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Amund Thorsson
Amund (), is a Norse masculine given name. It derives from the Old Norse ''Agmundr,'' meaning respectful protector. Notable people with the name include: * Amund B. Larsen (1849–1928), Norwegian linguist * Amund Dietzel (1891–1974), Norwegian-American tattoo artist * Amund Helland (1846–1918), Norwegian geologist, politician and non-fiction writer * Amund Rydland (1888–1967), Norwegian actor and theatre director * Amund Rasmussen Skarholt (1892–1956), Norwegian politician for the Labour Party * Amund Sjøbrend (born 1952), former ice speed skater from Norway * Amund Skiri (born 1978), Norwegian footballer currently playing for Aalesund * Amund Svensson (born 1978), Norwegian guitar player with The Kovenant * Lars Amund Vaage (born 1952), Norwegian author and playwright * Master Amund (''Mäster Amund''), Swedish 15th-century painter known for his paintings in Södra Råda Old Church See also * * * Aamund * Amundson * Olukayode Oladipo Amund, a Nigerian academic a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Old Norse
Old Norse, also referred to as Old Nordic or Old Scandinavian, was a stage of development of North Germanic languages, North Germanic dialects before their final divergence into separate Nordic languages. Old Norse was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and their Viking expansion, overseas settlements and chronologically coincides with the Viking Age, the Christianization of Scandinavia, and the consolidation of Scandinavian kingdoms from about the 8th to the 15th centuries. The Proto-Norse language developed into Old Norse by the 8th century, and Old Norse began to develop into the modern North Germanic languages in the mid- to late 14th century, ending the language phase known as Old Norse. These dates, however, are not precise, since written Old Norse is found well into the 15th century. Old Norse was divided into three dialects: Old West Norse (Old West Nordic, often referred to as ''Old Norse''), Old East Norse (Old East Nordic), and Old Gutnish. Old West Norse and O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amund Svensson
Amund Svensson (born 21 April 1978) is a Norwegian musician and composer. He is the co-founder and the main composer of the band The Kovenant, for which he plays guitars and keyboards as well as write orchestrations. He is also involved in his own long abandoned side project Painstation, and has created remixes and orchestrations for Theatre of Tragedy Theatre of Tragedy was a Norwegian band from Stavanger, active between 1993 and 2010. They are best known for their earlier albums, which influenced the gothic metal genre. History Formation (1993) Theatre of Tragedy was founded on 2 October 199 ..., Mortiis and Deathstars. References 1978 births Living people Norwegian black metal musicians Norwegian multi-instrumentalists Musicians from Hamar Place of birth missing (living people) Norwegian people of Swedish descent The Kovenant members {{Norway-music-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amund Ringnes Island
Amund Ringnes Island is an uninhabited island and one of the Sverdrup Islands and Queen Elizabeth Islands in the Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. It is located in the Arctic Ocean, between 78 and 79 degrees of latitude. It lies east of Ellef Ringnes Island, west of Axel Heiberg Island. Hassel Sound separates Amund Ringnes Island from Ellef Ringnes Island. Hendriksen Strait is to the south, as is Cornwall Island. Norwegian Bay is to the east, as is Haig-Thomas Island. To the north lies Peary Channel. The island has an area of in size, making it the 111th largest island in the world, and Canada's 25th largest island. The island was named by Otto Sverdrup for Oslo brewer Amund Ringnes, one of the sponsors of his expedition. He first sighted it in 1900. The island was claimed by Norway from 1902 until the claim was relinquished in 1930. References External sources Amund Ringnes Island at The Columbia Gazetteer of North America. 2000. University of Guelph Furt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amund, Iowa
Amund was a rural unincorporated community in Eden Township, Winnebago County, Iowa Iowa ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the upper Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri River and Big Sioux River to the west; Wisconsin to the northeast, Ill ..., United States. Founded in the late 1800s, the community was considered prosperous in the early 20th century, but the population remained small. By the 1970s, the town was one of 11 abandoned communities in Winnebago County. Geography Amund is located along county highways A16 and R34. The community is in Eden Township northwest of the Good Neighbors Marsh Wildlife Management Area. The community was in the northwest corner of section 22 of Eden Township. History A post office operated in Amund from 1888 to 1907.(3 April 1907)Amund Office May Close, ''Forest City Summit'' The community was named for postmaster Amund A. Fosness, who came to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olukayode Oladipo Amund
Olukayode Oladipupo Amund is a professor and the third vice-chancellor of Elizade University. He was appointed as the VC by the board of trustees of the school in 2019. Career Amund is a professor of Petroleum and Environmental microbiology Microbiology () is the branches of science, scientific study of microorganisms, those being of unicellular organism, unicellular (single-celled), multicellular organism, multicellular (consisting of complex cells), or non-cellular life, acellula ... before his appointment as the Vice-Chancellor of the school.He is a Fellow of the Nigerian Academy of Science (FAS), Fellow, Institute of Policy Management Development (FIPMD), Fellow, Royal Society of Biology (FRSB), Fellow, African Academy of Sciences (FAAS) and African Scientific Institute (FAS).His tenure as the 3rd Vice-Chancellor of Elizade University ended after 45 years of service in the school at the age of 70 years He was the pioneer Vice-Chancellor of Wesley University of Scienc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amundson
Amundson is a Swedish patronymic surname meaning "son of Amund Amund (), is a Norse masculine given name. It derives from the Old Norse ''Agmundr,'' meaning respectful protector. Notable people with the name include: * Amund B. Larsen (1849–1928), Norwegian linguist * Amund Dietzel (1891–1974), Norwe ...". Notable people with this surname include the following: People * Karl Amundson (1873–1938), Swedish ballooner, military attaché and major general * Kristen J. Amundson, American politician * Lou Amundson, American basketball player * Monti Amundson, American guitarist * Neal Amundson, American chemical engineer and professor * Norman E. Amundson, Canadian professor * Robert Amundson (1938–2024), American judge See also * Amundsen (surname) {{surname, Amundson Swedish-language surnames Patronymic surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Södra Råda Old Church
Södra Råda Old Church () was an early 14th-century timbered church in the parish of Södra Råda in Gullspång Municipality, Västra Götaland in Sweden. It was one of the oldest preserved wooden churches in the country. The paintings covering the walls and the trefoil-shaped wooden ceiling of the church were considered one of the best and best-preserved examples of Scandinavian wall-painting from the Middle Ages. The oldest, anonymous, paintings in the chancel dated to 1323. Later paintings in the nave dated from 1493 and were signed by a painter named . The church was burnt down on 12 November 2001. A mentally ill man convicted for the murder of a five-year-old girl in 2003 also confessed to and was convicted for the burning of the church. A project led by the Swedish National Heritage Board The Swedish National Heritage Board (; RAÄ) is a Swedish government agency responsible for World Heritage Sites and other national heritage monuments and historical environments. I ... [...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] |
Amund Skiri
Amund Skiri (born 25 February 1978) is a Norwegian football coach and a former player who is the manager of Kristiansund Kristiansund (, ; historically spelled Christianssund and earlier named Fosna) is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality on the western coast of Norway in the Nordmøre district of Møre og Romsdal counties of Norway, county. The admin .... He's known for putting away the deciding penalty kick in the Norwegian cup final in 2009, giving Aalesund the victory and the medal. On 1 January 2017 he became assistant coach for Vålerenga. Career statistics References External links Profileat Aafk.no Guardian Football {{DEFAULTSORT:Skiri, Amund 1978 births Living people Footballers from Oslo Men's association football defenders Norwegian men's footballers Vålerenga Fotball players Aalesunds FK players Eliteserien players Norwegian football managers Kristiansund BK managers Eliteserien managers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aamund
Aamund is a Danish surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Jane Aamund (1936–2019), Danish author and journalist * Malou Aamund (born 1969), Danish politician and businesswoman, niece of Jane See also * Amund {{surname Danish-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amund Sjøbrend
Amund Martin Sjøbrend (born 1 December 1952) is a former ice speed skater from Norway. Together with Sten Stensen, Kay Stenshjemmet, and Jan Egil Storholt, Amund Sjøbrend was one of the legendary ''four S-es'' (which sounds like "four aces" in Norwegian), four Norwegian top skaters in the 1970s and early 1980s. His first international success came in 1974, when he won silver at the European Allround Championships. Sjøbrend participated at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck Innsbruck (; ) is the capital of Tyrol (federal state), Tyrol and the List of cities and towns in Austria, fifth-largest city in Austria. On the Inn (river), River Inn, at its junction with the Wipptal, Wipp Valley, which provides access to the ..., but had no success there. In 1977, he won bronze at the European Allround Championships. Sjøbrend was more or less in the shadow of the other three of the ''four S-es'' until he had his best year in 1981. That year, he became both European Allround ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amund Rasmussen Skarholt
Amund Rasmussen Skarholt (31 March 1892 – 28 April 1956) was a Norwegian politician for the Norwegian Labour Party. He was born in Orkdal Municipality. He was elected to the Stortinget, Norwegian Parliament from Sør-Trøndelag (Storting constituency), Sør-Trøndelag in 1934, and was re-elected on four occasions. During his fifth term, he died. He was then replaced by Jenny Lund (politician), Jenny Lund. Skarholt was a member of the Municipal council (Norway), municipal council of Orkdal Municipality between 1919 and 1951. He served most of this time as a member of the executive committee. References 1892 births 1956 deaths Labour Party (Norway) politicians Members of the Storting 1934–1936 Members of the Storting 1936–1945 Members of the Storting 1945–1949 Members of the Storting 1950–1953 Members of the Storting 1954–1957 {{Norway-politician-1890s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
