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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] |
