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Latin American Group In Oslo
The Latin America Solidarity Organisation in Norway ( Norwegian: ''Latin-Amerikagruppene i Norge (LAG)'') is a Norwegian organization involved in projects involving Latin America. The organization was founded under the name Latin America Groups in Oslo (Norwegian: ''Latin-Amerikagruppene i Oslo'') by Ivar Hippe Ivar Hippe (born 19 March 1953) is a Norwegian author, political consultant, former journalist and presenter. He received national media attention in 1982 when he was expelled from Argentina by the government. On his return to Norway he began work ..., Nili Deloya and Mette Hjelmark. References External links Latin America Groups in Norway Political advocacy groups in Norway {{Norway-org-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norwegian Language
Norwegian ( ) is a North Germanic language from the Indo-European language family spoken mainly in Norway, where it is an official language. Along with Swedish and Danish, Norwegian forms a dialect continuum of more or less mutually intelligible local and regional varieties; some Norwegian and Swedish dialects, in particular, are very close. These Scandinavian languages, together with Faroese and Icelandic as well as some extinct languages, constitute the North Germanic languages. Faroese and Icelandic are not mutually intelligible with Norwegian in their spoken form because continental Scandinavian has diverged from them. While the two Germanic languages with the greatest numbers of speakers, English and German, have close similarities with Norwegian, neither is mutually intelligible with it. Norwegian is a descendant of Old Norse, the common language of the Germanic peoples living in Scandinavia during the Viking Age. Today there are two official forms of ''written'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of Norway. Bouvet Island, located in the Subantarctic, is a Dependencies of Norway, dependency, and not a part of the Kingdom; Norway also Territorial claims in Antarctica, claims the Antarctic territories of Peter I Island and Queen Maud Land. Norway has a population of 5.6 million. Its capital and largest city is Oslo. The country has a total area of . The country shares a long eastern border with Sweden, and is bordered by Finland and Russia to the northeast. Norway has an extensive coastline facing the Skagerrak strait, the North Atlantic Ocean, and the Barents Sea. The unified kingdom of Norway was established in 872 as a merger of Petty kingdoms of Norway, petty kingdoms and has existed continuously for years. From 1537 to 1814, Norway ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Latin America
Latin America is the cultural region of the Americas where Romance languages are predominantly spoken, primarily Spanish language, Spanish and Portuguese language, Portuguese. Latin America is defined according to cultural identity, not geography, and as such it includes countries in both North and South America. Most countries south of the United States tend to be included: Mexico and the countries of Central America, South America and the Caribbean. Commonly, it refers to Hispanic America plus Brazil. Related terms are the narrower Hispanic America, which exclusively refers to Spanish-speaking nations, and the broader Ibero-America, which includes all Iberic countries in the Americas and occasionally European countries like Spain, Portugal and Andorra. Despite being in the same geographical region, English- and Dutch language, Dutch-speaking countries and territories are excluded (Suriname, Guyana, the Falkland Islands, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Belize, etc.), and French- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivar Hippe
Ivar Hippe (born 19 March 1953) is a Norwegian author, political consultant, former journalist and presenter. He received national media attention in 1982 when he was expelled from Argentina by the government. On his return to Norway he began working for the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK). In 1999 he became editor-in-chief of the Norwegian financial journal ''Økonomisk Rapport''. In 2003 he wrote the book '' Mektig og avmektig: Tore Tønne, media og maktspillet bak kulissene'', which followed Tore Tønne's last days before his suicide. The book received good reviews and, after the book's release, Hippe started working as a political consultant. His next book, ''Korstoget mot velferdsstaten: På innsiden av nyliberale tenketanker'', was published in 2021. Career Hippe was born in Oslo and studied at the University of Oslo where he earned the academic degree '' candidatus rerum politicarum''. By the late 1970s Hippe had joined the Latin American Group in Oslo and becam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nili Deloya
NILI () was a Jewish espionage network which assisted the United Kingdom in its fight against the Ottoman Empire in the Mutasarrifate of Jerusalem between 1915 and 1917, during World War I. NILI was centered in Zikhron Ya'akov, with branches in Hadera and other Moshava. Nili is an acronym which stands for the Hebrew phrase: ''"Netzah Yisrael Lo Yeshaker"'' (), which translates as ''"the Eternal One of Israel will not lie"''. The British government code-named NILI the ''"A Organization"'', according to a 1920 misfiled memorandum in the British National Archives, as described in the book ''Spies in Palestine'' by James Srodes. In choosing to side with the British Empire, the members of Nili went against the majority view of their fellow Jews from the Yishuv. Thus, during the Armenian genocide, the group opposed the Yishuv leadership at the time, and tried to intervene on behalf of the Armenians. Establishment Sarah Aaronsohn, her brothers Aaron and Alexander, and their sister ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mette Hjelmark
Mette is a female given name of Scandinavian origin. It is descended from the name Margaret and is also considered a variant of Matilda. Notable people *Mette Abildgaard (born 1988), Danish politician * Mette Andersen (born 1974), Danish cyclist *Mette Marie Andersen (born 1962), birth name of Saliha Marie Fetteh, Danish writer, lecturer and imam * Mette Marie Astrup (1760–1834), Danish actress * Mette Bergmann (born 1962), Norwegian discus thrower *Mette Bull (1876–1946), Norwegian actress * Mette Koefoed Bjørnsen (1920–2008), Danish author, conciliator and economist *Mette Frederiksen (born 1977), Danish Prime Minister * Mette Henriette, Norwegian performing artist and composer *Mette Jacobsen (born 1973), Danish swimmer *Mette Lindberg (born 1983), vocalist for Danish psychedelic pop band The Asteroids Galaxy Tour * Mette Madsen (1924–2015), Danish politician and writer * Mette-Marit (born 1973), Crown Princess of Norway * Mette Oxvang (born 1937), Danish high jumper * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Verdens Gang
(), generally known under the abbreviation ''VG'', is a Norway, Norwegian Tabloid (newspaper format), tabloid newspaper. In 2016, circulation numbers stood at 93,883, declining from a peak circulation of 390,510 in 2002. Nevertheless, ''VG'' is the most-read online newspaper in Norway, with about 2 million daily readers. Verdens Gang AS is a private company wholly owned by the public company Schibsted, Schibsted ASA. History and profile ''VG'' was established by members of the Norwegian resistance movement shortly after the country was liberated from German occupation of Norway in World War II, German occupation in 1945. The first issue of the paper was published on 23 June 1945. Christian A. R. Christensen was the first editor-in-chief of ''VG'' from its start in 1945 to 1967, when he died. ''VG'' is based in Oslo. The paper is published in tabloid format. The owner, media conglomerate Schibsted, also owns Norway's largest newspaper, , as well as newspapers in Sweden, Estonia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
