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Johannes Lavik
Johannes Lavik (1 February 1856, Vaksdal – 14 February 1929) was a Norwegian journalist and newspaper editor. He was a subeditor of the newspaper'' Bergens Tidende'' from 1894. He was a founder and editor of the Nynorsk newspaper ''Gula Tidend ''Gula Tidend'' (meaning ''Gula Times'') is a former Norwegian newspaper. It was established in 1904 by Johannes Lavik, and disestablished in 1996. During World War II in response to the censorship of the occupying forces the paper temporarily en ...'' from 1904. He edited '' Bondebladet'' from 1919 to 1925. Johannes Lavik was a brother of Member of Parliament Andreas Lavik and actor Dore Lavik. References 1856 births 1929 deaths People from Vaksdal Norwegian newspaper editors {{Norway-journalist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vaksdal
is a municipality in the county of Vestland, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Nordhordland. The administrative centre is the village of Dalekvam. Other villages in Vaksdal include Dalegarden, Flatkvål, Helle, Nesheim, Stamneshella, Stanghelle, and Vaksdal. The municipality is the 160th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Vaksdal is the 205th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 3,867. The municipality's population density is and its population has decreased by 6.5% over the previous 10-year period. In 2016, the chief of police for Vestlandet formally suggested a reconfiguration of police districts and stations. He proposed that the police station in Solund be closed. General information The municipality of Vaksdal was created on 1 January 1964 after a major municipal restructuring after the Schei Committee's recommendations. Vaksdal was formed from the following places: * All of Bruvik municipality, excep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bergens Tidende
''Bergens Tidende'' is Norway's fifth-largest newspaper, and the country's largest newspaper outside Oslo. ''Bergens Tidende'' is owned by the public company Schibsted ASA. Norwegian owners held a mere 42% of the shares in Schibsted at the end of 2015. History and profile Founded in 1868, ''Bergens Tidende'' is based in Bergen. The newspaper is published in two sections. Section one contains op-eds, general news, sports, and weather. Section two contains culture, views, local news, and television listings. The feature magazine ''BTMagasinet'' is published on Saturdays. ''Bergens Tidende'' is owned by the public company Schibsted, which also owns ''Aftenposten'', ''Stavanger Aftenblad'', and ''Fædrelandsvennen''. At least 30% of the shares of Schibsted are owned by foreign investment banks and insurance companies, such as Goldman Sachs. The paper began to be published in tabloid format in 2006. The paper was awarded the European Newspaper of the Year in the regional newspap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Store Norske Leksikon
The ''Great Norwegian Encyclopedia'' ( no, Store Norske Leksikon, abbreviated ''SNL''), is a Norwegian-language online encyclopedia. The online encyclopedia is among the most-read Norwegian published sites, with more than two million unique visitors per month. Paper editions 1978–2007 The ''SNL'' was created in 1978, when the two publishing houses Aschehoug and Gyldendal merged their encyclopedias and created the company Kunnskapsforlaget. Up until 1978 the two publishing houses of Aschehoug and Gyldendal, Norway's two largest, had published ' and ', respectively. The respective first editions were published in 1907–1913 (Aschehoug) and 1933–1934 (Gyldendal). The slump in sales for paper-based encyclopedias around the turn of the 21st century hit Kunnskapsforlaget hard, but a fourth edition of the paper encyclopedia was secured by a grant of ten million Norwegian kroner from the foundation Fritt Ord in 2003. The fourth edition consisted of 16 volumes, a t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nynorsk Language
Nynorsk () () is one of the two written standards of the Norwegian language, the other being Bokmål. From 12 May 1885, it became the state-sanctioned version of Ivar Aasen's standard Norwegian language ( no, Landsmål) parallel to the Dano-Norwegian written language (''Riksmål''). Nynorsk became the name in 1929, and it is after a series of reforms still a variation which is closer to , whereas Bokmål is closer to ''Riksmål'' and Danish. Between 10 and 15 percent of Norwegians (Primarily in the west around the city of Bergen,) have Nynorsk as their official language form, estimated by the number of students attending ''videregående skole'' (secondary education). Nynorsk is also taught as a mandatory subject in both high school and elementary school for all Norwegians who do not have it as their own language form. History Danish was the written language of Norway until 1814, and Danish with Norwegian intonation and pronunciation was on occasion spoken in the cities (see Da ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gula Tidend
''Gula Tidend'' (meaning ''Gula Times'') is a former Norwegian newspaper. It was established in 1904 by Johannes Lavik, and disestablished in 1996. During World War II in response to the censorship of the occupying forces the paper temporarily ended its operations on 10 April 1940, a day after the occupation. The newspaper was a proponent for the Nynorsk language in Western Norway, located in Bergen. Among its editors were Per Håland Per Håland (7 January 1919 – 9 October 1999) was a Norwegian journalist and newspaper editor, and proponent for the Nynorsk language. He was born in Høyanger. He was a journalist for ''Høyanger Avis'' from 1939 until the outbreak of World ..., who edited ''Gula Tidend'' for 25 years, from 1954 to 1979. References 1905 establishments in Norway 1996 disestablishments in Norway Defunct newspapers published in Norway Newspapers published in Bergen Norwegian-language newspapers Nynorsk Newspapers established in 1905 Publications di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bondebladet (newspaper)
''Bondebladet'' was a Norwegian newspaper published in Voss and Bergen in Hordaland county. History and profile ''Bondebladet'' was started on 4 March 1914 as an organ for farmers. The paper also supported Landsmål. Already in June 1915 it absorbed '' Vestlandsbonden''. It was first published weekly, then from 1919 three days a week. It was a local newspaper with special care for farmers, but became a regional newspaper in 1921 and a newspaper for the whole Western Norway in 1922. At the same time it was moved to Bergen Bergen (), historically Bjørgvin, is a city and municipality in Vestland county on the west coast of Norway. , its population is roughly 285,900. Bergen is the second-largest city in Norway. The municipality covers and is on the peninsula of ..., became a daily newspaper, and became affiliated with the newly founded Agrarian Party. It did not cope with its own ambitious goals, and went defunct after its last issue on 6 December 1935. References 191 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andreas Lavik
Andreas Johannessen Lavik (18 August 1854 – 18 December 1918) was a Norwegian revivalist, temperance advocate, magazine editor, farmer, headmaster and politician. Early life and family He was born in Eksingedalen as a son of farmer Johannes Andersson Lavik and Kari Andersdotter Kyte. He was a brother of journalist and newspaper editor Johannes Lavik and actor and theatre director Dore Lavik. In 1881, he married Margrethe Christine Matthiessen. They had eleven children. Among their sons was jurist and newspaper editor Johannes Lavik. His wife Margrethe was elected as deputy representative to the Parliament of Norway in 1915. He was an uncle of parliamentarian Nils Lavik and journalist Herbrand Lavik. Career From 1878 to 1887, Lavik worked as a travelling lay preacher for the organization Bergens Indremisjon. In 1885 he settled in Kvinnherad. He served as mayor of Kvinnherad for eight years, and represented the Moderate Liberal Party in Søndre Bergenhus at the Parliament of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dore Lavik
Dorotheus Olivarius Lavik a.k.a. Dore Lavik (4 June 1863 – 18 June 1908) was a Norwegian actor and theatre director. He worked as an actor at Den Nationale Scene in Bergen from 1895, and chaired the theatre Sekondteatret in Kristiania from 1899 to 1901, together with his wife Ludovica Levy. Personal life Dore Lavik was born in Hosanger as the son of farmer Johannes Andersson Lavik and Kari Andersdatter Kyte, and was a brother of Andreas Lavik and Johannes Lavik. He was married to actress and theatre director Ludovica Levy from 1896 to 1906. From 1904 he lived with actress and teacher Anne Marie Andersen, the later wife of Knut Hamsun. He died in Bergen in 1908. Career Lavik studied philology at the University of Oslo in the 1880s. He initiated his stage career in 1892 as reciter of poems at Den literære Variété at Christiania Tivoli. He spent two years in the United States from 1892 to 1894, working as insurance agent, agent for the newspaper ''Skandinaven'', and bric ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1856 Births
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1929 Deaths
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People From Vaksdal
A person ( : people) is a being that has certain capacities or attributes such as reason, morality, consciousness or self-consciousness, and being a part of a culturally established form of social relations such as kinship, ownership of property, or legal responsibility. The defining features of personhood and, consequently, what makes a person count as a person, differ widely among cultures and contexts. In addition to the question of personhood, of what makes a being count as a person to begin with, there are further questions about personal identity and self: both about what makes any particular person that particular person instead of another, and about what makes a person at one time the same person as they were or will be at another time despite any intervening changes. The plural form "people" is often used to refer to an entire nation or ethnic group (as in "a people"), and this was the original meaning of the word; it subsequently acquired its use as a plural form of per ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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