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Motzfeldt is a Scandinavian surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Angu Motzfeldt, Greenlandic singer *Benny Motzfeldt (1909–1995), Norwegian artist * Birger Fredrik Motzfeldt (1898–1987), Norwegian aviator and military officer *Carl Frederik Motzfeldt (1808–1902), Norwegian politician *Ernst Motzfeldt (1842–1915), Norwegian politician *Frederik Motzfeldt (1779–1848), Norwegian politician *Jonathan Motzfeldt (1938–2010), Greenlandic politician *Josef Motzfeldt (born 1941), Greenlandic politician *Ketil Motzfeldt (1814–1889), Norwegian naval officer and politician * Nukaaka Coster-Waldau née Motzfeldt, Greenlandic singer, actress, and former model * Peter Motzfeldt (1777–1854), Norwegian military officer and politician *Ulrik Anton Motzfeldt Ulrik Anton Motzfeldt (27 January 1807 – 10 July 1865) was a Norwegian jurist and politician. He served five terms in the Norwegian Parliament, including two years as President. He was also a professor at th ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Scandinavia
Scandinavia; Sámi languages: /. ( ) is a subregion#Europe, subregion in Northern Europe, with strong historical, cultural, and linguistic ties between its constituent peoples. In English usage, ''Scandinavia'' most commonly refers to Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. It can sometimes also refer more narrowly to the Scandinavian Peninsula (which excludes Denmark but includes part of Finland), or more broadly to include all of Finland, Iceland, and the Faroe Islands. The geography of the region is varied, from the Norwegian fjords in the west and Scandinavian mountains covering parts of Norway and Sweden, to the low and flat areas of Denmark in the south, as well as archipelagos and lakes in the east. Most of the population in the region live in the more temperate southern regions, with the northern parts having long, cold, winters. The region became notable during the Viking Age, when Scandinavian peoples participated in large scale raiding, conquest, colonization and trading mostl ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Angu Motzfeldt
Angu Motzfeldt (born 1976) is a Greenlandic singer, composer, and songwriter. He was born in Qaqortoq, Greenland, and later moved to Nuuk. His music appeared on the soundtrack to Inuk Silis Høegh's prize-winning documentary ''Eskimo Weekend'', as well as in ''Nuummioq''. He appeared on the Danish TV series ' as well. In 2004, his debut album ''Angu'' was released in Greenland and Denmark, which sold 5000 copies each, for which he received a gold record award in Greenland. He then moved to Copenhagen to work on his music career. He was nominated for a Danish Music Award in the category New Act of the Year. His single "Red Lights" was number one on (Nordic) MTV's Up North chart. In 2007, he released his second album, ''Burning Blue Skies''. Later he moved back to Nuuk and mostly focused on the career of a photographer, but he still continued to work on music and to support this he was sponsored by KODA KODA (99.1 FM, "Sunny 99.1") is an American commercial adult contemporary- ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Benny Motzfeldt
Benny Anette Motzfeldt (née Berg Nilssen; 26 June 190924 November 1995) was a Norwegian visual artist and glass designer and sculptor. Biography Benny Anette Berg Motzfeldt was born at Levanger in Trøndelag, Norway. She was a daughter of physician Andreas Berg Nilssen (1876–1952) and Benny Marie Dahl (1878–1955). She was educated at the Norwegian National Academy of Craft and Art Industry (''Statens Håndverks- og Kunstindustriskole'') (1931-35) and debuted at the Autumn Exhibition (''Høstutstillingen'') in Oslo (1936). She engaged as a designer of glass art by Christiania Glasmagasin (1955) and Hadeland Glassverk (1955-67). Later she was an artistic director at Randsfjord Glassworks (1967-70) and then at Glasshytta at PLUS in Fredrikstad, which she led in the period 1970–79. Motzfeldt is particularly known for her works with glass. Her works are represented at various museums in Norway, at the National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design in Oslo, at the Victoria a ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Birger Fredrik Motzfeldt
Birger Fredrik Motzfeldt OBE, CVO (22 February 18983 September 1987) was a Norwegian aviator and military officer. During World War II he administered the development of the Royal Norwegian Air Force in exile in Great Britain. During the Cold War he contributed to the development of a modernized air force in Norway. Personal life Motzfeldt was born in Nesna, as a son of bailiff Birger Fredrik Motzfeldt and Augusta Marie Andersen. He was married twice, in his second marriage with glass sculptor Benny Anette Berg-Nilsen. Career Motzfeldt graduated as a military officer in 1920, and then served with His Majesty The King's Guard and at the Akershus Fortress. He lectured at the Army's pilot training school from 1924 to 1925, and from 1932 to 1935. From 1935 to 1938 he served as aide-de-camp for King Haakon VII. When the Germans invaded Norway in April 1940, Motzfeldt was in the United States in order to acquire more aircraft for the Norwegian Army Air Service. He was subseque ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Carl Frederik Motzfeldt
Carl Frederik Motzfeldt (3 April 1808 – 24 June 1902) was a Norwegian politician. The son of General Major Carl M. Motzfeldt, he enrolled as a student in 1827 and graduated as cand.jur. in 1838. He was editor-in-chief of '' Den Constitutionelle'' from 1841 to 1842. He mostly worked in the Ministry of Auditing until 1854, when he was appointed Diocesan Governor of Tromsø stiftamt, which also included the jobs of County Governor of both Finmarkens Amt and Tromsø Amt (two of the subordinate counties under Tromsø). In 1857 he was elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1848, representing the urban constituency of ''Tromsø, Hammerfest og Vadsø'', as the Governor was seated in Tromsø. However, he left Northern Norway the same year to become the Diocesan Governor of Trondhjems stiftamt and the County Governor of ''Søndre Trondhjems Amt''. Seated in Trondhjem Trondheim ( , , ; sma, Tråante), historically Kaupangen, Nidaros and Trondhjem (), is a city and municipali ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ernst Motzfeldt
Ernst Motzfeldt (1 March 1842 – 10 June 1915) was a Norwegian member of the Council of State Division in Stockholm (''Norske statsråder i Stockholm'') 1893-1894 and Minister of Justice from 1894 to 1895 within the Second Cabinet of Prime Minister Emil Stang Motzfeldt was born in Christiania to Ulrik Anton Motzfeldt and Anna Pauline Birch. He graduated as cand.jur. in 1864, and was named as a Supreme Court Justice from 1890 to 1912. He chaired the Norwegian Red Cross from 1905 to 1908. He was decorated as Knight, First Class of the Order of St. Olav in 1891, and Commander in 1893, and was a Commander of the Order of the Polar Star The Royal Order of the Polar Star (Swedish: ''Kungliga Nordstjärneorden'') is a Swedish order of chivalry created by King Frederick I on 23 February 1748, together with the Order of the Sword and the Order of the Seraphim. The Order of the .... References 1842 births 1915 deaths Politicians from Oslo Government ministers ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Frederik Motzfeldt
Frederik Motzfeldt (2 November 1779 – 2 January 1848) was a Norwegian politician. He was a member of the Norwegian Constituent Assembly at Eidsvoll in 1814. Motzfeldt was born at Skaun in Sør-Trøndelag, Norway. He was raised in Trondhjem. He was the son of Major Jacob Motzfeldt (1744–1816) and Sophia Cathrine Mühlenphort (1751–1789). He was a cousin of Peter Motzfeldt and Carl Frederik Motzfeldt. He graduated as cand.jur. in 1801. He worked as both stipendiary magistrate (''byfoged'') and district stipendiary magistrate (''sorenskriver'') at Molde in Romsdal, Norway.Frederik Motzfeldt — Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD) He was a member of the [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Jonathan Motzfeldt
Jonathan Jakob Jørgen Otto Motzfeldt (25 September 1938 – 28 October 2010) was a Greenlandic priest and politician. He is considered one of the leading figures in the establishment of Greenland Home Rule. Jonathan Motzfeldt was the first prime minister of Greenland. He was Greenland's prime minister from 1979 until 1991 and again from 1997 until 2002. He was Greenland's longest serving prime minister and won the most elections of any prime minister of Greenland. He is considered a centre-left politician and Greenland became a recognized country during his tenure. Personal life Jonathan "Junnuk" Motzfeldt was born in 1938 in the settlement of Qassimiut in southern Greenland as son to the hunter Søren Motzfeldt (1902-1984) and his wife Kirsten Klemmensen (1904-1979). After his teacher's exam at ''Ilinniarfissuaq'' (Greenland College) in Nuuk in 1960, he studied theology at the University of Copenhagen until 1966, subsequently working as a pastor in Qaqortoq, Greenland until ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Josef Motzfeldt
Josef Tuusi Motzfeldt mzv.cz, 10.09.2010 (born 24 November 1941) is a Greenlandic politician of and descent. He served as Minister for Finance and Foreign Affairs in the Greenland government of 2009–2013. During his political career, Motzfeldt had been president of the , a member of the [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ketil Motzfeldt
Ketil Melsted Johnsen Motzfeldt (10 August 1814 - 17 November 1889) was Norwegian Naval Officer and Government Official. Background Motzfeldt was born in Bergen, Norway. His parents were government minister Peter Motzfeldt (1777-1854) and Ernesta Birgitte Margrethe Stenersen (1789-1848). He was the brother of Ulrik Anton Motzfeldt and brother-in-law of Christian Birch-Reichenwald. He was a nephew of both Frederik Motzfeldt and Carl Frederik Motzfeldt. Career Motzfeldt was naval cadet at Fredriksvern Norwegian naval base in 1826. He was a second lieutenant by 1841, then First Lieutenant in 1852. He entered the Norwegian Parliament in 1857. He was Minister of the Navy and Minister of Postal Affairs in 1860, member of the Council of State Division in Stockholm 1860–1861, and Minister of the Navy in 1861. From 1870 to 1885, he was elected as a member of Parliament from Jarlsberg og Laurvigs Amt (now Vestfold). Personal life He was married to Hedvig Susanne Amalie Rosenvinge ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Peter Motzfeldt
Peter Motzfeldt (3 August 1777 – 1 April 1854) was a Norwegian Military Officer and Government Minister. He served as a member of the Constitutional Assembly at Eidsvoll in 1814. Background Motzfeldt was born at Orkdal in Sør-Trøndelag, Norway. He was the son of infantry captain Ulrik Anton Motzfeldt (1738–83) and Andrea Birgitte Bull. When his father died in 1783, Motzfeldt lived with his uncle, Major Jacob Motzfeldt. He was a cousin of Frederik Motzfeldt and Carl Frederik Motzfeldt. In 1792, he entered the Artillery Academy in Copenhagen and became second lieutenants in the artillery with the station in Fredrikstad in 1796. He was stationed in the Danish West Indies and later held as a prisoner of war by Great Britain. In 1809, he became commander of an artillery corp in Bergen, Norway. Political career In 1814, he was elected as a representative from the Bergen Artillery Corp (''Artillerie-Corpset'') at the National Assembly in Eidsvoll. He supported the position of th ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |