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Larssen
Larssen is a Norwegian surname which may refer to the following notable people: * Anna Larssen (1875–1955), Danish actress and preacher * Georg Hagerup-Larssen (1903–1982), Norwegian engineer and businessperson *Heidi Larssen (born 1951), Norwegian politician * John Olav Larssen (1927–2009), Norwegian evangelical preacher and missionary *Lars Andreas Larssen (1935–2014), Norwegian stage, film and television actor *Olav Larssen (1894–1981), Norwegian newspaper editor and politician * Per Larssen (1881–1947), Norwegian engineer, Minister of Trade 1931–1932 *Rolf Falk-Larssen (born 1960), Norwegian speed skater * Svein Døvle Larssen (1928–2015), Norwegian newspaper editor *Trude Brænne Larssen (born 1967), Norwegian novelist {{surname See also * Larsen *Larsson *Larson (surname) Larson is a Scandinavian patronymic surname meaning "son of Lars". "Lars" is derived from the Roman name "Laurentius", which means "from Laurentum" or "crowned with laurel." There are various ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olav Larssen
Olav Larssen (10 July 1894 – 5 July 1981) was a Norwegian newspaper editor and politician for the Labour and Communist parties. Personal life Olav Larssen was born in Furnes as a son of baker Kristian Larssen and Lovise Wahlum (1873–1923). He attended primary school in rural Furnes, but then moved to the nearby city Hamar to take apprenticeship as a typographer. By 1910 he dwelled as a tenant in ''Østregate 55'' in the neighborhood Østbyen, nearby Hamar Station. He recalled having to adapt to the city culture, and shed some of his childhood dialect/sociolect. In 1917 he married taylor's daughter Aslaug Rustad (1892–1987). She hailed from Hamar and was the oldest girl of ten siblings. After her mother's death when she was fourteen, she had to abandon plans to become a hairdresser to help her father with tending to their family. Their daughter Randi (1924–2002) was a well-known journalist and writer. From April 1946 she was married to Prime Minister of Norway (1971–7 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rolf Falk-Larssen
Rolf Falk-Larssen (born 21 February 1960) is a former speed skater. __NOTOC__ Representing Trondhjems Skøiteklub, Rolf Falk-Larssen made his international debut at the European Allround Championships of 1982 and he was in the lead after three distances. On the final distance (the 10,000 m), he was paired against Tomas Gustafson, the number two after three distances. With just one lap left to go in that 10,000 m, it seemed that Falk-Larssen would be crowned as the new European Champion, but Gustafson skated an extraordinary last lap, setting a new world record of 14:23.59, and beating Falk-Larssen (who skated a great 14:30.34– a new Norwegian record) by 0.021 points (equivalent to just 0.42 seconds of difference on the 10,000 m). So Falk-Larssen won silver, and he would win a second European Allround silver medal in 1984. Three weeks later, at the 1982 World Allround Championships, Falk-Larssen won bronze. In 1983, at the age of 22, Falk-Larssen won the World A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lars Andreas Larssen
Lars Andreas Larssen (27 March 1935 – 29 January 2014) was a Norwegian stage, film and television actor.Skuespilleren Lars Andreas Larssen er død side2.no. Career Larssen was born in the village of , near in . His debut came in 1957, playing a minor role in the blockbuster '' Nine Lives''. He had a larger role in the 1959 film ' ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Larssen Bjørner
Anna Vilhelmine Johanne Dorthea Larssen Bjørner née Halberg (1875–1955) was a Danish actress and Pentecostal preacher. She was born in to a theatrical family and she was appearing in plays at the age of six. However her father died and her mother had to give away three of her children to survive. She was seen as a talented actress when she appeared aged sixteen in Musset's '' Man skal nik spøge med Kærlighenden''. From 1885 to 1909 she gained popularity, performing on the stages of Copenhagen's and Folketeatret. At the height of her success, in 1909 under the influence of Thomas Ball Barratt of the Pentecostal movement, she canceled her contract with the theatre and went on to devote the rest of her life to evangelism. Together with her second husband, Sigurd Bjørner, she preached in Denmark and abroad. In 1919 she and her husband founded an evangelical meeting place which in 1924 joined the Apostolic Church in Wales, England and Scotland. Early life and family Born in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Svein Døvle Larssen
Svein Døvle Larssen (20 April 1928 – 23 January 2015) was a Norwegian newspaper editor. He spent most of his career in the Conservative press in the county of Vestfold, and was also an elected politician for the Conservative Party. He also held a number of positions in Norwegian media organizations. Career He was born in Stokke, and took his examen artium in 1948. In 1949 he was hired as a journalist in the now defunct Sandefjord-based newspaper '' Dagbladet Vestfold''. He was soon promoted to editor-in-chief, although in another newspaper, '' Rjukan Dagblad''. From 1954 to 1956 he was the editor-in-chief of '' Larvik Morgenavis''. At the same time he was elected to serve as a member of Stokke municipal council for the term 1955–1959. In 1956 he was hired as a journalist in a larger newspaper, ''Tønsbergs Blad''. Larssen took a break from his newspaper career from 1960 to 1967, to pursue a career as director of public relations in Esso Norway. From 1963 to 1964 he served in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Olav Larssen
John Olav Larssen (7 March 1927 – 2 January 2009) was a Norwegian evangelical preacher and missionary. He was born in Hellvik, and settled in Bryne. He started as a preacher at the age of eighteen, and eventually began touring Norway. He has been nicknamed "Norway's Billy Graham William Franklin Graham Jr. (November 7, 1918 – February 21, 2018) was an American evangelist and an ordained Southern Baptist minister who became well known internationally in the late 1940s. He was a prominent evangelical Christi ...". Books written by Larssen include ''En åpen dør'' (1957), ''Elsket av Gud'' (1961), ''Fra høvelbenk til misjonsmark'' (1964), ''Kraft fra det høye'' (1968), and ''Gud vil vekkelse'' (1970). [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trude Brænne Larssen
Trude Brænne Larssen (born 1 January 1967 in Tønsberg) is a Norwegian novelist. She is the author of the series ''Holmegaard'' (11 books), "Ulveøyne" (25 books) and "Rimfrost" (14 books), and has contributed to the series "Emilies Tid". Her earlier books were published on the Egmont Publishing House, but most were published by Cappelen Damm Publishing House. She has released more than 70 books over two decades. Trude Brænne Larssen lives in Horten, Norway. She has worked as a journalist in a local newspaper called Gjengangeren since 2009. Ulveøyne series Ulveøyne consists of 25 books released between March 1996 and February 2000. A short novel based on part of the second book, Trellfødt (Born To Slavery), was released in August/September 1997. Egmont began to re-release the series in 2007 after the success of its sequel, Rimfrost. Ulveøyne means "wolf eyes" and refers to the main character's grey eyes. The eye color is especially catching as Ulva's skin is dark and her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georg Hagerup-Larssen
Georg Hagerup-Larssen (16 January 1903 – 21 September 1982) was a Norwegian engineer and businessperson. He was born in Ankenes. He graduated as an electrical engineer from the Norwegian Institute of Technology in 1928, and after some months in Siemens-Schuckert in Germany he was hired as engineer at Haugvik Smelteverk. In 1936 he was hired in Elektrokemisk (later Elkem). From June 1940, during the Second World War, he was the company's representative in the United States and Canada, fleeing occupied Norway via the Soviet Union and Japan. His main task was to spread the Søderberg electrode technology. He returned to Norway in 1946. In 1951 he became assisting chief executive, and from 1959 to 1971 he served as the chief executive of Elkem. He succeeded Alf Monrad-Aas. During his time the company established, or participated in establishing, Grong Gruber, Salten Verk, Mosjøen Aluminiumsverk and Lista Aluminiumsverk. Fiskaa Verk was expanded, and the ownership in Sulitjel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heidi Larssen
Heidi Larssen (born 8 November 1951 in Oslo) is a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party. She was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Oslo in 2001, but was not re-elected in 2005. She served in the position of deputy representative during the term 2005–2009. Larssen held various positions in Oslo Oslo ( , , or ; sma, Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of ... city council from 1997 to 2001. Since 2004 she has been the leader of the local party chapter. References * {{DEFAULTSORT:Larssen, Heidi Politicians from Oslo Conservative Party (Norway) politicians Members of the Storting Women members of the Storting 1951 births Living people 21st-century Norwegian politicians 21st-century Norwegian women politicians ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Per Larssen
Per Larssen (11 June 1881 – 21 October 1947) was Norwegian Minister of Trade 1931–1932 in Kolstad's Cabinet. Son of a farmer, he was an engineer by education, with a Ph.D from Dresden University of Technology in 1924. He worked as director of the National Insurance Service The National Insurance Service ( no, Trygdeetaten) was a Norwegian government agency responsible for social security. Organization It had its roots in the National Insurance Administration ( no, Rikstrygdeverket), which was founded by parliamenta ... 1932–1937; as acting port director 1937–1940 and then as port director from 1940. Norsk samfunnsvitenskapelig datat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Larsen (surname)
Larsen , is a Danish-Norwegian patronymic surname, literally meaning "son of Lars" (equivalent of Laurentius). It is the seventh most common surname in Denmark, shared by about 2.4% of the population. Statistics Denmark Larsen may refer to: In engineering * (1907–2003), Danish co-founder of the Indian engineering firm Larsen & Toubro * (1902–1973), Danish chemical engineer, businessman and politicianIn exploration * |
Larsson
Larsson () is a Swedish patronymic surname meaning "son of Lars". There are various spellings. Notable people with the surname include: Academics * Hans Larsson (1862–1944) was a Swedish Professor of Philosophy at Lund University, Sweden * Susanna Larsson Swedish epidemiologist at the Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm Arts *Annika Larsson, Swedish photographer and video artist *Carl Larsson, Swedish painter and interior designer *Karl Larsson (artist), Swedish-American artist Actors *Babben Larsson, Swedish actress and comedian * Chatarina Larsson, Swedish actress Fashion * Alexandra Larsson, Swedish fashion model based in Argentina Literature *Åsa Larsson, Swedish crime-writer * Stieg Larsson, Swedish journalist and crime-writer Military * Alexandra Larsson, Swedish LGBT officer Music *Caroline Larsson, Swedish singer, songwriter *Johan Larsson (musician) (born 1974), Swedish musician *Lars-Erik Larsson, Swedish composer * Lisa Larsson (born 1967), singer * Rolf Magnus Joa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
