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Waage
Waage is a Norwegian surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Anita Waage (born 1971), Norwegian footballer * Elsa Waage (born 1959), Icelandic opera singer * Geir Waage (born 1967), Norwegian politician * Hilde Waage (born 1959), Norwegian historian * Hjalmar Waage (1892 1939), Norwegian newspaper editor and writer * Hjelm Waage (1866–1947), Norwegian politician * Inger Waage (1923–1995), Norwegian ceramist *Peter Waage Peter Waage (29 June 1833 – 13 January 1900) was a Norwegian chemist and professor of chemistry at the University of Kristiania. Along with his brother-in-law Cato Maximilian Guldberg, he co-discovered and developed the law of mass action ... (1833–1900), Norwegian chemist * Roy Waage (born 1963), Norwegian politician * Trond Waage (born 1953), Norwegian activist {{surname, Waage Norwegian-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hilde Waage
Hilde Henriksen Waage (born 18 August 1959, in Drammen) is a Norwegian historian and peace researcher. She is Professor of History at the University of Oslo and was acting Director of Peace Research Institute Oslo from 1992 to 1993. Waage is an expert on the Israeli–Palestinian conflict and Norway–Israel relations. Career Waage took the Cand.philol. degree at the University of Oslo in 1987 and the Dr.philos. degree in 1997, both in history. She became a professor at the University of Oslo in 2007. Before this, Waage worked at the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO), mostly as a researcher but also as acting director (September 1992 – April 1993) and deputy director (1996–2005). Waage has produced foundational contributions to Norwegian scholarship on Norway's role in the Oslo process of Israeli-Palestinian negotiations during the early to mid-1990s. She has also been critical of the doctoral thesis of former Norwegian State Secretary Jan Egeland, who was intimately invo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Waage
Peter Waage (29 June 1833 – 13 January 1900) was a Norwegian chemist and professor of chemistry at the University of Kristiania. Along with his brother-in-law Cato Maximilian Guldberg, he co-discovered and developed the law of mass action between 1864 and 1879. Biography He grew up on the island of Hidra in Vest-Agder, Norway. He was the son of Peder Pedersen Waage (1796–1872) and Regine Lovise Wathne (1802–72). He attended the Bergen Cathedral School and studied chemistry and mineralogy at the University of Kristiania (now University of Oslo) under Adolph Strecker. In 1858, he received the Crown Prince's gold medal (''Kronprinsens gullmedalje'') for work on the development of a theory of oxygen-containing acid radicals. He became a cand.real. in 1859. He subsequently traveled to France and Germany, where he studied for two years including time spent with Robert Bunsen in Heidelberg. In 1861, Waage was made an associate professor and in 1866 he was ap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inger Waage
Inger Waage, (5 February 1923 – 16 December 1995), was an industrial ceramist at the Norwegian producer of earthenware, Stavangerflint AS. Biography She was born in Stavanger Stavanger (, , American English, US usually , ) is a city and municipalities of Norway, municipality in Norway. It is the fourth largest city and third largest metropolitan area in Norway (through conurbation with neighboring Sandnes) and the a ... on the West coast of Norway. In 1943 she was accepted as a student at the Norwegian National Academy of Craft and Art Industry in Oslo to study ceramics for three years. After graduation in 1946, she moved back to Stavanger and started her own ceramic workshop. Inger Waage became the first leader of a new established department for handicraft products at Stavangerflint AS in 1953. By 1955 her works were recognised by the market to such a degree that the company had to expand the production capacity by establishing an ''I.W department'', with up to ten a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hjelm Waage
Georg Henrik Hjelm Waage (2 February 1866 – 12 March 1947) was a Norwegian ship-owner and politician for the Conservative Party. He was born in Kopervik to Asbjørn Andreas Waage (1828–1904) and Jensine C. Coucheron Grip (1829–1905). He worked in his father's company to 1886, then in the postal service from 1886 to 1898. In 1899 he became a co-owner in the shipping company Hagbart Waages Rederi, together with his brother. When the brother died in 1909, Hjelm Waage became the sole owner and changed the company name to Waages Rederi. His nephew became a co-owner in 1937. Waage was a member of Kristiania city council from 1919 to 1922, and was a deputy representative to the Parliament of Norway The Storting ( no, Stortinget ) (lit. the Great Thing) is the supreme legislature of Norway, established in 1814 by the Constitution of Norway. It is located in Oslo. The unicameral parliament has 169 members and is elected every four years bas ... during the term 1922–1924. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elsa Waage
Elsa Waage is an Icelandic contralto opera singer.''VareseNews''"Il “Coro Città di Como” si esibisce a Castellanza" 28 February 2008 She was born in Reykjavík 1959, the second child of parents Steinar Waage, orthopedic shoe maker, and Clara Grimmer Waage. Life She studied music and voice training in the Reykjavík Conservatory. She later studied and specialized in Germany and Netherlands and got her bachelor degree of music in the United States, Washington Catholic University of America. Wagge lived in New York for some years, where she became a member of the New Jersey Opera Institute. She moved to Italy, where she married Emilio De Rossi. She is still very active in both opera and concerts. Waage is best known for her stage personality and intense artistic interpretation. Her roles include Maddalena in Verdi's ''Rigoletto'' and Erda in Wagner's ''Das Rheingold'' and ''Siegfried''.Colín, Ricardo Pacheco"Sigfrido, ensayo a medio gas y con errores de producción" ''La ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hjalmar Waage
Hjalmar Waage (8 February 1892 – 1939) was a Norwegian newspaper editor and writer. He was born in Bergen, and joined the Norwegian Labour Party in 1908. He became editor-in-chief of '' Arbeidets Ret'' in 1913, sub-editor of ''Fremtiden'' in 1915 before being hired in ''Social-Demokraten'' in 1920. He then edited ''Arbeider-Avisa'' from 1924 to 1925 before being hired in ''Arbeiderbladet''. He was promoted to subeditor after a while, and edited the associated magazine '' Lørdagskvelden'' from 1935 to his death. Waage also chaired ''Oslo arbeidersamfund'' in 1922. He was a board member of the Norwegian Press Association The Norwegian Press Association ( no, Norsk Presseforbund, NP) is Norwegian association established in 1910, for press people with journalism as their main profession. Among its members are the Norwegian Union of Journalists, the Association of ... from 1930 to 1931. Books include ''Kobbergruven'' (1922), ''Bergmændene på Storvarts'' (1923), ''Fremmede fre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geir Waage
Geir Norten Waage (born January 21, 1967) is a Norwegian politician for the Norwegian Labour Party. Since 2007 he is the mayor of Rana. Waage was one of the four mayors that fronted his municipality and seven others in the Terra Securities scandal The Terra Securities scandal was a scandal that became public in November 2007. It involved highly speculative investments by eight municipalities of Norway in various hedge funds in the United States bond market.Mark Landler"U.S. Credit Crisis Ad .... References Mayors of places in Nordland Labour Party (Norway) politicians Living people 1967 births Place of birth missing (living people) {{Norway-politician-1960s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roy Waage
Roy Waage (born 17 November 1963) is a Norwegian politician for the Coastal Party, the current mayor of Skjervøy. He was originally a member of the Christian Democrats, serving as a deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament from Troms during the term 1997–2001. He switched to the Coastal Party after it was created in the late 1999. He was top candidate for the party in Troms in the 2001 election but marginally failed to get elected. In the 2003 local elections he was elected member for the Troms county council and re-elected mayor In many countries, a mayor is the highest-ranking official in a municipal government such as that of a city or a town. Worldwide, there is a wide variance in local laws and customs regarding the powers and responsibilities of a mayor as well as ... of Skjervøy, something he has been since 1995. On 13 March 2005 he was appointed chairman of the party, a position he held until 1 May 2007. The party failed to get legislative repres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trond Waage
Trond Waage (born 14 February 1953) is a child rights expert at the UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre in Florence, Italy. Previously, he was for eight years Norway's Ombudsman for Children. In this role he initiated the European Network of Ombudspersons for Children (ENOC) and was involved in setting up ombuds offices for children in Europe and Africa. Norway was the first country to establish an Ombudsman for Children, in 1981. His previous positions have included Senior Advisor for the Ministry of Children and Family Affairs in Norway; Director of Research at Childwatch International Research Network, a global nongovernmental network of institutions that collaborate in research on improving children's well-being; Senior Programme Officer at what is now the International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE), where he ran multi-channel learning projects in developing countries in co-operation with UN agencies, bilateral agencies and national authorities; and Director ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anita Waage
Anita Waage (born 30 July 1971) is a former Norwegian football player and World Champion. She played on the Norwegian team that won the 1995 FIFA World Cup in Sweden. Career Her clubs include Spjelkavik IL, IK Grand Bodø, Trondheims-Ørn SK Rosenborg Ballklub Kvinner (previously known as Sportsklubben Trondheims-Ørn) is a Norwegian women's professional football club in Trondheim, Trøndelag. History The club was founded as a multi-sports club on May 18, 1917, and became a me ..., and Kolbotn. She has four Norwegian Cup championships (1994, 1996, 1997, 1998) and four series championships (1994, 1995, 1996, 1997) with Trondheims-Ørn. References External links * * 1971 births Living people Norwegian women's footballers Norway women's youth international footballers Norway women's international footballers 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup players FIFA Women's World Cup-winning players Spjelkavik IL players IK Grand Bodø players SK Trondheims-Ørn pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
