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Hoel (other)
Hoel may also refer to: ;People * Hoël I, Duke of Brittany (reigned 960–981) * Hoël II, Duke of Brittany (c.1031–1084) * Hoel, Count of Nantes (died 1156) * Adolf Hoel (1879–1964), Norwegian geologist and polar researcher * Arne Hoel (1927–2006), Norwegian ski jumper * Brit Hoel (born 1942), Norwegian politician * Gudmund Hoel (1877–1956), Norwegian architect * Jørn Hoel (born 1957), Norwegian composer, guitarist and singer * J.C. Hoel (1904–1989), co-founder of the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally * Nils Astrup Hoel (1899–1986), Norwegian businessperson * Oddmund Hoel (1910–1983), Norwegian politician * Pearl Hoel (1905–2005), co-founder of the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally * Sigrun Hoel (born 1951), Norwegian lawyer, academic, government official and feminist * Sigurd Hoel Sigurd Hoel (December 14, 1890 – October 14, 1960) was a Norwegian author and publishing consultant, born in Nord-Odal. He debuted with the collection of short stories (The Way We Go) in 1922 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hoël I, Duke Of Brittany
Hoël I of Brittany was an illegitimate son of Alan II and Judith. He was Count of Nantes and Duke of Brittany This is a list of rulers of the Duchy of Brittany. In different epochs the sovereigns of Brittany were kings, princes, and dukes. The Breton ruler was sometimes elected, sometimes attained the position by conquest or intrigue, or by hereditary r ... from 960 to 981. Life Upon the death of Drogo, the government of Brittany splintered among the leading nobles. Evidence of a fractured leadership appeared in letters from Pope John XIII to Brittany who addressed "Juhel Béranger and his son Conan, as well as Hoël and his brother Guérech." In 975, Hoël I entered into a conflict with Conan I ''Le Tort'', the Count of Rennes, son of Juhel Béranger and the eventual Duke of Brittany after the rule of Hoël and his brother Guérech. Conan I controlled the north of Brittany and considered himself the ruler of Brittany. Hoël's army was supplemented by the troops of Geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hoël II, Duke Of Brittany
Hoël II (c. 1031–1084) was Count of Kernev ('' French: Cornouaille'', ''Breton: Kernev''), from 1058 as Hoël V. On the basis of his marriage to Hawise, Duchess of Brittany, in 1066, he became Duke of Brittany ''jure uxoris''. Life Hoël was the son of Alain Count of Cornouaille and his wife, Judith of Nantes, granddaughter of the illegitimate son of Alan II of Brittany. Hoël started the House of Kernev (Cornouaille) of Brittany, which ruled the Duchy until 1156. Hoël became Count of Nantes in 1054. The title came to him through his mother's family. Matthew I of Nantes, Count of Nantes until his death in 1050, was the nephew of Hoël's mother, Judith of Nantes, the son of her only brother Budic of Nantes. Alain Canhiart seize the County in the name of his son Hoël in 1050, and held it as Regent for his son until 1054. Conan II, Duke of Brittany, attempted to seize Nantes in 1054 but was defeated. Hoël ruled the County of Nantes in his mother's name from this date until J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hoel, Count Of Nantes
Hoèl of Cornwall (died 1156) was count of Nantes, from 1148 to his death. He was raised the son of Duke Conan III and Maud FitzRoy, an illegitimate daughter of King Henry I of England. However, he was disinherited by his father when on his death-bed, as Conan III claimed that Hoèl was illegitimate and no son of his. Bertha then became heiress to Duke Conan's lands in Brittany, while Hoèl was allowed to remain Count of Nantes. He was accused by St. Bernard of Clairvaux of having an incestuous affair with his sister Bertha. The traditional story of the disinheritance might be a fable. Viscount Charles de la Lande de Calan proposed, in 1908, that Hoël was an illegitimate son for whom Conan III decided to provide Nantes for his support. The name Hoël had been used for illegitimate sons of the counts of Nantes. Katharine Keats-Rohan, in 1996, proposed that Conan III disinherited his legitimate son for the purpose of unifying Brittany through the marriage of his daughter Bertha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adolf Hoel
Adolf Hoel (15 May 1879 – 19 February 1964) was a Norwegian geologist, environmentalist and Polar region researcher. He led several scientific expeditions to Svalbard and Greenland. Hoel has been described as one of the most iconic and influential figures in Norwegian polar exploration in the first half of the 20th century, alongside Fridtjof Nansen and Roald Amundsen. His focus on and research of the polar areas has been largely credited as the reason Norway has sovereignty over Svalbard and Queen Maud Land in the Antarctica. Hoel was the founding director of the Norwegian Polar Institute and served as rector of the University of Oslo and as President of the Norwegian Society for the Conservation of Nature. Honours The mineral hoelite, the Adolf Hoel Glacier in Greenland and the Hoel Mountains in Antarctica are named in his honour. Biography Hoel was born in Sørum in Akershus, Norway. He attended Hans Nielsen Hauges Minde in Oslo and the University of Oslo taking his cand.re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arne Hoel
Arne Hoel (5 April 1927 – 10 September 2006) was a Norwegian ski jumper who competed in the 1940s and 1950s. He won the ski jumping event at the Holmenkollen ski festival three times (1948, 1951 and 1959). Because of his successes, Hoel was awarded the Holmenkollen medal in 1956 (shared with Borghild Niskin and Arnfinn Bergmann). He also finished sixth and eleventh in the individual large hill event at the 1952 and 1956 Winter Olympics The 1956 Winter Olympics, officially known as the VII Olympic Winter Games ( it, VII Giochi Olimpici invernali) and commonly known as Cortina d'Ampezzo 1956 ( lld, Anpezo 1956 or ), was a multi-sport event held in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, fro ..., respectively. References External links * * – click Holmenkollmedaljen for downloadable pdf file * – click Vinnere for downloadable pdf file Ski jumpers at the 1952 Winter Olympics Ski jumpers at the 1956 Winter Olympics Holmenkollen medalists Holmenkollen Ski Festival winners ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brit Hoel
Brit Hoel (born 19 December 1942 in Arendal) is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. She was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Aust-Agder in 1981, and was re-elected on three occasions. She had previously served in the position of deputy representative during the terms 1981–1985. On the local level she was a member of Øyestad municipal council from 1975 to 1979. From 2000 to 2002 she worked at the Office of the Auditor General of Norway. She has been involved in the Norwegian Association of Local and Regional Authorities The Norwegian Association of Local and Regional Authorities ( no, KS) is an employers' organisation in Norway. It was founded in 1972 as a merger between the Union of Norwegian Cities (''Norges Byforbund'', founded in 1903) and the Norwegian Asso ... and the Norwegian Heart and Lung Patient Organisation. References * 1942 births Living people Labour Party (Norway) politicians Members of the Storting Aust-Agder politicians Peop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gudmund Hoel
Gudmund Hoel (25 September 1877 – 7 September 1956) was a Norwegian architect. He is regarded as the second-most influential railway architect in Norway, after Paul Due. Biography He was born in Kragerø, Norway. Hoel graduated from Kristiania Tekniske Skole (today Oslo University College) in 1896. For six years he had various assistant jobs at architecture firms in Norway and Germany. From 1903-04, he conducted study trips to the United States. In 1904, he started working for Holger Sinding-Larsen, and in 1910 he established his own firm. In 1913, he was appointed director of the newly established NSB Arkitektkontor, an in-house division of the Norwegian State Railways Vygruppen, branded as Vy, is a government-owned railway company which operates most passenger train services and many bus services in Norway. The company is owned by the Norwegian Ministry of Transport. Its sub-brands include Vy Buss coach s .... He remained director there until he retired in 1947. His ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jørn Hoel
Jørn Hoel (born 27 July 1957) is a Norwegian composer, guitarist and singer. Hoel was born in Tromsø. His album debut was ''Ubarbert'' from 1982, and the album ''Varme ut av is'' from 1987 earned him Spellemannprisen. Among his best known songs are "Ei hand å holde i" and "Har en drøm". Later albums are ''Leapin' Lizards'' from 1994 and ''Soulsville'' from 1996, which chartered number one on VG-lista VG-lista is a Norwegian record chart. It is presented weekly in the newspaper '' VG''. It is considered the primary Norwegian record chart, charting albums and singles from countries and continents around the world. The data are collected by Nie .... References 1957 births Living people Musicians from Tromsø Norwegian composers Norwegian male composers Norwegian guitarists Norwegian male guitarists Norwegian male singers {{Norway-musician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nils Astrup Hoel
Nils Astrup Hoel (3 February 1899 – 30 January 1986) was a Norwegian businessperson. He was born in Bergen as a son of Ole Andor Hoel (1867–1941) and Ingeborg Astrup (1864–1950). In 1931 he married Astrid Johanna Arnesen. He examen artium, finished his secondary education in 1916, took the basic officer's course at the Norwegian Military Academy in 1917 before graduating from the University of Oslo, Royal Frederick University with a cand.oecon. degree in 1920. He also attended Bergen Handelsgymnasium for one year, worked in Centralbanken for Norge and Freia (chocolate), Freia Chocolade Fabrik between 1921 and 1924 before taking the cand.jur. degree in 1926. From 1927 to 1928 he worked as a secretary in the Ministry of Finance (Norway), Ministry of Finance. He was hired in Hafslund (company), Hafslund as a board secretary in 1928, was promoted to manager in 1933 (also manager of Glommens Træsliberi and Vamma Fossekompagnie) and chief executive officer from 1936 to 1965. Duri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oddmund Hoel
Oddmund Hoel (18 January 1910 – 26 November 1983) was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party. He was born in Opdal. He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Sør-Trøndelag in 1954, and was re-elected on two occasions. On the local level Hoel was a member of Opdal municipal council from 1945 to 1959. Outside politics he worked as a police sergeant (1930–1941, 1945–1975) and a lawyer (1941–1945, 1975–1983), having graduated as cand.jur. in 1941. He also had a military career The career is an individual's metaphorical "journey" through learning, work and other aspects of life. There are a number of ways to define career and the term is used in a variety of ways. Definitions The ''Oxford English Dictionary'' defin .... References * 1910 births 1983 deaths Liberal Party (Norway) politicians Members of the Storting Sør-Trøndelag politicians 20th-century Norwegian politicians {{Norway-politician-1910s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pearl Hoel
Pearl Hoel (November 10, 1905–February 7, 2005) was co-founder of the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally, along with her husband J.C. Hoel. She was inducted to the Motorcycle Hall of Fame in 1991, and the South Dakota Hall of Fame in 2005. She served as Meade County Clerk of Courts, Register of Deeds, and County Auditor The term county auditor is applied as a descriptor, and sometimes as a title, for the fiscal officer in county government with oversight responsibility of all financial books and records of all county offices. United States The county auditor posit .... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Hoel, Pearl People from Meade County, South Dakota 1905 births Sturgis Motorcycle Rally people Black Hills State University alumni 2005 deaths Women motorcyclists ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sigrun Hoel
Sigrun Hoel (born 10 October 1951) is a Norwegian lawyer, academic, government official and feminist. She served as the 22nd President of the Norwegian Association for Women's Rights (NKF) from 1984 to 1988, succeeding supreme court justice Karin M. Bruzelius. Before she became the national President she was chair of the Oslo chapter from 1980 to 1984 and Vice President of NKF from 1982 to 1984. She was acting Gender Equality Ombud in 1984, 1988 and 1991. She graduated with the cand.jur. (LL.M.) degree as the University of Oslo in 1977. She was involved in establishing the Gender Equality Ombud, the world's first of its kind, and joined the office of the Ombud as one of its first employees in 1979. She served as chief of staff to then-Ombud Eva Kolstad, her predecessor as NKF President, and to Kolstad's successor Ingse Stabel, and was acting Gender Equality Ombud in 1984, 1988 and 1991. She later joined Oslo and Akershus University College as a law professor. She was the Norweg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
