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Solstad
Solstad is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Alfred Solstad (1884–1973), American farmer, businessman, and politician * Arve Solstad (1935–2016), Norwegian newspaper editor * Celine Solstad (born 1997), Norwegian handball player * Dag Solstad (born 1941), Norwegian novelist, short-story writer, and dramatist * Nils Solstad (born 1963), Norwegian football defender * Thomas Solstad (born 1997), Norwegian handball player See also * , steam cargo ship * Solstad Church, in Bindal municipality in Nordland county, Norway * Solstad Offshore Solstad Offshore () is a Norwegian offshore service and supply ship shipping company that operates 89 vessels and including 26 construction service vessels, 21 anchor handling tug supply vessels and 42 platform supply vessels. The company is ..., Norwegian offshore service and supply ship shipping company {{Surname Norwegian-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dag Solstad
Dag Solstad (16 July 1941 – 14 March 2025) was a Norwegian novelist, short-story writer and dramatist whose work has been translated into 20 languages. Solstad wrote nearly 30 books and was the only author to have received the Norwegian Literary Critics' Award three times. Other awards include the Mads Wiel Nygaards Endowment in 1969, the Nordic Council Literature Prize in 1989, for ''Roman 1987'' and the Brage Prize in 2006 for ''Armand V''. Biography Solstad was born in Sandefjord to merchant Ole Modal Solstad and Ragna Sofie Tveitan. After receiving his examen artium, he worked as a teacher in Kabelvåg and as a journalist for the newspaper '' Tiden''. He then enrolled at the University of Oslo, where he contributed to the literary magazine '' Profil''. Solstad made his literary debut with ''Spiraler'', a collection of short stories influenced by literary modernism, in 1965, and started working as a full-time writer the following year. His second book, the text colle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Solstad Offshore
Solstad Offshore () is a Norwegian offshore service and supply ship shipping company that operates 89 vessels and including 26 construction service vessels, 21 anchor handling tug supply vessels and 42 platform supply vessels. The company is based in Skudeneshavn, but also has offices in Ålesund, Aberdeen, Rio de Janeiro, Perth, Singapore, Manila and Odesa. The company has been renamed to Solstad Offshore from Solstad Farstad on 3rd Oct 2018. History The company was founded as Solstad Rederi by Johannes Solstad in 1964, in a town called Skudeneshavn, on the island of Karmøy, where it is still headquartered to this day. It started off with ten bulk carriers in the range of to , but entered the offshore supply sector in 1973 with the delivery of four supply ships. By 1982 the entire dry bulk fleet had been sold and Solstad continued as a pure offshore vessel operator, though from 1989 to 1998 it operated five handysize bulk carriers. A fleet renewal program started in 1996 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Solstad Church
Solstad Church () is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Bindal Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located along the Bindalsfjorden in the village of Holm, Norway, Holm. It is one of the two churches for the Bindal parish which is part of the Sør-Helgeland prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland. The white, wooden church was built in a long church style in 1888 using plans drawn up by the architect Ole Scheistrøen. The church seats about 300 people. History The earliest existing historical records of the church date back to the year 1641, but the church was likely built long before that time. The first church at Solstad was built about to the northeast of the present church site in Holm, Norway, Holm. This old stave church was torn down in 1643 and replaced with a new church on the same site. Historically, this had been an annex chapel under the main Sømna Church on the other side of the fjord. Written records from 1652 state that the church had ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arve Solstad
Arve Solstad (15 November 1935 – 3 June 2016) was a Norwegian newspaper editor. He was born in Orkdal Municipality as a son of farmer Johan Solstad (1896–1989) and Marit Skauge (1910–2000). He finished his secondary education in Orkdal in 1955, worked one year as editor-in-chief of '' Akershus Folkeblad'' before enrolling in studies of political science at the University of Oslo. He wrote for the newspaper ''Dagbladet'', including summaries of debates in the Norwegian Students' Society. He was hired permanently in ''Dagbladet'' after graduation in 1964. Also, in 1961 he married nurse Inger Marie Richter. He won the Narvesen Prize for journalism already in 1968. From 1969 to 1973 he was the political editor of the newspaper, and in 1973 he became editor-in-chief. The newspaper then had two chief editors, and between 1977 and 1980 it had three, but from 1984 to 1990 Solstad was the sole editor. The newspaper assumed the tabloid format during his tenure. Solstad was then politic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfred Solstad
Alfred Solstad (January 23, 1884 – March 20, 1973) was an American farmer, businessman, and politician. Solstad was born on a farm in Bygland Township, Polk County, Minnesota. He lived in Fisher, Minnesota, was a cattle farmer and was involved with the insurance business. Solstad served in the Minnesota Senate from 1935 to 1946. He died at Valley Memorial Home in Grand Forks, North Dakota Grand Forks is a city in and the county seat of Grand Forks County, North Dakota, United States. The city's population was 59,166 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, making it the List of cities in North Dakota, third-most populous ....'Solstad, former legislator, dies,' Minneapolis Star Tribune (Minnesota), March 22, 1973 References 1884 births 1973 deaths People from Polk County, Minnesota Businesspeople from Minnesota Farmers from Minnesota Minnesota state senators 20th-century members of the Minnesota Legislature {{Minnesota-MNSenate-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nils Solstad
Nils Solstad (born 27 July 1963) is a retired Norwegian football defender. Hailing from Mortensnes in Tromsø, Solstad played youth football for IF Fløya and got one senior match before moving to Tromsø IL in 1981. He made his debut in 1982 and became a stalwart until his retirement after the 1993 season. He helped win the 1986 Norwegian Football Cup. In 1997 he was player-manager of Porsanger IL. He later coached Tromsø IL's junior team and IF Skarp Idrettsforeningen Skarp is a Norwegian association football club from Tromsø, which currently plays in the Third Division, the fourth tier of Norwegian football. The club was founded 30 June 1919 and its colors are black and white. It is the t ... in two terms, first in the latter half of 2000 together with , then in 2002 until he resigned in August that year. He returned to Tromsø IL and their scouting program Barents Fotball Academy. References 1963 births Living people Footballers from Tromsø Norwegian men's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Solstad
Thomas Solstad (born 26 February 1997) is a Norwegian handball player for Bjerringbro-Silkeborg Håndbold and the Norwegian national team. He represented Norway at the 2021 World Men's Handball Championship The 2021 IHF World Men's Handball Championship was the 27th event hosted by the International Handball Federation and held in Egypt from 13 to 31 January 2021. Starting with this edition, the World Championship was expanded from 24 teams to 32. I .... References External links * 1997 births Living people Norwegian male handball players 21st-century Norwegian sportsmen Sportspeople from Ski, Norway Handball players from Akershus Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in Denmark Norwegian expatriate handball players in Germany TSV Hannover-Burgdorf players Bjerringbro-Silkeborg players {{Norway-handball-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Celine Solstad
Celine Marie Solstad (born 1 May 1997) is a Norwegian handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of thr ... player, who plays for ESBF Besançon. On 22 July 2023, Solstad made her debut on the national team. References 1997 births Living people Handball players from Bergen Norwegian female handball players Norwegian expatriate handball players in France 21st-century Norwegian sportswomen {{Norway-handball-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
