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Wiik
Wiik is a Norwegian, a Swedish and a Finnish surname. People with the surname Wiik include: Academics * Björn Wiik, a Norwegian physicist *Fredrik Johan Wiik, a Finnish geologist *Kalevi Wiik, a Finnish linguist Performers *Aurélien Wiik, a French actor * Håvard Wiik, a Norwegian musician * Øystein Wiik, a Norwegian actor and singer * Ryan Wiik, an actor Politicians * Johan Wiik, a Finnish politician * Karl H. Wiik, a Finnish politician * Jofrid Wiik, a Norwegian politician * Lise Wiik, a Norwegian politician Sportspeople *Melissa Wiik Lindy Melissa Løvbræk Wiik (born 7 February 1985 in Slemmestad) is a Norwegian footballer who plays for Urædd FK and the Norway national team. Career Asker played in the elite Toppserien league in Norway, and Wiik was the league's top scor ..., a Norwegian footballer * Lisa Wiik, a Norwegian snowboarder * Rolf Wiik, a Finnish fencer Others * Maria Wiik, a Finnish painter {{surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Björn Wiik
Bjorn (English, Dutch), Björn (Swedish, Icelandic, Dutch, and German), Bjørn (Danish, Faroese and Norwegian), Beorn (Old English) or, rarely, Bjôrn, Biorn, or Latinized Biornus, Brum (Portuguese), is a Scandinavian male given name, or less often a surname. The name means "bear" (the animal). In Finnish and Finland Swedish, sometimes also in Swedish, the nickname Nalle ("teddy bear") refers to Björn. Surname *Claus Bjørn, Danish author, historian, and television and radio broadcaster *Evert Björn, Swedish Olympic athlete * Hugo Björne, Swedish actor *Kristian Bjørn, Norwegian skier * Lars "Lasse" Björn, Swedish Olympic ice hockey player * Thomas Bjørn, Danish golfer Given name Acting *Björn Andrésen, Swedish actor and musician * Björn Bjelfvenstam, Swedish actor *Björn Granath, Swedish actor *Björn Gustafsson, Swedish comedian and actor *Björn Kjellman, Swedish actor and singer *Björn Skifs, Swedish singer and actor Art and music * Björn Afzelius, Swedish mus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fredrik Johan Wiik
Fredrik Johan Wiik, also known as F.J. Wiik, (16 December 1839 in Helsinki – 15 June 1909 in Helsinki) was a Finnish geologist and mineralogist; in 1877, he was named the first professor of geology and mineralogy at the Imperial Alexander University of Finland, where his students included Jakob Sederholm and Wilhelm Ramsay. He was also the first scientist in Finland to use a petrographic microscope. Wiik died in 1909, on a geological expedition; his body was found clutching his geologist's hammer A geologist's hammer, rock hammer, rock pick, geological pick, or informally geo pick, is a hammer used for splitting and breaking rocks. In field geology, they are used to obtain a fresh surface of a rock to determine its composition, bedding or .... The mineral wiikite is named for him. Personal life Wiik was the son of noted Finnish architect Jean Wik. Suomen elämäkerrasto, 1955 edition. by Ilmari Heikinheimo; published by Werner Söderström Osakeyhtiö, 1955. (page 822) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kalevi Wiik
Kaino Kalevi Wiik (2 August 1932, Turku — 12 September 2015, Turku) was a professor of phonetics at the University of Turku, Finland. He was best known for his controversial hypothesis about the effect of the Uralic contact influence on the creation of various Indo-European protolanguages in Northern Europe such as Germanic, Slavic, and Baltic. He also based much of his hypothetical structures on results of genetics of his time. Ludomir R. Lozny states, "Wiik's controversial ideas are rejected by the majority of the scholarly community, but they have attracted the enormous interest of a wider audience." Hypothesis Wiik proposed Indo-European origins in Southeast Europe by using linguistic, genetic, archaeological and anthropological data to support his hypotheses. He believed that from 23,000 to 8000 BC (the last ice age), inhabitation in Europe was in three main regions during the Last Glacial Maximum, and their populations then came to divide Europe between themselves. West ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aurélien Wiik
Aurélien Wiik (born 24 September 1980) is a French actor and filmmaker. He is the son of a Norwegian father and of the French actress Françoise Deldick. Life and career Acting career He made his cinematic acting debut at the age of twelve, playing Antoine in the 1994 film ''Cache cash'', directed by Claude Pinoteau. In 1997, he played "Pierrot" in Roger Hanin's film ''Soleil'', starring Sophia Loren, Philippe Noiret and Marianne Sägebrecht. In 2004, he played Jean Lupin in ''Arsène Lupin'', starring Romain Duris and Kristin Scott Thomas. In 2005, he appeared in four films, including: ''À travers la forêt'', directed by Jean-Paul Civeyrac, and ''Tu vas rire, mais je te quitte'', directed by Philippe Harel. In 2006, he was in ''Sans Elle'', directed by Jean Beaudin. Directing career He made his directorial debut in 2005 with ''Rue des vertus''. Theatre Wiik's debut stage role was in a 1994 production of Henri de Montherlant's play '' La Ville dont le prince est un enfant'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HÃ¥vard Wiik
Håvard Skarpnes Wiik (born 10 March 1975) is a Norwegian jazz pianist and composer, known from a number of recordings with bands like Atomic, and performances with musicians like Petter Wettre, Ola Kvernberg and Stian Carstensen. Career Wiik caused sensation at 17 years old in a concert at the Moldejazz, with bassist Steinar Raknes, as the "Wiikrak Duo". He attended the jazz program at Trondheim musikkonservatorium from 1994 to 96, where he and fellow students established the jazz band Element. After moving to Oslo he has been a key player in many band projects, such as Atomic, "Free Fall", "Atomic Schooldays", a duo with Håkon Kornstad, a new project with Axel Dörner and Fredrik Ljungkvist. He has been an obvious choice as collaborator with giants in jazz, Kenny Wheeler, Lee Konitz, Joe Lovano representing the old school, and Ken Vandermark being a soul mate from the here and now., for example the band Motif. He also led the Håvard Wiik Trio with Mats Eilertsen (bas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Øystein Wiik
Øystein Wiik (born 7 July 1956) is a Norwegian actor, singer, songwriter and novelist. He was born in Oslo. He has worked for Den Nationale Scene, Oslo Nye Teater and Det Norske Teatret, and played leading roles in several musicals. Among his albums are ''Too many mornings'' from 1991 and ''Stage'' from 1993. He published the crime novel ''Dødelig applaus'' in 2010. He appeared in the 10th Anniversary of ''Les Misérables'' (Dream Cast) 1995. Øystein has also written the libretto to the Norwegian musical comedy «Optimist» based on songs of Jahn Teigen Jahn Teigen (27 September 1949 – 24 February 2020) was a Norwegian singer, musician and comedian. He represented Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest three times, in 1978, 1982 and 1983, His given name was Jan; he added the silent H later. F ... which opened at Chateau Neuf in Oslo on 12 September 2019. References 1956 births Living people Musicians from Oslo Norwegian male singers English-language singers from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ryan Wiik
Gunnar Ryan Wiik (born September 23, 1981) is a Norwegian actor and entrepreneur. Wiik resides in Los Angeles, California. Biography Wiik grew up in the seaside town of Drøbak, Norway. In 2007, Wiik appeared as Jason in the thriller ''Timber Falls''. In September 2009, Wiik co-founded WR Entertainment with James F. Cardwell, Duane M. Eberlein, Alan E. Bell, Michael Joseph Smith, Øyvind Holm-Johnsen, and Steinar Larsen. On May 9, 2011, ''Daily Variety'' announced that WR Entertainment (through its subsidiary WR Films Entertainment Group) had acquired the motion-picture rights to all 83 novels in the best-selling ''Morgan Kane'' series, which had sold more than 20 million books to date. In January 2016, Wiik announced that he intended to star as the lead role in the planned ''Morgan Kane'' films, but later failed his audition. On January 13, 2016, WR Entertainment became a publicly traded company on the Oslo Stock Exchange Merkur Market under the name WR Entertainment ASA. Two ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johan Wiik
Johan Wiik (8 March 1885 – 3 October 1970) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He was born in Fosnes. He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Nord-Trøndelag Nord-Trøndelag (; "North Trøndelag") was a county constituting the northern part of the present-day Trøndelag county in Norway. The county was established in 1804 when the old Trondhjems amt was divided into two: Nordre Trondhjems amt and S ... in 1928, and was re-elected on six occasions. Wiik was deputy mayor of Namsos municipality 1925–1926 and mayor in 1927–1928. References * 1885 births 1970 deaths Labour Party (Norway) politicians Members of the Storting Vice Presidents of the Storting 20th-century Norwegian politicians {{Norway-politician-1880s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karl H
Karl may refer to: People * Karl (given name), including a list of people and characters with the name * Karl der Große, commonly known in English as Charlemagne * Karl Marx, German philosopher and political writer * Karl of Austria, last Austrian Emperor * Karl (footballer) (born 1993), Karl Cachoeira Della Vedova Júnior, Brazilian footballer In myth * Karl (mythology), in Norse mythology, a son of Rig and considered the progenitor of peasants (churl) * ''Karl'', giant in Icelandic myth, associated with Drangey island Vehicles * Opel Karl, a car * ST ''Karl'', Swedish tugboat requisitioned during the Second World War as ST ''Empire Henchman'' Other uses * Karl, Germany, municipality in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany * ''Karl-Gerät'', AKA Mörser Karl, 600mm German mortar used in the Second World War * KARL project, an open source knowledge management system * Korean Amateur Radio League, a national non-profit organization for amateur radio enthusiasts in South Korea * KARL ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jofrid Wiik
Jofrid Wiik, née Bjorland (7 December 1934 – 12 May 2018) was a Norwegian theologian and politician for the Christian Democratic Party. Hailing from Nærbø, she graduated with the cand.theol. degree from the MF Norwegian School of Theology in 1963. After working at mission and bible schools she was a faculty member at the MF Norwegian School of Theology from 1975 to 1995. She served as a deputy representative to the Parliament of Norway from Rogaland Rogaland () is a Counties of Norway, county in Western Norway, bordering the North Sea to the west and the counties of Vestland to the north, Vestfold og Telemark to the east and Agder to the east and southeast. In 2020, it had a population of 47 ... during the term 1969–1973. She met during 7 days of parliamentary session. References 1934 births 2018 deaths People from Klepp Norwegian theologians MF Norwegian School of Theology, Religion and Society alumni Academic staff of the MF Norwegian School of Theolog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lise Wiik
Lise Solveig Wiik (born 23 March 1947) is a Norwegian teacher, researcher and politician for the Labour Party. She served as a deputy representative to the Parliament of Norway from Telemark during the terms 2001–2005, 2005–2009 and 2013–2017. On the local level Wiik was the mayor of Notodden from 2007 to 2011, and she has served as a member of Telemark County Council A county council is the elected administrative body governing an area known as a county. This term has slightly different meanings in different countries. Ireland The county councils created under British rule in 1899 continue to exist in Irela .... She has been a lecturer and dean at Telemark University College, chair of the Notodden Blues Festival since 2010 and the Telemark Research Institute since 2011. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melissa Wiik
Lindy Melissa Løvbræk Wiik (born 7 February 1985 in Slemmestad) is a Norwegian footballer who plays for Urædd FK and the Norway national team. Career Asker played in the elite Toppserien league in Norway, and Wiik was the league's top scorer of the 2007 season, with 22 goals from 22 matches. At the start of 2009 Wiik with most of the other Asker players joined the newly formed Stabæk Fotball Kvinner, continuing in the Toppserien. In January 2010 Wiik signed to play for the German club VfL Wolfsburg, and scored her first three goals for her new club at an indoor tournament on 23 January with over 4000 spectators. In 2011 Wiik returned to Stabæk FK. In early May she suffered a damaged anterior cruciate ligament, surgery followed in June. Her goal to recover quickly materialized with her in Football training by early October. Career statistics ''Statistics accurate as of match played 10 August 2013'' International career She is a member of the Norway national team. She ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
