Borgen may refer to:
Places
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Borgen, Akershus
Borgen is a suburb located in the municipality of Asker, Norway. Located some 40 kilometres west of Oslo, Borgen has many different styles of residential areas, ranging from the apartment complexes and semi-detached houses in the southern area o ...
, Norway
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Borgen, Oslo
Borgen is a neighbourhood in the Vestre Aker borough in Oslo, Norway. In addition to being a residential area, Borgen is mostly known for Borgen station on the Oslo Metro which is located adjacent to Vestre gravlund
Vestre Gravlund is a ceme ...
, a neighborhood of Oslo, Norway
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Borgen (station)
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Borgen, Østfold
Borgen is a former borough of Skjeberg municipality in Norway, incorporated into Sarpsborg
Sarpsborg ( or ), historically Borg, is a city and municipality in Viken county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of ...
, a suburb of Sarpsborg, Norway
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Borgen, Ullensaker
Borgen is a village in the municipality of Ullensaker, 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 Sc ...
, Norway
* ''Borgen'' ('the castle'), colloquial name of
Christiansborg Palace
Christiansborg Palace ( da, Christiansborg Slot; ) is a palace and government building on the islet of Slotsholmen in central Copenhagen, Denmark. It is the seat of the Danish Parliament ('), the Danish Prime Minister's Office, and the Supreme ...
, Denmark
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Börgen Bay
Börgen Bay () is a bay wide, indenting the southeast coast of Anvers Island in the Palmer Archipelago of Antarctica. Canty Point marks the west side of the entrance to Börgen Bay, while Bay Point marks the east entrance. Billie Peak stands east ...
, Antarctica
People
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Bjørn Borgen (1937–2015), Norwegian footballer
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Brett Borgen (1934–2014), Norwegian writer
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Gustav Borgen
Gustav Borgen (10 June 1865 – 16 August 1926) was a Norwegian photographer. He is well known for his portraits of many prominent Norwegians from the period 1891–1922, including King Haakon VII of Norway, Henrik Ibsen and Bjørnstjerne Bjørn ...
(1865–1926), Norwegian photographer
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Hans Borgen
Hans Borgen (24 September 1908 – 12 September 1983) was a Norwegian politician for the Centre Party.
He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Akershus in 1950, and was re-elected on four occasions. From August to September 1963 he ...
(1908-1983), Norwegian politician
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Jesper Borgen
Jesper Borgen (born 21 September 1988) is a Norwegian songwriter and producer. Songs written and produced by Jesper have been nominated for Brit Awards "British Single Of The Year", Echo Awards "Song Of The Year", P3 Gull "Song Of The Year", an ...
(born 1988), Norwegian songwriter and producer
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Johan Borgen
Johan Collett Müller Borgen (28 April 1902 – 16 October 1979) was a Norwegian writer, journalist and critic. His best-known work is the novel ''Lillelord'' for which he was awarded the Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature in 1955. He was ...
(1902–1979), Norwegian writer
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Kirsten Borgen
Kirsten Borgen (born 16 November 1957) is a Norwegian sport wrestler. She was born in Kirkenes.
She won a silver medal at the 1989 World Wrestling Championships
The 1989 World Wrestling Championships were held in Martigny, Switzerland
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(born 1957), Norwegian sport wrestler
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Kjell Borgen
Kjell Borgen (21 October 1939 – 22 August 1996) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He served as Minister of Transport and Communications from 1986 to 1988, Minister of Local Government from 1988 to 1989 and again from 1990 to 19 ...
(1939–1996), Norwegian politician
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Marianne Borgen (born 1951), Norwegian politician
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Nick Borgen (born 1952), Norwegian–Swedish musician
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Ole Edvard Borgen
Ole Edvard Borgen (8 November 1925 – 24 March 2009) was a Norwegian theologian and Methodist bishop.
He was born in Lillestrøm as a son of meat merchant Omar Emil Borgen (1900–1985) and Harda Pytte (1901–1989), and older brother of Peder Bo ...
(1925–2009), Norwegian theologian
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Bonky
Onno Borgen (5 September 1962 – 4 January 2003) was born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Borgen was widely known as Bonky, an active musician in the trance scene, particularly from 1994 until his death in 2003. He lived and wrote most of his ...
, Onno Borgen (1962–2003), Canadian musician
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Peder Borgen Peder Johan Borgen (born 26 January 1928 in Lillestrøm, Norway) is a Norwegian Methodist minister, has a Doctorate in Theology, and is a retired professor at Norwegian University of Science and Technology. He is considered a pioneer "within the th ...
(born 1928), Norwegian Methodist minister
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Thomas Borgen
Thomas F. Borgen (born 27 March 1964) is a Norwegian banker, and was CEO of Danske Bank until he resigned in September 2018 over a Danske Bank money laundering scandal, money-laundering scandal.
As of Q3 2022, he is in court (in Lyngby), because ...
(born 1964), Norwegian banker, CEO of Danske Bank
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Will Borgen
William Borgen (born December 19, 1996) is an American professional ice hockey defenseman currently playing for the Seattle Kraken of the National Hockey League (NHL).
Playing career Early career
Borgen attended Moorhead High School in Minnesota ...
(born 1996), American ice hockey player
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Jorunn Sundgot-Borgen
Jorunn Kaiander Sundgot-Borgen (born 18 March 1961) is a Norwegian professor of sports medicine.
She took the MSc degree at the Arizona State University in 1985, and the dr.scient. degree at the Norwegian School of Sport Sciences in 1993. She hel ...
(born 1961), Norwegian professor of sports medicine
Other uses
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''Borgen'' (TV series), named after the colloquial name for Christiansborg Palace
See also
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