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Knutsen
Knutsen is a Norwegian surname. Its origin was as a patronymic name (-sen/-søn/-son/-zen) derived from the first name Knut. Notable people with the surname include: *Arvid Knutsen (1944–2009), Norwegian footballer and later coach *Espen Knutsen (born 1972), Norwegian ice hockey player * Finn Knutsen (1932–2021), Norwegian politician *Geir Knutsen (born 1959), Norwegian politician for the Labour Party *Guro Knutsen (born 1985), Norwegian football player * Konrad B. Knutsen (1925–2012), Norwegian civil servant * Lars Knutsen (1884–1963), Norwegian shipowner, founder of Lars Knutsen and Sons Ltd, a ship chandler business in Wales * Marie Knutsen (born 1982), Norwegian football midfielder * Morten Knutsen (born 1977), Norwegian football coach and former player * Nelly Bell Knutsen (1905–1991), Norwegian politician for the Christian Democratic Party * Olav Martinus Knutsen Steinnes (1886–1961), Norwegian Minister of Education and Church Affairs in 1928 * Paul Knutsen Barstad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tormod Knutsen
Tormod Kåre Knutsen (7 January 1932 – 23 February 2021) was a Norwegian Nordic combined skier, who won the Nordic combined event at the 1964 Winter Olympics, and came second at the 1960 Winter Olympics. He won four national championships, and in 1960, he received the Norwegian Holmenkollen Medal. Sports career Knutsen started as a ski jumper, winning the national junior titles in 1949 and 1951. He failed to qualify for the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, after which he considered taking up Nordic combined skiing. Whilst completing military service, he met Nordic combined skiers Gunder Gundersen and Sverre Stenersen, who encouraged him to take up the event. Knutsen won a bronze medal in the Nordic combined event at the 1955 national championships. He was selected for the 1956 Winter Olympics as a substitute, and was included to the main team two days before the event due to an injury of Gunder Gundersen; Knutsen placed sixth. He was the third best placed Norwegian in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MT Sidsel Knutsen
MT ''Sidsel Knutsen'' is a Norwegian oil tanker built in 1993. Design The ''Sidsel Knutsen'' is long and is owned and operated by Knutsen O.A.S. Shipping. The ''Sidsel Knutsen'' is designed for the shipping of oil products, including gasoline, plain crude oil, and biodiesel. The ''Sidsel Knutsen'' also has a sistership, the ''Turid Knutsen'', which is also a tanker, and was built in 1993. The home port of both ships is Haugesund, Norway. Both ships are capable of hauling 5,000 tons of cargo and are commonly loaded with over 1,000,000 gallons of various liquids. The ''Sidsel Knutsen'' makes frequent trips from Norway to the United States to pick up loads of biodiesel and deliver them to European ports. The company that the ''Sidsel Knutsen'' gets her biodiesel from Lake Erie Biofuels in Erie, Pennsylvania. It is a major producer of biofuel in the United States. Accidents 2001 The ''Sidsel Knutsen'' is perhaps best known for an incident that occurred in the Detroit River ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Espen Knutsen
Espen Knutsen (born January 12, 1972) is a Norwegian former professional ice hockey player and currently the general manager of Vålerenga in the Norwegian GET-ligaen. He played five seasons in the North American-based National Hockey League (NHL), and is to date the only Norwegian to have played in the NHL All-Star Game. In his native Norway, Knutsen is also known by the nickname "Shampoo" because his father is a hairdresser, and also a former hockey player whose nickname was "The Soap" (Såpa in Norwegian). In 2021 he resigned from Vålerenga's board of directors. Playing career Early career After being drafted by the Hartford Whalers in the 10th round (204th overall) in 1990, Knutsen remained in Europe until 1997, playing for his hometown team Vålerenga, and later Djurgården of the Swedish Elitserien. In 1996, the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim acquired his rights, and he made his debut with the Ducks in 1997. After a disappointing season (playing in part for the American Hockey Le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marie Knutsen
Marie Lindebø Knutsen (born 31 August 1982) is a Norwegian former football midfielder who played for Røa of Norway's Toppserien league and represented the Norwegian national team. Club career Aside from Røa IL, Knutsen has also played for Kattem IL, Flatås, Byåsen and Trondheims-Ørn. She was named as part of the NISO Women's Team of the Year in 2007. After missing 2010 and 2011 through giving birth and moving away to America, Knutsen returned to Røa in 2012. She retired from football ahead of the club's 2013 Toppserien campaign. National team Knutsen made her debut for the senior national team on 19 February 2005 in a match against France. Her first goal came on 20 January 2006 in a match against China. She was part of the squad for the 2007 Women's World Cup, playing in five matches, as well as the 2008 Summer Olympics held in Beijing, China, where she appeared in three matches. Knutsen also played in the 2005 European Championships, winning the silver medal after N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Knutsen & Ludvigsens Ver'ste'
Knutsen & Ludvigsen (English: Tootson and Ludiwood) was a Norwegian singing duo consisting of Øystein Dolmen ("Knutsen") and Gustav Lorentzen ("Ludvigsen"). Writing and performing various songs mostly aimed at children, they released seven albums, two of which received Spellemannprisen, the Norwegian Grammy. They had several #1 hits, including "Grevling i taket", "Hallo! Hallo!" and "Dum og deilig". Since the late 1990s, they have enjoyed a cult status among young Norwegians, performing a series of reunion concerts. October 26, 2006, TV 2 broadcast the program ''Knutsen & Ludvigsen - The Full Story''. The Norwegian Pop & Rock Encyclopedia says: "This was more than a famous duo - Knutsen & Ludvigsen was an institution. The whole rock generation of the nineties was nourished by their records."Norsk Pop & Rock Leksikon, Oslo 2005: "Dette var mer enn en berømt duo - Knutsen & Ludvigsen var et begrep. Hele rockegenerasjonen fra 90-tallet var oppfostret på platene deres." On 21 Apr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Knutsen & Ludvigsens Beste
Knutsen & Ludvigsen (English: Tootson and Ludiwood) was a Norwegian singing duo consisting of Øystein Dolmen ("Knutsen") and Gustav Lorentzen ("Ludvigsen"). Writing and performing various songs mostly aimed at children, they released seven albums, two of which received Spellemannprisen, the Norwegian Grammy. They had several #1 hits, including "Grevling i taket", "Hallo! Hallo!" and "Dum og deilig". Since the late 1990s, they have enjoyed a cult status among young Norwegians, performing a series of reunion concerts. October 26, 2006, TV 2 broadcast the program ''Knutsen & Ludvigsen - The Full Story''. The Norwegian Pop & Rock Encyclopedia says: "This was more than a famous duo - Knutsen & Ludvigsen was an institution. The whole rock generation of the nineties was nourished by their records."Norsk Pop & Rock Leksikon, Oslo 2005: "Dette var mer enn en berømt duo - Knutsen & Ludvigsen var et begrep. Hele rockegenerasjonen fra 90-tallet var oppfostret på platene deres." On 21 Apr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Knutsen & Ludvigsen
Knutsen & Ludvigsen (English: Tootson and Ludiwood) was a Norwegian singing duo consisting of Øystein Dolmen ("Knutsen") and Gustav Lorentzen ("Ludvigsen"). Writing and performing various songs mostly aimed at children, they released seven albums, two of which received Spellemannprisen, the Norwegian Grammy. They had several #1 hits, including "Grevling i taket", "Hallo! Hallo!" and "Dum og deilig". Since the late 1990s, they have enjoyed a cult status among young Norwegians, performing a series of reunion concerts. October 26, 2006, TV 2 broadcast the program ''Knutsen & Ludvigsen - The Full Story''. The Norwegian Pop & Rock Encyclopedia says: "This was more than a famous duo - Knutsen & Ludvigsen was an institution. The whole rock generation of the nineties was nourished by their records."Norsk Pop & Rock Leksikon, Oslo 2005: "Dette var mer enn en berømt duo - Knutsen & Ludvigsen var et begrep. Hele rockegenerasjonen fra 90-tallet var oppfostret på platene deres." On 21 Apr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guro Knutsen
Guro Knutsen Mienna (born Guro Knutsen on 10 January 1985) is a Norwegian former footballer who played for Røa IL of the Toppserien league and for the Norway women's national football team. She played alongside her older sister Marie Knutsen in the Norwegian team that finished fourth at the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup in China. Knutsen Mienna won the Norwegian league with Røa IL in 2007 and 2008, and also in 2008 won the Royal Cup to complete " the double". She helped her club to the double again in 2009, and they won the Cup in 2010 and then the League in 2011. Knutsen Mienna competed with Norway in the 2008 Summer Olympics in China and scored the opening goal in the group match against Japan. Norway was defeated by Brazil in the quarter-finals. In October 2008 Knutsen Mienna was one of five Røa players who announced their refusal to play for the national team under the management of Bjarne Berntsen. She was recalled by Berntsen's successor Eli Landsem and was select ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Tessem And Paul Knutsen
Peter Tessem and Paul Knutsen were two young men from Norway who went with fellow Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen on his 1918 Arctic expedition aboard ship Maud (ship), ''Maud''. Peter Tessem was a carpenter and Paul Knutsen was an able-bodied seaman. One year into the expedition, in 1919, Amundsen left Peter Tessem and Paul Knutsen behind at Cape Chelyuskin after having made winter quarters there. Amundsen chose Peter Tessem because he had been suffering from chronic headaches throughout the winter and was not fit to continue the long expedition. He selected Paul Knutsen because he had previously wintered in the Kara Sea in 1914–1915 with Otto Sverdrup on ship ''Eclipse'', so he knew about the locations of the caches of provisions that had been left in the area by Sverdrup. The men were instructed to wait for the freeze-up of the Kara Sea and then sled, sledge southwestwards along the western coast of the Taymyr Peninsula towards Dikson (urban-type settlement), Dikson, carryin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morten Knutsen
Morten Knutsen (born 27 November 1977) is a Norwegian football coach and former player. Career Knutsen started his career in the Arendal-based club IK Grane, and went on to the largest club in the region, IK Start. He made his debut in Tippeligaen in 1996.Morten Knutsen Norwegian top division stats He then signed for Norway's best team at the time, , ahead of the 2000 season. He played 24 games and scored seven goals in his first season, but then only played ten games in |
Finn Knutsen
Finn Knutsen (18 February 1932 – 14 February 2021) was a Norwegian politician. Career Knutsen was born in Langenes to Ole and Unni Knudsen. He was elected representative to the Storting for the period 1985–1989 for the Labour Party. He was a member of Øksnes municipal council from 1955 to 1987 (serving as mayor from 1967 to 1973) and 1991 to 1999 (again serving as mayor) and of Nordland county council from 1967 to 1979. He was awarded the King's Medal of Merit The King's Medal of Merit (Norwegian: ''Kongens fortjenstmedalje'') is a Norwegian award. It was instituted in 1908 to reward meritorious achievements in the fields of art, science, business, and public service. It is divided in two classes: gold ... in 2000. Knutsen died on 14 February 2021, four days short from his 89th birthday. References 1932 births 2021 deaths People from Øksnes Labour Party (Norway) politicians Members of the Storting Mayors of places in Nordland Recipients of the King's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arvid Knutsen
Arvid Knutsen (3 March 1944 – 4 January 2009) was a Norway, Norwegian footballer and later coach. He joined Viking FK from Stavanger IF Fotball, Stavanger IF in 1961, and made his senior team debut in 1963. With Viking he won the Norwegian Premier League, Norwegian First Division in Norwegian First Division 1972, 1972, Norwegian First Division 1973, 1973, Norwegian First Division 1974, 1974 and Norwegian First Division 1975, 1975, and also took bronze medals in Norwegian First Division 1968, 1968 and Norwegian First Division 1971, 1971. He played for Viking 396 times, scoring 117 goals. From 1976 he coached the team. Outside of his sporting career, Knutsen worked as a high school teacher at Stavanger Cathedral School. He took his education at the University of Bergen in 1969 and at the Norwegian School of Sport Sciences in 1981. He married in 1974, and had two daughters. In March 2008 he was diagnosed with brain tumor. Operated at Haukeland, he learned that he suffered from te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
