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Government Scholar
Government scholar (Norwegian, ''statsstipendiat'') is a position awarded by the Parliament of Norway upon the recommendation of the Ministry of Culture and the Ministry of Education and Research and funded directly over the State budget of Norway. The position can be "for life" (until the normal age of retirement, 67 years) or for a limited period of time, although modern appointments usually are "for life." The scholarships are awarded to a select number of persons whose work is deemed important for the society, and who may engage in research, culture or other societal areas. As of 2011, there were 30 government scholars in Norway; 23 men and 7 women. All appointees were included in the '' Norwegian State Calendar'' until it ceased publication in 2012. List of government scholars The following is a comprehensive list of all government scholars, with the year of appointment Appointed 2010-present * Karoline Frogner, filmmaker (2014) * Mari Boine, musician (2012) * Edvard Hoem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parliament Of Norway
The Storting ( no, Stortinget ) (lit. the Great Thing) is the supreme legislature of Norway, established in 1814 by the Constitution of Norway. It is located in Oslo. The unicameral parliament has 169 members and is elected every four years based on party-list proportional representation in nineteen multi-seat constituencies. A member of Stortinget is known in Norwegian as a ''stortingsrepresentant'', literally "Storting representative". The assembly is led by a president and, since 2009, five vice presidents: the presidium. The members are allocated to twelve standing committees as well as four procedural committees. Three ombudsmen are directly subordinate to parliament: the Parliamentary Intelligence Oversight Committee and the Office of the Auditor General. Parliamentarianism was established in 1884, with the Storting operating a form of "qualified unicameralism", in which it divided its membership into two internal chambers making Norway a de facto bicameral parliament ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wenche Blomberg
Wenche Blomberg (born 23 June 1943 in Tønsberg) is a Norwegian author. She has worked as a journalist, librarian, criminology, criminologist and government scholar. Blomberg has written many children's books, such as ''Appelsinenes land'' (1980), about the everyday life of children in Mandatory Palestine, Palestine from 1947–1948, the picture book ''Jeg skal få en katt'' (1983), ''Kiai!'' (1987) and the picture book ''Vesle Perlegrå'' (2004) with illustrations by Bo Gaustad. She has also written educational books and song books about the Middle East, including ''For døve ører'' (1990) and ''Karoline og vitenskapen'' (1993), both dealing with psychiatry, and ''Galskapens hus. Internering og utskilling i Norge 1550—1850'' (2002), about the history of the psychiatric institution, and works a great deal on the institution's quarterly "Prinds Christian Augusts Minde" in Oslo. She won the Kulturdepartementets bildebokpris in 1983, the NBU-prisen in 1992, and Norway's research c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arild Stubhaug
Arild Stubhaug (born 25 May 1948) is a Norwegian mathematician, poet and biographer. Stubhaug was born in Naustdal, and is married to Kari Bøge. He made his literary debut in 1970 with the poetry collection ''Utkantane''. He has written biographies of the mathematicians Sophus Lie, Niels Henrik Abel and Gösta Mittag-Leffler. He received the Brage Prize in 1996 for the biography ''Et foranskutt lyn. Niels Henrik Abel og hans tid'', translated into English under the title ''Niels Henrik Abel and his Times:Called Too Soon by Flames Afar'', He followed up with the 250-year history of the Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters (2010) and biographies of Jacob Aall (2014) and Stein Rokkan (2019). Awards * Brage Prize, 1996 * Norsk språkpris, 2001 * Norwegian Academy Prize in memory of Thorleif Dahl, 2008 * Doblougprisen The Dobloug Prize ( sv, Doblougska priset, no, Doblougprisen) is a literature prize awarded for Swedish and Norwegian fiction. The prize is named after ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amy Lightfoot
Amy is a female given name, sometimes short for Amanda, Amelia, Amélie, or Amita. In French, the name is spelled ''"Aimée"''. People A–E * Amy Acker (born 1976), American actress * Amy Vera Ackman, also known as Mother Giovanni (1886–1966), Australian hospital administrator * Amy Adams (born 1974), American actress * Amy Alcott (born 1956) – American Hall of Fame golfer * Amy Archer-Gilligan, (1873–1962), American serial killer * Amy Beach (1867–1944), American composer and pianist * Amy Birnbaum (born 1975), American voice actress * Amy Bishop (born 1965), American professor and mass shooter * Amy Braverman, American statistician * Amy Brenneman (born 1964), American actress * Amy Bruckner (born 1991), American actress and singer * Amy Callaghan (born 1992), British politician * Amy Carmichael (1867–1951), British missionary to India * Amy Castle (born 1990), American actress and internet personality * Amy Cimorelli (born 1995), American singer * Amy Carter (bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Åge Haavik
Åge is a Norwegian masculine given name. Variants include the Danish/Norwegian Aage and the Swedish Åke. People with the name Åge include: *Åge Aleksandersen (born 1949), Norwegian singer, songwriter and guitarist * Åge Austheim (born 1983), Norwegian politician * Åge Danielsen (born 1942), Norwegian civil servant * Åge Ellingsen (born 1962), Norwegian ice hockey player *Åge Bernhard Grutle (born 1952), Norwegian diplomat and royal servant *Åge Hadler (born 1944), Norwegian orienteering competitor *Åge Hareide (born 1953), Norwegian football coach and former player *Åge Hovengen (born 1927), Norwegian politician for the Labour Party * Åge Konradsen (born 1954), Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party * Åge Korsvold (born 1946), Norwegian businessperson and CEO of Kistefos *Åge Lundström (1890–1975), Swedish Air Force general and horse rider *Åge Maridal (born 1965), Norwegian footballer * Åge Nigardsøy (1954–2008), Norwegian organizational leader and di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aage Hauken
Aage is a Danish masculine given name and a less common spelling of the Norwegian given name Åge. Variants include the Swedish name Åke. People with the name Aage include: *Aage Bendixen (1887–1973), Danish actor *Aage Berntsen (1885–1952), Danish Olympic fencer, doctor writer and artist *Aage Bertelsen (1873–1945), Danish painter *Aage Birch (1926–2017), Danish sailor *Aage Bohr (1922–2009), Danish nuclear physicist and Nobel laureate, son of Niels Bohr *Aage Borchgrevink (born 1969), Norwegian writer and literary critic *Aage Brix (1894–1963), American soccer player *Aage Dons (1903–1993), Danish writer *Aage Emborg (1883–1953), Danish composer *Aage Eriksen (1917-1998), Norwegian wrestler and Olympic medallist in Greco-Roman wrestling *Aage Fønss (1887–1976), Danish opera singer and actor *Aage Fahrenholtz (1901–1990), Danish boxer *Aage Foss (1885–1952), Danish film actor *Aage Frandsen (1890–1968), Danish gymnast *Aage Friis (1870–1949), Danish hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ragnar Andersen
Ragnar ( non, Ragnarr ) is a masculine Germanic given name, composed of the Old Norse elements ''ragin-'' "counsel" and ''hari-'' "army". Origin and variations The Proto-Germanic forms of the compounds are "ragina" (counsel) and "harjaz" or "hariz" (army). The Old High German form is ''Raginheri, Reginheri'', which gave rise to the modern German form Rainer, the French variant Rainier, the Italian variant Ranieri and the Latvian variant Renārs. The Old English form is "Rægenhere" (attested for example in the name of the son of king Rædwald of East-Anglia). The name also existed among the Franks as "Ragnahar" (recorded as Ragnachar in the book "History of the Franks" by Gregory of Tours). History of usage The name is on record since the 9th century, both in Scandinavia and in the Frankish empire; the form ''Raginari'' is recorded in a Vandalic (5th or 6th century) graffito in Carthage. The name was variously latinized as ''Raganarius'', ''Reginarius'', ''Ragenarius'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bjørn Stendahl
Bjorn (English, Dutch), Björn (Swedish, Icelandic, Dutch, and German), Bjørn (Danish, Faroese and Norwegian), Beorn (Old English) or, rarely, Bjôrn, Biorn, or Latinized Biornus, Brum (Portuguese), is a Scandinavian male given name, or less often a surname. The name means "bear" (the animal). In Finnish and Finland Swedish, sometimes also in Swedish, the nickname Nalle ("teddy bear") refers to Björn. Surname *Claus Bjørn, Danish author, historian, and television and radio broadcaster *Evert Björn, Swedish Olympic athlete *Hugo Björne, Swedish actor *Kristian Bjørn, Norwegian skier * Lars "Lasse" Björn, Swedish Olympic ice hockey player *Thomas Bjørn, Danish golfer Given name Acting *Björn Andrésen, Swedish actor and musician *Björn Bjelfvenstam, Swedish actor *Björn Granath, Swedish actor *Björn Gustafsson, Swedish comedian and actor *Björn Kjellman, Swedish actor and singer *Björn Skifs, Swedish singer and actor Art and music *Björn Afzelius, Swedish musician ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eugene Schoulgin
Eugene Schoulgin (born April 19, 1941 in Oslo) is a Norwegian writer and government scholar. He is the son of the painter Alexander Schultz, and grew up in Norway, Italy and France. He attended high school in Oslo (1960). He has studied Classical Archaeology and Art History at the Universities of Uppsala and Stockholm. He was married in Stockholm in 1964 and has three children. He lives in Oslo, Norway. Life & accomplishments Schoulgin relates that he has spent much of his life travelling, especially in South Europe, but also in Eastern Europe, Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan. :"I visited Afghanistan in 1972 (10 months) 1976 (2 months) and were then returned twice in 2003 and in 2004 and 2005. I have traveled almost all over Afghanistan." In 2004, with Elisabeth Eide, he edited the anthology "Bitter Almonds", which contains translations of texts by authors with ties to Kabul. He has long worked actively for the organization PEN International, a writers' organization t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guttorm Rogdaberg
Guttorm is a masculine Norwegian given name. Notable people with the name include: *Guttorm of Norway (1199–1204), King of Norway *Guttorm Berge (1929–2004), Norwegian alpine skier *Guttorm Fløistad (born 1930), Norwegian philosopher *Guttorm Fløistad (politician) (1878–1953), Norwegian politician *Guttorm Granum (1904–1963), Norwegian politician *Guttorm Gunnhildsson, Norwegian Viking *Guttorm Guttormsen (born 1950), Norwegian musician *Guttorm Guttormsgaard (1938–2019). Norwegian visual artist, educator and art collector *Guttorm Hansen (1920–2009), Norwegian writer and politician *Guttorm Haraldsson, Norwegian noble *Guttorm Schjelderup (born 1961), Norwegian economist *Guttorm Vik Guttorm Asbjørn Vik (born 28 July 1943) is a Norwegian diplomat. He grew up in Brattvåg, graduated with the siv.øk. from the Norwegian School of Economics in 1971 and started working in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1972. He was a deputy ... (born 1943), Norwegian diplomat {{g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Britt Karin Larsen
Britt Karin Larsen (born 16 April 1945) is a Norwegian poet, author and government scholar. Larsen debuted as a poet in 1978 with ''5 mg blues og andre dikt'', and has published many poetry collections and novels since. She is best known for her novel trilogy about Norwegian and Swedish Travellers, ''De som ser etter tegn'' (1997), ''De usynliges by'' (1998) and ''Sangen om løpende hester'' (1999). The trilogy has been called a literary monument for Romany people in Norway. Larsen was given the Norsk PEN's highest freedom prize, the Ossietzky-prisen, in 2000. Bibliography *''5 mg blues og andre dikt'' – poem (1978) *''Kniven skal du ta vare på'' – poem (1981) *''Før stengetid'' – poem (1983) *''Hvorfor venter vi her?'' – poem (1986) *''Du er likevel til. Brev til et barn som ikke ble født'' – letters (1989) *''Ingenting er helt som før'' – children's book (1990) *''I ly for regnet'' – novel (1990) *''Ørkenhagen'' – p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morten Wessel Krogstad
Morten is a common given name in Norway and Denmark. Approximately 22,138 have this name as a given name in Norway and about 52 people have it as a surname. Notable people with the name include: *Morten Abel, Norwegian singer *Morten Andersen, Danish kicker in American football *Morten Arnfred, Danish film director and screenwriter *Morten Berglia, Norwegian orienteering competitor *Morten Berre, Norwegian footballer *Morten Bertolt, Danish footballer *Morten Bisgaard, Danish footballer *Morten Bo, Danish photographer *Morten Breum, Danish DJ and producer known by his mononym Morten *Morten Bruun, Danish football player * Morten Brørs, Norwegian cross-country skier *Morten Børup, Danish educator *Morten Stig Christensen, Danish handball player, TV host and TV executive *Morten Daland, Norwegian handball player *Morten Djupvik, Norwegian show jumping competitor *Morten Dons, Danish racing driver *Morten Eriksen, Norwegian footballer *Morten Finstad, Norwegian ice hockey player *Mor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
