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Mette Føns
Mette is a female given name of Scandinavian origin. It's descended from the name Margaret and is also considered a variant of Matilda. Notable people with the name include: *Mette Marit, Crown Princess of Norway * Mette Pedersen (born 1973), Danish badminton player *Mette Sørensen (born 1975), Danish badminton player *Mette Abildgaard, Danish politician *Mette Andersen, Danish cyclist *Mette Koefoed Bjørnsen (1920–2008), Danish author, conciliator and economist *Mette Henriette, Norwegian performing artist and composer *Mette Bergmann, Norwegian discus thrower * Mette Frederiksen, Danish Prime Minister *Mette Jacobsen, Danish swimmer *Mette Madsen (1924–2015), Danish politician and writer *Mette Oxvang (born 1937), Danish high jumper *Mette Towley, American actress and dancer *Mette Schjoldager, Danish badminton player *Mette Veiseth, Danish model, Miss Norway in 1987 *Mette Lindberg Mette Lindberg (born 2 December 1983) is a Danish vocalist for psychedelic pop group The A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margaret (name)
Margaret is a female first name, derived via French () and Latin () from grc, μαργαρίτης () meaning " pearl". The Greek is borrowed from Persian. Margaret has been an English name since the 11th century, and remained popular throughout the Middle Ages. It became less popular between the 16th century and 18th century, but became more common again after this period, becoming the second-most popular female name in the United States in 1903. Since this time, it has become less common, but was still the ninth-most common name for women of all ages in the United States as of the 1990 census. Margaret has many diminutive forms in many different languages, including Maggie, Madge, Daisy, Margarete, Marge, Margo, Margie, Marjorie, Meg, Megan, Rita, Greta, Gretchen, and Peggy. Name variants Full name * ( Irish) * ( Irish) * ( Dutch), ( German), (Swedish) * ( English) Diminutives * ( English) * ( English) First half * (French) * ( Welsh) Second half * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mette Frederiksen
Mette Frederiksen (; born 19 November 1977) is a Danish politician who has been Prime Minister of Denmark since June 2019, and Leader of the Social Democrats since June 2015. The second woman to hold either office, she is also the youngest prime minister in Danish history. Besides a brief career as a trade unionist (2000–2001), Frederiksen has never had any employment outside politics. She was first elected to the Folketing in the 2001 general election, representing Copenhagen County. After the Social Democrats won the 2011 general election, she was appointed Minister of Employment by Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt. She was promoted to Minister of Justice in 2014. After the Social Democrats' narrow defeat in the 2015 general election, Thorning-Schmidt stood down, and Frederiksen won the subsequent leadership election to replace her, becoming Leader of the Opposition.. Accessed on 29 June 2019. Frederiksen led her party into the 2019 general election, which resulte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mette Veiseth
Miss Norway (formerly known as "Frøken Norge") is a national beauty pageant in Norway The pageant was founded in 1950, where the winners were sent to Miss Universe. History Miss Norway was held for first time in 1950 by Dagbladet Magazine. There were no official Frøken Norge or Miss Norway titleholders from 1975 to 1982 during which Norwegian model agencies sent girls to international pageants. Since 1983 the pageant was run by Frøken Norge Corporation. In 2000 - 2010, the pageant was sponsored by TV2 Network. Traditionally, the winner will get a chance to compete at Miss World pageant. Meanwhile, the runners-up will compete at Miss Universe, Miss International and Miss Europe. Sometimes the winner will be able to compete at the other pageants. In May 2012, a new concept called "Miss Universe Norway" was established by the company "Motivaction AS" after the application for the license for Miss Universe in Norway was approved. The same year, the "Miss World Norway" competit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mette Schjoldager
Mette Schjoldager (born 21 April 1977) is a Danish badminton player from Viby, Roskilde Municipality, on the island of Zealand. Career Schjoldager made her debut at the Olympic Games in 2000 Sydney. Teamed-up with Ann-Lou Jørgensen, they beat Elena Nozdran/ Viktoriya Evtushenko of Ukraine in the first round, but was defeated in the second round by Indonesian pair Etty Tantri/Cynthia Tuwankotta. In the mixed doubles, she partnered with Jens Eriksen. The duo had a bye in the first round, beat Michael Keck/Nicol Pitro of German, and were defeated bye Tri Kusharjanto/Minarti Timur of Indonesia in the quarterfinals. Schjoldager again competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in women's doubles with partner Pernille Harder. They had a bye in the first round and were defeated by Ra Kyung-min and Lee Kyung-won of Korea in the round of 16. In the mixed doubles with partner Jens Eriksen, they defeated Svetoslav Stoyanov /Victoria Wright of France in the first round and Kim Yon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mette Towley
Mette Towley is an American dancer and actress. Early life and education Towley was born in Owatonna, Minnesota, and raised in Severn, Maryland and Alexandria, Minnesota.Mette Towley, Dancer ''Westwood Westwood'', KHALILA DOUZE, March 12, 2019 Towley has a white father and a black mother, and self-identifies as . Her father is an engineer, and her mother is an accountant. She was introduced to dance at age five at student recitals. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mette Oxvang
Mette Oxvang (born 2 December 1937) is a Danish athlete. She competed in the women's high jump at the 1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad ( it, Giochi della XVII Olimpiade) and commonly known as Rome 1960 ( it, Roma 1960), were an international multi-sport event held .... References 1937 births Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 1960 Summer Olympics Danish female high jumpers Olympic athletes for Denmark Place of birth missing (living people) {{Denmark-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mette Madsen
Mette Marie Madsen (née Freunsgaard; 3 July 1924 – 12 December 2015) was a Danish politician for the Venstre political party, autobiographer and writer. She was the minister representing the North Jutland constituency in the Folketing between 1971 and 1988 and she was the Minister for Ecclesiastical Affairs from 1984 to 1988 during the premiership of Poul Schlüter. Madsen was a member of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, the first female chair of the Assembly's Committee on Culture, Education and Information and both the chair of the supervisory committee of both the Danish Arts Foundation and the Royal Danish Theatre. She was appointed Commander of the Order of the Dannebrog and received other foreign awards. Biography She was born Mette Marie Fruensgaard on a farm in Pandrup, North Jutland Region, Jetsmark Parish on 3 July 1924. Madsen was the daughter of the farm owners Holger Fruensgaard and his wife Kathrine Jacobsen. She attended Åbybro Realskole from which she left a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mette Jacobsen
Mette Jacobsen (born 24 March 1973 in Nakskov) is a former freestyle and butterfly swimmer from Denmark who competed in five consecutive Summer Olympics for her native country, beginning in 1988. She won a total of 32 individual medals in international championships in a period from 1989 to 2005. Doping allegation and suspension Prior to the 2004 Summer Olympics, Jacobsen was accused by FINA of using Salbutamol Salbutamol, also known as albuterol and sold under the brand name Ventolin among others, is a medication that opens up the medium and large airways in the lungs. It is a short-acting β2 adrenergic receptor agonist which works by causing rel ... as a doping substance. In a 2006 interview with DR she told '' Jyllands-Posten'' that it had been legal for her to use this substance since 1993, because of her asthma. The substance itself produced prednisone, which according to FINA then increased her swimming capacity. She was suspended for half a year as a warnin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mette Bergmann
Mette Bergmann (born November 9, 1962 in Kråkerøy) is a retired discus thrower from Kråkerøy, Norway. Her personal best throw was 69.68 metres, achieved in May 1995 in Florø. This is the current Norwegian record. She represented the clubs Fredrikstad IF Fredrikstad Idrettsforening is a Norwegian athletics club from Fredrikstad, founded on 4 September 1896. As a stadium the club uses the Sentralidrettsanlegget in Lisleby, a borough of Fredrikstad. They hosted the Norwegian athletics championshi ... and SK Vidar. Achievements Notes External links * * 1962 births Living people Norwegian female discus throwers Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Norway European Athletics Championships medalists Sportspeople from Fredrikstad {{Norway-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matilda (name)
Matilda, also spelled Mathilda and Mathilde, is the English form of the Germanic languages, Germanic female name Mahthildis, which derives from the Old High German "wikt:maht, maht" (meaning "might and strength") and "wikt:hild, hild" (meaning "battle"). Mathilde appeared among the top 10 most popular names for girls born in Denmark in 2008 and the name was also well-used in Norway, Sweden and Finland. It is also currently rising in popularity in other European countries, including in France, the United Kingdom and in other English-speaking countries. The name was most popular in the United States between 1880 and 1910, when it was among the top 200 names given to girls. It left the top 1,000 names in the United States by 1964, but reappeared for the first time in 44 years in the top 1,000 names as the 869th most popular name for baby girls born in 2008 in the United States. Translations *Mahthildis (Germanic peoples, Ancient Germanic) *Matylda, Tylda (Czech language, Czech) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mette Henriette
Mette Henriette Martedatter Rølvåg is a performing artist, saxophonist and composer from Norway. Background Mette Henriette grew up in Trondheim surrounded by a vibrant music scene and she got involved with performing arts at a young age, establishing her own ensembles and touring with musicians from jazz conservatories in Norway and New York, before she left her hometown to work on commissions and projects Internationally. Since then Mette Henriette has been living and working in New York, London, Paris, Svalbard and Oslo. Career In 2015 Mette Henriette became the first artist to release a double debut album on the renowned jazz record label ECM Records. The album includes 90 minutes of music which she composed over a period of 10 years for her trio and large ensemble, consisting of jazz, classical and tango musicians. The record was produced in collaboration with Manfred Eicher and recorded in Rainbow Studio with sound engineer Jan Erik Kongshaug. The album cover and pho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mette Koefoed Bjørnsen
Mette Margrethe Koefoed Bjørnsen (6 December 1920 – 29 March 2008) was a Danish author, conciliator and economist who was chair of the from 1988 to 1992. She worked as an education inspection at the Ministry of Trade's Supervision of the Business School in 1959 and was an associate professor of economics and statistics at the in 1964. Bjørnsen was an associate professor of economics and statistics head of department of the department of history at the Danish Teacher Training College between 1971 and 1990 and was chair of the from 1991 to 1997. She was appointed Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog in 1986 and was upgraded to Knight First Class in 1993. Early life Bjørnsen was born in Frederiksberg on 6 December 1920. She was the daughter of the civil engineer Hans Georg Koefoed and Frida Rigmor Harriet Heiberg Møller. Bjørnsen had two siblings and was raised in Lyngby, which is north of Copenhagen. She enrolled at as a student in 1940. After Bjørnsen's mother insisted t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
