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Aase Schibsted Knudsen
Aase Schibsted Knudsen (born 19 November 1954) is a Norwegian writer and academic. Biography Knudsen earned a doctoral degree from the KTH Royal Institute of Technology in 2004. From 2002 to 2007, she was the head of the Media Technology Laboratory at Gjøvik University College. She serves as docent emerita at the Norwegian Film and Television School at the University of Inland Norway. Knudsen is a transgender woman A trans woman or transgender woman is a woman who was assigned male at birth. Trans women have a female gender identity and may experience gender dysphoria (distress brought upon by the discrepancy between a person's gender identity and their .... In 2010, served as deputy chair of the Transpolitical Committee in the Norwegian Organisation for Sexual and Gender Diversity, advocating for the rights of transgender people in Norway. References 1954 births Living people Academic staff of the Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences Norwegian wom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Furnes, Norway
Furnes is a village in Ringsaker Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The village is located just west of the European route E6 highway, about from the town of Hamar to the southeast and the same distance from Brumunddal to the northwest. Furnes Church is located in the village. It was built in 1707 using some of the stone from the Cathedral Ruins in Hamar. This village was the administrative centre of the old Furnes Municipality that existed from 1891 until 1964. Name The village is named Furnes (). The meaning of the first element is unknown. It is possible that the first part came from the old name of a local river such as ''Fura'' or it could be derived from the word ''furu'' which means "pine". The last element is ''nes'' which means "headland A headland, also known as a head, is a coastal landform, a point of land usually high and often with a sheer drop, that extends into a body of water. It is a type of promontory. A headland of considerable size often is cal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |