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Svendsen
Svendsen is a Danish and Norwegian surname. It was originally a patronymic which means "son of Svend". Notable people with the surname include: * Arnljot Ole Strømme Svendsen (1921–2022), Norwegian economist * Asger Svendsen (contemporary), Danish musician and music professor * Bud Svendsen (1915–1996), American professional football player * Christian Valdemar Svendsen (1890–1959), Danish Olympic gymnast * Conrad Bonnevie-Svendsen (1898–1983), Norwegian government minister and priest * Conrad Svendsen (1862–1943), Norwegian priest and teacher for the deaf * Conrad Vogt-Svendsen (1914–1973), Norwegian priest * Elga Olga Svendsen (1906–1992), Danish film actress * Emil Hegle Svendsen (born 1985), Norwegian biathlete * Eyvind Johan-Svendsen (1896–1946), Danish stage and film actor * Flemming Kofod-Svendsen (born 1944), Danish minister in the Lutheran Church of Denmark * George Svendsen (1913–1995), American professional football and basketball player * Ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sander Svendsen
Sander Svendsen (born 6 August 1997) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a forward or a winger for Eliteserien club Viking. Early life Sander Svendsen was born in Molde, and started to play football at a young age at the local club Molde FK. Both his parents, mother Ellen and father Svend Jarle, had represented the club at senior level. At age 14, Svendsen began to train regularly with Molde's senior team. Club career Molde FK Svendsen made his first team debut on 9 May 2013, aged only 15, against Aalesund in a 4–1 win. He was brought on shortly before the final whistle by manager Ole Gunnar Solskjær. He scored his first competitive goal for the side on 21 April 2014, in a 5–1 win against Sarpsborg. Aged 16 years and 259 days, he is the fifth-youngest goalscorer in Eliteserien history. Amid his breakthrough at Molde, Svendsen trialed with the Dutch giants Ajax on several occasions. At the end of 2013, however, Svendsen signed a new three-year contract with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johan Svendsen
Johan Severin Svendsen (30 September 184014 June 1911) was a Norwegian composer, conductor and violinist. Born in Christiania (now Oslo), Norway, he lived most his life in Copenhagen, Denmark. Svendsen's output includes two symphonies, a violin concerto, a cello concerto, and the Romance for violin, as well as a number of Norwegian Rhapsodies for orchestra. At one time Svendsen was an intimate friend of the German composer Richard Wagner. Life Svenden's father was a music teacher and military bandmaster, who taught him both the violin and clarinet. He began playing at orchestras at age nine when he learned violin, and began composing by age eleven. At fifteen he enlisted in the military band at Akershus Fortress, playing clarinet, flute, trombone, and percussion among other instruments. By the time he finished school, he was working as an orchestral musician, and occasionally made short concert tours as a violinist. In Lübeck, on one of his tours, he came to the attention of a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emil Hegle Svendsen
Emil Hegle Svendsen (born 12 July 1985) is a retired Norwegian biathlete. He has won eight medals at Winter Olympics (four gold) and five individual gold medals and seven relay gold medals at World Championships. He skis with Trondhjems Skiskyttere, based in Trondheim. Career The 2005–06 season was Svendsen's first season on the World Cup tour, before then he competed as a junior in the European Cup, now known as the IBU cup. During his first season in the World Cup Svendsen finished fifth in three races, two of them in sprints (Brezno-Osrblie and Ruhpolding), and the other in a mass start (Holmenkollen). He also finished races in seventh, ninth, and four more within the top twenty (14th, 15th, 17th, 19th). He finished the overall season in 22nd place. He was 32nd in the pursuit, 21st in the sprint, and 7th in the mass start, only seven points behind Sven Fischer in fourth place. Svendsen was selected for the Olympics, to compete in the mass start, in which he came sixth, aft ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicklas Svendsen
Nicklas Nygaard Svendsen (born 11 December 1986) is a Danish former professional footballer who played as a left-back. He currently works as executive assistant for the director of football at Danish Superliga club Brøndby IF. During his active career as a player, he gained 35 caps for various Denmark national youth teams. Club career Svendsen progressed through the KB academy in his youth years, after coming from B.93 in 2005. On 2 August 2007, he signed a two-year contract with Dutch club RKC Waalwijk, after having trialled with Emmen. There, he was set to replace the injured Guus de Vries. He made his debut for the club – which was also his professional debut – on 10 August in a 2–2 draw against FC Omniworld. He would, however, struggle with injuries after a relatively successful first season with RKC, and saw diminished playing time in his second season at the club. He made a total of 17 league appearances for the club. After one-and-a-half year, Svendsen retur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conrad Svendsen
Conrad Svendsen (19 August 1862 – 9 September 1943) was a Norwegian teacher for the deaf, priest and magazine editor. Personal life Svendsen was born in Bergen to Johan Henrik Parrau Svendsen and Margrethe Louise Vogt. He was a son-in-law of politician Jacob Aall Bonnevie, the father of Conrad Bonnevie-Svendsen, and grandfather of Conrad Vogt-Svendsen. He was a brother-in-law of physicist and meteorologist Vilhelm Bjerknes, patent engineer Alfred Jørgen Bryn, biologist Kristine Bonnevie and feminist Margarete Bonnevie. Career While a theological student, Svendsen started working as a teacher for the deaf in Christiania. He eventually travelled to Denmark, Switzerland, Italy, France and Germany to make further studies on the education of deaf. In 1895 he was ordained priest for the deaf in Norway. In 1898 he founded the institution ''Hjemmet for Døve'', a home for the deaf in Nordstrand, and he edited the magazine ''De Døves Blad''. His publications include ''Om Døvstum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kester Svendsen
James Kester Olaf Svendsen (May 25, 1912 – October 5, 1968) was an American educator, scholar, author, and chess administrator. In 1938 he was awarded a PhD in English from the University of North Carolina. That credential allowed him to take a teaching position at the College of Charleston until 1940 when he relocated to Norman, Oklahoma, to join the University of Oklahoma (OU) faculty as an associate English professor. In 1952 Svendsen was awarded a fellowship in English literature by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. In 1956, Harvard University Press published his book, "''Milton and Science''", which took him more than ten years to complete. As a scholar, he specialized in the study of the 17th-century poet John Milton and was president of the John Milton Society. Svendsen was one of the original founders of the Oklahoma Chess Association in 1946. In 1959 Svendsen left OU to take up a post as head of the University of Oregon English Department. He was a pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Svend Rasmussen Svendsen
Svend Rasmussen Svendsen (March 21, 1864 – September 6, 1945) was a Norwegian American impressionist artist. Svendsen is most known for his rural scenes, marine views, and snowy landscapes of Norway. Background Svend Rasmussen Svendsen was born at Nittedal in Akershus, Norway. He was the son of Rasmus and Marie Svendsen. Shortly thereafter his family moved to Kristiania (now Oslo) where Svendsen received his primary education. In 1881, he immigrated to America and settled in Chicago, Illinois. Career Svendsen had studied with Norwegian painter and engraver Fritz Thaulow. Svendsen also studied with Edward F. Ertz, Professor of Watercolor at the Académie Delécluse in Paris. Svendsen exhibited at the Chicago Art Institute, the National Academy of Design, and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. His paintings were shown at the Chicago Norske Klub and at Minnesota State Fair. His art was also featured at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, NY during 1901. Since his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conrad Vogt-Svendsen
Conrad Vogt-Svendsen (6 March 1914 – 1 December 1973) was a Norwegian priest. He was assistant seamen's priest in Hamburg during Second World War, helped with the White Buses operation in 1945, and was later main priest for the deaf in Norway. Personal life Vogt-Svendsen was born in Kristiania, the son of shipmaster Johan Fredrik Svendsen and Elisabeth Fredrikke Emilie Larsen. He was married to his cousin Randi Bonnevie-Svendsen from 1945 to 1965, and to Cecilie Torgersen (née Bonnevie) from 1966. Career Vogt-Svendsen took his examen artium in 1933, and studied theology at the University of Oslo, graduating in 1940. From 1942 to 1945 he was assistant priest at the seamen's church in Hamburg. Together with seamen's priest Arne Berge he also worked among Scandinavian prisoners in Nazi Germany. The priests made thousands of visits on behalf of the prisoners' families. They helped the prisoners with clothes, and tons of food, fish oil and medicines, brought to Hamburg by ships a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arnljot Strømme Svendsen
Arnljot Ole Strømme-Svendsen (5 December 1921 – 5 January 2022) was a Norwegian economist and Conservative politician. Biography Born in Kristiania, he was the son of Ole A. Strømm-Svendsen (Sweden and Norway, 1883–1975) and wife Dagmar Bærem (Sweden and Norway, 1886–1976). He graduated with the cand.oecon. degree in 1946, having finished his secondary education five years previously. In 1948 he was hired as a research fellow at the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration. He was promoted to docent in 1956, and to professor ten years later. He managed the Institute of Economics from 1957 to 1967 and the Institute of Shipping Economics from 1958 to his retirement in 1991. In 1953 he married Bertha I. Nygaard. Having been a member of Bergen city council from 1956 to 1967, he chaired the local Conservative Party chapter from 1967 to 1970. In 1972 he led the county chapter of Ja til EF, the organization campaigning for "Yes" in the 1972 Norwegian European ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conrad Bonnevie-Svendsen
Conrad Bonnevie-Svendsen (11 April 1898 – 12 June 1983) was a Norwegian priest and government minister. Biography His father was Conrad Svendsen, Norway's first priest for the deaf. Conrad the son worked at his father's school for deaf at Nordstrand while studying theology at the university, and eventually took over his father's leadership of the school. During the German occupation of Norway in World War II, he helped organise the resistance, and had to flee to Sweden towards the end of the war. After the war, Einar Gerhardsen formed an interim coalition government lasting from 25 June till 5 November. Bonnevie-Svendsen was appointed consultative Minister of Education and Church Affairs, representing ''Hjemmefronten'' (the Norwegian resistance movement). He later helped found the organisation now known as Norwegian Church Aid. He became vice president of Rotary International in 1949, and in 1952 he was made honorary doctor at the University of Kiel Kiel University, o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bud Svendsen
Earl Gilbert "Bud" Svendsen (February 7, 1915 – August 6, 1996) was a professional American football player who played center and linebacker for six seasons for the Green Bay Packers and the Brooklyn Dodgers of the National Football League (NFL). He was inducted into the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame in 1985. Drafted in the fourth round by the Packers in 1937, Bud Svendsen joined his brother George Svendsen in Green Bay that year. In 1938, he left to coach Northeast Missouri State College (now Truman State University) in Kirksville for a season. The 6’1”, 195-pound Svendsen, a center and linebacker, returned to play in the 1939 season including the '39 championship victory over the New York Giants. He was inducted into the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame. Svendsen, a University of Minnesota star, scored a touchdown against the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1939 and picked off a Len Barnum pass in the ‘39 championship game, played at State Fair Park in Milwaukee. After his pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eyvind Johan-Svendsen
Eyvind Johan-Svendsen (5 January 1896 – 10 October 1946) was a Danish stage and film actor. Biography He worked in Danish theatre between 1917 and 1939 and appeared at the Det Kongelige Teater (the Royal Danish Theatre) in Copenhagen from 1926 to 1939. He starred in his first film, the religious film ''Præsten i Vejlby'', in 1931. Eyvind Johan-Svendsen's father was the Norwegian composer and conductor Johan Svendsen, who was Principal Conductor at the Det Kongelige Teater from 1883 to 1908, and his mother was Juliette Haase. Selected filmography *'' Grønkøbings glade gavtyve'' - (1925) *''Præsten i Vejlby'' - 1931 *''Hotel Paradis'' - 1931 *'' 7-9-13'' - 1934 *''Tyrannens fald'' - 1942 *'' Møllen'' - 1943 *'' Det brændende spørgsmål'' - 1943 *'' Otte akkorder'' - 1944 *'' Brevet fra afdøde'' - 1946 See also * Johan Svendsen Johan Severin Svendsen (30 September 184014 June 1911) was a Norwegian composer, conductor and violinist. Born in Christiania (now Osl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
