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Erland
Erland is a Nordic male given name with several possible origins. It is typically believed to come from the Old Norse or , meaning ''foreigner''. Other possible origins are and the Proto-Norse words * (''here'') and * (''noble'', ''important''). The name is earliest attested in a Norwegian runestone as arlantr. Notable people with the name include: *Erland Almqvist (1912–1999), Swedish sailor who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics *Leif Erland Andersson (1944–1979), Swedish astronomer * Erland Asdahl (1921–1988), Norwegian politician for the Centre Party *Erland Carlsson (1822–1893), Swedish-American Lutheran Minister * Gawain Erland Cooper, Orcadian and Scottish folk guitarist and singer *Erland Dryselius (Benedikt, Brodderi) Dryselius (1641–1708), Swedish priest, historian and translator *Erland Erlandson (c. 1790 – 1875), Dano-Canadian explorer and fur trader *Bengt Erland Fogelberg (also Benedict Fogelberg), (1786–1854), Swedish sculptor * Erland Harold Hedric ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erland Kiøsterud
Erland Kiøsterud (born 10 November 1953) is a Norwegian novelist and author of essays about society, civilisation and ethics. He made his literary debut in 1973 with the novel ''Sår som aldri gror''. His next novel, ''Jord!'' (1977) was made into a film in 1988. He received the Gyldendal's Endowment in 1986, and was awarded the Riksmål Society Literature Prize in 2005. See the latest film ''The Ecocentric Human'' about him and ecology at https://vimeo.com/490469169 References 1953 births Living people 20th-century Norwegian novelists 21st-century Norwegian novelists {{Norway-novelist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erland Johnsen
Erland Johnsen (born 5 April 1967) is a Norwegian football manager and former professional footballer who is director of youth at Sarpsborg 08 FF. As a player he was a centre back from 1983 until 1999, notably in the Premier League for Chelsea and in the Bundesliga for Bayern Munich. He also played for Moss, Rosenborg and Strømsgodset and earned 24 caps for Norway. He moved into management in 1999 with Strømsgodset and later with Moss, Follo, Lillestrøm and Strømmen. Club career His playing career began in Moss, and he later joined Bayern Munich as a professional. During his two seasons at the club he was involved in two championships in 1989 and 1990. In December 1989, he transferred to English team Chelsea, where he played for eight seasons and was voted player of the year for the club in 1995. He scored his only goal for the club against Southampton in April 1994. Whilst at Chelsea he played in the 1994 FA Cup Final. Chelsea won the 1996–97 FA Cup; in the fift ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erland Josephson
Erland Josephson (; 15 June 1923 – 25 February 2012) was a Swedish actor and author. He was best known by international audiences for his work in films directed by Ingmar Bergman, Andrei Tarkovsky and Theodoros Angelopoulos. Life and career Josephson was born on the island of Kungsholmen, in Stockholm, Sweden, as the son of Maud Ellen Gabrielle (née Boheman) and , a bookseller of Jewish descent, in 1923. His maternal uncle was diplomat Erik Boheman, and his maternal great-grandfather was entomologist Carl Henrik Boheman. Josephson was the leader of the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm from 1966 to 1975. He also published novels, short stories, poetry and drama, and was the director of several films. In 1980, he directed and starred in the film '' Marmalade Revolution'', which was entered into the 30th Berlin International Film Festival. In 1986, he starred in '' The Sacrifice'' and won the award for Best Actor at the 22nd Guldbagge Awards. He was the Swedish voice of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erling Erland
Erling Erland (12 July 1917 – 13 January 1988) was a Norwegian politician and Member of Parliament for Anders Lange's Party. Erland was born in Time. He started as a student in 1937, and was educated as an engineer from the Norwegian Institute of Technology in 1943. He worked for ''Erlands Maskin'' in Bryne from 1943 to 1952, and since then worked as a teacher, and later lector, for the Technical School of Stavanger. He was editor Editing is the process of selecting and preparing written, visual, audible, or cinematic material used by a person or an entity to convey a message or information. The editing process can involve correction, condensation, organization, a ... of the Anders Lange's Party electoral newspaper, ''Anders'' in 1973. He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Rogaland in 1973 where he sat until 1977. References 1917 births 1988 deaths People from Time, Norway Progress Party (Norway) politicians Rogaland politicians Members of the S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erland Von Koch
Sigurd Christian Jag Erland Vogt von Koch (26 April 1910 – 31 January 2009) was a Swedish composer. He wrote symphonies, ballets, an opera, and other compositions, including music for film. Life and career Born in Stockholm as the son of composer Sigurd von Koch (1879–1919), Erland von Koch studied at the Stockholm Conservatory from 1931 to 1935 and subsequently passed the advanced choirmaster and organist examinations. Between 1936 and 1938, he lived in Germany and France in order to pursue studies in composition with Paul Höffer, conducting with Clemens Krauss, and piano with Claudio Arrau. Later, he took private classes with Tor Mann in Sweden. Teaching at the Karl Wohlfarts Musikschule from 1939 to 1945, von Koch also spent the final two years of this period working as a sound expert and choirmaster for radio broadcasting. He composed much music for the Swedish film industry. From 1953 to 1975, he was lecturer in harmony at the Stockholm Conservatory,Percy, G. “ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erland Van Lidth De Jeude
Erland Philip Peter van Lidth de Jeude (June 3, 1953 – September 23, 1987) was a Dutch–American actor, opera singer, and amateur wrestler. Early life and education Erland Philip Peter van Lidth de Jeude was born in Hilversum, the Netherlands, and came to the United States with his family in 1958, where they resided in Orange, New Jersey (until 1960), then Stamford, Connecticut (1960–1962), Ridgefield, Connecticut (1962–1970) where he attended Ridgefield High School, and moved to Mont Vernon, New Hampshire, in 1970 where he attended Milford Area Senior High School, from which he was graduated in 1972.Concannon, Joe"Extraordinary young giant hulking about MIT campus" ''The Boston Globe'', December 9, 1973. Accessed November 9, 2023, via Newspapers.com. "'We moved to Mount Vernon, N.H. after my freshman year (in Ridgefield, Conn.). (He attended Milford Area High). Wrestling never occurred to me.'" He appeared in theatrical productions, and played center and nose guard o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erland Steenberg
Erland Steenberg (11 February 1919 – 11 December 2009) was a Norwegian politician for the Centre Party. He was born in Nedre Eiker as a son of farmers Christoffer Steenberg (1888–1970) and Anne Severine Åsland (1878–1963). He was employed in the Bank of Norway in Drammen from 1938 to 1947, and also worked as an auditor until 1968. He was a member of Nedre Eiker municipal council between 1959 and 1967, the last four-year term in the executive committee. He chaired his county branch of the Centre Party from 1960 to 1966, and was deputy leader of the Centre Party nationally from 1967 to 1977 He was elected to the Parliament of Norway from Buskerud in 1965, and was re-elected on two occasions. He had previously as a deputy representative during the terms 1958–1961 and 1961–1965. During his second term, from 1969 to 1973, he served as Vice President of the Odelsting. Steenberg was the chairman of IF Birkebeineren from 1955 to 1956, chaired the corporate council ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erland Samuel Bring
Erland Samuel Bring (19 August 1736 – 20 May 1798) was a Swedish mathematician. Bring studied at Lund University between 1750 and 1757. In 1762 he obtained a position of a reader in history and was promoted to professor in 1779. At Lund he wrote eight volumes of mathematical work in the fields of algebra, geometry, analysis and astronomy, including ''Meletemata quaedam mathematica circa transformationem aequationum algebraicarum'' (1786). This work describes Bring's contribution to the algebraic solution of equations. Bring had developed an important transformation to simplify a quintic equation to the form x^5 + px + q = 0 (see Bring radical). In 1832–35 the same transformation was independently derived by George Jerrard. However, whereas Jerrard knew from the past work by Paolo Ruffini and Niels Henrik Abel Niels Henrik Abel ( , ; 5 August 1802 – 6 April 1829) was a Norwegian mathematician who made pioneering contributions in a variety of fields. His most famous ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erland Pison
Erland Pison (born 4 October 1974) was a Belgian politician for Vlaams Belang. Career After completing his lawstudies at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, he moved in 1999 to Brussels to start his legal career in public law. From 2004 till 2009 he was elected for the Brussels Parliament. In November 2004, Pison ran for the presidency of Vlaams Belang but was not elected. From 2006 till 2009 he was also elected municipal councillor of Koekelberg. In 2010 he left politics and the bar of Brussels to study international relations. Pison re-entered politics in 2019. From 2019 until his dismissal in 2022, he was accredited parliamentary assistant (APA) at the European Parliament. Despite his earlier dismissal, Pison applied again for a job at Vlaams Belang, but was refused by the party. Controversy In 2022, Pison contacted the far-left news site Apache with allegations about his former employer. Vlaams Belang denied the allegations and points to Pisons personal and political motiv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erland Nordenskiöld
Baron Nils Erland Herbert Nordenskiöld (19 July 1877 – 5 July 1932) was a Swedish archeologist and anthropologist. Nordenskiöld's research focused on the ethnography and prehistory of South America. Biography He was born in Stockholm, the son of N. A. E. Nordenskiöld. He was educated at Uppsala, was connected with the Museum of Natural History at Stockholm (1906–08), and became director of the ethnographic division of the Göteborg Museum (1913). He made journeys of discovery in Patagonia (1899), in Argentina and Bolivia (1901–02), in Peru and Bolivia (1904–05), in Bolivia (1908–09), and in 1913 in the interior of South America. From these journeys he brought home large collections to Gothenburg where he was head of the Ethnographical Museum. In 1912 he was awarded the Loubat Prize of the Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities and the Wahlberg gold medal of the Swedish Society for Anthropology and Geography. He was elected a foreign membe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erland Lindén
Erland is a Nordic male given name with several possible origins. It is typically believed to come from the Old Norse or , meaning ''foreigner''. Other possible origins are and the Proto-Norse words * (''here'') and * (''noble'', ''important''). The name is earliest attested in a Norwegian runestone as arlantr. Notable people with the name include: * Erland Almqvist (1912–1999), Swedish sailor who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics *Leif Erland Andersson (1944–1979), Swedish astronomer * Erland Asdahl (1921–1988), Norwegian politician for the Centre Party * Erland Carlsson (1822–1893), Swedish-American Lutheran Minister * Gawain Erland Cooper, Orcadian and Scottish folk guitarist and singer * Erland Dryselius (Benedikt, Brodderi) Dryselius (1641–1708), Swedish priest, historian and translator * Erland Erlandson (c. 1790 – 1875), Dano-Canadian explorer and fur trader * Bengt Erland Fogelberg (also Benedict Fogelberg), (1786–1854), Swedish sculptor * Erland Harold ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erland Lee
Erland Lee (1864 – 1926) was a Canadian farmer, teacher, and government employee from Stoney Creek, Ontario. He was a co-founder of the Women's Institutes, an international organization originally formed to promote the education of isolated rural women. Life Born on May 3, 1864, Erland was a prominent member of the Lee family, who came to the Niagara Peninsula in Canada (then British North America) as United Empire Loyalists in 1792, after the American Revolutionary War. They settled on top of the Niagara Escarpment, and cultivated a prosperous farm. The Lee Homestead, also known as "Edgemont," is currently the site of the Erland Lee Museum. Erland Lee was the co-founder of the first Women's Institute in the world, along with Janet (Chisholm) Lee, his wife, and Adelaide Hoodless, an advocate of domestic science and women's education. In February 1897, after hearing Hoodless give a lecture at the Ontario Agricultural College in Guelph- Erland invited Hoodless to deliver a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
