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Kārlis Sensbergs
Kārlis or Karlis is a given name. Notable people with the name include: *Kārlis Aperāts (1892–1944), Latvian Standartenführer in the Waffen SS during World War II * Kārlis Ašmanis (1898–1962), Latvian footballer * Kārlis Balodis (1864–1931), Latvian economist, financist, statistician and demographist * Kārlis Baumanis (1835–1905), better known as Baumaņu Kārlis, a Latvian composer *Kārlis Bētiņš (1867–1943), Latvian chess master and composer of studies * Kārlis Bone (1899–1941), Latvian footballer * Kārlis Būmeisters (born Riga), Latvian musician and politician *Karlis Ezergailis, Australian Motorcycle speedway rider * Kārlis Gailītis (1936–1992), Latvian Lutheran archbishop * Kārlis Goppers (1876–1941), Latvian military officer and the founder and President of Latvijas Skautu un Gaidu Centrālā Organizācija * Hugo Kārlis Grotuss (1884–1951), Latvian painter, classified as a Realist *Kārlis Irbītis (1904–1997), Latvian aeroplane design ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kārlis Aperāts
The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross () and its variants were the highest awards in the military and paramilitary forces of Nazi Germany during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded for a wide range of reasons and across all ranks, from a senior commander for skilled leadership of his troops in battle to a low-ranking soldier for a single act of extreme gallantry. A total of 7,321 awards were made between its first presentation on 30 September 1939 and its last bestowal on 17 June 1945. This number is based on the analysis and acceptance of the Blue-ribbon panel, order commission of the Association of Knight's Cross Recipients (AKCR). Presentations were made to members of the three military branches of the Wehrmacht—the German Army (Wehrmacht), Heer (Army), Kriegsmarine (Navy) and Luftwaffe (Air Force)—as well as the Waffen-SS, the Reichsarbeitsdienst (RAD—Reich Labour Service) and the Volkssturm (German national militia). There were also 43 List of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kārlis Klāsups
Kārlis Klāsups (July 1, 1922, Zaļenieki parish – August 1, 1991, Riga) was a Latvian chess master who won Latvian Chess Championship in 1959. Chess career Kārlis Klāsups participated in the Latvian Chess Championship finals 12 times. He won third place twice. (1950, 1955) but in 1959, Kārlis Klāsups reached the greatest success in own career and divided first place in this tournament with Pēteris Kampenuss. Kārlis Klāsups won additional match for Latvian title - 4:3. He has participated in USSR Chess Championship preliminary tournaments in 1955 and 1959 but without great success. Also, Kārlis Klāsups played for Latvia in 1955, at sixth board in 4th Soviet Team Chess Championship in Voroshilovgrad and won the third place (+2 −1 =6). Personal life He worked as a crane driver at the port of Rīga Riga ( ) is the capital, Primate city, primate, and List of cities and towns in Latvia, largest city of Latvia. Home to 591,882 inhabitants (as of 2025), the city ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kārlis Skalbe
Kārlis Skalbe ( – April 14, 1945) was a Latvian writer, poet, and activist. He is best known for his 72 fairy tales which are really written for adults. He has been called the 'King of Fairytales', and his words, ''Tēvzemei un Brīvībai'' (''For Fatherland and Freedom''), are inscribed on the Monument of Freedom in Riga. Childhood and schooling Skalbe was born in Vecpiebalga Parish, in the heart of Vidzeme, symbolically the same year that one of the other greats of Latvian literature, the poet Auseklis (Miķelis Krogzemis), died in exile. His father Jānis was a blacksmith; his mother, Ede, was, like his father, a Piebalga native. The Skalbes had ten children of which Kārlis was the youngest; five of his siblings died in early childhood.Ērnmanis, P. biographer, ''Kārlis Skalbe—Kopoti Raksti'' (Collected Works). Auseklis (UNRRA authorized), Stuttgart, 1947. Skalbe's parents were devout Moravian Christians. His father was an avid reader both of contemporary works and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kārlis Sensbergs
Kārlis or Karlis is a given name. Notable people with the name include: *Kārlis Aperāts (1892–1944), Latvian Standartenführer in the Waffen SS during World War II * Kārlis Ašmanis (1898–1962), Latvian footballer * Kārlis Balodis (1864–1931), Latvian economist, financist, statistician and demographist * Kārlis Baumanis (1835–1905), better known as Baumaņu Kārlis, a Latvian composer *Kārlis Bētiņš (1867–1943), Latvian chess master and composer of studies * Kārlis Bone (1899–1941), Latvian footballer * Kārlis Būmeisters (born Riga), Latvian musician and politician *Karlis Ezergailis, Australian Motorcycle speedway rider * Kārlis Gailītis (1936–1992), Latvian Lutheran archbishop * Kārlis Goppers (1876–1941), Latvian military officer and the founder and President of Latvijas Skautu un Gaidu Centrālā Organizācija * Hugo Kārlis Grotuss (1884–1951), Latvian painter, classified as a Realist *Kārlis Irbītis (1904–1997), Latvian aeroplane design ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kārlis Prauls
Kārlis Prauls (May 2, 1895 – January 30, 1941) was a Latvian general, and from 1930 to 1940 a commander in the Aizsargi home guard. Biography Prauls was born in Lielstraupe parish in Vidzeme.''Prominent people in Jelgava municipality'' In 1915, he volunteered for service in the army, graduated from school,Newspaper "Iekšlietu Ministrijas Vēstnesis [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kārlis Paegle
Kārlis Paegle (4 October 1911 – 23 December 1997) was a Latvian sportsman. He was active in ice hockey, table tennis, tennis and football. In ice hockey he was a defenceman who played for Rīgas RFK, HK ASK Rīga, Dinamo Riga, and Rīgas Sporta klubs. Paegle also played for the Latvia national team at the 1936 Winter Olympics and three World Championships. In football he made one appearance for the Latvia national team in 1931 against Finland. In table tennis he took part in the team competition at the 1930 and 1931 World Table Tennis Championships The 5th World Table Tennis Championships were held in Budapest from February 10 to February 15, 1931. Medalists Team Individual References External linksITTF Museum {{World Table Tennis Championships World Table Tennis Championships Wo .... In tennis he was ranked as one of the top three players in Latvia. References External links * * 1911 births 1997 deaths Footballers from Riga Ice hockey people f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kārlis Padegs
Kārlis Padegs (8 October 1911 – 19 April 1940) was a Latvian artist. He studied under Latvian painter Vilhelms Purvītis at the Latvia Art Academy. His best-known work is '' Madonna with Machine Gun'', which belongs to the Latvian National Museum of Art in Riga. Biography Kārlis Padegs was born on 8 October 1911 in Torņakalns, a workers district of Riga Riga ( ) is the capital, Primate city, primate, and List of cities and towns in Latvia, largest city of Latvia. Home to 591,882 inhabitants (as of 2025), the city accounts for a third of Latvia's total population. The population of Riga Planni .... He died in Riga in April 1940 from tuberculosis, aged 28. In 1921, three years later than he should have, Kārlis Padegs enrolled in the Riga City Primary School No.1, which was headed by Valdis Zālītis. Padegs' drawing abilities were noticed early on by his drawing teacher Ernests Veilands, who in his lessons talked a lot about his impressions of travelling abroad a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karlis Ozols
Karlis Aleksandrs Ozols (; 9 August 1912, in Riga – 23 March 2001, in Australia) was a Latvian lieutenant in the Nazi-controlled Latvian Auxiliary Police and a member of Heinrich Himmler's SS during WW2. After later migrating to Australia, he was recommended to be charged under that country's War Crimes Act for helping oversee the mass-killings of Jews and anti-fascist insurgents in both Latvia and Belarus, but this was not pursued to prosecution. Ozols was also a champion Latvian-Australian chess player. Early life Ozols was born in Riga in 1912. He studied law at university in that city from 1932 to 1938. His studies were interrupted by his joining the Latvian army as an officer in 1938. He became a lieutenant in 1940 and was able to complete his law degree the following year. Nazi career With the Nazi Germany invasion of Latvia in 1941, Ozols volunteered to join the Nazi-controlled Latvian Auxiliary Police. This force, of which the infamous Arajs Kommando was part of, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karlis Osis
Karlis Osis ( Latvian: ''Kārlis Osis''; 26 December 1917 – 26 December 1997) was a Latvian-born parapsychologist who specialised in exploring deathbed phenomena and life after death. Biography Karlis' first research, conducted in the 1940s, was inspired by the work of English physicist and parapsychologist William F. Barrett, specifically his book, ''Death Bed Visions''. In an attempt to build on Barrett's research, he and Erlendur Haraldsson conducted a four-year study whereby they sent out hundreds of questionnaires to doctors and nurses in both the US and northern India, asking them about their observations regarding dying patients. Their research highlighted differences between cultural experiences near death. They found that a person's religion greatly influenced what was seen and that this was most apparent when observing the differences between Indian and American experience where Indian patients were far more likely to see a personification of death than American ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kārlis Muižnieks
Kārlis Muižnieks (born March 17, 1964, in Riga, Latvian SSR, Soviet Union) is a Latvian professional basketball coach and former player. He was most recently the head coach of Prometey Kamianske of the Ukrainian SuperLeague. Coaching career Muižnieks had solid career as player, which is followed by prolific coaching career. As head coach Muižnieks has led his teams to multiple championships, winning titles in domestic and international competitions. So far he has been most successful in Latvia, where he has guided his teams to six Latvian League titles (2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008). First success in European club tournaments Muižnieks had with BK Ventspils, where in 2002/2003 his squad he finished third in FIBA Europe Champions Cup, where in bronze medal game they upset KK Hemofarm and their up-and-coming star Darko Milicic. Later, in 2004/2005, Muižnieks led Ventspils to ULEB Cup quarterfinals in 2004/2005. Few years later in 2007/2008, his Barons/LMT won FIB ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kārlis Mūsiņš
Kārlis or Karlis is a given name. Notable people with the name include: *Kārlis Aperāts (1892–1944), Latvian Standartenführer in the Waffen SS during World War II * Kārlis Ašmanis (1898–1962), Latvian footballer * Kārlis Balodis (1864–1931), Latvian economist, financist, statistician and demographist * Kārlis Baumanis (1835–1905), better known as Baumaņu Kārlis, a Latvian composer *Kārlis Bētiņš (1867–1943), Latvian chess master and composer of studies * Kārlis Bone (1899–1941), Latvian footballer * Kārlis Būmeisters (born Riga), Latvian musician and politician *Karlis Ezergailis, Australian Motorcycle speedway rider * Kārlis Gailītis (1936–1992), Latvian Lutheran archbishop * Kārlis Goppers (1876–1941), Latvian military officer and the founder and President of Latvijas Skautu un Gaidu Centrālā Organizācija * Hugo Kārlis Grotuss (1884–1951), Latvian painter, classified as a Realist *Kārlis Irbītis (1904–1997), Latvian aeroplane design ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kārlis Mīlenbahs
Kārlis Mīlenbahs (his surname was formerly also written as Mühlenbach, Mühlenbachs, Mǖlenbachs or Mīlenbachs) (18 January 1853 in Courland, Russian Empire – 27 March 1916 in Võru, Livonia, Russian Empire) was the first native speaker of Latvian to devote his career to linguistics. Mīlenbahs studied classical philology at the University of Dorpat (he did not remain at the university because of his poverty). He was the author of over a hundred scholarly articles on the language in Latvian, Russian, and German, but his main achievement was the Latvian-German dictionary that remains the most important lexicographical work on Latvian (the first four volumes were printed posthumously between 1923 and 1932 in Riga; the dictionary was completed and expanded by Jānis Endzelīns, with whom Mīlenbahs co-wrote other works, including a major Latvian grammar). His polemics with the poet Rainis led to an important essay on literary Latvian published in 1909, and he was also a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
