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Sæther
Sæther is a Norway, Norwegian surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Andrine Sæther (born 1964), Norwegian actress * Bjarne Berg-Sæther (1919–2009), Norwegian politician for the Labour Party * Gjøran Sæther (born 1982), Norwegian artist and painter * Harald Sæther (born 1946), Norwegian composer * Jan Valentin Sæther (1944–2018), Norwegian figurative painter, sculptor and Gnosticism priest * Morten Sæther (born 1959), Norwegian cyclist * Ole Sæther (1870-1946), Norwegian rifle shooter * Olaf Sæther (1872-1945), Norwegian rifle shooter * Peder Sather, Peder Sæther (1810-1886), Norwegian-American banker * Svein Ole Sæther (born 1948), Norwegian diplomat * Wera Sæther (born 1945), Norwegian psychologist and writer {{DEFAULTSORT:Saether Norwegian-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harald Sæther
Harald Sæther (born 9 May 1946) is a Norwegian composer with a diploma (MA) from Grieg Academy (2008) . He is member of the Norwegian Society of Composers and New Music Composers Group (NMK) where he was chairman from 2009 to 2011. Biography Education Sæther is basically a self-taught musician from the early 1960s, with guitar - later electric bass - as his main instrument. In 1963 he, along with three other boys, formed a rock and roll group - The Spiritual Man Group - in Oppdal, Norway. This group disbanded in 1966, and in 1967, he and four other boys formed the hard rock band Hapax Legomenon which was disbanded in the summer of 1970. In 1971 he started his musical education at the Veitvet Music Conservatory in Oslo, with the violin as his main instrument. After three years at this institution he continued his studies as a musician and music teacher at Trondheim Conservatory of Music in Trondheim, until the spring of 1977. Career After 25 years as a musician and music t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan Valentin Sæther
Jan Valentin Sæther (18 March 1944 – 11 January 2018) was a Norwegian figurative painter, sculptor and gnostic priest. He was professor of figurative painting at the National Academy of the Arts in Oslo between 1996 and 2002. Sæther received his education from the Norwegian National Academy of Craft and Art Industry (1963–65) and the Norwegian National Academy of Fine Arts, painting under the direction of professor Reidar Aulie (1965–66) and sculpture under professor Per Palle Storm (1968–71). He has presented numerous exhibitions, mainly in Norway and California. Sæther debuted in the prestigious Kunstnerforbundet in 1972, but prior to that he had participated in group the exhibitions "Spring Exhibition", Kunstnernes Hus 1968, "Figurative painting from the 1960s", Oslo Kunstforening (''Oslo Arts Society'') 1970 and "Romantik, realisme", Oslo Kunstforening 1971. During this period he went by the name Jan Isak Sæther. In 1973 he moved to Los Angeles, California. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gjøran Sæther
Gjøran Sæther (December 19, 1982), also known by the pseudonym Proteque, is a Norwegian artist and painter. He is active in the digital art scene with music and graphic, and as a painter in traditional art. In 2017, he joined the blackened death metal band Hateful Transgression as keyboardist. Biography Sæther was born on 19 December 1982 in Molde, Norway. Traditional art His style is very dark and expressive with references to the dark paths in life. According to art pages his style falls under Expressionism. Digital Art Sæther participates in the digital art community and the demoscene movement under the pseudonym Proteque. He has created art with old computers like Commodore 64, Atari ST and Amiga 500. He is most active working with Atari computers in a group of artists named Dead Hackers Society. As in his painting his style in digital art is somewhat dark and shows the dark sides of life. Some of his work can be seen on artsites like Artcity and the homepage of D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morten Sæther
Morten Sæther (born 13 May 1959) is a Norwegian cyclist. He won a bronze medal at the 1979 UCI Road World Championships in the 100 km team time trial. He missed the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow due to their boycott by Norway, but competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, where he placed fourth in the individual road race. He won the Tour of Berlin in 1979 and 1983 and finished second in the Tour of Austria The Tour of Austria (german: Internationale Österreich Rundfahrt) is a stage cycling race held in Austria. From 1949 to 1995 it was a race for amateur cyclists, turning into a professional event in 1996. In 2005 and 2006 it was organised as a 2 ... and Sealink Race in 1980. He also won the Norwegian National Road Race Championship in 1981 and 1983. References External links * 1959 births Living people Sportspeople from Lillehammer Norwegian male cyclists Olympic cyclists of Norway Cyclists at the 1984 Summer Olympics {{Norway-cycli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrine Sæther
Andrine Sæther (born 7 September 1964) is a Norwegian actress. She had her début at the National Theatre in 1995, and has worked there since. Here she has acted in roles such as "Varja" in Chekhov's ''The Cherry Orchard'', and "Bolette" in Ibsen's '' The Lady from the Sea''. In 1997 she had her début as a movie actress, in a small role in the film ''Livredd''. The same year she acted in the popular '' Budbringeren'', a role for which she received an Amanda nomination. She has also acted in several made-for-TV productions, such as ''Blind gudinne'' (1997) and '' Berlinerpoplene'' (2007). In 2005 Sæther married singer and songwriter Lars Lillo-Stenberg, known from the band deLillos. When the celebrity magazine ''Se og Hør'' published pictures from the ceremony without permission, the two sued the magazine for invasion of privacy. They lost the lawsuit, but Sæther and Lillo-Stenberg have declared their intentions to pursue the case in the European Court of Human Rights in S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ole Sæther
Ole Andreas Sæther (23 January 1870 – 13 October 1946) was a Norwegian rifle shooter Shooting is the act or process of discharging a projectile from a ranged weapon (such as a gun, Bow and arrow, bow, crossbow, slingshot, or Blowgun, blowpipe). Even the acts of launching Flamethrower, flame, artillery, Dart (missile), darts, ha ... who competed in the early 20th century. He won several Olympic medals. References External links * 1870 births 1946 deaths Norwegian male sport shooters ISSF rifle shooters Olympic gold medalists for Norway Olympic silver medalists for Norway Olympic bronze medalists for Norway Olympic shooters for Norway Shooters at the 1900 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 1908 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 1912 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in shooting Medalists at the 1900 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1908 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1912 Summer Olympics People from Steinkjer Sportspeople from Trøndelag 20th-century ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bjarne Berg-Sæther
Bjarne Berg-Sæther (14 April 1919 – 5 August 2009) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. Early life He was born in Tjeldsund as the son of coastal pilot Berg Sæther (1876–1948) and wife Magna Toresen (1881–1952). He was educated in England from 1939 in languages and economics. In 1943 he married Gudrun Jackobsen (1907–1994) and they had one son, Tor Arne Berg—Sæther (1946–2006) and one daughter, Bente Ramsvik (1948-). After the war he was hired in the Ministry of Local Government and Labour, where he was in charge of integrating refugees from Finnmark from 1946 to 1952. Major awards Berg-Sæther participated in the Second World War, and was given the Defence Medal 1940–1945 by King Haakon the 7th The city of Harstad's honor medal (1969) The Norwegian government's county honor medal by Prime Minister Gro H. Brundtland (1989) The King's Service Medal in Gold 2001 by King Harald the 5th. Political career He chaired his Labour Party chapter from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olaf Sæther
Olaf Sæther (7 January 1872 – 1 November 1945) was a Norwegian rifle shooter who competed in the early 20th century. He won the gold medal with the Norwegian 300 metre free rifle team at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, and four years later at the 1912 Summer Olympics The 1912 Summer Olympics ( sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1912), officially known as the Games of the V Olympiad ( sv, Den V olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Stockholm 1912, were an international multi-sport event held in Stockholm, Sweden, be ... in Stockholm he won the silver medal with the free rifle team. References External links * 1872 births 1945 deaths Norwegian male sport shooters ISSF rifle shooters Olympic gold medalists for Norway Olympic silver medalists for Norway Olympic shooters for Norway Shooters at the 1908 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 1912 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in shooting Medalists at the 1908 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1912 Summer Olym ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peder Sather
Peder Sather (September 25, 1810 – December 28, 1886) was a Norwegian-born American banker who is best known for his legacy to the University of California, Berkeley. His widow, Jane K. Sather, donated money in his memory for two of the school's most famous landmarks. Sather Gate and Sather Tower, which is more commonly known as ''The Campanile'', are both California Historical Landmarks which are registered National Register of Historic Places. Biography Peder Pedersen Sæther was born in Odal, a traditional district in the county of Hedmark in eastern Norway, on the farm Nordstun Nedre Sæther (Sør-Odal). His parents were Peder Larsen and Mari Kristoffersdatter. Sæther was a fisherman before emigrating to New York City in about 1832. He entered the banking house of Drexel & Co. in Philadelphia and remained there until 1850. Philadelphia banker Francis Martin Drexel offered to assist Peder Sather and his business partner Edward W. Church in establishing a bank in Sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Svein Ole Sæther
Svein Ole Sæther (born 26 July 1948) is a Norwegian diplomat. He was born in Oslo, and is a cand.polit. by education. He started working for the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1975. He was the Norwegian ambassador to Turkey from 1992 to 1997, and to Israel from 1997 to 2001. After a period as deputy under-secretary of state in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 2001 to 2007, he became the Norwegian ambassador to the People's Republic of China in 2007. Norway's ties to China were severely damaged following the Nobel Peace Prize to Liu Xiaobo Liu Xiaobo (; 28 December 1955 – 13 July 2017) was a Chinese writer, literary critic, human rights activist, philosopher and Nobel Peace Prize laureate who called for political reforms and was involved in campaigns to end communist one-par ..., thus Norway chose not to rotate Sæther to another post, which would have been done after approximately five years. After ties were resumed in December 2016, Sæther was allowed to r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wera Sæther
Wera Sæther (born 19 May 1945) is a Norwegian psychologist, poet, novelist, essayist, writer of books for youth and of documentary books. She made her literary debut in 1974 with the poetry collection ''Barnet og brødet''. Sæther was awarded the Gyldendal's Endowment in 1979 (shared with Cecilie Løveid). She was awarded the Dobloug Prize in 1996. Books *''Barnet og brødet'' – poems (1973) *''Mellom stumheten og ordet'' – documentary (1974) *''Kvinnen, kroppen og angsten'' – (1974) *''Der lidelse blir samfunn'' – prose (1975) *''Barnet, døden og dansen'' – prose (1978) *''Lovet være du, søster Brød'' – documentary (1979) *''Vei'' – novel (1980) *''Hvit sol'' – documentary (1983) *''Comiso, en klage'' – poems (1984) *''Sol over gode og onde'' – prose (1985) *''Afrika, Ordfrika og andre hemmeligheter'' – children's book (1986) *''Kjærlighetssang'' – poems (1986) *''Vi overlever ikke alt'' – docum ... [...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] |
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