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Jorun Gulbrandsen
Jorun is a Norwegian feminine given name and a version of Jorunn. People with the name include: *Jorun Askersrud Nygaard (1929–2012), Norwegian skier * Jørun Drevland (born 1944), Norwegian politician * Jorun Erdal (born 1963), Norwegian singer and musical theatre artist * Jorun Marie Kvernberg (born 1979), Norwegian musician *Jorun Solheim (born 1944), Norwegian social anthropologist *Jorun Stiansen (born 1984), Norwegian pop singer *Jorun Thørring Jorun Thørring is a Norway, Norwegian writer, born in Tromsø in 1955. She lives in Melhus, is a specialist in gynaecology, and has her own private practice in Trondheim. She made her literary debut in 2005 with the crime novel ''Skyggemannen ... (born 1955), Norwegian writer {{wiktionary, Jorun Norwegian feminine given names Feminine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jorunn
Jorunn is a feminine Norwegian given name. In Norse, "jór/iór" means "horse", and "unna" means "love". Alternatively, the first word may be derived from "jǫfurr", which means "king" or "chieftain", derived from a term that originally meant "wild boar elmet. Notable people with the name include: *Jorunn Hageler, Norwegian politician *Jorunn Hareide, Norwegian historian of literature * Jorunn Horgen, Norwegian windsurfer *Jorunn Johnsen, Norwegian journalist *Jorunn Kjellsby, Norwegian actress *Jorunn Økland, Norwegian theologian *Jorunn Ringstad, Norwegian politician *Jorunn Teigen, Norwegian orienteering competitor *Jórunn skáldmær, Norwegian skald *Jorunn Sundgot-Borgen, Norwegian professor of sports medicine *Jórunn Viðar Jórunn Viðar (7 December 1918 – 27 February 2017) was an Icelandic pianist and composer. Biography Jórunn Viðar was born and grew up in Reykjavík, Iceland. In 1937 she graduated from Reykjavík Grammar School, and the same year trave . ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jorun Askersrud Nygaard
Jorun Askersrud, later ''Nygaard'', also married ''Tangen'' (6 May 1929 – 12 October 2012) was a Norway, Norwegian cross-country skiing (sport), cross-country skier and track and field athlete during the 1950s. She was born in Lunner, and represented the clubs Lunner IL and IL i BUL. In 1952 she finished 12th in the 10 km cross-country event at the 1952 Winter Olympics, Winter Olympics in Oslo and competed without reaching the final in Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metres, 100 metres and Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Women's 80 metres hurdles, 80 metres hurdles at the 1952 Summer Olympics, Summer Olympics. Norway had originally opposed cross-country skiing for women at their own 1952 Winter Olympics. She finished 17 in the pentathlon at both the 1954 European Athletics Championships – Women's pentathlon, 1954 European Championships and the 1958 European Athletics Championships – Women's pentathlon, 1958 European Championships. Her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jørun Drevland
Jørun Adeleid Drevland (born 15 March 1944) is a Norwegian politician for the Socialist Left Party. She served as a deputy representative to the Parliament of Norway from Nordland during the term 1993–1997. She met during 7 days of parliamentary session. She hails from Sortland, and in 2012 she worked with artist Bjørn Elvenes on an initiative to paint the town blue as an art project. She is the mother of musician Sivert Høyem Sivert Høyem (born 22 January 1976) is a Norwegian musician, best known as the vocalist of the rock band Madrugada. After the band broke up following the death of Robert Burås in 2007, he has enjoyed success as a solo artist and is also a m .... References 1944 births Living people People from Sortland Socialist Left Party (Norway) politicians Deputy members of the Storting Nordland politicians {{Norway-politician-1940s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jorun Erdal
Jorun Irene Erdal (born 14 May 1963 in Oslo) is a Norwegian singer and musical theatre artist. Her parents are from Oppstryn in Stryn, in Sogn og Fjordane county, and she has also lived there since age 12. She was raised on Snarøya in Bærum, a suburb of the city of Oslo. Erdal started her musical career touring Norway for three years with the band Ice. At the end her voice was exhausted, so she decided to take a break studying economics instead. Then she was engaged as a backing vocalists for the two Norwegian revue show stars Hege Schøyen and Øivind Blunck. After seven years, she had done almost 850 performances for them and their two shows ''Bare gode venner'' and ''Fast følge''. During the last few years, she has been involved with several summer revues, as well as a couple of Christmas concert tours at winter time. In 1993/1994 she had a hit under the name "Paparazzi Mama" with a dance-pop cover of the song "Mercedes Benz". The song was produced and arranged by Torstein ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jorun Marie Kvernberg
Jorun Marie Rypdal Kvernberg (born 10 July 1979) is a Norwegian traditional musician ( hardingfele, violin, vocals) and composer, known from a series of recordings. She is the daughter of traditional musicians Liv Rypdal Kvernberg and Torbjørn Kvernberg, and the sister of classical musician Kari Kvernberg Dajani and jazz violinist Ola Kvernberg, and granddaughter of the fiddler and traditional music composer Peter L. Rypdal. Career Kvernberg was born in Fræna, Romsdal, and studied traditional music at Norges Musikkhøgskole from 1999 to 2003. She also has practical pedagogical education from the same institution. She works as a freelance traditional fiddler, and released her first solo album, "Album" (2006) on the label ta:lik. As a soloist Kvernberg is focused on the folk music from Møre og Romsdal, and she has since 2000 played in the bands Tindra and Majorstuen. Tindra has released four records, among them ''Den kvite hjorten'' (2009) with Helge Jordal. Majorstuen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jorun Solheim
Jorun Solheim (born 18 November 1944) is a Norwegian social anthropologist and women's studies academic, whose work is centered on gender, culture and modernity. She was lecturer in social anthropology at the University of Oslo from 1971 to 1983, Researcher at the Work Research Institute from 1981 to 2001 and Professor at the Centre for Women's Studies at the University of Oslo from 1994 to 1999. She is currently Senior Researcher at the Norwegian Institute of Social Research The Norwegian Institute for Social Research ( no, Institutt for samfunnsforskning, ISF) is a private social science research institute based in Oslo, Norway. It was founded in 1950 by Vilhelm Aubert, Arne Næss, Eirik Rinde, and Stein Rokkan. It .... In 2007, she became editor-in-chief of Tidsskrift for kjønnsforskning. She has a mag.art. (i.e. PhD) degree in social anthropology from 1970. Works *''Kjønn og modernitet'', 2007 *''Den usynlige hånd?'', 2002 *''Den åpne kroppen'', 1998 References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jorun Stiansen
Jorun Stiansen (born 20 January 1984 in Colombia) is a Norwegian pop singer and artist. She won the ''Idol'' version of ''Pop Idol'' in 2005. in Store norske leksikon She grew up with adoptive parents in . She is the only winner of this version to have been born outside of Norway, and as of 2007 (season 5), the first (of two, won as the second female in 2011) female to have won. Jorun Stiansen is one of only seven contestants in the |
Jorun Thørring
Jorun Thørring is a Norway, Norwegian writer, born in Tromsø in 1955. She lives in Melhus, is a specialist in gynaecology, and has her own private practice in Trondheim. She made her literary debut in 2005 with the crime novel ''Skyggemannen (The Shadow Man)''. In 2007 she won the Havmann Award, a literary award for the best Northern Norway, Northern Norwegian book published in the previous year, for her novel ''Tarantellen (The Tarantula)''. Bibliography *''Skyggemannen (The Shadow Man)'' – crime novel (2005) *''Glassdukkene (The Glass Dolls)'' – crime novel (2006) *''Tarantellen (The Tarantula)'' – crime novel (2007) *''Ildens øye (The Eye of the Fire)'' – crime novel (2009) Awards *Havmann Award 2007, for ''The Tarantella'' References External linksJorun Thørring at Aschehoug Agency [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norwegian Feminine Given Names
Norwegian, Norwayan, or Norsk may refer to: *Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe *Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway *Demographics of Norway *The Norwegian language, including the two official written forms: **Bokmål, literally "book language", used by 85–90% of the population of Norway **Nynorsk, literally "New Norwegian", used by 10–15% of the population of Norway *The Norwegian Sea Norwegian or may also refer to: Norwegian *Norwegian Air Shuttle, an airline, trading as Norwegian **Norwegian Long Haul, a defunct subsidiary of Norwegian Air Shuttle, flying long-haul flights *Norwegian Air Lines, a former airline, merged with Scandinavian Airlines in 1951 *Norwegian coupling, used for narrow-gauge railways *Norwegian Cruise Line, a cruise line *Norwegian Elkhound, a canine breed. *Norwegian Forest cat, a domestic feline breed *Norwegian Red, a breed of dairy cattle *Norwegian Township, Schuylkill County, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
