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Kjartan Guðjónsson
Kjartan ( Icelandic: ; Faroese: ; Norwegian: ) is a masculine given name found in the Nordic countries, most prominently in Iceland and Norway. The Old Norse name ' was a shortening of ', from , the name of an Irish king whose daughter Melkorka (Old Irish ', "servant of Curcach") was brought to Iceland as a slave. Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon. ', 1st edition, 2nd printing (1989). Reykjavík, . The Irish name Muirchertach, meaning "mariner", is modernised to ', anglicised as Murtagh.Kjartan on NordicNames.de Kjartan may refer to: * (born 1986), Icelandic international football player * |
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] |
Kjartan Gunnarsson
Kjartan Gunnarsson (born October 4, 1951) is an Icelandic lawyer, best known for serving for 26 years as the executive director of the Icelandic conservative Independence Party from 1980 until 2006. He has also worked for Landsbanki bank. He is a longtime supporter and friend of former Icelandic Prime Minister Davíð Oddsson Davíð Oddsson (pronounced ; born 17 January 1948) is an Icelandic politician, and the longest-serving prime minister of Iceland, in office from 1991 to 2004. From 2004 to 2005 he served as Ministry for Foreign Affairs (Iceland), foreign minis .... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Gunnarsson, Kjartan Kjartan Gunnarsson Living people 1951 births Kjartan Gunnarsson Kjartan Gunnarsson ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norwegian Masculine Given Names
Norwegian, Norwayan, or Norsk may refer to: *Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe *Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway * Demographics of Norway *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 intelli ..., including the two official written forms: **Bokmål, literally "book language", used by 85–90% of the population of Norway **Nynorsk, literally "New Norwegian", used by 10–15% of the population of Norway *Norwegian Sea Norwegian or may also refer to: Norwegian *Norwegian Air Shuttle, an airline, trading as Norwegian **Norwegian Long Haul, a defunct subsidiary of Norwegian Air Shuttle, flying long-haul flights *Norwegian Air Lines, a former airline, merged with Scandinavian Airlines in 1951 *Norwegi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Icelandic Masculine Given Names
Icelandic refers to anything of, from, or related to Iceland and may refer to: *Icelandic people *Icelandic language *Icelandic orthography *Icelandic cuisine See also * Icelander (other) * Icelandic Airlines, a predecessor of Icelandair * Icelandic horse, a breed of domestic horse * Icelandic sheep, a breed of domestic sheep * Icelandic Sheepdog, a breed of domestic dog * Icelandic cattle, a breed of cattle * Icelandic chicken, a breed of chicken {{disambig Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Faroese Masculine Given Names
Faroese ( ) or Faroish ( ) may refer to anything pertaining to the Faroe Islands, e.g.: * the 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 ... * the Faroese people * the Faroese islands {{Disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Saxon Stories
''The Saxon Stories'' (also known as ''Saxon Tales''/''Saxon Chronicles'' in the US and ''The Warrior Chronicles'' and most recently as ''The Last Kingdom'' series) is a historical novel series written by Bernard Cornwell about the history of Anglo-Saxon England, birth of England in the ninth and tenth centuries. The series consists of 13 novels. The protagonist of the series is Uhtred of Bebbanburg, born to a Saxon lord in Northumbria. He is captured as a child and raised by a Danes (Germanic tribe), Danish warlord. Uhtred, despite his inclination otherwise, repeatedly fights and schemes to bring about Alfred the Great's dream of uniting all English speakers in one realm over the course of a long life. The first ten novels in the series were adapted for five seasons of the television series ''The Last Kingdom (TV series), The Last Kingdom'', starring Alexander Dreymon. The first two seasons were made by the BBC. A third, fourth and fifth season were produced by Netflix. Cornwel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Last Kingdom
''The Last Kingdom'' is the first historical novel in '' The Saxon Stories'' by Bernard Cornwell, published in 2004. This story introduces Uhtred of Bebbanburg, a Saxon noble who is kidnapped by Danish Vikings as a young child and is assimilated into their culture, religion and language before a series of events lead him into the service of King Alfred of Wessex and his participation in multiple battles, including the notable Battle of Cynwit before the book's conclusion. Plot summary At nine years old Osbert is the second son of Ealdorman Uhtred, Lord of Bebbanburg in Northumbria during the year 866 AD. Danes arrive on Bebbanburg's shores, and Ealdorman Uhtred's first son, also called Uhtred, is killed while scouting. Ealdorman Uhtred then renames Osbert as Uhtred, son of Uhtred. Ealdorman Uhtred, other local nobles and their raised army are killed during a disastrous attack on Danish-seized Eoferwic (York) the following year, with the younger 10 years old Uhtred being ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kjartan Sveinsson
Kjartan Sveinsson (; born 2 January 1978) is an Icelandic musician who is the keyboardist for the post-rock band Sigur Rós. He joined the band in 1998. A multi-instrumentalist, he has also played such instruments as the flute, tin whistle, oboe, guitar and the banjo, as well as many of the unorthodox instruments that contribute to Sigur Rós's distinctive sound. Career Kjartan has performed under the pseudonym "The Lonesome Traveller" with Sigur Rós bandmate Orri Páll Dýrason and Amiina violinist María Huld Markan Sigfúsdóttir (whom Kjartan married in 2001). "The Lonesome Traveller" covered Sigur Rós songs acoustically in an alt-country style. Kjartan also composed scores for the 2005 Academy Award nominated short film Síðasti bærinn (''The Last Farm'') by Rúnar Rúnarsson, for award-winning director Ramin Bahrani's 2009 short film ''Plastic Bag'' which features the narration of filmmaker Werner Herzog, and for the 2009 film '' Ondine'' directed by Neil Jordan. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kjartan Sturluson
Kjartan Sturluson (born 27 December 1975) is a retired Icelandic international football goalkeeper In many team sports that involve scoring goal (sport), goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie, or keeper) is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by blocking or i .... References * 1975 births Living people Men's association football goalkeepers Kjartan Sturluson Kjartan Sturluson Kjartan Sturluson Kjartan Sturluson Kjartan Sturluson {{Iceland-footy-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kjartan Salvesen
Kjartan Salvesen (born 17 October 1976 in Sandnes) is a Norwegian singer. In 2004, he won the second season of Norwegian version of Idol by 840.000 votes, the highest number for any participant on the show. His single "Standing Tall" sold 5 times platinum, making it the most sold single of all time in Norway. He later released a self-titled album that sold platinum. He is also known to be a big fan of Viking FK and appeared in a performance on the opening of Viking Stadion. He has also played in the highest Norwegian league in floorball. Idol Performances Audition: "Unwell" by matchbox twenty Top 50: "Unwell" by matchbox twenty Top 11: "Sexed Up" by Robbie Williams Top 9: "Bare I Nått" Top 8: "Blame It On The Boogie" by Jackson 5 Top 7: "Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word" by Elton John Top 6: "Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of" by U2 Top 5: "The Lady Is A Tramp" Top 4: "Eye of the Tiger" by Survivor Top 4: "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" by Aerosmith To ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kjartan Poskitt
Kjartan Poskitt (born 15 May 1956 in York) is a British writer and TV presenter who is best known for writing the ''Murderous Maths'' children's series of books. Early life and education Poskitt was born in York, England, grew up in Selby, Yorkshire and was educated at the Selby Abbey School, at Terrington Hall, North Yorkshire, and at Bootham School, York, before studying engineering at Collingwood College, Durham, Collingwood College, Durham University. Career Poskitt was a member of a comedy group while at Durham University, and toured with it to the US in 1979, playing the piano and singing, performing skits and doing a ventriloquist act with a dummy which wouldn't speak. He participated in the National Student Drama Festival from 1976-1980, and also performed solo at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival from 1979 to 1981. He was a member of the pop group Candlewick Green in the early 1980s. He has written and directed a number of pantomimes performed by the National Student Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kjartan Ólafsson (other) ''
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Kjartan Ólafsson may refer to * Kjartan Ólafsson (composer) (born 1958), Icelandic musicologist, composer, and academic * Kjartan Ólafsson, key historical character in ''Laxdæla saga ''Laxdæla saga'' (), Old Norse ''Laxdœla saga'' (Old Norse pronunciation ) or ''The Saga of the People of Laxárdalur'', is one of the sagas of Icelanders. Written in the 13th century CE, it tells of people in the Breiðafjörður area in weste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
