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Reidun Buer
Reidun is an Old Norse name for girls and women, mostly given in Norway. The name Reidun consists of the elements ''Hreiðr'', meaning ''house'' and ''unnr'', sometimes translated as ''to wave''. Another translation for ''unnr'' would be ''elska'', meaning ''to love''. The first part of the name, ''Hreiðr'', can also be translated with ''nest''. With the last 2 translations the name Reidun would refer to a woman who loves her home or nest. Reidun was most popular as a name in the 1930s and 1940s There are 9195 women in Norway who have Reidunn as their first name. The name Reidun has only rarely been given as a first name in the 21st century. The name is sometimes spelled as Reidunn. In Sweden the name Reidun has become rare, so it is far below the top 100 list of women's names in Sweden. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Old Norse
Old Norse, Old Nordic, or Old Scandinavian, is a stage of development of North Germanic languages, North Germanic dialects before their final divergence into separate Nordic languages. Old Norse was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and their Viking expansion, overseas settlements and chronologically coincides with the Viking Age, the Christianization of Scandinavia and the consolidation of Scandinavian kingdoms from about the 7th to the 15th centuries. The Proto-Norse language developed into Old Norse by the 8th century, and Old Norse began to develop into the modern North Germanic languages in the mid-to-late 14th century, ending the language phase known as Old Norse. These dates, however, are not absolute, since written Old Norse is found well into the 15th century. Old Norse was divided into three dialects: Old West Norse, ''Old West Norse'' or ''Old West Nordic'' (often referred to as ''Old Norse''), Old East Norse, ''Old East Norse'' or ''Old East Nordic'', and ''Ol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of Norway. Bouvet Island, located in the Subantarctic, is a dependency of Norway; it also lays claims to the Antarctic territories of Peter I Island and Queen Maud Land. The capital and largest city in Norway is Oslo. Norway has a total area of and had a population of 5,425,270 in January 2022. The country shares a long eastern border with Sweden at a length of . It is bordered by Finland and Russia to the northeast and the Skagerrak strait to the south, on the other side of which are Denmark and the United Kingdom. Norway has an extensive coastline, facing the North Atlantic Ocean and the Barents Sea. The maritime influence dominates Norway's climate, with mild lowland temperatures on the se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
First Name
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Sweden
Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, Finland to the east, and is connected to Denmark in the southwest by a bridgetunnel across the Öresund. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic country, the third-largest country in the European Union, and the fifth-largest country in Europe. The capital and largest city is Stockholm. Sweden has a total population of 10.5 million, and a low population density of , with around 87% of Swedes residing in urban areas in the central and southern half of the country. Sweden has a nature dominated by forests and a large amount of lakes, including some of the largest in Europe. Many long rivers run from the Scandes range through the landscape, primarily ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reidun Andersson
Reidun Andersson (26 June 1922 – 25 January 1992) was a Norwegian politician for the Socialist Left Party. She served as a deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament from Nordland Nordland (; smj, Nordlánnda, sma, Nordlaante, sme, Nordlánda, en, Northland) is a county in Norway in the Northern Norway region, the least populous of all 11 counties, bordering Troms og Finnmark in the north, Trøndelag in the south, N ... during the terms 1981–1985. References 1922 births 1992 deaths Socialist Left Party (Norway) politicians Deputy members of the Storting Nordland politicians Norwegian people of Swedish descent {{Norway-politician-1920s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reidun Andreassen
Reidun Andreassen (born 15 June 1936) is a Norwegian Labour Party politician. She was a member of the Storting from 1985 to 1989. Biography Andreassen was born on 15 June 1936 in Oslo to Arne Throndsen and Agnes Otilie Bakke. She was elected representative to the Storting for the period 1985–1989 for the Labour Party, from the constituency of Østfold. From 1989 to 1993 was elected first deputy from Østfold for the Labour Party. In the Storting, she was a member of Forbruker- og administrasjonskomiteen from 1985 to 1986, and of the Standing Committee on Justice The Standing Committee on Justice ( no, Justiskomiteen) is a standing committee of the Parliament of Norway. It is responsible for policies relating to judicial system, the probation service, the police, persons performing civilian national service ... from 1986 to 1989. References 1936 births Living people Politicians from Oslo Labour Party (Norway) politicians Members of the Storting {{Norway-p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reidun Brusletten
Reidun Brusletten (born 29 November 1936 in Oslo) is a Norwegian politician for the Christian Democratic Party. She served as the first Minister of International Development An International development minister is a position in many governments responsible for development aid and international development. Country-related articles and lists *: Minister for International Development *: Minister of International D ... from 1983 to 1986. She was also a deputy member in the Storting for Buskerud from 1977 to 1981. References 1936 births Living people Politicians from Oslo Christian Democratic Party (Norway) politicians Ministers of International Development of Norway Women government ministers of Norway 20th-century Norwegian women politicians 20th-century Norwegian politicians {{Norway-politician-1930s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reidun Gravdahl
Reidun Gravdahl, née Engen (born 12 January 1948 in Østre Toten) is a profiled Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. Outside politics she worked at Raufoss Ammunisjonsfabrikker from 1978, and became involved in the trade union there. She joined the Labour Party and was eventually elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Oppland Oppland is a former county in Norway which existed from 1781 until its dissolution on 1 January 2020. The old Oppland county bordered the counties of Trøndelag, Møre og Romsdal, Sogn og Fjordane, Buskerud, Akershus, Oslo and Hedmark. The c ... in 2001. She served as a deputy representative during the terms 1993–1997 and 2001–2005. On the local level she was elected to Oppland county council in 2003, and became deputy county mayor following the 2007 election. References * 1948 births Living people Members of the Storting Labour Party (Norway) politicians Oppland politicians Norwegian trade unionists People from Østr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reidun Gunnarson
Reidun Gunnarson is a Norwegian handball player. She played 35 matches for the national handball team from 1989 to 1991, and participated at the 1990 World Women's Handball Championship The 1990 World Women's Handball Championship took place in South Korea between 24 November to 4 December 1990. It was the first World Championship not played in a European country. The championship was held after the German reunification, although ..., where the Norwegian team placed sixth. 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] |
Reidun Røed
Reidun Røed, née Hjartøy (22 March 1921 – 5 April 2009) was a Norwegian resistance member. She was born in Rjukan, but the family moved to Jar in her youth, and she finished her secondary education at Stabekk Upper Secondary School. She studied chemistry at the University of Oslo, but this ended when the university was closed by the Nazi occupiers (1940–1945) of Norway following the 1943 University of Oslo fire. She worked as an assistant at the Norwegian Radium Hospital until 1944, when she was hired as a secretary for the leader of Milorg's District 13 based in Norway's capital. She started working for Major Oliver H. Langeland, the first leader of D13. In July 1944 Langeland received orders from London to leave the country, and travelled to England via Sweden, and Lorentz Brinch took over as the new leader of D13. Hjartøy was one of district leader Brinch's closest helpers. Brinch, Hjartøy and Andreas Tømmerbakke were the three people usually present at the distric ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reidun Seth
Reidun Seth (born 9 June 1966) is a Norwegian footballer, world champion and olympic medallist, a football goalkeeper and a goalkeeper trainer. She debuted for the Norwegian national team in 1984, and played 71 matches for the national team. She received a bronze medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. Clubs include IL Jardar, GAIS, Trollhättans IF and Nymark IL. Reidun Seth joined Bergen club Arna-Bjørnar in 1999 and retired after the 2002 season. Since then she has worked as a full-time keeper trainer in Bergen and has among her students Norway's keeper, Erika Skarbø. Following Skarbø's absence due to injury in early 2009 Seth announced that she would be available to play for Arna-Bjørnar in the elite Toppserien league as the club's reserve goalkeeper to first keeper Precious Dede. She played the full 90 minutes in the club's 3–0 win over Trondheims-Ørn on 4 July 2009 at the age of 43 years and 25 days. A year later, on 27 June 2010, Seth was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reidun Tatham
Reidun Tatham (born March 20, 1978) is a Canadian retired synchronized swimmer and Olympic medalist. Born in Calgary, Alberta, Tatham participated on the Canadian team that received a bronze medal in synchronized team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about towards the Blue Mountain ..., Australia. She later changed careers and is currently employed as Senior Natural Gas Trader at Macquarie Energy Canada Ltd. in Calgary, Alberta. External linksOlympic Info 1978 births Living people Canadian synchronized swimmers Olympic bronze medalists for Canada Olympic medalists in synchronized swimming Olympic synchronized swimmers for Canada Swimmers from Calgary Synchronized swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Pan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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