Våge (other)

	Våge (other) Våge (or the older spelling Vaage) may refer to: Places * Våge, Agder, a village in Lindesnes Municipality in Agder county, Norway Våge, Austevoll, a village in Austevoll Municipality in Vestland county, Norway Våge, Møre og Romsdal, a village in Sande Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway * Våge, Nordland, a village in Lødingen Municipality in Nordland county, Norway * Våge, Rogaland, a village in Karmøy Municipality in Rogaland county, Norway Våge, Tysnes, a village in Tysnes Municipality in Vestland county, Norway People Jakob Vaage, a Norwegian skier and historian * Lars Vaage, a Norwegian physician and politician Lars Amund Vaage, a Norwegian author and playwright Ragnvald Vaage, a Norwegian farmer, poet, novelist, and children's writer See also * Våga (other) * Vågan (other) Vágar Vágar (; ) is one of the 18 islands in the archipelago of the Faroe Islands and the most westerly of the ''large islands''. With a size of , i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Jakob Vaage Jakob Vaage (9 February 1905 – 29 January 1994) was a Norwegian educator, author and historian. He served as secretary of the Association for the Promotion of Skiing and curator of the Holmenkollen Ski Museum. Biography Vaage was born in Aker, Norway. His parents were Jakob Vaage (1862–1953) and Mathilde Gundersen (1866–1953). He was raised in the Oslo neighborhood of Lilleaker. Vaage studied science at the University of Oslo, where he became cand.real. in 1931 with a botany major. His specialty was plants of the Arctics. He was employed as a high school teacher in Ullern from 1934 until he retired in 1972. During the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany, he was imprisoned along with hundred of other Norwegian school teachers. He was incarcerated in Bredtveit concentration camp from March 1942, then in Grini concentration camp for some days. On 31 March he was moved to Jørstadmoen, later to Kirkenes. He was released in November 1942. As a skier in Ullern SK, he was a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Vágar Vágar (; ) is one of the 18 islands in the archipelago of the Faroe Islands and the most westerly of the ''large islands''. With a size of , it ranks third in size, behind Streymoy and Eysturoy. Vágar Regions of the Faroe Islands, region also comprises the island of Mykines, Faroe Islands, Mykines. The Vágar island shape is very distinctive, since on maps it resembles a dog's head. The fjord Sørvágsfjørður is the mouth and the lake Fjallavatn is the eye. History Vágar is the first port of call for most foreigners travelling to the Faroe Islands, as it is home to the islands’ only airport, Vágar Airport. An airfield was built there during World War II by the British, who occupied the Faroe Islands with the islanders' consent. After the war it lay unused for about 20 years, but was then put back into service and expanded/modernised as required. It handles about 290,000 passengers a year (2016). Such large numbers by Faroese standards put a considerable strain on transpo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Vågan (other) Vågan or Vaagan may refer to: People Eldar Vågan, a songwriter and guitarist in the band Vazelina Bilopphøggers Ole Morten Vågan, a Norwegian jazz musician and composer Petter Vågan, a bandleader, singer, and guitarist of the Norwegian indie electronica band The Fjords Petter Vaagan Moen, a Norwegian former professional footballer Places Vågan Municipality, a municipality in Nordland county, Norway Vågan Church, a church in Vågan Municipality in Nordland county, Norway Vaagan River, a river in Rajasthan, India See also Similar spelled titled articles, Vagan (other), Vagan {{dab, geo, surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Våga (other) Våga may refer to the following locations: * Våga, Agder, a village in Lindesnes Municipality, Agder county, Norway Våga, Vestland, a village in Sveio Municipality, Vestland county, Norway Våga, or Vågaholmen, the administrative centre of Rødøy Municipality, Nordland county, Norway See also Våge (other) Vagen (other) Vågan (other) Vågen, Bergen Vågå Vågå () is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the Traditional districts of Norway, traditional district of Gudbrandsdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of ... {{DEFAULTSORT:Vaaga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Ragnvald Vaage Ragnvald Vaage (29 April 1889 – 27 June 1966) was a Norwegian poet, novelist and children's writer. Biography He was born at Husnes in Kvinnherad, Norway. His parents were Ola Larsson Vaage (1844–97) and Ragnhild Larsdotter Oppsanger (1855–89). In 1906 he started at Voss Folk High School (''Voss Folkehøgskule'') at Seim, Hordaland, Seim where he stayed for two years. Then he spent a year at Jæren and studied horticulture. He later attended Askov College (''Askov Højskole'') in Vejen. His first poetry collections were ''Liv som strir'' (1912), ''Bylgja'' (1913) and ''Strengspel'' (1914). Among his children's books are ''Gutane på Tedneholmen'' (1923) ''Den forunderlege vegen'' (1949), ''Den gode sumaren'' (1955) and the prize-winning ''Stivnakkane'' (1957). His novel ''Den vonde draumen'' (1953) was awarded with Sunnmørsprisen. He was married in 1916 with Dorothea Raunehaug (1892-1973) and was the grandfather of author and playwright Lars Amund Vaage. Awards * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Lars Amund Vaage Lars Amund Vaage was born in 1952 at Sunde, Kvinnherad on the west coast of Norway, and studied classical piano at the Bergen Music Conservatory. He made his literary debut in 1979 with the novel ''Exercise Cold Winter'', and has since published award-winning novels, short stories and collections of poetry, and a long essay on the art of storytelling, ''Sorrow and Song'', 2016. In 1995 he had a definitive breakthrough in Norway with the Critics’ Prize-winning novel Rubato. In 2012, his acclaimed novel Sing, based on his experience of being the parent of a severely autistic child, was a national bestseller, winning the national Brage Prize and nominated for the Critics’ Prize. It has since become a classic. “The one to whom I write this cannot read.” That is the opening sentence of ''Sing''. It is also the key to the way this established novelist needs to find in order to tell his life-changing story, which for many years and many different reasons he did not think would be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Lars Vaage Lars Asbjørn Vaage (16 January 1928 – 6 January 2006) was a Norwegian physician and politician for the Conservative Party. He was born in Brunlanes Brunlanes is a List of former municipalities of Norway, former municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1988. The area is now the southwestern part of Larvik Municipality. The administr ..., and graduated with the cand.med. degree in 1953. He worked at a hospital from 1953 to 1962, and became a specialist in radiology in 1963. From 1962 to his retirement in 1992 he worked as a physician in Stavanger. He was also the medical leader at the Royal Norwegian Navy Basic Training Establishment at Madla from 1959 to 1988. He was a member of Stavanger city council from 1965 to 1999—from 1968 to 1983 in the executive committee. He was also a member of Rogaland county council (Norway), county council from 1972 to 1987. He served as deputy county mayor from 1979 to 1983 and coun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]