the Intruders, Anti-Heros, Pressure Point, The Forgotten among others. He mixed GBH's 2010 album entitled ''Perfume and Piss'', as well as Cock Sparrer's 2007 album "Here We Stand" both alongside Michael Rosen. History Early life Frederiksen was raised by his mother, Minna Dapello (née Freder ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heather Frederiksen
Heather Frederiksen MBE (born 30 December 1985) is a retired British Paralympic swimmer. She is former world record holder in the women's S8 100 m backstroke, 50 m freestyle, 100 m freestyle, 200 m freestyle and 400 m freestyle events. , she still holds European records in the S8 200 m and 400 m freestyle. Frederiksen is a two time Paralympic champion in the 100m backstroke S8 classification, and has won eight Paralympic medals in all. Early life and education Frederiksen was born in Leigh, England. She attended the Lowton Church of England High School for secondary school. Career In 2004, prior to her accident, she won both the British 10 km Open Water Championship and 4.5 km British Grand Prix on the same day. Following her accident, Frederiksen returned to competition in the S8 (backstroke and freestyle), SB7 ( breaststroke) and SM8 ( medley) classifications. Her first senior para-swimming meet came at the 2007 German Open, in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivan Frederiksen
Ivan Frederiksen is a Danish curler and curling coach. He came third in the . Teams Record as a coach of national teams Personal life His son Johnny Frederiksen Johnny Frederiksen (born 31 July 1975 in Hvidovre) is a Danish curler from Copenhagen. He is the skip of the men's Danish national team. Frederiksen skipped Denmark at three World Junior Curling Championships (1994, 1995, 1996), two European Cu ... is well-known Danish curler too. References External links * Living people Danish male curlers Danish curling champions Danish curling coaches Year of birth missing (living people) {{Denmark-curling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Frederiksen
John Johannesen Frederiksen (born 10 January 1996) is a Faroese professional footballer who plays as a forward, most recently for Scottish club Raith Rovers. Born in Denmark, he represents Faroe Islands internationally. Club career At the age of 15, Frederiksen auditioned for Danish television show ''Drengedrømmen''. As a youth player, he joined the youth academy of FCK, one of Denmark's most successful clubs. Frederiksen started his career with Danish fourth division side Bornholm. After that, he signed for Fredensborg in the Danish third division. In 2017, Frederiksen signed for Faroese team 07 Vestur. Before the second half of 2018–19, he signed for Frem in Denmark. In 2020, Frederiksen signed for Finnish outfit MuSa after trialing in Slovakia and receiving offers from Belarus, Romania, Tunisia, and Turkey. On 25 July 2020, he debuted for MuSa during a 5-1 win over Gnistan, scoring 3 goals. In 2021, he was diagnosed with a brain tumor. After that, Frederiksen signed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helle Frederiksen
Helle Frederiksen (born 5 March 1981 in Odense, Funen) is a Danish professional triathlete. She represented Denmark in triathlon at the 2012 Summer Olympics, placing 27th, and raced on International Triathlon Union race circuit. She is the winner of the 2018 ITU Long Distance Triathlon World Championships as well as the 2014 Hy-Vee Triathlon and 2014 Challenge Bahrain. Career Frederiksen was a swimmer from the age of 12 to 18 and a member of the national Danish swimming squad. She had won several Danish championships when, in 1999, she decided to retire from elite sports. Frederiksen studied at Syddansk Universitet an earned a bachelor's degree in sports ''(Idræt og Sundhed,'' 2005) and after having moved to Farum she studied for a master's degree in Physical Education and Nutrition ''(Cand. Scient. i Human Ernæring,'' 2008) at the University of Copenhagen. Having worked as a spinning trainer for five years, she missed her former life as an elite sportswoman and in 2004 sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marti Frederiksen
Martin Harold "Marti" Frederiksen (born July 1, 1962) is an American songwriter, record producer, and musician. He writes and produces music primarily in rock, country, and pop. He is best known for his work with many artists and bands including the Struts, Aerosmith, Gavin Rossdale, Carrie Underwood, Buckcherry, Daughtry, Ozzy Osbourne, Mötley Crüe, and Faith Hill. He's also well known for performing the lead vocals for the fictitious band Stillwater in the movie ''Almost Famous''. Biography Songwriter, producer, engineer and drummer Marti Frederiksen been involved in numerous hits, performed by various artists, co-writing "Jaded" by Aerosmith, "Undo It" by Carrie Underwood, " Sorry" by Buckcherry, and " Love Remains the Same" by Gavin Rossdale. Frederiksen was a member of the school choir in 10th grade. "The teacher was assigning parts and handing parts out, and I was waiting for the others to pick it up." As usual, Marti was restless, and that drives his ideas. He co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claus Hjort Frederiksen
Claus Hjort Frederiksen (born 4 September 1947) is a Danish politician of the Venstre party, who served as the Danish Minister for Defence from 2016 to 2019, and as Minister for Finance from 2015 to 2016, having previously served in that position from 2009 to 2011, as member of the first Løkke Rasmussen Cabinet. From 2001 to 2009, he was Minister of Employment in the first, second, and third cabinets of Anders Fogh Rasmussen. He is a member of the liberal party Venstre. He was a member of the Danish Parliament Folketinget since 2005 until 2022. Hjort was one of the main strategist behind the strategy shift in Venstre following the defeat in the 1998 general election known as the so-called Hjort doctine (Danish: ''Hjort-doktrinen''). Early life He graduated in Law from University of Copenhagen. Political career Frederiksen served as party secretary of ''Venstre'' 1985–2001, and as such he served as Fogh Rasmussen's closest advisor in creating the political program that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katti Frederiksen
Katti Frederiksen (born 12 March 1982) is a Greenlandic writer, poet, linguist and politician ( Siumut). Biography Frederiksen was born in 1982 to sheep farmer Sofus Frederiksen and politician Suka K. Frederiksen (1965–2020). She grew up in Narsaq, but moved to Nuuk in 2004 to study language, literature and media at the University of Greenland. After completing her bachelor's degree in 2007, she obtained her candidate's degree there in 2011, partly after a stay abroad at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. From 2007 to 2008, Frederiksen worked as a Greenlandic language Greenlandic ( kl, kalaallisut, link=no ; da, grønlandsk ) is an Eskimo–Aleut language with about 56,000 speakers, mostly Greenlandic Inuit in Greenland. It is closely related to the Inuit languages in Canada such as Inuktitut. It is the mos ... high school teacher. From 2008 to 2015, she worked at Oqaasileriffik, which she then took over until 2020. She is the owner of the children's book publishing ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toto (band)
Toto (stylized as TOTO) is an American rock band formed in 1977 in Los Angeles. The band's current lineup consists of Steve Lukather (guitars and vocals), David Paich (keyboards and vocals), and Joseph Williams (vocals), as well as touring musicians John Pierce (bass), Robert "Sput" Searight (drums), Dominique "Xavier" Taplin (keyboards and vocals), Steve Maggiora (keyboards and vocals), and Warren Ham (horns, percussions, and vocals). Toto is known for a musical style that combines elements of pop, rock, soul, funk, progressive rock, hard rock, R&B, blues, and jazz. Having released 14 studio albums and sold over 40 million records worldwide, the group has received several Grammy Awards and was inducted into the Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum in 2009. David Paich and Jeff Porcaro had played together as session musicians on several albums and decided to form a band; David Hungate, Steve Lukather, Steve Porcaro, and Bobby Kimball were recruited before the release of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
