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Holger (given Name)
Holger is a Scandinavian masculine given name derived from the Old Norse name ''Hólmgeirr'', a compound of ''hólmr'' meaning "island", and ''geirr'' meaning "spear". It is most common amongst Danish people. It is uncommon as a surname, but is found as ''Holkeri'' in Finnish. People with the name include: * Holger Albrechtsen (1906–1992), Norwegian hurdler * Holger Badstuber, German footballer * Holger Behrendt, German gymnast and Olympic champion * Holger Börner (1931–2006), German politician * Holger Cahill (1887–1960), American, National Director of the Federal Art Project * Holger Chen, Taiwanese YouTuber * Holger Crafoord (1908–1982), Swedish industrialist who established the Crafoord Prize * Holger Czukay, German musician * Holger Drachmann (1846–1908), Danish poet and dramatist * Holger Fach, German football player and manager * Holger Glandorf, German former professional handballer * Holger Granström (1917–1941), Finnish ice hockey player * Holger Gusta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scandinavian Languages
The North Germanic languages make up one of the three branches of the Germanic languages—a sub-family of the Indo-European languages—along with the West Germanic languages and the extinct East Germanic languages. The language group is also referred to as the Nordic languages, a direct translation of the most common term used among Danish, Faroese, Icelandic,Elfdalian,Norwegian, Gutnish, and Swedish scholars and people. The term ''North Germanic languages'' is used in comparative linguistics, whereas the term Scandinavian languages appears in studies of the modern standard languages and the dialect continuum of Scandinavia. Danish, Norwegian and Swedish are close enough to form a strong mutual intelligibility where cross-border communication in native languages is very common. Approximately 20 million people in the Nordic countries speak a Scandinavian language as their native language,Holmberg, Anders and Christer Platzack (2005). "The Scandinavian languages". ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holger Granström
Holger Granström (25 December 1917 in Ruokolahti, Finland – 22 July 1941) was a professional ice hockey player who played in the SM-liiga. He played for KIF. He was inducted into the Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame in 1985. He also played for the Finland national football team. He was killed in the Continuation War. Hockey career In 1935, he began his career at KIF in the Finnish Championships. Football career He played in 12 matches for the Finland national football team from 1938 to 1940, scoring 2 goals, both of them coming in the 1937–47 Nordic Football Championship The 1937–47 Nordic Football Championship was the fourth Nordic Football Championship staged. Four Nordic countries participated, Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden. The tournament was arranged by the Football Association of Finland. The .... He was International goals References External links Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame bio 1917 births 1941 deaths People from Ruokolahti Finnish ice hock ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hólger Quiñónez
Hólger Abraham Quiñónez Caicedo (born 18 September 1962) is an Ecuadorian retired footballer who played as a central defender. Club career Quiñónez was born in San Carlos, Los Ríos Province. During his 20-year professional career he played for Barcelona SC (where he also retired, in 2000), Brazil's CR Vasco da Gama, C.S. Emelec, C.F. União in Portugal, Deportivo Pereira from Colombia and S.D. Quito. Voted once the best CONMEBOL player in his position, Quiñónez briefly managed main club Barcelona in 2007. International career Quiñónez earned a total of 50 caps for the Ecuador national team during 15 years, and represented the country in five Copa América tournaments. He featured in seven FIFA World Cup qualification The FIFA World Cup qualification is a competitive match that a national association football team takes in order to qualify for one of the available berths at the final tournament of the (men's) FIFA World Cup. Qualifying tournaments are hel .. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holger Osieck
Holger Osieck (born 31 August 1948) is a German football manager who last managed the Australia national team. Prior to the Australian role, he most recently managed J. League club Urawa Red Diamonds, where he won the 2007 AFC Champions League. He served as an assistant coach of the West Germany national football team when they won the 1990 FIFA World Cup. He also led Canada in winning the 2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup. Playing career In his native country, he played for FC Schalke 04, Eintracht Gelsenkirchen, SSV Hagen, 1. FC Mülheim, 1. FC Bocholt and Rot-Weiß Oberhausen. However, he never appeared in a top-flight Bundesliga match. Toward the end of his playing career, he moved to Canada to play for the Vancouver Whitecaps. Managerial career Early career After finishing his playing career in Canada, Osieck became an assistant coach to Franz Beckenbauer for the Germany that won the 1990 FIFA World Cup. He then managed VfL Bochum, Fenerbahçe, the Urawa Red Diamonds, and Koca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holger K
Holger may refer to: People * Holger (given name), includes name origin, plus people with the name * Hilde Holger, stage name of dancer, choreographer and dance teacher Hilde Boman-Behram (née Hilde Sofer, 1905–2001) Fictional characters * Holger Danske, a legendary Danish hero Other uses * Holger Danske (Resistance group) * Holger Danske (opera) ''Holger Danske'' (Ogier the Dane) is the title of a 1789 Syngespil opera based on the Oberon myth, with music by F.L.Æ. Kunzen and a Danish libretto by Jens Baggesen. Synopsis The opera is set in the time of Charlemagne, and the action revo ... * 9266 Holger, a main-belt asteroid * Radio Holger {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holger Bech Nielsen
Holger Bech Nielsen (born 25 August 1941) is a Danish theoretical physicist and professor emeritus at the Niels Bohr Institute, at the University of Copenhagen, where he started studying physics in 1961. Work Nielsen has made original contributions to theoretical particle physics, specifically in the field of string theory. Independently of Nambu and Susskind, he was the first to propose that the Veneziano model was actually a theory of strings, leading him to be considered among the fathers of string theory. He was awarded the Humboldt Prize in 2001 for his research. Several physics concepts are named after him, e.g. Nielsen–Olesen vortex and the Nielsen-Ninomiya no-go theorem for representing chiral fermions on the lattice. In the original Dual-Models, which later would be recognized as the origins of string theory, the Koba-Nielsen variables are also named after him and his collaborator Ziro Koba. Nielsen is known in Denmark for his enthusiastic public lectures on physic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hólger Matamoros
Hólger Eduardo Matamoros Chunga (born January 4, 1985) is an Ecuadorian footballer who plays for C.D. El Nacional. Club career Club Deportivo Cuenca Matamoros has been playing for Cuenca since 2006. He was part of the squad who participated in the Copa Libertadores 2006. He is known as a key player for Cuenca in recent days. In 2008, he played in the copa libertadores with Lanús, Estudiantes de La Plata, and Danubio F.C. He helped Cuenca achieve a win in the group stage against Estudiantes which finished 1-0 in Ecuador. Although they were eliminated in the group stage, they made a great performance for what was expected from them. Matamoros has recently contributed numerous assists in Cuenca's magnificent run of form in the 2009 Libertadores edition. Placed in Group 2 with Boca Juniors, Deportivo Táchira, and Guaraní, they won all three home games, including a historic 1-0 victory over Boca. They are currently in the Round of 16 with Caracas FC. In the first leg against Caraca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holger Löwenadler
Holger Carl Minton Löwenadler (1 April 1904 – 18 June 1977) was a Swedish film actor. He starred in Ingmar Bergman's ''A Ship to India'' (1947). He appeared in ''Divorced'' (1951), which was written by Bergman. Other appearances include '' Lacombe Lucien'' (1974). Selected filmography * ''International Match'' (1932) - District Judge * ''Love and Dynamite'' (1933) - Axel * ''Karl Fredrik regerar'' (1934) - Striking man (uncredited) * ''Simon of Backabo'' (1934) - Charley * '' The Women Around Larsson'' (1934) - Detective * ''Ocean Breakers'' (1935) - Doctor (uncredited) * ''Skärgårdsflirt'' (1935) - Vasander * ''The Boys of Number Fifty Seven'' (1935) - Hoodlum's leader (uncredited) * '' Poor Millionaires'' (1936) - Hotel guet wearing pyjama * '' The Lady Becomes a Maid'' (1936) - Johan * ''En flicka kommer till sta'n'' (1937) - Anton B. Carlstrand * '' Russian Flu'' (1937) - Socialdemokratisk talare * ''Happy Vestköping'' (1937) - Krohn (uncredited) * ''Du gamla du ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holger Hott
Holger Hott, formerly Holger Hott Johansen, (born 8 April 1974) is a Norwegian orienteering competitor who has won two individual long-distance bronze medals in the World Championships in 2004 and 2005. He was part of Norway's relay team that took gold in the World Championships in Japan in 2005. He also won the overall world cup in 2004. In August 2006 he won his first individual World Championship title when he took gold in the middle distance at the World Championships in Århus, Denmark. He competes for Kristiansand Orienteering Club, and was formerly with IF Trauma, IL Express, IL Imås, IFK Lidingö, Bækkelaget Sportsklubb. He is also a civil engineer (sound/acoustics). He is married to the Canadian Canadians (french: Canadiens) are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of ... orienteerer Sandy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holger Hiller
Holger Hiller (born 26 December 1956) is a German musician. Hiller studied art at the Hochschule für bildende Künste in Hamburg, where he met Walter Thielsch and Thomas Fehlmann and recorded first works with them. With Fehlmann he later founded the band Palais Schaumburg in 1980, of which he was the singer. At the same time his solo career began. Hiller was one of the first musicians in Europe to use the sampler as his main or sole instrument. From 1984 on, he lived in London, eventually working as producer for Mute Records. In 1988, he started a band project called Ohi Ho Bang Bang with video artist Akiko Hada, recording a song/video called "The Two," releasing it as both a 12" single and a CD Video. The video shows Hiller and Karl Bonnie creating different sounds from every item in a room, which Hada edited together to make a song out of the sounds whilst keeping the video footage of their creation intact. This transfer of sampling techniques from music to video might ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holger Hieronymus
Holger Hieronymus (born 22 February 1959) is a German former professional footballer who played as a defender. Career Born in Hamburg, Hieronymus started his career with local side TuS Hamburg at the age of six and was a promising talent for the sweeper position when the then Hamburger SV general manager Günter Netzer snapped him up from local counterpart FC St. Pauli for DM 75,000 following Hamburger SV's Bundesliga title in 1979. The next Bundesliga season saw the technically gifted player playing his first games, being a starter in the European Cup final defeat of his side against Nottingham Forest at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium on 28 May 1980. Failing to claim the Bundesliga trophy of 1980 and 1981, on both occasions Hamburg finished second, Hieronymus won his first trophy in 1982 when Hamburg won the league. That same summer he and his side crashed to Sven-Göran Eriksson's IFK Göteborg in the two-legged UEFA Cup final. In 1983 his club retained the Bundesliga title ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holger Henning
Vice Admiral Carl Holger Holter Henning (30 July 1905 – 4 February 1981) was a Swedish Navy officer. Henning served as Chief of the Military Office of the Ministry of Defence from 1961 to 1970. Early life Henning was born on 30 July 1905 in Härnösand Parish, Sweden, the son of Carl Henning and his wife Caroline Holter-Hedström. He passed ''studentexamen'' in Stockholm in 1924. Career Henning was commissioned as an officer in the Swedish Navy in 1927 with the rank of ''fänrik'' and then served aboard different coastal defence ships. He studied at the Royal Swedish Naval Staff College from 1933 to 1935 and served in the Naval Staff from 1935 to 1936, 1938 to 1939 and from 1942 to 1944. During the war years he served as an artillery officer on and executive officer on the cruiser . Henning was promoted to lieutenant commander in 1944 and then served as a teacher at the Royal Swedish Naval Staff College from 1946 to 1947. In 1949, Henning was promoted to commander and he se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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