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Bakke (surname)
Bakke is a Norwegian surname that may refer to *Allan Bakke (born 1940), American anaesthesiologist * Arve Bakke (born 1952), Norwegian trade unionist * Bill Bakke (born 1946), American ski jumper * Bo Bakke (born 1955), Norwegian curler *Brenda Bakke (born 1963), American actress *Christine Bakke (born 1971), American LGBT activist * Dagfinn Bakke (1933–2019), Norwegian artist * E. Wight Bakke (1903–1971), American sociologist and economist * Egil Bakke (1927–2022), Norwegian civil servant * Frank Bakke-Jensen (born 1965), Norwegian politician *Eirik Bakke (born 1977), Norwegian football player *Gunnar Bakke (born 1959), Norwegian politician from the Progress Party and mayor of Bergen *Hallvard Bakke (born 1943), Norwegian politician for the Labour Party *Holly Bakke, American attorney * Johnny Bakke (1908–1979), Norwegian politician * Kit Bakke (born 1946), American activist who promoted for women's rights *Ole Bakke (1889–1925), Norwegian-American architect * Morten Bakk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allan Bakke
''Regents of the University of California v. Bakke'', 438 U.S. 265 (1978) involved a dispute of whether preferential treatment for minorities can reduce educational opportunities for whites without violating the Constitution. The case was a landmark decision by the Supreme Court of the United States. It upheld affirmative action, allowing race to be one of several factors in college admission policy. However, the court ruled that specific racial quotas, such as the 16 out of 100 seats set aside for minority students by the University of California, Davis School of Medicine, were impermissible. Although the Supreme Court had outlawed segregation in schools by the ''Brown v. Board of Education'' decision and had ordered school districts to take steps to assure integration, the question of the legality of voluntary affirmative action programs initiated by universities remained unresolved. Proponents deemed such programs necessary to make up for past discrimination, while oppon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holly Bakke
Holly Bakke is an American attorney who served as Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance from 2002 to 2005 in the administration of Governor James E. McGreevey. She received a Bachelor of Arts (BA) from Drew University, a Masters in Business Administration (MBA) from Stevens Institute of Technology, and a Juris Doctor (J.D.) from Seton Hall Law School Seton Hall University School of Law is the law school of Seton Hall University, and is located in downtown Newark, New Jersey. Seton Hall Law is the only private law school in New Jersey, and, according to the ''U.S. News & World Report'' ranki ....Kean University. "Ms. Holly Bakke, Esq., Trustee" aAbout Kean - Leadership & Governance - Board of Trustees - Members. Retrieved 31 October 2013. She also served as a trustee of New Jersey's Kean University. Following leaving her position as Commissioner, she began working with Strategic Initiatives Management Group, LLC as a Principal. References St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trine Bakke
Trine Bakke (born 11 January 1975 in Trondheim) is a retired Norwegian alpine skier. By the end of her career, she had won two World cup competitions in slalom ( St. Anton 1999 and Maribor, 2000). The highlight in her career came at the WC 1999 in Vail where she won the bronze medal in slalom behind Zali Steggall and Pernilla Wiberg. Bakke competed in alpine skiing for Norway at the 1994, 1998, and 2002 Winter Olympics The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially the XIX Olympic Winter Games and commonly known as Salt Lake 2002 ( arp, Niico'ooowu' 2002; Gosiute Shoshoni: ''Tit'-so-pi 2002''; nv, Sooléí 2002; Shoshoni: ''Soónkahni 2002''), was an internation .... References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bakke, Trine 1975 births Norwegian female alpine skiers Olympic alpine skiers for Norway Alpine skiers at the 1994 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 1998 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 2002 Winter Olympics Living people Skiers from Trondheim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Svein Erik Bakke
Svein Erik Bakke (11 June 1947 – 21 November 2006) was a Norwegian entrepreneur. Bakke was born at Sørum in Romerike, Norway. He began building his fortune by cleaning as a seventeen-year-old. Earning the nickname ''Vaske-Bakke'' (Washing-Bakke), he went on to found the cleaning and laundry company ''Viking-gruppen'' (The Viking Group), which reached a total of 750 employees. After suffering a nervous breakdown, leading to a suicide attempt on 23 December 2001, Bakke sold his company. Later he put his fortune into property development in Trysil as a winter sports venue. He was also working with developing tourist resorts in Brazil. Bakke was found dead in his apartment in Oslo Oslo ( , , or ; sma, Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of ... on Tuesday, 21 November 2006 having taken his o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Svein Bakke
Svein Bakke (23 June 1953 – 16 December 2015) was a Norwegian footballer who played for Sogndal Fotball from 1971 to 1990. Bakke was central player when Sogndal faced SK Brann in the 1976 Norwegian Football Cup. Bakke played 514 matches over his nineteen-year career and scored 321 goals (in all competitions, including friendlies). Bakke served Sogndal in an administrative position until 2005, aside from one year (1999) with Wimbledon F.C. in England. Bakke later worked in the private sector. Svein Bakke was the father of former Leeds United and Norway midfielder Eirik Bakke Eirik Bakke (born 13 September 1977 in Sogndal) is a Norwegian retired football player. He played as a right or centre midfielder. After retiring he went on to manage Sogndal, his home town. His son Johan Johanessen Bakke, is also a footba ..., who is currently Sogndal's manager. References 1953 births 2015 deaths Sogndal Fotball players Norwegian footballers Association football forward ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruth Bakke
Ruth Bakke (born 2 August 1947) is a Norwegian organist and composer. She was born in Bergen, Norway, and studied at the Bergen Music Conservatory and the University of Oslo. She continued her studies on a Fulbright grant at Converse College in South Carolina, Texas Lutheran College, University of Redlands in California, and Washington State University Washington State University (Washington State, WSU, or informally Wazzu) is a public land-grant research university with its flagship, and oldest, campus in Pullman, Washington. Founded in 1890, WSU is also one of the oldest land-grant unive .... After completing her studies, Bakke returned to Norway where she worked in Bergen as an organist and choir conductor, and also taught music theory at the Bergen Music Conservatory and Bergen Teacher's Training College. Works Bakke composes for orchestra, band, chamber, sacred, organ, vocal and multimedia works. Selected works include: "Organ sonata", 1970 "Rumus" for chamber orchestr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Randi Bakke
Randi Nilsine Bakke (married name: Gjertsen; 29 October 1904, in Oslo – 21 May 1984, in Nesodden) was a Norwegian pair skater Pair skating is a figure skating discipline defined by the International Skating Union (ISU) as "the skating of two persons in unison who perform their movements in such harmony with each other as to give the impression of genuine Pair Skating a .... She represented Oslo Skøiteklub. Her pairs partner was Christen Christensen. They are the 1933 World bronze medalists. They finished fifth at the 1923 World Figure Skating Championships and the 1934 World Figure Skating Championships. They represented Norway at the 1936 Winter Olympics, where they placed 15th. Results with Christen Christensen References External links * 1904 births 1984 deaths Norwegian female pair skaters Olympic figure skaters of Norway Figure skaters at the 1936 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Oslo World Figure Skating Championships medalists 20th-century No ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morten Bakke
Morten Bakke (born 16 December 1968) is a retired Norwegian football goalkeeper. Club career During his career, Bakke played for several clubs, most notably Molde and Vålerenga. He scored from the penalty mark in a 1992 Norwegian Football Cup game against Stranda. International career He made his debut for Norway in a February 2000 friendly match against Sweden and was Norway's third-choice goalkeeper at Euro 2000. Bakke earned his second and last cap in a January 2001 friendly match against South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed .... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ole Bakke
Ole Bakke (1889–1925) was a Norwegian-American architect practicing in Missoula, a city in western Montana. Bakke, a native of Norway, arrived in Missoula in 1900. As a teenager, he worked as a draftsman for A. J. Gibson, the region's leading architect. Upon Gibson's retirement in 1913, Bakke succeeded to the business. However, Gibson continued to practice in a consulting position, and is thus credited with the design of the First Presbyterian Church, of which he was an active member. Bakke practiced until his departure for Norway circa 1922. His office, in turn, was succeeded by H. E. Kirkemo, who had joined Bakke as a draftsman in 1920. Bakke returned to Missoula in 1924, and died there in 1925.Lincoln School NRHP Nomination 1997. In his time, Bakke was outside of the American arc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kit Bakke
Christopher Lynn "Kit" Bakke (born December 23, 1946) is an American activist. In the 1960s, she actively fought for women's rights and civil rights in addition to protesting the Vietnam War. In college, she helped to establish a new chapter of the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS). Later, she became a member of the Weathermen, also called the Weather Underground, a militant leftist group. Early life Christopher Lynn Bakke, otherwise known as "Kit" Bakke, was born in 1946. She grew up in a rural area near Seattle, Washington, with liberal parents and two younger brothers in a household that valued success in school above all else. Her father, Jack Bakke, was a physician with a passion for human biology, anatomy and the practice of medicine. Her mother, an active member of the League of Women Voters, championed various causes including voter education and keeping water supplies clean. All of her grandparents were college graduates. Students for a Democratic Society After gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johnny Bakke
Johnny Bakke (13 November 1908 – 2 November 1979) was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party. He served as a deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament from Sogn og Fjordane Sogn og Fjordane (; English: "Sogn and Fjordane") was, up to 1 January 2020, a county in western Norway, when it was merged to become part of Vestland county. Bordering previous counties Møre og Romsdal, Oppland, Buskerud, and Hordaland, the cou ... during the terms 1954–1957, 1958–1961, 1961–1965 and 1965–1969. He met in ''Storting'' for a total of 18 days. References * 1908 births 1979 deaths Liberal Party (Norway) politicians Deputy members of the Storting Sogn og Fjordane politicians {{Norway-politician-1900s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hallvard Bakke
Hallvard Bakke (born 4 February 1943 in Flesberg) is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He was Minister of Trade and Shipping 1976–1979, and Minister of Culture 1986–1989. From 2006 to 2010, he was the chairman of the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. He holds a degree from the Norwegian School of Economics The Norwegian School of Economics ( no, Norges Handelshøyskole) or NHH is a business school situated in Bergen, Norway. It was founded in 1936 as Norway's first business school and is a leading teaching and research institution in the fields of .... References 1943 births Living people People from Flesberg Labour Party (Norway) politicians Ministers of Culture of Norway Ministers of Trade and Shipping of Norway Members of the Storting Chairs of NRK 20th-century Norwegian politicians {{Norway-politician-1940s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
