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Hrafnhildur Hagalin
Hrafnhildur is an officially approved Icelandic female given name. It is the younger version of Hrafnhildr. The name is derived from the Old Norse words for bird and battle. It has consistently been in the top 100 Icelandic names for the last 20 years Given name Arts and music *Hrafnhildur Hagalín, Icelandic playwright * Hrafnhildur Arnardóttir (Shoplifter), Icelandic artists working mainly in human hair Sports *Hrafnhildur Lúthersdóttir, Icelandic Olympic swimmer *Hrafnhildur Skúladóttir, Former Icelandic handball player and coach *Hrafnhildur Hanna Þrastardóttir, Icelandic handball player *Hrafnhildur Hauksdóttir, Icelandic football player *Hrafnhildur Guðmundsdóttir, Icelandic Olympic swimmer *Katrín Davíðsdóttir, Icelandic CrossFit athlete Science and Technology *Hrafnhildur Hanna Ragnarsdóttir Hrafnhildur Hanna Ragnarsdóttir (born 1948) is professor emerita in Developmental and Educational Science at the University of Iceland. Her research ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Icelandic Language
Icelandic (; is, íslenska, link=no ) is a North Germanic language spoken by about 314,000 people, the vast majority of whom live in Iceland, where it is the national language. Due to being a West Scandinavian language, it is most closely related to Faroese, western Norwegian dialects, and the extinct language, Norn. The language is more conservative than most other Germanic languages. While most of them have greatly reduced levels of inflection (particularly noun declension), Icelandic retains a four- case synthetic grammar (comparable to German, though considerably more conservative and synthetic) and is distinguished by a wide assortment of irregular declensions. Icelandic vocabulary is also deeply conservative, with the country's language regulator maintaining an active policy of coining terms based on older Icelandic words rather than directly taking in loanwords from other languages. Since the written language has not changed much, Icelandic speakers can read classic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mál Og Menning
Mál og menning ('language and culture') is an Icelandic publishing house, established in 1937. The press has published the work of many of Iceland's best known authors, among them Þórbergur Þórðarson, Jóhannes úr Kötlum, Svava Jakobsdóttir, Þórarinn Eldjárn, and Einar Kárason. As of 2007 its books are published by the publishing house Forlagið, of which Mál og menning is a controlling shareholder. Origins The publishing company Mál og menning was established on 17 June 1937, combining the press Heimskringla, which Kristinn E. Andrésson had founded in 1934, Ragnar í Smára's company Smári og fleirum, and the Félag byltingarsinnaðra rithöfunda (the Society of Revolutionary Authors, which included amongst others Kristinn E. Andrésson himself, Halldór Laxness, Steinn Steinarr, Jóhannes úr Kötlum and Halldór Stefánsson). Mál og menning was originally a book club, to which people paid a subscription in order to receive books in the post. The first sev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bird
Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Aves (), characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweight skeleton. Birds live worldwide and range in size from the bee hummingbird to the ostrich. There are about ten thousand living species, more than half of which are passerine, or "perching" birds. Birds have whose development varies according to species; the only known groups without wings are the extinct moa and elephant birds. Wings, which are modified forelimbs, gave birds the ability to fly, although further evolution has led to the loss of flight in some birds, including ratites, penguins, and diverse endemic island species. The digestive and respiratory systems of birds are also uniquely adapted for flight. Some bird species of aquatic environments, particularly seabirds and some waterbirds, have further evolved for swimming. B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle
A battle is an occurrence of combat in warfare between opposing military units of any number or size. A war usually consists of multiple battles. In general, a battle is a military engagement that is well defined in duration, area, and force commitment. An engagement with only limited commitment between the forces and without decisive results is sometimes called a skirmish. The word "battle" can also be used infrequently to refer to an entire operational campaign, although this usage greatly diverges from its conventional or customary meaning. Generally, the word "battle" is used for such campaigns if referring to a protracted combat encounter in which either one or both of the combatants had the same methods, resources, and strategic objectives throughout the encounter. Some prominent examples of this would be the Battle of the Atlantic, Battle of Britain, and Battle of Stalingrad, all in World War II. Wars and military campaigns are guided by military strategy, whereas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hrafnhildur Hagalín
Hrafnhildur Hagalín Guðmundsdóttir (born 1965) is an Icelandic playwright. Born in Reykjavík, she studied classical guitar at the Reykjavík College of Music and literature and theatre at the Paris-Sorbonne University. Her first play ''Ég er Meistarinn'' ("I am the Maestro") was performed at the Reykjavík City Theatre; it was awarded the Icelandic Critics' Award and the Nordic Theatre Prize. In 2004, it was nominated Best Foreign Play in Italy. Her second play ''Hægan, Elektra'' ("Easy now, Electra") was performed at the National Theatre of Iceland The National Theatre of Iceland (NTI) ( is, Þjóðleikhúsið, pronounced ) in Reykjavík, is the national theatre of Iceland. The theater, designed by Guðjón Samúelsson, was formally opened on 20 April 1950. Since 2020, the artistic directo ... in 2000. It was nominated for Best Icelandic Play in 2001. Hagalín lives in Reykjavík. She has also written a radio play which was broadcast on the Icelandic State Broadcast Ser ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hrafnhildur Arnardóttir
Shoplifter (real name Hrafnhildur Arnardóttir) is a New York City-based contemporary artist who works with synthetic and natural hair. When Arnardóttir moved to New York in 1994, her birth name was mispronounced as Shoplifter and she has gone by that name ever since. Shoplifter is known for her sculptures, wall murals, and site-specific installations and has shown her work worldwide and collaborated with artists from various countries. In 2004, she collaborated with musician, Björk and created the hair mask for the cover or her album Medúlla. In 2008, she worked in collaboration with Aimez Vous Avec Ferveur to create a large-scale window installation at MoMA. Shoplifter represented Iceland at La Biennale di Venezia in 2019 with her installation Chromo Sapiens. Early life and influences Shoplifter was born in Reykjavik, Iceland. At an early age, she was introduced to the art of hair by her grandmother, who stored one of her cut-off braids in her bedroom drawer. She works with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hrafnhildur Lúthersdóttir
Hrafnhildur Lúthersdóttir (; born 2 August 1991 in Hafnarfjörður is an Icelandic former swimmer. Born in Iceland, Lúthersdóttir moved to the United States to study public relations and swam for the University of Florida The University of Florida (Florida or UF) is a public land-grant research university in Gainesville, Florida. It is a senior member of the State University System of Florida, traces its origins to 1853, and has operated continuously on its .... At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she was competed in the 4×100-medley relay but did not win a medal. She also competed in the 200 m breaststroke but did not progress past the first round. At the 2016 Summer Olympics, she competed for Iceland in both the Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre breaststroke, 100 m breaststroke and the Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre breaststroke, 200 m breaststroke. She finished 6th in the 100 m breaststroke with a time of 1:07.18 and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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