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Morten
Morten is a common male given name in Denmark and Norway. Approximately 22,138 have this name as a given name in Norway and about 52 people have it as a surname. The origin of the surname is less clear. Notable people with the name include: People with the given name * Morten Abel, Norwegian singer *Morten Andersen, Danish kicker in American football *Morten Arnfred, Danish film director and screenwriter *Morten Berglia, Norwegian orienteering competitor *Morten Berre, Norwegian footballer *Morten Bertolt, Danish footballer * Morten Bisgaard, Danish footballer * Morten Bjørlo, Norwegian footballer * Morten Bo, Danish photographer * Morten Breum, Danish DJ and producer known by his mononym Morten *Morten Bruun, Danish football player * Morten Brørs, Norwegian cross-country skier *Morten Børup, Danish educator * Morten Christensen, several people * Morten Christiansen, multiple people * Morten Daland, Norwegian handball player *Morten Djupvik, Norwegian show jumping competitor *Mor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morten Harket
Morten Harket (; born 14 September 1959) is a Norwegian singer who is the lead vocalist of the synth-pop band A-ha. A-ha has released 11 studio albums as of 2024, and topped the charts internationally after their breakthrough hit "Take On Me" in 1985. Harket has also released six solo albums. Before joining A-ha in 1982, Harket had appeared on the Oslo club scene as the singer for blues outfit Souldier Blue. Harket was named a Knight First Class of the Order of St. Olav by Harald V, King Harald for his services to Norwegian music and his international success. Early life The son of Reidar, a chief physician at a hospital, and Henny, an economics teacher, and brother to Gunvald, :no:Håkon Harket, Håkon, Ingunn and Kjetil, Morten grew up in Asker in southern Norway. His early musical influences included Uriah Heep (band), Uriah Heep, Jimi Hendrix, Queen (band), Queen, Johnny Cash, Simon and Garfunkel, David Bowie, and James Brown. Morten's father had contemplated becoming a c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morten Breum
Morten Breum (; born 26 May 1982), better known by his stage name Morten, is a Danish DJ and record producer, together with David Guetta he developed and created the sound known as “future rave”. His professional music career started with his very own first track "Højere Vildere" with Rune RK, featuring the Danish duo Nik & Jay in 2008, but his track "Domestic" in 2010 was his breakthrough track, reaching No. 3 on the Danish Singles Chart. In 2009, he released his album ''Drop!'', followed by ''Nightclub Session'' in 2010. With a string of releases since then, Morten has explored the genre of "future rave". Biography Morten has played festivals around the world solo and in collaboration with French DJ and producer David Guetta. The two close friends coined the future rave genre, releasing a four-track collaborative EP in 2020 titled ''New Rave''. Morten has gathered an audience of 4.7 million monthly listeners on Spotify. In 2021, Morten entered the DJ Mag Top 100 as the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morten Frendrup
Morten Wetche Frendrup (; born 7 April 2001) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder or full-back for club Genoa and the Denmark national team. Frendrup was born in Tuse and played youth football with Tuse IF and Holbæk B&I before starting his professional career with Brøndby IF, where he became the youngest player to debut for the club. He became an established player under manager Niels Frederiksen, and was part of the title-winning team of 2020–21. His performances earned him a move to Serie A club Genoa in February 2022. Early life Morten Wetche Frendrup was born on 7 April 2001 in Tuse, Holbæk Municipality, where he also grew up. He is the third and youngest child of Marianne Wetche, a teacher, and Jan Frendrup, a real estate agent and part-time board member of the local sports club Tuse IF. He has one older brother, Lasse, and an older sister, Kristine. Club career Brøndby Early career Frendrup started playing for local team ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morten Frost
Morten Frost Hansen (born 4 April 1958) is a badminton player and later coach, who represented Denmark. As a player, he spent twelve years in the top three of the world rankings. After his retirement in 1991, he became director of performance for Badminton Denmark and also coaches in Malaysia and South Africa. He has been appointed Badminton Association of Malaysia's national technical director from 2015 to 2020, and later as the performance director of Badminton England. Badminton career During his career, Frost won almost every available top level championship, except the World Championships where he scored a silver medal twice (1985 and 1987). When he lost his second World Championship in the finals, the headlines rang out "The World's greatest badminton player may never be World Champion." While this may be the enduring footnote to his career, Frost dominated at the much coveted All England Open Badminton Championships. He won that tournament in 1982, 1984, 1986, and 1987. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morten Bertolt
Morten Bertolt Andersen (born 12 February 1984) is a Danish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Starting his career as a youth prospect of FC Copenhagen, Bertolt played for various national youth teams of Denmark. However, he struggled to establish himself at the club, and had a journeyman career which was hampered by injuries. He retired in 2017, having played for 11 clubs in Denmark and Norway, and with 163 Danish Superliga appearances to his name. Career Born in Herlev, Bertolt played as a youth for Avarta, where he started at age 5. He played together with future teammate at FC Copenhagen, Martin Bergvold, and was part of a youth team which won the U13 Danish Championship in 1996 and the U15 championship in 1998. When he was 16 years old, in 2000, he moved to the youth academy of Copenhagen, Kjøbenhavns Boldklub (KB), where he progressed through the youth system. In 2004, Bertolt was promoted to the Copenhagen first team after signing his first profe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morten Grunwald
Walter Morten Grunwald (9 December 1934 – 14 November 2018) was a Danish actor, stage director and theatre manager. Early life and education He was born in Odense, Denmark, attended Odense Theatrical School in 1958, and graduated from the Royal Danish Theatre's Theatrical School in 1962. Beginning in 1971, he was the manager of several theatres in Copenhagen. Career Grunwald made his debut in ''En blandt mange'' ("One among many") in 1961. He played one of the lead roles in the popular series of '' Olsen Gang'' movies, starring as Benny Frandsen, alongside Ove Sprogøe's Egon Olsen and Poul Bundgaard's Kjeld Jensen. Grunwald founded and led Bristol Teatret in Copenhagen from 1971 to 1980. In 1979, Grunwald succeeded Bent Meiding as manager of the Betty Nansen Theatre, a post he held until 1992. From 1977, together with Peder Sadolin, his partner from Bristol Teatret, he was also a driving force behind the establishment of Østre Gasværk Teater in an abandoned gasometer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morten Andersen
Morten Andersen (born 19 August 1960), nicknamed "the Great Dane", is a Danish-American former professional football kicker who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 25 seasons, most notably with the New Orleans Saints and Atlanta Falcons. Following a career from 1982 to 2007, Andersen holds the NFL record for regular season games played at 382. He also ranks second in field goals (565) and points scored (2,544). In addition to his league accomplishments, he is the Saints all-time leading scorer at 1,318 points. Andersen was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2017. Along with Jan Stenerud, he is one of only two exclusive kickers to receive the honor. Early life Andersen was born in Copenhagen and raised in the west Jutland town of Struer. As a student, he was a gymnast and a long jumper, and just missed becoming a member of the Danish junior national soccer team. He visited the United States in 1977 as a Youth For Understanding exchange student. He firs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morten Bo
Morten Bo (born 10 May 1945, Copenhagen), is a Danish photographer who specializes in documentary work with a social impact. His 15 travelling exhibitions in the 1970s and 1980s stirred up controversy. In the 1980s, he turned to abstract photography with lines, contours and contrasts of light and shade. A member of Delta-Photos from 1967 to 1972, in 1973, he was a co-founder of the Ragnarok group. In line with his interest in promoting the art, he founded Fatamorgana, Denmark's school of art photography, in 1989. Early career Morten Bo started out in film rather than still photography at the National Film School of Denmark in 1966. He had previously studied architecture and had used photography as a tool to appreciate the concept of space. Still photography There was a distinct change to documentary photography in the 1960s when it began to take the form of series or photo essays. Morten Bo followed the trend, representing the interests of the newly formed party, '' Venstresoci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morten Abel
Morten Abel Knutsen (born 15 October 1962), better known by his stage name Morten Abel is a Norwegian pop artist, and one of Norway's best-selling domestic artists. Career Morten Abel was born and grew up near Bodø, but moved to Stavanger Stavanger, officially the Stavanger Municipality, is a city and municipalities of Norway, municipality in Norway. It is the third largest city and third largest metropolitan area in Norway (through conurbation with neighboring Sandnes) and the ... when he was 15 years old. There he became the lead singer of a band called Catrix, which soon changed their name to "Mods". They released two albums in Norwegian language in 1981 and 1982, and had a big hit with a song called "Tore Tang". A third album in English language was released in 1984. After Mods split up, Abel released a solo single in 1985. Two years later he formed the band " The September When", which became very popular in Norway. The September When released four studio albums be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morten Frisch
Morten Frisch is a Danish epidemiologist who works as a consultant and senior investigator at the Statens Serum Institut in Copenhagen. Education and career Frisch received his M.D. in 1989, his Ph.D. in 1995, and his D.Sc. in 2002, all from the University of Copenhagen. In 2008, he was appointed an associate professor at the University of Copenhagen. In 2012, he was appointed an adjunct professor of sexual health epidemiology at Aalborg University Aalborg University (AAU) is an international public university with campuses in Aalborg, Esbjerg, and Copenhagen, Denmark. Founded in 1974, the university awards bachelor's degrees, master's degrees, and PhD degrees in a wide variety of subje .... Research Frisch's research focuses on the epidemiology of sexual health, cancers and autoimmune diseases. Selected works * Frisch, Morten, Robert J. Biggar, James J. Goedert, and AIDS–Cancer Match Registry Study Group. "Human papillomavirus-associated cancers in patients with human i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morten Berre
Morten Gladhaug Berre (born 10 August 1975) is a Norwegian football coach and former player who played as a winger. With 447 top division appearances, Berre has made the second-highest number of appearances in the Norwegian top division. Club career Berre was born in Oslo and started his career at Skeid. He is best known for his spell at Vålerenga, where he stayed for 13 seasons. Berre also played for FK Haugesund and Viking as well as for German club FC St. Pauli. Whilst at Viking he scored one of the goals as they famously defeated Chelsea in the UEFA Cup in 2002. After eight seasons as assistant manager of Skeid, he left after the 2023 season to become director of sports in Hasle-Løren. International career Berre was capped once for the Norway national team. Career statistics Honours Viking * Norwegian Cup: 2001 Vålerenga * Norwegian top division: 2005 * Norwegian Cup: 2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morten Christiansen (other)
Morten Christiansen may refer to: * Morten Christiansen (cyclist) (born 1974), Norwegian professional cyclist * Morten Christiansen (footballer) (born 1978), Danish professional football player * Morten H. Christiansen (born 1963), Danish neuroscientist of language See also * Morten Christensen {{hndis, name=Christansen, Morten ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
