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Jørn
Jørn or Jorn is a given name. Notable people with the name include: Given name: *Jørn Andersen (born 1963), Norwegian former professional footballer *Jorn Barger (born 1953), American blogger, editor of ''Robot Wisdom'', an influential early weblog *Jørn Christensen (born 1959), Norwegian artist, actor, and record producer * Jørn Didriksen (born 1953), former speed skater from Norway * Jørn Goldstein (born 1953), Norwegian Olympic ice hockey goalie * Jørn Hurum (born 1967), Norwegian paleontologist and popularizer of science *Jørn Inge Tunsberg (born 1970), Norwegian black metal musician * Jørn Jamtfall (born 1966), Norwegian football coach and a former goalkeeper * Jørn Jensen, one of the earliest Danish programmers *Jørn Jeppesen (1919–1964), Danish stage and film actor *Jørn Krab (born 1945), Danish rower who competed in the 1968 Summer Olympics *Jørn Lande (born 1968), Norwegian heavy metal and hard rock singer, aka Jorn * Jørn Lier Horst (born 1970), Norwegian au ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jørn Lande
Jørn Marumsrud Lande (born May 31, 1968) is a Norwegian hard rock and heavy metal singer and songwriter. He is known for his work with the bands Ark, Beyond Twilight, Millenium, Vagabond, The Snakes, and most notably with power metal band Masterplan. He is also the most recurrent guest singer of the international supergroup Avantasia, and has worked as lead and guest singer in several projects. Currently, he is focusing his activities on his solo project Jorn. In 2014, Lande was hired by Riot Games to be the voice of the character Karthus, of the fictional heavy metal band Pentakill (''League of Legends''). Lande's voice has drawn favorable comparisons to David Coverdale and Ronnie James Dio. Biography Jørn Lande has performed with various bands before achieving a solid career. Vagabond, the Snakes and first projects (1993–1998) The first band with whom he achieved a minor success was Vagabond, which also featured Ronni Le Tekrø, Morty Black and other former member ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jørn Utzon
Jørn Oberg Utzon, , Hon. FAIA (; 9 April 191829 November 2008) was a Danish architect. He was most notable for designing the Sydney Opera House in Australia, completed in 1973. When it was declared a World Heritage Site on 28 June 2007, Utzon became only the second person to have received such recognition for one of his works during his lifetime, after Oscar Niemeyer. Other noteworthy works include Bagsværd Church near Copenhagen and the National Assembly Building in Kuwait. He also made important contributions to housing design, especially with his Kingo Houses near Helsingør. Utzon attended the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts (1937–42) and was influenced early on by Gunnar Asplund and Alvar Aalto. Early life and career Utzon was born in Copenhagen, the son of a naval architect, and grew up in Aalborg, Denmark, where he became interested in ships and a possible naval career. As a result of his family's interest in art, from 1937 he attended the Royal Danish Academ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jørn Andersen
Jørn Andersen (born 3 February 1963), sometimes written as Jörn, is a Norwegian-German Association football, football manager and former player. He is the head coach of the Hong Kong national football team, Hong Kong national team. Club career Norway Born in Fredrikstad, Andersen's career started at local team Østsiden IL, Østsiden where he remained until 1982. Subsequently, he moved to Fredrikstad FK, Fredrikstad and netted seven goals in 43 Tippeligaen, Norwegian Premier League appearances. The striker was transferred to Vålerenga Fotball, Vålerenga ahead of the 1985 season. Andersen was able to score 23 goals in just 22 matches for the Oslo side. Germany In 1985, 1. FC Nürnberg signed the Norwegian. In 78 matches Andersen scored 28 goals before he moved to Eintracht Frankfurt. In 1989–90 Bundesliga, 1990 Andersen became the first foreign player to be top goalscorer in a season with 18 goals in the Bundesliga. In 1990–91 Andersen played for Fortuna Düsseldorf and r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jorn (band)
Jorn is a Norwegian hard rock and metal band fronted by vocalist Jørn Lande. Other members include guitarist Tore Moren, bassist Sid Ringsby and drummer Francesco Jovino. The band was established in 2000 by Lande and the debut album ''Starfire (Jorn album), Starfire'' was released the same year. The band was the main artist at ProgPower USA in 2006, and they played at the Norway Rock Festival and the Metal Heart Festival in 2007, as well as the Jorddunst Festival in 2009. They also played at the Norway Rock Festival in 2010. Discography Albums ;Live albums ;Compilation and other albums *2007: ''Unlocking the Past'' (album of covers) *2007: ''The Gathering (Jorn album), The Gathering'' (compilation album) *2009: ''Dukebox'' (compilation album) Band members Band members/guests Current lineup: *Tore Moren - guitars (Worldchanger, The Duke (Jørn Lande album), The Duke, Unlocking the Past, The Gathering (Jorn album), The Gathering, Live in America (Jorn album), Live in America ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jørn Sørensen
Jørn Sørensen (born 17 October 1936) is a retired Danish association football striker. He played 31 games and scored six goals for the Denmark national football team, and won a silver medal at the 1960 Summer Olympics. He started his career with Danish club KB, before moving abroad to play professionally for FC Metz in France, Scottish clubs Greenock Morton and Rangers, as well as AC Bellinzona AC Bellinzona is a Swiss football club based in Bellinzona. It was founded in 1904, and won the Swiss Super League in 1948. After being folded in 2013 declaring bankruptcy, the team played the Ticino Group of 2.Liga, the sixth tier of the Swi ... and US Giubiasco in Switzerland. Weltfussball.de (17 October 1936). Retrieved on 5 April 2016. References External links [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jørn Hurum
Jørn Harald Hurum (born November 4, 1967) is a Norwegian paleontologist and popularizer of science. He is a vertebrate paleontologist and holds an Associate Professor position at the Natural History Museum of the University of Oslo. He has studied dinosaurs, primitive mammals and plesiosaurs. Media Hurum is known as a popularizer of science with a high media profile. He is the author of the book ''Menneskets utvikling'' ("The Evolution of Man") and the host of the segment ''Jørns hjørne'' ("Jørn's Corner") on the popular-science program "Newton" on Norwegian television. He also co-hosts the radio program ''Hurum og Ødegaard'' ("Hurum and Ødegaard") with astrophysicist Knut Jørgen Røed Ødegaard on Norwegian radio. In 2001, Hurum was awarded Oslo University's "Formidlingspris," an award for the popularization of science, which he shared with Hans Arne Nakrem and Geir Søli. He was awarded the prize again in 2009 for his work publicizing "Ida", the ''Darwinius'' find. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jørn Christensen
Jørn Christensen (born December 29, 1959) is a Norwegian artist, actor, and record producer. He is known as a prominent and original guitarist of many leading Norwegian bands. Some of the more important projects have been those in conjunction with Ola Snortheim, the force behind Langsomt Mot Nord, which Christensen came up with the name for. Christensen is also a producer, and has worked with popular Norwegian bands like deLillos. He had a leading role in the Norwegian movie '' X'' (1986), directed by Oddvar Einarson. In 2008, Christensen also appeared on the children's album "Magic hooks & secrets" produced by Linn Skåber and Jacob Young with the song "Winter is here". Other artists who participated were Simone Larsen, Maria Haukaas Storeng, Egil Hegerberg, Venke Knutson, Alejandro Fuentes, Julius Winger, Live Maria Roggen, Alexander Rybak, Paal Flaata and Andrea Bræin Hovig. Jørn Christensen has been a member of the following Norwegian bands: * Can Can *CC Cowboys * Cirku ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jørn Rattsø
Jørn Rattsø (born 27 September 1952 in Stjørdal) is a Norwegian professor of economics at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) and chairman of Enova SF, Enova. Biography As a young adult (1975–1976) Rattsø was leader of Young Liberals of Norway, the youth wing of the Liberal Party of Norway, Liberal Party. He is a graduate of the University of Oslo, where he earned a cand.oecon. degree in 1978 and a PhD, dr.philos. degree in 1988. He worked as a researcher for the Norwegian Institute of Urban and Rural Research (1978 to 1979) and the Research Council of Norway (1980 to 1982). From 1982 to 1990 he was associate professor of economics at the University of Trondheim, and was appointed professor in 1990. The university merged to form NTNU in 1996. His articles on economics have been cited extensively. Jørn Rattsø has also studied or been associated with Harvard, MIT, Oxford, Cambridge and Berkeley (California) Universities.This information is froJørn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jørn Goldstein
Jørn Irving Goldstein (born March 27, 1953) is a Norwegian Olympic ice hockey player. Biography Goldstein was born in Oslo, Norway, and is Jewish. His mother's family, surname Schapow, immigrated to Norway from Lithuania in the early 1900s. His father, Otto Goldstein, arrived in 1947 from Germany, a Holocaust survivor who survived and was liberated in World War II from Nazi Germany's concentration camps. The family eventually moved to Ila, Trondheim. As an 18-year old Goldstein joined Manglerud Star Ishockey, and became the team's goalkeeper. Goldstein played for the Norway men's national ice hockey team, Norwegian national ice hockey team, and participated at the Winter Olympics in 1984. He was awarded Gullpucken as best Norwegian ice hockey player in 1977. In 1983, Norwegian director Oddvar Bull Tuhus made a movie entitled ''Hockey Fever'', in which Goldstein has a central role. See also *List of Jews in sports#Ice hockey, List of select Jewish ice hockey players Referenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Halle Jørn Hanssen
Halle Jørn Hanssen (born 18 February 1937) is a Norwegian television correspondent, development aid administrator and politician. He was born in Brønnøy, and worked as a teacher in Vinje, Sør-Trøndelag before enrolling at the University of Oslo. He graduated with the cand.mag. degree in 1964, and worked as a researcher at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs from 1965 up to and including 1968. Having been the chairman of the Young Liberals of Norway from 1964 to 1966, in early 1969 he was hired as secretary for the Liberal Party. Immediately after the 1969 election he was hired in the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. In 1978 he became the first correspondent for Africa in the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation, which was the only television station in Norway at that time. As a correspondent he was stationed in Nairobi. Hanssen left the Liberal Party in 1972, as the party split over disagreements of Norway's proposed entry to the European Economic Community. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jørn Sloth
Jørn Sloth (born 5 September 1944 in , Thy, Denmark) is a Danish chess player who holds the chess titles of FIDE Master and Correspondence Chess Grandmaster. He was the eighth ICCF World Champion, 1975–80. In 1964 he, together with Rob Hartoch Robert Gijsbertus Hartoch (24 March 1947 — 28 May 2009) was a Dutch chess International Master (1971). Biography Robert Hartoch has made the most of his success in junior chess tournaments. In 1964, in Groningen he together with Jørn Sloth ..., won the Niemeyer tournament for European players under 20. Sloth obtained the IMC title in 1973 and the GMC title in 1978. He was the youngest player ever to win the Correspondence World Champion title. References External links * * * Sloth at chessmail.com 1944 births Living people Danish chess players Chess FIDE Masters Correspondence chess grandmasters World Correspondence Chess Champions {{Denmark-chess-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jørn Jeppesen
Jørn Jeppesen (21 April 1919 – 18 January 1964) was a Danish stage and film actor. Filmography *'' Genboerne'' - 1939 *'' Når bønder elsker'' - 1942 *'' Natekspressen (P. 903)'' - 1942 *'' Møllen'' - 1943 *'' Guds mærkelige veje'' - 1944 *'' De tre skolekammerater'' - 1944 *'' Spurve under taget'' - 1944 *'' En ny dag gryer'' - 1945 *''Så mødes vi hos Tove'' - 1946 *'' Sikken en nat'' - 1947 *'' Historien om Hjortholm'' - 1950 *'' Café Paradis'' - 1950 *'' Smedestræde 4'' - 1950 *''Mosekongen'' - 1950 *''De røde heste'' - 1950 *''Det gamle guld'' - 1951 *'' Nålen'' - 1951 *'' Det sande ansigt'' - 1951 *'' Husmandstøsen'' - 1952 *'' Vejrhanen'' - 1952 *'' En sømand går i land'' - 1954 *'' Himlen er blå'' - 1954 *'' Vores lille by'' - 1954 *''Altid ballade'' - 1955 *'' Blændværk'' - 1955 *''Den kloge mand (1956)'' - 1956 *'' Ung leg'' - 1956 *''En kvinde er overflødig ''En kvinde er overflødig'' () is a 1957 Danish drama film directed by Gabriel Axel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
