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Knattspyrnufélagið Þróttur
Knattspyrnufélagið Þróttur (, ), also referred to as Þróttur Reykjavík or Throttur, is a professional sports club from Reykjavík in Iceland. The club runs a association football, football department as well as Team handball, handball, volleyball and tennis departments. The club has enjoyed tremendous success in men's volleyball, winning a total of 14 Icelandic Championships since 1974. The handball department enjoyed great success in the early 1980s, winning its major honour, the Icelandic handball cup, in 1981. Football has been played by the club from start, and is the biggest of the four departments. History The club was founded on 5 August 1949. The club was founded in a Nissen hut on the west side of Reykjavík. The club drew support from local area which in the 1950s included large numbers of Nissen huts, an area that was in many ways poverty stricken. The club struggled financially for the first years. The club moved in 1969 to the east side of Reykjavík to a new ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valbjarnarvöllur
Valbjarnarvöllur (, or more precisely 'Valbjörn Stadium', named after the track and field athlete Valbjörn Þorláksson), also known as Eimskipsvöllurinn (, or 'Eimskip Stadium') for sponsorship reasons, is a football stadium in Reykjavík, Iceland. It is the home stadium of Knattspyrnufélagið Þróttur, Þróttur Reykjavík who play in the Úrvalsdeild. The stadium has a capacity of 5,478 fans. In December 2016, Þróttur Reykjavík announced a three-year sponsorship deal with local Freight transport#Ship, shipping company Eimskipafélag Íslands, Eimskip until 2019, which would see the stadium name changed to Eimskipsvöllurinn for the duration of the deal. Footnotes References External linksStadium information at Soccerway Football venues in Iceland Sports venues in Reykjavík {{Iceland-sports-venue-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sveinn Óli Guðnason
Sveinn (; ) is a given name. Notable people with the given name include: * Sveinn Björnsson (1881–1952), the first president of the Republic of Iceland * Sveinn Einarsson (born 1934), best known for championing and cultivating professional theatre in Iceland * Sveinn Hákonarson (died 1016), earl of the house of Hlaðir and co-ruler of Norway from 1000 to c. 1015 * Sveinn Pálsson, Icelandic physician and a naturalist who carried out systematic observations of Icelandic glaciers in the 1790s * Sveinn Rúnar Sigurðsson (born 1976), Icelandic composer music in styles ranging from modern classics to pop * Sveinn Thorvaldson (1872–1950), politician in Manitoba, Canada See also * Svein * Sven *Sweyn Sweyn is a Scandinavian masculine given name. Notable people with the surname include: Kings: * Sweyn Forkbeard (960–1014), King of Denmark, England, and Norway as Sweyn I * Sweyn or Svein Knutsson (c. 1016–1035), King of Norway as Sweyn II * S ... {{given name Masculine given ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viktor Steinarsson
The name Victor or Viktor may refer to: * Victor (name), including a list of people with the given name, mononym, or surname Arts and entertainment Film * ''Victor'' (1951 film), a French drama film * ''Victor'' (1993 film), a French short film * ''Victor'' (2008 film), a TV film about Canadian swimmer Victor Davis * ''Victor'' (2009 film), a French comedy * ''Victor'', a 2017 film about Victor Torres by Brandon Dickerson * ''Viktor'' (2014 film), a Franco/Russian film * ''Viktor'' (2024 film), a documentary of a deaf person's perspective during Russian invasion of Ukraine Music * ''Victor'' (Alex Lifeson album), a 1996 album by Alex Lifeson * ''Victor'' (Vic Mensa album), 2023 album by Vic Mensa * "Victor", a song from the 1979 album '' Eat to the Beat'' by Blondie Businesses * Victor Talking Machine Company, early 20th century American recording company, forerunner of RCA Records * Victor Company of Japan, usually known as JVC, a Japanese electronics corporat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Izaro Abella
The Izaro was a Spanish automobile manufactured around 1922. A cyclecar with models ranging from 600 cc to 700 cc, it was a product of Madrid Madrid ( ; ) is the capital and List of largest cities in Spain, most populous municipality of Spain. It has almost 3.5 million inhabitants and a Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area population of approximately 7 million. It i .... References David Burgess Wise, ''The New Illustrated Encyclopedia of Automobiles''. Cyclecars Defunct motor vehicle manufacturers of Spain Economy of Madrid {{vintage-auto-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birkir Björnsson
Birkir is an Icelandic male given name. Notable people with this name include: * Birkir Bjarnason (born 1988), Icelandic football player * Birkir Hólm Guðnason (born 1974) * Birkir Jón Jónsson (born 1979), Icelandic politician * Birkir Kristinsson (born 1964), Icelandic football player * Birkir Már Sævarsson (born 1984), Icelandic football player * Birkir Valur Jónsson (born 1998), Icelandic football player * Birkir Ívar Guðmundsson, Icelandic handball player {{given name Icelandic masculine given names Masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viktor Andri Hafþórsson
The name Victor or Viktor may refer to: * Victor (name), including a list of people with the given name, mononym, or surname Arts and entertainment Film * ''Victor'' (1951 film), a French drama film * ''Victor'' (1993 film), a French short film * ''Victor'' (2008 film), a TV film about Canadian swimmer Victor Davis * ''Victor'' (2009 film), a French comedy * ''Victor'', a 2017 film about Victor Torres by Brandon Dickerson * ''Viktor'' (2014 film), a Franco/Russian film * ''Viktor'' (2024 film), a documentary of a deaf person's perspective during Russian invasion of Ukraine Music * ''Victor'' (Alex Lifeson album), a 1996 album by Alex Lifeson * ''Victor'' (Vic Mensa album), 2023 album by Vic Mensa * "Victor", a song from the 1979 album '' Eat to the Beat'' by Blondie Businesses * Victor Talking Machine Company, early 20th century American recording company, forerunner of RCA Records * Victor Company of Japan, usually known as JVC, a Japanese electronics corporat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baldur Hannes Stefánsson
Baldr (Old Norse also Balder, Baldur) is a god in Germanic mythology. In Norse mythology, he is a son of the god Odin and the goddess Frigg, and has numerous brothers, such as Thor and Váli. In wider Germanic mythology, the god was known in Old English as , and in Old High German as , all ultimately stemming from the Proto-Germanic theonym ('hero' or 'prince'). During the 12th century, Danish accounts by Saxo Grammaticus and other Danish Latin chroniclers recorded a euhemerized account of his story. Compiled in Iceland during the 13th century, but based on older Old Norse poetry, the '' Poetic Edda'' and the '' Prose Edda'' contain numerous references to the death of Baldr as both a great tragedy to the Æsir and a harbinger of Ragnarök. According to '' Gylfaginning'', a book of Snorri Sturluson's Prose Edda, Baldr's wife is Nanna and their son is Forseti. Baldr had the greatest ship ever built, '' Hringhorni'', and there is no place more beautiful than his hal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Víkingur Reykjavík
Víkingur can refer to: * The Icelandic and Faroese word for Viking Vikings were seafaring people originally from Scandinavia (present-day Denmark, Norway, and Sweden), who from the late 8th to the late 11th centuries raided, pirated, traded, and settled throughout parts of Europe.Roesdahl, pp. 9� ... * Víkingur Ólafsson (born 1984), Icelandic pianist * Knattspyrnufélagið Víkingur, Icelandic association football club * Víkingur Gøta, Faroese association football club * Ungmennafélagið Víkingur (Víkingur Ólafsvík), Icelandic association football club {{DEFAULTSORT:Vikingur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sigurður Steinar Björnsson
Sigurður () or Sigurdur may refer to: * Sigurður Bragason (born 1954), Icelandic baritone * Sigurður Breiðfjörð (1798–1846), Icelandic poet * Sigurður Eggerz (1875–1945), Prime Minister of Iceland from 1914 to 1915 and from 1922 to 1924 * Sigurður Ragnar Eyjólfsson (born 1973), Icelandic football manager and former professional striker * Sigurður Grétarsson (born 1962), former Icelandic footballer who played as a striker * Sigurður Guðjónsson, an Icelandic contemporary artist * Sigurdur Helgason (airline executive) (1921–2009), innovator in low-cost airlines * Sigurdur Helgason (mathematician) (1927–2023) researcher in integral geometry and symmetric spaces * Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson (born 1962], Icelandic politician and Prime Minister * Sigurður Jónsson (other) * Sigurður Kári Kristjánsson (born 1973), Icelandic Member of Parliament for the Independence Party * Sigurður Gylfi Magnússon (born 1957), Icelandic historian specialising in microhist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emil Skúli Einarsson
Emil may refer to: Literature *''Emil and the Detectives'' (1929), a children's novel *"Emil", nickname of the Kurt Maschler Award for integrated text and illustration (1982–1999) *''Emil i Lönneberga'', a series of children's novels by Astrid Lindgren People *Emil (given name), including a list of people with the given name ''Emil'' or ''Emile'' *Aquila Emil (died 2011), Papua New Guinean rugby league footballer Other *Emil (river), in China and Kazakhstan *Emil (tank), a Swedish tank developed in the 1950s *Sturer Emil, a German tank destroyer See also * * Emile (other) *Aemilius (other) *Emilio (other) *Emílio (other) Emílio is a variant of the given names Emil, Emilio and Emilios, and may refer to: * Emílio Garrastazu Médici, Brazilian politician * Emílio Peixe, Brazilian footballer * Emílio Lino, Portuguese fencer * Emílio da Silva, footballer *Emíli ... * Emilios (other) {{Disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jörgen Pettersen
Jörgen is a village in the municipality of Tieschen in the '' Bezirk'' of Südoststeiermark in the Federal State of Styria in Austria. Its population was 159 in 2016. Jörgen is known for its fine white wines. Next to the more common white wines, it also produces Uhudler wines in small quantities. Uhudler is a unique wine from Austria, which originates in the Burgenland region. In Jörgen the white version may often be found, whereas is in Burgenland, its appearance is often a rosé colour. It has intense flavours of strawberry and black currants, a characteristic taste often called "foxy" in wine parlance. The grape varieties used are highly resistant to phylloxera and other diseases; as a result they do not often have to be sprayed with pesticide Pesticides are substances that are used to control pests. They include herbicides, insecticides, nematicides, fungicides, and many others (see table). The most common of these are herbicides, which account for appr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |