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Peter Platou Stabell
Peter Platou Stabell (12 August 1908 – 10 March 1992) was a Norwegian barrister. He was born in Kolbu as a son of attorney Bernhard Dunker Stabell (1878–1929) and Dorothea Antoinette Platou (1883–1964). In 1948 he married American citizen Dorothy Nicholson. Stabell was a brother of diplomat Adolf Bredo Stabell (diplomat), Adolf Bredo Stabell, a distant descendant of the newspaper editor Bredo Stabell, Adolf Bredo Stabell and uncle of actor Thea Stabell. He took the examen artium in 1927 and graduated from the University of Oslo, Royal Frederick University with the cand.jur. degree in 1932, together with his brother. He was an attorney in Gjøvik for one year before being deputy judge in Toten District Court from 1934. After studying at the London School of Economics in 1937, he was hired as a secretary in the employers' association . In 1940, following the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany he was hired as a secretary in the Norwegian Ministry of Justice-in-exile in London. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kolbu
Kolbu is a village in Østre Toten Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The village is located in the Districts of Norway, traditional region of Toten, about to the southwest of the village of Lena, Norway, Lena, the administrative centre of the municipality. The village lies in the western part of the municipality in an agricultural area, not far from the municipal border with Vestre Toten. Kolbu Church is a cruciform church from 1730 that is located just outside the village centre. The village has a population (2021) of 648 and a population density of . History Kolbu was the administrative centre of Kolbu (municipality), Kolbu Municipality which existed for 56 years (from 1908 when it was split off from Vestre Toten until 1964 when it was merged into Østre Toten). Name The village was named after the old ''Kolbu'' farm ( non, Kolabú) since this is where the local church was built. The first element of the name ''Kol-'' means "coal" and the last element ''bú'' means ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |