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Torkel
Torkel is a Nordic masculine given name that may refer to *Torkel Andreas Trønnes (born 1925), Norwegian automobile advocate *Torkel Franzén (1950–2006), Swedish academic *Torkel Halvorsen Aschehoug (1822–1909), Norwegian philosopher of law, economist and politician *Torkel Klingberg, Swedish neuroscientist *Torkel Knutsson (?–1306), Swedish constable and privy council *Torkel Lende (1849–1909), Norwegian inventor *Torkel Lillefosse (1868–1946), Norwegian botanist *Torkel Opsahl (1931–1993), Norwegian human rights scholar **Torkel Opsahl Academic EPublisher *Torkel Persson (1894–1972), Swedish cross country skier *Torkel Petersson (born 1969), Swedish actor *Torkel Ravndal (1936–2004), Norwegian weightlifter and powerlifter * Torkel S. Wächter, German-Swedish novelist and airline captain *Torkel Weis-Fogh Torkel Weis-Fogh (25 March 1922 – 13 November 1975) was a Danish zoologist and Professor at the University of Cambridge and the University of Copenhagen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torkel Weis-Fogh
Torkel Weis-Fogh (25 March 1922 – 13 November 1975) was a Danish zoologist and Professor at the University of Cambridge and the University of Copenhagen. He is best known for his contributions to the understanding of insect flight, especially the clap and fling mechanism used by very small insects. James Lighthill named this "the Weis-Fogh mechanism of lift generation". Education Weis-Fogh was born in Aarhus and educated at University of Copenhagen. Research and career Weis-Fogh was research assistant to the Danish Nobel Prize–winning physiologist August Krogh, where he studied the flight mechanism of the desert locust. He pioneered studies of insect flight with Krogh in a classic paper of 1951. He then spent a year at the Copenhagen Institute of Neurophysiology. Weis-Fogh then went to the University of Cambridge in England for four years, where he discovered a rubbery protein, resilin, in insect cuticle. He continued working on insect flight. He returned to Copenhagen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torkel Knutsson
Torkel (Tyrgils or Torgils) Knutsson (d. 1306) was Lord High Constable of Sweden, member of the Privy Council of Sweden (''Riksråd''), and virtual ruler of Sweden during the early reign of King Birger Magnusson (1280–1321). Biography Torkel hailed from an old noble family of West Geatish ancestry and was related to the House of Bjelbo (''Folkungaätten''). He was first mentioned in 1282. In documents from 1288, he is mentioned as a knight and a member of the privy council (''Riksråd''). Career Before his death, King Magnus Ladulås (ca. 1240-1290) ordered his kinsman, Torgils Knutsson, the Constable of the Realm, to be the guardian of his son Birger. When King Magnus Ladulås died, Torkel became regent for the underage Birger Magnusson (1280–1321). When Tavastland had been attacked by the Republic of Novgorod, in 1292, Torkel led the Third Swedish Crusade against Novgorod, in 1293 and conquered parts of Karelia, where he founded the stronghold of Vybor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torkel S
Torkel is a Nordic masculine given name that may refer to *Torkel Andreas Trønnes (born 1925), Norwegian automobile advocate *Torkel Franzén (1950–2006), Swedish academic *Torkel Halvorsen Aschehoug (1822–1909), Norwegian philosopher of law, economist and politician *Torkel Klingberg, Swedish neuroscientist *Torkel Knutsson (?–1306), Swedish constable and privy council *Torkel Lende (1849–1909), Norwegian inventor *Torkel Lillefosse (1868–1946), Norwegian botanist *Torkel Opsahl (1931–1993), Norwegian human rights scholar **Torkel Opsahl Academic EPublisher *Torkel Persson (1894–1972), Swedish cross country skier *Torkel Petersson (born 1969), Swedish actor *Torkel Ravndal (1936–2004), Norwegian weightlifter and powerlifter * Torkel S. Wächter, German-Swedish novelist and airline captain *Torkel Weis-Fogh Torkel Weis-Fogh (25 March 1922 – 13 November 1975) was a Danish zoologist and Professor at the University of Cambridge and the University of Copenhagen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torkel Halvorsen Aschehoug
Torkel Halvorsen Aschehoug (27 June 1822 – 20 January 1909) was a prominent Norwegian professor, legal scholar, historian and social economist. He also served as a conservative politician and Member of the Norwegian Parliament. Biography Torkel Halvorsen Aschehoug was born at Idd (now Halden) in Østfold, Norway. He grew up in a professional family in which his father and grandfather were both parish priests. He attended Fredrikshalds lærde skole in Halden. In 1839, he entered Royal Frederick University (now University of Oslo), where he later became a professor. In 1844, Aschehoug graduated with a law degree. He subsequently studied abroad with stops including England and Sweden. In 1852, Aschehoug began an over fifty-year career at the University of Oslo. He was Professor of Jurisprudence, National Economics and Statistics at the Faculty of Law (1862–1889), and also served as the Dean of the Faculty of Law and the elected Chairman of the Collegium Academicum (the gove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torkel Klingberg
Torkel Klingberg is a professor of cognitive neuroscience at the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, Sweden. He is the author of two books in Swedish, translated into English by Neil Betteridge, namely ''The Overflowing Brain: Information Overload and the Limits of Working Memory'' and ''The Learning Brain: Memory and Brain Development in Children.'' His research testing the hypothesis that playing memory games such as N-back also improves broader skills is controversial. He was one of the founders of Cogmed Cogmed is a cognitive training software program created in the lab of Torkel Klingberg, a neuroscientist at the Karolinska Institute. Dr. Klingberg was using it to present working memory challenges to people while he studied their brains using f ..., but has currently no financial relationships with the company. He is executive director of Cognition Matters, a project that provides free digital cognitive training tools for children worldwide. References Year of birt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torkel Petersson
Ola ''Torkel'' Petersson (born 19 August 1969 in Lund, Sweden) is a Swedish actor and comedian. Selected filmography *1999: ''Zero Tolerance'' (Swedish title: ''Noll tolerans'') *2000: '' Jalla! Jalla!'' *2002: '' Old Men in New Cars'' (Danish title: ''Gamle mænd i nye biler'') *2003: '' Kopps'' *2006: '' Offside'' *2008: '' Patrik, Age 1.5'' *2009: '' Nasty Old People'' *2010: '' Balls'' *2014: ''Jönssonligan – Den perfekta stöten'' (Reboot of ''Jönssonligan ''Jönssonligan'', literally the ''Jönsson Gang'', is a Swedish comedy film series, originally based on the Danish series of films about the Olsen-banden, but later with unique scripts. The Jönsson gang consists of the leader and criminal geniu ...'') *2015: '' Eternal Summer'' *2018: ''Halvdan Viking'' References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Petersson, Torkel 1969 births Swedish male actors Living people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torkel Lillefosse
Torkel Knutsen Lillefosse (5 July 1868 – 9 January 1946) was a Norwegian botanist. He was born at Strandebarm in Hordaland, Norway. After working as a wood carver and gardener, he turned to botany. From 1921 he received an annual state grant for his research. He only researched the flora of Western Norway, and his collection of plants from Hordaland and Sogn og Fjordane Sogn og Fjordane (; English: "Sogn and Fjordane") was, up to 1 January 2020, a county in western Norway, when it was merged to become part of Vestland county. Bordering previous counties Møre og Romsdal, Oppland, Buskerud, and Hordaland, the cou ... was and is unique. References 1868 births 1946 deaths 20th-century Norwegian botanists People from Hordaland 19th-century Norwegian botanists {{botanist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torkel Persson
Torkel Persson (June 21, 1894, UndersÃ¥ker, Jämtland – August 6, 1972) was a Swedish cross-country skier from Offerdal in Jämtland who competed in the 1924 Winter Olympics The 1924 Winter Olympics, officially known as the I Olympic Winter Games (french: Iers Jeux olympiques d'hiver) and commonly known as Chamonix 1924 ( frp, Chamôni 1924), were a winter multi-sport event which was held in 1924 in Chamonix, Franc .... In 1924 he finished fifth in the 50 kilometre event as well as ninth in the 18 km competition. Cross-country skiing results Olympic Games External links Cross-country skiing 1924Torkel Persson in a ski competition in Östersund, Sweden [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torkel Andreas Trønnes
Torkel Andreas Trønnes (17 March 1925 - 4 October 2011) was a Norwegian automobile advocate. In his younger days he was a rally driver, among others participating in the three times. He spent thirty years of his professional career as a technical director in Kongelig Norsk Automobilklub. He also wrote in their member magazine ''Motorliv''. He later worked two decades in the men's magazine ''Vi Menn''. He also became known for an attempt to petition politicians, in the campaign "''Nei til høyere Bensinpriser''" ('No to Higher Gas Prices'). The petition was signed by 370,000. He was also involved in the Norwegian Motor Trade Association and Trygg Trafikk. He resides in Koppang is a village in Stor-Elvdal Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The village is located along the river Glomma in the Østerdalen valley. The Rørosbanen railway and the Norwegian National Road 3 both run through the village. The railway s .... References 1925 births 2011 deaths Norweg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torkel Lende
Torkel Jonson Lende (17 November 1849 – 11 January 1909) was a Norwegian inventor. Biography In his young days he was a schoolmate of Arne Garborg. Like Garborg he took up teacher's studies, but he quit early to become an inventor. In 1873 Lende went on a tour of the Måløy area together with Sven Aarrestad; they were hired by Vestmannalaget to spread Landsmål culture. Inventions He first made inventions for small-scale home industry, but was soon picked up by the large-scale industry in Stavanger. Among his inventions there was a device to cut European sprat The European sprat (''Sprattus sprattus''), also known as bristling, brisling, garvie, garvock, Russian sardine, russlet, skipper or whitebait, is a species of small marine fish in the herring family Clupeidae. Found in European waters, it has si ... for the tinned food industry in the city. References 1849 births 1909 deaths Norwegian inventors People from Rogaland {{Norway-engineer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torkel Opsahl
Torkel Opsahl (17 March 1931 in Stavanger — 16 September 1993 in Geneva) was a Norwegian human rights scholar, professor of the University of Oslo since 1965 and head of the board of its Human Rights Institute since 1987. From 1970 to 1984, he was a member of the European Commission of Human Rights. Between 1977 and 1986, he was a member of the UN Human Rights Committee. In 1992-1993 he chaired an independent commission exploring ways forward for Northern Ireland, out of which came the influential book 'A Citizens' Inquiry: the Opsahl Report on Northern Ireland'. Opsahl died from a heart attack at his office in Geneva on 16 September 1993. At the time of his death, he was chairing the UN commission on war crimes in the former Yugoslavia. External linksBiographyUniversity of OsloObituaryThe New York TimesGenealogy See also ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torkel Opsahl Academic EPublisher
The Torkel Opsahl Academic EPublisher (TOAEP) is an academic publisher specializing in international law and policy. Established in 2010, it is named after Torkel Opsahl, TOAEP grew out of the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) as a research project. It is owned by the Centre for International Law Research and Policy (CILRAP), an independent international research centre in Brussels, Belgium, but it has editorial independence. The TOAEP was the first academic e-publisher in international law, publishing both in print and freely online. It has five publication series in international criminal and humanitarian law International humanitarian law (IHL), also referred to as the laws of armed conflict, is the law that regulates the conduct of war (''jus in bello''). It is a branch of international law that seeks to limit the effects of armed conflict by prot ..., and other areas of international law, which are all available online and may be downloaded free of charge. Its publ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
