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Wegner (Norwegian Family)
Wegner is a Norwegian family whose members have been noted as industrialists and as lawyers. History The family is descended from the industrialist (Jacob) Benjamin Wegner (1795–1864), who was born in Königsberg and who emigrated to Norway in 1822 to become managing director and co-owner of Norway's largest industrial enterprise, Blaafarveværket. He also became the largest co-owner of Hafslund, one of Norway's largest estates, owner of Frogner Manor in Aker (now Oslo), co-owner of the Hassel Ironworks and co-owner of the timber firm Juel, Wegner & Co. Very little is known about Benjamin Wegner's family background. He married Henriette Seyler (1805–1875) in St. Nicholas' Church, Hamburg, on 15 May 1824; she was a member of the Berenberg banking dynasty of Hamburg and the youngest daughter of Berenberg Bank's long-time co-owner and head L.E. Seyler and Anna Henriette Gossler; her grandfather was the theatre director Abel Seyler. The Wegner family lived at Fossum Manor in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frogner
Frogner is a residential and retail borough in the West End of Oslo, Norway, with a population of 59,269 as of 2020. In addition to the original Frogner, the borough incorporates Bygdøy, Uranienborg and Majorstuen. The borough is named after Frogner Manor, and includes Frogner Park. The borough has the highest real estate prices in Norway. Etymology The borough is named after the old Frogner Manor. The Norse form of the name was ''Fraunar'' (plural form), and is likely derived from the word ''frauð'' 'manure' — meaning 'fertilized fields'. (See also Frogn and Tøyen.) English-speaking foreigners may assume the word “Frogner” to be related to the English word frog but these words are not congnates. The word for “frog” in Norwegian is “frosk”. Note that the name is commonly pronounced more closely to “Frong-nair” rather than “Frog-ner”. Some do say Frogner as well, both are considered acceptable. History The area became part of the city of Oslo (then ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benjamin Wegner Nørregaard
Benjamin Wegner Nørregaard (3 October 1861 – 24 April 1935) was a Norwegian military officer, railway engineer, adventurer, journalist, diplomat and internationally renowned war correspondent. He spent several years in China and served as Minister of Labour in the Tianjin Provisional Government during the Boxer Rebellion. He later worked as a war correspondent for the '' Daily Mail'' and for Scandinavian newspapers, and covered several conflicts in East Asia and Europe. He is especially known for his books ''The Great Siege'', on the siege of Port Arthur during the Russo-Japanese War, and ''War'', on the Boxer Rebellion. Career Nørregaard graduated as an officer in 1881 and became a captain in the field artillery in the Norwegian Army in 1894. Described as an adventurer, he left the country in 1895 without permission of his military superiors, effectively ending his military career, and in the following years, he lived in East Asia during a period marked by upheavals an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rolf B
Rolf is a male given name and a surname. It originates in the Germanic name ''Hrolf'', itself a contraction of ''Hrodwulf'' ( Rudolf), a conjunction of the stem words ''hrod'' ("renown") + ''wulf'' ("wolf"). The Old Norse cognate is ''Hrólfr''. An alternative but less common variation of ''Rolf'' in Norway is ''Rolv''. The oldest evidence of the use of the name Rolf in Sweden is an inscription from the 11th century on a runestone in Forsheda, Småland. The name also appears twice in the Orkneyinga sagas, where a scion of the jarls of Orkney, Gånge-Rolf, is said to be identical to the Viking Rollo who captured Normandy in 911. This Saga of the Norse begins with the abduction of Gói daughter by a certain Hrolf of Berg, (the Mountain). She is the daughter of Thorri, a Jotun of Gandvik, and sister of Gór and Nór. The latter is regarded as a first king and eponymous anchestor of Nórway. After a fierce duell (Holmgang) where none is able to overcome the other, Hrolf and Nór becom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benjamin Wegner (civil Servant)
Jacob Benjamin Wegner (9 December 1868 in Oslo, Christiania – 31 August 1949) was a Norwegian civil servant and lawyer, who served as district judge, magistrate, chief of police (corresponding to chief constable) of Helgeland and Rogaland, and County governor (Norway), governor of Romsdal. He was a son of the timber merchant Heinrich Benjamin Wegner (Norwegian family), Wegner and Henriette Frederikke Vibe i Oslo, and a grandson of the industrialist Benjamin Wegner and of the classical philologist Frederik Ludvig Vibe. He was the father of judge and chief of police Rolf B. Wegner (1898–1986), Rolf Benjamin Wegner and the grandfather of chief of police Rolf B. Wegner, Rolf Benjamin Wegner. Following his examen artium university entrance exam, he graduated with the cand.jur. degree in 1891. He became a deputy judge in Larvik in 1892 and was acting district judge in Larvik 1893–1894. He was called to the bar in 1894 and briefly practiced as a barrister in Larvik. From 1895 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jakob Thinn
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Jakob may refer to: People * Jakob (given name), including a list of people with the name * Jakob (surname), including a list of people with the name Other * Jakob (band), a New Zealand band, and the title of their 1999 EP * Max Jakob Memorial Award, annual award to scholars in the field of heat transfer * Ohel Jakob synagogue (Munich) See also * Jacob (other) * St. Jacob (other) St. Jacob is James, son of Zebedee, or Saint James the Great. James is used as a translation of the Hebrew name Jacob (Ya'akov). St. Jacob, St. Jacobs or St. Jakob may also refer to: People *Saint James (other) * Saint Jacob of Alaska, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karenus Kristofer Thinn
Karenus Kristofer Thinn (19 December 1850 – 24 March 1942) was a Norwegian judge. He was born in Østre Toten. From 1891 he was a presiding judge (''lagmann'') in Hålogaland Court of Appeal, Hålogaland, Borgarting Court of Appeal, Borgarting and Agder Court of Appeal, Agder. In 1902 he was appointed extraordinary Supreme Court of Norway, Supreme Court assessor (law), assessor. From 1909 to 1920 he served as its tenth Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Norway, Chief Justice. References 1850 births 1942 deaths Chief justices of Norway People from Østre Toten {{norway-law-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olga Thinn
Olga Thinn (12 June 1858 in Drammen – 6 January 1943 at Vinderen, Oslo), née Olga Wegner, was a Norwegian humanitarian and women's rights leader. She was married to Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Karenus Kristofer Thinn. She was a daughter of the judge Johan Ludwig Wegner and Blanca Bretteville, and a granddaughter of the industrialist Benjamin Wegner and of Prime Minister Christian Zetlitz Bretteville. She was a teacher from 1878 to 1881, when she married. When living in Tromsø, she founded the local Norwegian Women's Public Health Association, Women's Public Health Association there. After her husband became lawspeaker of Oslo, she became involved in the women's rights cause. She was president of the humanitarian association Hjemmenes Vel, Oslo Hjemmenes Vel, President of the Ebenezer Society, President of Oslo Women's Council and Vice President of Moralvernforeningen. She was an honorary member of the Norwegian National Women's Council and received the King's Medal of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernhard Pauss
Bernhard Cathrinus Pauss (born 6 April 1839 at Tangen, Drammen, died 9 November 1907 in Christiania) was a Norwegian theologian, educator, author and humanitarian and missionary leader, who was a major figure in girls' education in Norway in his lifetime. He was headmaster and owner of Nissen's Girls' School (1872–1907/1903) and head of its affiliated women's teachers college, the first higher education institution open to women in Norway. He was also a lecturer at the Norwegian Military Academy. He was chairman of the Norwegian Santal Mission (1887–1907), in succession to Oscar Nissen, and founded and edited the journal '' Santalen''. He also wrote and edited several schoolbooks in Norwegian and German, including the reading book series '' Læsebog i Modersmaalet'', that was one of the most widely used schoolbooks in Norway for over half a century. A village in India, Pauspur (Pausspur), was named in his honour. He was a member of the government-appointed committee which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henriette Pauss
Anna Henriette "Jette" Pauss (2 April 1841, at Frogner Manor in Aker (now Frogner, Oslo) – 4 April 1918, in Christiania), née Anna Henriette Wegner, was a Norwegian teacher, editor and humanitarian and missionary leader. With her husband Bernhard Pauss, she was one of the early leaders of the Norwegian Santal Mission, a humanitarian and missionary organisation that was active among the Santhal people of India. In 1907, she succeeded her husband as editor of the organisation's journal '' Santalen'' ("The Santal") and also became a member of its executive board, as the first woman elected to the national leadership of a Norwegian missionary organization. She was a teacher at the private Nissen's Girls' School, which was owned by her husband, and was the school's headmistress from 1885 to 1909. She was also a member of the board of directors of the School for Young Ladies in Christian Augusts Gade. Together with e.g. Moltke Moe, Erik Werenskiold, Gina Krog, Axel Johannessen, Er ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hans Jacob Nørregaard
Hans Jacob Nørregaard (born 13 June 1832 in Christiania, died 30 March 1900) was a Norwegian colonel, aide-de-camp to king Charles and chairman of the Christiania Military Society. He studied at the Norwegian Military Academy and the Norwegian Military College, and became a second lieutenant in 1851, a first lieutenant in 1854, a staff captain in 1867, a captain in 1875, and a lieutenant colonel and head of '' Trænkorpset'' in 1888. He held the court title ''kammerjunker'' at the Royal Court and served as aide-de-camp to king Charles from 1866. He was a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences and has published several articles on military affairs. He was also a member of several governmental committees. He was a son of captain of the artillery and deputy stable master at the Royal Court Paul Ludvig Rudolf Nørregaard (1804–34) and Sarine Pauline Bølling (1808–1899). After his father died 30 years old, his mother remarried to the physician and Surgeon General J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ludvig Vibe
Frederik Ludvig Vibe (26 September 1803 – 21 June 1881) was a Norwegian classical philologist and educator. He was Professor of Greek language at the Royal Frederick University from 1838. Vibe was born in Bergen as a son of County Governor, General War Commissioner and chamberlain Niels Andreas Vibe (1759–1814) and Margery Kierulff (1775–1852). He was a nephew of Johan Vibe and Ditlev Wibe, brother of Henriette Gislesen, brother-in-law of Heinrich Arnold Thaulow and second cousin of Ludvig Cæsar Martin Aubert. The family moved to Christiania in 1811. Vibe took his examen artium in 1820, and graduated from the Royal Frederick University with the cand.philol. degree in 1827. In 1829, he was hired as a Latin teacher at Christiania Cathedral School. Vibe was a lecturer in Greek at the University from 1830, and was promoted to professor in 1838. He is known for translating '' The Birds'' and ''Prometheus Bound'', and also for a work on Spartan governance named ''Hvad var Sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
