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Freya (given Name)
Freya is an Old Norse feminine given name derived from the name of the Old Norse word for noble lady ( Freyja). The theonym of the goddess ''Freyja'' is thus considered to have been an epithet in origin, replacing a personal name that is now unattested. Freya, along with its variants, has been a popular name in recent years in English-speaking countries, Germany, and Scandinavian countries. Notable people *Freya Allan, English actress * Freya Anderson, English freestyle swimmer *Freya Aswynn, Dutch neopagan * Freya Blackwood, Australian Illustrator * Freja Beha Erichsen, Danish model *Audrey Freyja Clarke, Icelandic figure skater *Freya Clausen, Danish singer/songwriter known also by the mononym Freya *Freya Hoffmeister, German sea kayaker * Freya Jayawardana, Indonesian singer and dancer known also member of Mataram royal family * Freya Klier, German author and film director *Freya Lim, Taiwanese singer * Freya Manfred, American poet *Freya Mathews, Australian philosopher a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Freyja
In Norse paganism, Freyja ( Old Norse "(the) Lady") is a goddess associated with love, beauty, fertility, sex, war, gold, and seiðr (magic for seeing and influencing the future). Freyja is the owner of the necklace Brísingamen, rides a chariot pulled by two cats, is accompanied by the boar Hildisvíni, and possesses a cloak of falcon feathers. By her husband Óðr, she is the mother of two daughters, Hnoss and Gersemi. Along with her twin brother Freyr, her father Njörðr, and her mother ( Njörðr's sister, unnamed in sources), she is a member of the Vanir. Stemming from Old Norse ''Freyja'', modern forms of the name include Freya, Freyia, and Freja. Freyja rules over her heavenly field, Fólkvangr, where she receives half of those who die in battle. The other half go to the god Odin's hall, Valhalla. Within Fólkvangr lies her hall, Sessrúmnir. Freyja assists other deities by allowing them to use her feathered cloak, is invoked in matters of fertility and love, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Freya Clausen
Freya Christine Clausen also known as Freya (born 17 November 1978) is a Danish singer/songwriter and television personality, based in Copenhagen. She worked as an MTV VJ, then moved to VH1 VH1 (originally an initialism of Video Hits One) is an American basic cable television network based in New York City and owned by Paramount Global. It was created by Warner-Amex Satellite Entertainment, at the time a division of Warner Commun ... in 2010. She has released two solo albums, ''Tea with the Queen'' and ''Chasing My Tale''. Since 2010 she has hosted the pan-Scandinavian TV channel Star!'s broadcasts from Stockholm Fashion Week by Berns. Freya released a new single called "Into The Fire" on 29 September 2014. References 1978 births Living people Danish television personalities English-language singers from Denmark 21st-century Danish women singers People from Tønder Municipality {{Denmark-singer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Freya Stark
Dame Freya Madeline Stark (31 January 18939 May 1993), was a British-Italian explorer and travel writer. She wrote more than two dozen books on her travels in the Middle East and Afghanistan as well as several autobiographical works and essays. She was one of the first non-Arabs known to travel through the southern Arabian Desert in modern times. Early life and studies Stark was born on 31 January 1893 in Paris, where her parents were studying art. Her mother, Flora, was of English, French, German, and Polish descent. Her father, Robert, was an English painter from Devon.Stark (1950), pp. 2–4 Stark spent much of her childhood in northern Italy, helped by the fact that Pen Browning, a friend of her father, had bought three houses in Asolo. Her maternal grandmother lived in Genoa.Stark (1950), pp. 30–64 The marriage of her parents was unhappy from the outset. They separated early in Stark's childhood. Stark's biographer, Jane Fletcher Geniesse—quoting Stark's cousin, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Freya Stafford
Freya Stafford (born 21 January 1977) is an Australian actress who has appeared in the television programs '' Head Start'' and '' White Collar Blue'' as central characters. Early life Stafford was born in Sydney, New South Wales. In 1982 her family moved to Tasmania. She decided to join a drama group as she enjoyed acting and when she was eleven, she landed a role in a local production of ''Annie''. Stafford attended the Tasmanian School of Art, before she moved to Sydney and joined the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA). Stafford appeared in a video for Silverchair and various NIDA productions including ''There Is No Need To Wake Up'', '' Twelfth Night'' and '' Three Sisters''. Career After graduating from NIDA, Stafford joined the cast of '' Head Start'' as bisexual film-maker Basia Lem. Stafford revealed that she chose ''Head Start'' as her first television role because it was a great launching pad for her career. She also made a guest appearance on Network Ten's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Freya Ross
Freya Ross (née Murray, born 20 September 1983) is a Scottish long-distance runner who competed in the Marathon at the London 2012 Olympics. She mainly competed in road races, but was also successful on the track competing in 5000 metres and 10,000 metres, as well as cross country running. Ross represented Scotland in the 5,000 metres and 10,000 metres in the 2010 Commonwealth Games. in Delhi in October 2010. Some of her best road racing results were from 2009 and 2010 when she won the Great Ireland Run in 2010 and the Great Yorkshire Run in both 2009 and 2010 setting the course record in 2009. In February 2012, Freya won the Scottish Athletics National Cross Country for the sixth time in seven years. Freya was the second fastest British woman at the 2012 Virgin London Marathon in her first marathon while aiming to qualify for the 2012 Olympics. She was subsequently awarded a place due to the withdrawal of the injured Paula Radcliffe. She was the first British athlete home i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Freya Ridings
Freya Ridings (born 19 April 1994) is an English singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Ridings rose to prominence in 2017 with her ballad, " Lost Without You", which became a top ten hit on the UK Singles Chart. She followed this with the release of her debut extended play, '' You Mean the World to Me'' (2019). Her self-titled debut album was supported by the single "Castles", which would become her international breakthrough. Early life Ridings was raised in North London and grew up in Palmers Green. She is the daughter of British actor and musician Richard Ridings, and learned guitar from watching him play. She attended St Christopher School in Letchworth, followed by the BRIT School from the age of 16. Career Ridings released her debut single, "Blackout", on 5 May 2017. She released the single "Maps" on 30 June 2017. On 22 September 2017 she released her debut live album ''Live at St Pancras Old Church''. After releasing the album she went on to her first full hea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Freya Piryns
Freya Piryns is a former Belgian politician and a member of the Groen political party. Biography She was born in Antwerp, Belgium on August 26, 1976. Her mother is Flemish television and film actress, Mia Van Roy Mia Van Roy (born October 15, 1944 in Turnhout, Belgium) is a Flemish film and television actress. Her husband is journalist Piet Piryns and her daughter is the Groen Senator, Freya Piryns. Roles She starred in Dutch movies made for televisio ... and her father is the journalist Peter Piryns. Career She was elected Senator of the Belgian Senate in 2007 and reelected in 2010. Timeline *10/06/2007 – : Senator irectly elected(Dutch electoral college) Notes Living people Groen (political party) politicians Members of the Belgian Federal Parliament 1976 births People from Wilrijk Politicians from Antwerp 21st-century Belgian politicians 21st-century Belgian women politicians {{Flanders-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Freya North
Freya North (born 21 November 1967) is a British writer, active since 1996, and one of the precursors of chick lit. Her novels, which have been critical and financial successes, centre on strong female characters and their raunchy exploits. Biography In 1991, she gave up writing her PhD in Art History in order to start writing her first novel, ''Sally'', about a woman embarking on a no-strings erotic affair. Top agent Jonathan Lloyd at Curtis Brown Ltd put the novel into a five-publisher bidding war which resulted in a three-book deal for a six-figure sum. ''Sally'' was published in 1996. ''Chloe'' followed soon after, and tells of a woman travelling around the four countries of the UK during the four seasons of the year and her various sensual exploits en route. ''Polly'', about a teacher exchange trip between America and England, was published in 1998 and ''Cat'', about a sports journalist covering the Tour de France, in 2000. Further titles were ''Fen'' (2001), set in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Freya Mavor
Freya Mavor (born 13 August 1993) is a Scottish actress and model. She is best known for her roles as Mini McGuinness in the E4 teen drama '' Skins'' and Daria Greenock in the HBO finance drama series ''Industry''. Early life Mavor was born in Glasgow, but grew up in Inverleith, Edinburgh. Her father, James Mavor, is a playwright who leads the MA screenwriting course at Napier University. Her grandfather, named Ronald Bingo Mavor, was The Scotsman's theatre critic in the early 1960s before he became the director of the Scottish Arts Council. Her great-grandfather, James Bridie (real name Osborne Mavor), changed the Scottish theatrical landscape by setting up in 1950 a college of drama, the forerunner of the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. Mavor's mother is Irish and also has some Danish ancestry. Mavor first became interested in acting after watching '' The Shining'' when she was ten years old. For a period, she lived in La Rochelle, France. She studied at Collège E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Freya Mathews
Freya Mathews is an Australian environmental philosopher whose main work has been in the areas of ecological metaphysics and panpsychism. Her current special interests are in ecological civilization; indigenous (Australian and Chinese) perspectives on "sustainability" and how these perspectives may be adapted to the context of contemporary global society; panpsychism and critique of the metaphysics of modernity; and wildlife ethics and rewilding in the context of the Anthropocene. Mathews has been teaching in Australian universities since 1979. She currently holds the post of Adjunct Professor of Environmental Philosophy at La Trobe University. Mathews is the author of several books and over seventy articles on ecological philosophy, metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, and politics. In addition to her research activities she manages a private biodiversity reserve in northern Victoria, Australia. She is a fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities. Works Mathews's ph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Freya Manfred
Freya Manfred (born November 28, 1944, in Minneapolis, Minnesota), is a modern American poet. She is the oldest child of American novelist Frederick Manfred (Feike Feikema) and Maryanna Shorba Manfred. Her younger siblings are Marya Manfred and Frederick Manfred Junior. Early life and career The Manfred family lived in Bloomington on the Minnesota River bluffs for the first fifteen years of Freya's life. Here, she began writing illustrated poems and stories at the age of four. In 1959, the family moved to the prairie town of Luverne, Minnesota, where they built a home which is now the Interpretive Center for Blue Mounds State Park. Freya attended Macalester College, where she majored in Art and English and graduated in 1966, summa cum laude. She received her MA in English at Stanford University in 1968. From 1968 to 1971 Freya taught creative writing and Freshman English at the University of South Dakota. From 1972 to 1980 she taught poetry workshops for grade school, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Freya Lim
Freya Lim (; born 20 November 1979), also known as Freya Lin, is a Malaysian Mandopop singer and radio deejay based in Taiwan. She is a Taiwanese PR. Her father is a Chinese Malaysian and her mother is a Taiwanese. In 2002, Lim graduated from University of Washington Seattle majoring in Psychology. After the release of her third album ''Freya's Love Songs'' (非愛不可。心林凡) in 2007, Lim went to Boston University to pursue a master's degree in Applied Communication. Career In 1999, Lim's singing talent was discovered by Taiwan well-known music producer Benjamin Lin Ming Yang. She was singing acclaimed Mandopop singer Sandy Lam's ''Night's Too Dark'' at a KTV with her friends when Benjamin Lin chanced upon her voice, and she was signed on to What's Music International Incorporated. In 2000, Lim released her debut music album titled ''Freya'' (林凡同名專輯). The first single from the album was a new rendition of Sandy Lam's classic hit ''Night's Too Dark''. Other ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
