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Halfdan (name)
Halfdan ("half Dane") is an Old Norse masculine given name. In ''Beowulf'' it is spelled Healfdene, and in Latin sources Haldan. It may refer to: Mythical figures: * Halfdan, legendary king of the Scyldings in Beowulf, who also appears in Norse mythology * Halfdan the Old, ancient legendary king * Halfdan Hvitbeinn, mythical petty king in Norway *Halfdan the Valiant (7th century), legendary father of Ivar Vidfamne *Hálfdan Brönufostri, subject of the legendary saga ''Hálfdanar saga Brönufóstra'' *Halfdan Eysteinsson, subject of the legendary saga ''Hálfdanar saga Eysteinssonar'' People: *Halfdan (floruit 782–807), Danish client of the Franks * Halfdan the Black (c. 820-c. 860), father of Harald I of Norway * Halfdan Ragnarsson (died 877), Viking, leader of the Great Heathen Army *Halfdan Haraldsson the Black, Norwegian petty king and grandson of Halfdan the Black *Halfdan, a joint King of Northumbria (reigned 902-910) - see Eowils and Halfdan *Halfdan the Mild, son of King E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Halfdan Christensen
Halfdan Christensen (12 December 1873 – 17 September 1950) was a Norwegian stage actor and theatre director. Biography Christensen was born at Porsgrunn in Telemark, Norway. His family moved to Kristiania (now Oslo) where he attended Aars og Voss skole and later attended Kristiania Handelsgymnasium. In 1894, he conducted a study trip to Denmark and Germany. He had his stage début at Den Nationale Scene in Bergen during 1896. He was among the leading actors at the National Theatre from its opening in 1899. In 1907, Christensen began to act as stage director. He was theatre director from 1911 to 1923, and again from 1930 to 1933. During the Second World War he had to flee to Sweden, and there he led the theatre '' Fri norsk scene'' together with his wife Gerda Ring. After returning to Norway after the liberation in 1945, he had held various positions at the National Theater. During the 1920s and 1930s, he had written three plays, all of which were performed at the Nati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Halfdan Strøm
Halfdan Strøm (4 November 1863 – 28 March 1949) was a Norwegian painter and an early representative of realism in Norwegian painting. He attended the Royal Drawing School in Christiania (nor Oslo). In 1883, he debuted at the Industrial and Art Exhibition at Tullinløkka, site of the Norwegian Geographical Survey in Oslo. During the period 1883–84, he was in Munich. During 1884, he participated in an outdoor academy conducted by Frits Thaulow in Modum. In 1889, he entered two paintings at the World Exhibition in Paris and achieved an honorable mention. Later Strøm earned gold medals at the World Exhibition of Paris in 1900, as well as international exhibits in Munich in 1901 and San Francisco in 1915. Strøm was a professor at the Norwegian National Academy of Fine Arts from 1909 to 1935, and Director there from 1924. Strøm was decorated Knight, First Class of the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav in 1910, and was a Commander of the Danish Order of the Dannebrog. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Halfdan Rasmussen
Halfdan Wedel Rasmussen (29 January 1915 in Copenhagen – 2 March 2002) was a Danish poet. He was known for his literary nonsense verse for children and his serious adult writings about social issues and human rights. He was awarded with the Ministry of Culture's children book prize (Kulturministeriets Børnebogspris) in 1965. Career Rasmussen was a resistance fighter during the German occupation. He became very well known and respected as a poet, nearly becoming a national poet of Denmark. One of his poems, ''Ikke Bødlen'', was featured as one of the best poems on Human Rights on a 1979 book published by Amnesty International Denmark, and would be later translated into the first verse of Roger Waters' song ''Each Small Candle''. Politics Rasmussen joined the anarcho-syndicalist movement at an early age, and from his 20s and on-wards he contributed to the syndicalist weekly Arbejdet ("Work"). In the early 60s, he helped edit and publish the memoirs of revolutionary syndi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Halfdan Nielsen
Halfdan Nicolaus Nielsen (26 March 1874 – 21 June 1952) was a Norwegian speedskater Long-track speed skating, usually simply referred to as speed skating, is the Olympic discipline of speed skating where competitors are timed while crossing a set distance. It is also a sport for leisure. Sports such as ice skating marathon, .... He was the second registered world record holder in 10,000 m, when he improved Oskar Fredriksen's record in Stockholm in 1893. World record Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com References 1874 births 1952 deaths Norwegian male speed skaters World record setters in speed skating {{Norway-speed-skater-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Halfdan T
Halfdan (, ang, Healfdene, Medieval : "half Dane") was a late 5th and early 6th century legendary Danish king of the Scylding (Skjöldung) lineage, the son of king named Fróði in many accounts, noted mainly as the father to the two kings who succeeded him in the rule of Denmark, kings named Hroðgar and Halga in the Old English poem ''Beowulf'' and named Hróar and Helgi in Old Norse accounts. Various accounts According to the ''Chronicon Lethrense'' and Saxo Grammaticus' ''Gesta Danorum'' (Book 2), Halfdan had two brothers named Ro and Skat who also sought the throne. Both were killed by Halfdan. Saxo adds that his brothers' supporters were hanged and that Halfdan continued to reign with great cruelty, but that he reigned long and died peaceably in extreme old age. The ''Ynglinga saga'' gives Halfdan (in this work also son of a king named Fróði) a brother named Fridleif and says both were great warriors but that Halfdan was the better of the two. This might have been a le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Halfdan Lehmann
Halfdan Lehmann (1825-1908) was a Norwegian 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 ... state secretary 1879–1906, temporary councillor of state to the Minister of Education and Church Affairs in 1881, temporary Minister of the Navy in 1884, and the appointed Minister of Education and Church Affairs in 1884. 1825 births 1908 deaths Government ministers of Norway {{Norway-politician-1820s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Halfdan Kjerulf
Halfdan Kjerulf (17 September 181511 August 1868) was a Norwegian composer. Biography Kjerulf was born in Christiania (now Oslo), Norway. He was the son of a high government official. His early education was at Christiania University, for a legal career, but his studies ended in 1839 as a result of illness, and the next year he spent some time in Paris. Soon after his return his father and two siblings died and he took a job as a journalist at one of Oslo's main newspapers, ''Den Constitutionelle'' where Andreas Munch (1811–1884) was editor and where Kjerulf worked until 1845. Kjerulf started his career as a music teacher and composer of songs before ever having seriously studied music at all, and not for ten years did he attract any particular notice. He was counted among those in the Modern Breakthrough movement in literature, painting and music which was replacing romanticism within Scandinavia. It was typified by the poet Johan Sebastian Welhaven, whose poems he set. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Halfdan Jønsson
Halfdan Jønsson (15 May 1891 – 7 February 1945) was a Norwegian trade unionist and resistance member. He was born in Frol. He was elected chairman of the Norwegian Union of Chemical Industry Workers in 1924. In 1934 he served as vice chairman of the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions, until November. He died in the Dachau concentration camp , , commandant = List of commandants , known for = , location = Upper Bavaria, Southern Germany , built by = Germany , operated by = ''Schutzstaffel'' (SS) , original use = Political prison , construction ... in 1945. References 1891 births 1945 deaths People from Levanger Norwegian resistance members Norwegian trade unionists People who died in Dachau concentration camp Norwegian people who died in Nazi concentration camps {{Norway-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Halfdan Holth
Halfdan Holth (1880 – 1950) was a Norwegian veterinarian. He was born in Nord-Odal, Hedmark. He became a professor at the National Veterinary Institute in 1914, and managing director in 1917. From 1917 to 1930 he also edited the journal ''Norsk veterinærtidsskrift''. He was later instrumental in the creation of the Norwegian School of Veterinary Science, and served as its first rector from 1936 to 1948. Holth was also noted for his work to eliminate the diseases bovine tuberculosis and brucellosis, together with Niels Thorshaug and Lars Slagsvold Lars Magnussen Slagsvold (24 April 1887 – 2 September 1959) was a Norwegian veterinarian. He was born in Romedal as a son of farmer Magnus Slagsvold (1854–1921) and Inger Krogstie (1855–1924). He finished his education in 1909 in Copenhagen .... References 1880 births 1950 deaths People from Nord-Odal Norwegian veterinarians Academic staff of the Norwegian School of Veterinary Science Rectors of the Norwegian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Halfdan Hegtun
Halfdan Hegtun (8 October 1918 – 25 December 2012) was a Norwegian radio personality, comedian and writer, former politician for the Liberal Party and later the Liberal People's Party. Politics Hegtun was elected to the Norwegian Parliament 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 bas ... from Akershus in 1965, and was re-elected on one occasion. During his second term, in December 1972, Hegtun joined the Liberal People's Party which split from the Liberal Party over disagreements of Norway's proposed entry to the European Economic Community. Like most of the Liberal People's Party representatives, he was not re-elected in 1973. Hegtun was a member of Akershus county council during the terms 1983–1987 and 1987–1991, and was later involved in local politics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Halfdan Wexel Freihow
Halfdan Wexel Freihow (born 7 May 1959) is a Norwegian literary critic, novelist, editor and book publisher. A son of diplomat Håkon Wexelsen Freihow, Halfdan Freihow was born in Mexico City and grew up in Mexico, Spain and Belgium. He graduated from the University of Oslo with a cand.mag. degree. He was a translator, publishing house consultant and literary critic for '' Morgenbladet'', '' Arbeiderbladet'' and NRK P2 in his early career. In 1985, together with fellow literary critics André Savik and Lasse Tømte, he published an anthology named ''Ord for andre''. The proceeds would go via the Norwegian Church Aid and Norwegian Red Cross to Ethiopia. In 1989 he became editor-in-chief for the literature periodical ''Vinduet''. In 1990 he quit his literary critic job in ''Arbeiderbladet'' to become acting editor of Bokklubben Dagens Bok. In 1991 he went on to the publishing house Aschehoug. He remained editor of ''Vinduet'' until 1992. From 1996 to 2000 he was the director of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
