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Kaas (surname)
Kaas is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Carl Waaler Kaas (born 1982), Norwegian orienteering competitor * Erling Kaas (1915–1996), Norwegian pole vaulter * Frederik Christian Kaas (1725–1803), Danish admiral * Frederik Christian Kaas (1727–1804), Danish admiral * Herman Munthe-Kaas (1890–1977), Norwegian architect * Hugo Munthe-Kaas (1922–2012), Norwegian intelligence agent and resistance fighter * Jon Kaas, professor and scientist * Ludwig Kaas (1881–1952), German priest and politician * Niels Kaas (1535–1594), Danish politician and diplomat * Nikolaj Lie Kaas (born 1973), Danish actor * Patricia Kaas (born 1966), French singer and actress * Preben Kaas Preben Kaas (30 March 1930–27 March 1981) was a Danish comedian, actor, script writer and film director. He appeared in more than 50 films between 1943 and 1980. He received the 1970 Bodil for best actor in a supporting role for his role ... (1930–1981), Danish actor Danish naval of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Waaler Kaas
Carl Waaler Kaas (born 28 July 1982 ) is a Norwegian competitor, and medal winner from both World Orienteering Championships and . Waaler Kaas won the middle distance e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erling Kaas
Erling Kaas (19 August 1915 – 17 June 1996) was a Norwegian pole vaulter. He represented IK Tjalve. At the 1948 Summer Olympics, he finished fourth in the pole vault final with a vault of 4.10 metres. At the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad ( fi, XV olympiadin kisat; sv, Den XV olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952 ( sv, Helsin ... he finished sixteenth with 3.80 m. He finished fourth at the 1946 European Championships and fifth at the 1950 European Championships, both times with 4.10 m. He became Norwegian champion in 1939 and 1946-1952. His personal best jump was 4.31 metres, achieved in July 1948 on Bislett stadion.
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Frederik Christian Kaas (1725–1803)
Frederik Christian Kaas (1725–1803) was a naval officer and admiral in the service of the Danish Crown. Personal life The son of Commander Hans Kaas and Agatha Rodsteen nee Banner, Frederik Christian Kaas was born on 1 December 1725Project Runeberg - DB/ref> at Rydbjerg near Ringkøbing fjord.Topsøe-Jensen Vol 1 pages 702–705 In 1748 he was granted leave to travel to Holland at his own expense for treatment of a wound on one cheek. He married his first wife, Susanne Jacoba Fabritius, in 1757 (she died 1762). In 1764, after a period of dubious health, he married his second wife, Christine Elisabeth Birgitte Juul. Service career and promotions *1739 Cadet *1743 Junior Lieutenant in the snow ''Hekla'' acting as the cadet training ship, and then 1745 -1746 with the frigate ''Falster'' to the Mediterranean, where his ship joined the squadroncommanded by Ulrik Danneskiold-Samsøe off Algiers.Topsøe-Jensen in DBL *From 1746 as a Senior Lieutenant. He held various appointments ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frederik Christian Kaas (1727–1804)
Frederik Christian Kaas (1 December 1727 – 28 March 1804) was a Danish naval officer and landowner.Project Runeberg – DBvol. 9, pages 55–56/ref>Topsøe-Jensen vol. 1, pages 705–708 He served as the governor of the Royal Danish Naval Academy from 1770 to 1781. Personal life Frederik Christian Kaas was the brother of . Their father was Admiral Ulrich Kaas. In 1750 he was appointed as a gentleman at the Royal court. On 7 January 1765, he was married at Constantinsborg to Sophie Elisabeth Charisius who died only four years later. He later married again on 11 September 1771 in Bøstrup Church to Edele Sophie Kaas. In 1772, with an inheritance from his father-in-law ( Otto Ditlev Kaas), he bought an estate on Langeland.Gravsted website â€Frederik Christian Kaas/ref> Service career and promotions From 1739 as a volunteer cadet, Kaas was officially accepted as a cadet in 1741 and sailed on the ship-of-the-line ''Oldenborg'' with the squadron to Algiers in 1747. In October 17 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herman Munthe-Kaas
Herman Munthe-Kaas (25 May 1890 – 5 May 1977) was a Norwegian architect. He was primarily known for his functionalist building designs. Biography Munthe-Kaas was born at Christiania (now Oslo), Norway. He was the son of Marius William Munthe-Kaas (1856-1926) and Hermine Cathrine Blichfeldt (1863-1937). Munthe-Kaas graduated from Kristiania tekniske skole (now Oslo University College) in 1910 and Norwegian National Academy of Craft and Art Industry (''Statens HĂĄndverks- og Kunstindustriskole'') in 1912. He apprenticed with Arnstein Arneberg from 1916 to 1918. In 1918, Munthe Kaas attended the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm and during 1919-20 the Academy of Arts in Copenhagen. Together with Gudolf Blakstad, he started the architectural firm Blakstad og Munthe-Kaas Arkitekter in 1922. The firm discontinued a few years after Gudolf Blakstad death in 1989. The firm collaborated on several significant assignments in Norway including Kunstnernes Hus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugo Munthe-Kaas
Hugo Conrad Munthe-Kaas Distinguished Service Medal (United Kingdom), DSM (3 February 1922 – 19 March 2012) was a Norway, Norwegian intelligence agent and resistance fighter during World War II. He received seventeen decorations for his war service. From the 1970s he was active in the Progress Party (Norway), Progress Party, where he was a city council member in Oslo and deputy Parliament of Norway, MP. He was an honorary party member. Military career Early life and World War II Munthe-Kaas was the son of Otto Hjersing Munthe-Kaas, Otto H. Munthe-Kaas and younger brother of Otto Ulrik Munthe-Kaas, both military officers. His father was, before World War II, head of the military camp at Setermoen, and was head of the II Field Battalion in the 16th Infantry Regiment during the Operation Weserübung, German invasion of Norway. Hugo Munthe-Kaas had before the outbreak of the war, volunteered for the guard company in Tromsø, where he served during the German attack. He then joined ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jon Kaas
Jon Kaas is a professor at Vanderbilt University and a member of the United States National Academy of Sciences. He has made discoveries about the organization of the mammalian brain, including the description of many areas of the cerebral cortex and their neuroplasticity. Work from the Kaas's laboratory is notable for its emphasis on evolutionary biology. Kaas's approach is to try to understand how complex brains evolved from ancestor forms which had relatively few areas. Some of the career highlights include: * Some of the first descriptions of topographically organized areas in the extrastriate cortex of primates, including the middle temporal area MT, or V5 (Allman and Kaas, 1971), and the dorsomedial area, or V6. * Demonstration of changes in the topographic representation of sensory organs in the cerebral cortex after lesions of the sensory organs (Kaas et al. 1990; see also neuroplasticity). References Other sources *Allman JM, Kaas JH (1971) A representation of the vi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ludwig Kaas
Ludwig Kaas (23 May 1881 – 15 April 1952) was a German Roman Catholic priest and politician of the Centre Party during the Weimar Republic. He was instrumental in brokering the Reichskonkordat between the Holy See and the German Reich. Early career Born in Trier, Kaas was ordained a priest in 1906 and studied history and Canon law in Trier and Rome. In 1906 he completed a doctorate in theology and in 1909 he obtained a second doctorate in philosophy. In 1910 he was appointed rector of an orphanage and boarding school near Koblenz. Until 1933, he devoted his spare time to scholarly pursuits. In 1916 he published the book "Ecclesiastical jurisdiction in the Catholic Church in Prussia" (''Die geistliche Gerichtsbarkeit der katholischen Kirche in PreuĂźen in Vergangenheit und Gegenwart mit besonderer BerĂĽcksichtigung des Wesens der Monarchie''), demonstrating his expertise in church history, Canon law and his political interests. In 1918 he requested to be sent to a parish, b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niels Kaas
Niels Kaas (1535 – 29 June 1594) was a Danish politician who served as Chancellor of Denmark from 1573 until his death. He was influential in the negotiation of the Treaty of Stettin (1570), Peace of Stettin and in the upbringing of Christian IV of Denmark, Christian IV. Kaas also played an important role in the emancipation of Schleswig-Holstein. Life and career Kaas belonged to a noble family. His parents were Niels, who died seven months before he was born, and Anne Bjørn, who died when he was five. As a result, Kaas was raised by his uncle Mogens Kaas, the dean of the district of Jelling, and later cantor of Ribe Chapel. He was educated at the Viborg, Denmark, Viborg school, where he studied for nine years, concentrating on theology and classical studies. In 1549, Kaas moved to Copenhagen, where he was taken in by theologian Niels Hemmingsen under the direction of his brother Bjørn. Under Hemmingsen, he completed his theological, Latin, and historical training. In 1554, K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikolaj Lie Kaas
Nikolaj Lie Kaas (; born 22 May 1973) is a Danish actor whose career rose in the 1990s. Kaas graduated from the National Theater School in Denmark in 1998. He first appeared on screen in Søren Kragh-Jacobsen's film ''The Boys from St. Petri'' in 1991 as Otto, the rebel son of a traitor. Kaas has hosted the on Danish TV three times (2009, 2011, 2012). The son of actor Preben Kaas and actress/writer Anne Mari Lie, Kaas and his wife have two daughters. Their daughter Gerda Lie Kaas starred in the lead role of Clara for the Danish juvenile fantasy film, '' Wild Witch'' (2018). In 2002 and 2012, Kaas won the Robert Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role The Robert Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role ( da, Robert Prisen for årets mandlige hovedrolle) is a Danish Film Academy award presented at the annual Robert Award ceremony to recognize an actor who has delivered an outstanding leading perform .... In 2012, Kaas received the Lauritzen Award. In 2003, Kaas was named as one ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patricia Kaas
Patricia Kaas (; born 5 December 1966) is a French singer. Her music is a mix of pop, cabaret, jazz, and chanson. Since the appearance of her 1988 debut album '' Mademoiselle chante...'', Kaas has sold over 17 million records worldwide. She had her greatest success in Germany, Switzerland, Belgium, Canada, Russia, Finland, Ukraine, and South Korea with her third album '' Je te dis vous''. In 2002, Kaas made her film debut in '' And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen'' with Jeremy Irons. She represented France in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 in Moscow and finished in eighth place. Career 1966–1984: Early life Patricia Kaas, the youngest of her family, was born on 5 December 1966 in Forbach, Lorraine, France, near the German border. Her father, Joseph Kaas, a miner, was a French Germanophone ( Alsace-Lorraine was annexed by France in 1918) and her mother, Irmgard, was a German from Saar. Kaas grew up in Stiring-Wendel, between Forbach and Saarbrücken on the French side of the bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Preben Kaas
Preben Kaas (30 March 1930–27 March 1981) was a Danish comedian, actor, script writer and film director. He appeared in more than 50 films between 1943 and 1980. He received the 1970 Bodil for best actor in a supporting role for his role in '' The Olsen Gang in a Fix''. He was born in Aalborg and died in Copenhagen. Preben Kaas was married to Bodil Nymark Nielsen, Ulla Kaas Larsen, Anne Marie Lie and Lisbet Dahl. He is the father of actor and bandleader Jeppe Kaas and actor Nikolaj Lie Kaas. Filmography * ''SĂĄdan er jeg osse'' (1980) * '' Fængslende feriedage'' (1978) * '' Lille spejl'' (1978) * '' Firmaskovturen'' (1978) * '' Alt pĂĄ et bræt'' (1977) * ''Julefrokosten'' (1976) * ''Spøgelsestoget'' (1976) * '' Piger i trøjen'' (1975) * '' Den meget talende barber'' (1974) * ''Mafiaen - det er osse mig!'' (1974) * '' Olsen-banden gĂĄr amok'' (1973) * ''Slap af'' (1973) * ''I din fars lomme'' (1973) * '' PĂĄ'en igen, Amalie'' (1973) * '' Olsen-banden i Jylland'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
