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Bjarne Sandemose
Bjarne Walter William Sandemose (17 April 1924 – 21 April 2013) was a Norwegian of Danish descent. He was born in Denmark as a son of writer Aksel Sandemose. The family migrated to Norway in 1929. He is best known for his cooperation with Ivo Caprino, specifically with building the prop car ''Il Tempo Gigante ''The Pinchcliffe Grand Prix'' () is a 1975 Norwegian stop-motion-animated sports film directed by Ivo Caprino. It is based on characters from a series of books by Norwegian cartoonist and author Kjell Aukrust. It is the most widely seen Norwegi ...'' for the movie '' Pinchcliffe Grand Prix'', for many years Norway's best grossing film. Sandemose is also credited for building the Ivo Caprinos Supervideograf. Sandemose and Caprino were jointly awarded the Honorary Amanda Award in 1995. Sandemose was the father of Iben Sandemose, father-in-law of Trond Brænne, and maternal grandfather of Mikkel Sandemose. He died in April 2013 at Lille Tøyen caring center. Referen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aksel Sandemose
Aksel Sandemose (originally Axel Nielsen; 19 March 1899 – 6 August 1965) was a Danish-Norwegian writer whose works frequently elucidate the theme that the repressions of society lead to violence. Biography Axel Nielsen was born at Nykøbing Mors on the island of Mors in Denmark. His parents were Jørgen Nielsen (1859–1928) and Amalie Jacobsdatter (1861–1926). His father was a factory foreman. He was the second youngest of nine children. He attended Staby vinterlærerskole 1915–1916. His mother was originally from Sandermosen at Maridalen in Aker, Norway. He changed his surname to Sandemose in 1921. Sandemose boarded a schooner for Norway at the age of seventeen. He was a sailor and lumberjack in Newfoundland. He worked as a teacher at Nykøbing in 1916 and at Glyngøre in Skive during 1917. In 1930, Sandemose moved to Norway, and lived in Nesodden south of Oslo. After the Nazi German occupation of Norway during World War II, he fled to Sweden in 1941 due to his p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivo Caprino
Ivo Caprino (17 February 1920 – 8 February 2001) was a Norway, Norwegian film director and writer, best known for his puppet films. His most noted film, ''Flåklypa Grand Prix'' (Pinchcliffe Grand Prix), was made in 1975. Early life Caprino was born 17 February 1920 in Oslo, the son of Italian furniture designer Mario Caprino and the artist, Ingeborg "Ingse" Gude, who was a granddaughter of the painter Hans Gude. Early career In the mid-1940s, Caprino helped his mother design puppets for a puppet theatre, which inspired him to try making a film using his mother's designs. Ivo used the surplus puppets as inspiration for his first animated film, ''Tim and Tøffe'' (1948), the result of their collaboration. The eight minute film, however, was not released until 1949. Several other films followed, including two 15-minute shorts that are still shown regularly in Norway, ''Veslefrikk med Fela'' (''Little Freddy and his Fiddle''), based on a Norwegian folk tale; and ''Kari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Il Tempo Gigante
''The Pinchcliffe Grand Prix'' () is a 1975 Norwegian stop-motion-animated sports film directed by Ivo Caprino. It is based on characters from a series of books by Norwegian cartoonist and author Kjell Aukrust. It is the most widely seen Norwegian film of all time, having sold some 5 million tickets since its release to a population which currently numbers just over 5 million. The film sold 28 million movie tickets in the former Soviet Union. Plot In the village of Flåklypa, (English language, En. Pinchcliffe), the inventor Reodor Felgen (English language, En. Theodore Rimspoke) lives with his animal friends Ludvig (English language, En. Lambert) (a nervous, pessimistic and melancholic hedgehog) and Solan Gundersen (English language, En. Sonny Duckworth) (a cheerful and optimistic magpie). Reodor works as a bicycle repairman; one day, the trio discovers that one of Reodor's former assistants, Rudolf Blodstrupmoen (English language, En. Rudolph Gore-Slimey), has stolen his desi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivo Caprinos Supervideograf
Ivo Caprinos Supervideograf (lit. "Ivo Caprino's Super Videographer") is a type of cinema technology used several places in Norway. It was developed by animator and filmmaker Ivo Caprino. It was introduced as part of a entertainment centre at Nordkapp in 1988. The screen spanned 225 degrees and utilized five film projectors. The films are created with five cameras which are mounted together. It can be mounted under a helicopter, on a sled and used under water. By 2004, more than 30 films had been made. In 1995 a "Super Videographer" was added to the amusement park Hunderfossen Familiepark, which also features other themes from Ivo Caprino's animation universe. A "Super Videographer" cinema was also included in the polar centre Polaria in Tromsø, Hardangervidda Natursenter in Eidfjord the Norwegian Glacier Museum in Fjærland Fjærland or Mundal is a village in Sogndal Municipality, at the end of the Fjærlandsfjorden, in Vestland county, Norway. The Fjærlandfjorden is a bran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norwegian News Agency
The Norwegian News Agency (; abbreviated NTB) is a Norwegian press agency and wire service that serves most of the largest Norwegian media outlets. The agency is located in Oslo and has bureaus in Brussels in Belgium and Tromsø in northern Norway. NTB operates 24 hours a day, with the night service handled from a bureau in Sydney, Australia since 2015. The photo agency Scanpix is a wholly owned subsidiary of NTB. History and profile NTB was established in 1867. In the early years it was privately owned. After World War I, the agency was acquired by AS Norsk Telegrambyrå, a limited company owned by a group of newspapers. Images have been part of their news services since 1932. It is closely held by large media corporations, including Edda Media (26.1%), Schibsted (20.6%), A-Pressen (20.5%), the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (10.5%), Adresseavisen (; commonly known as ''Adressa'') is a regional newspaper published daily, except Sundays, in Trondheim, Norway. The paper ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Amanda Award Winners
The following is a list of Amanda Award winners within the main categories awarded at the annual Norwegian International Film Festival since the award's initiation in 1985. In 1993, the so-called "Nordic Amanda" honoured cinematic achievements from all the Nordic countries. This practice was discontinued the following year, but an award for best Nordic film was awarded until the year 2000. Categories ''The list of categories is incomplete.'' Best Film (Norwegian) 1985–2004 the Amanda Award for Best Norwegian Film was given to the director. In 2005 this practice was changed, and the award is now given to the film's producer. Best Director The award for best director has only been awarded since 2005. Before this the best film award, which is now given to the producer, was given to the director. People's Amanda Best Actor Best Actress Best Supporting Role Given intermittently up until 2007, starting in 2008 this award is given out in both a male and f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iben Sandemose
Iben Sandemose (born 13 July 1950) is a Norwegian illustrator, children's writer, playwright and biographer. She was born in Oslo, and is the granddaughter of Aksel Sandemose. Among her children's books is ''Vingemus og kattejammer'' from 1987, and ''Ringeren & Notre Madame'' from 1994, which was adapted for theatre and staged at Centralteatret in 1994. She was awarded Teskjekjerringprisen in 2011. She is represented with her art works at Riksgalleriet and at the National Gallery of Norway The National Gallery () is a gallery in Oslo, Norway. Since 2003 it is administratively a part of the National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design. History It was established in 1842 following a parliamentary decision from 1836. Originally lo .... References 1950 births Living people Artists from Oslo 20th-century Norwegian illustrators 21st-century Norwegian illustrators Norwegian children's writers Norwegian children's book illustrators Norwegian dramatists and playwrights ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trond Brænne
Trond Brænne (31 July 1953 – 16 March 2013) was a Norwegian actor, author and radio personality, best known for his many theater and television roles. He was also a decorated writer of children's songs and literature. Personal life Brænne lived with fellow author Iben Sandemose. His son, Bendik Brænne, is a musician and author, and was, together with his father and with his sister, Kaia Brænne, nominated for the 2010 Brage Prize in the category children's literature. In 1999, Brænne suffered a series of heart attacks, which required him to have a heart transplant, an event that affected him deeply. He nonetheless remained highly active, and returned to his normal work schedule soon. On 15 March 2013 Brænne collapsed at work, having suffered a massive stroke caused by a rupture of the aorta The aorta ( ; : aortas or aortae) is the main and largest artery in the human body, originating from the Ventricle (heart), left ventricle of the heart, branching upward ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mikkel Sandemose
Mikkel is a Danish boy given name, equivalent of the English name Michael. It may refer to: * Mikkel Ødelien (1893–1984), Norwegian soil researcher * Mikkel Aaland (born 1952), award-winning American photographer * Mikkel Andersen (other) * Mikkel Bødker (born 1989), Danish ice hockey right winger * Mikkel Beck (born 1973), Danish former football player * Mikkel Beckmann (born 1983), Danish professional football winger * Mikkel Birkegaard, Danish author of fantasy fiction * Mikkel Bischoff (born 1982), Danish professional footballer of Kenyan descent * Mikkel Borch-Jacobsen (born 1951), Professor of Comparative Literature and French at the University of Washington in Seattle * Mikkel Christoffersen (born 1983), Danish professional association football player * Mikkel Diskerud (born 1990), Norwegian-born American association football midfielder * Mikkel Frandsen (1892–1981), Danish American physical chemist * Mikkel Frost (born 1971), Danish architect *Mikkel Hansen (b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lille Tøyen
Lille (, ; ; ; ; ) is a city in the northern part of France, within French Flanders. Positioned along the Deûle river, near France's border with Belgium, it is the capital of the Hauts-de-France Regions of France, region, the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Nord (French department), Nord Departments of France, department, and the main city of the Métropole Européenne de Lille, European Metropolis of Lille. The city of Lille proper had a population of 236,234 in 2020 within its small municipal territory of , but together with its French suburbs and exurbs the Lille metropolitan area (French part only), which extends over , had a population of 1,515,061 that same year (January 2020 census), the fourth most populated in France after Paris, Lyon, and Marseille. The city of Lille and 94 suburban French municipalities have formed since 2015 the Métropole Européenne de Lille, European Metropolis of Lille, an Indirect election, indirectly elected Métropole, metropolitan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1924 Births
Events January * January 12 – Gopinath Saha shoots Ernest Day, whom he has mistaken for Sir Charles Tegart, the police commissioner of Calcutta, and is arrested soon after. * January 20–January 30, 30 – Kuomintang in China holds its 1st National Congress of the Kuomintang, first National Congress, initiating a policy of alliance with the Soviet Union and the Chinese Communist Party. * January 21 – Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone, The Earl of Athlone is appointed Governor-General of the Union of South Africa, and High Commissioner for Southern Africa.Archontology.org: A Guide for Study of Historical Offices: South Africa: Governors-General: 1910-1961 (Accessed on 14 April 2017) * January 22 – R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
