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Wilhelm Bugge (barrister)
Fredrik Wilhelm Bugge (7 July 1893 – 30 July 1972) was a Norwegian barrister and businessperson. Personal life He was born in Kristiania as a son of barrister Fredrik Moltke Bugge (1865–1938) and Kristine Elisabeth Heuch. He was a grandson of bishop Frederik Wilhelm Klumpp Bugge, great-grandson of educator Frederik Moltke Bugge, great-great-grandson of bishop Peter Olivarius Bugge and great-grandnephew of Søren Bruun Bugge. On the maternal side he was a grandson of bishop Johan Christian Heuch. In 1922 he married barrister's daughter Gudrun Gundersen. They had the sons Frederik Moltke Bugge, barrister, and Jens Bugge, Supreme Court Justice. Career After finishing his secondary education in 1911, he graduated from the Royal Frederick University with the cand.jur. degree in 1915. He was a deputy judge in Lillehammer and Fredrikstad from 1916 to 1917, junior solicitor from 1917 to 1922, and barrister with access to Supreme Court cases from 1922. From 1923 he was a law fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oslo
Oslo ( , , or ; sma, Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of in 2019, and the metropolitan area had an estimated population of in 2021. During the Viking Age the area was part of Viken. Oslo was founded as a city at the end of the Viking Age in 1040 under the name Ánslo, and established as a ''kaupstad'' or trading place in 1048 by Harald Hardrada. The city was elevated to a bishopric in 1070 and a capital under Haakon V of Norway around 1300. Personal unions with Denmark from 1397 to 1523 and again from 1536 to 1814 reduced its influence. After being destroyed by a fire in 1624, during the reign of King Christian IV, a new city was built closer to Akershus Fortress and named Christiania in honour of the king. It became a municipality ('' formannskapsdistrikt'') on 1 January 1838. The city fu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herman Christiansen
Herman may refer to: People * Herman (name), list of people with this name * Saint Herman (other) * Peter Noone (born 1947), known by the mononym Herman Places in the United States * Herman, Arkansas * Herman, Michigan * Herman, Minnesota * Herman, Nebraska * Herman, Pennsylvania * Herman, Dodge County, Wisconsin * Herman, Shawano County, Wisconsin * Herman, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin Place in India * Herman (Village) Other uses * ''Herman'' (comic strip) * ''Herman'' (film), a 1990 Norwegian film * Herman the Bull, a bull used for genetic experiments in the controversial lactoferrin project of GenePharming, Netherlands * Herman the Clown ( fi, Pelle Hermanni), a Finnish TV clown from children's TV show performed by Veijo Pasanen * Herman's Hermits, a British pop combo * Herman cake (also called Hermann), a type of sourdough bread starter or Amish Friendship Bread starter * ''Herman'' (album) by 't Hof Van Commerce See also * Hermann (other) * Arman ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Borregaard
Borregaard is a Norwegian company, established in 1889 in the southeastern town of Sarpsborg in Østfold county. Its main products were traditionally pulp and paper. The company later started producing chemicals based on timber as a raw material. After a takeover in 1986, Borregaard was part of the chemical division of the Orkla Group until it was spun off and introduced to the Oslo Stock Exchange in October 2012. It had 1050 employees in 2016. The company's core business is based on a Biorefinery that manufactures products based on the different components in wood. Important products are speciality cellulose, lignin products (lignosulphonates), bio ethanol, yeast and yeast extracts and lignin based vanillin. The company also produces ethyl vanillin, diphenols and fine chemicals. History The name "Borregaard" was connected to Borgargjerdi, the royal seat during the reign of Olav the Holy (1016). In 1312 the estate was handed over from the king and became a country ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arendal Smelteverk
Arendal () is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Agder counties of Norway, county in southeastern Norway. Arendal belongs to the Districts of Norway, region of Southern Norway, Sørlandet. The administrative centre of the municipality is the Arendal (town), city of Arendal (which is also the seat of Agder county). Some of the notable villages in Arendal include Rykene, Eydehavn, Færvik, Strengereid, Kongshavn, Kilsund, Brattekleiv, Torsbudalen, Longum, Aust-Agder, Longum, Saltrød, Staubø, Vrengen, Aust-Agder, Vrengen, and Kolbjørnsvik. The offices of UNEP/GRID-Arendal are also located in the city of Arendal. The municipality is the 273rd largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Arendal is the 23rd most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 45,509. The municipality's population density is and its population has increased by 6.3% over the previous 10-year period. General information Municipal history The town of Arendal was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forsikringsselskapet Norden
Forsikringsselskapet Norden was a general insurance company based in Norway. It was founded as ''Brandforsikringsselskabet Norden'' on 4 April 1867, and began operating on 2 September the same year. Its first offices were located in ''Karl Johans gate 14''. The main driving forces behind the foundation were Carl Ferdinand Gjerdrum and Jacob Thurmann Ihlen, who became the first chief executive and first chair respectively. Gjerdrum served until 1887 and Ihlen to 1904. The next chief executive was L. S. Karlsen from 1887 to 1933; he was succeeded by Harald Sommerfeldt. From 1958 to 1971 Erik Ø. Poulsson was at the helm. In 1970 the company announced plans to form the holding company Nordengruppen together with the insurance companies Sigyn and Norske Alliance. The cooperation finally materialized in September 1971. The three companies continued as semi-independent, but under a common board of directors. In Nordengruppen, the former shareholders in Norden got 64% of the shares whil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aftenposten
( in the masthead; ; Norwegian for "The Evening Post") is Norway's largest printed newspaper by circulation. It is based in Oslo. It sold 211,769 copies in 2015 (172,029 printed copies according to University of Bergen) and estimated 1.2 million readers. It converted from broadsheet to compact format in March 2005. ''Aftenposten''s online edition is at Aftenposten.no. It is considered a newspaper of record for Norway. ''Aftenposten'' is a private company wholly owned by the public company Schibsted ASA. Norway's second largest newspaper, ''VG'', is also owned by Schibsted. Norwegian owners held a 42% of the shares in Schibsted at the end of 2015. The paper has around 740 employees. Trine Eilertsen was appointed editor-in-chief in 2020. History and profile ''Aftenposten'' was founded by Christian Schibsted on 14 May 1860 under the name ''Christiania Adresseblad''. The following year, it was renamed ''Aftenposten''. Since 1885, the paper has printed two daily editions. A Sund ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Den Norske Creditbank
Den norske Creditbank or DnC is a defunct Norwegian commercial bank created in 1857. In 1990 it merged with Bergen Bank to create Den norske Bank (DnB). The bank was based in Oslo and listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange. History During the 1960s and ’70s, the bank bought and merged with a number of regional and local banks in Norway, including Odda By- og Bygdebank (1964), Porsgrunds Ørebank (1964), Røkens Bank 1964, Oplandske Kreditbank (1966), Horten og Omegns Privatbank (1970), Privatbanken i Sandefjord (1970), Østfold Privatbank (1970), Finnmarkens Privatbank (1973), Haugesunds Forretningsbank (1973) and Opplandsbanken (1980). During the 1980s, DnC had expanded significantly both in Norway and internationally, and was Norway's largest bank at the time. During the bank crisis the bank suffered severe losses and in an effort to save the bank it succeeded in merging with Bergen Bank Bergen Bank was a Norwegian commercial bank in existence between 1975 and 1990. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norsk Elektrisk & Brown Boveri
Norsk Elektrisk & Brown Boveri A/S also known as NEBB was a Norwegian manufacturing company, which built a lot of the rolling stock that is used by Norges Statsbaner. The plant was located at Skøyen. In 1988 it merged into Asea Brown Boveri (ABB). History Frognerkilens Fabrikk was founded in 1874 with focus on agricultural machinery. In 1881 it started production of the first electric motor and in 1894 it changed its name to Norsk Elektrisk A/S. Cooperation with Brown, Boveri & Cie (BBC) started in 1905 and in 1908 BBC bought the company, giving it the name NEBB.Felleskatalogen for Arkivverket In 1948 NEBB acquired that made railway wagons, merging the two comp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nordisk Aluminiumsindustri , Swedish encyclopedia
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Nordisk is a Scandinavian word meaning Nordic. It is commonly found in the names of various entities and organizations based in the Nordic countries, including: * Nordisk Copyright Bureau, Danish copyright collecting society * Nordisk Film, Danish film studio * Nordisk Mobiltelefon, Swedish mobile telephone network operator * Novo Nordisk, Danish pharmaceutical company * Nordisk familjebok ''Nordisk familjebok'' (, "Nordic Family Book") is a Swedish encyclopedia that was published in print from between 1876 and 1993, and that is now fully available in digital form via Project Runeberg at Linköping University. Despite their consi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Høyanger Aluminiumsverk
Høyanger () is a municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Sogn. The administrative center is the village of Høyanger. Other villages in Høyanger municipality include Austreim, Bjordal, Kyrkjebø, Lavik, Ortnevik, and Vadheim. Høyanger is known for having one of the first industrial towns in Norway to use its steep mountains surrounding the town giving excellent conditions for producing hydroelectricity needed for electrolysis. The main product being produced in the village of Høyanger was aluminium. The municipality is the 115th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Høyanger is the 203rd most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 3,965. The municipality's population density is and its population has decreased by 6% over the previous 10-year period. General information During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
