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Jørn
Jørn or Jorn is a given name. Notable people with the name include: Given name: *Jørn Andersen (born 1963), Norwegian former professional footballer *Jorn Barger (born 1953), American blogger, editor of ''Robot Wisdom'', an influential early weblog * Jørn Christensen (born 1959), Norwegian artist, actor, and record producer * Jørn Didriksen (born 1953), former speed skater from Norway *Jørn Eggum (born 1972), Norwegian trade unionist * Jørn Goldstein (born 1953), Norwegian Olympic ice hockey goalie *Jørn Hurum (born 1967), Norwegian paleontologist and popularizer of science *Jørn Inge Tunsberg (born 1970), Norwegian black metal musician * Jørn Jamtfall (born 1966), Norwegian football coach and a former goalkeeper * Jørn Jensen, one of the earliest Danish programmers * Jørn Jeppesen (1919–1964), Danish stage and film actor * Jørn Krab (born 1945), Danish rower who competed in the 1968 Summer Olympics *Jørn Lande (born 1968), Norwegian heavy metal and hard rock singer, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jørn Lande
Jørn Marumsrud Lande (born 31 May 1968) is a Norwegian hard rock and heavy metal singer. He is known for his work with the bands Ark, Beyond Twilight, Millenium, Vagabond, The Snakes, and most notably with power metal band Masterplan. He is also the most recurrent guest singer of the international supergroup Avantasia, and has worked as lead and guest singer in several projects. Currently, he is focusing his activities on his solo project Jorn. In 2014, Lande was hired by Riot Games to be the voice of the character Karthus, of the fictional heavy metal band Pentakill (''League of Legends''). Biography Vagabond, the Snakes and first projects (1993–1998) The first band with whom Jørn achieved minor success was Vagabond, which featured Ronni Le Tekrø, Morty Black and other former members of the Norwegian hard rock band TNT. Their self-titled debut album, released in 1994, sold 10,000 copies in Norway, but the band were dropped by label EMI. At this time, Jørn r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jørn Utzon
Jørn Oberg Utzon (; 9 April 191829 November 2008) was a Danish architect. In 1957, he won an international design competition for his design of the Sydney Opera House in Australia. Utzon's revised design, which he completed in 1961, was the basis for the landmark, although it was not completed until 1973. When the Sydney Opera House was declared a World Heritage Site on 28 June 2007, Utzon became only the second person to have received such recognition for one of his works during his lifetime, after Oscar Niemeyer. Other noteworthy works include Bagsværd Church near Copenhagen and the National Assembly Building in Kuwait. He also made important contributions to housing design, especially with his Kingo Houses near Helsingør. Utzon attended the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts (1937–42) and was influenced early on by Gunnar Asplund and Alvar Aalto. Early life and career Utzon was born in Copenhagen, the son of a naval architect, and grew up in Aalborg, Denmark, where ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jørn Andersen
Jørn Andersen (born 3 February 1963), sometimes written as Jörn, is a Norwegian Association football, football manager and former player who is the currently head coach of Chinese Super League club Yunnan Yukun F.C., Yunnan Yukun. Club career Norway Born in Fredrikstad, Andersen's career started at local team Østsiden IL, Østsiden where he remained until 1982. Subsequently, he moved to Fredrikstad FK, Fredrikstad and netted seven goals in 43 Tippeligaen, Norwegian Premier League appearances. The striker was transferred to Vålerenga Fotball, Vålerenga ahead of the 1985 season. Andersen was able to score 23 goals in just 22 matches for the Oslo side. Germany In 1985, 1. FC Nürnberg signed the Norwegian. In 78 matches Andersen scored 28 goals before he moved to Eintracht Frankfurt. In 1989–90 Bundesliga, 1990 Andersen became the first foreign player to be top goalscorer in a season with 18 goals in the Bundesliga. In 1990–91 Andersen played for Fortuna Düsseldorf and re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jørn Eggum
Jørn Eggum (born 5 May 1972) is a Norwegian goldsmith and trade unionist. He has been leader of the United Federation of Trade Unions since 2015. Career Born in Bergen Bergen (, ) is a city and municipalities of Norway, municipality in Vestland county on the Western Norway, west coast of Norway. Bergen is the list of towns and cities in Norway, second-largest city in Norway after the capital Oslo. By May 20 ... on 5 May 1972, Eggum was educated as goldsmith, and worked for the company Br. Lohne Sølvvarefabrikk from 1989 to 2004. He was elected vice chair of the Bergen chapter of the United Federation of Trade Unions in 2004, and subsequently held various administrative positions in the union. In 2015 he was elected leader of the United Federation of Trade Unions (in Norwegian ), succeeding Arve Bakke. He was reelected for another four years in 2019, and for further four years in 2023. References 1972 births Living people People from Bergen Norwegian trade ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jørn Rattsø
Jørn Rattsø (born 27 September 1952 in Stjørdal Municipality) is a Norwegian professor of economics at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) and chairman of Enova. Biography As a young adult (1975–1976) Rattsø was leader of Young Liberals of Norway, the youth wing of the Liberal Party. He is a graduate of the University of Oslo, where he earned a cand.oecon. degree in 1978 and a dr.philos. degree in 1988. He worked as a researcher for the Norwegian Institute of Urban and Rural Research (1978 to 1979) and the Research Council of Norway (1980 to 1982). From 1982 to 1990 he was associate professor of economics at the University of Trondheim The Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU; ) is a public university, public research university in Norway and the largest in terms of enrollment. The university's headquarters is located in Trondheim (city), Trondheim, with region ..., and was appointed professor in 1990. The university merged t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jørn Hurum
Jørn Harald Hurum (born November 4, 1967) is a Norway, Norwegian paleontologist and popularizer of science. He is a vertebrate paleontologist and holds an associate professor position at the Natural History Museum at the University of Oslo, Natural History Museum of the University of Oslo. He has studied dinosaurs, primitive mammals and plesiosaurs. Media Hurum is known as a popularizer of science with a high media profile. He is the author of the book ''Menneskets utvikling'' ("The Evolution of Man") and the host of the segment ''Jørns hjørne'' ("Jørn's Corner") on the popular-science program "Newton" on Norwegian television. He also co-hosts the radio program ''Hurum og Ødegaard'' ("Hurum and Ødegaard") with astrophysicist Knut Jørgen Røed Ødegaard on Norwegian radio. In 2001, Hurum was awarded Oslo University's "Formidlingspris," an award for the popularization of science, which he shared with Hans Arne Nakrem and Geir Søli. He was awarded the prize again in 2009 f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jørn Sørensen
Jørn Sørensen (born 17 October 1936) is a retired Danish association football striker. He played 31 games and scored six goals for the Denmark national football team, and won a silver medal at the 1960 Summer Olympics. He started his career with Danish club KB, before moving abroad to play professionally for FC Metz in France, Scottish clubs Greenock Morton and Rangers, as well as AC Bellinzona and US Giubiasco in Switzerland Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the south, France to the west, Germany to the north, and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east. Switzerland .... Weltfussball.de (17 October 1936). Retrieved on 5 April 2016. References External links * * * ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jørn Jeppesen
Jørn Jeppesen (21 April 1919 – 18 January 1964) was a Danish stage and film actor. Filmography *'' Genboerne'' - 1939 *'' Når bønder elsker'' - 1942 *'' Natekspressen (P. 903)'' - 1942 *'' Møllen'' - 1943 *'' Guds mærkelige veje'' - 1944 *'' De tre skolekammerater'' - 1944 *'' Spurve under taget'' - 1944 *'' En ny dag gryer'' - 1945 *''Så mødes vi hos Tove'' - 1946 *'' Sikken en nat'' - 1947 *'' Historien om Hjortholm'' - 1950 *'' Café Paradis'' - 1950 *'' Smedestræde 4'' - 1950 *''Mosekongen'' - 1950 *'' De røde heste'' - 1950 *'' Det gamle guld'' - 1951 *'' Nålen'' - 1951 *'' Det sande ansigt'' - 1951 *'' Husmandstøsen'' - 1952 *'' Vejrhanen'' - 1952 *'' En sømand går i land'' - 1954 *'' Himlen er blå'' - 1954 *'' Vores lille by'' - 1954 *''Altid ballade'' - 1955 *''Blændværk'' - 1955 *'' Den kloge mand (1956)'' - 1956 *'' Ung leg'' - 1956 *'' En kvinde er overflødig'' - 1957 *'' Bundfald'' - 1957 *'' Skovridergården'' - 1957 *''Guld og grønne skove'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jørn Lier Horst
Jørn Lier Horst (born 27 February 1970) is a Norwegian author of crime fiction and a former Senior Investigating Officer at Vestfold police district. His books have been published in over 40 countries and have sold more than ten million copies. Horst made his writing debut in 2004 with ''Key Witness'', based on a true murder story. The detective character in his crime novels is William Wisting, and Wisting (TV series), a television series based on the series premiered in 2019. Together with Thomas Enger, he writes the thriller series about policeman Alexander Blix and news blogger Emma Ramm. He has also written children's books, including a series named ''Clue'' and books about Detective Agency No. 2. Personal life Horst was born in Bamble, Telemark, the younger of two brothers. His parents were Oddvar and Hildur Lier Olsen. In 1995 he married Beate Horst and now uses her surname. They live in Stavern with their two children. Bibliography William Wisting series # ''Key Witness ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Halle Jørn Hanssen
Halle Jørn Hanssen (born 18 February 1937) is a Norwegian television correspondent, development aid administrator and politician. He was born in Brønnøy Municipality, and worked as a teacher in Vinje Municipality before enrolling at the University of Oslo. He graduated with the cand.mag. degree in 1964, and worked as a researcher at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs from 1965 up to and including 1968. Having been the chairman of the Young Liberals of Norway from 1964 to 1966, in early 1969 he was hired as secretary for the Liberal Party. Immediately after the 1969 election he was hired in the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. In 1978 he became the first correspondent for Africa in the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation, which was the only television station in Norway at that time. As a correspondent he was stationed in Nairobi. Hanssen left the Liberal Party in 1972, as the party split over disagreements of Norway's proposed entry to the European Economic C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jørn Goldstein
Jørn Irving Goldstein (born March 27, 1953) is a Norwegian Olympic ice hockey player. Biography Goldstein was born in Oslo, Norway, and is Jewish. His mother's family, surname Schapow, immigrated to Norway from Lithuania in the early 1900s. His father, Otto Goldstein, arrived in 1947 from Germany, a Holocaust survivor who survived and was liberated in World War II from Nazi Germany's concentration camps. The family eventually moved to Ila, Trondheim. As an 18-year old Goldstein joined Manglerud Star Ishockey, and became the team's goalkeeper. Goldstein played for the Norwegian national ice hockey team, and participated at the Winter Olympics The Winter Olympic Games (), also known as the Winter Olympics, is a major international multi-sport event held once every four years for sports practiced on snow and ice. The first Winter Olympic Games, the 1924 Winter Olympics, were held i ... in 1984. He was awarded Gullpucken as best Norwegian ice hockey player in 1977. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jørn Sloth
Jørn Sloth (born 5 September 1944 in Sjørring, Thy, Denmark) is a Danish chess player who holds the chess titles of FIDE Master and Correspondence Chess Grandmaster. He was the eighth ICCF World Champion, 1975–80. In 1964 he, together with Rob Hartoch Robert Gijsbertus Hartoch (24 March 1947 — 28 May 2009) was a Dutch chess FIDE titles, International Master (1971). Biography Most of Robert Hartoch's successes were in junior events. In 1964, in Groningen he and Jørn Sloth were co-winners of ..., won the Niemeyer tournament for European players under 20. Sloth started playing Correspondence Chess at a young age. He obtained the IMC title in 1973 and the GMC title in 1978. He was the youngest player ever to win the Correspondence World Champion title. References External links * * * Sloth at chessmail.com 1944 births Living people Danish chess players Chess FIDE Masters Correspondence chess grandmasters World Correspondence Chess Champions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
