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Solberg
Solberg is a surname of Norway, Norwegian origin (Sol meaning Sun and Berg meaning Mountain), and may refer to: *Asbjørn Solberg (1893–1977), Norwegian politician from Østfold; served three terms in the ''Storting'' *Dorvan Solberg (b. 1934), American politician from North Dakota; state representative since 1998 *Eirik Lae Solberg (b. 1971), Norwegian politician from Buskerud; representative in the ''Storting'' and government minister *Erna Solberg (b. 1961), Norwegian politician; serving in the ''Storting'' since 1989; Prime Minister of Norway since October 2013. *Harald Solberg (b. 1976), Norwegian politician from Vestfold *Henning Solberg (b. 1973), Norwegian rally driver; brother of Petter Solberg *Hill-Marta Solberg (b. 1951), Norwegian politician from Nordland; government minister 1994–97 *Konrad K. Solberg (1874–1954), American politician from Minnesota; legislator and lieutenant governor *Leif Solberg (1914–2016), Norwegian classical composer and organist *Magnar Sol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Surname
In many societies, a surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. It is typically combined with a given name to form the full name of a person, although several given names and surnames are possible in the full name. In modern times most surnames are hereditary, although in most countries a person has a right to name change, change their name. Depending on culture, the surname may be placed either at the start of a person's name, or at the end. The number of surnames given to an individual also varies: in most cases it is just one, but in Portuguese-speaking countries and many Spanish-speaking countries, two surnames (one inherited from the mother and another from the father) are used for legal purposes. Depending on culture, not all members of a family unit are required to have identical surnames. In some countries, surnames are modified depending on gender and family membership status of a person. C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marita Solberg
Marita may refer to: People * Marita Aronson (born 1939), Swedish politician * Marita Bonner (1899–1971), African-American writer * Marita Conlon-McKenna (born 1956), Irish writer * Marita Crawley (born 1954), British songwriter and playwright * Marita Geraghty (born 1965), American television character actress * Marita Grabiak, 21st century American television director * Marita Johansson (born 1984), Swedish speed skater * Marita Koch (born 1957), East German sprinter * Marita Lange (born 1943), East German shot putter * Marita Liabø (born 1971), Norwegian author * Marita Lindahl (1938–2017), Miss World 1957 * Marita Liulia (born 1957), Finnish media artist and director * Marita Lorenz (1939–2019), German woman who had an affair with Fidel Castro and betrayed a CIA assassination attempt against him * Marita Mathijsen (born 1944), Dutch academic * Marita Payne (born 1960), Canadian sprinter * Maria Perceval (born 1956), Argentine politician nicknamed "Marita" * Marita ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Solberg Lake
Solberg Lake is a lake in the U.S. state of Minnesota. Solberg Lake was named for A. H. Solberg, a pioneer farmer who settled there. See also *List of lakes in Minnesota This is a list of lakes of Minnesota. Although promoted as the "Land of 10,000 Lakes", Minnesota has 11,842 lakes of or more. The 1968 state survey found 15,291 lake basins, of which 3,257 were dry. If all basins over 2.5 acres were counted, Minn ... References Lakes of Minnesota Lakes of Douglas County, Minnesota Lakes of Grant County, Minnesota {{GrantCountyMN-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States Copyright Office
The United States Copyright Office (USCO), a part of the Library of Congress, is a United States government body that registers copyright claims, records information about copyright ownership, provides information to the public, and assists Congress and other parts of the government on a wide range of copyright issues.Overview . United States Copyright Office. Retrieved on September 8, 2023. It maintains online records of copyright registration and recorded documents within the copyright catalog, which is used by copyright title researchers who are attempting to clear a [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Register Of Copyrights
The Register of Copyrights is the director of the United States Copyright Office within the Library of Congress, as provided by . The Office has been headed by a Register since 1897. The Register is appointed by, and responsible to, the Librarian of Congress, with the Register's office located in the Library's James Madison Memorial Building. Although the title suggests a clerical role, Registers of Copyrights have been responsible for creating the procedures and practices of the Copyright Office and establishing standards for registration of copyright. They have increasingly been responsible for setting or influencing United States copyright policy. Today the Register is responsible for administering rulemaking procedures and producing authoritative interpretations of some aspects of U.S. copyright law, as well as advising the Librarian of Congress on the triennial proceeding on exceptions to the anticircumvention rules of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. The Regis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thorvald Solberg
Thorvald Solberg (April 22, 1852 – July 15, 1949) was the first Register of Copyrights (1897–1930) in the United States Copyright Office. He was a noted authority on copyright and played an instrumental role in shaping the Copyright Act of 1909. Early life Thorvald Solberg was born in Manitowoc, Wisconsin. He was the eldest of six children born of immigrant Norwegian parents. Solberg attended public schools, working for booksellers after graduation in Manitowoc, Boston, Detroit, Knoxville, and Omaha. On May 1, 1876, Solberg began working in the Library of Congress as a cataloguer. In 1876, he became part of the Library's law department staff, despite not being a lawyer. While there, he played an active role in the direction and control of the Library's copyright registration and deposit functions. He remained in that position until he left the Library altogether in 1889 to work for the Boston Book Company. Register of Copyrights In 1897, Congress created the United Sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thorvald A
Thorvald is from the ''Old Norse'' name ''Þórvaldr'', which means "Thor's ruler". Despite this pagan origin, the name survived the conversion of Scandinavians to Christianity and remains popular up to the present. Thorvald may refer to: * Thorvald Aagaard (1877–1937), Danish composer, organist and college teacher *Thorvald Astrup (1876–1940), Norwegian architect, known for industrial architecture * Thorvald Asvaldsson, father of the colonizer of Greenland, Erik the Red (Eiríkr Rauði) * Thorwald Bergquist (1899–1972), Swedish politician *Thorvald Bindesbøll (1846–1908), Danish architect and designer *Thorvald Eigenbrod (1892–1977), Danish field hockey player * Thorvald Ellegaard (1877–1954), Danish track racing cyclist *Thorvald Eriksson, son of Eric the Red and brother of Leif Ericsson *Thorvald Hansen, Norwegian Nordic combined skierThorvald Hedgehog(2000-2016), the world's oldest European hedgehog * Thorvald Jørgensen (June 1867 – 1946), Danish architect * Tho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Solberg
Thomas Solberg (born 25 January 1970) is a Norwegian former football defender. Solberg began his career at Ekholt before joining Moss, the first of two spells with the club. In 1994, Solberg moved to Viking, where he stayed for over five years before an August 1999 move to Scottish side Aberdeen. He helped Aberdeen reach the 2000 Scottish League Cup Final, but was sent off in the game as they lost to Celtic Celtic, Celtics or Keltic may refer to: Language and ethnicity *pertaining to Celts, a collection of Indo-European peoples in Europe and Anatolia **Celts (modern) *Celtic languages **Proto-Celtic language *Celtic music *Celtic nations Sports Foot .... Solberg announced in October 2001 that he would return to Moss in the summer at the end of his contract, citing "homesickness" as the reason. In fact, Solberg returned slightly ahead of schedule, returning to Moss in March. References * 1970 births Living people Norwegian men's footballers Norwegian expatriate men's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petter Solberg
Petter Solberg (born 18 November 1974), nicknamed "Mr. Hollywood" is a Norwegian former professional rallying, rally and rallycross driver. Solberg debuted in the World Rally Championship in 1998 and was signed by the Ford World Rally Team, Ford factory team in 1999. The following year, Solberg started his successful partnership with the Subaru World Rally Team. With the Subaru works team, Solberg finished runner-up to Marcus Grönholm in 2002 and then became the first Norwegian to win the List of World Rally Championship Drivers' Champions, drivers' world title in 2003. In the following two seasons, he finished runner-up to Sébastien Loeb. Following Subaru's withdrawal from the WRC at the end of the 2008 World Rally Championship season, 2008 season, Solberg secured private backing to start the Petter Solberg World Rally Team and competed with a Citroën Xsara WRC, a Citroën C4 WRC and a Citroën DS3 WRC. In 2012 Petter returned to a factory team, joining the Ford World Rally ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Myron Solberg
Myron "Mike" Solberg (1930-July 28, 2001) was an American food scientist who was renowned for his collaboration with academia, government, and industry that better advanced food technology. Education A native of Massachusetts, Solberg earned his B.S. degree at the University of Massachusetts Amherst in 1952. He then went on to earn his Ph.D. at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1960. After earning his Ph.D., Solberg went to work in the meat industry before joining Rutgers University in 1964. Research career Joining the food science department at Rutgers University in 1964, Solberg worked in meat science and food microbiology. In 1984, he created thCenter for Advanced Food Technology(CAFT), a cooperative research venture among academia, government, and industry in food science and technology. He would chair the CAFT until his 2000 retirement. This was also part of his work with the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Cooperative State Research, Education, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monte Solberg
Monte Kenton Solberg, (born September 17, 1958) is a Canadian businessman and politician. Solberg is a former Member of Parliament, representing the riding of Medicine Hat in the House of Commons of Canada as a member of the Conservative Party of Canada. He was the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration and later served as the Minister of Human Resources and Social Development. He has also served as Critic for Foreign Affairs, National Revenue, and Human Resources Development. Solberg is now a Principal at New West Public Affairs, a Canadian national public affairs firm based in western Canada, and headquartered in Calgary, Alberta. Solberg was the owner of the right-wing news aggregate website, News Hub Nation, from which he frequently blogged about current events and features exclusive content from conservative personalities. Early life Solberg was born in Calgary, Alberta, the son of Shirley Jean (O'Neil) and Stanley James Solberg, a broadcasting pioneer. A former broa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magnar Solberg
Magnar Solberg (born 4 February 1937) is a former Norwegian biathlete and police officer. He won a gold medal in the 20 km at the 1968 and 1972 Winter Olympics; his 4 × 7.5 km relay teams placed second in 1968 and fourth in 1972. In 1968 he was awarded Morgenbladets Gullmedalje, and in 1972 served as the Olympic flag bearer for Norway at the opening ceremony. He was one of the 16 former Norwegian athletes selected to bring in the Olympic Flag at the Opening Ceremony of the 1994 Winter Olympics. After retiring from competitions Solberg became a police officer. He was one of the officers responsible for the miscarriage of justice against Fritz Moen, by adjusting a murder victim's time of death in order to dismiss Moen's alibi. He later admitted to wrongdoing, retired from the police force, and worked in the insurance industry. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
