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Knut Sjøli
Knut Torstensen Sjøli (20 February 1877 – 14 February 1955) was a Norway, Norwegian politician for the Labour Party (Norway), Labour Party. He was born at Sand i Odal as a son of farmer and cooper Torsten Knudsen Sjøli (1847–1921) and Inge Jørgensdatter (1851–1927). He spent his career as a smallholding, smallholder in Nord-Odal Municipality and a construction worker in Eastern Norway. In Nord-Odal he chaired the school board and was a member of the health council, congregational council, debt committee and several other boards. He was a member of the county tax board, and a deputy member of the Riksskattestyret. He was a member of the municipal council (Norway), municipal council for Nord-Odal Municipality for about thirty years, and served as deputy mayor. He was a six-term representative to the Parliament of Norway. First, he was elected from the single-member constituency ''Vinger og Odalen'' in 1915 Norwegian parliamentary election, 1915 and 1918 Norwegian parliament ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Knut Torstensen Sjøli
Knut (Norwegian language, Norwegian and Swedish language, Swedish), Knud (Danish language, Danish), or Knútur (Icelandic language, Icelandic) is a Scandinavia, Scandinavian and German language, German first name, of which the anglicised form is Canute. In Germany both "Knut" and "Knud" are used. In Spanish and Portuguese Canuto is used which comes from the Latin version Canutus, and in Finland, the name Nuutti is based on the name Knut. The name is derived from the Old Norse Knútr meaning "knot". In English the ''K'' is not mute, so the name is not properly pronounced ''nut'' or ''nute''. It is the name of several medieval kings of Denmark, two of whom also reigned over England during the first half of the 11th century. People *Harthaknut I of Denmark (Knut I, Danish: Hardeknud) (b. c. 890), king of Denmark *Cnut, Knut the Great (Knut II, Danish: Knud den Store or Knud II) (d. 1035), Viking king of England, Denmark and Norway **Subject of the apocryphal King Canute and the wav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |