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Giske
Giske may refer to: Places *Giske Municipality, a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway *Giske (island), a island within Giske Municpiality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway *Giske (village), a village within Giske Municpiality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway *Giske Church, a church in Giske Municpiality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway *Giske Wetlands System, a Ramsar site located in Giske Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway *Giske Wildlife Sanctuary, a wildlife sanctuary in Giske Municpiality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway People *Anders Giske (born 1959), a retired Norwegian football player *Anneli Giske (born 1985), a Norwegian international footballer *Bendik Giske, a Norwegian saxophonist and performance artist *Jorunn Bjørg Giske (1927–2021), a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party *Kenneth Giske (born 1976), a retired Norwegian football midfielder *Madeleine Giske (born 1987), a Norwegian football midfielder *Trond Giske (born ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giske Municipality
Giske is an island List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Møre og Romsdal Counties of Norway, county, Norway. The municipality lies north-northwest of the Ålesund (town), town of Ålesund in the Districts of Norway, traditional district of Sunnmøre. The municipal centre is Valderhaugstrand. Other population centres include the villages of Roald (on Vigra island) and Alnes and Leitebakk (both on Godøya island). The municipality is part of the Ålesund Region. The municipality is the 350th largest by area out of the 357 municipalities in Norway. Giske Municipality is the 126th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 8,691. The municipality's population density is and its population has increased by 12.3% over the previous 10-year period. General information Giske Municipality was established on 1 January 1908 when it was separated from the large Borgund Municipality (Møre og Romsdal), Borgund Municipality. The initial population of the new muni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giske Church
Giske Church () is a 12th-century marble parish church of the Church of Norway in Giske Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located on the south side of the island of Giske, about northwest of the town of Ålesund. It is the main church for the Giske parish which is part of the Nordre Sunnmøre prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Møre. The white marble church was built in a long church design in the 12th century using plans drawn up by an unknown architect. The church seats about 125 people. The church is open for guided tours during the summer season. Design The church is built of white marble. The origin of the marble is unclear, but it was brought to the island by boat. Where it came from before that is unknown. Today the walls are covered by chalk on the outside and plaster on the inside, so that the marble is only visible in a few places, all on the outside. The architectural style is Norman. History The earliest existing historical records of the c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giske Wildlife Sanctuary
The Giske Wildlife Sanctuary () is located in the Makkevika inlet on the island of Giske in Giske Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The area received protection in 1988 "to preserve an important wetland area with its habitat, bird life and other wildlife," according to the conservation regulations. The inlet is a resting place for wetland birds, especially waders, and it is also an important overwintering place and has a strong nesting population. Six of the bird species that have been observed here are of international importance, 21 species are of national importance, and 35 are of regional importance. The landscape consists of varied seaside vegetation with wash margins and salt pans. Beach meadows and ponds lie inland from the beach. A pebble beach is also of geological interest. Makkevika has a bird-ringing station and is one of the best-described bird locations in Norway. The area largely borders cultivated land, and it is surrounded by a buffer area measur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giske (village)
Giske is a village in Giske Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The village is located on the island of Giske. The village takes up most of the central part of the island and it is the only village on the small island. Giske Church is located just outside the village centre, on the south side of the island. The entrance to the Godøy Tunnel is located on the north side of the village. The village has a population (2024) of 813 and a population density Population density (in agriculture: Standing stock (other), standing stock or plant density) is a measurement of population per unit land area. It is mostly applied to humans, but sometimes to other living organisms too. It is a key geog ... of . References Giske Villages in Møre og Romsdal {{MøreRomsdal-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bendik Giske
Bendik Giske is a Norwegian saxophonist and performance artist, living in Berlin. He has released three albums, ''Surrender'' (2019), ''Cracks'' (2021), and ''Bendik Gaske'' (2023) all on Smalltown Supersound. Life and work Giske was born in Oslo. He spent time as a child in Bali. He attended a music conservatoire in Copenhagen. Dave Segal at ''Pitchfork'' wrote that "Giske's approach has more in common with the otherworldly fever-dreamscapes of the late trumpeter Jon Hassell and his young sax acolyte Sam Gendel than with any jazz traditionalists." John Lewis, writing in ''The Guardian'', describe's Giske's music thus: "Instead of hiding the imperfections, glitches and inner workings of the instrument, he foregrounds them, like a sonic Pompidou Centre. He places numerous contact microphones around his saxophone to amplify the sound of his fingers clicking against the keys and keypads, till it sounds like a typewriter playing techno. He amplifies his own sighs and breaths and put ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madeleine Giske
Madeleine Giske (born 14 September 1987) is a Norwegian former footballer who played as a midfielder. She is a member of the Norway women's national football team. Giske is the daughter of Anders Giske, a former professional footballer who captained the Norway national football team, as well as playing for clubs such as SK Brann, 1. FC Nürnberg, Bayer Leverkusen and 1. FC Köln. Career In 2003 as a 15-year-old Madeleine Giske joined the Bergen club IL Sandviken where she debuted in Division-1 on 26 April. She was an immediate success and continued with the same club when it was promoted into the Toppserien in 2004, scoring eleven goals in that season and also in the next. In 2006, she moved to Arna-Bjørnar, also in Bergen, where she debuted with Erika Skarbø and Elise Thorsnes. She has contributed to making Arna-Bjørnar one of the top clubs in Norway and it finished fifth in the league table for 2009. Having progressed through Norway's national youth teams, Giske made ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giske (island)
Giske is an island in Giske Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It covers an area of . It is flat, with the highest point above mean sea level. The island is connected by the Giske Bridge to the neighbouring island of Valderøya to the east and by the Godøy Tunnel to the island of Godøya to the southwest. Giske Church, dating back to the 12th century, sits on the southern coast of the island. The village of Giske is the one village located on the small island. The urban centre of the village is located in the centre of the island. See also *List of islands of Norway This is a list of islands of Norway sorted by name. For a list sorted by area, see List of islands of Norway by area. A * Alden * Aldra * Algrøy * Alsta * Altra * Anda * Andabeløya * Andørja * Andøya, Vesterålen * Andøya, Agder ... References External links * Islands of Møre og Romsdal Giske {{MøreRomsdal-island-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giske Wetlands System
The Giske Wetlands System () is a Ramsar site located in Giske Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It consists of six separate protected areas: two nature reserves and four wildlife sanctuaries. One of the nature reserves lies on the island of Giske and the five other areas are located on the island of Vigra in the same municipality. The areas have been protected as a Ramsar site since 1996 because of their importance for migratory birds. There are large shallow areas with mudflats exposed during low tide. A lot of seaweed (Fucales and kelp Kelps are large brown algae or seaweeds that make up the order (biology), order Laminariales. There are about 30 different genus, genera. Despite its appearance and use of photosynthesis in chloroplasts, kelp is technically not a plant but a str ...) accumulates there, providing good conditions for birds in search of food. There are also marshes, damp beach meadows, and swamps in the wetland system. The six areas are: * The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jorunn Bjørg Giske
Jorunn Bjørg Giske (28 September 1927 – 21 January 2021) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. Career Giske was born in Giske Municipality to farmer Bjarne Berntsen Giske and Nikoline Valkvæ. She served as deputy representative to the Storting from Møre og Romsdal during the term 1973–1977. She met during 90 days of parliamentary session. Giske was elected to the municipal council of Halden Municipality from 1955 to 1959, and to the municipal council of Trondheim Municipality from 1971 to 1983. From 1977 to 1978 she was a board member of the Norwegian Labour Party. She was a board member of the Hotel and Restaurant Workers' Union from 1955 to 1959, and district secretary for the union in Trondheim Trondheim ( , , ; ), historically Kaupangen, Nidaros, and Trondhjem (), is a city and municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. As of 2022, it had a population of 212,660. Trondheim is the third most populous municipality in Norway, and is ... from 1960 to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anders Giske
Anders Giske (born 22 November 1959) is a retired Norwegian football player. He is the father of Madeleine Giske. He became the athletic director in Sogndal in 2005 after working in SK Brann. Honours * DFB-Pokal finalist: 1990–91 * Bundesliga The Bundesliga (; ), sometimes referred to as the Fußball-Bundesliga () or 1. Bundesliga (), is a professional association football league in Germany and the highest level of the German football league system. The Bundesliga comprises 18 teams ... runner-up: 1989–90 References External links * * 1959 births Living people Footballers from Kristiansund Norwegian men's footballers Norway men's international footballers SK Brann players Lillestrøm SK players 1. FC Nürnberg players Bayer 04 Leverkusen players 1. FC Köln players Bundesliga players Men's association football defenders Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Norwegian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Germany ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenneth Giske
Kenneth Giske (born 6 January 1976) is a retired Norwegian football midfielder. He started his career in Valder IL and represented Norway as a youth international. He joined IL Hødd ahead of the 1993 season. After good performances, he was signed by Lillestrøm SK. Never breaking through there, he returned to Hødd until he was picked up by Bryne FK in 1999. Struggling with injuries, in 2001 he signed for lowly Randaberg IL, but was again given the chance at Bryne in the summer of 2001. In 2006 he was player-manager of Klepp IL Klepp IL is a Norwegian sports club from the municipality of Klepp. It was founded on 1 October 1919, and has sections for football, handball and gymnastics as well as the less active sections for athletics and orienteering. Best known for t ..., but the team was relegated from the 2006 2. divisjon. He later featured on the pitch for Valder, Klepp and Kåsen before finally retiring in the end of 2012. In 2019 he became coach of Bryne's jun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anneli Giske
Anneli is a female given name common in Finland, Sweden, Estonia and Norway. It originated as a variation of the name Anna (given name), Anna. It is listed by the Finnish Population Register Centre as one of the top 10 most popular female given names ever. Notable people Some notable people who have this name include: * Anneli Ahven (born 1972), Estonian film producer * Ipswich serial murders, Anneli Alderton (1982–2006), English murder victim * Anneli Alhanko (born 1953), Swedish ballet dancer and actress * Anneli Björkling (born 1952), Finnish model * Anneli Drecker (born 1969), German-Norwegian singer * Anneli Drummond-Hay (1937–2022), English show jumper * Anneli Giske (born 1985), Norwegian footballer * Anneli Haaranen (1934–2020), Finnish swimmer * Anneli Jäätteenmäki (born 1955), the first female Prime Minister of Finland * Anneli Lambing (born 1968), Estonian badminton player * Pandora (singer), Anneli Magnusson (born 1968), Swedish Eurodance artist better kn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
