Friis

Friis is a name of

Danish Danish may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to the country of Denmark People * A national or citizen of Denmark, also called a "Dane," see Demographics of Denmark * Culture of Denmark * Danish people or Danes, people with a Danish ance ...

origin, meaning Frisian person. It may refer to any of the following people: * Astrid Friis (1893–1966), Danish historian *

Christen Friis Christen Friis (1581–1639) was a Danish nobleman, politician, and patron of arts and science. He was a son of Jørgen Friis and Else Bjørn, and a nephew of Johan Friis, from whom he inherited Borreby Castle. He inherited the manor of Kragerup ...

(1581-1639), Danish politician *

Eigil Friis-Christensen Eigil Friis-Christensen (29 October 1944 – 21 September 2018) was a Danish geophysicist specializing in space physics. Career Friis-Christensen received a Magisterkonferens (Ph.D. equivalent) in Geophysics from University of Copenhagen in 197 ...

, Danish geophysicist *

Harald T. Friis Harald Trap Friis (22 February 1893 – 15 June 1976), who published as H. T. Friis, was a Danish-American radio engineer whose work at Bell Laboratories included pioneering contributions to radio propagation, radio astronomy, and ...

(1893-1976), American radio engineer. There are two equations in

communications theory Communication theory is a proposed description of communication phenomena, the relationships among them, a storyline describing these relationships, and an argument for these three elements. Communication theory provides a way of talking about a ...

named after him: **

Friis formulas for noise Friis formula or Friis's formula (sometimes Friis' formula), named after Danish-American electrical engineer Harald T. Friis, is either of two formulas used in telecommunications engineering to calculate the signal-to-noise ratio of a multistage ...

Friis transmission equation The Friis transmission formula is used in telecommunications engineering, equating the power at the terminals of a receive antenna as the product of power density of the incident wave and the effective aperture of the receiving antenna under i ...

Henrik Friis Robberstad Henrik Friis Robberstad (September 6, 1901 – July 27, 1978) was a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party. He was born in Herlø. He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Hordaland Hordaland () was a county in Norway, b ...

(1901-1978), Norwegian politician * Jacob Friis (1883-1956), member of the Executive Committee of the Communist International * Jakob Johan Sigfrid Friis (1883-1956), Norwegian politician *

Jakob Friis-Hansen Jakob Friis-Hansen (born 6 March 1967) is a Danish former professional footballer who played as a defender. At club level, he spent most of his career with French club Lille OSC. For the Denmark national team, he made 19 appearances. He is a ...

(born 1967), a former Danish footballer *

Janus Friis Janus Friis (; born 26 June 1976) is a Danish entrepreneur best known for co-founding the file-sharing application Kazaa, and the peer-to-peer telephony application Skype. In September 2005, he and his business partner Niklas Zennström sold Sk ...

(born 1976), Danish entrepreneur *

Johan Friis Johan Friis (20 February 1494 – 5 December 1570) was a Danish statesman. He served as Chancellor under King Christian III of Denmark. Biography He was born at Lundbygård manor as the son of Jesper Friis til Lundbygård and Anne Johansdat ...

(1494-1570), Danish statesman *

Jørgen Friis Jørgen Friis til Krastrup was a Danish lord and Governor-general of Norway from 1601 to 1608. He was probably born in Nes Castle, Denmark and died in 1616 in Skørping. His father Ivar Friis (died 1557) was the lord at Nes, and his mother was Sop ...

, Danish bishop *

Kristian Friis Petersen Kristian Friis Petersen (17 September 1867 – 5 April 1932) was the Norwegian Minister of Social Affairs 1914–1916 and Minister of Trade 1916–1919. Kristian became a student from Ålesund Latin School in 1886. In 1891 he attended a Candidat ...

(1867-1932), Norwegian Minister of Social Affairs *

Lotte Friis Lotte Friis (born 9 February 1988) is a Danish competitive swimmer from Allerød Municipality. Career Friis was born in Blovstrød. Finishing third in the 1500 metre freestyle competition at the European Championships 2008 in Eindhoven she won ...

(1988), Danish swimmer *

Michael Pedersen Friis Michael Pedersen Friis (22 October 1857 – 24 April 1944) was a Danish civil servant who served as Prime Minister of Denmark from 5 April 1920 to 5 May 1920. Biography M.P. Friis became cand.jur. from the University of Copenhagen in 1883. ...

(1857-1944), Prime Minister of Denmark *

Nicolai Friis Nicolai Friis (1815–1888) was a Norwegian politician. Growing up in a family of thirteen, he was the son of priest Søren Hjelm Friis and brother of professor Jens Andreas Friis and geologist Jacob Pavels Friis. Nicolai Friis was chaplain in F ...

(1815-1888), Norwegian politician *

Peder Claussøn Friis Peder Claussøn Friis (1 April 1545 – 15 October 1614) was a Norwegian clergyman, author and historian. He is most associated with his translation of ''Snorre Sturlessøns Norske Kongers Chronica''. Peder Claussen Friis grew up in Audnedal i ...

(1545-1614), Norwegian author *

Søren Friis Søren Engell Friis (born 13 December 1976) is a former Danish professional football midfielder. Friis played a big part in AC Horsens' promotion to the Superliga in 2004/05, when he was a regular starter at the left wing scored the cruisial d ...

(born 1976), Danish professional football midfielder *

Torsten Friis Lieutenant General Torsten Friis (1 August 1882 – 21 April 1967) was a Swedish Air Force officer. Friis was initially a fortification officer and was commanding officer of the Field Telegraph Corps from 1928 to 1932 and chief of the Military Of ...

(1882-1967), Swedish Air Force lieutenant general {{surname Danish-language surnames Surnames of Frisian origin et:Friis sv:Friis från Ribe