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Halldór Baldurson
Halldór () or Halldor is a given name. Notable people with the name include: *Halldór Ásgrímsson (born 1947), Icelandic politician, formerly Prime Minister of Iceland from 2004 to 2006 *Halldór Orri Björnsson (born 1987), Icelandic international footballer *Halldór Blöndal (born 1938), politician of the Independence Party (Iceland) *Lárus Halldór Grímsson (born 1954), Icelandic composer and musician *Halldór Guðmundsson (born 1956), Icelandic author *Halldór Helgason (born 1991), Icelandic professional snowboarder *Jón Halldór Kristjánsson (born 1942), Icelandic politician and former Minister of Social Affairs *Halldór Laxness (1902–1998), Icelandic novelist and author of ''Independent People'', ''The Atom Station'', and ''Iceland's Bell'' *Halldór Eggert Sigurðsson (1915–2003), Icelandic politician and former minister *Halldor Skard (born 1973), former Norwegian Nordic combined skier who competed from 1990 to 2000 See also *Halldóra, the feminine form *Hal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Halldór Ásgrímsson
Halldór Ásgrímsson (pronounced ; 8 September 1947 – 18 May 2015) was an Icelandic politician, who served as prime minister of Iceland from 2004 to 2006 and was leader of the Progressive Party from 1994 to 2006. Education and early life Halldór studied at the Co-operative College in Bifröst, and became a certified public accountant in 1970. He later completed graduate commerce studies at the Universities of Bergen and Copenhagen, and worked as a lecturer at the University of Iceland from 1973 to 1975. Political career He represented the Eastern constituency as a member of the Althing (Icelandic Parliament) from 1974 to 1978 and from 1979 to 2003, when he was elected to represent the Reykjavík North constituency. Over the years, he has served in a large number of ministerial portfolios, namely as Minister of Fisheries from 1983 to 1991, Minister of Justice and Ecclesiastical Affairs from 1988 to 1989, Minister for Nordic Cooperation from 1985 to 1987 and 1995 to 1999 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Halldór Orri Björnsson
Halldór Orri Björnsson (born 2 March 1987) is an Icelandic retired footballer who played as a midfielder. Career Halldór played club football in Iceland, Germany and Sweden for Stjarnan, SC Pfullendorf, Falkenbergs FF and FH. He earned two international caps for Iceland Iceland ( is, Ísland; ) is a Nordic island country in the North Atlantic Ocean and in the Arctic Ocean. Iceland is the most sparsely populated country in Europe. Iceland's capital and largest city is Reykjavík, which (along with its s ... between 2012 and 2014. He retired from football in September 2021. References 1987 births Living people Halldor Orri Bjornsson Halldor Orri Bjornsson Halldor Orri Bjornsson SC Pfullendorf players Falkenbergs FF players Halldor Orri Bjornsson Halldor Orri Bjornsson Allsvenskan players Regionalliga players Men's association football midfielders Halldor Orri Bjornsson Halldor Orri Bjornsson Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Halldor O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Halldór Blöndal
Halldór Blöndal (born 24 August 1938, Reykjavík, Iceland) is a politician of the Independence Party (Iceland). He is the son of Kristjana Benediktsdóttir, Bjarni Benediktsson's sister. He worked as a teacher and a journalist from 1959 until 1980. From 1971 to 1979, he frequently sat on Althingi as a substitute member. He gained a seat of his own in the Parliament in 1979, where he has served for Iceland's North Eastern Constituency. Counted as strong supporter of whaling due to his summertime jobs in whale processing from 1954 to 1974, he helped building whale watching tourism industry while he was Minister of Communication and Tourism 1991 to 1999. He was also Minister of Agriculture in the first term of Davíð Oddsson as prime minister from 1991 to 1995. From 1999 to 2005, Halldór was the president of the Althing The Alþingi (''general meeting'' in Icelandic, , anglicised as ' or ') is the supreme national parliament of Iceland. It is one of the oldest surviving ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lárus Halldór Grímsson
Lárus Halldór Grímsson (born December 13, 1954) is an Icelandic composer and musician. He is known mostly for his electronic compositions with traditional instruments but he has been writing more non-electronic works since 1990. He has composed much of his music for theatre and television. Lárus began studying the flute in the Skólahljómsveit Vesturbæjar children's wind band and music school in Western Reykjavík (now Skólahljómsveit Vesturbæjar og Miðbæjar) when he was ten."Lárus Halldór Grímsson" , Icelandic Opera, retrieved 23 August 2014 He attended the from 1972 to 1977.Jón Hrólfur Sigurjónsson [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Halldór Guðmundsson
Halldór Guðmundsson (born 1956 in Reykjavík) is an Icelandic author. He was also chairman of the publishing company Mál og menning and its successor after the merger with JPV, Forlagið. His biography of Halldór Laxness was awarded the Icelandic Literary Prize.Íslensku Bókmenntaverðlaunin: Tilnefndar bækur og verðlaun , Icelandic Publishers Association The book has also appeared in English and German. Halldór's 2006 book ''Skáldalíf'', about the Icelandic writer Gunnar Gunnarsson
Gunnar Gunnarsson (18 May 1889 – 21 November 1975) was an Icelandic author who wrote mainly in Danish. He grew up, in c ...
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Halldór Helgason
Halldór Helgason (born 10 January 1991) is an Icelandic snowboarder. Halldór was born in Akureyri, Iceland. He is the younger brother of Eirikur "Eiki" Helgason. Halldór owns Lobster Snowboards, atrip apparel, 7/9/13 Belts, Switchback Bindings and Hoppipolla Headwear, alongside his brother Eiki. Halldor started Lobster snowboards with Kristoffer Hansson and the owners of Bataleon, after Halldor left his board sponsor, DC Shoes Co. In 2016 he founded another company atrip apparel in collaboration with Stigma Distribution. Halldór is sponsored by Lobster snowboards, Monster Energy, Kaleidoscope Skateboards, Neff Gloves & Headwear, Switchback Bindings, Spotdigger, GoPro and VonZipper goggles and eyewear. Halldor is often considered "The Definition of Steez", for his unique array tricks and how easily he pulls them off. His Iconic trick, the Lobster Flip, is a double rodeo 1260, That's 2 flips with 3.5 rotations. Many say he is the hardest pro snowboarder, because of his savage ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jón Halldór Kristjánsson
Jón Halldór Kristjánsson (born 11 June 1942) is an Icelandic politician and former Minister of Social Affairs. External links Biography 1942 births Living people Jon Halldor Kristjansson Jon Halldor Kristjansson Jon Halldor Kristjansson {{iceland-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Halldór Laxness
Halldór Kiljan Laxness (; born Halldór Guðjónsson; 23 April 1902 – 8 February 1998) was an Icelandic writer and winner of the 1955 Nobel Prize in Literature. He wrote novels, poetry, newspaper articles, essays, plays, travelogues and short stories. Writers who influenced Laxness included August Strindberg, Sigmund Freud, Knut Hamsun, Sinclair Lewis, Upton Sinclair, Bertolt Brecht and Ernest Hemingway. Early years Halldór Guðjónsson was born in Reykjavík in 1902. When he was three his family moved to the Laxnes farm in Mosfellsbær, Mosfellssveit parish. He was brought up and enormously influenced by his grandmother who "... sang me ancient songs before I could talk, told me stories from heathen times and sang me cradle songs from the Catholic era... " He started to read books and write stories at an early age and attended the technical school in Reykjavík from 1915 to 1916. His earliest published writing appeared in 1916 in the children's newspapers ''Æskan'' and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Halldór Eggert Sigurðsson
Halldór Eggert Sigurðsson (9 September 1915 – 25 May 2003) was an Icelandic politician and former Minister of Finance of Iceland from 1971 until 1974. References External links Non auto-biography of Halldór Eggert Sigurðsson on the parliament website {{DEFAULTSORT:Sigurdsson, Halldor Eggert 1915 births 2003 deaths Halldor Eggert Sigurdsson Halldor Eggert Sigurdsson Halldor Eggert Sigurdsson ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Halldor Skard
Halldor Skard (born 11 April 1973 in Oslo) is a former Norwegian nordic combined skier who competed from 1990 to 2000. He won the 4 x 5 km team Event at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano. Skard also won two medals in the 4 x 5 km team Event at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships is a biennial nordic skiing event organized by the International Ski Federation (FIS). The World Championships was started in 1925 for men and opened for women's participation in 1954. World Championship e ... with a gold in 1997 and a silver in 1995. External links * * 1973 births Living people Norwegian male Nordic combined skiers Nordic combined skiers at the 1998 Winter Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Norway Skiers from Oslo Olympic medalists in Nordic combined FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in Nordic combined Medalists at the 1998 Winter Olympics 20th-century Norwegian people {{nordic-skiing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Halldóra
Halldóra is an Icelandic given name which is the feminine form of Halldór. List of people with the given name * Halldóra Briem (1913–1993), Icelandic architect * Halldóra Eldjárn (1923–2008), first lady of Iceland * Halldóra Eyjólfsdóttir (died 1210), Icelandic abbess * Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir (born 1968), Icelandic actress and musician * Halldóra Ísleifsdóttir (born 1970), Icelandic visual communication designer, artist, and design activist * Halldóra Mogensen (born 1979), Icelandic politician * Halldóra Sigvaldadóttir Halldóra Sigvaldadóttir (died after 1544) was the last abbess of the Kirkjubæjar Abbey on Iceland. Halldóra Sigvaldadóttir was the daughter of Sigvalda Gunnarssonar langalífs, who had a secular position within the church. She is described as ... (died circa 1544), Icelandic abbess * Halldóra K. Thoroddsen (1950–2020), Icelandic writer * Halldóra Tumadóttir (1180–1247), Icelandic political figure {{given name Given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haldor
Haldor is a given name. It may refer to: *Haldor Andreas Haldorsen (1883–1965), Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party * Haldor Børve (1857–1933), Norwegian architect * Haldor Bjerkeseth (1883–1974), Norwegian politician for the Christian Democratic Party *Haldor Boen (1851–1912), American congressman from Minnesota *Haldor Halderson (1900–1965), Canadian ice hockey player who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics * Haldor Johan Hanson (1856–1929), American hymn writer, publisher and author *Haldor Lægreid Haldor Lægreid (born 30 March 1970) is a Norwegian musical artist. He is most recognized as the performer of the power ballad " On My Own", Norway's entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 2001 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Haldor finished last, only ob ..., Norwegian musical artist * Haldor Lillenas (1885–1959), minister in the Church of the Nazarene, author, song evangelist, poet, music publisher and prolific hymnwriter * Haldor Kjeldgaard (1972-), Known Danish hai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
