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Birkir Björnsson
Birkir is an Icelandic male given name. Notable people with this name include: * Birkir Bjarnason (born 1988), Icelandic football player * Birkir Hólm Guðnason (born 1974) * Birkir Jón Jónsson (born 1979), Icelandic politician * Birkir Kristinsson (born 1964), Icelandic football player * Birkir Már Sævarsson (born 1984), Icelandic football player * Birkir Valur Jónsson (born 1998), Icelandic football player * Birkir Ívar Guðmundsson, Icelandic handball player {{given name Icelandic masculine given names Masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Icelandic Language
Icelandic ( ; , ) is a North Germanic languages, North Germanic language from the Indo-European languages, Indo-European language family spoken by about 314,000 people, the vast majority of whom live in Iceland, where it is the national language. Since it is a West Scandinavian languages, West Scandinavian language, it is most closely related to Faroese language, Faroese, western Norwegian dialects, and the extinct language Norn language, Norn. It is not mutually intelligible with the continental Scandinavian languages (Danish language, Danish, Norwegian language, Norwegian, and Swedish language, Swedish) and is more distinct from the most widely spoken Germanic languages, English language, English and German language, German. The written forms of Icelandic and Faroese are very similar, but their spoken forms are not Mutual intelligibility, mutually intelligible. The language is more Linguistic conservatism, conservative than most other Germanic languages. While most of them hav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birkir Bjarnason
Birkir Bjarnason (born 27 May 1988) is an Icelandic professional association football, footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Italian club Brescia Calcio, Brescia and the Iceland national football team, Iceland national team, where he is the all-time leader in cap (sport), appearances. Club career Viking Birkir started playing football with local clubs in his hometown of Akureyri. His family moved to Norway in 1999 and he joined the youth teams of Figgjo IL, Figgjo. In the summer of 2005 Birkir joined Viking FK, Viking. In the 2006 season he scored his first goal for Viking against Hamarkameratene. Following that he played consistently as a starter for Viking and was a key aspect in helping the club avoid relegation that year and helping them obtain a third-place finish in 2007 under trainer Uwe Rösler. In 2008 Birkir had a successful loan spell at newly promoted Tippeligaen side FK Bodø/Glimt, Bodø/Glimt, playing a big part in them finishing fourth in the league. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birkir Hólm Guðnason
Birkir Hólm Guðnason (born 6 May 1974, Akureyri, Iceland) was the CEO of Icelandair, the flag carrier airline in Iceland, from 2008 to 2017. Life and career Birkir (see Icelandic name customs) is from Akureyri in northern Iceland. He finished a bachelor of science degree in Economics and Business Administration in 1998 from Aalborg University, Denmark. Two years later he finished his MBA in International Business and Economics from the same university. Birkir worked for Icelandair since graduating. He started as Sales Manager in Iceland, then had the same job for North America. He moved back to Europe when he became General Manager for Central Europe, stationed in Frankfurt. In 2006, he became General Manager for Scandinavia, stationed in Copenhagen. In May 2008, Birkir was appointed CEO of Icelandair. He presided over the company in turbulent times, first with the Icelandic economic collapse in late 2008 and then the volcanic eruptions in 2010 and 2011 T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birkir Jón Jónsson
Birkir Jón Jónsson (born 24 July 1979) is a member of parliament of the Althing, the Iceland Iceland is a Nordic countries, Nordic island country between the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge between North America and Europe. It is culturally and politically linked with Europe and is the regi ...ic parliament. He is a member of the Progressive Party. He has been a member of the Icelandic Delegation to the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly since 2009. External linksAlthing biography 1979 births Living people Birkir Jon Jonsson Birkir Jon Jonsson Birkir Jon Jonsson Place of birth missing (living people) Birkir Jon Jonsson {{Iceland-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birkir Kristinsson
Birkir Kristinsson (born 15 August 1964) is an Icelandic former footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Club career He started his career with local Vestmannaeyjar team ÍBV, and also played with Einherji from Vopnafjordur, KA from Akureyri, ÍA and Fram in the Icelandic league before moving to Norway with SK Brann in 1996, where he is still considered as a hero, after his efforts in the cup winner's cup in 1997, where SK Brann reached the quarter-finals. He moved to English club Birmingham City and after failing to make an impression there, he moved on to spells with Swedish side IFK Norrköping, Bolton Wanderers and Austrian club Lustenau before making a return to ÍBV. In December 2000 he moved to Stoke City where his brother Magnús Kristinsson was a member of the Icelandic board at Stoke. He made a decent enough start at Stoke taking over from Gavin Ward until he made a mistake against Northampton Town in February 2001. He did retain his place in the side but after ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birkir Már Sævarsson
Birkir Már Sævarsson (born 11 November 1984) is an Icelandic professional footballer who plays as a defender for Nacka. Club career Valur Birkir started his professional career with local team Valur in the Úrvalsdeild, where he made his senior debut in 2003. He went on to play 66 competitive league games for the club, scoring twice, across five seasons. He won the 2007 Úrvalsdeild with Valur. Brann In 2008, at age 23, he joined the Norwegian side SK Brann in Tippeligaen. Before signing for Brann, Sævarsson had a trial with Bryne FK. Being known as a versatile defender, he was originally planned as a right back at Brann, but played almost all the 2009 season on the left back. He was often praised for his stamina, pace, and ability to contribute to the attacking play from his wing-back position. Birkir soon also became known for his scoring ability. In 2011, his side reached the final in the Norwegian Cup, where Birkir played the whole game as Brann lost 1–2 to Aa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birkir Valur Jónsson
Birkir Valur Jónsson (born 2 November 1998) is an Iceland, Icelandic Association football, footballer who plays for Handknattleiksfélag Kópavogs, HK as a Defender (association football), right back. Club career Jónsson made his debut for HK in a 3–2 win against Knattspyrnufélag Akureyrar, KA on 27 June 2015. On 28 July 2020, he joined Spartak Trnava on loan from HK. He returned to HK in January 2021. References External links * 1998 births Living people Icelandic men's footballers, Birkir Valur Jonsson 21st-century Icelandic sportsmen, Birkir Valur Jonsson Icelandic expatriate men's footballers, Birkir Valur Jonsson Iceland men's youth international footballers, Birkir Valur Jonsson Iceland men's under-21 international footballers, Birkir Valur Jonsson Men's association football defenders Handknattleiksfélag Kópavogs players, Birkir Valur Jonsson 1. deild karla players, Birkir Valur Jonsson Úrvalsdeild karla (football) players, Birkir Valur Jonsson FC Spartak T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birkir Ívar Guðmundsson
Birkir Ívar Guðmundsson was a goalkeeper for the Iceland men's national handball team. He is married to Kristín Ólafsdóttir and has two daughters with her. He ended his playing career for Haukar in Iceland Iceland is a Nordic countries, Nordic island country between the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge between North America and Europe. It is culturally and politically linked with Europe and is the regi .... He won the Icelandic championship in 2002, 2003 and 2005. References Living people Birkir Ivar Gudmundsson 1976 births Sportspeople from Vestmannaeyjar Icelandic expatriate handball players in Germany TuS Nettelstedt-Lübbecke players {{Iceland-sport-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Icelandic Masculine Given Names
Icelandic refers to anything of, from, or related to Iceland and may refer to: *Icelandic people *Icelandic language *Icelandic orthography *Icelandic cuisine See also * Icelander (other) * Icelandic Airlines, a predecessor of Icelandair * Icelandic horse, a breed of domestic horse * Icelandic sheep, a breed of domestic sheep * Icelandic Sheepdog, a breed of domestic dog * Icelandic cattle, a breed of cattle * Icelandic chicken, a breed of chicken {{disambig Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
