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Hillestad
Hillestad may refer to: Places *Hillestad, Agder, a village in the municipality of Åmli in Agder county, Norway *''Hillestad Church'', an old name for Tovdal Church in Åmli municipality in Agder county, Norway * Hillestad, Vestfold og Telemark, a village in the municipality of Holmestrand in Vestfold og Telemark county, Norway * Hillestad Church, a church in the municipality of Holmestrand in Vestfold og Telemark county, Norway * Hillestad, Viken, a village in the municipality of Kongsberg in Viken county, Norway People * Albert W. Hillestad (1924-2007), an Episcopal priest and bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Springfield *Dori Hillestad Butler (born 1965), an American author of children's books * Edmund Hillestad (1861-1946), an American businessman and member of the South Dakota House of Representatives *Erik Hillestad (born 1951), a Norwegian record producer and lyricist * Gro Hillestad Thune (born 1943), a Norwegian jurist and politician for the Labour Party * Margaret E. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erik Hillestad
Erik Hillestad (born 12 December 1951) is a Norwegian record producer and lyricist. He is founder and manager of the company and record label Kirkelig Kulturverksted. He has received several awards for his works, including a 1992 Fritt Ord Honorary Award. Personal life Hillestad was born in Oslo, a son of priest Olaf Ludvig Zwilgmeyer Hillestad and Sigrid Engeset. He married Marianne Lystrup in 1971, and is a brother-in-law of Geirr Lystrup. Career Hillestad established in 1974 the record company Kirkelig Kulturverksted, for which he has produced a large part of the releases. Internationally he has worked with music collaborations focusing on human rights and solidarity. In Ecuador (from 1990), Palestine (from 1992), South Africa (1994), Azerbaijan (1997), Iran (from 2007), Turkey (from 2012), Lebanon and Egypt (from 2013). He has arranged concerts honoring Dalai Lama and Tibet (Dharamsala 1998) and for building bridge between the two Koreas (Seoul 2000). As a response to the rh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edmund Hillestad
Edmund Hillestad (January 6, 1861 – September 28, 1946) was an American businessman and member of the South Dakota House of Representatives. Biography Hillestad was born in Mount Horeb, Wisconsin. He was the son of Amund Hillestad and Anna Andersdatter Hillestad. His family moved to South Dakota in 1879. He was married to Bertha Thompson Hillestad (1861–1925), with whom he had eight children. Hillestad was president and secretary of the Farmers' Mutual Tornado Insurance and the Farmers' Mutual of Volga. He also served on the board of directors of the First National Bank of Volga. He died in Volga, South Dakota and was buried at the First Lutheran Cemetery in Brookings County, South Dakota. Career Hillestad was a member of the House of Representatives twice: first from 1903 to 1906, and again from 1929 to 1932. In addition, he was commissioner of Brookings County, South Dakota. He was a Republican Republican can refer to: Political ideology * An advocate of a republic, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Per Hillestad
Per Hillestad (born 25 March 1959 in Øvre Årdal, Norway) is a Norwegian musician (drums) and record producer, known as drummer in Lava and was contributing in releases by a-ha, Vamp, Jonas Fjeld, Bjølsen Valsemølle and Marius Müller. Career Hillestad founded "supergroup" Lava in Årdal 1977, together with Kjell Hestetun, Stein Eriksen and Svein Dag Hauge. From 1980 Lava released a series of albums receiving very good reviews. They were awarded Spellemannsprisen in 1984 for the album ''Fire'', and has been nominated for the award several times. Lava has among others toured together with the vocalist Randy Crawford in Australia, Asia and Africa. Hillestad also played on albums by Vigdis Eidsvåg (''Mørk Og Mjuk'' 2000), D.D.E. (''Vi E Konga'' 2003), Øystein Sunde (''Sånn Er'e Bare'' 2005) and Jan Groth (2006). Honors *1984: Spellemannsprisen in the class Pop, within the band Lava *1995: Gammleng-prisen in the class Studio. Discography (in selection) ;Within L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hillestad, Agder
Hillestad is a village in Åmli municipality in Agder county, Norway. The village is located in the Tovdal valley along the river Tovdalselva. It sits about northwest of the village of Øvre Ramse and about northwest of the village of Dølemo. From 1908 until 1967, the valley was a separate municipality called Tovdal and during that time, Hillestad was its administrative centre. Tovdal Church Tovdal Church ( no, Tovdal kyrkje) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Åmli Municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the village of Hillestad. It is one of the churches for the Åmli parish which is part of the Aust-Nede ... is located in the village. References Åmli Villages in Agder {{Agder-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tovdal Church
Tovdal Church ( no, Tovdal kyrkje) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Åmli Municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the village of Hillestad. It is one of the churches for the Åmli parish which is part of the Aust-Nedenes prosti ( deanery) in the Diocese of Agder og Telemark. The white, wooden church was built in a long church design in 1820 using plans drawn up by an unknown architect. The church seats about 105 people. History The earliest existing historical records of the church date back to the year 1594, but the church was not new that year. The first church on this site was a stave church that may have been built in the 13th century. The church was known as the ''Hillestad'' church since it was located on the Hillestad farm and the parish was historically known as ''Lille Topdal''. In 1723, the King sold the church during the Norwegian church auction to raise money to pay off his war debts. In 1780, the people of the parish raised money to pur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hillestad Church
Hillestad kirke is a church from 1724 in Holmestrand municipality, Vestfold og Telemark county. The building is made of wood, and has 150 seats. The church's graveyard is registered with DIS-Norge. External links Hillestad church Church searchHillestad Kirkeat vf.DISNorge.no Brochureat www.Kirken.no/Tunsberg (2 page .pdf Portable Document Format (PDF), standardized as ISO 32000, is a file format developed by Adobe in 1992 to present documents, including text formatting and images, in a manner independent of application software, hardware, and operating systems. ... file). {{Authority control Churches in Vestfold og Telemark Religious buildings and structures completed in 1724 1724 in Norway Holmestrand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dori Hillestad Butler
Dori Hillestad Butler (born August 26, 1965) is an American author of more than 40 children's books, as well as magazine stories, plays and educational materials. Her first book, ''The Great Tooth Fairy Rip-Off'', was published in 1997. She is known particularly for ''The Truth about Truman School'', a 2008 young adult title focusing on the subject of cyber bullying, and for ''My Mom's Having a Baby'' (illustrated by Carol Thompson), which in 2011 appeared on the American Library Association's list of most commonly challenged books in the United States This list of the most commonly challenged books in the United States refers to books sought to be removed or otherwise restricted from public access, typically from a library or a school curriculum. This list is primarily based on U.S. data gather ... for its portrayal of conception and childbirth. Her 2010 mystery title, ''Buddy Files: Case of the Last Boy'', won the 2011 Edgar Award for the best juvenile mystery published in 2010 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gro Hillestad Thune
Gro Hillestad Thune (born 19 January 1943) is a Norwegian jurist and politician for the Labour Party. Born in Oslo, she served as a deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament from Akershus during the term 1977–1981. She chaired the Norwegian Consumer Council from 1977 to 1984. She was a member of the board of NAVF from 1980 to 1982 and the National Institute for Consumer Research from 1980 to 1984, and chaired the board of Radiumhospitalet from 1980 to 1985. A lawyer by profession, she was a member of the European Commission of Human Rights The European Commission of Human Rights was a special body of the Council of Europe. From 1954 to the entry into force of Protocol 11 to the European Convention on Human Rights, individuals did not have direct access to the European Court of Hu ... from 1982 to 1998. References 1943 births Living people Labour Party (Norway) politicians Deputy members of the Storting Akershus politicians Directors of governm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert W
Albert may refer to: Companies * Albert (supermarket), a supermarket chain in the Czech Republic * Albert Heijn, a supermarket chain in the Netherlands * Albert Market, a street market in The Gambia * Albert Productions, a record label * Albert Computers, Inc., a computer manufacturer in the 1980s Entertainment * ''Albert'' (1985 film), a Czechoslovak film directed by František Vláčil * ''Albert'' (2015 film), a film by Karsten Kiilerich * ''Albert'' (2016 film), an American TV movie * ''Albert'' (Ed Hall album), 1988 * "Albert" (short story), by Leo Tolstoy * Albert (comics), a character in Marvel Comics * Albert (''Discworld''), a character in Terry Pratchett's ''Discworld'' series * Albert, a character in Dario Argento's 1977 film ''Suspiria'' Military * Battle of Albert (1914), a WWI battle at Albert, Somme, France * Battle of Albert (1916), a WWI battle at Albert, Somme, France * Battle of Albert (1918), a WWI battle at Albert, Somme, France People * Albert (given ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margaret E
Margaret is a female first name, derived via French () and Latin () from grc, μαργαρίτης () meaning "pearl". The Greek is borrowed from Indo-Iranian languages, Persian. Margaret has been an English name since the 11th century, and remained popular throughout the Middle Ages. It became less popular between the 16th century and 18th century, but became more common again after this period, becoming the second-most popular female name in the United States in 1903. Since this time, it has become less common, but was still the ninth-most common name for women of all ages in the United States as of the List of most popular given names, 1990 census. Margaret has many diminutive forms in many different languages, including Maggie, Madge (given name), Madge, Daisy (given name), Daisy, Margarete, Marge, Margo (given name), Margo, Margie, Marjorie, Meg, Megan, Rita (given name), Rita, Greta (given name), Greta, Gretchen, and Peggy (given name), Peggy. Name variants Full name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
