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Krog (surname)
Krog may refer to: * Antjie Krog (born 1952), South African writer * Cecilie Thoresen Krog (1858–1911), Norwegian women's rights activist * Eli Krog (1891–1970), Norwegian translator * Frank Krog (1954–2008), Norwegian actor * Georg Krog (1915–1991), Norwegian speed skater * Gina Krog (1847–1916), Norwegian women's rights activist * Helge Krog (1889–1962), Norwegian writer * Hildur Krog (1922–2014), Norwegian botanist * Jason Krog (born 1975), Professional ice hockey player * Jørn Aksel Krog (born 1948), Norwegian civil servant * Karin Krog (born 1937), Norwegian jazz singer * Nicolai Johan Lohmann Krog (1787–1856), Norwegian politician * Peder Krog Peder Krog (8 April 1654 – 24 May 1731) was a Danish-born Norwegian Lutheran bishop. Peder Krog was born in Aarhus, Denmark. He studied in Rostock and Copenhagen, and then went to Germany to study for several years. In 1675, he was award ... (1654–1731), Danish-Norwegian bishop See also * Krogh * Kro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antjie Krog
Antjie Krog (born 23 October 1952) is a South African writer and academic, best known for her Afrikaans poetry, her reporting on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, and her 1998 book '' Country of My Skull''. In 2004, she joined the Arts faculty of the University of the Western Cape as Extraordinary Professor. Biography Krog was born into an Afrikaner family of writers, and was the daughter of Afrikaans poet Dot Serfontein. She grew up on a farm in Kroonstad, Orange Free State. Her literary career began in 1970 when, at the height of John Vorster's apartheid years, she wrote an anti-apartheid poem titled "My mooi land" ("My beautiful country") for her school magazine. The poem opened with the line, "''Kyk, ek bou vir my 'n land / waar 'n vel niks tel nie''" ("I'm building myself a country where skin colour doesn't matter"). It caused a stir in her conservative Afrikaans-speaking community and was reported on in the national media. Krog's first volume of poetry, ''Dogter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cecilie Thoresen Krog
Ida Cecilie Thoresen Krog (née Thoresen; 7 March 1858 – 13 November 1911) was a Norwegian women's rights pioneer and Liberal Party politician, and the first female university student in Norway. She became famous when she was allowed to submit to examen artium in 1882, after an Act amendment had taken place. She was the first president of the women's rights association Skuld and a co-founder and vice president of its successor, the Norwegian Association for Women's Rights. She was also a co-founder and board member of the Norwegian Women's Public Health Association. She was active in the Liberal Party and her liberal views also colored her involvement in the women's rights movement. She was elected a deputy representative in Christiania City Council for the Liberal Party in 1901, as one of the first women elected to a political office in Norway. Personal life She was born in Eidsvoll as a daughter of physician Nils Windfeldt Thoresen (1822–1907) and Marie Johanne Benneche (182 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eli Krog
Eli Krog (née Meyer; 1891–1970) was a Norwegian publicist, translator and author. Biography Eli Krog was born in Oslo, Norway. She was the daughter of newspaper editor Ludvig Meyer (1861-1938) and his second wife Augusta Gran (1865-1936). In 1912, she married journalist and playwright Helge Krog (1889–1962). The couple divorced in 1947. Krog was an important voice in the foundation of the Norwegian Translators Association (''Norsk Oversetterforening'') in 1948, and was chair of the organisation from 1949-61. In 1951, she produced the first translation of the works of Nobel Prize winning British author Doris Lessing (1919–2013) into the Norwegian language. '' The Grass Is Singing'' was translated and published under the title ''Det synger i gresset'' (Gyldendal, 1951) for which she won the Bastian Prize (''Bastianprisen'') in 1952. Krog also edited the anthologies of author Tarjei Vesaas Tarjei Vesaas (20 August 1897 – 15 March 1970) was a Norwegian poet and no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Krog
Hallgeir Frank Krog (5 October 1954 – 23 December 2008) was a Norwegian actor. Krog was born in Bergen. He started his career as a stage worker and extra at the theatre Den Nasjonale Scene, but later attended the Norwegian National Academy of Theatre. He appeared in several Norwegian films, mostly during the 1990s. He also became known for his role in the television series Offshore. Krog was found dead in his Grünerløkka home on 23 December 2008. Filmography *''Kautokeino-opprøret'' (2008) *''Morgan Kane: Døden er en ensom jeger'' (2001) *''Red Indian'' (1998) *''Tashunga'' (1996) *'' Offshore'' (TV, 1996) *''I de beste familier'' (1994) *''Solens sønn og månens datter'' (1993) *''Dødelig kjemi'' (1992) *'' Haakon Haakonsen'' (1990) *'' Wayfarers'' (''Landstrykere'', 1989) *''Brun bitter'' (1988) *''Blücher'' (1988) *''Hard asfalt Hard may refer to: * Hardness, resistance of physical materials to deformation or fracture * Hard water, water with high mineral cont ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georg Krog
Georg Philip Hertzberg Krog (2 July 1915 – 3 August 1991) was a Norwegian Olympic speed skater and lawyer. Early life Krog was born in Bergen, and was a great-grandson of Hans Jensen Krog. Career He received a silver medal at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. It was later noted that gold medallist Ivar Ballangrud probably was clocked in a second too early, something which could have cost Krog the gold medal. At the 1937 World Allround Speed Skating Championships Krog won the 500 m distance in 42.9 seconds. He represented the clubs Drammens SK, Gimsøy IF and Oslo SK. He chaired the Norwegian Skating Association The Norwegian Skating Association ( no, Norges Skøyteforbund, NSF) is the main skating authoritative body in Norway. It oversees speed skating, figure skating, short track speed skating on ice, and more recently inline and roller skating. The Nor ... from 1961 to 1965. After his speed skating career he worked as a barrister. References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gina Krog
Jørgine Anna Sverdrup "Gina" Krog (20 June 1847 – 14 April 1916) was a Norwegian suffragist, teacher, liberal politician, writer and editor, and a major figure in liberal feminism in Scandinavia. She played a central role in the Norwegian liberal women's rights movement from the 1880s until her death, notably as a leading campaigner for women's right to vote. In 1884, Krog co-founded the Norwegian Association for Women's Rights with liberal MP Hagbart Berner. Over the next two decades, Krog co-founded the Women's Voting Association, the National Association for Women's Suffrage, and the Norwegian National Women's Council, spearheading the presentation of women's suffrage proposals to the Storting (the Norwegian parliament). Krog wrote articles and gave speeches, travelling throughout Europe and North America to attend international women's rights conferences. She was editor of the Norwegian feminist periodical '' Nylænde (New Land)'' from 1887 until her death in 1916. Sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helge Krog
Helge Krog (9 February 1889 – 30 July 1962) was a Norwegian journalist, essayist, theatre and literary critic, translator and playwright. Personal life Krog was born in Kristiania, the son of jurist Fredrik Arentz Krog and Ida Cecilie Thoresen. His mother, a well-known feminist, was the first female student in Norway in 1882, and his father's sister, Gina Krog, was a central figure in the Norwegian women's suffrage movement. He was married to writer and publicist Eli Meyer from 1912 to 1947, and to actress Tordis Maurstad from 1949. Career Krog graduated as cand.oecon. in 1911. He worked for the newspaper ''Verdens Gang'' from 1912, and from 1914 as a theatre and literary critic. He later worked for the newspapers ''Tidens Tegn'', ''Arbeiderbladet'' and ''Dagbladet''. He issued the article collection ' in 1929 (lit. ''Opininons on books and writers''), and a second collection, ' in 1933. His first play was the press comedy ' from 1917, which was staged at several Scandinavia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hildur Krog
Hildur Krog (22 March 1922 – 25 August 2014) was a Norwegian botanist. She was born in Modum. She took the dr.philos. degree in 1968 with a thesis on Alaskan lichens, was hired as a curator at the Botanical Museum of Oslo in 1971 and served as professor at the University of Oslo from 1987 to 1992. For 15 year from 1969 she collaborated with the British amateur lichenologist Dougal Swinscow to study the macrolichen flora of East Africa. They undertook field collections as well as characterisation and revision of the limited existing lichen knowledge of the region, presented in 33 scientific publications and a book ''The Macrolichens of East Africa'', British Museum (Natural History) in 1988. In 1992 Hildur Krog was awarded the Acharius Medal by the International Association for Lichenology She was a fellow of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. She died in 2014. Several lichen are named in her honour, including ''Krogia'' which a genus of corticolous lichens in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jason Krog
Jason Krog (born October 9, 1975) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre last contracted by Lørenskog IK in the Norwegian GET-ligaen (GET). Playing career A native of British Columbia, Krog began his junior career in the BCJHL with the Chilliwack Chiefs. He played with the Chiefs for three seasons, culminating in a 128-point season in 1994–95. The following season, he began a four-year tenure with the University of New Hampshire, notching 238 points (94 goals, 144 assists) in 152 games from 1995 to 1999. In 1998–99, Krog was awarded the Hobey Baker Award as the top collegiate hockey player. Undrafted, he was signed as a free agent by the New York Islanders on May 14, 1999. For three seasons, Krog mostly played in the American Hockey League with the Islanders' minor league affiliates. In 2001–02, Krog finished second in team scoring on the Bridgeport Sound Tigers despite only playing in 64 games. In the playoffs, he accumulated 23 points in 20 games, hel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jørn Aksel Krog
Jørn Aksel Krog (11 April 1948 – 3 March 2015) was a Norwegian civil servant. He was born in Trondheim. He was secretary general of Norges Fiskarlag from 1979 to 1983, and manager of Feitsildfiskernes Salgslag from 1983 to 1989. From 1999 to 2011 he was permanent under-secretary of State A permanent secretary (also known as a principal secretary) is the most senior civil servant of a department or ministry charged with running the department or ministry's day-to-day activities. Permanent secretaries are the non-political civil ... in the Ministry of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs. He served as County Governor of Sør-Trøndelag from 2011 until his death in 2015. References 1948 births 2015 deaths People from Trondheim Norwegian civil servants County governors of Norway Recipients of the Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana, 2nd Class {{Norway-gov-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karin Krog
Karin Krog (born 15 May 1937) is a Norwegian jazz singer. Life and career Krog began singing jazz as a teenager and attracted attention while performing in jam sessions in Oslo. In 1955, she was hired by the pianist Kjell Karlsen to sing in his sextet. In 1962, she started her first band, and that same year she became a student of the Norwegian-American singer Anne Brown. Krog studied with Brown until 1969. In the 1960s, she performed with the rhythm and blues band Public Enemies, releasing the hit singles "Sunny" and "Watermelon Man".) She has worked with Vigleik Storaas, Jacob Young, Terje Rypdal, Arild Andersen, Jan Garbarek, Dexter Gordon, Kenny Drew, Don Ellis, Steve Kuhn, Archie Shepp, Paul Bley, John Surman, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Red Mitchell, and Bengt Hallberg. In 1994, she became the first Norwegian musician to have an album released by Verve Records. The album ''Jubilee'' was a compilation of songs from her thirty-year career. Private life Krog is the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicolai Johan Lohmann Krog
Nicolai Johan Lohmann Krog (6 July 1787 – 15 October 1856) was First Minister of Norway (1836–1855). He also held several other ministerial posts in the period 1821–1855 including Chief of the Ministry of the Army and Navy. Krog was born at Drangedal in Telemark, Norway. He was the son of Andreas Christian von Krogh and Else Marie Poppe. He grow up at Gran Rectory in Hadeland(''Gran prestegård på Hadeland'') where his father was parish priest. Krog started his military education as a cadet at the Norwegian Land Cadet Corps in Christiania (now Oslo). He graduated as a second lieutenants in 1805. In 1814, he was in the service of Prince Christian Frederik of Denmark as adjutant in his general staff. Krog was promoted to Major in 1815. From July 1816, he was commanding chief of the Royal Norwegian Military Academy. He was promoted to lieutenant colonel in 1817. In 1821, Krog was called to Stockholm as acting minister, and followed Crown Prince Oscar Oscar, OSCAR, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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