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Kerstin
Kerstin is a female German and Swedish given name; it is the Scandinavian version of Christina. Notable persons with this name include: *Kerstin Alm (born 1949), Finnish politician from the Åland Islands * Kerstin Anderson (born 1994), American stage actress and singer, most noted for portraying Maria von Trapp in the 2015 US national tour of ''The Sound of Music'' *Kerstin Andreae (born 1968), German politician (Alliance '90/The Greens) * Kerstin-Maria Aronsson (born 1937), Swedish politician *Kjerstin Dellert (born 1925), Swedish soprano opera singer *Kerstin Ekman (born 1933), Swedish novelist *Kerstin Garefrekes (born 1979), German footballer *Kerstin Granlund, created the Swedish comedy groups Galenskaparna och After Shave * Kerstin Müller (born 1969), German rower *Kerstin Hilldén (born 1988), Swedish musical theatre actress * Kerstin Ott (born 1982), German musician * Kerstin Fritzl (born 1988), Austrian false imprisonment survivor *Kerstin Thorborg (1896–1970), Swed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kerstin (horse)
Kerstin (foaled 1950) was an Irish-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare who won the 1958 Cheltenham Gold Cup. She was imported to England as a young horse and showed early promise by winning over hurdles as a four year old. She showed improvement when campaigned in steeplechases and won the National Hunt Handicap Chase in 1956. She ran four times in the Cheltenham Gold Cup, finishing second in 1957 before becoming the second mare to win the race in the following year. She was unplaced in the net two Gold Cups but produced an outstanding effort to win the Hennessy Gold Cup under 164 pounds in November 1959. After her retirement from racing she had some success as a broodmare. Background Kerstin was a brown mare with no white markings bred in Ireland and reared at the Shanbally Stud in County Tipperary. She was the only horse of any consequence sired by the British-bred stallion Honors Choice. Her dam Miss Kilcash came from a family which produced several ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
842 Kerstin
842 Kerstin ( ''prov. designation'': ''or'' ) is a dark background asteroid from the outer regions of the asteroid belt. It was discovered on 1 October 1916, by German astronomer Max Wolf at the Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory in southwest Germany. The assumed C-type asteroid has a rotation period of 18.7 hours and measures approximately in diameter. Any reference of the origin of the asteroid's name is unknown. Orbit and classification ''Kerstin'' is a non-family asteroid of the main belt's background population when applying the hierarchical clustering method to its proper orbital elements. It orbits the Sun in the outer main-belt at a distance of 2.9–3.6 AU once every 5 years and 10 months (2,127 days; semi-major axis of 3.24 AU). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.12 and an inclination of 14 ° with respect to the ecliptic. The body's observation arc begins at Heidelberg Observatory with its official discovery observation on 1 October 1916. Naming ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kerstin Fritzl
The Fritzl case emerged in 2008, when a woman named Elisabeth Fritzl (born 6 April 1966) told police in the town of Amstetten, Lower Austria, Austria, that she had been held captive for 24 years by her father, Josef Fritzl (born 9 April 1935). J. Fritzl had physical assault, assaulted, sexual abuse, sexually abused, and raped his daughter repeatedly during her imprisonment inside a concealed area in the cellar of the family home. The abuse resulted in the birth of seven children: three of them remained in captivity with their mother; one had died just days after birth at the hands of J. Fritzl, who disposed of his body in an incinerator; and the other three were brought up by J. Fritzl and his wife, Rosemarie, having been reported as Child abandonment, foundlings. J. Fritzl was arrested on suspicion of rape, false imprisonment, manslaughter criminal negligence, by negligence, and incest. In March 2009, he pleaded guilty to all counts and was sentenced to life imprisonment. Histor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kerstin Ott
Kerstin Ott (born 17 January 1982 in West Berlin) is a German singer, songwriter, guitarist and DJ. She became known through the song "Die immer lacht" (English: She who always laughs), which was re-mixed by the German DJ and producer team ''Stereoact''. In January 2016, the song was at the top of the German and Austrian singles charts, and also reached the Swiss charts. Career Kerstin Ott recorded the song as a hobby musician around 2005. According to her own account, she had written "Die immer lacht" in only five minutes at the kitchen table for a friend who was ill at the time. The song is about a woman who always laughs outwardly. The narrator takes her by the hand and teaches her to show her true feelings to others. Ott, who also works as a DJ, then gave away some self-burned CDs of the song, which was set by one of the receiver on YouTube and years later discovered by Stereoact and was published on Kontor Records as a remix. "Die immer lacht" was officially declared the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kerstin Anderson
Kerstin Anderson (born September 10, 1994) is an American stage actor and singer. She starred as Maria Von Trapp in the 2015 U.S. national tour of ''The Sound of Music'', for which she received warm praise. She made her Broadway debut as the alternate for Eliza Doolittle in the 2018 revival of ''My Fair Lady''. Early life and education Anderson was raised in South Burlington, Vermont, the daughter of Frederick G. "Ted" Anderson, a scientist with IBM,"Kerstin Bridget Anderson" Vermont Vital Records, 1760–2008, , accessed January 21, 2016 and Kathleen "Kathy" Kilcoyne, a college athletic director. She lived in |
Kerstin-Maria Aronsson
Kerstin-Maria Aronsson (née Lejdstrand; previously Kerstin-Maria Stalín; born 1937) is a Swedish politician and former member of the Riksdag, the national legislature. A member of the Green Party A green party is a formally organized political party based on the principles of green politics, such as social justice, environmentalism and nonviolence. Greens believe that these issues are inherently related to one another as a foundation ..., she represented Dalarna County between October 1998 and November 2004. Kerstin-Maria Lejdstrand married Bengt Stalín in 1961. Bengt Stalín died in 1981 but Kerstin-Maria kept the Stalín surname. That name had, however, caused issues for her due to its link with Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin. She married Hans Aronsson in 2008 and in October 2009 she changed her surname to Aronsson. References 1937 births 20th-century Swedish women politicians 20th-century Swedish politicians 21st-century Swedish women politicians Livin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kerstin Ekman
Kerstin Lillemor Ekman, née Hjorth, (born 27 August 1933) is a Swedish novelist. Life and career Kerstin Ekman wrote a string of successful detective novels (among others ''De tre små mästarna'' and ''Dödsklockan'') but later went on to psychological and social themes. Among her later works is ''Mörker och blåbärsris'' (1972) (set in northern Sweden) and '' Händelser vid vatten'' (1993), in which she returned to the form of the detective novel. Ekman was elected member of the Swedish Academy in 1978, but left the Academy in 1989, together with Lars Gyllensten and Werner Aspenström, due to the debate following death threats posed to Salman Rushdie. In 2018, the Academy granted her resignation, the rules of membership having changed to allow members to resign. In 1998, she was awarded the Litteris et Artibus medal. Partial bibliography :''See the article on Swedish Wikipedia for a complete bibliography.'' * '' Blackwater'' (''Händelser vid vatten'', 1993), tran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kerstin Hilldén
Kerstin Elizabeth Hilldén () (born 22 June 1988) is a Swedish singer and actress. Early life and education Kerstin Elizabeth Hilldén was born at Mölndal Hospital in Mölndal on 22 June 1988, the second child to Arne Hilldén, a doctor in geology, and Mary-Ann Hopkins, a music and mathematics teacher. She is the younger sister of Johan Hilldén who was born in 1986, both siblings grew up in Mölnlycke, about 10 km (6.2 miles) from Gothenburg Gothenburg (; abbreviated Gbg; sv, Göteborg ) is the second-largest city in Sweden, fifth-largest in the Nordic countries, and capital of the Västra Götaland County. It is situated by the Kattegat, on the west coast of Sweden, and has .... Hilldén's maternal grandparents, Mary & George Hopkins, were both singers in a church choir in Karlskrona, Blekinge. George Hopkins was of English people, English origin while Mary was born in Jämtland. As a child, Hilldén had already been on scene at the Gothenburg Opera. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kerstin Thorvall
Kerstin Thorvall (12 August 1925 in Eskilstuna – 9 April 2010) was an influential Swedish novelist.O'Mahony, Paul. (10 April 2010)Outspoken author Kerstin Thorvall dies '' The Local'' Thorvall was born in Eskilstuna on 12 August 1925. She worked in illustration first. Her first book was ''Boken till dig'' (A book for you) in 1959, which proved popular with young adult readers. Her work at times was the subject of controversy, most marked by her 1976 novel ''Det mest förbjudna'' (which translates to "The Most Forbidden", but published in English translation as "Forbidden Fruit"(19 April 2006)Forbidden Fruit (review) ''The Scotsman'') which concerned a middle-age woman with a high sex-drive. That novel was adapted into a three-episode television series on Sveriges Television in 2016, with Swedish actress Cilla Thorell playing Thorvall.Svensson, Britta (8 April 2016)Dags att ta itu med Kerstin Thorvalls storhet som författare ''Expressen'' (in Swedish)Olsson, Lotta (30 March 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kerstin Thorborg
Kerstin Thorborg (19 May 1896 – 12 April 1970) was a Swedish opera singer. The Mezzo-soprano Kerstin Thorborg was one of the best dramatic Wagnerian singers in the two decades between 1930 and 1950. By all accounts, Thorborg was a magnificent actor with great stage presence. In addition, she was endowed with a beautifully steady and intense tone. Biography Born in Venjan, Sweden, Kerstin Thorborg studied singing at the Royal College of Music, Stockholm. She made her debut in 1924 singing the role of Ortrud in ''Lohengrin''. After six successive seasons at the Royal Swedish Opera, Thorborg was engaged for the next two years at the Nuremberg Opera. The famed conductor Bruno Walter (1876–1962) engaged her for the Städtische Oper in Berlin and became her mentor. Although a contralto, Thorborg's upper register was so secure that she sang numerous mezzo-soprano roles, including Venus, Kundry, Fricka, Waltraute, and Magdalena. She was especially known for her searingly beaut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kerstin Andreae
Kerstin Andreae (born 21 October 1968) is a German politician of Alliance '90/The Greens who served as Member of the Bundestag from 2002 to 2019. Since leaving politics, she has been serving as managing director of the German Association of Energy and Water Industries (BDEW). Education After graduating from high school in 1988, Andreae studied political science and economics at the University of Freiburg. In 1998 she worked as press secretary and campaign manager to Wilfried Telkämper, then a Member of the European Parliament. Political career From 1999 to 2002 Andreae was a member of the city council in Freiburg im Breisgau. In 2002, Andreae was first elected into the German Bundestag. Between 2005 and 2007, she served as the Green parliamentary groups’ coordinator in the Finance Committee. From March 2007 to March 2012 she was the groups’ spokesperson for economic affairs and coordinator in the Committee on Economic Affairs and Technology. In 2012, she succeeded Fritz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kerstin Garefrekes
Kerstin Garefrekes (born 4 September 1979) is a German former footballer who played as a striker or midfielder . Career Club Garefrekes began her career in 1986 at her local football club Grün-Weiß Steinbeck, before joining DJK Arminia Ibbenbüren. In 1998, she moved to the newly founded Bundesliga side FFC Heike Rheine. Garefrekes was relegated to the second division with Heike Rheine in 1999, but achieved immediate promotion back to the Bundesliga the following season. With 26 goals, she won the 2003–04 Bundesliga top scorer award. In 2004, Garefrekes transferred to 1. FFC Frankfurt, where she claimed several major titles. She won the Bundesliga trophy and the German Cup title three times each. During the 2005–06 and 2007–08 seasons, Garefrekes also won the UEFA Women's Cup at Frankfurt. Following the departure of Nadine Angerer from Frankfurt, Garefrekes became the new captain of her squad. International Garefrekes made her debut for German national team i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
