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Fridtjof Nansens Plads
Friðþjófur (variations: Fritiof, Frithiof, Fritjof, Frithjof, and Fridtjof) is a Scandinavian masculine given name derived from Old Norse friðr (“peace”) + þjófr (“thief”). Maybe a kenning (a metaphorical phrase used in Old Norse poetry) for a fighter. Bearers of the name include: Iceland *The hero of Frithiof's Saga, an Icelandic saga finalized around 1300 Norway * Frithjof M. Plahte (1836–1899), Norwegian merchant and landowner * Frithjof Prydz (1841–1935), Norwegian judge * Carl Frithjof Smith (1859–1917), Norwegian-German painter * Fridtjof Nansen (1861–1930), Norwegian explorer ** Fridtjof Nansen (other), things named in his honor * Fritjof Heyerdahl (1879–1970), Norwegian engineer and industrial leader * Frithjof Olsen (1882–1922), Norwegian gymnast * Fridtjof Backer-Grøndahl (1885–1959), Norwegian pianist and composer * Frithjof Olstad (1890–1956), Norwegian rower * Frithjof Sælen (gymnast) (1892–1975), Norwegian gymnast * Fri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Old Norse
Old Norse, Old Nordic, or Old Scandinavian, is a stage of development of North Germanic languages, North Germanic dialects before their final divergence into separate Nordic languages. Old Norse was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and their Viking expansion, overseas settlements and chronologically coincides with the Viking Age, the Christianization of Scandinavia and the consolidation of Scandinavian kingdoms from about the 7th to the 15th centuries. The Proto-Norse language developed into Old Norse by the 8th century, and Old Norse began to develop into the modern North Germanic languages in the mid-to-late 14th century, ending the language phase known as Old Norse. These dates, however, are not absolute, since written Old Norse is found well into the 15th century. Old Norse was divided into three dialects: Old West Norse, ''Old West Norse'' or ''Old West Nordic'' (often referred to as ''Old Norse''), Old East Norse, ''Old East Norse'' or ''Old East Nordic'', and ''Ol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Fridtjof Rode
Carl Fridtjof Rode (19 May 1897 – 1984) was a Norwegian judge. He was born in Kristiania, and after a military education he graduated with the cand.jur. degree in 1922. He worked as an attorney in Melbu, and was a member of Hadsel municipal council. On 1 February 1942, during the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany, he was arrested by the Nazi authorities for working in an "export organization". He was imprisoned at Grini from April to June 1942, and then sat at Schildberg until the camp was liberated. On returning to Norway, he was appointed as district stipendiary magistrate in Vesterålen. He became district stipendiary magistrate in Midhordland in 1953, and acting Supreme Court Justice The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest-ranking judicial body in the United States. Its membership, as set by the Judiciary Act of 1869, consists of the chief justice of the United States and eight Associate Justice of the Supreme ... the next year. He got the Supreme Cou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fritiof Domö
Johan ''Fritiof'' Domö (30 August 1889 – 23 November 1961) was a Swedish landlord and social conservative right politician and mostly known as the party leader for the Moderate Party. Domö was the first vice party leader 1935–1944, and party leader of the Moderate Party 1944–1950, a minister of the Hansson III Cabinet 1939–1945 Minister of Commerce and Industry 1939–1941 and Minister of Communications (Transport) 1944–1945. He was the governor of Skaraborg County between 1951 and 1956. Early life Fritiof Domö was born in Hakarp as Fritiof Gustafsson, he was the son of the landlord Karl Johan Gustafsson and his wife Augusta Johansdotter. He studied in Huskvarna and interned as several farmhouses and did self-studies. In 1913, he owned his own farmhouse, in Åsen outside of Jönköping and from 1918 in Domö. In 1917, he became active in the municipality politics and in 1922 he became a member of the Skaraborgs läns hushållningssällskaps förvaltningsutskott. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frithiof Mårtensson
Folke Frithiof Martens Mårtensson (19 May 1884 – 20 June 1956) was a Greco-Roman wrestler from Sweden. He won the middleweight contests at 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 ... in London and at the unofficial 1909 European Championships in Malmö. After 1909 Mårtensson moved to Copenhagen for training as a dental technician and in 1913 to the United States. Two years later he returned to Stockholm, where he died in 1956. References External links * 1884 births 1956 deaths Olympic wrestlers of Sweden Wrestlers at the 1908 Summer Olympics Swedish male sport wrestlers Olympic gold medalists for Sweden Olympic medalists in wrestling Medalists at the 1908 Summer Olympics {{Sweden-wrestling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frithiof Holmgren
Alarik Frithiof Holmgren (October 22, 1831 – August 14, 1897) was a Swedish physician, physiologist and professor at Upsala University, most noted for his research of color blindness. He was a vocal opponent of vivisection, and particularly the use of curare to immobilize subjects so they appeared peaceful while enduring great pain. Biography Holmgren was born in Östergötland, Sweden. From 1852 he served as a medial practitioner including during the cholera pandemic in Norrköping and Söderköping. He graduated as a Medical Doctor from Uppsala University in 1861. He joined the faculty of Uppsala University and in 1864, was appointed professor of physiology. He researched color blindness and his most notable work was about color blindness in relation to rail and sea transport. His research took him to London, Berlin, Vienna and Paris. He devised a standardized test for color blindness in 1874. Following a railway crash at Lagerlunda in 1875, he advocated the need to pre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albino Superstars
Albino Superstars is a small Norwegian band consisting of 2 members; Fridtjof Støre (vocal), and Andreas Schüller (songwriter), both from the small town of Drøbak, outside Oslo. They are childhood friends, and started working with music together in 2004. The first song "Popular" became a local hit. And by the end of the 2005 summer they had produced a music video to the song with the Norwegian producer Jørgen Johannesen. In the original video, neither Støre or Schüller wanted to be on-screen, so the part of "the popular guy" which the song is about is being played by Andrè Anker-Hansen Rønbeck. They did however had a small part where they appeared as workers in the mansion where the movie was recorded. Ultimately, the producers insisted that they had a part in the video, so they became a part of the final cut. Making the whole movie as the lead character's dream instead. As they are not able to live off the music, Støre works as a pump-mechanic in Oslo, while Schülle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fridtjof Røinås
Fridtjof Rasin Røinås (born 2 August 1994) is a Norwegian former racing cyclist. He competed in the men's team time trial event at the 2017 UCI Road World Championships. Major results ;2012 : 1st Road race, National Junior Road Championships ;2013 : 4th Himmerland Rundt ;2015 : 1st Stage 3 East Bohemia Tour ;2016 : 5th Overall Tour du Loir-et-Cher ::1st Stage 3 ;2017 : 10th Overall Baltic Chain Tour ;2018 : 10th Omloop van het Houtland ;2019 : 1st Mountains classification, Danmark Rundt : 8th Himmerland Rundt ;2020 : 4th International Rhodes Grand Prix : 5th Overall International Tour of Rhodes The International Tour of Rhodes is an annual professional cycling stage race held in Rhodes, Greece. It was first held in 1987, but the second edition only took place in 1995. Between 2001 and 2003 it became a professional race. Fabian Cancellara ... References External links * 1994 births Living people Norwegian male cyclists People from Grimstad Sportspeople from Ag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frithjof Prydz (athlete)
Frithjof Prydz (15 July 1943 – 8 December 1992) was a Norwegian ski jumper and tennis player. He became Norwegian ski jumping champion in the large hill in 1972, and in the normal hill in 1973. He was Norwegian tennis champion in single in 1968, and won 24 titles in double and mixed double. He was awarded Egebergs Ærespris in 1971. He participated in ski jumping at the 1972 Winter Olympics The 1972 Winter Olympics, officially the and commonly known as Sapporo 1972 ( ja, 札幌1972), was a winter multi-sport event held from February 3 to 13, 1972, in Sapporo, Japan. It was the first Winter Olympic Games to take place outside Euro ..., where he placed 11th in the normal hill, and 15th in the large hill. References 1943 births 1992 deaths Sportspeople from Oslo Norwegian male ski jumpers Norwegian male tennis players Olympic ski jumpers of Norway Ski jumpers at the 1972 Winter Olympics 20th-century Norwegian people {{norway-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leif Fritjof Måsvær
Leif is a male given name of Scandinavian origin. It is derived from the Old Norse name ''Leifr'' (nominative case), meaning "heir", "descendant". Use in the Nordic countries Spelling and prevalence Across the Nordic countries, the most commonly occurring spelling of the name is ''Leif'', however, there are some well-established regional variants: * – Leiv * – Lejf * – Leifur * – Leivur In Norway, about 17,000 men have Leif as their first (or only) name. In Sweden, 70,000 men have the name Leif, about 60% of them as a first name. As of 2018, about 15,000 Danish men have Leif as their first name. In Finland, as of 2012, 4,628 men have Leif as a first name. In the U.S. , as of 2015, 6,415 men have Leif as a first name. Pronunciation Because the Scandinavian languages differ in their pronunciation of the digraphs and , the name Leif may be either pronounced as an approximate rhyme for "safe", or approximately like the English word "life", In Sweden, Finland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fridtjof Frank Gundersen
Fridtjof Frank Gundersen (29 October 1934 – 11 November 2011) was a Norwegian professor of jurisprudence and politician. He worked as a lector at the Faculty of Law of the University of Oslo from 1965 to 1975. In 1975 he became professor of jurisprudence at the Norwegian School of Economics. Gundersen was elected a Member of Parliament in 1981 representing the Progress Party platform, but did not formally join the party until 1990. He fell out of parliament in 1985, but was re-elected for three consecutive four-year terms from 1989. He left the party in 2001, and failed to get re-elected to parliament again in the election later the same year, having stood for a local electoral list. Following the defeat, he retired as politician. Early life and education Gundersen was born in Tynset in Hedmark to lawyer Ragnar Gundersen (1895–1985) and Betzy Lommeland (1902–1994). After finishing his secondary education in 1954, he came through the Russian language course of the Norwegi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frithjof Sælen (writer)
Frithjof Sælen, Jr. (24 December 1917 – 1 January 2004) was a Norwegian writer, illustrator and member of the resistance during World War II. Early life He was born in Bergen as the son of Frithjof Sælen (1892–1975) and Astrid Weltzin (1892–1978). His father was an accomplished gymnast, with an Olympic gold medal from 1912. Sælen Jr. was a swimmer during his youth. He took the examen artium in 1937, studied one year at commerce school and then moved to Oslo to study drawing and advertising. World War II When World War II reached Norway on 9 April 1940, with the German invasion, he volunteered and fought for Norway in the ensuing battles. He joined Norwegian forces for the first time at Voss and fought in Hallingdal. After the capitulation of the regular Norwegian forces, he joined the secret resistance movement as a member of Milorg. Later he became the leader of Milorg., Bergen District, from 15 May 1943 until 26 February 1944 when he left the country. In 1941 Sælen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frithjof Clausen
Frithjof Clausen (13 March 1916 – 9 May 1998) was a Norwegian wrestler. He was born in Kolbotn, and represented the club Kolbotn IL. He competed in Greco-Roman wrestling at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, where he placed sixth, and at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki Helsinki ( or ; ; sv, Helsingfors, ) is the capital, primate, and most populous city of Finland. Located on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, it is the seat of the region of Uusimaa in southern Finland, and has a population of . The city .... References External links * 1916 births 1998 deaths People from Kolbotn Wrestlers at the 1948 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 1952 Summer Olympics Norwegian male sport wrestlers Olympic wrestlers of Norway Sportspeople from Viken (county) 20th-century Norwegian people {{Norway-wrestling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
