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Kalev Mutond
Kalev may refer to: * Kalev (mythology), a character from Estonian mythology * Kalev (given name), an Estonian masculine given name * Kalev (confectioner), an Estonian sweets company * BC Kalev, a basketball club based in Tallinn, Estonia * BC Tallinna Kalev, a basketball club based in Tallinn, Estonia * KK Kalev, defunct basketball club (1920–2005) based in Tallinn, Estonia * JK Tallinna Kalev, a football club based in Tallinn, Estonia * JK Sillamäe Kalev, a football club based in Sillamäe, Estonia * Tallinna Kalev RFC, a rugby union club based in Tallinn, Estonia * Kalev Tallinn, a multi-sport club in Tallinn, Estonia * Kalev-class submarine, class of Estonian British-built submarines and leading ship of this class * Estonian Sports Association Kalev * Kaliv (Hasidic dynasty) Kaliv is a Hasidic dynasty founded by Yitzchak Isaac Taub (1744–1821) of Nagykálló (in Yiddish ''Kalev, Kaalov, Kaliv''), Hungary. History Rabbi Yitzchak Isaac Taub Rabbi Taub (1751 - 7 Adar 2, Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kalev (mythology)
Kaleva – also known as Kalevi or Kalev – and his sons are important heroic figures in Estonian, Finnish and Karelian mythology. In the Finnish epic the ''Kalevala'', he is an ancient Finnish ruler. In Estonian mythology and Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald's epic poem ''Kalevipoeg'', King Kalev was the father of King Kalevipoeg and the husband of Linda. History Some historians have suggested that the oldest known written reference to Kaleva (Kalev / Kalevi) can be found in the 6th- or 7th-century Anglo-Saxon poem "Widsith", which was copied into the Exeter Book, a manuscript of Old English poems compiled in the late 10th century. "Widsith" states that Caesar ruled the Greeks, Caelic the Finns ... I was with the Greeks and Finns and also with Caesar ... Some historians have interpreted the term "Caelic" to refer to the ancient Finnish ruler Kaleva mentioned in the Kalevala. The first clear written references appear in a list of deities published by Mikael Agricola in 1551 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kalev (given Name)
Kalev is an Estonian masculine given name, derived from national folk hero Kalev. Related Finnish names are Kaleva and Kalevi. Its meaning is most often "giant", "tall strong man". The etymology is uncertain. The Russian word голова (''golova''), "head" as in "headman" has been suggested, but is linguistically anachronistic. However, it could be Baltic (kalējs, "smith"), Finnic (kalea, "cool, hard") or Norse (Hlér, a sea god, from *xlewaz, or *xalewaz with an epenthetic vowel In phonology, epenthesis (; Greek ) means the addition of one or more sounds to a word, especially in the first syllable ('' prothesis''), the last syllable (''paragoge''), or between two syllabic sounds in a word. The opposite process in which ...). It appears in historical records from 15th century onwards, although an uncertain mention dates to the 12th century. People named Kalev include: * Kalev Aigro (born 1959), Nordic combined skier * Kalev Arro (1915–1974), partisan * Kalev Ermits ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kalev (confectioner)
AS Kalev (2006– Kalev Chocolate Factory AS) is an Estonian confectionery company. The company traces its origins back two hundred years, the business that preceded the Maiasmokk café was founded in 1806, and is now owned by Kalev. The Kalev company is the country's largest producer of sweets and a part of the industrial conglomerate Orkla Group. Kalev is based in Põrguvälja near Jüri, Rae Parish, Harju County. History Roots and foundational developments (19th century) The birth of the Estonian confectionery industry dates back to 1806, when pastry cook :de:Lorenz Caviezel, Lorenz Caviezel (:de) opened a confectionery business in Tallinn at Pikk Street, where Maiasmokk, Café Maiasmokk (Sweet Tooth) has been located since 1864. In 1864, the business, which had changed hands many times, came into the possession of Georg Johann Stude. After ten years of operation, Stude decided to expand the business: he bought a neighbouring house and in place of these two houses constr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BC Kalev
BC Kalev, also known as BC Kalev/Cramo for sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball club based in Tallinn, Estonia. The team plays in the Korvpalli Meistriliiga (KML), the Estonian-Latvian Basketball League and the FIBA Europe Cup. Their home arena is the Kalev Sports Hall. BC Kalev/Cramo have been the most successful Estonian basketball club in the last two decades, having won one Estonian-Latvian League championship, 15 Estonian League championships and 10 Estonian Cup titles. History 1998–2005: early years Founded in 1998, the club started out as Canon Eesti noortemeeskond (Canon Estonia junior team). The team was coached by Allan Dorbek and played their home games at Kalev Sports Hall. The club's first season was a disappointment as they finished in last place without winning a single game. In 1999, Ehitustööriist became the official name sponsor of the team. In 2003, the club merged operations with Audentes and became Ehitustööriist/Audentes. However, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BC Tallinna Kalev
Tallinna Kalev is a basketball team based in Tallinn, Estonia. The team was founded in 2002 as Pirita Palliklubi and played in the Korvpalli Meistriliiga (KML) from 2002 to 2024. History The team was founded in 2002 as Pirita Palliklubi (Pirita Ball Club), the same year they joined the Korvpalli Meistriliiga (KML), the top tier of Estonian basketball. In their first season, they reached the Estonian Cup final, but lost 76–92 to TÜ/Rock. Prior to the 2008–09 season, BC Pirita joined the Tallinn Sports Association Kalev and changed their name to Tallinna Kalev. In July 2010, Tallinna Kalev merged operations with TTÜ Korvpalliklubi. They played as TTÜ/Kalev and TTÜ/Kalev II through the 2010–11 season. However, the partnership ended after just one season, and Tallinna Kalev continued independently. In 2014, the team became affiliated with Tallinn University (TLÜ). They made their debut in a European competition by competing in the 2016–17 season of the FIBA Europe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KK Kalev
Kalev (also known as Tallinn Kalev, Korvpalliklubi Kalev) was a professional basketball club from Tallinn, Estonia. The team played in the Estonian Basketball League and in the Soviet Union Basketball League. Their home arena was Kalev Sports Hall. Kalev was a professional basketball team representing Estonia in Soviet Union Basketball League until 1992; thereafter Kalev was designed like a national team with the best 12 players from all over Estonia. History Kalev was founded in 1920 with the eponymous sports Estonian society. Kalev became winner of the second to last championship of the USSR Premier Basketball League in 1991 and in 1991–92 season the team became runner-up of the open Commonwealth of Independent States league. After the collapse of the Soviet Union leading players left to play in European basketball clubs. In the season 1993–94 the club almost collapsed, and a year later, in season 1994–95, played in the Estonian Championship already under brand Kalev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
JK Tallinna Kalev
Jalgpalliklubi Tallinna Kalev, also known as Tallinna Kalev or simply Kalev, is an Estonia, Estonian professional Football team, football club based in Tallinn that competes in the Meistriliiga, the top flight of Estonian football league system, Estonian football. Founded in 1911, it is the oldest active football club in the country. The club's home ground is the Kadriorg Stadium. Formed as Meteor in 1909, the club changed its name to Kalev in 1911 after joining the Estonian Sports Association Kalev. The club were founding members of the Estonian Football Championship in 1921 Estonian Football Championship, 1921. Kalev have won two Estonian championship titles, in 1923 Estonian Football Championship, 1923 and 1930 Estonian Football Championship, 1930, and one Estonian SSR championship in 1955 Estonian SSR Football Championship, 1955. The club was re-established in 2002 and has played in the Meistriliiga in 2007–2009, 2012–2014, 2018–2020 and again since 2022. History Early ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
JK Sillamäe Kalev
JK Sillamäe Kalev, commonly known as Sillamäe Kalev, or simply as Sillamäe, is an Estonian football club based in Sillamäe. Founded in 1957, Sillamäe Kalev was one of the founding members of the Meistriliiga. The club competed in the Meistriliiga, the top flight of Estonian football in 2017, but was declared bankrupt in March 2018. Its football academy continued and took over the name, continuing in the II liiga, 4th level in the Estonian football league system. History Sillamäe Kalev was founded in 1957 and competed in the Estonian SSR Football Championship. In 1992, the club became one of the founding members of the Meistriliiga. Sillamäe Kalev was relegated after the 1993–94 season. After a lengthy spell in lower divisions, the club returned to the Meistriliiga for the 2008 season. Sillamäe Kalev finished the 2009 season as runners-up with 76 points behind Levadia and qualified to the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League qualifiers. Sillamäe Kalev faced off Dinamo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tallinna Kalev RFC
Tallinna Kalev RFC is an Estonian rugby Rugby may refer to: Sport * Rugby football in many forms: ** Rugby union: 15 players per side *** American flag rugby *** Beach rugby *** Mini rugby *** Rugby sevens, 7 players per side *** Rugby tens, 10 players per side *** Snow rugby *** Tou ... club in Tallinn. History The club was founded in 2006 as Tallinn Sharks RFC and changed their name to Tallinna Kalev RFC in 2013, and hey joined. Sports federation and renamed to Talinna Kalev RFC. In 2017 Kalev RFC joined the Finnish Rugby Federation (SRL) and played in the 1st Division league, topping the regular season table and winning the grand final against Tampere Rugby Club. It was the first time Kalec RFC had the opportunity to participate in high-level league. In 2018 Kalev RFC was promoted into the SRL Championship League, coming third in the regular season and losing to Helsinki Rugby Club in the semi-finals. External linksRFC Kalev [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kalev Tallinn
Kalev Tallinn was a multi-sport organisation in Tallinn, Estonia. Current clubs are independent, some have been re-established. Association football Kalev's football team was formed as Jalgpalliselts Meteor (Football Union Meteor) in 1909 and changed to its present name in 1911, when it joined the all-Estonian sports organisation Estonian Sports Association Kalev. Kalev's football team was re-established in 2002 as JK Tallinna Kalev and now also has a women's team and several youth teams. Bandy During its first years, Kalev Tallinn also was a successful club in the sport of bandy. The club became Estonian champions of this sport in 1916, 1917 and 1918. Basketball * KK Kalev (1920–2005) * BC Tallinna Kalev (1998–2024) Ice hockey Kalev used to play in the ice hockey Meistriliiga, winning the title seven times in 1934, 1937, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961 and 1962. Rugby There is a non-associated rugby team under the name Tallinna Kalev RFC Tallinna Kalev RFC is an Estonian r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kalev-class Submarine
The ''Kalev'' class consisted of two mine laying submarines built for the Estonian Navy. Development history The newly independent Republic of Estonia followed the Finnish naval armament program and the common top secret defence cooperation in acquiring submarines. Unlike the German-designed Finnish subs, Estonia opted for British-built submarines. Both boats of the class, and , were built by Vickers-Armstrong at Barrow-in-Furness, in the United Kingdom. Service history The two subs were ordered in 1934 and delivered in 1937. After the Soviet annexation of Estonia in 1940 the Estonian Navy was integrated into the Soviet Baltic Fleet. The ''Kalev''-class submarines were commissioned into the Soviet Navy on September 18, 1940. ''Kalev'' was sunk outside Hanko, Finland in 1941, but ''Lembit'' continued a successful campaign against Swedish iron ore transports to Germany. ''Lembit'' was decommissioned in 1979. She is now preserved as a museum ship at the Estonian Maritime ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estonian Sports Association Kalev
Estonian Sports Association Kalev () is a sports association in Estonia, founded in 1901. History The association was founded in 1901 in Tallinn as the Kalev Amateur Cyclist Society (). In 1908, a tennis club was established at the society. Later it was joined by sections of athletics, swimming, football, Greco-Roman wrestling, rowing etc. In the 1920s, a basketball club was also set up at the organization. In 1940, with the Soviet occupation of Estonia, Kalev was dissolved and its facilities were taken over by the Soviet All-Union Sports Society Dynamo. After World War II, in 1944 the ''Republican Volunteer Sports Society "Kalev"'' was formed by the Soviet authorities. At its peak during the Estonian SSR, it had 177,1 thousand members. The sports association continued its activities after the restoration of Estonian independence. A 6 kroon, 50 senti postage stamp was issued to celebrate its centenary in 2001. Kalevi Mängud (Kalev's Games) is an event organized by Kalev. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
