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Kaj (name)
Kaj is a given name of unknown origin, particularly common in the Nordic countries, loaned from the Continent. It might be derived from Frisian ''Kaye'' (hen) or Latin ''Caius''. In Denmark and Norway, the name is predominantly male, while in Sweden and Finland, the name is unisex (with the female name possibly having a different origin). Notable persons with the given name include: Given name * Kaj Arnö (born 1963), Finland-Swedish IT-entrepreneur * Kaj Birket-Smith (1893–1977), Danish philologist and anthropologist * Kaj Birksted (1915–1996), Danish fighter pilot * Kaj Björk (1918–2014), Swedish Social Democratic politician * Kaj Busch (21st century), Australian television presenter * Kaj Christiansen (1921–2008), Danish football forward * Kaj Chydenius (born 1939), Finnish composer * Kaj Czarnecki (1936–2018), Finnish Olympic fencer * Kaj Falkman (1934–2018), Swedish diplomat * Kaj Franck (1911–1989), Finnish designer * Kaj Frederiksen (1916–1991), D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Kaj Arnö
Kaj Sigurd Ademar Arnö (born 29 June 1963 in Helsinki, Finland) is a Finland-Swedish IT-entrepreneur and columnist. He is since 2016 (also) a German citizen and has lived in Germany since 2006. He is the former Vice President of the MySQL Community at MySQL AB, Sun Microsystems and Oracle Corporation, founder of MariaDB#MariaDB Corporation Ab, MariaDB Corporation Ab and the current CEO of the MariaDB#MariaDB Foundation, MariaDB Foundation. Biography Education Arnö went to the Swedish co-educational school Nya svenska samskolan. He studied physics at the Helsinki University of Technology. MySQL & MariaDB Prior to joining MySQL AB, Arnö was the main owner of Polycon Ab where he served as CEO from 1987 to 2001. Arnö joined MySQL AB as VP of Training in May 2001 and subsequently served in roles as VP Consulting, VP Services, VP Engineering and VP Community Relations till February 2008, when Sun bought MySQL AB. Arnö was the main spokesperson towards the MySQL community f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Kaj Leo Johannesen
Kaj Leo Holm Johannesen (born 28 August 1964 in Tórshavn) is a Faroese politician. He was the prime minister of the Faroe Islands, representing the Faroese Unionist Party ( Sambandsflokkurin). He took office, succeeding Jóannes Eidesgaard on 26 September 2008 and left office on 15 September 2015, after his party and coalition with Fólkaflokkurin and Miðflokkurin lost the general election on 1 September 2015. Johannesen is also a former international football player; he was goalkeeper for the Faroe Islands national football team. In the Faroese parliamentary elections, held on 29 October 2011 Kaj Leo Johannesen received 1979 personal votes. This is the largest number of personal votes ever given to a Faroese parliament candidate. He held this record until the general election 2015, when Aksel V. Johannesen received 2405 personal votes. At the same election Kaj Leo Johannesen received 603 personal votes. Member of the city council of Tórshavn Kaj Leo Johannesen was a me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Kølig Kaj
Denmark was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1997 with the song "", composed by Lars Pedersen, with lyrics by Thomas Lægaard, and performed by Lægaard under the stage name Kølig Kaj. The Danish participating broadcaster, DR, organised the 1997 in order to select its entry for the contest. Before Eurovision 1997 DR held the 1997 on 1 March 1997 at its television studios in Copenhagen, hosted by Hans Otto Bisgård. Ten songs competed in the contest and the winner was selected solely by a public televote, which led to the victory of "" performed by Kølig Kaj. The show was watched by 1.1 million viewers in Denmark, making it the most popular show of the evening and third most popular show of the week. The national final was also broadcast in Greenland's KNR-TV on a delayed broadcast in 4 May. At Eurovision On the night of the final Kølig Kaj performed 21st in the running order, following and preceding . At the close of voting " " had received 25 points, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
András Kaj
András Kaj (born 21 December 1977) is a Hungarian football player who currently plays for Kávás KSE. Professional career Kaj has made over 100 appearances in the Hungarian First Division. He began his playing career in the lower division of Hungarian football, and after a brief spell in Austria, he made his Hungarian First Division debut at the age of 22 playing for Szombathelyi Haladás in a match against Kispest Honvéd on 6 August 1999. Kaj would spend the next five seasons with Haladás until the club went bankrupt. Subsequently, he moved to Zalaegerszegi TE Zalaegerszegi Torna Egylet Football Club (), commonly known as Zalaegerszegi TE, Zalaegerszeg or ZTE, is a Hungary, Hungarian professional association football, football club based in Zalaegerszeg. Zalaegerszeg has won one Hungarian League title ..., but after two seasons, he would return to Haladás to help the club back into the top flight by winning the 2007–08 Hungarian Second Division championship. Ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Kaj Uldaler
Kaj Uldaler (born Kaj Uldahl Christoffersen; 28 November 1906 – 6 April 1987) was a Danish amateur football player. He spent his club career with BK Frem and B.93, scoring 131 goals in 202 games for B.93.http://www.millademo.dk/b93/Home.asp?Context=MenuLink&ContentID=1011&MenuItemID=10 He scored 15 goals in 38 internationals for the Denmark national football team from 1927 to 1939. He made his international debut in the 25-anniversary game of the Football Association of Norway, and played his last game in the 50-anniversary tournament of the Danish Football Association The Danish Football Association (; DBU) is the governing body of football in Denmark. It is the organization of Danish football clubs and runs the professional Danish football leagues, alongside the men's and women's national teams. Based .... Honours * Danish Championships: 1922-23 with Frem, 1928–29, 1929–30, 1933–34, 1934–35 and 1938–39 with B 93 References External links * 1906 bi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Kaj Sylvan
Kaj Sylvan (22 April 1923 – 17 January 2020) was a Danish sprint canoeist who competed in the late 1950s. At the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne Melbourne ( , ; Boonwurrung language, Boonwurrung/ or ) is the List of Australian capital cities, capital and List of cities in Australia by population, most populous city of the States and territories of Australia, Australian state of Victori ..., he was disqualified in the finals of the C-2 1000 m event. ReferencesKaj Sylvan's profile at Sports Reference.com 1923 births 2020 deaths Canoeists at the 1956 S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Kaj Aage Gunnar Strand
Kaj Aage Gunnar Strand (27 February 1907 – 31 October 2000) was a Danish-born naturalized American astronomer known for his work in positional astronomy and for serving as the scientific director of the United States Naval Observatory from 1963 to 1977. His work focused especially on double stars and stellar distances. Early life and education Kaj Strand was born on February 27, 1907 in Hellerup, on the outskirts of Copenhagen, Denmark, to Constance (née Malmgren) and Viggo Peter Strand, a goldsmith who owned a jewellery store. He entered the University of Copenhagen in 1926, majored in astronomy, and graduated in 1931 with Magister (Master's) and Candidate Magister degrees. At the invitation of Ejnar Hertzsprung, during the 1930s he worked at Leiden on a program of photographing double stars; he applied these results toward his doctorate from Copenhagen in 1938. Career From 1938-42 Strand worked under Peter van de Kamp as a research associate at Swarthmore College, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Kaj Sundberg
Kaj Ingemar Sundberg (1 April 1924 – 7 November 1993) was a Swedish diplomat. Early life Sundberg was born on 1 April 1924 in Färila, Gävleborg County, Sweden, the son of Karl-Filip Sundberg (1893–1955), a physician, and his wife ''Bertha'' Ebba Charlotta Ratsman (1896–1952). He had one brother, ''Bo'' Lennart (born 1929). He passed ''studentexamen'' at Lundsbergs boarding school in 1942 and received a Candidate of Law degree from Uppsala University in 1948. Career Following his studies, Sundberg was employed as an attaché at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in Stockholm in 1948. From 1949 to 1952 he served in Helsinki and from 1952 to 1954 he served in Bombay. He returned to the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in 1954 and became Second Secretary and then the First Secretary in 1961. Sundberg was appointed First Secretary in Washington, D.C. in 1962 and then Commercial Counsellor there in 1963. Sundberg was Deputy Director and Head of the UN Office at the Foreign Ministry i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Kaj Stenvall
Kaj Kristian Stenvall (born 25 December 1951 in Tampere) is a Finnish artist who became internationally famous when he began his career in 1989 for painting what his site describes as "a very familiar looking duck". Many have likened this duck to the Donald Duck of Disney comics Disney comics are comic books and comic strips featuring characters created by the Walt Disney Company, including Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and Scrooge McDuck. The first Disney comics were newspaper strips appearing from 1930 on, starting with t .... References External linksKaj Stenvall Homepage and Internet Gallery 1951 births Living people People from Tampere Swedish-speaking Finns 20th-century Finnish painters 21st-century Finnish painters {{Finland-painter-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Kaj Skagen
Kaj Skagen (born October 23, 1949, in Strandebarm) is a Norway, Norwegian writer. He received the Riksmål Society Literature Prize in 1991. His first book ''Gatedikt'' was published in 1971. From 1978 to 1989, he published and edited the periodical "Arken". In 1982 he won the first prize of a national novel contest with the novel ''Broene brenner''. In 1983 he published ''Bazarovs barn'', a harsh critique of contemporary Norwegian literature. References External linksOfficial website 1949 births Living people People from Kvam Norwegian writers Riksmål-language writers Anthroposophists {{Norway-writer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Kaj Schmidt
Kaj Schmidt (20 April 1926 – 21 April 2004) was a Danish sprint canoer who competed in the early 1960s. He finished fifth in the K-2 1000 m event at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome. In the K-2 he competed together with his brother Vagn Schmidt Arthur Vagn Schmidt (born January 15, 1935) is a Danish sprint canoeist who competed in the late 1950s and early 1960s. He won a bronze medal in the K-1 10000 m event at the 1958 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Prague. Schmidt also .... References External links * 1926 births 2004 deaths Canoeists at the 1960 Summer Olympics Danish male canoeists Olympic canoeists for Denmark Place of birth missing 20th-century Danish sportsmen {{Denmark-canoe-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Kaj Ramsteijn
Kaj Ramsteijn (; born 17 January 1990) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Derde Divisie club IJsselmeervogels. Club career Kaj Ramsteijn started at the age of 10 in the Feyenoord youth academy, coming over from DWO Zoetermeer. As a central defender he faced a lot of competition in the first squad of Feyenoord. Mid June 2010 he transferred to Excelsior Rotterdam. He signed a 2-year contract that will keep him at Excelsior Rotterdam until the summer of 2012. He made his professional début on 22 September 2010 in a match against WKE Emmen. His début in the starting 11 was on 24 October 2010 against Ajax. Ramsteijn made his first goal in a match against Willem II on 27 November 2010. The game ended in a 1–1 draw. After his first season at professional level, Ramsteijn was rewarded for his good season with a transfer to his former club Feyenoord, who has an extensive partnership agreement with Excelsior, together with team-mates Guyon Fernandez and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
