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Berit Ã…s
Berit Ås ( Skarpaas; 10 April 1928 – 14 September 2024) was a Norwegian politician, social psychologist, and feminism, feminist. Ås was the first leader of the Socialist Left Party (Norway), Socialist Left Party (1975–1976), and served as a Member of the Parliament of Norway 1973–1977. She was also a deputy member of parliament from 1969 to 1973 (for the Norwegian Labour Party), and from 1977 to 1981 (for the Socialist Left Party). She was a professor of social psychology at the University of Oslo. She is known for helping popularize the master suppression techniques originally proposed by Ingjald Nissen, and her research interests also include feminist economics and women's culture. Some of her initiatives after her retirement were criticised for promoting conspiracy theories. Academic career Ås's parents were teachers. Her mother and maternal grandmother were both politically active, and her father was an avid reader and inventor. She completed her secondary education ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Storting
The Storting ( ; ) is the supreme legislature of Norway, established in 1814 by the Constitution of Norway. It is located in Oslo. The Unicameralism, unicameral parliament has 169 members and is elected every four years based on party-list proportional representation in nineteen Voting systems#Multiple-winner methods, multi-seat constituencies. A member of the Storting is known in Norwegian as a ''stortingsrepresentant'', literally "Storting representative". The assembly is led by a president and, since 2009, five vice presidents: the presidium. The members are allocated to twelve standing committees as well as four procedural committees. Three ombudsmen are directly subordinate to parliament: the Norwegian Parliamentary Intelligence Oversight Committee, Parliamentary Intelligence Oversight Committee and the Office of the Auditor General of Norway, Office of the Auditor General. Parliamentary system, Parliamentarianism was established in 1884, with the Storting operating a form ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Examen Artium
Examen artium was the name of the academic certification conferred in Denmark and Norway, qualifying the student for admission to university studies. Examen artium was originally introduced as the entrance exam of the University of Copenhagen in 1630. The University of Copenhagen was the only university of Denmark-Norway until The Royal Frederick University in Christiania was founded in 1811. In Norway, examen artium was formally discontinued after the 1982 class (but the term is still sometimes used informally to denote the diploma from today's " videregående skole"). Norway Typically after their tenth and final year of compulsory primary school education, students applied for admission to a three-year programs of studies, called "lines" at schools called ''gymnas'' within their counties. The curricula for the lines included a core of general studies topics, including Norwegian, mathematics, history, English, physical education, and one natural science subject. The curric ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tove Billington Bye
Tove Billington Bye (née Jørgensen) (28 July 1928 – 15 May 2008) was a Norwegian politician for the Centre Party. She served as a deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament from Akershus during the terms 1973–1977 and 1977–1981. On the local level, she was a member of the executive committee of Asker municipal council, having been elected in the so-called "women's coup" where four women (Tove Billington Bye, Berit Ã…s, Marie Borge Refsum and Kari Bjerke Anderssen) led a successful campaign to get women elected to the municipal council. She was married to legendary Norwegian TV and radio personality Erik Bye from 1953 to his death in 2004, and lived at Hvalstad Hvalstad is a village and a small part of the municipality of Asker. Hvalstad has slightly over 2,000 inhabitants, a number that has doubled since the 1970s. Hvalstad lies 20 kilometres from the centre of Oslo. Hvalstad Station is on the Drammen .... References 1928 births 2008 deaths Centr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hjemmenes Vel
Hjemmenes Vel (Welfare in the Home), later Norges Husmorforbund (Norwegian Housewives' Association), was Norway's first association for housewives. Founded in Oslo (then Christiania) by Dorothea Christensen in 1898, it was also the first organization for housewives in Europe. The association functioned until the late 1970s. In 1897, Christensen had published an article in ''Husmoderen'' (The Housewife) titled "Vi husmødre slutter os sammen" (We housewives should stick together) which paved the way for the establishment of Hjemmenes Vel on 10 March 1898. Based on the success of the Oslo organization, local Hjemmenes Vel branches were established throughout the country. As a result, in 1915 Hjemmenes Vels Landsforbund or national headquarters was founded by Marie Michelet who chaired it until 1934. By 1924, there were some 50 local organizations in Norway. From the start, Hjemmenes Vels Landsforbund was associated with the Norwegian National Women's Council. In 1933, the organizat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karla Skaare
Karla may refer to: People * Karla (name), a feminine given name * Petras Karla (1937–1969), Soviet Olympic rower Places * Karla, Greece, a town in Rigas Feraios municipality of Magnesia * Karla, Kose Parish, a village in Kose Parish, Harju County, Estonia * Karla, Rae Parish, a village in Rae Parish, Harju County, Estonia * Kärla, a settlement in Saaremaa Parish, Saare County, Estonia * Karla, Mawal, a village in Pune district, Maharashtra, India * Karla, Ratnagiri, a village in Ratnagiri, Maharashtra, India * Karli, India, a town in Maharashtra, India, site of the Karla Caves * Karla crater, a meteorite impact crater in Russia * Lake Karla, a lake in Thessaly, Greece * (181708) 1993 FW (181708) 1993 FW (Minor planet provisional designation, provisional designation ) is a cubewano and was the second trans-Neptunian object to be discovered after Pluto and Charon (moon), Charon, the first having been 15760 Albion, formerly known as ..., a trans-Neptunian object, the second ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Municipal Council (Norway)
A municipal council is the legislative body of a municipality or local government area. Depending on the location and classification of the municipality it may be known as a city council, town council, town board, community council, borough council, rural council, village council, board of aldermen, or board of selectmen. Australia Because of the differences in legislation between the states, the exact definition of a city council varies. However, it is generally only those local government areas which have been specifically granted city status (usually on a basis of population) that are entitled to refer to themselves as cities. The official title is "Corporation of the City of ______" or similar. Some of the urban areas of Australia are governed mostly by a single entity (e.g. Brisbane and other Queensland cities), while others may be controlled by a multitude of much smaller city councils. Also, some significant urban areas can be under the jurisdiction of otherwise rural ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint Mary's University (Halifax)
Saint Mary's University (SMU) is a public university located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. The school is best known for having nationally leading programs in business and chemistry. The campus is situated in Halifax's South End and covers approximately . History Founding Saint Mary's is the second-oldest English-speaking and first Roman Catholic-initiated university in Canada. The Roman Catholic church founded Saint Mary's College in Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1802. It was established in Glebe House, on the corner of Spring Garden Road and Barrington Street, with the aim of extending educational opportunities for Catholic youth and training candidates for the clergy. In 1840 the Nova Scotia Legislature bestowed the degree granting charter to Saint Mary's and eleven years later granted the university formal legal status. Saint Mary's collapsed in 1883, but was revived in 1903 by Cornelius O'Brien, then Archbishop of Halifax. It reopened as a high school in a new campus on Win ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uppsala University
Uppsala University (UU) () is a public university, public research university in Uppsala, Sweden. Founded in 1477, it is the List of universities in Sweden, oldest university in Sweden and the Nordic countries still in operation. Initially founded in the 15th century, the university rose to significance during the rise of Swedish Empire, Sweden as a great power at the end of the 16th century and was then given relative financial stability with a large donation from Monarchy of Sweden, King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden, Gustavus Adolphus in the early 17th century. Uppsala also has an important historical place in Swedish national culture, and national identity, identity for the Swedish establishment: in historiography, religion, literature, politics, and music. Many aspects of Swedish academic culture in general, such as the white student cap, originated in Uppsala. It shares some peculiarities, such as the student nation system, with Lund University and the University of Helsink ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Saint Vincent University
Mount Saint Vincent University, often referred to as the Mount, is a public, primarily undergraduate, university located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, and was established in 1873. Mount Saint Vincent offers undergraduate Arts, Science, Education, and Professional Studies undergraduate programs. The Mount has 13 graduate degrees in Applied Human Nutrition, School Psychology, Child and Youth Study, Education, Family Studies and Gerontology, Public Relations and Women's Studies. The Mount offers a doctorate program and a Ph.D. in Educational Studies through a joint initiative with St. Francis Xavier University and Acadia University. The Mount offers over 190 courses, ten undergraduate degree programs, and four online graduate degree programs. The university attracts many students partly because of its small class sizes, specialty programs, and location. The Mount has Canada Research Chairs in Gender Identity and Social Practices as well as Food Security and Policy Change. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Missouri
The University of Missouri (Mizzou or MU) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Columbia, Missouri, United States. It is Missouri's largest university and the flagship of the four-campus University of Missouri System. Founded in 1839, MU was the first public university west of the Mississippi River. It has been a member of the Association of American Universities since 1908 and is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity." Enrolling 31,041 students in 2023, it offers more than 300 degree programs in thirteen major academic divisions. Its Missouri School of Journalism, founded by Walter Williams (journalist), Walter Williams in 1908, was established as the world's first journalism school; it publishes a daily newspaper, the ''Columbia Missourian'', and operates NBC affiliate KOMU-TV, KOMU. The University of Missouri Research Reactor Center is the sole source of isotopes in nuclear medicine in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Østlendingen
''Østlendingen'' is a daily, regional newspaper published in Elverum, Norway. With a circulation of 19,000, it covers the regions of Østerdalen, Solør, Glåmdalen, Trysil Trysil is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the Traditional districts of Norway, traditional district of Østerdalen. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Inn ..., and Engerdal. The newspaper is controlled by Edda Media. References External links * Daily newspapers published in Norway Companies based in Innlandet Mass media in Elverum {{norway-newspaper-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maj Birgit Rørslett
Maj or MAJ may refer to: * Major (rank), a rank of commissioned officer in many military forces * ''Máj'', a romantic Czech poem by Karel Hynek Mácha * ''Máj'' (literary almanac), a Czech literary almanac published in 1858 * MAJ, IATA code for Marshall Islands International Airport People * DJ Maj, American Christian music DJ * Fabio Maj (born 1970), Italian cross country skier * Maj Bylock (1931–2019), Swedish writer, translator, teacher * Maj Sjöwall (born 1935), Swedish author and translator * Maj Sønstevold (1917–1996), Swedish composer * Maj Helen Sorkmo (born 1969), Norwegian cross country skier * Maj Britt Theorin (1932–2021), Swedish social democratic politician and diplomat * Paulina Maj-Erwardt (born 1977), Polish volleyball player * Acronym for Muhammad Ali Jinnah (1876–1948), Founder of Pakistan See also * May (other) May is the fifth month of the year. May, MAY or may might also refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''May'' (film), a 2002 d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
