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Palmi Haraldsson
Palmi may refer to: People Given name Palmi is an Icelandic male given name. Notable people with this surname include: * Pálmi Gestsson (born 1957), Icelandic actor and voice actor * Pálmi Gunnarsson (born 1950), Icelandic musician * Pálmi Hannesson (1898–1956), Icelandic naturalist * Pálmi Jónsson (1923–1991), Icelandic entrepreneur * Pálmi Jónsson (1929–2017), Icelandic politician * Pálmi Rafn Pálmason (born 1984), Icelandic football player Surname * (born 1964), German table tennis player * Topias Palmi (born 1994), Finnish basketball player Places * Palmi, Calabria Species * Mordellistena palmi, species of beetle in the genus Mordellistena of the family Mordellidae * Pristiorhynchus palmi * Thrips palmi ''Thrips palmi'' is an insect from the genus ''Thrips'' in the order Thysanoptera. ...
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Pálmi Gestsson
Pálmi Gestsson (born 2 October 1957) is an Icelandic actor and voice actor. He is known for the long-running Icelandic sketch group ''Spaugstofan'' which he co-created. Among his voice acting is the Icelandic voice of Shere Khan in ''The Jungle Book''. Early life Pálmi was born in 1957 in Bolungarvík, the Westfjords, Iceland. Career Pálmi graduated from the Icelandic Drama School in 1982. He has been working with the National Theatre of Iceland since 1983. Personal life Pálmi is a nature lover and once walked up 52 mountains (1 per week) in a year in Iceland. He likes hunting birds and especially reindeer which is one of his favorite foods. He is married to Sigurlaug Halldórsdóttir, a stewardess, and has 4 children. Selected filmography * ''Bíódagar'' (1994) as Truck Driver * ''Benjamín Dúfa'' (1995) as Andrés's father * ''Einglar Alheimsins'' (2000) as Vilhjálmur * ''Njálssaga'' (2003) as Þráinn * ''Afinn'' (2014) as Lárus * '' Þrestir'' (2015) as Di ...
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Pálmi Gunnarsson
Pálmi Gunnarsson (born 29 September 1950) is an Icelandic musician, who was involved in some of the country's most popular musical acts in the 1970s and into the 1980s, including Mannakorn and Brunaliðið. He is perhaps best known internationally as a member of ICY, the trio that performed " Gleðibankinn", Iceland's first ever entry in the Eurovision Song Contest, in 1986. In a career that has lasted over four decades, Pálmi has played with many bands across many genres, and enjoys enduring popularity around Iceland, often with songs written by his longtime collaborator Magnús Eiríksson. Several of Pálmi's recordings have become Icelandic pop classics, including his cover of Magnús Þór Sigmundsson's song Ísland er land þitt, and the Christmas song Gleði og friðarjól, composed by Magnús Eiríksson. Pálmi is the father of Sigurður Helgi Pálmason an icelandic member of parliament. Sigurður sang on his christmas album ''Friðarjól'' in 1985. Discography A ...
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Pálmi Hannesson
Pálmi Hannesson (3 January 1898, in Skagafjarðarsýsla – 22 November 1956) was an Icelandic naturalist and rector of the Menntaskólinn í Reykjavík. Pálmi was born a farmer's son; studied in Akureyri before proceeding to the Lærði Skólinn in Reykjavík; and on graduating from there proceeded to the University of Copenhagen to study natural history and geography. He concluded his education in 1926 with a master's degree in zoology. As well as being prominent among Icelandic students at Copenhagen, he was also an alderman of the Studentergården and was noted for his fluency in Danish. In the words of Niels Nielsen, Even as a child he felt attracted to the interior, desolate highlands, and it was one of his key experiences that he as a boy was allowed to embark on the adventure to take part in the autumn sheep collections whereby people searched the highlands on horseback up to glaciers. Throughout his life he retained his childhood love for the countryside and for hors ...
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Pálmi Jónsson
Pálmi Jónsson (June 3, 1923 – April 4, 1991) was an Icelandic businessman and entrepreneur born in Hofsós, Iceland who founded the large Icelandic supermarket chain Hagkaup, and pioneered the inception of Kringlan Kringlan () is a shopping mall located in the Icelandic capital region. It is the second largest in the country, after Smáralind in Kópavogur, with over 180 shops and restaurants. It was constructed in 1987, and includes a Hagkaup supermarket, ... the first indoor shopping mall in Iceland. He was the father of Sigurður Gísli, Jón, Ingibjörg Stefanía Pálmadóttir, and Lilja Sigurlína, who collectively inherited Hagkaup when he died.Magnús Halldórsson and Þórður Snær Júlíusson, ''Ísland ehf. Auðmenn og áhrif eftir hrun'' (Reykjavík: Vaka-Helgafell, 2013), p. 84. References Palmi Jonsson 1991 deaths 1923 births {{Iceland-business-bio-stub ...
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Pálmi Jónsson (Minister Of Agriculture)
Pálmi Jónsson (born 11 November 1929 – 9 October 2017) was an Icelandic politician and former minister. References 1929 births Palmi Jonsson 2017 deaths Place of birth missing {{Iceland-politician-stub ...
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Pálmi Rafn Pálmason
Pálmi Rafn Pálmason (born 9 November 1984) is an Icelandic Football (soccer), footballer who is currently playing for Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur, KR in the Úrvalsdeild karla (football), Icelandic Premier Division. Before that he played in Iceland for Völsungur, Knattspyrnufélag Akureyrar, KA and Valur men's football, Valur, where he was a key player in the team that won the 2007 Úrvalsdeild, Valur's first league title in 20 years. He was signed by Stabæk Fotball, Stabæk in July 2008 and became one of the heroes for them in the 2008-season when he headed in the 2–1 goal in overtime against the current league champions SK Brann, Brann at Brann Stadion and practically secured Stabæk's first league gold ever. This was his first league goal for Stabæk. Pálmason made his debut for the Iceland national football team, Icelandic national team in a friendly against Belarus national football team, Belarus in February 2008. He was a regular member of the squad under former ...
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Topias Palmi
Topias Palmi (born 26 August 1994) is a Finnish professional basketball player who plays for of the Italian LBA 2. Professional career On 27 June 2019 he signed a multi-year deal with Vanoli Cremona of the LBA. After the Vanoli Cremona financial difficulties at the end of 2019–20 season that put the entire club into bankruptcy risk, Palmi was the only player who was confirmed for the following 2020–21 season. However he parted way with Cremona four games before the natural conclusion of the competition in order to attend some medical scrutinies in Finland. Palmi joined Tampereen Pyrintö in 2021 and averaged 17.7 points, 4.2 rebounds, and 2.4 assists per game. On 9 December 2021 Palmi signed with Limburg United of the BNXT League. In the 2022–23 season, Palmi played in Romanian Liga Națională for SCM U Craiova. In August 2023, he returned to Finland and signed with powerhouse Kauhajoki Karhu Basket on a one-year deal. Palmi was named the Korisliiga Player of the M ...
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Palmi, Calabria
Palmi (; ; ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) of about 19,303 inhabitants in the province of Reggio Calabria in Calabria. It is seat of the district, which includes 33 municipalities in the plain of Gioia Tauro, with a population of approximately 170,000 inhabitants. With the nearby beaches of Marina di Palmi and Lido di Palmi, overlooking the Violet coast, the city is a major seaside resort thanks to its landscape, which has led writers and poets to call it the "terrace on the Strait of Messina". In addition to being the main administrative center, office and school of the Tyrrhenian Sea, Tyrrhenian coast of the province of Reggio Calabria, Palmi was also an important agricultural and commercial center and a bishopric of Roman Catholic Diocese of Oppido Mamertina-Palmi. For centuries, the city was one of the most important cultural centers of Calabria in the literary, musical, historical and archaeological interest. Notable people from the area include, among others, the compos ...
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Mordellistena Palmi
''Mordellistena palmi'' is a species of beetle in the genus ''Mordellistena'' of the family Mordellidae The Mordellidae are a family of beetles commonly known as tumbling flower beetles for the typical irregular movements they make when escaping predators, or as pintail beetles due to their abdominal tip which aids them in performing these tumblin .... It was described by Liljeblad in 1945. References Beetles described in 1945 palmi {{Mordellistena-stub ...
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Pristiorhynchus
''Pristiorhynchus'' is a genus of tapeworm, currently containing a single species, ''Pristiorhynchus palmi''. Etymology The generic name is derived from its host group, Pristidae Sawfish, also known as carpenter sharks, are a Family (biology), family of very large batoidea, rays characterized by a long, narrow, flattened rostrum (anatomy), rostrum, or nose extension, lined with sharp transverse plane, transverse teeth, .... The specific epithet is in honor of Professor H. W. Palm, "in recognition of his contribution to the systematics of trypanorhynch cestodes." References External links * Cestoda genera Monotypic platyhelminthes genera {{Cestoda-stub ...
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