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Torhild
Torhild, also written Thorhild, Thorild Torild, is a Norwegian feminine given name. Notable persons with that name include: * Torhild Aarbergsbotten (born 1969), Norwegian politician *Torhild Johnsen (born 1934), Norwegian politician * Thorild Olsson (1886–1934), Swedish runner *Torild Skard (born 1936), Norwegian psychologist *Torild Skogsholm (born 1959), Norwegian politician * Torhild Staahlen (born 1947), Norwegian opera singer *Torild Wardenær (born 1951), Norwegian poet and playwright * Thorild Wulff (1877–1917), Swedish botanist and polar explorer See also * Tor (given name) * Hild (other) *Torill Torill, also written Toril and Thorill, is a Norwegian feminine given name. It may refer to: * Toril Brekke (born 1949), Norwegian novelist and author * Torill Eide (born 1950), Norwegian children's writer * Torill Eidsheim (born 1970), Norwegian p ..., a related name {{given name Norwegian feminine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torhild Staahlen
Torhild Staahlen (25 September 1947 – 17 December 2021) was a Norwegian operatic mezzo-soprano who was employed at Norwegian National Opera from 1967 to 1969 and from 1971 to 2000. She had her solo debut as Suzuki in ''Madam Butterfly'' with The Norwegian National Opera in Oslo in 1971. Staahlen was born in Skien Norway on 25 September 1947. She studied at Oslo Conservatory of Music and graduated from the Norwegian College of Opera in Oslo in 1971. She was a pupil of Audrey Langford in London. She also studied with famous opera singers, including Astrid Varnay, Ingrid Bjoner and Aase Nordmo Løvberg. She sang in more than sixty roles, including the title role in ''Carmen'' in three productions, Octavian in Der Rosenkavalier, Azucena in '' Il trovatore'', Amneris in '' Aida'' and Ulrica in ''Un ballo in maschera''. Staahlen sang in Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Scotland, England and the United States, and performed many oratorios and concerts. She also sang on radio and te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torhild Aarbergsbotten
Torhild Aarbergsbotten (born 6 December 1969) is a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party. She served as a deputy representative to the Parliament of Norway from Sør-Trøndelag during the terms 2009–2013 and 2013–2017. She hails from Sande, Sogn og Fjordane, but resides in Ørland and has been a member of Ørland municipal council and Sør-Trøndelag county council A county council is the elected administrative body governing an area known as a county. This term has slightly different meanings in different countries. Ireland The county councils created under British rule in 1899 continue to exist in Irel .... References 1969 births Living people People from Gaular People from Ørland Deputy members of the Storting Conservative Party (Norway) politicians Sør-Trøndelag politicians Women members of the Storting 21st-century Norwegian politicians 21st-century Norwegian women politicians {{Norway-politician-1960s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torhild Johnsen
Torhild Johnsen (born 14 August 1934) is a Norwegian politician for the Christian Democratic Party. She served as a deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament from Østfold during the term 1981–1985. On the local level Johnsen was the mayor of Halden Halden (), between 1665 and 1928 known as Fredrikshald, is both a town and a municipality in Viken county, Norway. The municipality borders Sarpsborg to the northwest, Rakkestad to the north and Aremark to the east, as well as the Swedish muni ... municipality from 2001 to 2003. References * 1934 births Living people Deputy members of the Storting Christian Democratic Party (Norway) politicians Mayors of places in Østfold Women mayors of places in Norway 20th-century Norwegian women politicians 20th-century Norwegian politicians Women members of the Storting {{Norway-politician-1930s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torill
Torill, also written Toril and Thorill, is a Norwegian feminine given name. It may refer to: * Toril Brekke (born 1949), Norwegian novelist and author * Torill Eide (born 1950), Norwegian children's writer * Torill Eidsheim (born 1970), Norwegian politician * Torill Fjeldstad (born 1958), Norwegian alpine skier * Torill Fonn (born 1967), Swedish ultramarathon runner * Toril Førland (born 1954), Norwegian alpine skier * Thorill Gylder (born 1958), Norwegian racewalker * Toril Hallan, Norwegian ski-orienteering competitor * Toril Hetland Akerhaugen (born 1982), Norwegian footballer * Torhild Johnsen (born 1934), Norwegian politician * Torill Kove (born 1958), Norwegian-born Canadian film director and animator * Toril Marie Øie (born 1960), Norwegian judge * Toril Moi (born 1953), American literature academic * Torill Selsvold Nyborg (born 1952), Norwegian nurse, missionary and politician * Torill Thorstad Hauger (1943–2014), Norwegian non-fiction writer and illustrator See also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torild Skogsholm
Torhild Skogsholm (born 18 October 1959, in Bodø) is a Norwegian politician (Liberal Party). in Store norske leksikon She was Minister of Transport and Communications from 2001 to 2005. She is now the director of the Oslo tram company . Skogsholm graduated in economics (Cand.Oecon.) at the University of Oslo
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Thorild Olsson
Thorild Olsson (26 November 1886 – 19 March 1934) was a Swedish runner who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm. He helped the Swedes win Silver in the men's 3000 m teams race. Each team consisted of 5 runners starting simultaneously but only the placings of the first 3 in each team counted. The final consisted of teams from USA, Sweden and Great Britain. USA won the event with places 1, 3 and 5 while the Swedes with Thorild Olsson 2nd, Ernst Wide 4th and Bror Fock 7th took silver. Olsson's time of 8:44.6 would have been a world record before the 1912 games. (Translated from Swedish by his grandson who has seen photo's of him finishing second.) References 1886 births 1934 deaths Swedish male long-distance runners Olympic athletes of Sweden Athletes (track and field) at the 1912 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Sweden Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field) Medalists at the 1912 Summer Olympics Athletes from Gothenburg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torild Skard
Torild Skard (born 29 November 1936) is a Norwegian psychologist, politician for the Socialist Left Party, a former Deputy Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and a former Chairman of UNICEF. She served as a Member of Parliament for Akershus, President of its Upper Chamber and Deputy Chair of the Standing Committee on Justice from 1973 to 1977. She served as Director for Questions relating to the Status of Women of UNESCO 1984–1986 and Regional Director for West and Central Africa at UNICEF 1994–1998. She was Chairman of the international UNICEF Executive Board 1988–1989. She has also served as Director-General for Development Cooperation, Deputy Permanent Secretary responsible for development cooperation and Special Adviser in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and has been a Senior Researcher at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs. Skard has been described as "an icon of Norwegian feminism." She was president of the Norwegian Association fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torild Wardenær
Torild Wardenær (born 30 November 1951) is a Norwegian poet and playwright. She hails from Stavanger. She made her literary debut 1994 with the poetry collection ''I pionértiden'', which earned her Aschehoug's debutant prize. She received the Halldis Moren Vesaas Prize in 1998. She was awarded the Mads Wiel Nygaards Endowment and Herman Wildenvey Poetry Award in 1997. Among her later collections are ''Paradiseffekten'' (2004) and ''PSI'' (2007). External links Official website: * http://torildwardenaer.no References 1951 births Living people 20th-century Norwegian poets Norwegian dramatists and playwrights People from Stavanger Norwegian women poets Norwegian women dramatists and playwrights 21st-century Norwegian poets 20th-century Norwegian women writers 21st-century Norwegian women writers {{norway-writer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thorild Wulff
Thorild Wulff (born 1 April 1877 in Gothenburg; died late August or early September 1917 in Northwest Greenland) was a Swedish botanist and polar explorer. Career He obtained his doctorate degree from Lund University in 1902 based on observation he had made during a Swedish-Russian geodesy expedition to Svalbard. Contains four parts: I. Über die Transpiration der arktischen Gewächse; II. Über das Auftreten von Antocyan bei den arktischen Gewächsen; III. Der Polygonboden ( Kjellman's "Rutmark"); IV. Floristische Notizen Wulff was research assistant in horticulture ("Centralanstalten för försöksväsendet på jordbruksområdet") 1905–09, docent of botany at Stockholm University College 1909–13. In 1911 he travelled to Iceland with his friend the author Albert Engström who gave an account of the journey ("Åt Häcklefjäll" 1913). He participated in the Second Thule Expedition led by Knud Rasmussen from Thule to Cape Bridgman in the northeastern corner of Peary Land. On th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tor (given Name)
Tor (Þor) is a Nordic masculine given name derived from the name of the Norse god Thor. It may refer to * Tor Ahlsand (born 1931), Norwegian Olympic rower * Tor Albert Ersdal (born 1972), Norwegian Olympic rower * Tor Arneberg (1928–2015), Norwegian Olympic sailor *Tor Arne Andreassen (born 1983), Norwegian association football player * Tor Burman (1921–1995), Swedish Olympic equestrian * Tor Egil Horn (born 1976), Norwegian football goalkeeper *Tor Egil Kreken (born 1977), Norwegian musician *Tor Endresen (born 1959), Norwegian singer * Tor Røste Fossen (1940–2017), Norwegian football coach * Tor Graves (born 1972), Thai racing driver * Tor Gundersen (1935–2012), Norwegian Olympic ice hockey player * Tor Gustafsson Brookes (born 1997 or 1998), Australian far-right streamer * Tor Håkon Holte (born 1958), Norwegian Olympic cross-country skier * Tor Halvorsen (1930–1987), Norwegian politician *Tor Heiestad (born 1962), Norwegian Olympic shooter * Tor Helge Eikeland (bor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hild (other)
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Hild or Hildr may refer to: * Hildr or Hild is one of the Valkyries in Norse mythology, a personification of battle * Hild or Hilda of Whitby is a Christian saint who was a British abbess and nun in the Middle Ages * Hild (Oh My Goddess!), the ultimate Demon in Hell known as the ''Daimakaichō'' in the ''Oh My Goddess!'' series * ''Hild'' (novel), a 2013 novel about Hilda of Whitby by Nicola Griffith See also * Hilda * Hilde (other) * Hildegard (other) * Hildreth (other) * Brynhildr * Brunhilda of Austrasia (543–613) * Gunhilda (born 10th century), * Hildebrand Hildebrand is a character from Germanic heroic legend. ''Hildebrand'' is the modern German form of the name: in Old High German it is ''Hiltibrant'' and in Old Norse ''Hildibrandr''. The word ''hild'' means "battle" and ''brand'' means "sword". ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
