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Hjort Anders Olsson
{{Use dmy dates, date=February 2015 Hjort, also spelled ''Hiort'' and ''Hiorth'', is a common surname of some Norwegian and Danish families and persons. The name means hart. Early harts * Sigurd Hart, legendary king of Ringerike * Tore Hjort The Oslo harts Rasmus Hjort (1525–1604), Latin ''Erasmus Cervinus'', was a priest in Oslo. He married around 1555 Gidse Frantzdatter Berg, who was the daughter of bishop Frantz Berg and Karine Lauritzdatter. He belonged to the Oslo Humanists. The couple had the son Christoffer Hjort (1561–1616), a crypto-Catholic priest. The Røros harts Both Peder Henningsen Hjort (1655–1716) and his son Peder Pedersen Hjort (1715–1789) were directors at Røros Copperwork. The harts from Jutland The harts from Jutland are believed to descend from Jacob Schade (b. ca. 1540), who was from Varde in Jutland and perhaps of an old, German noble family. His son Peder Jacobsen Schade (1571–1641) in Kalundborg was the father of Søren Pedersen (Call ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
Ann Hjort
Ann Hjort (born ) is a Danish actress best known for her role as Puk in the 1989 television series '' Nissebanden i Grønland''. Hjort was educated at Aarhus Theatre in 1983. Whilst filming ''Nissebanden i Grønland'' she met her (now ex-) husband Finn Nielsen. In 1989-1990 she starred in the musical ''Kielgasten'' with Kim Larsen and others. She has also voiced many cartoons including ''The Lion King'' ( da, Løvernes Konge) and '' The Pink Panther'' ( da, Den lyserøde panter). Movies * ''Når engle elsker'' (1985) – Meta Nielsen * ''Kærlighed ved første desperate blik'' (1994) * ''Belma'' (1995) – Nurse * '' Kandidaten'' (2008) – Eva Schiller * ''En enkelt til Korsør'' (2008) – Birthe TV series * ''Nissebanden i Grønland'' (julekalender) (1989) – Puk * '' Hvide løgne'' (1998) – Helle Blom, doctor * ''Finn'sk fjernsyn'' (1999) – Different roles * ''Rejseholdet'', afsnit 28 (2002) – Vibs * ''Nikolaj og Julie'', afsnit 18 (2003) – Doctor * '' Ørn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vigdis Hjort
Vigdis Hjorth (born 19 July 1959) is a Norwegian novelist. She was long listed for the National book Award. Life She grew up in Oslo, and studied philosophy, literature and political science. In 1983, she published her first novel, the children's book ''Pelle-Ragnar i den gule gården'', for which she received Norsk kulturråd's debut award. Her first book for an adult audience was ''Drama med Hilde'' (1987). ''Om bare'' (2001) is considered her most important novel, and a '' roman à clef''. Hjorth has mentioned Dag Solstad, Bertold Brecht and Louis-Ferdinand Céline as important literary influences. Hjorth has three children and lives in Asker. Works in English * ''A House of Norway'', Translated by Charlotte Barslund, Norvik Press 2017. * ''Will and Testament,'' Translated by Charlotte Barslund, Verso, 2019. . * '' Long Live the Post Horn!'', Translated by Charlotte Barslund, Verso 2020. * ''Is Mother Dead'', Translated by Charlotte Barslund, Verso 2022. ISBN 978 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peder Henningsen Hjort
Peter is a common masculine given name. It is derived directly from Greek , ''Petros'' (an invented, masculine form of Greek ''petra,'' the word for "rock" or "stone"), which itself was a translation of Aramaic ''Kefa'' ("stone, rock"), the new name Jesus gave to apostle Simon Bar-Jona. An Old English variant is Piers. In other languagess The following names can be interpreted as ''Peter'' in English. * Afrikaans: Pieter, Petrus * Albanian: Pjetër, Prel * Amharic: ጴጥሮስ ("Ṗeṭros") * Arabic: بطرس (''Boutros''), بيار ("Pierre," mainly in Lebanon), بيتر ("Peter," exact transcription) * Aragonese: Pietro, Pero, Piero, Pier * Azerbaijani: Pyotr * Armenian: Պետրոս (''Bedros'' in Western dialect, ''Petros'' in Eastern dialect) * Asturian: Pedru * Basque: Peru, Pello (diminutive), Pedro, Piarres, Petri (Biblical), Kepa (neologism) * Belarusian: Пётр (''Piotr''), Пятро (''Piatro''), Пятрусь (''Piatrus'') * Bengali: পাথর (''Pathor'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nils Lid Hjort
Nils Lid Hjort (born 12 January 1953) is a Norwegian statistician, who has been a professor of mathematical statistics at the University of Oslo since 1991. Hjort's research themes are varied, with particularly noteworthy contributions in the fields of Bayesian probability (Beta processes for use in non- and semi-parametric models, particularly within survival analysis and event history analysis, but also with links to Indian buffet processes in machine learning), density estimation and nonparametric regression (local likelihood methodology), model selection ( focused information criteria and model averaging), confidence distributions, and change detection. He has also worked with spatial statistics, statistics of remote sensing, pattern recognition, etc. An article on frequentist model averaging, with co-author Gerda Claeskens, was selected as ''Fast Breaking Paper in the field of mathematics'' by the Essential Science Indicators in 2005. This and a companion paper, both publis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johan Bernhard Hjort
Johan Bernhard Hjort (25 February 1895 – 24 February 1969) was a Norwegian supreme court lawyer. Having joined the law firm of Harald Nørregaard in 1932, he continued the firm after World War II as Advokatfirmaet Hjort, which today is one of Norway's leading law firms. Hjort was also noted for his involvement with the fascist party, Nasjonal Samling, in the 1930s, but left the party in 1937 and became an active member of the anti-Nazi resistance during World War II. He was imprisoned by the Nazis and is credited with saving the lives of many prisoners through his involvement with the White Buses. After World War II, he rose to become one of Norway's preeminent lawyers, and was noted for his defence of gay rights and controversial artists, as chairman of the Riksmålsforbundet language society, and as a liberal public figure. Background He was the son of marine biologist, oceanographer, and director of fisheries, Johan Hjort. Political involvement in the 1930s On 17 May ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johan Hjort
Johan Hjort (18 February 1869, in Christiania – 7 October 1948, in Oslo) was a Norwegian fisheries scientist, marine zoologist, and oceanographer. He was among the most prominent and influential marine zoologists of his time. The early years Johan Hjort was the first child of Johan S. A. Hjort, a professor of ophthalmology, and Elisabeth Falsen, of the Falsen family. Among his siblings was the engineer Alf Hjort, who became a leader of subwater tunnel constructions in New York City. Johan Hjort had wanted to become a zoologist since his early schooldays, but to please his father he took initial courses in medicine, before following Fridtjof Nansen's advice and his own wish, leaving for the University of Munich to study zoology with Richard Hertwig. He then worked at the ' in Naples on an embryological problem, which led to his doctorate in Munich at the age of 23 in 1892. He returned to Norway to become curator of the University Zoological Museum, where he developed more ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grethe Hjort
Grethe Hjort (1903–1967) was a Danish-born professor of Danish and English literature. After graduating from the University of Copenhagen, she moved to Cambridge where she studied at Newnham College, earning a Ph.D. in 1931 and subsequently becoming a Pfeiffer research fellow at Girton College. While there, she obtained British citizenship and changed her name to Greta Hort. In 1938 she moved to Australia where she was appointed principal of University Women's College at the University of Melbourne. After resigning in 1946, she moved to Prague where she undertook biblical research until 1956. She then returned to Denmark, becoming Professor of English Literature at Aarhus University from 1958 until her death in 1967. She pioneered a programme of studies including Australian and Commonwealth literature and for the first time taught English-literature courses in the English language. Early life and education Born on 25 March 1903 in Copenhagen, Grethe Hjort was the daughter of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Hjort
Christopher Hjort (born 15 December 1958) is a Norwegian typographer and graphical designer. In 1990, Hjort and three colleagues founded ''Gazette'', which has grown into one of Norway's largest professional companies in the fields of graphical design, web design, modern typography, information, and corporate communication more generally. At Gazette, Hjort has been co-founder, co-owner, and currently works as advisor. He has also been actively involved in developing the company's ''Gazette Bok'' publishing group, which serves as an outlet for various publishing ideas that evolve through Gazette's different business connections. Through Hjort's connections and initiative, Disney artist Don Rosa used Gazette Bok for publishing his The Pertwillaby Papers and The Adventures of Captain Kentucky books. Hjort is also a rock historian and researcher. In 2000, together with American Doug Hinman, he published ''Jeff's Book'', an acclaimed annotated chronology of Jeff Beck's career, follow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alf Hjort
Alf Hjort (12 October 1877 – 12 December 1944) was a Norwegian born, American electrical engineer. He played a leading part in the planning and construction of the underground and underwater railroad and car tunnels of New York City, as well as the extensions of the city's metropolitan subway system. Background Alf Hjort was born in Christiania (now Oslo), Norway. He was a younger brother of Norwegian oceanographer and marine zoologist Johan Hjort. Their parents were Johan S.A. Hjort (1835-1905), a professor of ophthalmology, and Elisabeth Falsen (1849-1922) of the Falsen family. After graduating from Oslo Gymnasium, he went to Hannover in Germany to study mechanical and electrical engineering. After work periods in Berlin and London, Hjort came to the United States in 1904. Career From 1904 to 1909 he served as chief engineer of Pearson & Sons, one of the largest and best known contracting and construction firms at the time. Hjort's task was to oversee the planning and constr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hart (deer)
A hart is a male red deer, synonymous with ''stag'' and used in contrast to the female hind; its use may now be considered mostly poetic or archaic. The word comes from Middle English ''hert'', from Old English ''heorot''; compare Frisian ''hart'', Dutch ''hert'', German ''Hirsch'', and Swedish, Norwegian, and Danish ''hjort'', all meaning "deer". Heorot is given as the name of Hrothgar's mead hall in the Old English epic ''Beowulf''. Historically, ''hart'' has also been used generically to mean "deer, antelope", as in the royal antelope, which Willem Bosman called "the king of the harts". The word ''hart'' was also sometimes used in the past specifically to describe a stag of more than five years. In deer classification In medieval hunting terms, a stag in its first year was called a "calf" or "calfe", in its second a "brocket", in its third a "spayed", "spade", or "spayard", in its fourth a "staggerd" or "staggard", and in its fifth a "stag", or a "great stag". To be a "hart" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
