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Brøgger
Brøgger is a Danish and Norwegian surname which may refer to: * Anton Wilhelm Brøgger (printer) (1820–1882), Norwegian book printer *Anton Wilhelm Brøgger (archaeologist) (1884–1951), Norwegian archaeologist * Niels Christian Brøgger (1914–1966), Norwegian writer * Jan Brøgger (1936–2006), Norwegian anthropologist *Suzanne Brøgger (born 1944), Danish writer * Waldemar Christofer Brøgger (geologist) (1851–1940), Norwegian geologist *Waldemar Christofer Brøgger (writer) Waldemar Christofer Brøgger (5 December 1911 – 14 August 1991) was a Norwegian novelist, journalist, translator and editor. Personal life He was born in Stavanger as a son of Anton Wilhelm Brøgger (1884–1951) and Inger Ursin (1882–1941) ... (1911–1991), Norwegian writer {{DEFAULTSORT:Brogger Danish-language surnames Norwegian-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anton Wilhelm Brøgger (archaeologist)
Anton Wilhelm Brøgger (11 October 1884 – 29 August 1951) was a Norwegian archaeologist and politician. Personal life He was born in Stockholm as a son of professor of geology Waldemar Christofer Brøgger (1851–1940) and Antonie Scheel Siewers (1854–1933). He was a grandson of the book printer Anton Wilhelm Brøgger. In September 1909 he married Inger Ursin (1882–1941). He had the sons Waldemar Christofer Brøgger (1911–1991) and Niels Christian Brøgger (1914–1966), and through the former, the grandson Jan Brøgger. Career Brøgger finished his secondary education in 1903, but his higher education was sporadic. Without a formal examination, he wrote the paper ''Øxer av Nøstvettypen'', which was published in 1905 by the Norwegian Geological Survey. He participated in the archaeological investigations of Svarthola outside Stavanger, and wrote a report on the first paleolithic kitchen midden found in Norway, published in the ''Annals'' of Stavanger Museum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waldemar Christofer Brøgger (writer)
Waldemar Christofer Brøgger (5 December 1911 – 14 August 1991) was a Norwegian novelist, journalist, translator and editor. Personal life He was born in Stavanger as a son of Anton Wilhelm Brøgger (1884–1951) and Inger Ursin (1882–1941). He was a great-grandson of the book printer Anton Wilhelm Brøgger, a grandson of geologist Waldemar Christofer Brøgger and a brother of writer Niels Christian Brøgger. Between 1933 and 1941 he was married to Elin Amalie Thon, and between 1942 and 1948 he was married to Mai Lindegård. Finally, between 1948 and 1976 he was married to nurse Enid Wesenlund. He is the father of the geneticist Anton Brøgger, born 1934, the anthropologist Jan Brøgger, born 1936 and Inger Vibeke Brøgger Langfeldt, born 1940. Career Brøgger took his examen artium in 1930, and took the examen philosophicum at the Royal Frederick University before taking up a career in writing. His début novel was ''Den evige vilje'' ('The Eternal Will', 1932). In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suzanne Brøgger
Suzanne Preis Brøgger Zeruneith (born 18 November 1944 in Copenhagen) is a Danish writer, a novelist, poet and journalist. Her first book ''Fri os fra kærligheden'' has been translated into c. 20 languages. Since 1997 she has been a member of the Danish Academy. Early life Brøgger grew up in Denmark until she was fourteen, after that she moved abroad with her mother and her stepfather Svend Brøgger, who worked for UNICEF and was stationed in Colombo, Sri Lanka and later in Bangkok, Thailand. Suzanne Brøgger returned to Denmark to attend high school a couple of years later. She finished the Silkeborg Gymnasium (a secondary school) in 1964, and she then studied Russian and French at the University of Copenhagen. She did not graduate, but has later said that her university days inspired her to constantly extend her horizons in life-long study. After secondary school While studying she also worked as a model and with films and theatre. Through articles in Danish newspapers in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anton Wilhelm Brøgger (printer)
Anton Wilhelm Brøgger (14 March 1820 – 10 April 1882) was a Norwegian book printer. Personal life Brøgger was born to Niels Christian Brøgger (1783–1827) and Frideriche Bader (1791–1864) in Kristiansand, Aust-Agder. His only brother was Christian Fredrik Brøgger (1814–74). In 1848, Brøgger married Oline Marie Bjerring (1826–1905), with whom he had a son, Waldemar Christofer Brøgger (1851–1940). Career In 1827, Brøgger's family moved to Christiania. His father died the same year. At the age of 16, Brøgger became an apprentice at the publishing company Guldberg & Dzwonkowski. In 1842, he finished his apprenticeship and became a factor at the concern run by the Wulfsberg printing and bookselling family. In 1851, he rented the premises of Guldberg & Dzwonkowski and started his own printing house, A. W. Brøggers Bogtrykkeri. The following year, Brøgger started a partnership with typographer Johan Arnoldus von Westen Sylow Koren Christie (1821–92). From ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niels Christian Brøgger
Niels Christian Ursin Brøgger (4 June 1914 – 17 August 1966) was a Norway, Norwegian essayist, novelist, journalist and critic. He was born in Oslo, Kristiania as a son of Anton Wilhelm Brøgger (archaeologist), Anton Wilhelm Brøgger (1884–1951) and Inger Ursin (1882–1941). He was a great-grandson of the book printer Anton Wilhelm Brøgger (printer), Anton Wilhelm Brøgger, a grandson of geologist Waldemar Christofer Brøgger (geologist), Waldemar Christofer Brøgger and a brother of writer Waldemar Christofer Brøgger (writer), Waldemar Christofer Brøgger. He was the uncle of anthropologist Jan Brøgger. Brøgger studied the history of literature at the University of Oslo and in London. His first book was ''Den nye moral og andre essays'', an essay collection released in 1934. In the same year he was hired as a critic in ''Tidens Tegn'', a newspaper to which his father also contributed. His brother was hired as a journalist in 1937, and became a theatre critic the follow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waldemar Christofer Brøgger (geologist)
Waldemar Christofer Brøgger FRSE (10 November 185117 February 1940) was a Norwegian geologist and mineralogist. His research on Permian igneous rocks (286 to 245 million years ago) of the Oslo district greatly advanced petrologic theory on the formation of rocks. Biography He was born in Christiania (now Oslo), Norway. He was the son of Anton Wilhelm Brøgger (1820–1882) and Oline (“Lina”) Marie Bjerring (1826–1905). He attended Oslo Cathedral School and graduated in 1870. He studied science and zoology under Theodor Kjerulf at University of Christiania (now University of Oslo). He was Cand. filos. (1870) and delivered his dissertation in 1875. Brøgger was then immediately employed in the Norwegian Geological Survey as an assistant. In the winter of 1875–76, he made a study trip together with fellow student Hans Reusch (1852–1922) to Corsica and Elba. The two jointly published an illustrated work, ''Jættegryder ved Christiania'' (Copenhagen. 1874) wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan Brøgger
Jan Christian Brøgger (January 13, 1936, in Paris, France – February 28, 2006, in Oslo, Norway) was a Norwegian professor of social anthropology and a clinical psychologist. He was one of the most well-known Norwegian academics of his generation. He first worked together with the internationally more notable Fredrik Barth at the University of Bergen. Brøgger later travelled to Cornell University where he studied under Victor Turner. He received his PhD in 1970 at the University of Oslo. From 1969 to 1974 he was curator at the Ethnographic museum of Oslo. Jan Brøgger became full professor in social anthropology at the University of Trondheim (later NTNU) in 1975, a position he held until he died in 2006. He was also dean of studies at the Faculty of humanities at NTNU. He did fieldwork in Italy, Ethiopia, the Sudan, Portugal, and Malaysia. Jan Brøgger was probably most known as an active participant in the Norwegian public sphere The public sphere () is an area in social r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |