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Strand (surname)
Strand is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Asle Strand, Norwegian luger * Andreas Strand (gymnast) (1889–1958), Norwegian gymnast in the 1908 Summer Olympics *Anne Lilia Berge Strand, Norwegian artist and DJ *Arne Strand, Norwegian journalist and politician for the Labour Party *David Strand, American academic *Embrik Strand (1876–1947), Norwegian zoologist, entomologist and arachnologist * Hans E. Strand (1934–2000), Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party * Joakim Strand, Finnish politician *Johan Martin Jakobsen Strand (1873–1935), Norwegian farmer and politician for the Liberal Party *Kaj Aage Gunnar Strand, (1907–2000), a Danish astronomer *Kjetil Strand, Norwegian handball player * Knut Olaf Andreasson Strand (1887–1980), Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party *Lars Iver Strand, Norwegian footballer *Lars Ketil Strand (1924–2020), Norwegian forester * Lasse Strand, Norwegian footballer *Mark Strand, an American poet * Mor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asle Strand
Asle Strand (29 September 1953 – 9 June 2000) was a Norwegian luger who competed in the mid-1970s. He won the silver medal in the men's doubles event at the 1976 FIL European Luge Championships in Hammarstrand, Sweden. Strand also finished 13th in the men's doubles event at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck Innsbruck (; bar, Innschbruck, label=Bavarian language, Austro-Bavarian ) is the capital of Tyrol (state), Tyrol and the List of cities and towns in Austria, fifth-largest city in Austria. On the Inn (river), River Inn, at its junction with the .... Death While recording a film of his methods in the Lyngen Alps in Trom, Norway, Strand was mortally wounded during a practice run and died several days later on 9 June 2000. References1976 Winter Olympic men's doubles results [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morten Strand
Morten Strand (born 23 September 1947) is a Norwegian footballer and politician for the Conservative Party. He hails from Bekkestua in Bærum, but now resides in Vollen. In his younger days he was a football goalkeeper for Stabæk, from 1965 to 1974, and Strømsgodset from 1975 to 1976. He has later been involved in the local football club Vollen UL. In his professional career he was a CEO of the paper company Basberg Papir. He was a deputy leader of the Norwegian Wholesale Paper Merchants Association and a board member of the Federation of Norwegian Commercial and Service Enterprises for many years. Strand was first elected to Asker municipal council in 1983, and was mayor of Asker municipality from 1995 to 2007. He served as a deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament from Akershus during the terms 2001–2005 and 2005–2009. He was also involved in the Norwegian Association of Local and Regional Authorities The Norwegian Association of Local and Regional Authorit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lone Star
The Lone Star State is the official state nickname of Texas. Lone Star, Lone Starr, Lone Stars or Lonestar may also refer to: Communities in the United States * Lone Star, Arizona, a populated place * Lone Star, Fresno County, California, an unincorporated community * Lone Star, Humboldt County, California, a former settlement * Lone Star, Kansas, an unincorporated community * Lone Star, Kentucky, an unincorporated community * Lone Star, Missouri, an unincorporated community * Lone Star, South Carolina, an unincorporated community * Lone Star, Texas, a city * Lone Star, Cherokee County, Texas, a ghost town * Lone Star, Kaufman County, Texas, an unincorporated community * Lone Star, Virginia, an unincorporated community Businesses * Lonestar Cell, a telecommunication company in Liberia * Lone Star Funds, a worldwide private equity firm based in Dallas, Texas * Lone Star Brewing Company, the first large, mechanized brewery in Texas * Lone Star Steakhouse & Saloon, a casual ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Westworld (TV Series)
''Westworld'' is an American dystopian science fiction western television series created by Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy for HBO. It is based on the 1973 film of the same name written and directed by Michael Crichton, and, to a lesser extent, its 1976 sequel, ''Futureworld''. The series premiered on October 2, 2016. The story begins in Westworld, a fictional, technologically advanced Wild-West-themed amusement park populated by android "hosts". The park caters to high-paying guests who may indulge their wildest fantasies within the park without fear of retaliation from the hosts, who are prevented by their programming from harming humans. Later on, the series' setting expands to the real world, in the mid-21st century, where people's lives are driven and controlled by a powerful artificial intelligence named Rehoboam. Nolan and Joy served as showrunners. The second, third and fourth season followed in April 2018, March 2020, and June 2022, respectively. Nolan and Joy planned ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erik Welle-Strand
Erik August Lindhè Welle-Strand (2 June 1915 – 17 July 2001) was a Norwegian mining engineer and resistance member during World War II. He is best known as leader of the illegal radio post Skylark B. Early life He was born in June 1915 in Bergen. He was a brother of Erling Welle-Strand. As a teenager he was active in the theater (Den Nationale Scene), prior to beginning his compulsory military service in 1935. He also worked briefly as a coal miner for Store Norske Spitsbergen Kulkompani, before enrolling at the Norwegian Institute of Technology in 1936. World War II He returned to Bergen in January 1940, stationed at an anti-air battery to guard the Norwegian neutrality in World War II. However, on 9 April Nazi Germany invaded Norway. Welle-Strand became involved in the subsequent fighting, first at the anti-air battery, later during a retreat to the mountains of Hardanger. The Norwegian troops went to Voss and Leikanger; Welle-Strand then parted ways with them and made hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tove Strand
Tove Astri Strand (born 29 September 1946) is a Norwegian director and former politician for the Labour Party. She was active in politics between 1963 and 1992, including two periods as a government minister. She headed the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation from 1997 to 2005, and since 2005 she is the director of Ullevål University Hospital. Early and personal life Born in Kongsvinger as the daughter of local bureaucrat Norvald Strand and nurse Svanhild Lundhaug, she chaired the local chapter of the Workers' Youth League from 1963 to 1966. She then enrolled as a student at the University of Oslo, having chosen to study economics over medicine, She graduated in 1971 with the cand.oecon. degree, and cited Leif Johansen and Nobel Prize laureate Trygve Haavelmo as inspirational economists. While living in Oslo she was a member of the board of local Workers' Youth League chapter from 1968 to 1970. Tove Strand was formerly married to Rune Gerhardsen, a fellow Labour Party p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Strand
Lars Ingemar Thomas Strand (born 1954) is a Sweden, Swedish politician and former member of the Riksdag, the national legislature. A member of the Swedish Social Democratic Party, Social Democratic Party, he represented Jönköping County (Riksdag constituency), Jönköping County between October 2006 and September 2018, and in September 2020. He has been a Substitute (elections), substitute member of the Riksdag for Martin Nilsson twice: October 2002 to December 2002 and August 2005 to September 2005. Strand is the son of pastor Ingemar Strand and care assistant Sonia Strand (née Nord). He was educated in Värnamo and studied theology in Kumla. He was a member of the Municipal council (Sweden), municipal council in Vaggeryd Municipality from 1992 to 2010. References 1954 births Living people Members of the Riksdag 2006–2010 Members of the Riksdag 2010–2014 Members of the Riksdag 2014–2018 Members of the Riksdag 2018–2022 Members of the Riksdag from the Socia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Ernest Strand
Roger Ernest Strand (born April 4, 1948) was an American politician and farmer. Strand was born in Morris, Minnesota and grew up in Cyrus, Minnesota. He graduated from Cyrus High School in 1966 and received his bachelor's degree in political science from University of Minnesota Morris in 1970. Strand went to Minnesota State University, Mankato for graduate school in public administration and constitutional law. He was a farmer. Strand served as court administrator for Traverse County, Minnesota and for Big Stone County, Minnesota. He served in the Minnesota Senate from 1977 to 1980 and was a Democrat. In 2005, Strand served on the Graceville, Minnesota Graceville is a city in Big Stone County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 529 at the 2020 census. History Graceville was founded in the 1870s by a colony of Catholics and named for Thomas Langdon Grace, second Roman Catholic Bisho ... City Council. References 1948 births Living people People from Graceville, M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roar Strand
Roar Strand (born 2 February 1970) is a Norwegian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder, mostly for Rosenborg. Strand was capped 42 times for the Norway national team. He is the player with the fourth-highest number of appearances in the Norwegian top division. He has won 16 league titles, more than any other player in history and the Norwegian Football Cup five times, and he has scored goals in 21 consecutive top flight seasons. Club career Strand was born in Trondheim and played for Rosenborg his whole career, except for the 1993 season when he was loaned out to Molde FK, from he made his debut in 1989 till he retired in 2010. He mostly played as midfielder but as an allrounder he also played as winger and wingback. Strand won the Norwegian top division 16 times (11 consecutive) as well as the Norwegian Football Cup five times with Rosenborg. He participated in the UEFA Champions League 11 times with Rosenborg and played 71 Champions League matches and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Strand
Richard F. Strand is a linguist and anthropological researcher who is best known for his research into Nuristani languages and other little-known languages of Afghanistan and neighboring areas of Pakistan. He was trained at Cornell University. He has published material on the linguistics and ethnography of Nuristan and neighboring regions, collected and analyzed since 1967. Funding for his field research in Nuristan, Afghanistan, and Pakistan was provided in part by the following institutions: the Fulbright Foundation (1991–92), the Smithsonian Institution (1980, 1984–85), The Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research (1972), Brown University (1971), Cornell University (1966–69, 1970), and Teachers College, Columbia University Columbia University (also known as Columbia, and officially as Columbia University in the City of New York) is a private research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Church i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Strand
Paul Strand (October 16, 1890 – March 31, 1976) was an American photographer and filmmaker who, along with fellow modernist photographers like Alfred Stieglitz and Edward Weston, helped establish photography as an art form in the 20th century. In 1936, he helped found the Photo League, a cooperative of photographers who banded together around a range of common social and creative causes. His diverse body of work, spanning six decades, covers numerous genres and subjects throughout the Americas, Europe, and Africa. Background Paul Strand was born Nathaniel Paul Stransky on October 16, 1890, in New York; his Bohemian parents were merchant Jacob Stransky and Matilda Stransky (née Arnstein). When Paul was 12, his father gave him a camera as a present. Career In his late teens, he was a student of renowned documentary photographer Lewis Hine at the Ethical Culture Fieldston School. It was while on a field trip in this class that Strand first visited the 291 art gallery – oper ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pål Strand
Pål Strand (born 9 March 1976 in Gjøvik) is a retired Norwegian football midfielder. Before transferring to Ham-Kam in 2008, he played for Lillestrøm for ten seasons. Previously he played for Gjøvik-Lyn and Raufoss Raufoss is the administrative centre of Vestre Toten Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The village is located about south of the larger town of Gjøvik. The village area is located along the municipal border with the neighboring Gjøvi .... He has been capped 2 times for the Norwegian national team, coming on as a last-minute substitute each time. References External links * 1976 births Living people Sportspeople from Gjøvik Norwegian footballers Raufoss IL players Lillestrøm SK players Hamarkameratene players Norway international footballers {{norway-footy-midfielder-stub Association football midfielders SK Gjøvik-Lyn players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
