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Vinje Church (Hemne)
Vinje may refer to: Places Antarctica * Vinje Glacier, a glacier in Queen Maud Land Norway *Vinje, a municipality in Vestfold og Telemark county *Vinje (village), a village in Vinje municipality in Vestfold og Telemark county * Vinje, Vestland, a village in Voss municipality in Vestland county *Vinje, Sør-Trøndelag, a former municipality in the old Sør-Trøndelag county * Vinje, Troms, a village in Dyrøy municipality in Troms og Finnmark county *Vinje Hydroelectric Power Station, a power station in Vinje municipality, Vestfold og Telemark county ;Churches * Vinje Church (Trøndelag), a church in Heim municipality, Trøndelag county * Vinje Church (Telemark), a church in Vinje municipality, Vestfold og Telemark county *Vinje Church (Vestland), a church in Voss municipality, Vestland county Slovenia * Vinje, Dol pri Ljubljani, a dispersed settlement in Dol pri Ljubljani in the Upper Carniola region *Vinje pri Moravčah, a small settlement in the municipality of Moravče in cen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vinje Glacier
Vinje Glacier is a broad glacier about 20 nautical miles (37 km) long flowing northwest between the Filchner Mountains and Fenriskjeften Mountain in Queen Maud Land. Mapped by Norwegian Cartography, cartographers from surveys and air photos by the Sixth Norwegian Antarctic Expedition, Norwegian Antarctic Expedition (1956–60) and named for T. Vinje, meteorologist with Norwegian Antarctic Expedition (1956–58). See also * List of glaciers in the Antarctic * Glaciology References * Glaciers of Queen Maud Land Orvin Mountains {{PrincessAstridCoast-glacier-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vinje, Iowa
Vinje is an unincorporated community in Logan Township, Winnebago County, Iowa, United States. Vinje was founded by Norwegian settlers and is the site of an 1880 church. Geography Vinje is located along county highways A16 and R50, west of Scarville. History Vinje was founded by Norwegian settlers, and the name Vinje is of Norwegian origin. Bethel Lutheran Church was founded in 1880; the original church was burned in 1949, and was replaced with a new church in summer 1955. The church at Vinje still holds services. The post office in Vinje was established in 1894. Circa 1900, Vinje was home to the Vinje Creamery Association. The milk station was consolidated into the Thompson Cooperative Creamery in 1897. The Vinje post office was discontinued in 1907. Vinje's decline occurred because — like other communities such as Ratna, Tweten, and Delano — it did not have rail access, a fact noted by county historians in 1917. In 1924, Vinje's population was 23 residents. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torkell Vinje
Torkell Vinje (21 October 1879 – 2 May 1955) was a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party. He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Rogaland in 1931, and was re-elected on three occasions. He had previously served as a deputy representative during the term 1925–1927. On the local level he was a member of Skudenes municipal council A municipal council is the legislative body of a municipality or local government area. Depending on the location and classification of the municipality it may be known as a city council, town council, town board, community council, rural counci ... from 1925 to 1934. Born in Ullensvang, he was the son of former government minister Aasmund Halvorsen Vinje (1851-1917) and his wife Borghild (1853-1908), née Fostvedt. Outside politics he worked mainly as the bailiff in Skudenes. References * 1879 births 1955 deaths Members of the Storting Conservative Party (Norway) politicians Rogaland politicians 20th-century ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kristin Vinje
Kristin Vinje (born Kristin Sørby, 10 June 1963) is a Norwegian chemist and politician for the Conservative Party. She served as city commissioner for finance in Oslo from 2009 to 2013 when she was elected to the Parliament of Norway. Vinje was awarded a Ph.D in Chemistry by the University of Oslo in 1994. She worked as a researcher at SINTEF from 1996 to 2002 and worked for the Ministry of Trade and Industry (Norway) from 2002 to 2005. She was vice-director of Simula Research Laboratory Simula Research Laboratory (also known as Simula) is a Norwegian non-profit research organisation located in Oslo, Norway. Simula was founded in 2001 by the Norwegian government to conduct fundamental, long-term research within information and c ... from 2005 to 2007 and director of Simula School of Research and Innovation from 2007 to 2009. She is married and has four children.Kristin Tufte Haga (29 August 2013)Hun drømte om å bli oljeminister Dittoslo.no. Retrieved 23 September 2013 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finn-Erik Vinje
Finn-Erik Vinje (born 6 March 1936) is a Norwegian philologist. He was a professor at the University of Trondheim from 1971 to 1975, and at the University of Oslo The University of Oslo ( no, Universitetet i Oslo; la, Universitas Osloensis) is a public research university located in Oslo, Norway. It is the highest ranked and oldest university in Norway. It is consistently ranked among the top universit ... from 1975 to 2006. He was a language consultant for the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation from 1971 to 1992. He has written several books on language-related questions. References 1936 births Living people Norwegian philologists Academic staff of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology Academic staff of the University of Oslo NRK people Members of the Norwegian Academy {{Norway-academic-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eva Vinje Aurdal
Eva Vinje Aurdal (born 6 December 1957) is a Norway, Norwegian politician for the Labour Party (Norway), Labour Party. In the 2009 Norwegian parliamentary election, 2009 and 2013 Norwegian parliamentary election, 2013 elections she was elected as a deputy representative to the Parliament of Norway from Møre og Romsdal. She has served as an elected member of Ålesund municipal council (Norway), municipal council and Møre og Romsdal County Municipality, Møre og Romsdal county council (Norway), county council. In 2012 she became a board member of the Central Norway Regional Health Authority. References 1957 births Living people Politicians from Ålesund Labour Party (Norway) politicians Møre og Romsdal politicians Deputy members of the Storting 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] |
Aasmund Olavsson Vinje
Aasmund Olavsson Vinje (6 April 1818 – 30 July 1870) was a Norwegian poet and journalist who is remembered for poetry, travel writing, and his pioneering use of Landsmål (now known as Nynorsk). Background Vinje was born into a poor but well-read family in Vinje, Telemark. He had a voracious appetite for learning and supported himself in part by teaching. He earned his university entrance exam after attending the same school as Henrik Ibsen, studied law, and became an attorney. Career In 1858 Vinje founded the periodical '' Dølen'' (''The dales-man''), in which he published travel accounts and editorial comments on art, language and politics that serve as records for the period in which he lived. ''Dølen'' ceased publication in 1870. Vinje did much to articulate the difference between urban and rural life in Norway and was among the sophisticated exponents of Norwegian romantic nationalism. But he was also known for his critical scepticism and "dual vision" ( no, tvisyn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aasmund Halvorsen Vinje
Aasmund Halvorsen Vinje (25 July 1851 – 4 December 1917) was a Norwegian farmer, teacher, leader of a police district, civil servant and politician for the Moderate Liberal Party. He served as Minister of Agriculture 1905–1906.Aasmund Halvorsen Vinje '''', via '''', retrieved 11 April 2013 He was mayor of from 1884 to 1890 and a member of the |
Arne Vinje Gunnerud
Arne Vinje Gunnerud (11 August 1930 – 25 April 2007) was a Norwegian sculptor. Biography Gunnerud was born in the Vika neighborhood of Oslo and grew up at Drøbak in Akershus. He was the son of Andreas Gunnerud (1879–1951) and Marie Victoria Vinje (1891–1996). He early artistic talent was first discovered by sculptor Sigri Welhaven. He attended the Norwegian National Academy of Craft and Art Industry (''Statens håndverks- og kunstindustriskole'') from 1947 to 1950. This was followed by attendance at Norwegian National Academy of Fine Arts (''Statens kunstakademi'') from 1951 to 1954 where he was instructed by Per Palle Storm. He debuted at the Autumn Exhibition (''Høstutstillingen'') in 1953. Among his works are the tree sculpture ''Midgardsormen'' from 1973, the bronze sculpture ''Vettløyse'' from 1978 (located in Oslo), ''Fenrisulven vil bryte seg løs'' from 1980 (in Tokyo), ''Soltreet'' (suntree) in Stavanger from 1984 and ''Bacalhaujagt'' from 1996 (in Lisboa). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aad J
AAD may refer to: Organizations * ''Ad Altare Dei'', a Boy Scouts of America award * Advanced Automotive Design, a South African car manufacturer * Ardent Leisure, an Australian-based leisure company * AAD Education, Health and Sports (formerly, Athletes Against Drugs), an organization founded by Stedman Graham * American Academy of Dermatology * Australian Antarctic Division, which manages Australia's four Antarctic/sub-Antarctic stations, as well as Heard Island Science and technology * Average absolute deviation, a measure of absolute deviation and a way to report error against reference data in statistics * Advanced Air defence, an anti-ballistic missile in the Indian Ballistic Missile Defence Programme Aviation * Automatic activation device, a fail-safe device often used in a parachute pack * Adado Airport, airport serving Adado, Somalia (IATA code: AAD) Computing * aad, or "ASCII Adjust before Division", an Intel BCD opcode * AAD, the SPARS code for a CD that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vinje Pri Moravčah
Vinje pri Moravčah (; german: Swine) is a small settlement in the Municipality of Moravče in central Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Upper Carniola. It is now included with the rest of the municipality in the Central Slovenia Statistical Region. The settlement includes the hamlet of Rožek.Savnik, Roman, ed. 1971. ''Krajevni leksikon Slovenije'', vol. 2. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije, p. 109. Name The Slovene name of the settlement was originally ''Svinje'' (sometimes ''Svine''). The name was first attested in written sources in 1260 as ''Sweinz'' (and as ''Swinak'' in 1329, ''Zwinack'' in 1348, and ''Swein'' in 1439). The name ''Svinje'' is believed to derive from the Slovene common noun ''svinja'' 'pig', referring to the fact that pigs were raised in the settlement. An alternate theory suggests that the name was derived from ''So-vine'' 'group of vineyards'. The name was changed from ''Svinje'' to ''Vinje pri Moravčah'' (evoking 'wine') as an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vinje
Vinje is a municipality in Telemark in the county of Vestfold og Telemark in Norway. It is part of the traditional regions of Upper Telemark and Vest-Telemark. The administrative center of the municipality is the village of Åmot. General information Name The municipality of Vinje (originally a parish) is named after the old ''Vinje'' farm (Old Norse: ''Vinjar''), since the first church was built there. The name is the plural form of ''vin'' which means "meadow" or "pasture". See also Vinje, Sør-Trøndelag. Coat-of-arms The coat-of-arms is from modern times. They were granted on 16 November 1990. The arms show a silver goat on a blue background. It is symbolic of the goat and sheep farming in the municipality. (See also the coat-of-arms for Aurland.) History Vinje was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). The area of Rauland was separated from Vinje in 1860 to become a municipality of its own. On 1 January 1964 Rauland was merged back ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
