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Adam Arndtsen
Adam Frederik Oluf Arndtsen (15 December 1829 – 7 August 1919) was a Norwegian professor and physicist. Biography Arndtsen was born at Alstahaug in Nordland, Norway. He was the son of Ole Arndtsen (1786-1846) and Wilhelmina Castberg (1788-1853). He studied at the University of Oslo, Royal Frederick University (now University of Oslo) earning his cand.med. in 1849. In 1854, he took a job as a physics teacher at the Norwegian Military Academy. In 1859 he lost out to Hartvig Caspar Christie (physicist), Hartvig Caspar Christie in a competition to succeed Lorentz Christian Langberg as an academic of physics at Royal Frederick University. In 1857, a scholarship brought him abroad to train with Wilhelm Eduard Weber (1804-1891) at Georg-August-Universität of Göttingen and Émile Verdet at the École normale supérieure in Paris. Arndtsen was appointed at the Rikshospitalet in 1860. In 1864 he was awarded the Crown Prince's gold medal (''Kronprinsens gullmedalje'') for the dissert ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alstahaug
Alstahaug is a municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the Helgeland region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Sandnessjøen. Some of the villages in Alstahaug include Søvika and Tjøtta. Most residents of Alstahaug live in the town of Sandnessjøen which is situated on the island of Alsta. The characteristic Seven Sisters mountain range is found on the eastern part of the island. Local legend has made this chain of peaks into seven sisters, two adjacent peaks representing twin sisters. The island is connected to the mainland via the large Helgeland Bridge along Norwegian County Road 17. The Sandnessjøen Airport, Stokka is located 10 km south of Sandnessjøen. The municipality is the 307th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Alstahaug is the 136th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 7,333. The municipality's population density is and its population has decreased by 0.5% over the pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
