Muus

	Muus Muus is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Abraham Falk Muus (1789–?), Norwegian jurist and politician Bernt Julius Muus (1832–1900), Norwegian-American Lutheran minister and church leader Didrik Muus (1633/7-1706), Norwegian priest, painter, copper engraver and sculptor Flemming Muus (1907–1982), Danish author and resistance fighter Jane Muus (1919–2007), Danish painter and illustrator Rudolf Muus (1862–1935), Norwegian author * Varinka Wichfeld Muus (1922–2002), Danish resistance fighter See also Muuss ''Muus v. Muus ''Muus v. Muus'' was an 1879 court case in Holden Township, Goodhue County, Minnesota. Divorce in Minnesota's nineteenth century Norwegian-Lutheran community was a rarity. Legal separation between a leading pastor and his wife was unheard of. Bu ... '', 1879 lawsuit {{surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Bernt Julius Muus Bernt Julius Muus (March 15, 1832 – May 25, 1900) was a Norwegian-American Lutheran minister and church leader. He helped found St. Olaf College, a private liberal arts college in Northfield, Minnesota. Biography Early life and education Muus was born in the parish of Snaasen in Throndhjems Stift in Snåsa, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway, the grandson of the priest Jens Rynning (1778–1857) and the nephew of the emigrant author Ole Rynning (1809–1838). Having graduated from the Latin school of Trondheim in 1849, he entered the University of Christiania where he studied theology and completed his theological training in 1854. He immigrated to the United States in 1859. Career Muus was the first resident pastor of Holden Lutheran Church in Kenyon, Minnesota. During a forty-year ministry, Muus traveled indefatigably to establish and minister to congregations in southern Minnesota. Muus also founded St. John's Lutheran Church in Northfield, Minnesota, Fox Lake Lutheran Church in R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Rudolf Muus Rudolf Muus (February 19, 1862 – November 9, 1935) was a Norway, Norwegian author of popular literature. Biography Rudolf Wilhelm Muus was born at Aker, Norway, Aker in Akershus, Norway. He was the son of Abraham Falch Muus, and his grandfather was Isach Muus, the owner of Åsen and Ullevål farms. Rudolf grew up at Åsen farm, close to the working class districts of Sagene and Torshov. The site now used by ''Ragna Ringdals Dagsenter'', a non-profit center for the mentally disabled in Oslo. He started writing at about the age of six, and at school he was given 50 øre for each essay he wrote for his classmates. When he was about 7–8 years old, he was the theatre director for Aasen Theater and instructed young actors in little plays he had written himself. At the age of 12, he finished off a book on fairy tales, but it was never published. In 1881 he completed the examen artium (the entrance examination required for acceptance to university level studies) in one year, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Varinka Wichfeld Muus Varinka Corinna Wichfeld Muus (9 February 1922 – 18 December 2002) was a Danish resistance fighter under the German occupation of Denmark in World War II. Her mother was Monica Wichfeld, an upper-class Ulsterwoman who was a leading member of the Danish resistance during the German occupation of Denmark and was the first woman in Denmark to receive a capital sentence for resistance against the Nazis. In 1943, Varinka became the secretary of her husband-to-be, Flemming Muus, who acted as chief agent in Denmark for the British Special Operations Executive (SOE). When Muus was forced to move to Sweden, Wichfeld was charged with telegraphing messages to London as only she knew the secret codes. Together with Muus, she moved to London in 1944 where they remained until the end of the war. Early life Varinka Corinna Wichfeld was born on 9 February 1922 in the Engestofte manor house near Maribo on the island of Lolland; she was the second of the three children of the Danish aristocrat a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Didrik Muus Didrik Nielssøn Muus (1633 – 7 February 1706) was a Norwegian priest, painter, copper engraver and sculptor. Muus was born at Stange in Hedmark, Norway. He was the son of Niels Rasmussen Muus (1595–1663) and Marichen Didriksdatter Nøff (died ca 1660). Muus attended to school in Roskilde and became a student in theological studies at the University of Copenhagen in 1653. He graduated in 1659. He served as chaplain to the priest in Ringsaker from 1661. In 1686, Muus was offered the position of vicar at Stord where he would serve for the next 20 years. He painted several altarpieces, epitaphs and portraits, and is regarded as a forerunner of other artists. Personal life Muus married ca. 1667 with a noble woman and widow, Maren Skaktavl (1624–1718). He died at Stord in Hordaland Hordaland () was a county in Norway, bordering Sogn og Fjordane, Buskerud, Telemark, and Rogaland counties. Hordaland was the third largest county, after Akershus and Oslo, by population. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Jane Muus Mary Jane Crafoord Muus (10 June 1919 – 12 July 2007) was a Danish painter and illustrator. Most of her works portray people, either in portraits or walking about on streets or market places in foreign countries. She is remembered above all for her sensitive, realistic illustrations in a wide range of Danish books. One of Denmark's foremost 20th-century illustrators, she had a unique style of her own. Biography Born in Odder in central Jutland, she studied both painting and graphic arts at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts under Aksel Jørgensen (1936–42). She travelled widely to France, Spain, Italy, North Africa and North America. Working in a predominantly Realist style, she also made woodcuts, illustrating the works of Charles Dickens or Herman Bang's '' Ved Vejen''. In 1949, while in Paris, she illustrated an anthology of Jules Romains' works. She became a member of the Corner artists association in 1965. As a graphic artist, Muus preferred woodcuts but also used litho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Flemming Muus Major Flemming Bruun Muus, DSO (born 21 November 1907, Copenhagen, Denmark – died 23 September 1982, Virum, Denmark) was a Danish writer and resistance fighter during the German occupation of Denmark in the Second World War. In 1942, he was recruited in England by the Special Operations Executive and sent to Denmark in March 1943 as their chief agent. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Order for his contribution to the resistance movement and assistance with Denmark's liberation by the Allies. After the war, Muus was arrested by British authorities for embezzlement and surrendered to the Danish. In June 1946 he was sentenced by a Copenhagen court to two years imprisonment for embezzlement. He was pardoned after a few months provided he went into voluntary exile from Denmark for five years. From 1946 to 1949, he and his wife travelled to England, South Africa and Italy before returning to Denmark. Muus himself admitted that large sums of money passed through his hands, but d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Muuss Muuss is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Bobby Muuss (born 1976), American college soccer coach Mike Muuss Michael John Muuss (October 16, 1958 – November 20, 2000) was the American author of the freeware network tool ping. Career A graduate of Johns Hopkins University, Muuss was a senior scientist specializing in geometric solid modeling, ray-tr ... (1958–2000), American computer programmer * Rolf Muuss (1924–2020), German-American psychologist and academic See also * Muus {{surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Abraham Falk Muus Abraham Falk Muus (1789 – ??) was a Norwegian jurist and politician. He was elected to the Parliament of Norway from the constituency Hedemarkens Amt. He was a district stipendiary magistrate there. He served one term, in 1830. He was a great-grandfather of Rudolf Falck Ræder Rudolf Falck Ræder (10 June 1881 – 5 August 1951) was a Norway, Norwegian military officer, engineer and politician for the Liberal Left Party. He was born in Kongsvinger as a son of military captain Severin Henrik Ræder (1846–1904) og Tho .... References 1789 births Year of death missing Norwegian jurists Members of the Storting Hedmark politicians {{Norway-politician-1780s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]