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Hamar Cathedral School
Hamar katedralskole () is an upper secondary school in Hamar, Norway. History Founded in 1153 as Schola cathedralis hamarensis, it is the second oldest school in Norway together with Bergen katedralskole and Oslo katedralskole, which were founded the same year, one year after the founding of Trondheim katedralskole. Hamar Cathedral School was founded by Cardinal Nicolas Breakspear, later to become Pope Adrian IV (c. 1100 – 1159). With the Protestant Reformation, Hamar Diocese was closed and in 1602 and the school was merged with Oslo Cathedral School. The school remained closed until 1876, when it was reopened under the name ''Hamar offentlige skole for høyere allmenndannelse''. The old name was reintroduced in 1936. The current headmaster is Stig Johannessen. Notable alumni * Nils Collett Vogt (1864–1937), writer * Per Imerslund (1912–1943), writer * Sigurd Evensmo (1912–1978), writer * Ivar Giæver (1929–), physicist and Nobel Prize in Phys ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Education In Norway
Education in Norway is mandatory for all children aged from 6 to 16. Schools are typically divided into two divisions: primary and lower secondary schooling. The majority of schools in Norway are municipal, where local governments fund and manage administration. Primary and lower secondary schools are available free of charge for all Norwegian citizens as a given right. When primary and lower secondary education is completed, upper secondary schooling is entitled to students for enrollment, which prepares students for higher education or vocational studies. The school year in Norway runs from mid-August to late June the following year. The Christmas holiday from mid-December to early January historically divides the Norwegian school year into two terms. Presently, the second term begins in January. History of education in Norway Organized education in Norway dates as far back as 2000 B.C. Shortly after Norway became an archdiocese in 1153, cathedral schools were constru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Knut Faldbakken
Knut Faldbakken (born 31 August 1941, in Hamar) is a Norwegian novelist. Life and career He studied psychology Psychology is the scientific study of mind and behavior. Its subject matter includes the behavior of humans and nonhumans, both consciousness, conscious and Unconscious mind, unconscious phenomena, and mental processes such as thoughts, feel ... at Oslo University, and then worked as a journalist. Faldbakken visited a number of countries, working variously as a bookkeeper, sailor, and factory worker, and began writing books in 1967 while living in Paris. He was editor of the literary magazine '' Vinduet'' (''The Window'') between 1975 and 1979. His sons Stefan Faldbakken and Matias Faldbakken have achieved recognition as a film director and a novelist respectively. His books have been published in 21 countries and translated into 18 languages, and they have sold two million copies worldwide. Selected bibliography * ''The Sleeping Prince'' (''Maude danse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Educational Institutions Established In The 12th Century
Education is the transmission of knowledge and skills and the development of character traits. Formal education occurs within a structured institutional framework, such as public schools, following a curriculum. Non-formal education also follows a structured approach but occurs outside the formal schooling system, while informal education involves unstructured learning through daily experiences. Formal and non-formal education are categorized into levels, including early childhood education, primary education, secondary education, and tertiary education. Other classifications focus on teaching methods, such as teacher-centered and Student-centered learning, student-centered education, and on subjects, such as science education, language education, and physical education. Additionally, the term "education" can denote the mental states and qualities of educated individuals and the academic field studying educational phenomena. The precise definition of education is disputed, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cathedral Schools
Cathedral schools began in the Early Middle Ages as centers of advanced education, some of them ultimately evolving into medieval universities. Throughout the Middle Ages and beyond, they were complemented by the monastic schools. Some of these early cathedral schools, and more recent foundations, continued into modern times. Early schools In the later Roman Empire, as Roman municipal education declined, bishops began to establish schools associated with their cathedrals to provide the church with an educated clergy. The earliest evidence of a school established in this manner is in Visigothic Spain at the Second Council of Toledo in 527. These early schools, with a focus on an apprenticeship in religious learning under a scholarly bishop, have been identified in other parts of Spain and about twenty towns in Gaul (France) during the sixth and seventh centuries. During and after the mission of St Augustine to England, cathedral schools were established as the new dioceses we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Secondary Schools In Norway
Secondary may refer to: Science and nature * Secondary emission, of particles ** Secondary electrons, electrons generated as ionization products * The secondary winding, or the electrical or electronic circuit connected to the secondary winding in a transformer * Secondary (chemistry), a term used in organic chemistry to classify various types of compounds * Secondary color, color made from mixing primary colors * Secondary mirror, second mirror element/focusing surface in a reflecting telescope * Secondary craters, often called "secondaries" * Secondary consumer, in ecology * An antiquated name for the Mesozoic in geosciences * Secondary feathers, flight feathers attached to the ulna on the wings of birds Society and culture * Secondary (football), a position in American football and Canadian football * Secondary dominant in music * Secondary education, education which typically takes place after six years of primary education ** Secondary school, the type of school at the sec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lasse Sætre
Lasse Sætre (born 10 March 1974) is a former speed skater from Norway, who for several years was among the world's best long distance skaters. Sætre who grew up in Nord-Odal competed in the 1998, 2002 and 2006 Olympics, and won a 10,000-m bronze in the 2002 Winter Olympics. He won another 10,000-m bronze in the 2003 World Single Distance Championships. As of December 2006, only seven skaters in the world have 10,000-m results below 13 minutes, and Sætre has twice achieved such results. His personal bests are 38.15, 1:49.36, 6:17.60 and 12:56.85. Sætre is currently one of only four skaters to have skated the 10,000m more than once in a time of under 13 minutes, along with Chad Hedrick, Sven Kramer and Carl Verheijen, and among those four was the second to achieve it (after Hedrick). He married speed skater Ester Stølen In chemistry, an ester is a compound derived from an acid (either organic or inorganic) in which the hydrogen atom (H) of at least one acidic hydroxyl gro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anders Baasmo Christiansen
Anders Baasmo (born 29 January 1976) is a Norwegian actor originally from Hamar. Baasmo earned his breakthrough in 2003 when he received the Amanda award for his performance in the Norwegian picture '' Buddy''. He won the TV award Gullruten in 2007 for his portrait of Henrik Ibsen in the TV-series '' An Immortal Man'' (''En udødelig mann'') on NRK. Baasmo starred in the Swedish 2008 film ''Arn – The Kingdom at Road's End''. That same year he won Norway's most prestigious actor's award, the Heddaprisen, for his interpretation of Hamlet. He then became the first actor to collect an Amanda, a Gullruten and a Hedda award. He received the Shooting Stars Award, the annual acting award for up-and-coming actors by European Film Promotion, at the Berlin International Film Festival 2010. Baasmo voiced Hans in the Norwegian dub of the Disney animated film '' Frozen'' and played Herman Watzinger in the 2012 adaptation of Thor Heyerdahl's ''Kon-Tiki The ''Kon-Tiki'' expedition ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anette Trettebergstuen
Anette Trettebergstuen (born 25 May 1981) is a Norwegian politician representing the Labour Party, who served as Minister of Culture and Equality in Støre's Cabinet from 2021 to 2023. She was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Hedmark in 2005. She is the only openly lesbian politician in the Norwegian Parliament. Career Early career Trettebergstuen was born in Hamar. On the local level she was a member of Hamar municipal council from 1999 to 2005. She was the deputy leader of ''Europeisk Ungdom'', the Norwegian youth wing of the European Movement, from 2001 to 2002. Parliament She was elected to the Storting in 2005, representing Hedmark. She has also served as the party's spokesperson for cultural affairs. In the Storting, Trettebergstuen was a member of the Enlarged Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence and the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence from 2005 to 2009. She has been re-elected since. She was member of the Standing Committee on Labour an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matias Faldbakken
Matias Faldbakken (born 1973 in Hobro, Denmark) is a Norwegian artist and writer. Faldbakken studied at the National Academy of Fine Arts in Bergen and the Städelschule in Frankfurt am Main. He is the son of the author Knut Faldbakken and brother of film director Stefan Faldbakken. Matias Faldbakken is represented by Reena Spaulings Fine Art, New York. Literary career He made his literary debut in 2001 with ''The Cocka Hola Company'', the first part of his ''Scandinavian Misanthropy Trilogy''. ''Macht und Rebel'' was released two years later, following most recently by ''Unfun'', in Spring 2008, which completed his trilogy. All three novels are published under the pseudonym Abo Rasul and have not been translated into English. In 2006, Faldbakken released ''Kaldt produkt'' ("Cold Product") under his own name. It is a contemporary update of ''A Doll's House'' by Henrik Ibsen. Faldbakken commented to Dagbladet when it was released: "I am a spokesperson for totally anarchistic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan Åge Fjørtoft
Jan Åge Fjørtoft (born 10 January 1967) is a Norwegian former professional footballer. A powerful centre forward with goalscoring ability, he played professionally in Norway, Austria, England and Germany. In total, he scored 308 goals in 614 games in these four countries. He made 71 appearances for the Norwegian National Team, captaining the squad in 15 of them, and scored 20 goals for the Norway national team. A pinnacle moment in his national team career was the qualification and participation in the 1994 World Cup held in the US. This marked Norway's return to the World Cup stage for the first time since 1938. His nickname was ''Fjøra'' (lit. "The Feather"). Club career Fjørtoft started his senior career at Hødd in the second league of Norway as a 17-year-old, scoring 9 league goals in 17 matches in the 1984 season. In the 1985 season, he scored 25 league goals in 22 games. After starting in Norway with Hødd, HamKam and Lillestrøm and spending four seasons in the Aust ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morten Andreas Meyer
Morten Andreas Meyer (born 20 October 1959 in Sarpsborg) is a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party. In 2001, when the second cabinet Bondevik held office, Meyer was appointed State Secretary in the Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development. He held this post until 2003, but became Minister of Labour and Administration in a March 2004 cabinet reshuffle. In June 2004 the job was renamed Minister of Modernisation. He lost the job when the second cabinet Bondevik fell in 2005. On the local level Meyer was a member of Hamar municipal council from 1979 to 1983, and served as deputy mayor from 1999 to 2001. He chaired the municipal party chapter from 1997 to 1999, and was deputy leader of the county party chapter from 2000 to 2002. From 1982 to 1984 he was on the executive board of the Young Conservatives. Meyer does not have higher education, but has a long career in the private sector, lately in corporations such as Storebrand Bank, KPMG and Pricewaterhous ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Erik Fornæss
John Erik Fornæss (born 14 October 1946, Hamar, Norway) is a Norwegian-American mathematician. Fornæss received his master's degree in 1970 from the University of Oslo with thesis ''Uniform approximation on manifolds'' and his PhD in 1974 from the University of Washington under Edgar Lee Stout with thesis ''Embedding Strictly Pseudoconvex Domains in Convex Domains''. At Princeton University he became in 1974 an instructor, in 1976 an assistant professor, in 1978 an associate professor, and in 1981 a full professor. Since 1991 he has been a professor at the University of Michigan. He does research on the theory of functions of several complex variables with emphasis on their geometry and dynamics. With Nessim Sibony he constructed a Fatou-Julia theory in two complex variables. He is also known for constructing a counterexample in several complex variables in 1976. Fornæss is a fellow of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. In 2015 he was elected a Fellow of the America ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
