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Randi Weum
Randi is both a given name, and a nickname in the English language, popular in North America and Norway. It is primarily a feminine name, although there is recorded usage of the name by men. It may have originated as a pet form of '' Miranda'' or as a feminine form of ''Randy''. In turn, Randy was originally derived from the names ''Randall'', '' Randolf'', ''Randolph'', '' Bertrand'' and '' Andrew''. In Norway, Randi is a feminine name that emerged in the 1400s as a short form of Ragnfrid ( on, Ragnfríðr). The original meaning in Old Norse is "God-lovable". Ragnfríðr was famously used about three different people in runic inscriptions from the Viking era. Later the variant Rangdid was common in the Middle Ages. Over 20 people with the name were mentioned in the Regesta Norvegica. By the 1600s the variant Randi was a common feminine name in Norway. Women known as Randi * Randi Altschul (born 1960), American toy inventor * Randi Anda (1898–1999), Norwegian politicia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Female
Female (Venus symbol, symbol: ♀) is the sex of an organism that produces the large non-motile ovum, ova (egg cells), the type of gamete (sex cell) that fuses with the Sperm, male gamete during sexual reproduction. A female has larger gametes than a male. Females and males are results of the anisogamous reproduction system, wherein gametes are of different sizes, unlike isogamy where they are the same size. The exact mechanism of female gamete evolution remains unknown. In species that have males and females, Sex-determination system, sex-determination may be based on either sex chromosomes, or environmental conditions. Most female mammals, including female humans, have two X chromosomes. Female characteristics vary between different species with some species having pronounced Secondary sex characteristic, secondary female sex characteristics, such as the presence of pronounced mammary glands in mammals. In humans, the word ''female'' can also be used to refer to gender i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Runic Inscription
A runic inscription is an inscription made in one of the various runic alphabets. They generally contained practical information or memorials instead of magic or mythic stories. The body of runic inscriptions falls into the three categories of Elder Futhark (some 350 items, dating to between the 2nd and 8th centuries AD), Anglo-Frisian Futhorc (some 100 items, 5th to 11th centuries) and Younger Futhark (close to 6,000 items, 8th to 12th centuries). The total 350 known inscriptions in the Elder Futhark script fall into two main geographical categories, North Germanic languages, North Germanic (Scandinavian, c. 267 items) and Continental Germanic, Continental or South Germanic (Old High German, "German" and Gothic, c. 81 items). These inscriptions are on many types of loose objects, but the North Germanic tradition shows a preference for bracteates, while the South Germanic one has a preference for Fibula (brooch), fibulae. The precise figures are debatable because some inscriptions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Randi Gaustad
Randi Gaustad (born 29 January 1942) is a Norwegian curator and art historian. She was born in Oslo and took the mag.art. degree in 1973. She was a research assistant at the University of Oslo from 1974 to 1978, subeditor for the encyclopedia ''Norsk kunstnerleksikon'' from 1978 to 1983 and curator at the Norwegian Museum of Decorative Arts and Design The Norwegian Museum of Decorative Arts and Design ( no, Kunstindustrimuseet) is a museum in Oslo, Norway. Its collection includes clothing, textile, furniture, silver, glass, ceramics, and handicrafts. Since 2003, the museum has been administra ... since 1983. Important books include ''Gammelt norsk stentøy fra Egersund'' (1980) and ''Samtidskeramikk: Norsk keramikk fra 1940 til i dag'' (1990 with Gunnar Danbolt). References 1942 births Living people Writers from Oslo Norwegian art historians Norwegian encyclopedists Norwegian curators Women encyclopedists Norwegian women non-fiction writers Norwegian women writ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Randi Flesland
Randi Runa Svenkerud Flesland (born 17 November 1955 in Oslo) is a Norwegian civil servant. Flesland was educated at Trinity College, Dublin, with education in economics, with addition of psychology and pedagogy in the universities of Oslo and Davis, California. She had several leading positions in Norges Statsbaner, for 17 yrs until 2000, such as head of Intercity, Financial director and finally deputy CEO. She then became director of the Norwegian National Airport Administration; later the agency became Avinor. She was in charge of a substantial restructurering of work processes and increased efficiency in order to make financial room for large safety investments. She resigned December 2005 after a long conflict of interests with the trade unions for traffic controllers. She was instead hired in IBM. In 2008 she became the new director of the Norwegian Consumer Council The Consumer Council of Norway (Norwegian: ''Forbrukerrådet'') is a Norwegian government agency and cons ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Randi Hutter Epstein
Randi Hutter Epstein is a medical writer, author and journalist, has written for publications such as ''New York Times'', and ''The Washington Post''. She is also a lecturer at Yale University, a writer-in-residence at the Yale School of Medicine and an adjunct professor at Columbia University's Journalism School. Epstein has worked as a medical writer for the ''London bureau of The Associated Press'' and was the London bureau chief of ''Physicians' Weekly''. Her articles have also appeared in ''The Daily Telegraph'', ''The Guardian, Parents'', ''More'', among other newspapers and magazines. Education Epstein earned a B.S. from The University of Pennsylvania where she studied the history and sociology of science. She earned an M.S. from the Columbia University School of Journalism, an M.D. from Yale University School of Medicine, and an M.P.H. from the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health The Joseph L. Mailman School of Public Health is the public health grad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Randi Elisabeth Dyrdal
Randi Elisabeth Dyrdal is a Norwegian handball player. She played 35 matches for the Norway women's national handball team between 1974 and 1977. She participated in the 1975 World Women's Handball Championship The 1975 World Women's Handball Championship took place in the Soviet Union between 2-13 December 1975. It was the sixth edition of the World Women's Handball Championship and the first to be held in the Soviet Union. East Germany won their secon .... References Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Norwegian female handball players {{Norway-handball-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Randi Bratteli
Randi Helene Bratteli (née Larssen; 17 September 1924 – 9 December 2002) was a Norwegian journalist. She was born in Hamar as the daughter of Olav Larssen and Aslaug Sigrid Larssen (née Rustad). She married Trygve Bratteli, who served as Prime Minister of Norway from 1971 to 1972 and 1973 to 1976. They had three children: one son, Ola and two daughters, Tone and Marianne. She published several books. She was member of the board of the friendship association Friends of Israel in the Norwegian Labour Movement (Norwegian: Venner av Israel i Norsk Arbeiderbevegelse).Paul Engstad Paul Øistein Engstad (13 October 1926 – 13 May 2012) was a Norwegian writer and politician for the Labour Party. He was born in Sauda. He was a journalist in the Labour-aligned newspaper ''Arbeiderbladet'', and held several positions in the La ...: ''Norsk arbeiderbevegelses samarbeid med Israel og innsats for fred i Midtøsten : Israel 50 år 1948-1998''. VINA Oslo 1998 References 1924 births ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Randi Brænne
Randi Brænne (26 May 1911 – 1 June 2004) was a Norwegian actress. She was born in Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway. She was a daughter of Sigmund Brænne and Bodil Winge and was a sister of actress and writer Berit Brænne (1918–1976). Randi Brænne was married to two acting colleagues; Frithjof Fearnley (1896–1971) and Frank Robert (1918–2007). She made her stage debut at Det Nye Teater in 1934. She performed at various theatres including Den Nationale Scene, Trøndelag Teater, Centralteatret, Riksteatret and Seniorteatret. From 1964 and until retirement in 1982, she was permanently engaged at the Riksteatret. She had a number of film roles. Among her best-known film appearances were in ''Du har lovet mig en kone!'' (1935), ''Vi som går kjøkkenveien'' (1933), and ''Fantegutten ''Fantegutten'' (The Gypsy) is a Norwegian film from 1932 directed by Leif Sinding. Sinding also wrote the screenplay, which was based on Harald Meltzer's novel of the same name, pub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Randi Blehr
Randi Marie Blehr (née Nilsen; 12 February 1851 – 13 June 1928) was a Norwegian feminist, liberal politician, suffragist, peace activist and women's rights activist. She was married to Prime Minister of Norway Otto Blehr, and was therefore addressed as "Madam Prime Minister" ( no, Statsministerinde) during her lifetime. She was one of the preeminent leaders of the Norwegian women's rights movement from the 1880s and co-counded the Norwegian Association for Women's Rights, serving as its President from 1895 to 1899 and from 1903 to 1922. She also initiated the establishment of the Norwegian Women's Public Health Association that grew to become a humanitarian organisation with 250,000 members. She was a leading advocate of Norwegian independence from Sweden and took on representative duties for Norway during her husband's tenure as Prime Minister. Background Blehr was born Randi Nilsen in 1851 in Bergen to ship broker, Andreas Rasmussen Nilsen 1822–98) and Margrethe Andrea T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Randi Bjørgen
Randi Bjørgen (born 27 June 1947) is a Norwegian trade unionist. A biological engineer by profession, she led the Kommunale Funksjonærers Landsforbund from 1987 to 1996, and from 1996 to 2006 she led the Confederation of Vocational Unions. References 1947 births Living people Norwegian trade unionists {{Norway-activist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Randi Becker
Randi L. Becker (born July 12, 1948) is an American politician of the Republican Party. She served as a member of the Washington Senate The Washington State Senate is the upper house of the Washington State Legislature. The body consists of 49 members, each representing a district with a population of nearly 160,000. The State Senate meets at the Legislative Building in Olympi ..., representing the 2nd Legislative District from 2009 to 2021. She was first elected to the State Senate in 2008. In March 2020, Becker announced that she would not seek reelection to an additional term in the state Senate. Washington State Senate Becker was first elected in 2008 with 51.6%. She was re-elected in 2012 with 56.8% and in 2016 with 61% of the vote. Committee assignments Becker was chair of the Health Care Committee. She also serves as a member of Higher Education and Ways & Means Committees. Legislative activities In her first term, Becker worked to improve the oversight and coord ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Randi Bakke
Randi Nilsine Bakke (married name: Gjertsen; 29 October 1904, in Oslo – 21 May 1984, in Nesodden) was a Norwegian pair skater Pair skating is a figure skating discipline defined by the International Skating Union (ISU) as "the skating of two persons in unison who perform their movements in such harmony with each other as to give the impression of genuine Pair Skating a .... She represented Oslo Skøiteklub. Her pairs partner was Christen Christensen. They are the 1933 World bronze medalists. They finished fifth at the 1923 World Figure Skating Championships and the 1934 World Figure Skating Championships. They represented Norway at the 1936 Winter Olympics, where they placed 15th. Results with Christen Christensen References External links * 1904 births 1984 deaths Norwegian female pair skaters Olympic figure skaters of Norway Figure skaters at the 1936 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Oslo World Figure Skating Championships medalists 20th-century No ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
