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Haugland (name)
Haugland is a Norwegian surname from any of numerous farmsteads in Norway. From Old Norse word ''haugr'' meaning hill or mound. Other derivatives include Hauge, Haugan and Haugen, all common Norwegian family names. Notable people with the surname include: *Aage Haugland (1944-2000), Danish operatic bass * Åshild Haugland (born 1986), a Norwegian politician *Baard Madsen Haugland (1835-1896), Norwegian politician *Bill Haugland, Canadian television news anchorman *Brynhild Haugland (1905-1998), American Republican Party politician *Curly Haugland, American politician, member of the RNC rules committee. *Eugen Haugland (1912-1990), Norwegian triple jumper *Glenn Erik Haugland (born 1961), an American contemporary composer *Hanne Haugland (born 1967), Norwegian high jumper *Hanne Haugland (born 1991), a Norwegian speed skater * Ian Haugland (born 1964), Swedish drummer *Jens Haugland (1910-1991), Norwegian politician *Jens Edv. Haugland (1924-1981), Norwegian politician * John Ha ... [...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] |
Hanne Haugland (speed Skater)
Hanne Skjønhaug Haugland (; born 7 September 1991) is a Norwegian speed skater specialising in 500m and 1000m races. She won the Norwegian Sprint Championship in 2012, and was single distance champion on 500m in 2010 and on 1000m in 2012. Haugland made 3 starts in the World Cup in 2010 and 2012, but is yet to qualify for the A group. Haugland represents Austevoll IK Austevoll is a municipality and an archipelago in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Midthordland in Western Norway. The administrative centre is the village of Storebø on the island of Huftarøy. Other vill ... and as of 2012 is coached by Peter Mueller in Team CBA. References External links * 1991 births Norwegian female speed skaters People from Austevoll Living people Sportspeople from Vestland 21st-century Norwegian women {{norway-speed-skating-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valgerd Svarstad Haugland
Valgerd Svarstad Haugland (born 23 August 1956) is a Norwegian teacher, politician and civil servant. She was leader of the Christian Democratic Party in Norway from 1995 to 2004. She was Minister of Children and Family Affairs from 1997 to 2000 and Minister of Culture from 2001 to 2005. Since 2019, she has been County Governor of Oslo and Viken. Prior to that, she served as county Governor of Oslo and Akershus from 2011 to 2018. As Minister of Culture and Church Affairs she paid special attention to voluntary work. She withdrew as party leader at an extraordinary annual assembly of the party on 23 January 2004. She was primarily held responsible for the poor results during the last local election, held in September 2003. In the 2005 parliamentary elections she failed to win a seat in parliament. Until 2010 she was a board member of the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation NRK, an abbreviation of the Norwegian ''Norsk Rikskringkasting AS'', generally expressed in English ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tove Welle Haugland
Tove Welle Haugland (born 13 November 1989) is a Norwegian politician for the Christian Democratic Party. She served as a deputy representative to the 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 bas ... from Vest-Agder during the term 2017–2021. She hails from Øvrebø, but is an elected councillor in Kristiansand and was acting deputy mayor in 2018. References 1989 births Living people People from Vennesla Deputy members of the Storting Christian Democratic Party (Norway) politicians Politicians from Kristiansand Women members of the Storting 21st-century Norwegian politicians {{Norway-politician-1980s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trond Inge Haugland
Trond Inge Haugland (born 23 March 1976) is a retired Norwegian football defender. A player for lowly IL Trio since 1993, Haugland dreamt about a football venture abroad. He was scouted by one Terje Simonsen and joined FC Flora Tallinn. After one and a half season in Estonia, he went on to Greek Ionikos. During his four years there, he played in the Alpha Ethniki, the 1999–2000 UEFA Cup and lost the 1999–2000 Greek Cup final. In the summer of 2003 Haugland moved home to join Norwegian first-tier club Vålerenga Vålerenga () is a neighbourhood in the city of Oslo, Norway, belonging to the borough of Gamle Oslo. Vålerenga is located between the neighbourhoods of Gamlebyen, Jordal, Ensjø, Etterstad and Lodalen. Vålerenga is in particular known for it .... Playing only one league game, he moved elsewhere and played the 2004 season in Pors. From 2005 to 2013 he rounded off his career in IL Trio. References 1976 births Living people People from Kvinnherad N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terje Haugland
Terje Haugland (born 11 April 1944) is a former Norway, Norwegian long jumper. He was a nephew of Jens Edv. Haugland, son of Eugen Haugland and father of Hanne Haugland. He finished eleventh at the 1969 European Championships in Athletics, 1969 European Championships, thirteenth at the 1970 European Indoor Championships in Athletics, 1970 European Indoor Championships and thirteenth at the 1971 European Championships in Athletics, 1971 European Championships. He never competed at the Summer Olympics. He became Norwegian champion in long jump in 1969 and 1971. He represented Haugesund IL and IK Tjalve. His personal best jump was 7.87 metres, achieved in July 1970 at Bislett stadion. This result places him fourth among Norwegian long jumpers, only behind Kristen Fløgstad, Finn Bendixen and Thomas Mellin-Olsen. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sven A
Sven (in Danish and Norwegian, also Svend and also in Norwegian most commonly Svein) is a Scandinavian first name which is also used in the Low Countries and German-speaking countries. The name itself is Old Norse for "young man" or "young warrior". The original spelling in Old Norse was ''sveinn''. Over the centuries, many northern European rulers have carried the name including Sweyn I of Denmark (Sven Gabelbart). An old legend relates the pagan king Blot-Sven ordered the execution of the Anglo-Saxon monk Saint Eskil. In medieval Swedish, "sven" (or "sven av vapen" (sven of arms)) is a term for squire In the Middle Ages, a squire was the shield- or armour-bearer of a knight. Use of the term evolved over time. Initially, a squire served as a knight's apprentice. Later, a village leader or a lord of the manor might come to be known as a " .... The female equivalent, Svenja, though seemingly Dutch and Scandinavian, is not common anywhere outside of German language, Ger ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard P
Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Frankish language, Old Frankish and is a Compound (linguistics), compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic language, Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' and ''*hardu-'' 'strong, brave, hardy', and it therefore means 'strong in rule'. Nicknames include "Richie", "Dick (nickname), Dick", "Dickon", "Dickie (name), Dickie", "Rich (given name), Rich", "Rick (given name), Rick", "Rico (name), Rico", "Ricky (given name), Ricky", and more. Richard is a common English, German and French male name. It's also used in many more languages, particularly Germanic, such as Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, Icelandic, and Dutch, as well as other languages including Irish, Scottish, Welsh and Finnish. Richard is cognate with variants of the name in other European languages, such as the Swedish "Rickard", the Catalan "Ricard" and the Italian "Riccardo", among others (see comprehensive variant list below). People ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kon-Tiki
The ''Kon-Tiki'' expedition was a 1947 journey by raft across the Pacific Ocean from South America to the Polynesian islands, led by Norwegian explorer and writer Thor Heyerdahl. The raft was named ''Kon-Tiki'' after the Inca god Viracocha, for whom "Kon-Tiki" was said to be an old name. ''The Kon-Tiki Expedition: By Raft Across the South Seas, Kon-Tiki'' is also the name of Heyerdahl's book, the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, Academy Award–winning Kon-Tiki (1950 film), 1950 documentary film chronicling his adventures, and the Kon-Tiki (2012 film), 2012 dramatized feature film nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Heyerdahl believed that people from South America could have reached Polynesia during pre-Columbian times. His aim in mounting the ''Kon-Tiki'' expedition was to show, by using only the materials and technologies available to those people at the time, that there were no technical reasons to prevent them from having done so. Alth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Knut Haugland
Knut Magne Haugland, DSO, MM, (23 September 1917 – 25 December 2009) was a resistance fighter and noted explorer from Norway, who accompanied Thor Heyerdahl on his famous 1947 ''Kon-Tiki'' expedition. Early life and World War II Haugland, born in 1917 in Rjukan, Telemark, Norway, took his examen artium in 1937 qualifying him for university study. In 1938 he enrolled in military radio studies and afterward joined the Norwegian Army. In February 1940 he was stationed in Setermoen, and soon fought in battles near Narvik as a part of the Norwegian Campaign against Germany. After Germany's defeat of the Norwegian forces and the Nazi occupation, Haugland went to work at the factory Høvding Radiofabrikk in Oslo while also secretly involved in the Norwegian resistance movement."Knut Haugland, Sailor on Kon-Tik ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Haugland
John Didrik Haugland (born 23 September 1946 in Stavanger) is a Norwegian former rally driver. He competed in 27 world rally championship events, more often than not at the wheel of a Škoda. He had four Top 10 finishes in his career. Haugland debuted in his first rally in 1965, and had over 100 class wins primarily in the 1970s and 1980s. He worked for the Norwegian Škoda importer as a teenager and they helped him in his rally career. His first race as an official Škoda driver came in 1968. Haugland raced a few times for other, bigger teams, but preferred the camaraderie and open nature of the little Škoda team. Haugland also owned a Škoda dealership outside of Oslo. Haugland is educated as a car technician and has gained much experience and skill in developing racing cars. He currently works for a number of rally teams developing their cars as well as running a rally school for young drivers. Drivers who have attended his rally school include Petter Solberg, Richard Burns, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jens Edv
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Jens may refer to: * Jens (given name), a list of people with the name * Jens (surname), a list of people * Jens, Switzerland, a municipality * 1719 Jens, an asteroid See also * Jensen (other) * Jenssi Joensuu (; krl, Jovensuu; ) is a city and municipality in North Karelia, Finland, located on the northern shore of Lake Pyhäselkä (northern part of Lake Saimaa) at the mouth of the Pielinen River (''Pielisjoki''). It was founded in 1848. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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