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Gísli Rúnar Guðmundsson
Gísli () is an Icelandic language, Icelandic and Faroese language, Faroese masculine given name. Gisle is the Norwegian language, Norwegian variant of the name. Notable people with the name include: * Gisli (contemporary musician), Icelandic solo musician, singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist * Gísli S. Einarsson (born 1945), Icelandic politician * Gísli Guðjónsson (born 1947), Icelandic scientist * Gísli Halldórsson (1927–1998), Icelandic actor of theatre, radio, film and television * Gísli Pálsson (born 1949), Icelandic anthropologist and author * Gisli Sursson, the protagonist of ''Gísla saga'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Gisli Icelandic masculine given names Masculine given names Faroese masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 region's westernmost and most list of countries and dependencies by population density, sparsely populated country. Its Capital city, capital and largest city is Reykjavík, which is home to about 36% of the country's roughly 380,000 residents (excluding nearby towns/suburbs, which are separate municipalities). The official language of the country is Icelandic language, Icelandic. Iceland is on a rift between Plate tectonics, tectonic plates, and its geologic activity includes geysers and frequent Types of volcanic eruptions, volcanic eruptions. The interior consists of a volcanic plateau with sand and lava fields, mountains and glaciers, and many Glacial stream, glacial rivers flow to the sea through the Upland and lowland, lowlands. Iceland i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Faroe Islands
The Faroe Islands ( ) (alt. the Faroes) are an archipelago in the North Atlantic Ocean and an autonomous territory of the Danish Realm, Kingdom of Denmark. Located between Iceland, Norway, and the United Kingdom, the islands have a population of 54,609 and a land area of 1,393 km². The official language is Faroese language, Faroese, which is partially mutually intelligible with Icelandic language, Icelandic. The terrain is rugged, dominated by fjords and cliffs with sparse vegetation and few trees. As a result of its proximity to the Arctic Circle, the islands experience perpetual Twilight, civil twilight during summer nights and very short winter days; nevertheless, they experience a Oceanic climate#Subpolar variety (Cfc, Cwc), subpolar oceanic climate and mild temperatures year-round due to the Gulf Stream. The capital, Tórshavn, receives the fewest recorded hours of sunshine of any city in the world at only 840 per year. Færeyinga saga, Færeyinga Saga and the writin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Germanic Languages
The Germanic languages are a branch of the Indo-European languages, Indo-European language family spoken natively by a population of about 515 million people mainly in Europe, North America, Oceania, and Southern Africa. The most widely spoken Germanic language, English language, English, is also the world's most List of languages by total number of speakers, widely spoken language with an estimated 2 billion speakers. All Germanic languages are derived from Proto-Germanic language, Proto-Germanic, spoken in Iron Age Scandinavia, History of Germany#Iron Age, Iron Age Northern Germany and along the North Sea and Baltic coasts. The West Germanic languages include the three most widely spoken Germanic languages: English language, English with around 360–400 million native speakers; German language, German, with over 100 million native speakers; and Dutch language, Dutch, with 24 million native speakers. Other West Germanic languages include Afrikaans, an offshoot of Dutch origi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gisle
Gisle is a given name. Notable people with the given name include: *Gisle Ellingsen (born 1965), Norwegian high jumper * Gisle Elvebakken (born 1970), Norwegian speed skater *Gisle Fenne (born 1963), Norwegian biathlete *Gisle Johnson (1822–1894), Norwegian theologian and educator *Gisle Johnson (Scouting) (1934–2014), Norwegian chief scout * Gisle Hannemyr (born 1953), Norwegian computer scientist * Gisle Kverndokk (born 1967), Norwegian contemporary composer *Gisle Midttun (1881–1940), Norwegian cultural historian and museologist * Gisle Meininger Saudland (born 1986), Norwegian politician * Gisle Saga (born 1974), Norwegian music producer and songwriter * Gisle Straume (1917–1988), Norwegian actor and theatre director *Gisle Torvik Gisle Torvik (born 2 June 1975) is a Norwegian jazz musician (guitar) from Tørvikbygd in Hardanger. Career Torvik was born in Bergen, and spent three years studying music at the Nordic Institute of Stage and Studio (Oslo, 1995–98) with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gisela (name)
Gisela is a female given name of Germany, Germanic origin. The name derives from the Old High German word ''gīsal'', "pledge". Variations on the name in other languages include: *Spanish language, Spanish: Gisela, Gicela, Gicelberta *Catalan language, Catalan: Gisela *German language, German: Gisela *French language, French: Gisèle, Giselle *Hungarian language, Hungarian: Gizella *Italian language, Italian: Gisella *Polish language, Polish: Gizela *Portuguese language, Portuguese: Gisela The male forms is Gísli and Gisle, from Gísla saga (Gisli's saga) possibly known from place names such as Gislaved Municipality, Gislaved, a municipality in Sweden. Noble Giselas * Gisela (daughter of Pepin the Short) (757 - 810-11), abbess * Gisela, daughter of Charlemagne (in or before 781 - after 808) * Gisela of Burgundy (c. 955 - 1007), daughter of Conrad, king of Burgundy, wife of Henry II, Duke of Bavaria, Henry the Wrangler * Giselle of Bavaria (c. 1085 - 1065), her daughter (also ... [...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] |
Faroese Language
Faroese ( ; ) is a North Germanic languages, North Germanic language spoken as a first language by about 69,000 Faroe Islanders, of whom 21,000 reside mainly in Denmark and elsewhere. It is one of five languages descended from Old Norse#Old West Norse, Old West Norse spoken in the Middle Ages; the others include Nynorsk, Norwegian, Icelandic language, Icelandic, and the extinct Norn language, Norn and Greenlandic Norse. Faroese and Icelandic, its closest extant relative, are not easily Mutual intelligibility, mutually intelligible in speech, but the written languages resemble each other quite closely, largely owing to Faroese's Orthographic depth, etymological orthography. History Around 900 AD, the language spoken in the Faroes was Old Norse, which Norse settlers had brought with them during the time of the settlement of Faroe Islands () that began in 825. However, many of the settlers were not from Scandinavia, but descendants of Norse settlers in the Irish Sea region. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norwegian Language
Norwegian ( ) is a North Germanic language from the Indo-European language family spoken mainly in Norway, where it is an official language. Along with Swedish and Danish, Norwegian forms a dialect continuum of more or less mutually intelligible local and regional varieties; some Norwegian and Swedish dialects, in particular, are very close. These Scandinavian languages, together with Faroese and Icelandic as well as some extinct languages, constitute the North Germanic languages. Faroese and Icelandic are not mutually intelligible with Norwegian in their spoken form because continental Scandinavian has diverged from them. While the two Germanic languages with the greatest numbers of speakers, English and German, have close similarities with Norwegian, neither is mutually intelligible with it. Norwegian is a descendant of Old Norse, the common language of the Germanic peoples living in Scandinavia during the Viking Age. Today there are two official forms of ''written'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gisli (contemporary Musician)
Gisli is an Icelandic solo musician, singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist now operating in London, UK. His brand of pop-rock has been likened to, amongst others, Beck. He had some degree of chart success in the United Kingdom with his debut album 'How About That?' (2004) and appeared at Glastonbury Festivalhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/music/release/r2hj/ Comment about his appearance at Glastonbury. in 2004. His second album, Build-Ups And Break-Downs, was recently released on EMI. Gisli has also produced and written songs for other artists, including Norwegian artist Anja Garbarek. Her album '' Briefly shaking'' was co-written/produced by Gisli and later picked up by French director Luc Besson for use in his movie ''Angel-A ''Angel-A'' is a 2005 French romantic fantasy drama film written and directed by Luc Besson and featuring Jamel Debbouze and Rie Rasmussen. Plot A freeze frame shows Andre (Jamel Debbouze), who describes himself via a voice over, stating that ...''. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gísli S
Gísli () is an Icelandic and Faroese masculine given name. Gisle is the Norwegian variant of the name. Notable people with the name include: * Gisli (contemporary musician), Icelandic solo musician, singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist * Gísli S. Einarsson (born 1945), Icelandic politician * Gísli Guðjónsson (born 1947), Icelandic scientist * Gísli Halldórsson Gísli Halldórsson (2 February 1927 – 27 July 1998) was an Icelandic actor of theatre, radio, film and television, and one of the most popular Icelandic actors of the late twentieth century. He is known internationally for playing the lead r ... (1927–1998), Icelandic actor of theatre, radio, film and television * Gísli Pálsson (born 1949), Icelandic anthropologist and author * Gisli Sursson, the protagonist of ''Gísla saga'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Gisli Icelandic masculine given names Masculine given names Faroese masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gísli Guðjónsson
Gísli Hannes Guðjónsson, CBE (born 26 October 1947) is an Icelandic-British academic, educator, forensic psychologist and former detective. He is Emeritus Professor at the Institute of Psychiatry of King's College London and a Professor in the Psychology Department at Reykjavik University. Gísli is specialized in suggestibility, false confessions and false memory syndrome. Biography Gísli was born on 26 October 1947 to Guðjón Aðalsteinn Guðmundsson and Þóra Hannesdóttir. His twin brother joined the Reykjavík Criminal Investigation Police while he chose to study economics at Brunel University London (BSc, 1975), but changed to psychology whilst in his second year. He completed his studies at the University of Surrey (MSc, 1977; PhD, 1981). In 1982, together with MacKeith he coined the term memory distrust syndrome, to describe those who distrust their own memories and are motivated to rely on external (non-self) sources to verify the accuracy of memories. In the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gísli Halldórsson
Gísli Halldórsson (2 February 1927 – 27 July 1998) was an Icelandic actor of theatre, radio, film and television, and one of the most popular Icelandic actors of the late twentieth century. He is known internationally for playing the lead role in Children of Nature, which was nominated for an Academy Award as best foreign language film in 1992. Selected filmography * ''Dansinn'' (1998, posthumous release) * ''Djöflaeyjan'' (1996) * ''Sigla himinfley'' (1994) * ''Cold Fever, Á köldum klaka'' (1995) * ''Skýjahöllin'' (1994) * ''Tveir á báti'' (1992) * ''Karlakórinn Hekla'' (1992) * ''Ingaló'' (1992) * ''Children of Nature'' (1991) * ''Áramótaskaup 1991'' * ''Kristnihald undir jökli (film), Kristnihald undir jökli'' (1989) * ''Áramótaskaup 1987'' * ''Áramótaskaup 1986'' * ''Jón Oddur & Jón Bjarni'' (1981) – Kormákur afi References External links * 1927 births 1998 deaths Icelandic male film actors, Gisli Halldorsson Icelandic male televisio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
