Gunnar 'Knas' Lindkvist
Gunnar is a male first name of Nordic origin (''Gunnarr'' in Old Norse). The name Gunnar means fighter, soldier, and attacker, but mostly is referred to by the Viking saying which means Brave and Bold warrior (''gunnr'' "war" and ''arr'' "warrior"). King Gunnar was a prominent king of medieval literature such as the Middle High German epic poem, the Nibelungenlied, where King Gunnar and Queen Brynhildr hold their court at Worms. Gunder is a nordic variant, Günther is the modern German variant, and Gonario is the Italian version. Some people with the name Gunnar include: Gunnar Andersen *Gunnar Andersen (1890–1968), Norwegian football player and ski jumper *Gunnar Andersen (1909–1988), Norwegian ski jumper *Gunnar Aagaard Andersen (1919–1982), Danish sculptor, painter and designer ** Gunnar Reiss-Andersen (1896–1964), Norwegian poet Gunnar Andersson *Johan Gunnar Andersson (1874–1960), Swedish archaeologist, paleontologist and geologist * Gunnar Andersson (1890â ...
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North Germanic Languages
The North Germanic languages make up one of the three branches of the Germanic languages—a sub-family of the Indo-European languages—along with the West Germanic languages and the extinct East Germanic languages. The language group is also referred to as the Nordic languages, a direct translation of the most common term used among Danish, Faroese, Icelandic,Elfdalian,Norwegian, Gutnish, and Swedish scholars and people. The term ''North Germanic languages'' is used in comparative linguistics, whereas the term Scandinavian languages appears in studies of the modern standard languages and the dialect continuum of Scandinavia. Danish, Norwegian and Swedish are close enough to form a strong mutual intelligibility where cross-border communication in native languages is very common. Approximately 20 million people in the Nordic countries speak a Scandinavian language as their native language,Holmberg, Anders and Christer Platzack (2005). "The Scandinavian languages". ...
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Gunnar "the Ghost Pilot" Andersson
Gunnar "Spökis" (The Ghost Pilot) Andersson (August 1, 1923 - December 19, 1974) was a famous Swedish aviator who was dedicated to developing the mountain-aviation in Scandinavia. He started out as a radio-seller in remote areas. Later he made numerous search-and-rescue operations in the Swedish mountains earning him his nickname "The Ghost Pilot" as he could often not be seen due to the low visibility - only the engine could be heard - and then he showed up as a ghost to save people when nobody else would even consider flying. He died on 19 December 1974 in Medelpad Medelpad ( or ) is a historical province or ''landskap'' in the north of Sweden. It borders Hälsingland, Härjedalen, Jämtland, Ångermanland and the Gulf of Bothnia. The province is a part of Norrland and as such considered to be Northern ..., Sweden in a helicopter crash. He founded the company Jämtlands Flyg AB in 1954. References External linksImage gallery from photographer Lars-Göran Stombe ...
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Gunnar Berge
Gunnar Berge (born 29 August 1940) is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party, born in Etne, Hordaland. Berge represented Rogaland in the Norwegian Parliament from 1969 to 1993. He was Minister of Finance 1986–1989, Minister of Local Government and Regional Development 1992–1996, as well as minister of Nordic Cooperation 1992–1996. After his political career he was Director General of the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate ( no, Oljedirektoratet) or OD is a Norwegian government agency responsible for the regulation of the petroleum resources on the Norwegian continental shelf. Based in Stavanger, its mission is to ensure that the ... 1996–2007. He was also member of the Norwegian Nobel Committee from 1997 to 2002, as leader from 2000 to 2002. References 1940 births Living people Ministers of Finance of Norway Ministers of Local Government and Modernisation of Norway Directors of government agencies of Norway ...
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Gunnar Andreas Berg
Gunnar Andreas Berg (born 14 January 1954) is a Norwegian musician, educator, owner of the record label "Bergland Productions". He is known from cooperations with musicians like Palle Mikkelborg, Ole Edvard Antonsen, Bjørn Alterhaug, Siri Gjære, Åge Aleksandersen, and Morten Harket. Career Berg is educated in classical guitar at the Trondheim Musikkonservatorium as well as Berklee College of Music i Boston. Later he was employed as Associated Professor on the Jazz program at NTNU. Berg has released four solo albums. Honors * Gammleng-prisen 2002 in the class ''Studio'' Discography *''Snowdawn'' (Arctic Records, 1980), with Sissel Kjøl Berg and Bård Ustad Svendsen (vocals), Carl Haakon Waadeland (drums), Terje Bjørklund (piano), Helge Sletvold (bass), and John Pål Inderberg (saxophone) *''Supernatural'' (Norsk Plateproduksjon, 1993), with Odd Magne Gridseth (bass) and Kim Ofstad (drums) *''The Music Machine'' (Curling Legs, 1996), with various artists *''Music Re ...
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Gunnar Berg (politician)
Gunnar Berg (13 September 1923 – 23 December 2007) was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party. He served as a deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament from Nordland Nordland (; smj, Nordlánnda, sma, Nordlaante, sme, Nordlánda, en, Northland) is a county in Norway in the Northern Norway region, the least populous of all 11 counties, bordering Troms og Finnmark in the north, Trøndelag in the south, N ... during the term 1965–1969. References * 1923 births 2007 deaths Liberal Party (Norway) politicians Deputy members of the Storting Nordland politicians {{Norway-politician-1920s-stub ...
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Gunnar Berg (composer)
Gunnar Berg (11 January 1909 Р25 August 1989) was a Swiss-born Danish composer. A leading exponent of serialism in Denmark, he is considered to have written the first Danish serial piece, his ''Cosmogonie'' for two pianos, in 1952. Berg was born to Danish and Swedish parents in Switzerland. He studied with Herman David Koppel from 1938 to 1943, and moved to Paris in 1948, where he became associated with Honegger and Messiaen. In 1952 he married the pianist B̩atrice Duffour, who would later record much of his piano music. In the same year he became the first Dane to attend the summer courses at Darmstadt. Arriving in Paris in 1948 he became part of the international modernist movement in post-War Europe by joining the circle around Olivier Messiaen. Here, Berg had inspiring encounters with key figures such as John Cage, Pierre Boulez and Karlheinz Stockhausen. Serial organization began to make its mark already in the newcomer's ''Pi̬ce'' for trumpet, violin and piano fro ...
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Gunnar Berg (Scouting)
Gunnar H. Berg (June 30, 1897 – August 28, 1987) was a national director of the Boy Scouts of America. Career Berg was born in Oslo and came to the United States at age 13. He was a graduate of Columbia University, and received a doctorate in education in 1946. Berg was associated with Scouting for 42 years, retiring in 1962. He was the founder of the Mortimer L. Schiff Scout Reservation (now Schiff Nature Preserve), as a professional training center in Mendham Borough, Morris County, New Jersey. Berg lived in Lake Telemark, New Jersey. He died at 90 years at age at Dover General Hospital (now Saint Clare's Hospital/Dover General) in Dover, New Jersey Dover is a town in Morris County, New Jersey, United States. Located on the Rockaway River, Dover is about west of New York City and about west of Newark, New Jersey. As of the 2010 United States Census, the town's population was 18,157,

Gunnar Berg (painter)
Gunnar Berg (21 May 1863 – 23 December 1893) was a Norwegian painter, known for his paintings of his native Lofoten. He principally painted memorable scenes of the everyday life of the local fishermen. Background Gunnar Berg was born on Svinøya in Svolvær on Lofoten, Nordland County, Norway. He was the oldest of 12 siblings born to a wealthy landowner and merchant, Lars Thodal Walnum Berg (1830-–1903) and Lovise Johnsen (1842–1921). From 1875 until 1881, he attended Trondheim Cathedral School, and also took private lessons in drawing and painting by the artist H.J. Nicolaysen. He later attended a trade school in Bergen. He was first employed as a merchant. He later studied to become an artist. Gunnar Berg
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Biography

Gunnar Berg first studied at the art academy in

Gunnar Berg (other)
Gunnar Berg may refer to: * Gunnar Berg (composer) (1909–1989), Swiss-born Danish composer * Gunnar Berg (Scouting) (1896–1987), national director of the Boy Scouts of America * Gunnar Berg (painter) (1863–1893), Norwegian painter * Gunnar Berg (politician) (1923–2007), Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party * Gunnar Andreas Berg (born 1954), Norwegian musician and record label owner See also * Gunner Berg (1764–1827), Norwegian priest, writer and politician * Gunnar Berge Gunnar Berge (born 29 August 1940) is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party, born in Etne, Hordaland. Berge represented Rogaland in the Norwegian Parliament from 1969 to 1993. He was Minister of Finance 1986–1989, Minister of Local Govern ...

Gunnar Bärlund
Gunnar Richard Bernhard Bärlund (9 January 1911 – 2 August 1982) was a Finnish heavyweight boxer who won the European amateur title in 1934. He competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics, but lost in the first round to the eventual winner Santiago Lovell. In 1934 Bärlund turned professional and in 1936 moved to the United States, where he fought until retiring from boxing in 1948. He eventually became an American citizen, and died in Palm Beach, Florida in 1982. In 1991, his statue was erected in Helsinki. His niece Tutu Sohlberg Tutu Sohlberg (born 8 August 1941) is a Finnish equestrian. She competed in two events at the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, ... is a retired Olympic equestrian. References 1911 births 1982 deaths Sportspeople from Helsinki People from Uusimaa Province (Grand Duchy of Finland) Heavyweight boxers Olympic boxers of Finland ...
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Gunnar Asplund
Erik Gunnar Asplund (22 September 1885 – 20 October 1940) was a Swedish architect, mostly known as a key representative of Nordic Classicism of the 1920s, and during the last decade of his life as a major proponent of the modernist style which made its breakthrough in Sweden at the Stockholm International Exhibition (1930). Asplund was professor of architecture at the Royal Institute of Technology from 1931. His appointment was marked by a lecture, later published under the title "Our architectonic concept of space." The Woodland Crematorium at Stockholm South Cemetery (1935-1940) is considered his finest work and one of the masterpieces of modern architecture. Major works Among Asplund's most important works is the Stockholm Public Library, constructed between 1924 and 1928, which stands as the prototypical example of the Nordic Classicism and so-called Swedish Grace movement. It was particularly influential on the proposal submitted for the competition for the design ...
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Per-Gunnar Andersson (rally Driver)
Per-Gunnar "P-G" Andersson (born 10 March 1980 in Årjäng) is a Swedish rally driver. He is a two-time winner of the Junior World Rally Championship. Career Andersson was competing in Junior World Rally Championship since 2003. He became JWRC champion in 2004 during his first complete season. Piloting a Suzuki Ignis S1600, he earned three wins, a second place, an eight place, and two retirements. He scored 39 points during this year while runner-up Nicolas Bernardi, piloting Renault Clio S1600, scored only 2 fewer points. In 2005 season, Andersson continued competing in the JWRC with Suzuki Ignis S1600 and later Suzuki Swift S1600. Although he won Rally Acropolis, the rest of season wasn't that successful and, in final standings, Andersson finished sixth with 30 points. In 2006, Andersson was still racing in JWRC with a Suzuki Swift S1600. He won Rally Sweden but was excluded from Rally Turkey and crashed at Rally GB. He finished the season in third place with 29 points. ...
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