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Nikolaj is a Danish given name, derived from the name Nicholas. Many different ways of spelling the name have been approved in Denmark. It may refer to: * Nikolaj Abraham Abildgaard, Danish artist * Nicolaj Agger, Danish professional football player * Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Danish actor * Nikolaj Frederik Severin Grundtvig, Danish teacher, writer, poet, philosopher, historian, pastor and politician * Nikolaj Koppel, Danish musician Nikolaj Groth : (born in 1994) actor * Nikolaj Hansen (footballer, born 1987), Danish footballer for FC Roskilde * Nikolaj Hansen (footballer, born 1993), Danish footballer for Víkingur * Nikolaj Hübbe. balletmaster of the Royal Danish Ballet and former principal dancer at the New York City Ballet * Nikolaj Nyholm, Danish serial technology entrepreneur and investor * Nikolaj Znaider Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider (born 5 July 1975 in Copenhagen, Denmark) is a Danish violinist and conductor. Biography Szeps-Znaider was born in Copenhagen to Polish-Jewish pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Given Name
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a family or clan) who have a common surname. The term ''given name'' refers to a name usually bestowed at or close to the time of birth, usually by the parents of the newborn. A ''Christian name'' is the first name which is given at baptism, in Christian custom. In informal situations, given names are often used in a familiar and friendly manner. In more formal situations, a person's surname is more commonly used. The idioms 'on a first-name basis' and 'being on first-name terms' refer to the familiarity inherent in addressing someone by their given name. By contrast, a surname (also known as a family name, last name, or ''gentile name, gentile'' name) is normally inherited and shared with other members of one's immediate family. Regnal names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicholas
Nicholas is a male given name and a surname. The Eastern Orthodox Church, the Roman Catholic Church, and the Anglicanism, Anglican Churches celebrate Saint Nicholas every year on December 6, which is the name day for "Nicholas". In Greece, the name and its derivatives are especially popular in maritime regions, as St. Nicholas is considered the protector saint of seafarers. Origins The name is derived from the Greek language, Greek name Νικόλαος (''Nikolaos''), understood to mean 'victory of the people', being a compound of νίκη ''nikē'' 'victory' and λαός ''laos'' 'people'.. An ancient paretymology of the latter is that originates from λᾶς ''las'' (Synaeresis, contracted form of λᾶας ''laas'') meaning 'stone' or 'rock', as in Greek mythology, Deucalion and Pyrrha recreated the people after they had vanished in a catastrophic Deluge myth, deluge, by throwing stones behind their shoulders while they kept marching on. The name became popular through Sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikolaj Abraham Abildgaard
Nicolai Abraham Abildgaard (11 September 1743 – 4 June 1809) was a Danish neoclassical and royal history painter, sculptor, architect, and professor of painting, mythology, and anatomy at the New Royal Danish Academy of Art in Copenhagen, Denmark. Many of his works were in the royal Christiansborg Palace (some destroyed by fire 1794), Fredensborg Palace, and Levetzau Palace at Amalienborg. Biography Nicolai Abraham Abildgaard was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, as the son of Anne Margrethe (née Bastholm) and Søren Abildgaard, a noted antiquarian draughtsman. Abildgaard was trained by a painting master before he joined the Royal Danish Academy of Art (''Det Kongelige Danske Kunstakademi'') in Copenhagen, where he studied under the guidance of Johan Edvard Mandelberg and Johannes Wiedewelt. He won a series of medallions at the Academy for his brilliance from 1764 to 1767. The Large Gold Medallion from the Academy won in 1767 included a travel stipend, which he waited f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicolaj Agger
Nicolaj Moesgaard Agger (; born 23 October 1988) is a Danish retired footballer who played as a forward. He is cousin to former international Daniel Agger. Biography Agger is the younger cousin of former Danish international defender Daniel Agger, which has coined his nickname "Fætter Agger" meaning "Cousin Agger". Club career Brøndby IF Agger started playing youth football with Brøndby IF, and was included in various Danish national youth teams, making his debut for the Denmark under-17 team in August 2004. Playing in the Brøndby reserve team, he made his senior debut for Brøndby IF in August 2006, replacing Morten "Duncan" Rasmussen and scoring two goals in the 4–0 victory over FC Flora Tallinn in the second qualification round of the UEFA Cup, after being subbed on in the beginning of the second half. Agger made his Danish Superliga debut in a October 2006 matchup against AaB. In the summer of 2007, Agger was officially promoted to the first team squad. He made nine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
Nikolaj William Coster-Waldau (; born 27 July 1970) is a Danish actor and producer. He graduated from the Danish National School of Performing Arts in Copenhagen in 1993, and had his breakthrough role in Denmark with the film '' Nightwatch'' (1994). He played Jaime Lannister in the HBO fantasy drama series ''Game of Thrones'', for which he received two Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series. Coster-Waldau has appeared in numerous films in his native Denmark and Scandinavia, including '' Headhunters'' (2011) and '' A Thousand Times Good Night'' (2013). In the U.S, his debut film role was in the war film '' Black Hawk Down'' (2001), playing Medal of Honor recipient Gary Gordon. He then played a detective in the short-lived Fox television series ''New Amsterdam'' (2008), and appeared in the 2009 Fox television film ''Virtuality'', originally intended as a pilot. He is a UNDP Goodwill Ambassador, drawing public attention to issues such as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikolaj Koppel
Nikolaj Koppel (born 6 March 1969 in Gentofte) is a Danish people, Danish musician, journalist and radio presenter. Life and career Koppel was born to opera singer Lone Koppel and pianist John Winther. He studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Music and went on to become a concert pianist in 1998, but retired from the business after just two years. He later took up work as a music journalist on DR (broadcaster), Danmarks Radio, he also served as editor for the magazine ''Euroman''. Since 2005, he returned to the music industry where he served as musical director for Tivoli Gardens, Tivoli until 2018. For television he was judge on the 2009 edition of ''Got Talent, Talent'' (the Danish version of the ''Got Talent'' series). Since 2010 he has been a presenter on DR P2, where he is heard every Sunday morning. On 4 February 2014, DR (broadcaster), DR announced that Koppel would co-host the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 alongside Lise Rønne and Johan Philip Asbæk, Pilou Asbæk. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikolaj Hansen (footballer, Born 1987)
Nikolaj Steen Hansen (born 7 April 1987 in Copenhagen, Denmark) is a Danish footballer, who plays as a centre-back. Career Before moving to Frem, Hansen had always played for FCK. His first team début came on 20 September 2006 in a cup match against Thisted FC. He replaced the injured Jacob Neestrup in the 61st minute in the match, which FCK won on penalties. His league debut came on 22 October 2006, where he replaced Michael Gravgaard in the 61st minute of the 3–0 win against Viborg FF. He left F.C. Copenhagen at the end of 2008 and joined Frem on 2 February 2009. Honours *Danish Superliga The Danish Superliga ( da, Superligaen, ) is the current Danish football championship tournament, and administered by the Danish Football Association. It is the highest football league in Denmark and is currently contested by 12 teams each yea ...: 2006–07 References External linksDanish national team profile 1987 births Living people Danish men's footballers Denmark you ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikolaj Hansen (footballer, Born 1993)
Nikolaj Andreas Hansen (born 15 March 1993) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a striker for Icelandic club Víkingur. Honours Víkingur Reykjavík * Icelandic Cup: 2019, 2021, 2022. * Icelandic Premier League: 2021 Individual * Icelandic Premier League - Top scorer: 2021 * Icelandic Premier League - Best Player: 2021 File:2021 collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: the James Webb Space Telescope was launched in 2021; Protesters in Yangon, Myanmar following the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état, coup d'état; A civil demonstration against the October–November 2021 ... References External links * Eliteprospects ProfileBT-Holdet Profile 1993 births Living people Danish men's footballers Danish expatriate men's footballers FC Vestsjælland players HB Køge players Valur (men's football) players Knattspyrnufélagið Víkingur players Danish Superliga players Danish 1st Division players Úrvalsdeild karla (football) players Expatriate footballers in Ice ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikolaj Hübbe
Nikolaj Hübbe (born 30 October 1967) is artistic director of the Royal Danish Ballet. Career Since becoming artistic director of the Royal Danish Ballet, Hübbe has successfully staged new productions of Bournonville's ''Napoli'' (2009) and ''A Folk Tale'' (2011) as well as Marius Petipa's ''La Bayadère'' (2012). Farewell performance Hübbe's farewell at City Ballet was held at the New York State Theater, Lincoln Center, on 10 February 2008. Footnotes Reviews NY Timesby Alastair Macaulay Alastair Macaulay is an English writer and dance critic. He was the chief dance critic for '' The New York Times'' from 2007 until he retired in 2018. He was previously chief dance critic at '' The Times'' and Literary Supplement and chief theater ..., 12 February 2008NY Sun by Joel Lobenthal, 12 February 2008 Interview Reuters, 5 October 2007, ''New Danish ballet chief at home with heritage'' External links Archival footage of Nikolaj Hubbe and Darci Kistler performing Apollo in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikolaj Nyholm
Nikolaj Nyholm (born 13 September 1975) is a Danish serial technology entrepreneur and investor from Copenhagen, Denmark. He has founded four technology startups that have pioneered different domains, is an advisor to Minecraft creator Mojang, was a partner at the venture capital investor, Sunstone Capital (today Heartcore), and is currently the founder and chairman at Astralis. Nyholm founded Speednames (later renamed Ascio Technologies) in 1999 and sold the company to London AIM-listed Group NBT in January 2007 for $36 million. In 2003, Nyholm founded Organic Network, a provider of managed Wi-Fi systems to large ISPs. The company was closed in late 2005, after having created the successful open source Wi-Fi firmware project OpenWrt, which now powers companies like FON. After Organic Network, Nyholm spent a year as European evangelist for O'Reilly Media, Tim O'Reilly's tech publisher and conference organizer. There he co-organized the European Open Source Conference, among ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikolaj Znaider
Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider (born 5 July 1975 in Copenhagen, Denmark) is a Danish violinist and conductor. Biography Szeps-Znaider was born in Copenhagen to Polish-Jewish parents. His father had originally emigrated from Poland to Israel, and his mother's family had settled in Denmark before World War II. His teachers have included Milan Vitek and Boris Kuschnir. In June 1992, Szeps-Znaider won the first prize of the 4th International Carl Nielsen International Music Competition. In 1995 he was awarded 3rd prize at International Jean Sibelius Violin Competition. In 1997 he became a 1st prize winner of the Queen Elisabeth Music Competition in Brussels. He continued his violin studies with Dorothy DeLay at the Juilliard School of Music. In his conducting career, Szeps-Znaider counted Sir Colin Davis among his mentors. Szeps-Znaider has held principal guest conductor posts with the Swedish Chamber Orchestra and the Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra The Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra or j ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danish Masculine Given Names
Danish may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to the country of Denmark People * A national or citizen of Denmark, also called a "Dane," see Demographics of Denmark * Culture of Denmark * Danish people or Danes, people with a Danish ancestral or ethnic identity * A member of the Danes, a Germanic tribe * Danish (name), a male given name and surname Language * Danish language, a North Germanic language used mostly in Denmark and Northern Germany * Danish tongue or Old Norse, the parent language of all North Germanic languages Food * Danish cuisine * Danish pastry, often simply called a "Danish" See also * Dane (other) * * Gdańsk * List of Danes * Languages of Denmark The Kingdom of Denmark has only one official language, Danish, the national language of the Danish people, but there are several minority languages spoken, namely Faroese, German, and Greenlandic. A large majority (about 86%) of Danes also s ... {{disambiguation Language and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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