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Nørgaard
Nørgaard is a Danish surname, literally meaning ''north farm''. Note that the double a is equivalent of ''å'' in common nouns and is retained from the pre-1948 orthography in proper nouns only. A parallel form is Nørregaard. Nørgaard or Nørregaard may refer to: *Asta Nørregaard, Norwegian artist *Bjørn Nørgaard, Danish artist * Carsten Norgaard, Danish actor * Chloe Nørgaard, Danish and American model *Christian Nørgaard, Danish footballer *Hjalte Nørregaard, Danish footballer * Kari Norgaard, American sociologist *Lise Nørgaard (1917–2023), Danish journalist *Per Nørgård Per Nørgård (; 13 July 1932 – 28 May 2025) was a Danish composer and music theorist. Though his style varied considerably throughout his career, his music often included repeatedly evolving melodies, in the vein of Jean Sibelius, and a per ..., Danish composer * Richard B. Norgaard, Retired Prof. of Ecology & Economics at UC Berkeley {{DEFAULTSORT:Norgaard Danish-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian Nørgaard
Christian Thers Nørgaard (; born 10 March 1994) is a Danish professional Association football, footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for club Brentford F.C., Brentford and the Denmark national football team, Denmark national team. Between abortive spells with Hamburger SV and ACF Fiorentina, Fiorentina, Nørgaard came to prominence in his homeland with Brøndby IF, Brøndby. He transferred to English club Brentford in 2019 and in 2021 was part of the squad which won promotion to the English football league system, top-flight of English football for the second time in the club's history. Nørgaard was named club Captain (association football), captain in 2023. He was part of the Denmark squads at UEFA Euro 2020, Euro 2020, the 2022 FIFA World Cup, 2022 World Cup and UEFA Euro 2024, Euro 2024. Club career Early years A defensive midfielder, Nørgaard began his career in his native Denmark with BK Heimdal and Espergærde IF, before entering the youth system at Lyngby BK ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bjørn Nørgaard
Bjørn Nørgaard (born 21 May 1947 in Copenhagen) is a Art of Denmark, Danish artist who has been active in a variety of fields. He has significantly influenced the art scene in Denmark both through his "happenings" and his sculptures in Danish cities. Although he has specialized in sculpture since 1970, his greatest achievement is perhaps his work in designing Queen Margrethe II's tapestries. Nørgaard was a professor at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts from 1985 to 1994. His main workshop is in the village of Bissinge on the island of Møn. A versatile artist Nørgaard studied in the 1960s at the newly founded Copenhagen School of Experimental Art where, as a 17-year-old, he came into contact with artists such as Per Kirkeby and Richard Winther. Influenced by the German performance artist Joseph Beuys, he was involved in collaborative works and happenings where he found new ways to give artistic expression to the left-wing causes of the time. One of the most striking of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lise Nørgaard
Lise Nørgaard (born Elise Jensen; 14 June 1917 – 1 January 2023) was a Danish journalist and writer known for her precise and often humorous portrayals of Danish cultural life. Nørgaard wrote novels, compilations of essays and short stories. The memoir of her childhood, ''Kun en pige'' (''Only a girl''), became a bestseller in 1992 and is considered her masterpiece. The work was adapted into a feature film in 1995. Life and career Nørgaard became a journalist for the ''Politiken'' newspaper in 1949 where she wrote about household and women's issues. In 1968, she worked at the ''Hjemmet'' weekly magazine, serving as managing editor from 1975 to 1977. Her columns for the magazine became popular for their critical and humorous insight into Danish life. From 1978 to 1982, Nørgaard created and co-wrote the television series ''Matador''. The series, which focused on typical Danish characters living in the fictional town of Korsbæk between 1929 and 1947, became the most successf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carsten Norgaard
Carsten Nørgaard (born 3 March 1963) is a Danish actor. Norgaard was born in Frederiksberg, Denmark. He began his career playing the enigmatic Dolphin Man in the 1988 film '' The Fruit Machine'' (known as ''Wonderland'' in the U.S.). Norgaard also appeared in the Disney film '' D2: The Mighty Ducks'' (1994). Notable recent appearances include ''The Man in the High Castle'', '' American Traitor: The Trial of Axis Sally'', and ''Cobra Kai''. Nørgaard broke a rib during the filming of '' Alien Vs. Predator''. In Ireland he is most famous as the face of the Norwegian oil company Statoil having featured in their TV adverts there in the 1990s. Nørgaard has an economics degree from Denmark and has studied at Actors Centre in London. He participated in the Tour de Rouge charitable bicycle race in 2019.Fitzgerald, Zachary (May 9, 2019).Cycling for a Cause. ''The Daily Review'' (Morgan City, Louisiana, USA). p. 1. Filmography *1988: '' The Fruit Machine'' - Dolphin Man *1990: '' The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chloe Nørgaard
Chloe Melissa Nørgaard is an American-Danish model. She is well known for her colorful hair. She has a wildflower initiative called Wildflower Boom. She spoke on a panel at the United Nations in September 2017 on The Sustainable Development Goals during Climate Week. Early life Chloe Nørgaard was born in Los Angeles in 1990 to a Danish father and American mother. She grew up on Long Island. In first grade, she spray-painted her hair blue. Career At age 19, she was noticed and sent to Tokyo. There, she trained in modeling but she also became a DJ. In 2012, she posed for several magazines including ''Vice'', ''Nylon'', ''Metal'' and ''Harper's Bazaar''. She was also featured in a spread for webzine ''Contributor'' in which she was dressed by Courtney Love and photographed by Magnus Magnusson. In February 2013, she walked exclusively for Rodarte during New York Fashion Week. The same year, she advertised Uniqlo, Forever 21 and Philipp Plein Philipp Patrick Hannes Plein (b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denmark
Denmark is a Nordic countries, Nordic country in Northern Europe. It is the metropole and most populous constituent of the Kingdom of Denmark,, . also known as the Danish Realm, a constitutionally unitary state that includes the Autonomous administrative division, autonomous territories of the Faroe Islands and Greenland in the north Atlantic Ocean.* * * Metropolitan Denmark, also called "continental Denmark" or "Denmark proper", consists of the northern Jutland peninsula and an archipelago of 406 islands. It is the southernmost of the Scandinavian countries, lying southwest of Sweden, south of Norway, and north of Germany, with which it shares a short border. Denmark proper is situated between the North Sea to the west and the Baltic Sea to the east.The island of Bornholm is offset to the east of the rest of the country, in the Baltic Sea. The Kingdom of Denmark, including the Faroe Islands and Greenland, has roughly List of islands of Denmark, 1,400 islands greater than in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Surname
In many societies, a surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. It is typically combined with a given name to form the full name of a person, although several given names and surnames are possible in the full name. In modern times most surnames are hereditary, although in most countries a person has a right to name change, change their name. Depending on culture, the surname may be placed either at the start of a person's name, or at the end. The number of surnames given to an individual also varies: in most cases it is just one, but in Portuguese-speaking countries and many Spanish-speaking countries, two surnames (one inherited from the mother and another from the father) are used for legal purposes. Depending on culture, not all members of a family unit are required to have identical surnames. In some countries, surnames are modified depending on gender and family membership status of a person. C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danish Phonology
The phonology of Danish is similar to that of the other closely related Scandinavian languages, Swedish and Norwegian, but it also has distinct features setting it apart. For example, Danish has a suprasegmental feature known as stød which is a kind of laryngeal phonation that is used phonemically. It also exhibits extensive lenition of plosives, which is noticeably more common than in the neighboring languages. Because of these and a few other features, spoken Danish can be challenging for Norwegians and Swedes to understand without training, although they can easily read written Danish. Consonants Danish has at least 17 consonant phonemes: occur only syllable-initially and only syllable-finally. is phonemically and is the syllable-final allophone of . also occurs syllable-initially in English loans, along with , but syllable-initial is in free variation with and these are not considered part of the phonological inventory of Danish. occurs only before sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asta Nørregaard
Asta Nørregaard (13 August 1853 – 23 March 1933) was a Norwegian painter who was best known for her portraits. Biography Nørregaard was born in Oslo, Christiania (now Oslo), Norway. She was the daughter of Hans Peter Nørregaard (1818–1872) and Elise Jacobine Hesselberg (1821–1853). She and an older sister were orphaned early and both remained unmarried. Asta Nørregaard received her early education at the Knud Bergslien painting school together with Harriet Backer. She was a pupil of Eilif Peterssen in Munich from 1875 to 1878. She studied in Paris during 1879. Nørregaard held solo exhibitions at Blomqvist Kunsthandel in 1893, 1903, 1913 and 1925. She was also a frequent exhibitor at group exhibitions: Salon (Paris), Salon de Paris in 1881 and 1882, and world exhibitions in Antwerp in 1885 and Paris 1889. She received the King's Medal of Merit in gold in 1920. Her work is exhibited at the Munch Museum, Oslo City Museum, University of Oslo and National Gallery (Norway) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hjalte Nørregaard
Hjalte Bo Nørregaard (born 8 April 1981) is a Danish professional football manager and former player. He was most recently the caretaker manager of Danish Superliga club FC Copenhagen. As a player, he played as a midfielder and spent most of his career with FC Copenhagen. Nørregaard is son of former Danish footballer Klaus Nørregaard. In November 2018, he was appointed manager for the under-19 team of FC Copenhagen. In October 2020, he was appointed caretaker manager of the club. Biography Nørregaard started his career in Kjøbenhavns Boldklub (KB) and was in 1999 promoted to the first team, F.C. Copenhagen (FCK). He played for FCK until 2005 most famous for his 91st-minute goal against the archrivals Brøndby IF at Brøndby Stadium in the so-called "championship final" in 2003. Since then, fans of F.C. Copenhagen have dubbed Brøndby Stadium, "Hjalte Park." The same year he was awarded as "cup fighter" after the win in the Danish Cup. He got a total of 120 matches, 17 goa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kari Norgaard
Kari Marie Norgaard is a professor of sociology at the University of Oregon, a post she has held since 2017. She is known for her research into Indigenous environmental justice, climate change denial and the politics of global warming. Indigenous environmental justice Norgaard has worked with the Karuk tribe on many projects, including undamming the Klamath River. Research into social denial To investigate the lack of response in Western societies to the implications of global warming, Norgaard collected ethnographic data and took interviews in a rural community in west Norway during the winter of 2000–2001 when unusually warm conditions damaged the skiing industry and prevented ice fishing. Both local and national media linked the problems to global warming, and while the public treated this as common knowledge, they failed to demand a political response or change their own fuel usage. She investigated described this form of denial on various levels. The conventional informa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Per Nørgård
Per Nørgård (; 13 July 1932 – 28 May 2025) was a Danish composer and music theorist. Though his style varied considerably throughout his career, his music often included repeatedly evolving melodies, in the vein of Jean Sibelius, and a perspicuous focus on lyricism. He based music on "infinity series" and other mathematical models. He composed large-scale works, eight symphonies including the choral Third, concertos and operas such as ''Gilgamesh''. His chamber music includes ten string quartets and music for guitar. Some later works were inspired by the art of Adolf Wölfli. The composer Julian Anderson called Nørgård's style "one of the most personal in contemporary music". Nørgård received several awards, including the 2016 Ernst von Siemens Music Prize. Life and career Per Nørgård was born in Gentofte, a suburb of Copenhagen on 13 July 1932. His father was a tailor, and he grew up with an elder brother. He learned to play the piano as a boy. He studied com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
