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Vebjørn Anvik
Vebjørn is a given name. Notable people with the given name include: * Vebjørn Berg (born 1980), Norwegian sports shooter * Vebjørn Hoff (born 1996), Norwegian footballer * Vebjørn Rodal (born 1972), Norwegian middle distance athlete * Vebjørn Sand (born 1966), Norwegian painter and artist * Vebjørn Selbekk (born 1969), Norwegian newspaper editor and author * Vebjørn Tandberg (1904–1978), Norwegian electronics engineer * Vebjørn Vinje (born 1995), Norwegian footballer {{given name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vebjørn Berg
Vebjørn Berg (born 1 April 1980) is a Norwegian sports shooter. He did well at several ISSF World Cups. He was also on the winning Norwegian team at the 2002 Shooting World Championship. He represented his country at the 2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ... and received fourth at Men's 50 metre rifle prone. References External links * * * Shooters at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic shooters of Norway Norwegian male sport shooters 1980 births Living people 21st-century Norwegian people {{Norway-sportshooting-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vebjørn Hoff
Vebjørn Alvestad Hoff (born 13 February 1996) is a Norwegian football midfielder who currently plays for Eliteserien side Lillestrøm. He started his career in Spjelkavik Spjelkavik is a borough in the town of Ålesund in Ålesund Municipality, Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is also called ''"Vika"'' by many locals. Spjelkavik is located on the western end of the island of Uksenøya, at the intersection of ..., representing their senior team. In 2012, he joined the regional great team Aalesund, but did not make his league debut until July 2014 against Stabæk. He has represented Norway as a youth international. Career statistics Club References 1996 births Living people Footballers from Ålesund Norwegian men's footballers Spjelkavik IL players Aalesunds FK players Odds BK players Eliteserien players Men's association football midfielders Norway men's youth international footballers Norway men's under-21 international footballers {{Norway-foot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vebjørn Rodal
Vebjørn Rodal (born 16 September 1972) is a retired Norwegian middle distance athlete, who won the gold medal in the 800 m at the 1996 Summer Olympics with the time 1:42.58. Biography Rodal, born and raised in Berkåk, made his international senior debut in 1992, at the Barcelona Olympics, reaching the semi-finals in his event, the 800 m. Part of a group of successful Norwegian athletes, he won his first international medal only two years later, placing second at the 1994 European Championships . By finishing third in the final of the 1995 World Championships, he established himself as one of the top 800 m runners in the world, and was among the medal contenders for the 1996 Summer Olympics, held in Atlanta. Not present at the Olympics was world champion Wilson Kipketer, who had emigrated from Kenya to Denmark, but wasn't allowed to run for his new country by the Kenyans. This made the final wide open. Rodal made the final, which was run in a blistering pace. Rodal overtook m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vebjørn Sand
Vebjørn Sand (born March 11, 1966, in Bærum) is a Norway, Norwegian painter and artist. He is known for his paintings as well as his public arts projects, such as the Vebjørn Sand Da Vinci Project, Da Vinci Project, and the Kepler–Poinsot polyhedron, Kepler Star monument (Norwegian Peace Star) at Oslo Airport, Gardermoen. Early life and education Vebjørn Sand was born March 11, 1966, in Bærum, Norway, and was raised on the coastal islands of Hvaler where his father Øivind Sand worked as a school teacher and painter at the Waldorf School. His mother Kari Marie Søyland taught at the same school. Thanks to his parents, he grew up surrounded by art, science, design and mathematics. Renaissance, The European Renaissance and the Baroque in particular were an early inspiration for Vebjørn due to the great advancements in art, science, and philosophy during that period. When he was just 16 years old, Vebjørn toured Norway as a caricature artist, and over the course of three ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vebjørn Selbekk
Vebjørn Selbekk (born 14 April 1969) is a Norwegian newspaper editor and author. Selbekk became widely known in Norway and abroad after he in 2006 reprinted a facsimile of the ''Jyllands-Posten'' Muhammad cartoons as editor of the Christian newspaper ''Magazinet'' (now '' Dagen''), sparking a major incident and ensuing controversy. He has since been awarded by the free press organization Fritt Ord for his "firm defence of freedom of expression". Since 2015 he has been a member of the Broadcasting Council of the Norwegian public broadcaster NRK. Early life, education and work Born in Trondheim, Selbekk grew up in Meråker in Nord-Trøndelag. His mother grew up in East Germany, until the family fled and she was sent to Trondheim as a nine-year old. Selbekk has a cand.mag. degree from the University of Trondheim in history, Christianity and social science. He has attended Livets Ord's Bible school in Uppsala, Sweden, and was for many years an important figure of the Norwegian ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vebjørn Tandberg
Vebjørn Tandberg (16 September 1904 – 30 August 1978) was a Norwegian electronics engineer. Tandberg was born at Bodø in Nordland, Norway. He attended the Norwegian Institute of Technology in Trondheim (1930). He founded '' Tandbergs Radiofabrikk'' of Oslo in 1933 and made it a great success. In addition to his technical and commercial achievements, Tandberg was a pioneer in providing good conditions for his workforce. He instituted a 42-hour week and three weeks' annual vacation for all in 1937, and a free pension and health insurance scheme for all from 1938. A four-week vacation for all employees over 40 years of age was introduced in 1947, while the working week was reduced to 39 hours in 1948. There was a five-day work week during the summer months from 1955, over the full year from 1969. His life ended under tragic circumstances—suicide—after financial problems at the radio factory and the ensuing political maneuverings had left him without control so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |