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Øverland (surname)
Øverland is a Norwegian surname. As of 2013, 1,543 people in Norway have this surname. Notable people * Arnulf Øverland (1889–1968), Norwegian author * Erling Øverland (born 1952), Norwegian businessperson * Indra Øverland (born 1973), Norwegian specialist on energy politics * Jon Terje Øverland (born 1944), Norwegian alpine skier * Margrete Aamot Øverland (1913–1978), Norwegian resistance member during the Second World War * Randi Øverland Randi Øverland (born 22 April 1952) is a Norwegian politician in the Norwegian Labour Party, Labour Party. She was twice State Secretary#Norway, State Secretary in the Norwegian Ministry of Church Affairs, Education and Research, Ministry of Chu ... (born 1952), Norwegian politician References {{surname, Øverland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of Norway. Bouvet Island, located in the Subantarctic, is a Dependencies of Norway, dependency, and not a part of the Kingdom; Norway also Territorial claims in Antarctica, claims the Antarctic territories of Peter I Island and Queen Maud Land. Norway has a population of 5.6 million. Its capital and largest city is Oslo. The country has a total area of . The country shares a long eastern border with Sweden, and is bordered by Finland and Russia to the northeast. Norway has an extensive coastline facing the Skagerrak strait, the North Atlantic Ocean, and the Barents Sea. The unified kingdom of Norway was established in 872 as a merger of Petty kingdoms of Norway, petty kingdoms and has existed continuously for years. From 1537 to 1814, Norway ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Arnulf Øverland
Ole Peter Arnulf Øverland (27 April 1889 – 25 March 1968) was a Norwegian poet and artist. He is principally known for his poetry which served to inspire the Norwegian resistance movement during the German occupation of Norway during World War II. Biography Øverland was born in Kristiansund and raised in Bergen. His parents were Peter Anton Øverland (1852–1906) and Hanna Hage (1854–1939). The early death of his father, left the family economically stressed. He was able to attend Bergen Cathedral School and in 1904 Kristiania Cathedral School. He graduated in 1907 and for a time studied philology at University of Kristiania. Øverland published his first collection of poems (1911). Øverland became a communist sympathizer from the early 1920s and became a member of Mot Dag. He also served as chairman of the Norwegian Students' Society 1923–28. He changed his stand in 1937, partly as an expression of dissent against the ongoing Moscow Trials. He was an avid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Erling Øverland
Erling Øverland (born 31 May 1952) is a Norwegian businessperson. After graduating with a siv.øk. degree from the Norwegian School of Economics (NHH) in 1976, Øverland joined Statoil as a financial and planning coordinator. He served as chief financial officer from 1995 to 2000, executive vice president for manufacturing and marketing from 2000 to 2004, and as acting chief executive from March to August 2004. In 2004 he became president of the Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise (NHO). In 2008 he was succeeded by Paul-Christian Rieber Paul-Christian Rieber (born 30 March 1958) is a Norwegian businessperson and former president of the Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise (NHO). He lives in Bergen, Norway. Rieber has, since 1990, led the billion-dollar company GC Rieber, a fa .... He has also been a board chairman of PCI Biotech and board member of Norges Varemesse and SR-bank. In early 2009 he became acting CFO of SR-Bank. References 1952 births Living peopl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Indra Overland
Indra (; ) is the Hindu god of weather, considered the king of the Devas and Svarga in Hinduism. He is associated with the sky, lightning, weather, thunder, storms, rains, river flows, and war. volumes/ref> Indra is the most frequently mentioned deity in the ''Rigveda''. He is celebrated for his powers based on his status as a god of order, and as the one who killed the great evil, an asura named Vritra, who obstructed human prosperity and happiness. Indra destroys Vritra and his "deceiving forces", and thereby brings rain and sunshine as the saviour of mankind. Indra's significance diminishes in the post-Vedic Indian literature, but he still plays an important role in various mythological events. He is depicted as a powerful hero. According to the ''Vishnu Purana'', Indra is the title borne by the king of the gods, which changes every Manvantara – a cyclic period of time in Hindu cosmology. Each Manvantara has its own Indra and the Indra of the current Manvantara i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Jon Terje Øverland
Jon Terje Øverland (born 14 December 1944) is a Norwegian alpine skier. He was born in Rjukan. He participated at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, where he competed in downhill, slalom and giant slalom. He also participated at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble Grenoble ( ; ; or ; or ) is the Prefectures in France, prefecture and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of the Isère Departments of France, department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Regions of France, region .... He was Norwegian champion in downhill in 1968, 1969 and 1970. References External links * 1944 births Living people People from Rjukan Norwegian male alpine skiers Olympic alpine skiers for Norway Alpine skiers at the 1964 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 1968 Winter Olympics Skiers from Telemark 20th-century Norwegian sportsmen {{Norway-alpine-skiing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Margrete Aamot Øverland
Margrete Aamot Øverland (11 February 1913 – 20 November 1978) was a Norwegian resistance member during the Second World War, and later editor of the Riksmål newspaper Frisprog. Biography A journalist in the social democrat newspaper '' Den 1ste Mai'', she met her future husband Arnulf Øverland for the first time in 1934. He was one of Norway's most prominent writers and essayists. The couple moved-in together in the summer of 1940, shortly after the German invasion of Norway (Operation Weserübung). Based in their Oslo home, they distributed Øverland's anti-fascist poetry, which was deemed illegal by the occupiers. Both were arrested in June 1941. Aamot was sent to Grini concentration camp Grini prison camp (, ) was a Nazi concentration camp in Bærum, Norway, which operated between 1941 and May 1945. Ila Detention and Security Prison is now located here. History Grini was originally built as a women's prison, near an old croft ... and later Ravensbrück. However, b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
