Fram may refer to:

Ships

* ''Fram'' (ship), an arctic exploration vessel from Norway * MS ''Fram'', expedition cruise ship owned by Hurtigruten Group

Places and geography

Fram, Paraguay Fram (or Colonia Fram) is a city & one of the 30 districts in the Itapúa Department of Paraguay. History Fram was founded on March 20, 1927, by Norwegians, Norwegian Pedro Cristophensen, along with Mateo Sanchez, a native of Carmen del Paraná. ...

, a town in Itapúa, Paraguay *

Fram Formation The Fram Formation is an Upper Devonian (Frasnian) sequence of rock strata on Ellesmere Island that came into prominence in 2006 with the discovery in its rocks of examples of the transitional fossil, ''Tiktaalik'', a sarcopterygian or lobe-finne ...

, a sequence of rock strata on Ellesmere Island, Canada *

Fram, Rače–Fram Fram () is a village in the Municipality of Rače–Fram in northeastern Slovenia. It lies in the eastern foothills of the Pohorje range south of Maribor. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. The municipality is now included in the ...

, a settlement in Slovenia * Fram (river), a stream in Slovenia *

Framlingham Framlingham is a market town and civil parishes in England, civil parish in Suffolk, England. Of Anglo-Saxons, Anglo-Saxon origin, it appears in the 1086 Domesday Book. The parish had a population of 3,342 at the 2011 Census and an estimated 4, ...

, town in England referred to by locals as "Fram" *

Framingham, Massachusetts Framingham () is a city in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States. Incorporated in 1700, it is located in Middlesex County and the MetroWest subregion of the Greater Boston metropolitan area. The city proper covers with a popu ...

, a city often nicknamed "Fram" **

Framingham State University Framingham State University (Framingham State or FSU) is a public university in Framingham, Massachusetts. It offers undergraduate programs as well as Graduate school, graduate programs, including MBA, MEd, and Master of Science, MS. History As ...

, a university in that city also often nicknamed "Fram" *

Fram Strait The Fram Strait is the passage between Greenland and Svalbard, located roughly between 77°N and 81°N latitudes and centered on the prime meridian. The Greenland and Norwegian Seas lie south of Fram Strait, while the Nansen Basin of the Arctic ...

, in the Arctic Ocean * Fram Islands, in Antarctica *

Fram Mesa Fram Mesa () is a high, ice-capped mesa, long and wide, that forms the northeastern portion of Nilsen Plateau in the Queen Maud Mountains of Antarctica. The feature may have been seen by Amundsen in 1911, and it was observed and partially mapped ...

, in Antarctica * Fram (crater), crater on Mars explored by the Opportunity rover * 6230 Fram, a minor planet and asteroid named after the ship

Arts and culture

* ''Fram'' (play), by Tony Harrison * Fram (Middle-earth), fictional character from the stories of J. R. R. Tolkien * ''Fram, the Polar Bear'', children's book by Romanian writer

Cezar Petrescu Cezar Petrescu (; December 1, 1892–March 9, 1961) was a Romanian journalist, novelist, and children's writer. He was born in Hodora, Iași County, the son of Dimitrie Petrescu, an engineer and a teacher. After attending elementary school ...

Fram Museum The Fram Museum ( no, Frammuseet) is a museum telling the story of Norwegian polar exploration. It is located on the peninsula of Bygdøy in Oslo, Norway. Fram Museum is in an area with several other museums including the Kon-Tiki Museum, the ...

, a museum in Oslo, Norway

Sports

Knattspyrnufélagið Fram ''Knattspyrnufélagið Fram'' (''Fram Football Club'') is an Icelandic sports club, best known for its football and handball teams. It was founded on 1 May 1908 in Reykjavík. It was based at Safamýri, in the Háaleiti og Bústaðir district nea ...

, Icelandic association football club * IF Fram Tórshavn, Faroese association football club *

IF Fram IF Fram is a football club located in Saltvik in Åland. They are unique in that they no longer participate in the Finnish football league system but now take part in the Swedish football league system. Background Idrottsföreningen Fram are ...

, Finnish association football club from Åland *

IF Fram Larvik Idrettsforeningen Fram, better known as Fram Larvik to distinguish it from other sport clubs, is a sports club from Torstrand in Larvik, Norway. It has sections for association football, athletics, handball and speed skating. General history ...

, Norwegian sports club *

IL Fram Idrettslaget Fram is a Norwegian sports club from Skatval, Nord-Trøndelag. It has sections for association football, team handball, track and field and volleyball. It was founded in 1892. It is currently chaired by Eli Arnstad. The men's ...

, Norwegian sports club *

IL Hjelset-Fram Idrettslaget Hjelset-Fram is a Norwegian sports club from Hjelset in Molde. It has sections for table tennis and Nordic skiing ( cross-country skiing and ski jumping). It was founded on 10 February 1907. The club is best known for its ski jump ...

, Norwegian sports club *

SK Fram (Oslo) Skiklubben Fram was a Norwegian skiing club, based in Oslo but with its sporting facilities in Vestre Aker—and from 1902 to 1923 in Oppland. Fram was founded in 1889, and after a down period around 1900 it was refurbished as an exclusive gent ...

, Norwegian skiing and social club * SK Fram, Norwegian sports club now a part of

Selsbakk IF Selsbakk Idrettsforening is a Norwegian sports club from Trondheim, Sør-Trøndelag. It has sections for team handball, gymnastics, track and field and Nordic skiing. It was founded on 15 May 1945 as a merger of ''Forsøket SL'', ''Selsbakk ...

* SK Fram, Norwegian sports club now a part of

Brumunddal IL Brumunddal Idrettslag is a Norwegian alliance sports club from Brumunddal, Hedmark. It has departments for association football and alpine skiing. General history The skiing club ''SK Fram'' was founded on 17 December 1895.http://www.brumundda ...

Framlingham Town F.C. Framlingham Town Football Club is a football club based in Framlingham, Suffolk, England. Affiliated to the Suffolk County Football Association, they are currently members of the and play at Badingham Road. History The club was established ...

(known as Fram), English association football club *

Fram Stadion Fram Stadion is a football stadium in Larvik, Norway.http://www.stadionsiden.com/section_main_stadium.asp?country=Norge&county=Vestfold&community=Larvik&stadium_id=335 It is used by IF Fram Larvik Idrettsforeningen Fram, better known as Fra ...

, a football stadium in Larvik, Norway

People

Fram (name) Fram is both a surname and a masculine given name. People with the name include: Surname * Edward M. Fram (1905–1955), Christian Iraqi businessman, merchant and philanthropist * Jason Fram (born 1995), Chinese ice hockey player * Leslie Fram, Am ...

, list of people with the name

As an acronym

Fleet Rehabilitation and Modernization The Fleet Rehabilitation and Modernization (FRAM) program of the United States Navy extended the lives of World War II-era destroyers by shifting their mission from a surface attack role to that of a submarine hunter. The FRAM program also cove ...

, United States Navy and Coast Guard program to modernize older ships in their respective fleets * Fellow of the

Royal Academy of Music The Royal Academy of Music (RAM) in London, England, is the oldest conservatoire in the UK, founded in 1822 by John Fane and Nicolas-Charles Bochsa. It received its royal charter in 1830 from King George IV with the support of the first Duke of ...

in the University of London *

Ferroelectric RAM Ferroelectric RAM (FeRAM, F-RAM or FRAM) is a random-access memory similar in construction to DRAM but using a ferroelectric layer instead of a dielectric layer to achieve non-volatility. FeRAM is one of a growing number of alternative non-vol ...

, electronic device using the ferroelectric effect to produce low density random access memory *

Flight Releasable Attachment Mechanism External stowage platforms (ESPs) are key components of the International Space Station (ISS). Each platform is made from steel and serves as an external pallet that can hold spare parts, also known as orbital replacement units (ORUs), for the spa ...

for ORUs on External stowage platforms of the International Space Station * Functional Resonance Analysis Method, Modelling Complex Socio-technical Systems, by Erik Hollnagel

Other uses

* FRAM (brand), an American brand of automotive filters * Fram (bicycle company), a Swedish bicycle manufacturer {{disambiguation, geo