Knút Wang
Knút Wang (September 10, 1917 – January 22, 1976) was a Faroese journalist and politician for the People's Party. Wang was born in Kaldbak. As a young man he went to sea, and he later moved to Tórshavn to work in merchandising. In 1941 he became a journalist, and one year later, at the age of 25, he took over as editor of the conservative newspaper '' Dagblaðið''. Wang served as the paper's editor from 1942 to 1946, and again from 1947 to 1975. During the second period, he was the paper's co-editor together with Maurentius Viðstein and Poul Petersen. Wang was also a member of the broadcasting council for Faroese Radio ( fo, Útvarp Føroya) for a number of years starting in 1956, and he was the director of the Tórshavn Theater Society from 1967 to 1974. In 1940 he published a collection of short stories called ''Smá skálkabros'' (A Sly Little Smile). Wang was elected to the Faroese Parliament Faroese ( ) or Faroish ( ) may refer to anything pertaining to the Faroe ...
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Knut Wang
Knut Astrup Wang (4 May 1929 – 12 November 2011) was a Norwegian sailor. He was born in Oslo. He competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, where placed seventh in the 5.5 Metre class, together with Finn Ferner Finn Christian FernerProfile (with full name)
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Faroese Parliament
Faroese ( ) or Faroish ( ) may refer to anything pertaining to the Faroe Islands, e.g.: *the Faroese language * the Faroese people Faroese people or Faroe Islanders ( fo, føroyingar; da, færinger) are a North Germanic peoples, North Germanic ethnic group and nation Ethnic groups in Europe, native to the Faroe Islands. The Faroese are of Norse–Gaels, mixed Norsemen, Nors ... {{Disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ...
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Faroese Male Actors
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Members Of The Løgting
Member may refer to: * Military jury, referred to as "Members" in military jargon * Element (mathematics), an object that belongs to a mathematical set * In object-oriented programming, a member of a class ** Field (computer science), entries in a database ** Member variable, a variable that is associated with a specific object * Limb (anatomy), an appendage of the human or animal body ** Euphemism for penis * Structural component of a truss, connected by nodes * User (computing), a person making use of a computing service, especially on the Internet * Member (geology), a component of a geological formation * Member of parliament * The Members, a British punk rock band * Meronymy, a semantic relationship in linguistics * Church membership, belonging to a local Christian congregation, a Christian denomination and the universal Church * Member, a participant in a club or learned society A learned society (; also learned academy, scholarly society, or academic association) is a ...
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People From Tórshavn Municipality
A person ( : people) is a being that has certain capacities or attributes such as reason, morality, consciousness or self-consciousness, and being a part of a culturally established form of social relations such as kinship, ownership of property, or legal responsibility. The defining features of personhood and, consequently, what makes a person count as a person, differ widely among cultures and contexts. In addition to the question of personhood, of what makes a being count as a person to begin with, there are further questions about personal identity and self: both about what makes any particular person that particular person instead of another, and about what makes a person at one time the same person as they were or will be at another time despite any intervening changes. The plural form "people" is often used to refer to an entire nation or ethnic group (as in "a people"), and this was the original meaning of the word; it subsequently acquired its use as a plural form of ...
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1976 Deaths
Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 Philadelphia Flyers–Red Army game results in a 4–1 victory for the National Hockey League's Philadelphia Flyers over HC CSKA Moscow of the Soviet Union. * January 16 – The trial against jailed members of the Red Army Faction (the West German extreme-left militant Baader–Meinhof Group) begins in Stuttgart. * January 18 ** Full diplomatic relations are established between Bangladesh and Pakistan 5 years after the Bangladesh Liberation War. ** The Scottish Labour Party is formed as a breakaway from the UK-wide party. ** Super Bowl X in American football: The Pittsburgh Steelers defeat the Dallas Cowboys, 21–17, in Miami. * January 21 – First commercial Concorde flight, from London to Bahrain. * January 27 ** The United States v ...
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1917 Births
Events Below, the events of World War I have the "WWI" prefix. January * January 9 – WWI – Battle of Rafa: The last substantial Ottoman Army garrison on the Sinai Peninsula is captured by the Egyptian Expeditionary Force's Desert Column. * January 10 – Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition: Seven survivors of the Ross Sea party were rescued after being stranded for several months. * January 11 – Unknown saboteurs set off the Kingsland Explosion at Kingsland (modern-day Lyndhurst, New Jersey), one of the events leading to United States involvement in WWI. * January 16 – The Danish West Indies is sold to the United States for $25 million. * January 22 – WWI: United States President Woodrow Wilson calls for "peace without victory" in Germany. * January 25 ** WWI: British armed merchantman is sunk by mines off Lough Swilly (Ireland), with the loss of 354 of the 475 aboard. ** An anti- prostitution drive in San Francisco occurs, and ...
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Streymoy
Streymoy ( da, Strømø) is the largest and most populated island of the Faroe Islands. The capital, Tórshavn, is located on its southeast coast. The name means "island of currents". It also refers to the largest region of the country that also includes the islands of Hestur, Koltur and Nólsoy. Geography The island is oblong in shape and stretches roughly in northwest–southeast direction with a length of and a width of around . There are two deeply-indented fjords in the southeast: Kollafjørður and Kaldbaksfjørður. The island is mountainous (average height is 337 meter ), especially in the northwest, with the highest peak being Kopsenni (). That area is dominated by over cliffs. The area is known as Vestmannabjørgini, which means Cliffs of Vestmanna. The beaches of Tórshavn, Vestmanna, Leynar, Kollafjørður, Hvalvík (meaning Whale Bay) and Tjørnuvík are officially approved ''grind'' beaches for whaling. Like the rest of the Faroe Islands there are numerous shor ...
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Tórshavn Theater Society
The Tórshavn Theater Society ( fo, Havnar Sjónleikarfelag) is a theater association in Tórshavn in the Faroe Islands. The society operates the Tórshavn Theater ( fo, Sjónleikarhúsið, ), which was designed and built by H. C. W. Tórgarð in 1926. Tórgarð also became the society's first chairman in 1918. The Tórshavn Theater is also rented out for events. Chairpersons * H. C .W. Tórgarð 1918–1924 * H. M. Jacobsen 1924–1928 * Rikard Long 1928–1930 * Hans A. Djurhuus 1930–1951 * J. C. Olsen 1951–1963 * Poul Johs. Lindberg 1963–1967 * Knút Wang 1967–1974 * Oskar Hermansson 1974–1980 * Olivur Næss 1980–1988 * Gulla Øregaard 1988–1989 * Oddvá Nattestad 1989–1991 * Kári Petersen 1991–1993 * Bjørgfinnur Nielsen 1993–1993 * Margreta Næss 1993–1996 * Heðin Mortensen 1996–2000 * Jytte Joensen 2003–2010 * Karin Djurhuus 2010– References External links Tórshavn Theater Society homepage
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Faroese People
Faroese people or Faroe Islanders ( fo, føroyingar; da, færinger) are a North Germanic ethnic group and nation native to the Faroe Islands. The Faroese are of mixed Norse and Gaelic origins. About 21,000 Faroese live in neighbouring countries, particularly in Denmark, Iceland and Norway. Most Faroese are citizens of the Kingdom of Denmark, in which the Faroe Islands are a constituent nation. The Faroese language is one of the North Germanic languages and is closely related to Icelandic and to western Norwegian varieties. Origins The first known settlers of the Faroe Islands were Gaelic hermits and monks who arrived in the 6th century. From the ninth century onwards the Norse-Gaels came and brought Norse culture and language to the islands. Little is known about this period, thus giving room for speculation. A single source mentions early settlement, the Icelandic Færeyinga saga. It was written sometime around 1200 and explains events taking place approximately 300 ...
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Kringvarp Føroya
Kringvarp Føroya (KvF) (English: ''Broadcasting Service of the Faroe Islands'') is the national public broadcasting company of the Faroe Islands. It was founded on 1 January 2005 after a merger of the national radio and television networks, Útvarp Føroya and Sjónvarp Føroya. History Útvarp Føroya Útvarp Føroya (ÚF) (English: ''Radio of the Faroe Islands'') was founded in 1957, under the station's first director Axel Tórgarð. Niels Juel Arge took over the position in 1960 and remained until 1990. Prior to the establishment of Útvarp Føroya, the Faroese people could only listen to foreign radio stations. These included the National Norwegian Radio Station, often referred to as ''Norðmaðurin'' ("The Norwegian" or "The man from Norway"), and the BBC World Service. These stations were mainly used for daily weather forecasts. Sjónvarp Føroya Sjónvarp Føroya (SvF) (English: ''Television of the Faroe Islands'') was founded in 1984. It was the only public TV s ...
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Poul Petersen (politician)
Poul Petersen may refer to: * Poul Petersen (footballer) (1921–1997), Danish footballer and Olympic bronze medalist (1960) * Poul Petersen (swimmer) (1912–1959), Danish swimmer * Poul Erik Petersen (1927–1992), Danish Olympic footballer (1952) * Poul Petersen (actor) (1905–1986), Danish actor and theater director, in '' Affæren Birte'' * Poul Petersen (badminton), Danish badminton player * PVP Karting, a racing kart manufacturer founded and run by Poul V Petersen See also * Poul Pedersen (1932–2017), Danish footballer and Olympic silver medalist (1948) * Poul Pedersen (cinematographer) Poul Pedersen (16 May 1925 – 14 May 2003) was an American cinematographer who co-founded the Danish Cinematographers Guild (Dansk Filmfotograf Forbund) in 1954. Pedersen worked on 18 Denmark, Danish feature films for the Nordisk Film studio fro ...