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Esben Høilund Carlsen
Esben is a Norwegian and Danish male given name. Origin and variants It originated as a variant of Asbjørn. A common variant is Espen. Notable people Notable people with this name include: * Esben Sloth Andersen, Danish professor of economics * Esben Holmboe Bang, Danish chef and Michelin-starred restaurateur * Esben Esther Pirelli Benestad, Norwegian physician and sexologist * Esben Hansen, Danish football midfielder * Esben Selvig, Norwegian-Danish rapper and singer * Esben Smed, Danish actor * Esben Storm, Danish-Australian actor and director Other uses * Esben and the Witch, Danish fairytale * Esben and the Witch (band) Esben and the Witch are a British three piece Rock music, rock band formed in Brighton in 2008. consisting of Rachel Davies (vocals, bass), Thomas Fisher (guitar), and Daniel Copeman (drums, electronics – formerly guitar).Lester, Paul (2009) ..., British rock band References {{given name Danish masculine given names Norwegian masculine given na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of Norway. Bouvet Island, located in the Subantarctic, is a Dependencies of Norway, dependency, and not a part of the Kingdom; Norway also Territorial claims in Antarctica, claims the Antarctic territories of Peter I Island and Queen Maud Land. Norway has a population of 5.6 million. Its capital and largest city is Oslo. The country has a total area of . The country shares a long eastern border with Sweden, and is bordered by Finland and Russia to the northeast. Norway has an extensive coastline facing the Skagerrak strait, the North Atlantic Ocean, and the Barents Sea. The unified kingdom of Norway was established in 872 as a merger of Petty kingdoms of Norway, petty kingdoms and has existed continuously for years. From 1537 to 1814, Norway ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denmark
Denmark is a Nordic countries, Nordic country in Northern Europe. It is the metropole and most populous constituent of the Kingdom of Denmark,, . also known as the Danish Realm, a constitutionally unitary state that includes the Autonomous administrative division, autonomous territories of the Faroe Islands and Greenland in the north Atlantic Ocean.* * * Metropolitan Denmark, also called "continental Denmark" or "Denmark proper", consists of the northern Jutland peninsula and an archipelago of 406 islands. It is the southernmost of the Scandinavian countries, lying southwest of Sweden, south of Norway, and north of Germany, with which it shares a short border. Denmark proper is situated between the North Sea to the west and the Baltic Sea to the east.The island of Bornholm is offset to the east of the rest of the country, in the Baltic Sea. The Kingdom of Denmark, including the Faroe Islands and Greenland, has roughly List of islands of Denmark, 1,400 islands greater than in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asbjørn
Asbjørn is a Norwegian and Danish male given name. In 2013, there were more than 7,000 men in Norway with this name. In Norway it reached the peak of its popularity between 1910 and 1930, during which period approximately 1% of children were given the name. The name is a combination of the words '' as'', i.e. a god in the Norse pantheon, and ''bjørn'', meaning bear Bears are carnivoran mammals of the family (biology), family Ursidae (). They are classified as caniforms, or doglike carnivorans. Although only eight species of bears are extant, they are widespread, appearing in a wide variety of habitats .... ( Bjørn can also be used as a given name by itself.) Variants Variants include Espen and Esben. In Swedish, the equivalent is Esbjörn. The English surnames Osborn, Osborne, Osbourne and Usborne come from Asbjørn or the same route. Notable people Asbjørn * Asbjørn Andersen (other) * Asbjørn Halvorsen (1898–1955), Norwegian footballer * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Espen
Espen is a Norwegian masculine given name. In Norway it reached the peak of its popularity between 1970 and 1990, during which period approximately 1.1% of children were given that name. Origin and variants It originated as a variant of Asbjørn or Esben. Given name Notable people with the given name include: Artists * Espen Aalberg, Norwegian jazz musician, drummer * Espen Berg (musician) (born 1983), Norwegian musician, arranger and composer * Espen Dietrichson (born 1976), Norwegian artist * Espen Eckbo (born 1973), Norwegian actor, writer and comedian * Espen Sommer Eide (born 1972), Norwegian composer and musician * Espen Eriksen, Norwegian jazz musician founder of Espen Eriksen Trio * Espen Grjotheim (born 1976), Norwegian singer and actor * Espen Haavardsholm (born 1945), Norwegian novelist, poet, biographer and essayist * Espen Klouman Høiner (born 1981), Norwegian writer and actor * Espen Beranek Holm (born 1960), Norwegian pop artist and comedian * Esp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Esben Sloth Andersen
Esben Sloth Andersen is an emeritus professor in economics at Aalborg University. Esben Sloth Andersen's research revolves around evolutionary economics with emphasis on innovation and its role in economic growth. Furthermore, he has worked with computer simulation and history of theory. Within this field, Esben Sloth Andersen was awarded the “Gunnar Myrdal prize” in 2010 by the European Association for Evolutionary Political Economy. Education Esben Sloth Andersen graduated from University of Copenhagen in 1986 and received his PhD in 1994 from Roskilde University Roskilde University (, abbreviated RUC or RU) is a Danish public university founded in 1972 and located in Trekroner in the Eastern part of Roskilde. The university awards bachelor's degrees, master's degrees, and PhD degrees in a wide variet .... In 2010, Esben Sloth Andersen received his doctorate based on his doctoral thesis "Schumpeter's Evolutionary Economics: A Theoretical, Historical and Statistical A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Esben Holmboe Bang
Esben Holmboe Bang (born 19 July 1982) is a Danish chef and restaurateur. He is co-owner and head chef at the three Michelin star restaurant Maaemo in Oslo, Norway. History Bang grew up in Frederiksberg, where both his parents were trained journalists. After their divorce, he moved to a hippie collective in Værløse. He dropped out of secondary school to begin training to be a chef. He started his apprenticeship at Schackenborg Slotskro in Møgeltønder. He became interested in gourmet food, and switched places to the gourmet restaurant Det 11. Bud in Copenhagen. After graduating, he worked for two years with the French chef Daniel Letz at Sankt Jakobs Plads in Østerbro. In 2001, he moved to Oslo after meeting a Norwegian woman whom he later married. Here he got a job at the restaurant Bagatelle, before two years later becoming deputy manager at Le Canard, which at this time had one star in the Michelin guide. From 2005 to 2006, Holmboe Bang was briefly back in Copen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michelin Guide
The ''Michelin Guides'' ( ; ) are a series of guide books that have been published by the French tyre company Michelin since 1900. The ''Guide'' awards up to three Michelin star (classification), stars for excellence to a select few restaurants in certain geographic areas. Michelin also publishes the ''Green Guides'', a series of general guides to cities, regions, and countries. History file:Guidem michelin 1900.jpg, upright=1, The first ''Michelin Guide'', published in 1900 In 1900, there were fewer than 3,000 cars on the roads of France. To increase the demand for cars, and accordingly car tyres, the car tyre manufacturers and brothers Édouard Michelin (born 1859), Édouard and André Michelin published a guide for French motorists, the ''Guide Michelin'' (Michelin Guide). Nearly 35,000 copies of this first, free edition were distributed. It provided information to motorists such as maps, tyre repair and replacement instructions, car mechanics listings, hotels, and petrol st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Esben Esther Pirelli Benestad
Esben Esther Pirelli Benestad (born 3 May 1949) is a Norwegian physician and sexologist who is also known as one of Norway's most prominent trans people. Esben Esther Pirelli Benestad was originally known as just Esben Benestad, but often publishes work in the name which includes their alias ''Esther Pirelli'', the name which is often used by the media. Even though the Justice Department originally refused to issue supplementary identity documents in the name of Benestad's desired name, the local police eventually issued some unofficial documents. Benestad is married to sexologist Elsa Almås and is the parent of the film director Even Benestad. Even Benestad made the documentary '' Alt om min far'' about his parent. In 2007, they took part in the reality TV series ''Skal vi danse'' and was voted out after four episodes. They told the talk show '' God kveld, Norge!'' that they were sometimes bullied by the judges because they criticised their trans identity while dancing. Bene ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Esben Hansen
Esben Hansen (born 10 August 1981) is a Danish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He made his international debut for the Denmark national team in a game against Liechtenstein on 13 September 2007, when he was named in the starting 11. Honours OB *Danish Cup: 2006–07 References External links * Esben Hansenofficial Danish Superliga The Danish Superliga (, ) is a professional association football league in Denmark and the highest level of the Danish football league system. The league is currently contested by 12 teams each year, with 2 teams relegated. It is the current ... statistics at danskfodbold.com * * 1981 births Living people Footballers from Nykøbing Falster Danish men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Denmark men's international footballers Denmark men's under-21 international footballers Nykøbing FC players Odense Boldklub players Randers FC players 1. FC Kaiserslautern players Danish Superlig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Esben Selvig
Esben Ullbæk Bundgaard-Jørgensen Selvig, stage name Dansken (born 17 June 1978) is a Norwegian- Danish rapper and singer. His nickname, "The Dane", stems from his being born in Denmark, but moving to Norway as a child. Selvig is best known as a singer in Yoga Fire and rapper in Klovner I Kamp, in both bands together with Aslak "Alis" Hartberg. Klovner i Kamp won the Spellemannprisen for hip hop in 2001, and the Edvard Prize in 2002 for the song lyrics «Nattens sønner». He has also written for the talkshow '' Torsdagsklubben''. In 2011 he hosted the show ''Dansken & Fingern'' together with Klovner I Kamp's DJ, Thomas "Fingern" Gullestad, and won a Gullruten Gullruten ("Golden Screen") is an annual award for the Norway, Norwegian TV industry, founded in 1998 by ''Norske Film- og TV-produsenters forening''. The awarding committee has representatives from the major national TV companies, Norwegian Broa ... award. In 2013 he was a judge on ''Idol'' (season 7). He marri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Esben Smed
Esben Smed (born 13 July 1984) is a Danish actor. He is best known for his roles in the films '' Sommeren '92'' (2015), '' A Fortunate Man'' (2018), and '' Daniel'' (2019), as well as the television series ''Follow the Money "Follow the money" is a catchphrase popularized by the 1976 docudrama film ''All the President's Men (film), All the President's Men'', which suggests political corruption can be brought to light by examining money transfers between parties. Origi ...'' (2016–2019). Filmography Television Film Awards and nominations References External links * 1984 births Living people Danish male film actors Danish male stage actors Danish male television actors People from Odder Municipality {{Denmark-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Esben Storm
Esben Storm (26 May 1950 – 28 March 2011) was a Danish Australian actor, screenwriter, television producer, television director, voice artist and songwriter. Early life Storm came to Australia with parents Laurits and Ane in 1958, after Laurits lost the family farm to lawyers. After settling in Melbourne, his father worked as a builder's labourer and built a darkroom, where Esben learned photographic processing, composition and lighting. Career Storm was well known for his work with the Australian Children's Television Foundation, headed by Patricia Edgar, where he worked for 15 years. The company sold programs to 92 countries, and Storm was involved in writing, acting, editing, and directing numerous programs, including '' Round the Twist''. He worked to adapt John Marsden's ''Tomorrow'' series but lost the rights to the film. Film making Storm started making films at 18 with his then partner Haydn Keenan. His early work was mostly serious in nature, including a 198 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
