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Høy
Høy is a Danish and Norwegian surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Alfred Høy (1885–1970), Norwegian engineer * Andreas Høy (1817–?), Norwegian politician * Iver Høy (1877–1943), Norwegian businessman * Jytte Høy Jytte Høy (born 1951) is a Danish contemporary artist whose installations and sculptures consist of simple, everyday materials and objects. From 1996 to 2007 she served as rector of the Jutland Art Academy in Aarhus. Among Høy's most notable ex ... (born 1951), Danish artist {{DEFAULTSORT:Hoy Norwegian-language surnames Danish-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iver Høy
Iver Hesselberg Høy (26 September 1877 – 8 March 1943) was a Norwegian businessperson. He was born in Langesund as a son of shipmaster Christian Høy (1836–1896) and Karen Elise Wright. In December 1902 he married ship captain's daughter Lille Petersen. Their daughter Cathrine married professor of medicine Erik Poppe. He took his education at Horten Technical School in 1897 and in Germany from 1899 to 1906. He was the manager of Meraker Smelteverk from 1906 to 1918. The factory was owned by Meraker Brug AS Meraker Brug is a company which owns of wilderness and forest estate, mostly in Meråker Municipality, Norway. Activities include forestry, cabin rental, hunting and fishing. It owns in Meråker Municipality, consisting of 96% of the municip ... and the Kiær family, and Iver Høy was tasked with coordinating Meraker Smelteverk with other power-demanding industries. It was coordinated with Hafslund Karbidfabrikk in 1919, and Høy became manager there. When Odda Smelt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jytte Høy
Jytte Høy (born 1951) is a Danish contemporary artist whose installations and sculptures consist of simple, everyday materials and objects. From 1996 to 2007 she served as rector of the Jutland Art Academy in Aarhus. Among Høy's most notable exhibitions are "Apartment One" in her own apartment in Copenhagen in the mid-1990s and "Tankens Museum" (The Museum of Thought) in 2003 in Esbjerg. In both of these, she arranged exhibits so as to create a sprawling installation stretching from room to room. She is recipient of both the Eckersberg Medal and the Thorvaldsen Medal. Biography Born on 20 August 1951 in the Copenhagen district of Valby, Jytte Høy graduated from the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in 1989. Her early interest in crafts survives in her artwork which can be described as expanded sculpture. Her works consist of common, manufactured items such as parts of dolls and elastic bands. She has recently contributed to art exhibitions in the Arken Museum of Modern Art AR ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfred Høy
Alfred Severin Høy (17 August 1885 – 17 June 1970) was a Norwegian engineer. He was born in Drammen Drammen () is a city and municipality in Buskerud county, Norway. The port and river city of Drammen is centrally located in the south-eastern and most populated part of Norway. Drammen municipality also includes smaller towns and villages such ..., a son of Carl Anton Høy and Laurentze Margrethe Skougaard. He worked for Meraker Smelteverk from 1919, and was appointed manager of the plant from 1941 to 1950. References 1885 births 1970 deaths People from Drammen 20th-century Norwegian engineers {{norway-engineer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andreas Høy
Andreas Høy (12 May 1817 in Kristiansand – 22 November 1886) was a Norwegian politician. He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1859, representing the constituency of Stavanger Stavanger, officially the Stavanger Municipality, is a city and municipalities of Norway, municipality in Norway. It is the third largest city and third largest metropolitan area in Norway (through conurbation with neighboring Sandnes) and the .... He worked as a merchant in that city.Andreas Høy — Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD) He only sat one term. On the local level, he was mayor of Stavanger in 1863. References ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danish Surname
Heritable family names were generally adopted rather late within Scandinavia. Nobility were the first to take names that would be passed on from one generation to the next. Later, clergy, artisans and merchants in cities took heritable names. Family names (surnames) were still used together with ''primary patronyms'' (father's name plus an affix denoting relationship), which were used by all social classes. This meant that most families until modern times did not have surnames. Scandinavian patronyms were generally derived from the father's given name with the addition of a suffix meaning 'son' or 'daughter' or by occupation like Møller - ( Miller ) naming tradition remained commonly used throughout the Scandinavian countries during the time of surname formation. Forms of the patronymic suffixes include: ''-son'', ''-sen'', ''-fen'', ''-søn'', ''-ler'', ''-zen'', ''-zon/zoon'', and ''-sson'','datter'. Denmark The most common Danish family name surnames are patronymic and end in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |