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Gunnar Bakke
Gunnar Bakke (born 24 October 1959) is a Norwegian politician for the Progress Party, and the mayor of Bergen between 2007-2011. Personal life Bakke was born in the city of Bergen. He was CEO of the bakery chain Baker Brun until mid-2007, and former board leader of Gaia Trafikk which was the largest public transportation provider in Bergen and Os until it merged with HSD in 2006, forming Tide. In 2010 he became Patron of the Scottish-based, global street-paper network International Network of Street Papers, being noticed for his support of the local Bergen-based street-paper '' Megafon''. He is married, has one child, and is educated as a baker. Political career Bakke has been active in local politics since 1989, and has held numerous offices at municipal and county level for the Progress Party, including member of the Bergen city council from 1995 to 2007, and Hordaland Hordaland () was a county in Norway, bordering Sogn og Fjordane, Buskerud, Telemark, and Rogaland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trude Drevland
Trude Drevland (born 27 May 1947) is a Norwegian nurse and politician from the Conservative Party (Norway), Conservative Party. She was the mayor of Bergen between 2011 and 2015 and deputy mayor from 2007 to 2011. Biography She was born in Melbu in Hadsel, Nordland, on 27 May 1947. She was trained as a nurse and served as the general manager of the Fyllingsdalen nursing home. Then she became the head of business policy in the Bergen Business Council, and the general secretary of the Norwegian Music Corps Association. She was head of the Bergen branch of the Conservative Party from 1996 to 1998. She was a member of the county council (Norway), county council in Hordaland between 1991 and 2003 and a member of the city council for health and social care in Bergen between 2003 and 2007, while concurrently serving as the Bergen City commissioner for health and social affairs. She served as a member of the Bergen city council from 2007 to 2015. She was deputy mayor of Bergen between 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Mayors Of Bergen
__NOTOC__ This is a list of mayors of Bergen, Norway. Since 2000, the city is governed by a city council (''byråd'') based on the principle of parliamentarism. This change led to the real political power in the city being transferred from the mayor to the leader of the city council. , the leader of the city council is Monica Mæland. 19th century * 1. 1837–1838: Carsten B. Conradi * 2. 1839–1841: Hans J. C. Aall * 3. 1842: Georg H. Houge * 4. 1843–1844: Hans J. C. Aall * 5. 1845: Hans Holmboe * 6. 1846: Hans J. C. Aall * 7. 1847: Hans Holmboe * 8. 1848: Joachim J. M. Ege * 9. 1849–1850: Hans Holmboe * 10. 1851: Joachim J. M. Ege * 11. 1852–1853: Paul M. Smit * 12. 1854: Ole Bøgh * 13. 1855–1856: Paul M. Smit * 14. 1857: Ole Bøgh * 15. 1858–1859: Paul M. Smit * 16. 1860: Boe N. Knap * 17. 1861: Joachim J. M. Ege * 18. 1862: Jørgen B. Faye * 19. 1863–1864: Paul M. Smit * 20. 1865–1866: Jacob A. Michelsen * 21. 1867–1868: Ivar Chr. S. Geelmu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Megafon (street Paper)
MegaFon (russian: МегаФон), previously known as North-West GSM, is the second largest mobile phone operator"МегаФон" больше не третий '' Kommersant'' and the third largest telecom operator in . It works in the GSM, and standard. As of June 2012, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norwegian Christians
Norwegian, Norwayan, or Norsk may refer to: *Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe *Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway *Demographics of Norway *The Norwegian language, including the two official written forms: **Bokmål, literally "book language", used by 85–90% of the population of Norway **Nynorsk, literally "New Norwegian", used by 10–15% of the population of Norway *The Norwegian Sea Norwegian or may also refer to: Norwegian *Norwegian Air Shuttle, an airline, trading as Norwegian ** Norwegian Long Haul, a defunct subsidiary of Norwegian Air Shuttle, flying long-haul flights * Norwegian Air Lines, a former airline, merged with Scandinavian Airlines in 1951 * Norwegian coupling, used for narrow-gauge railways * Norwegian Cruise Line, a cruise line * Norwegian Elkhound, a canine breed. * Norwegian Forest cat, a domestic feline breed * Norwegian Red, a breed of dairy cattle * Norwegian Township, Schuylkill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norwegian Businesspeople
Norwegian, Norwayan, or Norsk may refer to: *Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe *Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway *Demographics of Norway *The Norwegian language, including the two official written forms: **Bokmål, literally "book language", used by 85–90% of the population of Norway **Nynorsk, literally "New Norwegian", used by 10–15% of the population of Norway *The Norwegian Sea Norwegian or may also refer to: Norwegian *Norwegian Air Shuttle, an airline, trading as Norwegian **Norwegian Long Haul, a defunct subsidiary of Norwegian Air Shuttle, flying long-haul flights *Norwegian Air Lines, a former airline, merged with Scandinavian Airlines in 1951 *Norwegian coupling, used for narrow-gauge railways *Norwegian Cruise Line, a cruise line *Norwegian Elkhound, a canine breed. *Norwegian Forest cat, a domestic feline breed *Norwegian Red, a breed of dairy cattle *Norwegian Township, Schuylkill County, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
Related categories * :Year of birth missing (living people) / :Year of birth unknown * :Date of birth missing (living people) / :Date of birth unknown * :Place of birth missing (living people) / :Place of birth unknown * :Year of death missing / :Year of death unknown * :Date of death missing / :Date of death unknown * :Place of death missing / :Place of death unknown * :Missing middle or first names See also * :Dead people * :Template:L, which generates this category or death years, and birth year and sort keys. : {{DEFAULTSORT:Living people 21st-century people People by status ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1959 Births
Events January * January 1 - Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when the forces of Fidel Castro advance. * January 2 - Lunar probe Luna 1 was the first man-made object to attain escape velocity from Earth. It reached the vicinity of Earth's Moon, and was also the first spacecraft to be placed in heliocentric orbit. * January 3 ** The three southernmost atolls of the Maldive archipelago ( Addu Atoll, Huvadhu Atoll and Fuvahmulah island) declare independence. ** Alaska is admitted as the 49th U.S. state. * January 4 ** In Cuba, rebel troops led by Che Guevara and Camilo Cienfuegos enter the city of Havana. ** Léopoldville riots: At least 49 people are killed during clashes between the police and participants of a meeting of the ABAKO Party in Léopoldville in the Belgian Congo. * January 6 ** Fidel Castro arrives in Havana. ** The International Maritime Organization is inaugurated. * January 7 – The United States recognizes the new Cuban government of F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helge Stormoen
Helge Stormoen (born 1968) is a Norwegian politician for the Progress Party. He was elected to Bergen city council in 2003, and steadily re-elected. In 2014, he was appointed as City Commissioner of Culture and Enterprise, succeeding Gunnar Bakke who was sacked by governing mayor Ragnhild Stolt-Nielsen. Stormoen is a grandnephew of Kjell Stormoen and a first cousin once removed of Even Stormoen Even Stormoen (born 10 May 1955) is a Norwegian stage actor. Biography Born in Bergen on 10 May 1955, Stormoen is a son of actress Elna Kimmestad, and actor and theatre director Kjell Stormoen. He had his stage debut in 1978, in the musical ''Go .... References External links 1968 births Living people Progress Party (Norway) politicians Politicians from Bergen {{Norway-politician-1960s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harald Victor Hove
Harald Victor Hove (born 25 February 1983) is a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party. He served as a deputy representative to the Parliament of Norway from Hordaland Hordaland () was a county in Norway, bordering Sogn og Fjordane, Buskerud, Telemark, and Rogaland counties. Hordaland was the third largest county, after Akershus and Oslo, by population. The county government was the Hordaland County Municipal ... during the terms 2005–2009 and 2009–2013. In total he met during 19 days of parliamentary session. References 1983 births Living people Conservative Party (Norway) politicians Deputy members of the Storting Politicians from Bergen 21st-century Norwegian politicians {{Norway-politician-1980s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herman Friele
Herman Friele (born 21 August 1943) is a Norwegian businessman and politician for the Conservative Party. He has been chairman of the coffee manufacturer Friele since 1981, as the seventh generation Friele in charge of the company. He was the highly popular mayor of Bergen Bergen (), historically Bjørgvin, is a city and municipality in Vestland county on the west coast of Norway. , its population is roughly 285,900. Bergen is the second-largest city in Norway. The municipality covers and is on the peninsula o ... from 2003 to 2007. Before the 2003 election, a survey found that 64% of the inhabitants of Bergen wanted him to become the mayor after the election. When Friele announced that he would not be running for mayor in the 2007 election, a survey showed that 60% of the inhabitants of Bergen wanted him to continue in the job. References 1943 births Living people Norwegian drink industry businesspeople Mayors of Bergen Conservative Party (Norway) pol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hordaland
Hordaland () was a county in Norway, bordering Sogn og Fjordane, Buskerud, Telemark, and Rogaland counties. Hordaland was the third largest county, after Akershus and Oslo, by population. The county government was the Hordaland County Municipality, which is located in Bergen. Before 1972, the city of Bergen was its own separate county, apart from Hordaland. On 1 January 2020, the county was merged with neighbouring Sogn og Fjordane county, to form the new Vestland county. Name and symbols Name Hordaland (Old Norse: ''Hǫrðaland'') is the old name of the region which was revived in 1919. The first element is the plural genitive case of ''hǫrðar'', the name of an old Germanic tribe (see Charudes). The last element is ''land'' which means "land" or "region" in the Norwegian language. Until 1919 the name of the county was ''Søndre Bergenhus amt'' which meant "(the) southern (part of) Bergenhus amt". (The old ''Bergenhus amt'' was created in 1662 and was divided into North ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
