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Tormod
Tormod is a masculine Norwegian Coleman; Veka (2010) p. 48. and Scottish Gaelic given name. The Norwegian name is derived from the Old Norse personal name '. This name is composed of two elements: ', the name of the Norse god of thunder; and ', meaning "mind", "courage". The Gaelic name is derived from the Old Norse personal names ' and '. A variant of the Norwegian name is '. An Anglicised form of the Scottish Gaelic name is ''Norman''. Hanks; Coates; McClure (2016) p. 1963; Hanks; Hardcastle (2006) p. 207. The Irish surname Tormey or Tarmey translate into English as "descendant of ''Tormach''". The name ''Tormach'' is a Gaelic derivative of the Old Norse personal name ''Þórmóðr''. Tormey or Tarmey are the anglicised versions of ''Ó Tormaigh'' or ''Ó Tormadha.'' People with the given name *Tormod Andreassen, Norwegian curler * Tormod Kark, slave and friend of Håkon Sigurdsson *Tormod Kristoffer Hustad (1889–1973), Norwegian councillor of state and minister *Tormod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tormod MacLeod
Tormod MacLeod, sometimes referred to as Norman MacLeod, (Scottish Gaelic: Tormod MacLeòid, and Tormod mac Leòd) ('' fl.'' late 13th century) was a west Highland lord, and son of Leod, the traditional founder and eponymous ancestor of Clan MacLeod. Little is known about Tormod; like his father Leod, he does not appear in any contemporary records. His name is remembered today in the Scottish Gaelic name ''Sìol Thormoid'' ("seed of Tormod"), used by a branch of his descendants, the MacLeods of Dunvegan, who are chiefs of Clan MacLeod. Biography Tormod was a son of Leod, the traditional founder and eponymous ancestor of Clan MacLeod. Tormod, just Like his father, does not appear in any contemporary records. The earliest contemporary record to a MacLeod chief dates to the generation after Tormod, during the reign of David II (r. 1329–1371). The ''Bannatyne manuscript'' is a traditional history of Clan MacLeod, dating from the early 19th century. It is the main authority for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tormod Bjørkhaug Jakobsen
Tormod is a masculine Norwegian Coleman; Veka (2010) p. 48. and Scottish Gaelic given name. The Norwegian name is derived from the Old Norse personal name '. This name is composed of two elements: ', the name of the Norse god of thunder; and ', meaning "mind", "courage". The Gaelic name is derived from the Old Norse personal names ' and '. A variant of the Norwegian name is '. An Anglicised form of the Scottish Gaelic name is ''Norman''. Hanks; Coates; McClure (2016) p. 1963; Hanks; Hardcastle (2006) p. 207. The Irish surname Tormey or Tarmey translate into English as "descendant of ''Tormach''". The name ''Tormach'' is a Gaelic derivative of the Old Norse personal name ''Þórmóðr''. Tormey or Tarmey are the anglicised versions of ''Ó Tormaigh'' or ''Ó Tormadha.'' People with the given name *Tormod Andreassen, Norwegian curler *Tormod Kark, slave and friend of Håkon Sigurdsson *Tormod Kristoffer Hustad (1889–1973), Norwegian councillor of state and minister *Tormod Granh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tormod Knutsen
Tormod Kåre Knutsen (7 January 1932 – 23 February 2021) was a Norwegian Nordic combined skier, who won the Nordic combined event at the 1964 Winter Olympics, and came second at the 1960 Winter Olympics. He won four national championships, and in 1960, he received the Norwegian Holmenkollen Medal. Sports career Knutsen started as a ski jumper, winning the national junior titles in 1949 and 1951. He failed to qualify for the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, after which he considered taking up Nordic combined skiing. Whilst completing military service, he met Nordic combined skiers Gunder Gundersen and Sverre Stenersen, who encouraged him to take up the event. Knutsen won a bronze medal in the Nordic combined event at the 1955 national championships. He was selected for the 1956 Winter Olympics as a substitute, and was included to the main team two days before the event due to an injury of Gunder Gundersen; Knutsen placed sixth. He was the third best placed Norwegian in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tormod Haugen
Tormod Haugen (12 May 1945 – 18 October 2008) was a Norwegian writer of children's books and translator. For his "lasting contribution to children's literature" he received the international Hans Christian Andersen Medal in 1990. Biography Tormod Haugen grew up in Nybergsund, a small village in Trysil in Hedmark county, Norway. After school graduation at the Hamar Cathedral School in 1965, he attended the University of Oslo. He worked at the Munch Museum from 1971 to 1973. He made his debut as a writer in 1973 with ''Ikke som i fjor'' (Not like last year). After his debut he wrote a number of children and young people books, and he became one of the more acclaimed writers of children's literature in Scandinavia. He was an experimental and innovative writer who picked up elements from Norwegian folk tales and myths as well as from international children's literary traditions. A recurring theme in his writing was the lonely child whose feelings and wishes are disregarded by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tormod Skagestad
Tormod Skagestad (9 August 1920 – 4 January 1997) was a Norwegian poet, novelist, playwright, actor and theatre director. Biography Tormod Skagestad was born in Krødsherad, Buskerud county, Norway. Skagestad grew up in a rich cultural environment. His father was a teacher and sexton of the village, his mother was the organist. After his final exams (1942) and he earned a master's degree in drama at the University of Wisconsin (1946–48). After a period at Radioteatret (1949–1953), Skagestad worked as an instructor at Det Norske Teatret (1953–1961), served as theatre director from 1961 to 1975, and again from 1976 to 1979. He was chairman of the Norwegian Association of Theatre Manager (''Norsk Teaterlederforening'') for several periods and president of the Association of Norwegian Theatres (''De Norske Teatres forening''). He was married to painter and artist Karin Skagestad. He was the father of actors Tove Skagestad and Bjørn Skagestad. Awards *Critics Theatre Priz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tormod Granheim
Tormod Granheim (born September 17, 1974, in Trondheim, Norway) is a Norwegian adventurer and motivational speaker involved in expeditions and extreme skiing. On May 16, 2006, he made the first ski descent of Mount Everest's North Face by the Norton Couloir. Skiing Mount Everest Tormod Granheim, his Swedish partner Tomas Olsson and photographer Fredrik Schenholm approached Everest from the Tibetan side in Spring 2006. Granheim climbed the mountain from Advanced Base Camp (6400 meters above sea level) to the summit (8848 m) in a continuous 24‑hour effort, meeting Olsson en route, who spent two days covering the same ground. The route they followed, known as the Mallory route normally takes climbers five days to complete. The pair then skied into the North Face by the Norton Couloir, a 55 degree steep and nearly 3000 meter high mountain face. Near the top Olsson's ski broke, adding extra tension to the already complex task. A cliff intersecting the couloir force ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tormod Kark
Tormod Kark (Old Norse: ; Modern Icelandic: ) was a slave in Viking Era Norway. He appears in the saga ''Óláfs saga Tryggvasonar''. Biography His life was closely tied to Haakon Sigurdsson (c. 937 – 995). In 995, a quarrel broke out between Haakon and Olaf Tryggvason (ca 960 –1000) just as Olaf had arrived back in Norway. Hoping for a reward, Tormod Kark killed Haakon and brought his head to Olaf who would become king of Norway. The murder happened at Rimul in Melhus. However, as a punishment for betraying his lord, Kark was himself decapitated, and his head reputedly sat on a stake in Munkholmen alongside Haakon's head. The events are described in the ''Saga of King Olaf Tryggvason''. See also * Jarlshola * Rimul Rimul or Romol is a farm in the municipality of Melhus in Trøndelag county, Norway. The farm lies near the western part of the village of Melhus. It was the scene of the murder of Håkon Sigurdsson (also known as ''Hákon Sigurðsson'' or Háko ... Refe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tormod Petter Svennevig
Tormod Petter Svennevig (24 May 1929 – 24 November 2016) was a Norwegian diplomat and politician for the Centre Party. He was born in Eide, Grimstad, and took his Master of Arts degree in political science at the New School for Social Research in New York. He started working for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1955, and was stationed at the embassy in SFR Yugoslavia from 1956 to 1958, Soviet Union from 1960 to 1963, the United Nations delegation from 1966 to 1968 and in the Soviet Union again from 1971 to 1972. In between he was stationed in Norway. From 1972 to 1973 he was a member of Korvald's Cabinet as a State Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He represented the Centre Party and was also a member of Bærum municipal council and Akershus county council. He has thus been one of the very few diplomats to hold an elected office in local politics in Norway. Svennevig was a member of the Defence Commission from 1974 to 1978. He was then the Norwegian ambassador to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tormod Kristoffer Hustad
Tormod Kristoffer Hustad (15 February 1889 – 19 August 1973) was the Norwegian minister of agriculture in the 1940 pro-Nazi puppet government of Vidkun Quisling, provisional councilor of state for agriculture in the government appointed by Reichskommissar Josef Terboven in 1940, and minister of labour in the NS government 1942–1944. He was replaced by Hans Skarphagen Hans Skarphagen (8 September 1888 – 10 February 1971) was a Norwegian engineer and NS politician. He was a professor at the Norwegian Institute of Technology. In 1944 he replaced Tormod Hustad as minister of labour in the NS government. I ... in 1944. In the post-war legal purges he was convicted of treason and sentenced to life imprisonment and forced labour. References 1889 births 1973 deaths Ministers of Agriculture and Food of Norway Members of Nasjonal Samling People convicted of treason for Nazi Germany against Norway Prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment by Norway Norwegian prisoner ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tormod MacGill-Eain
Norman Hector Mackinnon Maclean (Scottish Gaelic: Tormod MacGill-Eain; 26 December 1936 – 31 August 2017) was a Scottish Gaelic comedian, novelist, poet, musician and broadcaster. He is the only person to have won both Bardic Crown and Gold Medal at the same Royal National Mòd. His struggles with alcoholism are documented in his autobiography, ''The Leper's Bell: Autobiography of a Changeling''. Early life Maclean was born in Glasgow on 26 December 1936 to Niall and Peigi MacLean. but was evacuated to Lochaber in 1940 where he was brought up by Gaelic-speaking relatives. He spent a part of his childhood in South Uist and Benbecula. He then went to Glasgow where he attended Bellahouston Academy. His father died suddenly when Maclean was 15. Career Maclean (MacGill-Eain) attended Glasgow University. He trained to become a teacher but also started to perform songs and piping. In the early 1970s he expanded his repertoire by spending more time on jokes between songs and becam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tormod Andreassen
Tormod Andreassen (born 29 March 1951) is a Norwegian curler and curling coach. Andreassen has skipped Norway at 3 World Championships (1986, 1993 and 1994), finishing sixth place each time. He skipped Norway the 1992 Winter Olympics when curling was a demonstration sport. Norway won the silver medal, losing to Switzerland (skipped by Urs Dick) in the final. Andreassen has also played in four European Curling Championships (, , , ), winning the bronze in 1986 and 1998. In , , and , Andreassens skipped the national seniors team at the World Senior Curling Championships The World Senior Curling Championships is an annual curling tournament featuring curlers from around the world who are at least 50 years old. Matches at the World Senior Championships are played in 8 ends played instead of the 10 played in most in .... Andreassen represented Norway at the inaugural 2008 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship, partnered with his daughter Linn Githmark. References Externa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tormod Mobraaten
Tormod Knutsen "Tom" Mobraaten (19 February 1910 – 10 June 1991) was a Canadian skier, born in Kongsberg, Norway. He competed in ski jumping, cross-country skiing, and Nordic combined. He participated at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, and at the 1948 Winter Olympics The 1948 Winter Olympics, officially known as the V Olympic Winter Games (german: V. Olympische Winterspiele; french: Ves Jeux olympiques d'hiver; it, V Giochi olimpici invernali; rm, V Gieus olimpics d'enviern) and commonly known as St. Moritz ... in St. Moritz. References 1910 births 1991 deaths People from Kongsberg Norwegian emigrants to Canada Canadian male ski jumpers Canadian male cross-country skiers Canadian male Nordic combined skiers Olympic ski jumpers of Canada Olympic cross-country skiers of Canada Olympic Nordic combined skiers of Canada Ski jumpers at the 1936 Winter Olympics Cross-country skiers at the 1936 Winter Olympics Nordic combined skiers at the 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
