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Arvid Christensen
Arvid, Arved, Arnvid or Arvydas is a male given name, most common in Scandinavia but also in Iran and Lithuania. In Scandinavia it is derived from Old Norse and means "forest of eagles" or 'eagle wood'. Arvid is a royal male name that is composed of words with the meanings "king" and "legend". In Old Persian, ''Arvid'' is derived from + meaning "Aryan knowledge". People with the given name Arvid * Arvid August Afzelius (1785–1871), Swedish pastor, poet, historian and mythologist * Arvid Andersson (other), various Olympic Games competitors * Arvid Auner (born 1997), Austrian snowboarder * Arvid Boecker (born 1964), German painter and curator * Arvid Carlsson (1923–2018), Swedish scientist and Nobel laureate * Arvid Hallén (born 1950), Norwegian sociologist and researcher * Arvid Hanssen (1932–1998), Norwegian journalist, newspaper editor, poet, novelist and children's writer * Arvid Harnack (1901–1942), German jurist, economist, and resistance fighter in Naz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arvydas
Arvydas is a Lithuanian language, Lithuanian masculine given name. Notable people with the name include:
*Arvydas Bagdžius, Lithuanian painter
*Arvydas Bajoras (born 1956), Lithuanian politician
*Arvydas Janonis, a retired football player
*Arvydas Každailis, Lithuanian graphic artist
*Arvydas Kostas Leščinskas, Lithuanian politician
*Arvydas Macijauskas, basketball player
*Arvydas Novikovas, football player
*Arvydas Pocius, Chief of Defence of Lithuania
*Arvydas Sabonis, a retired basketball player
*Arvydas Šikšnius, basketball player
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Arvid Johanson
Arvid Helmer Johanson (3 February 1929 – 6 November 2013) was a Norwegian newspaper editor and politician for the Labour Party. He served five full terms in the Parliament of Norway, was Norway's second Minister of Petroleum and Energy from 1980 to 1981, and outside politics he spent most of his career in the newspaper ''Halden Arbeiderblad''. Early life and career He was born in Halden as a son of Arvid Martin Johanson (1896–1981) and housewife Karla Niemi (1899–1932). He started his career as a journalist in ''Halden Arbeiderblad'' in 1947, and remained there for a year. In 1949 he worked in '' Sarpsborg Arbeiderblad''. He returned to ''Halden Arbeiderblad'', and remained there for the rest of his career. He underwent studies at the Norwegian Journalist Academy from 1942 to 1953 and at Fircroft College from 1954 to 1955. He was a board member of the county chapter of the Norwegian Press Association from 1954 to 1955. National politics Johanson became involved in polit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arvid Storsveen
Arvid Kristian Storsveen (9 July 1915 – 27 April 1943) was a Norwegian Military Officer and organizer of the secret agency XU, the main intelligence gathering organisation within occupied Norway during World War II. Biography Arvid Kristian Storsveen was born in Aker, Norway. Storsveen studied engineering at the Norwegian Institute of Technology in Trondheim. After graduation in 1939, he was employed at the Norwegian Water Resources and Electricity in Oslo, Norway. Lt. Storsveen took part in the Norwegian Campaign against the Nazi German invasion forces in the spring of 1940. Following the Norwegian surrender, he soon saw the value of an intelligence-gathering organisation for the Allies. This organisation, called 'XU', was started as early as July 1940 and became a reliable source of information for the Supreme Allied Commander in London. Many of the members were obtained from science students at the University of Oslo. After two years of dangerous work, Storsveen was force ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arvid Stålarm The Younger
Arvid Stålarm, actually Arvid Eriksson (Stålarm) till Lindö i Tenala (c. 1540 or 1549 – May 1620, Gripsholm Castle) was a Swedish noble and soldier from the Finland-based Stålarm family. He is sometimes called "the Younger" to distinguish him from his grandfather and namesake who died in 1529. In his early career, Arvid Stålarm served as a captain in the Swedish navy. Later, he was promoted admiral, governor in Narva and Finland, and during the War against Sigismund led Finnish forces loyal to Sigismund against the latter's opponent and successor duke Charles of Södermanland, the later king Charles IX. Stålarm was taken prisoner and condemned to death in the Åbo bloodbath (1599) and again in the Linköping bloodbath (1600), but both times was spared from execution and remained in prison. In 1602, during the Polish–Swedish War (1600–11), he was released to command the Swedish forces in Livonia, who by then were in a precarious state and position. Stålarm rec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arvid Reuterdahl
Arvid Reuterdahl (February 15, 1876 – January 13, 1933) was a Swedish-American engineer, scientist and educator. Biography Reuterdahl was born at Karlstad on February 15, 1876.''The National Cyclopædia of American Biography'' New York: James T. White & Company, 1927. pp. 468-469 He moved to the United States as a child in 1882. He graduated Sc.B. from in 1897 and was a mathematics and physics instructor at the Technical High School in Providence. Reuterdahl worked as an engineer in |
Arvid Posse
Arvid Rutger Fredriksson Posse (15 February 1820 – 24 April 1901) was a Swedish noble and statesman, serving as the Prime Minister of Sweden between 1880–1883. Family background and education Posse was born at Rosendal Castle in Malmöhus County, as the son of Governor Count and Baroness Magdalena Charlotta Bennet. In 1835 he enrolled at Lund University, receiving a law degree in 1840. The same year, he began as a trainee at the Scania and Blekinge Court of Appeal, during which time he worked both at district courts and at the Court of Appeal itself. Later, he was appointed assistant district judge (''vice häradshövding'') and in 1846 a clerk at the Court of Appeal, and in 1847 was made an associate justice at the court. In 1849 Posse left public service and resettled at Charlottenlund Castle and devoted his time to agriculture, enterprise and local politics (being, e.g., 1865–68 the president of Malmöhus County Council). Political career Posse began his political ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arvid Pardo
Arvid Pardo (February 12, 1914 – June 19, 1999) was a Maltese and Swedish diplomat of Jewish origin, scholar, and university professor. He is known as the Father of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. Pardo was born in Rome. His father, Guido Pardo, was born in Malta in 1874 to Enrico Pardo of Sephardic Jewish origin from Livorno. Guido Pardo worked for the International Labour Organization and died of typhus while on a relief mission in the Soviet Union in 1922. His Swedish mother died a year later during an appendectomy and his brother was killed in an automobile accident. He became the ward of a friend of his father, Italian diplomat Bernardo Attolico, who served as Ambassador to Brazil, the Soviet Union, Germany and the Vatican. Attolico sent him to school at Collegio Mondragone, Frascati, and the young Pardo spent his vacations with Attolico at the latter's various diplomatic posts. Pardo spoke Italian, English, French, Swedish and Spanish fl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arvid Nyholm
Arvid Frederick Nyholm (July 12, 1866 – November 14, 1927) was a Swedish-American artist, known primarily as a portrait and landscape painter. Background Arvid Frederick Nyholm was born in Stockholm, Sweden. His father, Karl Fredrik Nyholm, was also a printer. In 1886, he graduated from Södra Real-läroverket in Stockholm. He initially studied architecture at the Royal Institute of Technology (Swedish: ) from 1886–1887. He studied privately with the well-known Swedish artist, Anders Zorn. He also was a student at the Académie Colarossi in Paris. He was a student of theatre painting briefly at the Royal Academy (Swedish: ) in Stockholm from 1889 to 1891. Career He immigrated to New York, United States, in the autumn of 1891. He exhibited work in both the New York Watercolor Society exhibitions and at the National Academy of Design. He eventually settled in Chicago in 1903, where he was based for the remainder of his life. He entered 30 annual exhibitions at the Art Institut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arvid Lundberg
Arvid Lundberg (born September 29, 1994) is a Swedish professional ice hockey defenceman. He is currently playing with Skellefteå AIK of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL). He has also previously played with the Växjö Lakers. Lundberg made his Elitserien debut playing with Skellefteå AIK during the 2011–12 Elitserien season The 2011–12 Elitserien season was the 37th season of Elitserien. The regular season began on 13 September 2011 and ended on 6 March 2012. The following playoffs began on 10 March 2012 and ended on 19 April. Färjestad BK were the defending Swe .... References External links * 1994 births Living people Piteå HC players Swedish ice hockey defencemen 21st-century Swedish sportsmen Skellefteå AIK players Växjö Lakers players Ice hockey people from Skellefteå {{Sweden-icehockey-player-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arvid Lindman
Salomon Arvid Achates Lindman (19 September 1862 – 9 December 1936) was a Swedish rear admiral, industrialist and conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of Sweden from 1906 to 1911 and again from 1928 to 1930. He has been described as one of the fathers of modern Sweden. He was also the leader of the conservative Moderate Party, General Electoral Union () between 1912 and 1935 as well as leader of ''Lantmanna- och borgarepartiet'' (a member party of the General Electoral Union) from 1913 to 1935, except for a short while during 1917 when he served as Minister for Foreign Affairs (Sweden), Minister for Foreign Affairs. Lindman married Annie Almström in 1888, with whom he had three children. He was a cousin of Alex Lindman. Biography Early life and career Arvid Lindman was born in Österbybruk, Uppsala County (Riksdag constituency), Uppsala county, Sweden, the son of Emil Achates Lindman, a mill director and Ebba Dahlgren. The family name arises from the L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arvid Lindblad
Arvid Anand Olof Lindblad (; born 8 August 2007) is a British and Swedish racing driver, who competes in the FIA Formula 2 Championship for Campos Racing as part of the Red Bull Junior Team. Born and raised in Virginia Water to a Swedish father and a mother of Indian heritage, Lindblad began competitive kart racing aged seven, winning several national and continental titles. A protégé of Oliver Rowland, Lindblad graduated to junior formulae aged 15, competing in Italian F4 from 2022 Italian F4 Championship, 2022 to 2023 Italian F4 Championship, 2023, and finishing third in the latter with Prema Racing, Prema. After winning in Formula 4 at the 2023 Macau Formula 4 Race, 2023 Macau Grand Prix, Lindblad progressed to FIA Formula 3 in , achieving several wins and placing fourth. He then won his first title at the 2025 Formula Regional Oceania Championship, Formula Regional Oceania Championship with M2 Competition. Lindblad graduated to FIA Formula 2 with Campos Racing, Campos for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arvid Kurck
Arvid Kurck (also known as Arvid Kurki; 1464 in Vesilahti – 22 July 1522 in Öregrund) was the Roman Catholic bishop of Turku from 1510 to 1522.Archdiocese of Turku (in Finnish). Retrieved 17 September 2013. He was a member of the Finnish nobility, Finnish noble family Kurki of Laukko. Kurck is considered to be the last truly Catholic bishop of Finland before his successors started to hesitantly promote the Swedish Reformation, Reformation. Arvid Kurck studied at the University of Paris in 1480s. He was a supporter of Sten Sture the Younger who was against the re-establishment of Kalmar Union. In 1520 Kurck survived the Stockholm Bloodbath as he did not visit the coronation of Christian II of Denmark, Christian II. Two years later Kurck took part on the uprising against King Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
