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Sigbjørn (Danish, Faroese, Norwegian) or Sigbjörn ( Icelandic, Swedish) is a Nordic male given name, meaning ''Victory-bear'' and dating back to the Viking Age ( non, Sigbiǫrn). A female form exist as Sigurbirna (''Victory-bearess''). Historic variants *Sigbiorn ( ♂ male) – Old Swedish *Sigbiǫrn ( ♂ male) – Old Norse *Sigbjörn ( ♂ male) – Icelandic, Swedish *Sigbjørn ( ♂ male) – Danish, Faroese, Norwegian *Sigbjǫrn ( ♂ male) – Old Norse *Sighbiorn ( ♂ male) – Old Danish, Old Swedish *Sigurbirna ( ♀ female) – Icelandic *Sigurbjarni ( ♂ male) – Icelandic *Sigurbjörn ( ♂ male) – Icelandic *Sigurbjørn ( ♂ male) – Faroese, Norwegian Notable people named Sigbjørn Notable people with the given name include: * Sigbjørn Apeland (born 1966), Norwegian musician and scientist * Sigbjørn Eriksen (1936–2021), Norwegian politician * Sigbjørn Gjelsvik (born 1974), Norwegian politician * Sigbjørn Hølmebakk (1922–1981), Norwegia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danish Language
Danish (; , ) is a North Germanic language spoken by about six million people, principally in and around Denmark. Communities of Danish speakers are also found in Greenland, the Faroe Islands, and the northern German region of Southern Schleswig, where it has minority language status. Minor Danish-speaking communities are also found in Norway, Sweden, the United States, Canada, Brazil, and Argentina. Along with the other North Germanic languages, Danish is a descendant of Old Norse, the common language of the Germanic peoples who lived in Scandinavia during the Viking Era. Danish, together with Swedish, derives from the ''East Norse'' dialect group, while the Middle Norwegian language (before the influence of Danish) and Norwegian Bokmål are classified as ''West Norse'' along with Faroese and Icelandic. A more recent classification based on mutual intelligibility separates modern spoken Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish as "mainland (or ''continental'') Scandinavian", while I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sigbjørn Apeland
Sigbjørn Apeland (born 10 May 1966 was raised in Sveio, Norway) is a musician (Organ (music), organ and Harmonium) and scientist, known from several recordings and for his work in the borderland between folk music, church music and improvisational music. Career Apeland is a graduate in performing Church music at the University of Stavanger, Rogaland Musikkonservatorium (1988) and ethnomusicology from University of Bergen (1998), before he as fellow at Griegakademiet completed his Doctor of Arts, Dr. art. with the thesis ''Kyrkjemusikkdiskursen: Musikklivet i Den norske kyrkja som diskursiv praksis'' (Church music discourse: The music scene in the Norwegian church as discursive practice, 2005). Apeland contributes on numerous album releases by Nils Økland (1995–), Reidun Horvei (1998), Ingeleiv Kvammen and Olav Kvammen (2000), Åsne Valland Nordli (2001), Marylands (2001), and Agnes Buen Garnås (2002). For the Vossajazz he released the album ''Fryd'' (1998), in collaborati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sigbjørn Bernhoft Osa
Sigbjørn Bernhoft Osa (3 May 1910 2 February 1990) was a Norwegian fiddler and traditional folk musician. He was one of the best known Norwegian performers of folk music in the 1900s. Personal life Osa was born in Ulvik, Hardanger as the son of fiddler and painter Lars Osa and children's writer Hermine Bernhoft-Osa. He spent his first years in Valle, Setesdal, and moved to Voss when he was six years old. He was married to Kersti Alice Grambo from 1937, and to Anne Heggtveit from 1950. He was the father of actress Liv Bernhoft Osa (b. 1957). He died in Voss in 1990. Career Osa's father was a skilled violin and Hardingfele player, and the boy started to play both instruments. He studied violin with Bjarne Brustad in Oslo, then in Bergen with the academy of Musikselskabet Harmoniens orkester from 1929 to 1930, and in Berlin from 1931 to 1932. He made his début as violinist in 1937. He started playing for the radio ( Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation) in the 1940s, and recorded ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sigbjørn Obstfelder
Sigbjørn Obstfelder (21 November 1866 – 29 July 1900) was a 19th-century Norwegian writer and poet. Background Obstfelder was born in Stavanger, Norway on November 21, 1866. He was the eighth child in a family of sixteen children, being one of only six siblings to survive to adulthood. His father, Herman Friedrik Obstfelder (1828-1906), was a baker by trade and provided little financial or emotional support. His mother, Serine Obstfelder (née Egelandsdal) (1836-1880) died when he was fourteen. The difficulties he experienced, a threatening male figure, the loss of the mother and the sense of ever-present death, were strong influences on his writing. He began to study at the University of Christiania in 1886. Two years later he started studying engineering at Christiania Technical School (now ''Oslo ingeniørhøgskole''). In 1890, he moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin where he took a job as a draftsman at a bridge construction company. After only a year, he returned to Norway, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sigbjørn Mustad
Sigbjørn Mustad (19 April 1897 – 30 October 1970) was a Norwegian lawyer and politician for the Conservative Party. He was born in Vardal as a son of Kristian Mauritz Mustad (1848–1913) and Maren Haugsrud (1860–1917). He was elected to the Storting during the period 1937–1945. During the German occupation of Norway he was assigned with the Norwegian governmental administration in London. From 1946 he was appointed presiding judge in Agder Court of Appeal The Agder Court of Appeal ( no, Agder lagmannsrett) is one of six courts of appeal in the Kingdom of Norway. The Court is located in the town of Skien. The court has jurisdiction over the counties of Vestfold og Telemark and Agder (except for Si .... He chaired the board of A/S Union from 1947 to 1963. He published the book ''Utenlands i krigsårene'' in 1958, and ''Union i 17 år''. References 1897 births 1970 deaths 20th-century Norwegian lawyers Members of the Storting Politicians from Gjøvik ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sigbjørn Molvik
Sigbjørn Molvik (born 4 September 1950 in Volda) is a Norwegian politician for the Socialist Left Party. He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Telemark in 2001, but was not re-elected in 2005. Molvik was a member of Kragerø Kragerø () is a town and municipality in Vestfold og Telemark county, Norway. It is part of the traditional regions of Grenland and the smaller Vestmar. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Kragerø. The city of Krager ... municipality council during the term 1991–1995. References * 1950 births Living people Socialist Left Party (Norway) politicians Members of the Storting 21st-century Norwegian politicians People from Volda Politicians from Telemark People from Kragerø {{Norway-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sigbjørn Larsen
Sigbjørn Larsen (born 18 July 1936) is a Norwegian politician for the Christian Democratic Party. He served as a deputy representative in the Norwegian Parliament The Storting ( no, Stortinget ) (lit. the Great Thing) is the supreme legislature of Norway, established in 1814 by the Constitution of Norway. It is located in Oslo. The unicameral parliament has 169 members and is elected every four years bas ... from Sør-Trøndelag during the terms 1981–1985 and 1993–1997. On the local level Larsen was mayor of Frøya municipality from 1979 to 1987. References * 1936 births Living people Christian Democratic Party (Norway) politicians Deputy members of the Storting Mayors of Frøya, Sør-Trøndelag 20th-century Norwegian politicians {{Norway-politician-1930s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sigbjørn Johnsen
Sigbjørn Johnsen (born 1 October 1950) is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party and was Norwegian Minister of Finance in the periods 1990–1996 and 2009–2013. He is a former member of parliament and served as County Governor of Hedmark from 1997 to 2018. He was member of parliament for Hedmark between 1977 and 1997 and was the Minister of Finance from 1990 to 1996 during the Brundtland's Third Cabinet. He made a comeback in national politics when again he became Minister of Finance in 2009 Stoltenberg's Second Cabinet. After serving in the Stoltenberg's Second Cabinet Stoltenberg's Second Cabinet was the Government of Norway from 17 October 2005 to 16 October 2013. It was a coalition between the Labour Party, the Socialist Left Party and the Centre Party, known as the Red–Green Coalition. On 9 September ..., he resumed his duty as County Governor of Hedmark. He was also the deputy chairman of the Workers' Youth League between 1975 and 1977. References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sigbjørn Hølmebakk
Sigbjørn Hølmebakk (2 February 1922 – 25 November 1981) was a Norwegian author. Biography Hølmebakk was born at Feda (now Kvinesdal) in Vest-Agder, Norway. His parents were Søren Adolf Svindland (1881–1966) and Inger Marie Abrahamsen Møgedal (1888–1949). His brother was the publisher and author Gordon Hølmebakk. After attending trading school, Hølmebakk worked for a few years in Oslo. In 1943 he returned to Feda to take over the small farm. Hølmebakk's début in literature came in 1950 with the novel "Don't Talk About the Fall" (''Ikke snakk om høsten''). As an author he was a realist, who wrote of existential questions with force and skillfully explored social backgrounds. He was a much beloved author before he died at the relatively young age of 59. Many of Hølmebakk's works became the basis for films. “The Terrible Winter” (''Fimbulvinteren'') (1964) about the German military scorched earth policy during the Liberation of Finnmark by Soviet and Nor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sigbjørn Gjelsvik
Sigbjørn Gjelsvik (born 30 March 1974) is a Norwegian politician for the Centre Party. He was elected to Parliament in 2017. He has also served as minister of local government since 2022. Personal life and education Gjeslvik was born in Naustdal in Sogn og Fjordane on 30 March 1974. He has studied economics and resource management at the Norwegian University of Agricultural Sciences. He currently lives in Sørum. He is the son of Kjell and Edith Gjelsvik. He married Margrethe Høydalsvik in 2011, with whom he has two children, while she also had a child from a previous marriage. They divorced in 2016, a year before the 2017 election. Høydalsvik died of serious illness in April 2019, making Gjelsvik a single father. Political career Youth career He has been politically active in the Centre Party and Nei til EU since 1992. In 1995, he became a member of Naustdal municipal council and Sogn og Fjordane county council. In 1996, he walked 440 km on foot from Oslo to Loen in prot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sigbjørn Eriksen
Sigbjørn Eriksen (21 March 1936 - 30 October 2021) is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He was a member of Rana municipal council from 1964 to 1975, serving as deputy mayor from 1972 to 1975. From 1964 to 1995 he was a member of Nordland county council, from 1972 to 1975 serving as deputy county mayor, and from 1984 to 1995 serving as county mayor. In 1996 he started working with the relations between Nordland County Municipality and Russia. He has been a board member of Nordlandskraft, and interim board chairman of Barents Institute. He resides in Bodø Bodø (; smj, Bådåddjo, sv, Bodö) is a municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Salten. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Bodø (which is also the capital of Nordland count .... References 1936 births Living people Labour Party (Norway) politicians Nordland politicians Chairmen of County Councils of Norway {{Norway-polit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Female 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] |
