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Kjersti
Kjersti is a given name. Notable people with the given name include: *Kjersti Alveberg (born 1948), Norwegian choreographer and dancer *Kjersti Bale (born 1959), Norwegian philologist *Kjersti Beck (born 1979), Norwegian handball player * Kjersti Buaas (born 1982), Norwegian snowboarder * Kjersti Døvigen (born 1943), Norwegian actress * Kjersti Engan (born 1971), Norwegian researcher in signal and image processing * Kjersti Ericsson (born 1944), Norwegian psychologist, criminologist, writer, poet and former politician *Kjersti Fløttum (born 1953), Norwegian linguist * Kjersti Graver (1945–2009), Norwegian jurist *Kjersti Grini (born 1971), Norwegian handball player *Kjersti Holmen (born 1956), Norwegian actress *Kjersti Horn (born 1977), Norwegian theater director and storyboard artist *Kjersti Markusson (born 1955), Norwegian politician *Kjersti Plätzer (born 1972), Norwegian race walker *Kjersti Reenaas (born 1981), Norwegian ski-orienteering competitor *Kjersti Scheen (born ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kjersti Alveberg
Kjersti Alveberg (26 July 1948 – 19 October 2021) was a Norwegian choreographer and dancer. Over the last 30 years of her career she created ballets for stage and television and won prestigious awards for her work. Early life Kjersti Alveberg began to dance at the age of four, but not until she was 19 she took the decisive step of starting her dance studies at Norwegian National Academy of Ballet in Oslo, working at the same time at Chat Noir as a dancer. Aiming at sociology she went on to study dance in New York City, Amsterdam, London and Paris before attending the Nansen Academy. For several years she was a freelance dancer at the Oslo theatres, in fringe groups and in television. For 5 years she was a dancer, actor and singer at Det Norske Teatret doing musicals and plays, also working in TV and in fringe dance companies. Her choreographic debut came in 1975, with "Tomorrow?" at The Norwegian Opera's Ballet Workshop. Breakthrough In 1984 Kjersti won international acclaim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kjersti Stubø
Kjersti Aasan Stubø (born 25 April 1970) is a Norwegian Jazz musician vocalist, daughter and musical successor of Jazz guitarist Thorgeir Stubø (1943–1986), mother of elektronica musician Mathias Stubø (b. 1992), and sister of Jazz guitarist Håvard and theatre director Eirik Stubø. Career Stubø was born in Narvik, and studied jazz on the Jazz program at the Trondheim Music Conservatory (1991–93). Aged 14 she performed with her father, Thorgeir, who died from cancer two years later. During her studies in Trondheim she established her own Jazz orchestra ''Kjersti Stubø Band'' in 1991. Co-musicians on this project were Vigleik Storaas (piano), Tore Brunborg (saxophones), Odd Magne Gridseth (bass) and Ernst-Wiggo Sandbakk (drums). With a different lineup Vigleik Storaas (piano), Olaf Kamfjord (bass) and Per Oddvar Johansen (drums), she released an album in 2001. In 2010 there was a third lineup with Jørn Øien (piano), Magne Thormodsæter (bass) and Håkon Mjås ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kjersti Løken Stavrum
Kjersti Løken Stavrum (born 1 March 1969) is a Norwegian journalist and editor. Since April 2013, she has been Secretary General of the Norwegian Press Association. Born in Sarpsborg in south-eastern Norway, Stavrum is a graduate in political science. She began her career with the Norwegian newspaper ''Aftenposten'' in 1994. In 2001, she became editor in chief for the weekly women's magazine ''Kvinner og Klær''. She returned to ''Aftenposten'' in 2005 as feature editor for the paper's revamped weekly magazine ''A-magasinet'', where she remained until 2012. Thereafter, for a short period she was head of the communications department of the Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise (NHO). In April 2013, she was appointed Secretary General of the Norwegian Press Association, replacing Per Edgar Kokkvold who had occupied the post since 1996. In 2003, Stavrum received the Norwegian title of Female Media Leader of the Year (''Årets kvinnelig medieleder'') in recognition for her success ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kjersti Døvigen
Kjersti Døvigen (27 June 1943 – 26 January 2021) was a Norwegian actress. She was known, among other things, for her role in the popular Norwegian TV-drama ''Offshore''. At the age of seven, Kjersti started dancing, her career began as a ballet dancer. She worked in this area at the Norwegian Opera for eight years before her breakthrough in 1967 in Claudine's role in CanCan. Døvigen, the widow of financier Halvor Astrup, was the mother of the actress Ulrikke Hansen Døvigen and lived in Bath, England. Selected filmography * 1963: ''Elskere'' as Guro * 1969: ''Psychedelica Blues'' as Lissy * 1970: ''Douglas'' as Kari * 1974: '' The Last Fleksnes'' as Unni * 1976: ''Lasse & Geir'' as Kjersti * 1976: ''Bør Børson II'' as Ida Olsen * 1980: ''Life and Death Life and death (死活) is a fundamental concept in the game of Go, where the status of a distinct ''group'' of ''stones'' is determined as either being "alive", where they may remain on the board indefinitely, or "d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kjersti Annesdatter Skomsvold
Kjersti Annesdatter Skomsvold (born 3 December 1979 in Oslo) is a Norwegian author who made her literary debut in 2009 with the novel ''Jo fortere jeg går, jo mindre er jeg'' (''The Faster I Walk, the Smaller I Am''). The book won the Tarjei Vesaas' Debutant Prize (judged by The Literary Council of The Norwegian Authors´ Union), and it was shortlisted for the International Dublin Literary Award 2013. Skomsvold has dramatized the novel and the play premieres at the National Theatre (Oslo) in 2014. She has since written a poetry collection and several novels. Skomsvold's books are translated into more than twenty languages. Aschehoug Agency. Kjersti Annesdatter Skomsvold has also published several essays, short stories and poems in anthologies and literary magazines. She ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kjersti Graver
Kjersti Graver (8 October 1945 – 14 February 2009) was a Norwegian jurist. Personal life She was born in Oslo as the oldest child of Gerd and Odd Graver. She was a granddaughter of Torjus Graver and niece of Petter Graver. She was married to Supreme Court Justice Lars Oftedal Broch, grandson of Lars Oftedal. They resided at Jar. Career She took her law degree in 1970. After serving as a deputy judge and working in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs and Administration, she was hired as a head of department in the Norwegian Consumer Council in 1979. From 1984 to 1987 she worked for the Dutch Consumer Research Institute. She served as the Norwegian Consumer Ombudsman from 1987 to 1995. During this period she was behind a prohibition of the skateboard in Norway. In 1995 she was appointed as a presiding judge in the Borgarting Court of Appeal. She was also a board member of the National Institute for Consumer Research, Amnesty International Norway and a member of the Norwegi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kjersti Scheen
Kjersti Scheen (born 17 August 1943) is a Norwegian journalist, illustrator, novelist, crime fiction writer and children's writer. She made her literary debut in 1976 with the children's book ''Fie og mørket''. Her novel ''Teppefall'' from 1994 introduced a series of crime novels with ex actress "Margaret Moss" as the main character. Scheen was awarded the Gyldendal's Endowment in 1994 (shared with Bjørn Aamodt Bjørn Aamodt (24 February 1944 – 29 April 2006) was a Norwegian seaman, industrial worker and poet. Biography Aamodt was born in Bærum and died in Oslo, Norway. The son of artist and footballer Asbjørn Aamodt, he graduated artium at Va ...). Many of her books have been translated into other languages. Selected works *''Vårmåne'' (1986) *''Teppefall'' (1994) *''Ingen applaus for morderen'' (1996) *''Englemakerne'' (1998) *''Den syvende synd'' (2000) *''Lik i lasta'' (2003) *''Ute av bildet'' (2006) References 1943 births Living people Artis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kjersti Holmen
Kjersti Holmen (8 February 1956 – 26 September 2021) was a Norwegian actress. She was born on Nøtterøy, and later moved to Alnabru, where she grew up with her parents and two sisters. She graduated from the Norwegian National Academy of Theatre in 1980, and was employed at the National Theatre since 1981 – permanently since 1992. There she had roles such as "Eliza Doolittle" in George Bernard Shaw's ''Pygmalion'', the title role in Henrik Ibsen's ''Hedda Gabler'' and "Blanche" in Tennessee Williams' ''A Streetcar Named Desire''. Holmen was also a well-known television and film actress, and had her break-through on the big screen in the 1985 film ''Orions belte''. She won the Amanda – the main Norwegian film award – twice: in 1993 for her role in ''Telegrafisten'', and in 2000 for the two films '' S.O.S.'' and ''Sophie's World''. In television she was known from the Norwegian/Swedish collaboration "'' Röd snö''" – aired the same year as ''Orions bel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kjersti Buaas
Kjersti Østgaard Buaas (born 5 January 1982) is a Norwegian snowboarder from Trondheim. She placed 4th in women's half-pipe at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, United States. She received a bronze medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics in women's half-pipe in Turin, Italy. Buaas recovered from a broken leg only a week before her bronze-winning ride. In 2007/2008 she finished World No.3 on the Swatch TTR World Snowboard Tour (Ticket to Ride (World Snowboard Tour)) Competition Results Swatch TTR 2008/2009 Season *3rd – Slopestyle – 6Star Burton European Open ( |
Kjersti Ericsson
Kjersti Ericsson (born 18 January 1944 in Oslo, Norway) is a Norwegian psychologist, criminologist, writer, poet and former politician. She is Professor of Criminology at the Faculty of Law of the University of Oslo. Ericsson obtained her cand.psychol. degree in 1969, and was a Research Assistant and Lecturer at the Department of Psychology at the University of Oslo The University of Oslo ( no, Universitetet i Oslo; la, Universitas Osloensis) is a public research university located in Oslo, Norway. It is the highest ranked and oldest university in Norway. It is consistently ranked among the top universit ... from 1969 to 1978. Since 1978, she has been employed with the Department of Criminology and Sociology of Law (formerly the Department of Criminology and Criminal Law). She became an Associate Professor in 1981 and a Professor in 1997. Kjersti Ericsson was leader of the political party Workers' Communist Party (AKP) from 1984 to 1988. From 1980 to 1984, she was deputy l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kjersti Plätzer
Kjersti Tysse Plätzer (born Tysse; 18 January 1972) is a Norwegian race walker, who won the silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, in the 20 kilometres race. She finished 12th in the same race in the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens and 4th in the 2007 World Championships in Osaka. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, she again won a silver medal in the 20 kilometres race. Born in Os, Hordaland, she is the older sister of Erik Tysse Erik Tysse (born 4 December 1980 in Bergen) is a Norwegian race walker. He has competed at four editions of the World Championships in Athletics and represented Norway at the 2008 Summer Olympics and at the 2012 Summer Olympics. He began his inte ... and is married to former German middle distance runner Stephan Plätzer, who is also her coach. They have two children, Kiara Lea and Sebastian. Achievements References 2007 World Championships in Osaka,Japan 20 km 4th place 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China 20 km 2nd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kjersti Engan
Kjersti Engan (born 1971) is a Norwegian researcher in signal processing, signal and image processing who works as a professor of electrical engineering and computer science at the University of Stavanger. Engan was born in 1971 in Bergen. She earned a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering in 1994 from Bergen University College. She then moved to the University of Stavanger for graduate study, completing her doctorate in 2000. At Stavanger, she was promoted to full professor in 2008. Engan is a member of the Norwegian Academy of Technological Sciences. References External linksHome page * {{DEFAULTSORT:Engan, Kjersti 1971 births Living people Norwegian electrical engineers Norwegian women engineers Bergen University College alumni University of Stavanger alumni Academic staff of the University of Stavanger members of the Norwegian Academy of Technological Sciences 21st-century women engineers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
