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Hiorth Mechlenborg Vaapenskjold
Hiorth is a Norwegian surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Adam Hiorth (1816–1871), Norwegian merchant * Adam Hiorth (barrister), Norwegian barrister * Albert Hiorth, Norwegian engineer * Åse Hiorth Lervik, Norwegian researcher * Fredrik Hiorth Fredrik Wilhelm Louis Hiorth (February 4, 1851 – January 1, 1923) was a Norwegian engineer and industrialist. Early life and family Hiorth was born in Aker. He was the son of the sheriff there, Hans Jensenius Hiorth (1808–1902), and his wife ..., Norwegian engineer {{surname Norwegian-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norwegian Surname
This is a list of the most common surnames in Europe, sorted by country. Albania At the moment, listings for the most common names are unavailable for Albania. However the most common names include the following: * Common names denoting profession. Of these, religious professional names have been particularly widespread, including Hoxha (surname), Hoxha (a Muslim priest, Sunni or Bektashi, with its variant Hoxhaj), Prifti (other), Prifti (a Christian priest, Catholic or Orthodox), Shehu (other), Shehu (a Bektashi priest) and Dervishi (Bektashi clergy). Bektashi itself is also a common surname. Ironically, Hoxha was the surname of Enver Hoxha, the leader of Communism in Albania, Communist Albania who banned all religions. There are numerous other professional names which are not as common. Begu (other), Begu also denotes a former ruler and also the surname(s) Gjoni or Gjonaj. * Common names which originated as patrinomials. Common names of this so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adam Hiorth
Adam Severin Hiorth (16 December 1816 – 20 December 1871) was a Norwegian merchant and industrial pioneer. Personal life Hiorth was born in Drøbak as a son of shipmaster Fredrik Wilhelm Hiorth (1776–1844) and Louise Caroline Brodersen (1776–1860s). He died in Aker in 1871. He married Anne Sofie Sommerfelt (1824–1898) in March 1849 in Lillehammer. She was a daughter of priest and botanist Søren Christian Sommerfeldt (1794–1838), and thus a sister of Christian Sommerfelt and Karl Linné Sommerfeldt. He was an uncle of engineer Fredrik Hiorth and the grandfather of painter Agnes Hiorth. A son of Adam Hiorth married Giggi Sommerfelt, a daughter of dean Halfdan Einar Sommerfelt and granddaughter of Hiorth's business partner Ole Gjerdrum. Career Hiorth finished school at 14, and then started working as a shop assistant. He was gradually given more responsibilities in the business, and also studied English and French language, and eventually passed the necessary ex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adam Hiorth (barrister)
Adam Hiorth (5 January 1879 – 1961) was a Norwegian barrister and playwright. He was born in Spydeberg as a son of director Wilhelm Fredrik Hiorth (1850–1923) and Konstanse Hansen (1856–1943). He was married to stenographer Dagny Munthe Aalheim from 1915, later to actress Lydia Marie Opøien. Career He finished his secondary education in 1897, finished training as a conscript officer in 1898 and graduated from the Royal Frederick University with the cand.jur. degree in 1904. He was a deputy judge from 1904 to 1905, attorney in Gjøvik from 1905, and ''manuduktør'' from 1907 to 1917, especially in Roman law. He practiced as a barrister in Kristiania from 1914 to 1954. He was also known as public defender during the legal purge in Norway after World War II. He was interested in theatre, and wrote the children's comedy ''Peik og stortrollet'' which was staged at Nationaltheatret in 1922. He also translated several plays. ''Peik og stortrollet'' premiered on 23 Decembe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert Hiorth
Albert Karl Fredrik Hiorth (17 November 1876 – 12 September 1949) was a Norwegian engineer. He was born in Kristiania as a son of engineer Fredrik Hiorth. He took his education at Kristiania Technical School and the University of Geneva. He was a member of the Faraday Society. After further studies abroad he settled in Asker. Hiorth was hired in Kværner in 1899, and became the CEO of Bjølvefossen in 1906. In 1909 he became the CEO of Aurlandsfaldene. A devout Christian and member of the Victoria Institute, he was reputed to look to the Bible for authoritative accounts on present phenomena. He was an active lay preacher, was active in the Palestine Exploration Fund and was especially interested in projects in the British Mandate of Palestine. He became known for a plan to connect the Mediterranean Sea with the Dead Sea The Dead Sea ( he, יַם הַמֶּלַח, ''Yam hamMelaḥ''; ar, اَلْبَحْرُ الْمَيْتُ, ''Āl-Baḥrū l-Maytū''), also known by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Åse Hiorth Lervik
Åse Hiorth Lervik (2 June 1933 – 3 November 1997) was a Norwegian literary researcher. Biography Lervik was born in Oslo on 2 June 1933. Her doctorate thesis from 1971 was a study on Henrik Ibsen's play '' Brand''. She was professor at the University of Tromsø from 1972. She was secretary for ''Edda. Scandinavian Journal of Literary Research ''Edda. Scandinavian Journal of Literary Research'' ( no, Edda. Nordisk tidsskrift for litteraturforskning) is a magazine for research on Scandinavian literature, and for literary researchers in the Scandinavian countries. The magazine is based in ...'' from 1962, and editor of the journal from 1972 to 1985. Her books include ''Ideal og virkelighet. Ekteskapet som motiv hos Jonas Lie'' (1965), ''Elementær verslære'' from 1972, and a book on the literary works of Cora Sandel from 1977. She died in Oslo on 3 November 1997. References Academic staff of the University of Tromsø Academics from Oslo 1933 births 1997 dea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fredrik Hiorth
Fredrik Wilhelm Louis Hiorth (February 4, 1851 – January 1, 1923) was a Norwegian engineer and industrialist. Early life and family Hiorth was born in Aker. He was the son of the sheriff there, Hans Jensenius Hiorth (1808–1902), and his wife Lena Woxen. His father was the brother of the industrialist Adam Hiorth. Fredrik married Thekla Pauline Dahlstrøm (1850–1937), a captain's daughter from Gøteborg, in 1875. Both of them were very religious.Dehlin, Harald Stene. 1949. ''Boken om Albert Hiorth: en norsk Aladdin''. Oslo: Lutherstiftelsen. Their son Albert Hiorth (1876–1949) was a well-known engineer and a lay preacher that founded several companies. Career After passing his ''examen artium'' in 1869 and studying engineering at the Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg, Sweden, Hiorth worked for the railroad in Eastern Norway until 1880. He purchased the Rodeløkka Iron Foundry (''Rodeløkken Jernstøberi'') in 1878, when it had only fourteen employees. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
