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Gulbrand
Gulbrand is a Norway, Norwegian masculine given name. It is derived from the Old Norse ''Guðbrandr'' meaning "god's sword", from the elements ''guð'' ("god") and ''brandr'' ("sword"). It is a variant of the name Gudbrand. People bearing the name Gulbrand include: *Gulbrand Alhaug (born 1942), Norwegian onomastician and linguistics professor *Gulbrand Hagen (1865–1919), Norwegian-born American was an American newspaper editor, writer and photographer *Gulbrand Jensen (1885–), Norwegian judge *Gulbrand Lunde (1901–1942), Norwegian politician and Nazi collaborator *Gudbrand Østbye (1885–1972), Norwegian Army officer and historian *Gulbrand Eriksen Tandberg (1775–1848), Norwegian politician References {{DEFAULTSORT:Gulbrand Norwegian masculine given names Masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gulbrandsen
Gulbrandsen is a Norwegian language surname, meaning "son of Gulbrand". Notable people with the surname include: * Aase Gulbrandsen (1927–2020), Norwegian artist * Andreas Gulbrandsen (1906–1989), Norwegian chess player * Bjørn Gulbrandsen (1927–1988), Norwegian ice hockey player * Bjørn Oscar Gulbrandsen (1925–2011), Norwegian ice hockey player and yacht racer * Christine Gulbrandsen (born 1985), singer and Norwegian entrant in the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest * Fredrik Gulbrandsen (born 1992), Norwegian footballer * Håkon Gulbrandsen (born 1969), Norwegian diplomat and politician for the Socialist Left Party *Hans Martin Gulbrandsen (1914–1979), Norwegian sprint canoeist * Ingrid Gulbrandsen (1899–1975), Norwegian figure skater *Jan Gulbrandsen (1938–2007), Norwegian hurdler and sports official *Kate Gulbrandsen (born 1965), Norwegian singer * Niclas Gulbrandsen (1930–2013), Norwegian printmaker * Parley Gulbrandsen (born 1889), Norwegian missionary to China with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gulbrand Alhaug
Gulbrand Alhaug (born July 2, 1942) is a Norwegian onomastician and linguistics professor emeritus at the University of Tromsø The University of Tromsø – The Arctic University of Norway (Norwegian: ''Universitetet i Tromsø – Norges arktiske universitet''; Northern Sami: ''Romssa universitehta – Norgga árktalaš universitehta'') is a state university in Norway an .... Alhaug studied at the University of Bergen. He has studied personal names in particular, and published the volume ''Norsk fornavnleksikon'' (Dictionary of Norwegian Given Names, 2011). In addition to Norwegian names, his onomastic studies have also included the Pomaks of Bulgaria.Konstantinov, Yulian, Gulbrand Alhaug, & Birgit Igla. 1991. "Names of the Bulgarian Pomaks. ''Tromso University Working Papers on Language and Linguistics'' 17: 8–117. Selected bibliography * ''En datamaskinell undersøkelse av suffiksvekslingen -ing/-ning i moderne norsk'' (A Computational Study of the Suffix Alternation ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gulbrand Jensen
Gulbrand Jensen (24 September 1885 – 9 January 1979) was a Norwegian judge. He was born in Hamar to merchant Gulbrand Jensen and Oline Jølstad. He graduated as cand.jur. in 1908. He was appointed as district stipendiary magistrate (sorenskriver) in Tønsberg from 1945 to 1956, and served as acting Supreme Court Justice in 1947 and in 1954. He was decorated Knight, First Class of the Order of St. Olav The Royal Norwegian Order of Saint Olav ( no, Den Kongelige Norske Sankt Olavs Orden; or ''Sanct Olafs Orden'', the old Norwegian name) is a Norwegian order of chivalry instituted by King Oscar I on 21 August 1847. It is named after King Olav II ... in 1956. References 1885 births 1979 deaths People from Hamar Norwegian judges {{norway-law-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gulbrand Lunde
Gulbrand Oscar Johan Lunde (14 September 1901, Bergen – 26 October 1942, Våge, Rauma, Norway) was a Norwegian councillor of state in the NS government of Vidkun Quisling in 1940, acting councillor of state 1940-1941 and minister 1941–1942. Lunde and wife Marie died when his car fell off the ferry dock at Våge, between Ålesund and Åndalsnes is a town in Rauma Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. Åndalsnes is in the administrative center of Rauma Municipality. It is located along the Isfjorden, at the mouth of the river Rauma, at the north end of the Romsdalen valley. .... The incident was investigated because sabotage was suspected, but the conclusion was that it was merely an accident. The 2012 biography by Arntsen and Harestad does however conclude that accident was staged by the German occupiers who wanted to remove a bothersome minister. Professor Gunnar Skirbekk quotes German intelligence reports indicating that Lunde was unpopular with the occupie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gulbrand Eriksen Tandberg
Gulbrand Eriksen Tandberg (11 November 1775 – 4 February 1848) was a Norwegian farmer and politician. He was a son of Erich Olsen (1724–1801) and Marie Ellevsdatter Tandberg, who lived at the farm Østre Tanberg. Gulbrand received the farm name as his surname, and also the patronymic Eriksen. He was a great-grandfather of agricultural director Gudbrand Tandberg (1851–1929). He was elected to the Parliament of Norway in 1815. He was later re-elected in 1824 May 7: The almost completely deaf Beethoven premieres his Symphony No. 9 (Beethoven) , Ninth Symphony Events January–March * January 8 – After much controversy, Michael Faraday is finally elected as a member of the Royal Society, ..., representing the constituency of Buskeruds Amt. He was later a deputy representative during the term 1827–1829. In addition to farming he worked as a timber merchant. References 1775 births 1848 deaths People from Ringerike (municipality) Norwegian farmers Busk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gulbrand Hagen
Gulbrand Torsteinson Hagen (March 20, 1865 – February 25, 1919) was an American newspaper editor, writer and photographer in Minnesota and North Dakota at the end of the 19th century and beginning of the 20th. Biography G. T. Hagen was born at Eggedal parish in Sigdal, Buskerud, Norway and immigrated at age 17 to the United States in 1882. He continued his education at the Minnesota Lutheran Seminary and Institute in Willmar, Minnesota. In 1894, Hagen purchased a Norwegian language newspaper and moved the paper to Mayville, North Dakota and then to Crookston, Minnesota. The 1895 Minnesota State Census (not Federal) shows Gilbert Hagen living in Elbow Lake, Grant County, Minnesota, enumerated on June 1, 1895, having lived in the state for 6 years. Employment was Photographer. Gilbert (Gudbrand or Gulbrand) T. Hagen is also listed in the Minnesota Historical Society Directory of Minnesota Photographers. Writing and Editing Hagen edited and published ''Vesterheimen'' from 1894 to ... [...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] |
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] |
Gudbrand
Gudbrand is a given name. Notable people with the given name include: *Gudbrand Bøhn (1839–1906), Norwegian violinist, concertmaster, and music teacher *Gudbrand Granum (1893–1984), Norwegian politician *Gudbrand Gregersen de Saág (1824–1910), Norwegian-born Norwegian-Hungarian bridge engineer, architect and member of the Hungarian nobility *Gudbrand Helenus Hartmann (1832–1900), Norwegian schoolteacher, rector and civil servant *Gudbrand Østbye (1885–1972), Norwegian army officer and historian *Gudbrand Skatteboe (1875–1965), Norwegian rifle shooter *Gudbrand Bernhardsen Tandberg Gudbrand Bernhardsen Tandberg (24 May 1903 – 2 June 1949) was a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party. He was born in Nes, Buskerud. He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Buskerud in 1945, but died in the last year of t ... (1903–1949), Norwegian politician {{given name Norwegian masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Given Name
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a family or clan) who have a common surname. The term ''given name'' refers to a name usually bestowed at or close to the time of birth, usually by the parents of the newborn. A ''Christian name'' is the first name which is given at baptism, in Christian custom. In informal situations, given names are often used in a familiar and friendly manner. In more formal situations, a person's surname is more commonly used. The idioms 'on a first-name basis' and 'being on first-name terms' refer to the familiarity inherent in addressing someone by their given name. By contrast, a surname (also known as a family name, last name, or ''gentile name, gentile'' name) is normally inherited and shared with other members of one's immediate family. Regnal names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Det Norske Samlaget
Det Norske Samlaget is a Norwegian publishing house founded on 24 March 1868 with the aim to promote and publish books in Landsmål, now known as Nynorsk. ''Det Norske Samlaget'' is now divided into two institutions: a literature organization, ''Litteraturselskapet Det Norske Samlaget'', which is a culturally focused political-interest organization, and the publishing portion, ''Forlaget Det Norske Samlaget,'' which since 1978 has been a non-profit foundation and is responsible for publishing operations. As a political organization, ''Litteraturselskapet Det Norske Samlaget'' works to promote the use of Nynorsk and the preparation and publication of books in Nynorsk. It is also responsible for several grants and awards such as the Nynorsk Literature Prize, the Melsom Prize (''Melsom-prisen'') established in 1922 through the endowment of shipowner Ferd. Melsom and the Blix Prize (''Blixprisen'') established through the Emma and Elias Blix Endowment. Since 1978 the ''Forlaget D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oslo
Oslo ( , , or ; sma, Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of in 2019, and the metropolitan area had an estimated population of in 2021. During the Viking Age the area was part of Viken. Oslo was founded as a city at the end of the Viking Age in 1040 under the name Ánslo, and established as a ''kaupstad'' or trading place in 1048 by Harald Hardrada. The city was elevated to a bishopric in 1070 and a capital under Haakon V of Norway around 1300. Personal unions with Denmark from 1397 to 1523 and again from 1536 to 1814 reduced its influence. After being destroyed by a fire in 1624, during the reign of King Christian IV, a new city was built closer to Akershus Fortress and named Christiania in honour of the king. It became a municipality ('' formannskapsdistrikt'') on 1 January 1838. The city fu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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