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Christensen (surname)
Christensen (), is a Danish (and Norwegian) patronymic surname, literally meaning ''son of Christen'', a sideform of Christian. The spelling variant Kristensen has identical pronunciation. Christensen is the sixth most common name in Denmark, shared by about 2% of the population. In Norway and the name can also be spelled Christenson or Kristenson. The numbers of bearers of the surnames Christensen and Kristensen in and (2007): Immigrants to [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denmark
Denmark is a Nordic countries, Nordic country in Northern Europe. It is the metropole and most populous constituent of the Kingdom of Denmark,, . also known as the Danish Realm, a constitutionally unitary state that includes the Autonomous administrative division, autonomous territories of the Faroe Islands and Greenland in the north Atlantic Ocean.* * * Metropolitan Denmark, also called "continental Denmark" or "Denmark proper", consists of the northern Jutland peninsula and an archipelago of 406 islands. It is the southernmost of the Scandinavian countries, lying southwest of Sweden, south of Norway, and north of Germany, with which it shares a short border. Denmark proper is situated between the North Sea to the west and the Baltic Sea to the east.The island of Bornholm is offset to the east of the rest of the country, in the Baltic Sea. The Kingdom of Denmark, including the Faroe Islands and Greenland, has roughly List of islands of Denmark, 1,400 islands greater than in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Christensen
Arthur Emanuel Christensen (9 January 1875 – 31 March 1945) was a Danish orientalist and scholar of Iranian philology and folklore. He is best known for his works on the Iranian history, mythology, religions, medicine and music. Biography Christensen was born in Copenhagen in 1875. He received his doctorate in 1903. The book ''One Thousand and One Nights'' ignited his interest to the Middle East. The subject of his doctorate dissertation was written about Omar Khayyam, a renowned Persian polymath.مجلهٔ یغما، شمارهٔ ۲۵۳. ص۴۸۵ In 1919 he was promoted to the professorship at the University of Copenhagen The University of Copenhagen (, KU) is a public university, public research university in Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark. Founded in 1479, the University of Copenhagen is the second-oldest university in Scandinavia, after Uppsala University. ..., being the first Danish academic to hold this title in the field of Iranian philology. Selected bibliogra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlie Christensen
Hans Allan "Charlie" Christensen (born 11 June 1958 in Bromma) is a Swedish comics artist best known of his Donald Duck parody '' Arne Anka''.Charlie Christensen Lambiek Comiclopedia. Retrieved 27 May 2014. He has lived in the city of since 1988. Christensen's other works include the series ''Röde Orm'' (with Patric Nyström), which is a comics version of Frans G. Bengtsson's adventure n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Casper Christensen
Casper Lindholm Christensen (born 22 August 1968) is a Danish comedian. He has hosted many shows including '' Casper & Mandrilaftalen'', the Danish airing of '' Shooting Stars'' and '' Don't Forget Your Toothbrush'' ('' Husk lige tandbørsten''), and the Danish version of ''Deal or No Deal''. He also had a leading role in the Danish sit-coms '' Langt fra Las Vegas'' (Far from Las Vegas) and '' Klovn'' (Clown/Fool). Life and career Christensen was born in Munkebo. He started his TV-career in the Danish children's show '' Hvaffor en Hånd?'' (Which Hand?) in 1991 but is also well known for hosting the very successful radio program '' Tæskeholdet (The Whack Pack)''. One of Casper Christensen's characteristics early in his career was his appearance, often including big glasses, whacky hairstyle, and an abstract clothing style. He is one of the most famous danish actors.Christensen was also well known for his energetic appearance on screen. In this period, Christensen's most ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlos Hugo Christensen
Carlos Hugo Christensen (15 December 1914 in Santiago del Estero – 30 November 1999 in Rio de Janeiro) was an Argentina, Argentine film director, screenwriter and film producer, an iconic figure of the Golden Age of Argentine cinema, classical era of Argentine cinema. He was of Danes, Danish descent through his paternal side. Christensen directed fifty-four feature films some of which are considered masterpieces of what is known as the Argentine golden era of cinema. ''Si Muero antes de despertar'' (''If I Should Die Before I Wake'') and ''No abras nunca esa puerta'' (''Never Open That Door''), were part of a retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art in New York in 2016. In both films, known for their exquisite cinematography, Christensen was assisted by the renowned director of photography Pablo Tabernero.Buscando a Tabernero, Busacando a Tabernero (Film 2020) dir. Eduardo Montes-Bradley. The documentary film provides details on the professional relationship between Carlos Hug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl C
Carl may refer to: *Carl, Georgia, city in USA *Carl, West Virginia, an unincorporated community *Carl (name), includes info about the name, variations of the name, and a list of people with the name *Carl², a TV series * "Carl", an episode of television series ''Aqua Teen Hunger Force'' * An informal nickname for a student or alum of Carleton College CARL may refer to: *Canadian Association of Research Libraries *Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries See also *Carle (other) *Charles *Carle, a surname *Karl (other) *Karle (other) Karle may refer to: Places * Karle (Svitavy District), a municipality and village in the Czech Republic * Karli, India, a town in Maharashtra, India ** Karla Caves, a complex of Buddhist cave shrines * Karle, Belgaum, a settlement in Belgaum ... {{disambig ja:カール zh:卡尔 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Christensen (botanist)
Carl Frederik Albert Christensen (16 January 1872 – 24 November 1942) was a Danish systematic botanist. He graduated in natural history from the University of Copenhagen under professor Eugenius Warming. He was then a school teacher in Copenhagen, and later superintendent at the Botanical Museum. He was a specialist in ferns and published a catalogue of the World's Pteridophytes, '' Index Filicum''. In addition, he authored a three-volume work on the history of botany in Denmark Denmark is a Nordic countries, Nordic country in Northern Europe. It is the metropole and most populous constituent of the Kingdom of Denmark,, . also known as the Danish Realm, a constitutionally unitary state that includes the Autonomous a .... Selected scientific works * Christensen, Carl (1905–06) Index Filicum. 744 s. Index Filicum Supplementum I-III (1913–17). Reprint 1973 by Koeltz Antiquariat. * Christensen, Carl (1924-1926) Den danske botaniks historie med tilhørende Bibliografi. K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Christensen (executioner)
Carl Peter Herman Christensen (13 August 1869 in Særslev – 9 October 1936) was the last executioner An executioner, also known as a hangman or headsman, is an official who effects a sentence of capital punishment on a condemned person. Scope and job The executioner was usually presented with a warrant authorizing or ordering him to ... (skarpretter) in office for the government of Denmark. He was hired by Justice Minister of Denmark, justice minister, Peter Adler Alberti and held the office from 27 August 1906 until 1 April 1926. He never conducted any executions. His predecessor, Jens Carl Theodor Seistrup, was the last active executioner in office in Denmark. External links politi.dk bio 1869 births 1936 deaths Danish executioners People from Nordfyn Municipality {{Denmark-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carina Christensen
Carina Christensen (born 8 November 1972, in Fredericia) is a Danish politician representing the Conservative People's Party. She was the Minister of Family and Consumer Affairs in the Cabinet of Anders Fogh Rasmussen II from 15 December 2006 to 23 November 2007. She replaced Lars Barfoed after he had been criticized for poor official food quality inspections. Such inspections fall under the portfolio of the Family and Consumption Ministry. Christensen was the Minister for Transportation from 23 November 2007 to 10 September 2008 and she has since been Culture Minister, both as a member of the Cabinet of Anders Fogh Rasmussen III. Early life Born in Fredericia Fredericia () is a town located in Fredericia Municipality in the southeastern part of the Jutland peninsula in Denmark. The city is part of the Triangle Region Denmark, Triangle Region, which includes the neighbouring cities of Kolding and Vej .... She graduated in business administration and languages from S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruce Christensen
Bruce Ray Christensen (born February 22, 1948) is a former Major League Baseball shortstop for the California Angels. He was drafted by the Angels in the 17th round of the 1966 amateur draft. In his only major league season, 1971, he got into a total of 29 games, 24 at shortstop, and was in the starting lineup 15 times. Most of his starts came when All-Star shortstop Jim Fregosi was on the disabled list. Christensen was called up to the Angels after hitting .309 in 82 games for the Salt Lake City Angels of the Pacific Coast League, and made his major league debut on July 17. He was an excellent defensive player and an adequate hitter at the major league level. At short he made only one error in 81 chances for a fielding percentage of .988, much higher than the league average. He also participated in 13 double plays. At the plate he was 17-for-63 (.270), and his six walks pushed his on-base percentage up to .333. Not a power hitter, he had just one extra base hit (a do ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brady Christensen
Brady Christensen (born September 27, 1996) is an American professional football offensive guard for the Carolina Panthers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the BYU Cougars and was selected by the Panthers in the third round of the 2021 NFL draft. Early life Christensen grew up in Bountiful, Utah, and attended Bountiful High School. Christensen was rated a two-star recruit and originally committed to play college football at the US Air Force Academy before changing his commitment to BYU. After graduating from Bountiful and prior to attending BYU, he served a 2-year mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Hamilton, New Zealand, from 2015 to 2016. College career Christensen redshirted his true freshman season at BYU after returning from his mission. He became the Cougars' starting left tackle going into his redshirt freshman season and started every game for them over the next two seasons. As a redshirt junior, he was name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bo Christensen
Bo Christensen (24 August 1937 – 11 April 2020) was a Danish film producer. ''Christensen'' is best known for producing ''Babette's Feast'' (1987), for which he won the Best Foreign Film Oscar and the BAFTA Best Foreign Film award in 1988. He acted in five films, and produced or co-produced some 60 movies over the years and continued to be busy as a producer. He has produced most of the ''Olsen-banden'' movies and is the producer of Denmark most successful TV series ''Matador'' (1978–1982). Selected filmography * 2003 - Regel nr. 1 * 1999 - ''Den eneste ene'' * 1992 - ''Sofie'' * 1991 - Europa * 1989 - '' Miraklet i Valby'' * 1988 - '' Katinka'' * 1987 - ''Babette’s Feast'' * 1976 - ''The Olsen Gang Sees Red'' * 1969 - ''We Are All Demons'' * 1967 - ''Story of Barbara'' * 1966 - '' Relax Freddie'' * 1966 - ''Gift'' * 1964 - ''Døden kommer til middag'' * 1964 - ''Summer in Tyrol ''Summer in Tyrol'' () is a 1964 Danish comedy film directed by Erik Balling and stars ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |