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Kringen
Kringen is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Gøril Kringen (born 1972), Norwegian former football player and coach * John Kringen, American CIA official *Olav Kringen (1867–1951), Norwegian newspaper editor See also *Battle of Kringen Battle of Kringen ( no, Slaget ved Kringen) involved an ambush by Norwegian peasant militia of Scottish mercenary soldiers who were on their way to enlist in the Swedish army for the Kalmar War. The battle has since become a part of folklore ... {{surname Norwegian-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gøril Kringen
Gøril Kringen (born 28 January 1972) is a Norwegian former football player and coach, who has also worked as the Football Association of Norway's (NFF) head of women's football. As a player, she was an Olympic champion with the Norway women's national football team. She played club football for Trondheims-Ørn, and holds the record for total matches played for the club (515). Playing career Playing for SK Trondheims-Ørn, Kringen won the Norwegian league seven times between 1994 and 2003. She also won the Norwegian Women's Cup eight times with Trondheims-Ørn. Kringen made her senior national team debut in July 1995—a 2–0 win over Australia—but she was not selected for Norway's victorious 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup squad. She was on the Norwegian team that hosted UEFA Women's Euro 1997 and then finished fourth at the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup in the United States. She collected a total of 72 caps for Norway and won gold at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle Of Kringen
Battle of Kringen ( no, Slaget ved Kringen) involved an ambush by Norwegian peasant militia of Scottish mercenary soldiers who were on their way to enlist in the Swedish army for the Kalmar War. The battle has since become a part of folklore in Norway, giving names to local places in the Ottadalen valley. Background The Scottish forces (''Skottetoget'') were partly recruited, partly pressed into service by Sir James Spens, apparently against the preferences of James VI, who favored the Danish-Norwegian side in the war. Two ships sailed from Dundee and Caithness in early August, met up on the Orkney Islands and sailed for Norway. Because sea routes had been blocked by Danish forces in the Kalmar War, the Scots decided to follow a land route to Sweden that other Scottish and Dutch forces had successfully used. On 20 August the ships landed in Isfjorden in Romsdal, though the pilot apparently put the forces on shore in rough terrain. The soldiers proceeded to march up t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olav Kringen
Olav Kringen (24 July 1867 – 6 October 1951) was a Norwegian newspaper editor. He was born at a croft in Sel, and was a manual laborer in Norway before emigrating to the United States in 1887. There, he studied and took a teacher education. He worked as a teacher in Minnesota and Dakota. For the next two years he worked in the press, editing the magazine ''Nye Nordmanden'' and '' Fremad''. He was also a correspondent for the newspaper ''Labour Leader'', having been influenced by Keir Hardie and socialism in general. Upon his return to Norway in 1897, he became affiliated with the Labour Party, and was hired in their newspaper ''Social-Demokraten''. He was involved in the Second International from 1900 to 1906, being a delegate at the International Socialist Congress, Paris 1900 and the International Socialist Congress, Amsterdam 1904. He is well known for translating "The Internationale" and the '' Communist Manifesto'' into Norwegian. He continued writing for ''Labour Leader ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Kringen
John Kringen was named Deputy Director for Intelligence, Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), effective February 2005. In 2008, he joined the United States European Command at the Stuttgart-Vaihingen base.http://www.intelligenceonline.com/political-intelligence/decision-makers/2008/03/27/john-kringen%2C39517339-BRE-login Prior to becoming DDI, he was the Director of the DCI's Crime and Narcotics Center (CNC). He began his career with the CIA in 1978 as an analyst in the Directorate of Intelligence. During his career he has had responsibilities for managing intelligence programs in a wide variety of areas—ranging from tracking the international arms trade to monitoring political, economic, and military developments in much of the developing world. From March 1998-July 2000 he served as Director of the Office of Imagery Analysis with the National Imagery and Mapping Agency (now the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency). He has also served overseas. Prior to government service, h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
