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Wenche Frølich
Wenche is a popular female first name in Norway. The name is also spelled Venke, Wenke, Venche, Wencke, Vence or Vencke. Notable people with the name include: * Wenche Elizabeth Arntzen (born 1959), Norwegian lawyer and judge * Wenche Foss (1917–2011), Norwegian actress * Wenche Klouman (1918–2009), Norwegian actress *Venke Knutson Venke Knutson (born 20 October 1978) is a Norwegian singer. Since 2003, she has had six top 10 hits in Norway. Life and career Venke Knutson was born in Birkeland, in 1978. She was the youngest of three sisters, in a musical family, and she go ... (born 1978), Norwegian singer * Wenche Myhre (born 1947), Norwegian singer * Wenche Selmer (1920–1998), Norwegian architect {{Given name Feminine given names Norwegian feminine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of Norway. Bouvet Island, located in the Subantarctic, is a dependency of Norway; it also lays claims to the Antarctic territories of Peter I Island and Queen Maud Land. The capital and largest city in Norway is Oslo. Norway has a total area of and had a population of 5,425,270 in January 2022. The country shares a long eastern border with Sweden at a length of . It is bordered by Finland and Russia to the northeast and the Skagerrak strait to the south, on the other side of which are Denmark and the United Kingdom. Norway has an extensive coastline, facing the North Atlantic Ocean and the Barents Sea. The maritime influence dominates Norway's climate, with mild lowland temperatures on the se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wenche Elizabeth Arntzen
Wenche Elizabeth Arntzen (born 26 June 1959) is a Norwegian lawyer and judge. She was appointed to the Supreme Court of Norway on 20 June 2014, having previously been a judge at the Oslo District Court. From 16 April until 22 June 2012, she presided over the trial of Anders Behring Breivik following the 2011 Norway attacks, assisted by district court judge Arne Lyng and three lay judges. Background Arntzen began her career as a consultant at the Ministry of Justice and the Police's Legal Issues section. From 1989 to 2003, she was a lawyer at the Office of the Attorney General of Norway. She attained to barrister, a lawyer with access to work with Supreme Court cases, in 1993. She then entered the law firm Kluge as a lawyer and partner. Since 2007 Arntzen has been a judge at Oslo District Court. Wenche Elizabeth Arntzen belongs to a family with many jurists. Among them is her grandfather, former Director of Public Prosecutions in Norway ( no, riksadvokat) Sven Arntzen. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wenche Foss
Eva Wenche Steenfeldt Stang (5 December 1917 – 28 March 2011), better known as Wenche Foss (), was a leading Norwegian actress of stage, screen and television. Personal life Wenche Foss was born to engineer Christian August Steenfeldt-Foss (1878–1960) and Alfhild Røren. Foss grew up with an atheist mother and a devout Christian father; she inherited both views but has stated: "I could not fall asleep without the prayer". Her first marriage was to engineer and film producer Alf Scott-Hansen (1903–1961), a son of port director Alf Scott-Hansen, but the marriage was dissolved. In 1953 she married landowner and industrialist Thomas Stang (1897–1982), thus becoming a sister-in-law of Axel Heiberg Stang and daughter-in-law of Ole A. Stang and Emma Heiberg. Her son Fabian Stang was mayor of Oslo from 2007 to 2015. Career She made her stage debut in 1935 as Ingrid in Vilhelm Dybwad's operetta ''Taterblod''. She was subsequently part of the ensemble at the Carl Johan Tea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wenche Klouman
Wenche Klouman (May 11, 1918 – February 8, 2009) was a Norwegian actress. Family Klouman was born in Kristiania (now Oslo), the daughter of the actor and illustrator Thoralf Klouman and the actress Borghild Johannessen. She was the sister of the musician Carsten Klouman. Her grandfather Bernt Johannessen was a prominent actor at the National Theater in Bergen in the second half of the 19th century; he was also the grandfather of the actor Per Aabel, the son of the comedian Hauk Aabel and Svanhild Johannessen, the sister of Borghild Johannessen. Klouman was married to the actor Karl-Ludvig Bugge from 1943 to 1948, and then to Finn Rønneberg Kerr from 1950 until his death in 2001. Career Klouman debuted at the Oslo New Theater in 1937 and was later engaged with the National Theater in Bergen and especially the Central Theater in Oslo. Klouman appeared in comic plays typical of the time such as Norman Krasna's ''Dear Ruth'', Jens Locher's ''Tre må man være'' (It Has t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Venke Knutson
Venke Knutson (born 20 October 1978) is a Norwegian singer. Since 2003, she has had six top 10 hits in Norway. Life and career Venke Knutson was born in Birkeland, in 1978. She was the youngest of three sisters, in a musical family, and she got inspired to sing by her elder sisters. Early in her life she lived with her family in the United States. She joined the school choir. Inspired by two older sisters, she applied for music at the VÃ¥gsbygd skole ( VÃ¥gsbygd High School), when the family was about to go back home to Norway. She used to be an elementary teacher in Norway. She was earlier married to Svenn KÃ¥re Liodden, but they divorced. She married Thomas Wold in 2008. She debuted in 2003 with the single "Panic", followed by her first album ''Scared'' and the singles "Scared" and "Kiss". [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wenche Myhre
Wenche Synnøve Myhre (born 15 February 1947), known in some countries as Wencke Myhre, is a Norwegian singer who has had a great number of hit songs since the 1960s in the Norwegian, Danish, German and Swedish markets and languages. Early career Myhre was born in Kjelsås, Oslo. She got her first recording contract with composer and producer Arne Bendiksen at the age of 13, after winning a talent contest staged by ''Verdens Gang'' newspaper at the Chat Noir theatre in Oslo in 1960. In 1963 she became the first performer to have three songs in the Top 10 at the same time. She got her first film role the same year. Eurovision Myhre made her first appearance in the Norwegian heats for the Eurovision Song Contest 1964 with the song "God gammel firkantet vals" which the juries placed second. She also participated in 1966, this time with two songs, "Lørdagstripp" which was placed fourth and "Vims" which came fifth. Myhre represented (Germany) in the Eurovision Song Contest 1968 with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wenche Selmer
Wenche Elisabeth Selmer (23 May 1920 – 30 May 1998) was a Norwegian architect. She specialized in timber architecture, working residential projects. Her wooden cabins and houses were inspired by nature and designed to not overwhelm or dominate but rather blend with the natural landscape. Biography Wenche Elisabeth Reimers was born in Paris, France while his father was pursued law practice. She was the daughter of attorney Herman Foss Reimers (1874-1961) and Birgit Bødtker Næss (1882-1945). Her family returned to Norway when she was six years old and settled at Vestre Aker in Oslo. She graduated from the Norwegian National Academy of Craft and Art Industry (''Statens håndverks- og kunstindustriskole'') in 1945. After graduating, she apprenticed with architect Arnstein Arneberg who was married to her older half-sister, Eva Reimers (1901–1987). She followed with a year of training with architect Marcel Lods Marcel may refer to: People * Marcel (given name), people with t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Feminine Given Names
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a family or clan) who have a common surname. The term ''given name'' refers to a name usually bestowed at or close to the time of birth, usually by the parents of the newborn. A '' Christian name'' is the first name which is given at baptism, in Christian custom. In informal situations, given names are often used in a familiar and friendly manner. In more formal situations, a person's surname is more commonly used. The idioms 'on a first-name basis' and 'being on first-name terms' refer to the familiarity inherent in addressing someone by their given name. By contrast, a surname (also known as a family name, last name, or ''gentile'' name) is normally inherited and shared with other members of one's immediate family. Regnal names and relig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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