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Ketil Höing
Ketil is a Norwegian masculine given name, and may refer to: * Ketil Askildt (1900-1978), Norwegian discus thrower * Ketil Bjørnstad (born 1952), Norwegian pianist * Ketil Flatnose (9th century), Norwegian hersir * Ketil Haugsand (21st century), Norwegian harpsichordist * Ketil Lenning (born 1950), Norwegian businessperson * Ketil Lund (born 1939), Norwegian judge * Ketil Motzfeldt (1814-1889), Norwegian politician * Ketil Skogen (1884-1970), Norwegian politician * Ketil Solvik-Olsen (born 1972), Norwegian politician * Ketil Stokkan (born 1956), Norwegian singer * Ketil Thorkelsson (9th century), Norwegian hersir * Lars Ketil Strand (born 1924), Norwegian forester * Ketil (mountain) See also * Kjetil * Kjeld * Kjell Kjell is a Scandinavian usually male given name. In Denmark, the cognate is Kjeld or Keld. The name comes from the Old Norse word ''kętill'', which means "kettle" and probably also "helmet" or perhaps "cauldron". Examples of old spellings or form ... {{given name, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ketil Askildt
Kittil Halvorsen Askildt (24 November 1900 – 6 September 1978) was a Norwegian discus thrower who competed at the 1924 Summer Olympics. Career At the 1924 Olympics Games, he finished fifth in the discus final with a throw of 43.40 metres. In addition he finished fifteenth in shot put. At the 1928 Summer Olympics he finished thirteenth in discus throw with 42.57 metres. He became Norwegian champion in discus throw in the years 1925-1927, 1929-1930 and 1931-1933. His personal best throw was 46.48, achieved in August 1926 on Bislett Stadion Bislett Stadium () is a sports stadium in Oslo, Norway. Bislett is Norway's most well known sports arena internationally, with 15 speed skating world records and more than 50 track and field world records having been set here. The original stadi .... Askildt finished second behind Patrick Bermingham in the discus throw event at the British 1926 AAA Championships and third behind Jules Noël in the discus throw event at the British 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ketil Stokkan
Ketil Stokkan (born 29 April 1956) is a Norwegian pop artist who has performed as solo artist as well as the singer in the Norwegian band Zoo. Stokkan was born in Harstad. In 1983 he participated in the Norwegian qualifying heat for Eurovision with the song "Samme charmeur" which was placed second. In 1986 he won the national Melodi Grand Prix with the song "Romeo", written by himself, which came 12th on homeground in the Eurovision Song Contest final, which that year was held in Bergen, Norway. In 1990 he won the national final again with the song " Brandenburger Tor", the song ended up last tied with Finland. Stokkan now works as a school teacher in Nordkjosbotn in Balsfjord Municipality. Stokkan is also an outspoken ''Odd Fellow The Independent Order of Odd Fellows (IOOF) is a non-political, non-sectarian international fraternal order of Odd Fellowship. It was founded in 1819 by Thomas Wildey in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. Evolving from the Odd Fellows, Orde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kjell
Kjell is a Scandinavian usually male given name. In Denmark, the cognate is Kjeld or Keld. The name comes from the Old Norse word ''kÄ™till'', which means "kettle" and probably also "helmet" or perhaps "cauldron". Examples of old spellings or forms are ''Ketill'' (Old Norse), ''Kjætil'' (Old Swedish) and ''Ketil'' (Old Danish). An equally likely meaning is a source, a hope that the boy will get ample resources to draw upon later in life. Kjell has a name day on July 11 in Norway and July 8 in Sweden, and in Denmark with the variant ''Kjeld''. Prevalence In 2007, there were 59,011 men in Sweden with "Kjell" as their first name, making it the 42nd most common masculine name in Sweden. In Swedish and Norwegian it is pronounced with the voiceless alveolo-palatal sibilant fricative • There were 30,809 men in Norway with "Kjell" as their first name. This makes it the 5th most common masculine name in Norway. In Denmark, 8079 men were called "Kjeld" and 5491 "Keld". In Finland, the n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kjeld
Kjeld is a person name derived from the Old Norse and may refer to: Given name *Saint Kjeld (fl. 1100–1150), Danish clergyman * Kjeld Abell (1901–1961), Danish playwright and theatrical designer * Kjeld Ammentorp (1895–1975), Danish-British businessesman * Kjeld Bonfils (1918–1984), Danish jazz pianist and vibraphone player * Kjeld Hillingsø (born 1935), Danish Army general * Kjeld Stub Irgens (1879–1963), Norwegian politician * Kjeld Jacobsen (1915–1970), Danish actor * Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen (born 1947), the president and CEO of Lego between 1979 and 2004 * Kjeld Langeland (1920–1973), Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party * Kjeld Nielsen (1887–1910), Danish athlete * Kjeld Nuis (born 1989), Dutch speed skater *Kjeld Olesen (born 1932), Danish former Social Democratic politician * Kjeld Østrøm (born 1933), Danish rower * Kjeld Petersen (1920–1962), Danish film actor *Kjeld Philip (1912–1989), Danish economist and politician representing the Dani ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kjetil
Kjetil is a Norwegian masculine given name. It may refer to: * Kjetil Aleksander Lie (born 1980), Norwegian chess player, Norway's eighth International Grandmaster *Kjetil André Aamodt (born 1971), Norwegian former alpine ski racer * Kjetil Bang-Hansen (born 1940), Norwegian actor, dancer, stage producer and theatre director * Kjetil Bjørklund (born 1967), Norwegian politician for the Socialist Left Party * Kjetil Bjørlo (born 1968), Norwegian orienteering competitor * Kjetil Borch (born 1990), Norwegian rower * Kjetil Byfuglien (born 1977), Norwegian professional football defender * Kjetil Knutsen (born 1968), Norwegian football manager * Kjetil Jansrud (born 1985), Norwegian alpine skier and Olympic gold medalist * Kjetil Løvvik (born 1972), retired Norwegian footballer * Kjetil Mårdalen (1925–1996), Norwegian Nordic combined skier * Kjetil Mørland (born 1980), Norwegian singer * Kjetil Manheim, (born 1968), the drummer for the Norwegian black metal band ''Mayhem'' * Kjeti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ketil (mountain)
The Ketil (, meaning "Shell Mountain") is a 2,010 m–high mountain in southern Greenland, in the Kujalleq municipality. Ketil's granite walls are similar to Tiningnertok's (Apostelen Tommelfinger), another massive peak in the east coast. Geography Together with Nalumasortoq and Ulamertorsuaq, Ketil is part of the group of three massive largely unglaciated rocky mountains rising in the peninsula of the mainland which forms the eastern side of the Tasermiut Fjord. In the same manner as its slightly lower neighbour Ulamertorsuaq, Ketil has become popular among mountain climbers owing to its higher than 1000 m sheer western granite wall. It is considered one of the most challenging Big Walls on Earth. This mountain is marked as a peak in some sources.Greenland Tourism: ''Hiking Map South Greenland/Tasermiut fjorden'' – Nanortalik. 1996 See also *Big wall climbing Big wall climbing is a form of rock climbing that takes place on long and sheer multi-pitch climbing, multi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lars Ketil Strand
Lars Ketil Strand (11 May 1924 – 12 March 2020) was a Norwegian forester. He was born in Kristiania in May 1924. He took the Dr. Agric. degree in 1959, and worked at the Norwegian Forest Research Institute from 1965. He was then a professor at the Norwegian College of Agriculture from 1968 to 1990. He served as rector there from 1971 to 1977. He also has an honorary degree from the University of Helsinki The University of Helsinki (, ; UH) is a public university in Helsinki, Finland. The university was founded in Turku in 1640 as the Royal Academy of Åbo under the Swedish Empire, and moved to Helsinki in 1828 under the sponsorship of Alexander .... He died in March 2020 at the age of 95. References 1924 births 2020 deaths Forestry academics Academic staff of the Norwegian College of Agriculture Norwegian foresters Scientists from Oslo Rectors of the Norwegian University of Life Sciences 20th-century Norwegian botanists {{forester-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ketil Thorkelsson
Ketil Thorkelsson (Old Norse: ), better known by his nickname Ketil Trout or Ketil Salmon (O.N.: ; Modern Icelandic: ) was a Norwegian military commander ('' hersir'') of the late ninth century who settled in Iceland around 900 CE. He appears in ''Egils saga'', the ''Landnámabók'', and other Icelandic sources. Biography Ketil was the son of Hrafnhild (daughter of Ketil Trout of Hrafnista) and Thorkel, jarl of Namdalen. Ketil was a man of great wealth and a close friend and kinsman of Thorolf Kveldulfsson and his brother Skallagrim., ''Egil's Saga'', Chapter XXIII, pp. 62–63 With his wife Ingunn, Ketil had several children, including Storolf, Herjolf, Helgi, Vestar, and Hrafn Hængsson, the last of whom was one of the first lawspeakers. A place pivotal in the life of Ketil was an estate named Torgar,. The estate had passed from Ketil's uncle by marriage, Brynjolf,) to his son Bard "the White" Brynjolfsson (Ketil's first cousin). Bard, in turn, bequeathed the es ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ketil Solvik-Olsen
Ketil Solvik-Olsen (born 14 February 1972) is a Norway, Norwegian politician of the Progress Party (Norway), Progress Party. He served as Minister of Transport and Communications in the Norwegian government from 2013 to 2018, and was a member of the Storting, Norwegian Parliament for Rogaland county from 2005 until 2013. He resigned in 2018 when moving temporary to the U.S in support of his wife's medical career. He has served in the Progress Party leadership over several decades. He served as the party's second deputy leader from 2013 to 2019 and first deputy leader from 2021 to 2023. Today he is involved in various roles in business, having recently been CEO of Seabrokers Fundamentering (a Norwegian construction/foundation company), as well as serving on the board of a variety tech/mobility startup companies. Early life and education Solvik-Olsen was born and raised in Time, Norway, Time, Rogaland to self-employed businessman Aksel Emil Solvik-Olsen (born 1943) and socionom Ber ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ketil Bjørnstad
Ketil Bjørnstad (born 25 April 1952) is a pianist, composer and author. Initially trained as a classical pianist, Bjørnstad discovered jazz at an early age and has embraced the emergence of "European jazz". Store Norske Leksikon (in Norwegian) Aschehoug.no (in Norwegian) Rockipedia.no (in Norwegian) He is an artist on the ECM record label, but has also published some twenty books, including novels, poetry, and essay collections. He has collaborated with other ECM artists, including cellists Svante Henryson and David Darling, drummer Jon Christensen, and guitarist Terje Rypdal. Biography Ketil Bjørnstad was born in Oslo. He trained as a classical pianist and studied with Amalie Christie and Robert Riefling, and also in London and Paris. He showed great talent at a young age, and won the title of "Youth Piano Master" in 1966 and 1968. When he was 16, he made his debut as a concert pianist with Béla Bartók's third piano concerto. Bjørnstad subsequently turned towa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ketil Skogen
Ketil Skogen (26 August 1884 – 21 March 1970) was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party. He was born in Saude. He was educated as jurist from the University of Oslo from 1909. He was the first to write his exam in Norwegian language (nynorsk) which at that time were not allowed and paid a heavy price for that, but passed due to his brilliant performance. He was prosecutor in the last impeachment case in Norway against the government of Berge in 1926. He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Telemark in 1925, and served five terms in the position of deputy representative: 1919–1921, 1928–1930, 1931–1933, 1945–1949 and 1950–1953. During his fourth and fifth terms as deputy representative he sat through parts of the term as a regular representative, replacing the deceased Margit Schiøtt and Neri Valen respectively. In his later years he was involved in writing the Norwegian Civil Code. Skogen was a member of Sauherad Sauherad is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ketil Motzfeldt
Ketil Melsted Johnsen Motzfeldt (10 August 1814 – 17 November 1889) was a Norwegian naval officer and government official. Background Motzfeldt was born in Bergen, Norway. His parents were government minister Peter Motzfeldt (1777-1854) and Ernesta Birgitte Margrethe Stenersen (1789-1848). He was the brother of Ulrik Anton Motzfeldt and brother-in-law of Christian Birch-Reichenwald. He was a nephew of both Frederik Motzfeldt and Carl Frederik Motzfeldt. Career Motzfeldt was naval cadet at Fredriksvern Norwegian naval base in 1826. He was a second lieutenant by 1841, then First Lieutenant in 1852. He entered the Norwegian Parliament in 1857. He was Minister of the Navy and Minister of Postal Affairs in 1860, member of the Council of State Division in Stockholm 1860–1861, and Minister of the Navy in 1861. From 1870 to 1885, he was elected as a member of Parliament from Jarlsberg og Laurvigs Amt (now Vestfold). Personal life He was married to Hedvig Susanne Amalie Rosen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
