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Falkenberg (surname)
Falkenberg is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Anna Falkenberg (born 1996), Faroese politician * Carl Frederick Falkenberg, Canadian First World War flying ace * Christopher Falkenberg, former Special Agent of the United States Secret Service * Bob Falkenberg, retired Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman * Cy Falkenberg, former American pitcher in Major League Baseball * Dietmar Falkenberg, East German bobsledder * Eckhard D. Falkenberg, German computer scientist * Hendrick Jacobs Falkenberg, early American settler along the Delaware River * Johan Falkenberg, Norwegian olympic fencer * Johannes Falkenberg, Norwegian social anthropologist * Kenneth Falkenberg, Danish football goalkeeper * Kim Falkenberg, German footballer * Lisa Falkenberg, American journalist * Lise Lyng Falkenberg, Danish writer * Louise Falkenberg, Swedish philanthropist * Maria Falkenberg, Swedish biochemist * Otto Falkenberg, Norwegian sailor * Paul Falkenberg, German b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Falkenberg
Anna Falkenberg (born 4 January 1996) is a Faroese politician who has been serving as Member of the Folketing for the Union Party since 1 November 2022 where she was elected as part of the 2022 Danish general election. Falkenberg is the second ever Faroese woman to be elected to the Danish parliament. Career and education Falkenberg graduated from the University of Copenhagen with a Master's degree in political science. Falkenberg began her career in 2019 as a political advisor to her grandfather and Member of the Folketing Edmund Joensen. In November 2022, she replaced Joensen, who did not stand, as Member of the Folketing for the Faroe Islands after receiving 2,973 personal votes in the 2022 Danish general election General elections were held in the Kingdom of Denmark on 1 November 2022, except in the Faroe Islands, where they were held on 31 October as 1 November was a national day of mourning for victims at sea. Of the 179 members of the Folketing, 175 w .... She has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lisa Falkenberg
Lisa Dawn Falkenberg (born July 12, 1978) is an American journalist. She is the '' Houston Chronicle'' vice president/editor of opinion. Early life and education Falkenberg was born on July 12, 1978, and raised in Seguin, Texas. She began her career as a journalist writing for her high school newspaper. She attended the University of Texas at Austin and was awarded a degree in journalism in 2000. Journalism career For the next four years, Falkenberg worked for the Associated Press. In 2004, she was named the Texas AP writer of the year. The following year, she became a state correspondent for the '' Houston Chronicle''. She became a columnist for that paper in 2007. In 2022, She shared the prize for Editorial Writing with Michael Lindenberger, Joe Holley and Luis Carrasco In 2014, Falkenberg's editor nominated her for the Pulitzer Prize for commentary. She was one of two finalists, but did not win. The following year, she won the Pulitzer Prize for commentary, for a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
German-language Surnames
German ( ) is a West Germanic language mainly spoken in Central Europe. It is the most widely spoken and official or co-official language in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, and the Italian province of South Tyrol. It is also a co-official language of Luxembourg and Belgium, as well as a national language in Namibia. Outside Germany, it is also spoken by German communities in France (Bas-Rhin), Czech Republic (North Bohemia), Poland (Upper Silesia), Slovakia (Bratislava Region), and Hungary (Sopron). German is most similar to other languages within the West Germanic language branch, including Afrikaans, Dutch, English, the Frisian languages, Low German, Luxembourgish, Scots, and Yiddish. It also contains close similarities in vocabulary to some languages in the North Germanic group, such as Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish. German is the second most widely spoken Germanic language after English, which is also a West Germanic language. German is one of the major ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Christian Falkenberg
''The Prince'' is a science fiction compilation by Jerry Pournelle and S. M. Stirling. It is part of the CoDominium future history series. ''The Prince'' is a compilation of four previously published novels: ''Falkenberg's Legion'', ''Prince of Mercenaries'', ''Go Tell The Spartans'', and ''Prince of Sparta''. Of the original novels, the first two were written by Pournelle alone; the last two were cowritten with Stirling. Pages 174–176 of the printed edition are new to the compilation. ''The Prince'' was published by Baen Books in hardcover () in September 2002. The title and subject matter of the book are inspired by '' The Prince'' by Niccolò Machiavelli. Background The CoDominium is an uneasy formal alliance between the United States and the Soviet Union which holds power over Earth, with a cynically hegemonistic foreign policy toward all the other nations of Earth and Earth's off-world colonies. The action occurs over a period from the 2060s to the 2090s. Human ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Otto Falckenberg
Otto Falckenberg (5 October 1873 in Koblenz25 December 1947 in Munich) was a German theatre director, manager and writer. In April 1901, he co-founded ''Die Elf Scharfrichter'', the first political ''kabarett'' (a form of cabaret which developed in Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ... from 1901). {{DEFAULTSORT:Falckenberg, Otto 1873 births 1947 deaths German theatre directors German theatre managers and producers People from Koblenz German male stage actors People from the Rhine Province ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Falkenberg
Paul Falkenberg (german: Paul Falkenberg; 1848–1925) was a German botanist. He was a professor of botany and Director of Botanical Garden Rostock. He was known for his works in anatomy and morphology of plants (“Vergleichende Untersuchungen der Vegetationsorgane der Monocotyledonen”, Stuttgart, 1876), and on the algae. Falkenberg dedicated much on the study to the most extensive and most difficult group red algae Rhodomelaceae (“Rhodomelaceae” in Engler und Prantl's ''Die natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien'', Leipzig Leipzig ( , ; Upper Saxon: ) is the most populous city in the German state of Saxony. Leipzig's population of 605,407 inhabitants (1.1 million in the larger urban zone) as of 2021 places the city as Germany's eighth most populous, as wel ...., 1897). Works *Falkenberg, P. 1876: "Vergleichende Untersuchungen über den Bau der Vegetationsorgane der Monocotyledonen." Ferdinand Enke, Stuttgart. pp. 220. *Falkenberg, P., 1881. Die Algen im weitest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Otto Falkenberg
Otto Gabriel Grubbe Dietrichson Falkenberg (9 January 1885 – 21 July 1977) was a Norwegian sailor who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics The 1920 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1920; nl, Olympische Zomerspelen van 1920; german: Olympische Sommerspiele 1920), officially known as the Games of the VII Olympiad (french: Jeux de la VIIe olympiade; nl, Spelen van .... He was a crew member of the Norwegian boat ''Mosk II'', which won the gold medal in the 10 metre class (1919 rating). References External linksprofile 1885 births 1977 deaths Norwegian male sailors (sport) Sailors at the 1920 Summer Olympics – 10 Metre Olympic sailors for Norway Olympic gold medalists for Norway Olympic medalists in sailing Medalists at the 1920 Summer Olympics {{Norway-yachtracing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria Falkenberg
Maria Falkenberg is a professor of medical biochemistry at the Sahlgrenska Academy of the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. She has made important contributions to understanding how the mitochondrial genome is maintained in health and disease. Career Falkenberg received her doctorate from the University of Gothenburg in 2000 for her work on the molecular aspects of DNA replication in Herpes Simplex virus type 1 in the Per Elias group in Gothenburg and the Robert Lehman group at Stanford University. She studied the mechanisms of mitochondrial DNA replication during her postdoctoral fellowship from 2001-2003 in the Nils-Göran Larsson laboratory at the Karolinska Institute, where she then established her own group in 2003. She was the first to set up a cell-free system to study human mitochondrial DNA replication. Her research is funded by among others, the European Research Council (ERC), the Swedish Research Council (VR), and the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation Knut and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louise Falkenberg
Sara Louise Antoinette Falkenberg née Ekman (1849–1934) was a Swedish baroness or '' freiherrinna'' who is remembered for her extensive philanthropic activities. These covered a home for sick children, the care of foster children after the First World War, and support for cultural and educational institutions, including the University of Gothenburg. For 30 years, she chaired the board of Crown Princess Louisa's Children's Hospital (Kronprinsessan Lovisas vårdanstalt för sjuka barn). Biography Born on 15 February 1849 in Gothenburg, Sara Louise Antoinette Ekman was the only daughter of Consul Johan Oscar Ekman (1812–1907) and Baroness Louise Carolina von Düben (1822–1861). When her mother died in 1861 she was only 12 and her younger brother Conrad Joachim (1851–1875) only 10. As a result, she became very close to her father, sharing his interests. On 20 May 1869, she married Baron Johan Axel Casimir Löwen (1836–1876). Her father bought them the Skedevi residence in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lise Lyng Falkenberg
Lise Lyng Falkenberg (born 17 May 1962) is a Danish writer of mostly fiction, biographies and works of literary studies. Falkenberg was born in Odense, Denmark. Since her first in 1983, a dozen of her books have been published as well as hundreds of articles, essays and reviews on movies, plays, literature, art and music. She has a PhD in literature and cultural studies and is currently living in the city of Odense, Denmark, where she works both as a writer and as an international freelance journalist. Since 2001 Falkenberg has written directly for the English-language market and since 2012 her books have been available as ebooks. Her English titles so far: * ''The Monkees - caught in a false image'', , 2001, on the American TV-series/pop band The Monkees * ''Twisted Tales of Thanatos'', , 2003, a collection of short stories written in the magic realistic genre. * ''Greatest Hits 1996-2011'', , 2012, a collection of Falkenberg's best-selling short stories. * ''Souls Astray'', , ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kim Falkenberg
Kim Falkenberg (born 10 April 1988) is a German former professional footballer who played as a defender. Career Born in Engelskirchen, Falkenberg began his career with SSV 08 Bergneustadt and was scouted in summer 2000 by Bayer 04 Leverkusen. At the "Werksclub" he played seven years for the youth teams. In 2007, Falkenberg was promoted to the reserve squad of Bayer 04 Leverkusen and was, after a successful season, loaned to Rot-Weiß Oberhausen on 6 June 2008. He made his debut on the professional league level in the 2. Bundesliga The 2. Bundesliga ( ) is the second division of professional football in Germany. It was implemented 11 years after the founding of the Fußball-Bundesliga as the new second division for professional football. The 2. Bundesliga is ranked below ... for Rot-Weiß Oberhausen on 17 August 2008 when he started in a game against TuS Koblenz. He signed on 6 April 2009 a two-year contract with SpVgg Greuther Fürth. At the end of the 2017–18 Falke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Frederick Falkenberg
Carl Frederick Falkenberg, (4 February 1897 – 7 October 1980) was a Canadian First World War flying ace, credited with 17 aerial victories. Falkenberg was a personal friend of Canadian Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson. Notes 1897 births 1980 deaths Canadian Army officers Canadian aviators Canadian people of Swedish descent Canadian World War I flying aces Recipients of the Air Force Cross (United Kingdom) Canadian recipients of the Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom) Royal Air Force officers Royal Canadian Air Force officers Royal Flying Corps officers Canadian military personnel of World War I {{aviation-bio-stub Carl Frederick Carlton Frederick, better known as Carl Frederick, or Frithrik, is a science fiction author, theoretical physicist, and American business man living in Ithaca, New York. He has written numerous short stories that have appeared in '' Analog Sci ... Barons of Sweden ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
