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Vagn
Vagn () is an Old Norse masculine forename, meaning 'vehicle; wagon, wain'. It was the name of a famous 10th-century Jomsviking, Vagn Åkesson. The Old Norse was revived in modern Scandinavia, the first modern bearer of the name on record being Vagn Ekman (1874-1954), a Swedish oceanographer. The name became popular in Denmark during the 1920s and 1930s.Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Den store navnebog (2004) Other people called Vagn include: *Vagn Bennike (1888–1970), Danish resistance fighter during World War II *Vagn Holmboe (1909–1996), Danish composer. * Vagn Hovard (1914–1998), Danish field hockey player * Vagn Jørgensen ( fl. 1930s), Danish sprint canoeist * Vagn F. Flyger (1922–2006), Danish-American wildlife biologist *Vagn Schmidt (born 1935), Danish sprint canoeist *Vagn Nielsen (born 1943), Danish handball player Related terms * Vaghn, Vaughn (other), Vaughan Vaughan () (2021 population 323,103) is a city in Ontario, Canada. It is loca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vagn Holmboe
Vagn Gylding Holmboe (, 20 December 1909 – 1 September 1996) was a Danish composer and teacher. Life Vagn Holmboe was born in Horsens, Jutland, into a merchant family of dedicated amateur musicians. Both parents played the piano. His father earned his living as a maker of colours and lacquers at Horsens . The Danish journalist Knud Holmboe was his elder brother. From the age of 14 Vagn Holmboe took violin lessons. In 1926, at the age of 16, he began formal music training at the Royal Danish Academy of Music in Copenhagen on the recommendation of Carl Nielsen. He studied under Knud Jeppesen (theory) and Finn Høffding (composition). After finishing his studies in 1929 he moved to Berlin where for a short period Ernst Toch became his teacher . During his time in the German capital he met the Romanian-born pianist and visual artist Meta May Graf (1910–2003) from Sibiu/Hermannstadt. She had studied at the Musikhochschule Berlin since 1929, with Paul Hindemith as one of h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vagn Åkesson
Vagn Åkesson was a Norseman of the late 10th century, mentioned in the ''Jómsvíkinga saga''. At the age of 12, Vagn, a warrior, applied for admission to the mercenary brotherhood of the Jomsvikings. According to the ''Jómsvíkinga saga'', Vagn was the son of Aki, a son of the Jomsviking chieftain Palnatoke. Intrigued by the courage displayed by Vagn, his grandfather Palnatoke allowed him (after first attempting to dissuade him) to prove his worth with a duel against Sigvaldi Strut-Haraldsson, whom Vagn defeated. He was admitted to the order despite the Jomsviking rule that no man under the age of 18 be allowed to join. Palnatoke adopted Vagn, who is described as one of the most fearless of the Jomsvikings, as a sort of protégé. Vagn's courage stand in sharp contrast to the pragmatism (some would say cowardice) displayed by Sigvaldi. After Palnatoke's death, Sigvaldi became leader of the order. At the Battle of Hjörungavágr, he ordered a retreat, an order which Vagn angrily ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vagn F
Vagn () is an Old Norse masculine forename, meaning 'vehicle; wagon, wain'. It was the name of a famous 10th-century Jomsviking, Vagn Åkesson. The Old Norse was revived in modern Scandinavia, the first modern bearer of the name on record being Vagn Ekman (1874-1954), a Swedish oceanographer. The name became popular in Denmark during the 1920s and 1930s.Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Den store navnebog (2004) Other people called Vagn include: *Vagn Bennike (1888–1970), Danish resistance fighter during World War II *Vagn Holmboe (1909–1996), Danish composer. * Vagn Hovard (1914–1998), Danish field hockey player * Vagn Jørgensen ( fl. 1930s), Danish sprint canoeist * Vagn F. Flyger (1922–2006), Danish-American wildlife biologist *Vagn Schmidt (born 1935), Danish sprint canoeist *Vagn Nielsen (born 1943), Danish handball player Related terms * Vaghn, Vaughn (other), Vaughan Vaughan () (2021 population 323,103) is a city in Ontario, Canada. It is loca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vagn Bennike
Vagn Bennike (6 January 1888 – 30 November 1970) was a Danish army engineer and demolitions expert. During the occupation of Denmark during World War II he worked in the Danish resistance movement in Jutland, where he was attached to the army's illegal tasks unit. In the summer of 1944 he took charge of resistance operations in Jutland, and was at times criticized by other resistance groups for the priority in operations he gave to his loyalty to the army. On 28 April 1945, with the liberation of Denmark, he was promoted to Major General, and spent the next 8 years as Inspector General of Engineers. He was subsequently appointed in 1953 to succeed William E.Riley as the UN overseer in charge of monitoring the truce lines between Israel and her Arab neighbours, becoming Chief of Staff of UNTSO, the United Nations Truce Supervision Organization, a post in which he served for the period between June 1953 and August 1954. One of his first decisions, in September 1953, was to overru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vagn Hovard
Vagn Eichner Hovard (14 July 1914 – 6 September 1998) was a Danish field hockey player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics and in the 1948 Summer Olympics. He was born in Frederiksberg Frederiksberg () is a part of the Capital Region of Denmark. It is formally an independent municipality, Frederiksberg Municipality, separate from Copenhagen Municipality, but both are a part of the City of Copenhagen. It occupies an area of .... In 1936 he was a member of the Danish team which was eliminated in the group stage of the Olympic tournament. He played one match as halfback. Twelve years later he was eliminated with the Danish team in the first round of the 1948 Olympic tournament. He played one match as halfback. External links * Vagn Hovard's profile at Sports Reference.com 1914 births 1998 deaths Danish male field hockey players Olympic field hockey players of Denmark Field hockey players at the 1936 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 1948 Summer Ol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vagn Schmidt
Arthur Vagn Schmidt (born January 15, 1935) is a Danish sprint canoeist who competed in the late 1950s and early 1960s. He won a bronze medal in the K-1 10000 m event at the 1958 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Prague. Schmidt also finished fifth in the K-2 1000 m event at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome , established_title = Founded , established_date = 753 BC , founder = King Romulus (legendary) , image_map = Map of comune of Rome (metropolitan city of Capital Rome, region Lazio, Italy).svg , map_caption .... References * *Sports-reference.com profile 1935 births Canoeists at the 1960 Summer Olympics Danish male canoeists Living people Olympic canoeists of Denmark ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak {{Denmark-canoe-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vagn Jørgensen
Vagn Jørgensen was a Danish sprint canoeist who competed in the late 1930s. He won a bronze in the K-2 1000 m event at the 1938 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Vaxholm Vaxholm is a locality and the seat of Vaxholm Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden. It is located on the island of in the Stockholm archipelago. The name Vaxholm comes from Vaxholm Castle, which was constructed in 1549 on an islet with this nam .... References * * Danish male canoeists Year of birth missing Possibly living people ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak {{Denmark-canoe-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vagn Nielsen
Vagn Harris Nielsen (born 28 November 1943) is a former Danish handball player who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics. He played club handball with Bolbro GF. In 1972 he was part of the Denmark men's national handball team The Denmark men's national handball team ( da, Danmarks håndboldlandshold, Denmark's national handball team) is controlled by the Danish Handball Association and represents Denmark in international matches. They are the ... which finished thirteenth in the Olympic tournament. He played three matches. ReferencesOL-deltagere fra odenseanske idrætsklubber 1943 births Living people [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jomsviking
The Jomsvikings were purportedly a legendary order of Viking mercenaries or conquerors of the 10th and 11th centuries. Though reputed to be staunchly dedicated to the worship of the Old Norse gods, they would allegedly fight for any lord who could pay their substantial fees, even if they may be Christian. The institution of the Jomsvikings would itself foreshadow those of the later religious and chivalric orders of the Middle Ages. The legend of the Jomsvikings appears in some of the Icelandic sagas from the 12th and 13th centuries. According to the sagas (particularly the ''Jómsvíkinga saga'', ''King Olaf Tryggvasson’s Saga'', and stories found in the Flatey Book), their stronghold of Jomsborg was located on the southern shore of the Baltic Sea, but its exact location has been disputed by modern historians and archeologists. Jomsborg is also thought by some researchers to be identical with Jumne, Julin and Vineta, which are mentioned in both Danish and German records from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vaughn (other)
Vaughn may refer to: Places in the United States *Vaughn, California, former name of Bodfish, California *Vaughn, Montana * Vaughn, New Mexico * Vaughn, Oregon * Vaughn, Pennsylvania * Vaughn, Virginia * Vaughn, Washington Name *Vaughn (surname), list of notable people with the surname *Vaughn Bodē (1941–1975), underground comics writer *Vaughn Duggins (born 1987), American basketball player * Vaughn Flora (1945-2022), American politician *Vaughn Meader (1936–2004), American comedian and impressionist *Vaughn Monroe (1911–1973), American singer *Vaughn Taylor (1910-1983), American movie and TV actor *Vaughn Taylor (born 1976), American golf-player *Vaughn van Jaarsveld (born 1985), South African cricketer *Vaughn Walker (born 1944), federal judge Other *Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology, New York *Vaughn (band), hard rock band *Vaughn Hockey, sports equipment maker See also *Vaughan (other) **Vaughan (surname) **Vaughan (given name) * Justice Vaughn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wagn (name)
WAGN may refer to: * West Anglia Great Northern, a former franchise operator of commuter train services in England * WAGN (AM) WAGN (1340 AM) is a radio station licensed to Menominee, Michigan broadcasting an oldies and talk format. Formerly an affiliate of ABC Radio's OldiesRadio network, the web site ''dx-midAMerica'' reported in January 2008 that the station had ..., a radio station (1340 AM) licensed to Menominee, Michigan, United States * Wagn (software), free/open source software project originated in Eugene, Oregon, United States {{Disambiguation, callsign ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danish Masculine Given Names
Danish may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to the country of Denmark People * A national or citizen of Denmark, also called a "Dane," see Demographics of Denmark * Culture of Denmark * Danish people or Danes, people with a Danish ancestral or ethnic identity * A member of the Danes, a Germanic tribe * Danish (name), a male given name and surname Language * Danish language, a North Germanic language used mostly in Denmark and Northern Germany * Danish tongue or Old Norse, the parent language of all North Germanic languages Food * Danish cuisine * Danish pastry, often simply called a "Danish" See also * Dane (other) * * Gdańsk * List of Danes * Languages of Denmark The Kingdom of Denmark has only one official language, Danish, the national language of the Danish people, but there are several minority languages spoken, namely Faroese, German, and Greenlandic. A large majority (about 86%) of Danes also s ... {{disambiguation Language and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
