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Petterson
Petterson is a Scandinavian and Dutch surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Andy Petterson (born 1969), Australian soccer player * Pelle Petterson (born 1932), Swedish yachtsman and boat designer * Per Petterson (born 1952), Norwegian novelist See also * Pettersson * Patterson (surname), Patterson (other) * Peterson (name) * Petersen Petersen is a common Danish patronymic surname, meaning ''"son of Peter"''. There are other spellings. Petersen may refer to: People In arts and entertainment * Adolf Dahm-Petersen, Norwegian voice specialist * Anja Petersen, German operatic ... {{surname Patronymic surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andy Petterson
Andrew Keith Petterson (born 26 September 1969 in Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia) is an Australian former footballer who last played for ECU Joondalup in the Western Australian Premier League. He became the club's Technical Director in 2013 as part of the club's acceptance into National Premier Leagues WA. Last time as a Head Goalkeeper Coach at Indonesian Liga 1 Champions Bali United FC after holding a similar position at PSIS Semarang who also play in the Indonesian Liga 1 in 2018. Was Head Goalkeeper Coach/ Assistant Coach at Ilocos United FC who competed in the Inaugural Season of the Philippine Football League (2017). Was Perth Glory FC Westfield W League Goalkeeper Coach (2015-2017). Inducted into the Western Australian Football Hall of Fame 2016. Andy holds both his AFF/AFC B Licence and AFC Level 2 GK Licence. Playing career Petterson began his career in his native Australia, leaving East Fremantle Tricolore in 1988 to join the Australian Institute of Sport ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Per Petterson
Per Petterson (born 18 July 1952 in Oslo) is a Norwegian novelist. His debut book was ''Aske i munnen, sand i skoa'' (1987), a collection of short stories. He has since published a number of novels to good reviews. ''To Siberia'' (1996), set in the Second World War, was published in English in 1998 and nominated for the Nordic Council Literature Prize. ''I kjølvannet'', translated as ''In the Wake'' (2002), is a young man's story of losing his family in the '' Scandinavian Star'' ferry disaster in 1990 (Petterson himself lost his mother, father, younger brother and a niece in the disaster); it won the Brage Prize for 2000. His 2008 novel ''Jeg forbanner tidens elv'' ('' I Curse the River of Time'') won the Nordic Council Literature Prize for 2009, with an English translation published in 2010. His breakthrough novel was ''Ut og stjæle hester'' (2003), which was awarded two top literary prizes in Norway – the Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature and the Booksellers’ Best B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pelle Petterson
Pelle Helmer Petterson (born 31 July 1932) is a Swedish sailor and yacht designer. He is the son of Helmer Petterson and Norwegian-born Borgny Petterson (born Holm), and studied design at the leading Pratt Institute in New York from 1955 through 1957. He is probably best known for designing the Maxi brand of sailing boats, which are still among the most common sailing boats in Swedish waters. He also designed Volvo's successful sports car, the P1800, while he was a student of Pietro Frua. Petterson has three children. There is a line of sailing clothing and sports wear bearing the name Petterson, under the Brand Name ''Pelle P.'' which are designed by his daughter, Cecilia. His other daughter, Ulrika "Icka", lives in the U.S. and is married to Paul Cayard, an American yachtsman and professional sailor. Olympic medals and other yacht racing awards He won Olympic medals (bronze and silver) for Starboat racing in 1964 and 1972. He won the World Championship title in the Star ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pettersson
Pettersson is a common Swedish patronymic surname, meaning "son of Peter". Geographical distribution As of 2014, 92.7% of all known bearers of the surname ''Pettersson'' were residents of Sweden (frequency 1:151), 1.7% of Finland (1:4,550), 1.3% of Norway (1:5,791) and 1.0% of Denmark (1:8,338). In Sweden, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:151) in the following counties: * 1. Gotland County (1:34) * 2. Södermanland County (1:72) * 3. Västmanland County (1:75) * 4. Örebro County (1:80) * 5. Uppsala County (1:87) * 6. Östergötland County (1:101) * 7. Västernorrland County (1:126) * 8. Gävleborg County (1:129) * 9. Dalarna County (1:134) * 10. Norrbotten County (1:137) * 11. Värmland County (1:143) In Finland, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:4,550) in the following regions: * 1. Åland (1:182) * 2. Ostrobothnia (1:1,224) * 3. Southwest Finland (1:2,209) * 4. Uusimaa (1:3,525) * 5. Central Ostrobothnia (1:3,934) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patterson (surname)
Patterson is a surname originating in Scotland, Ireland, and Northern England meaning "son of Patrick". There are other spellings, including Pattison and Pattinson. Notable people with the surname Patterson include: A * Ahmet Patterson (fl. 2010s), English boxer of Turkish Cypriot and Jamaican origin * Alan Patterson (born 1941), New Zealand field hockey player * Alan Patterson (1886–1916), British athlete * Albert Patterson (1894–1954), American politician and assassination victim * Alexander Bell Patterson (1911–1993), Canadian politician * Alvin "Seeco" Patterson (1930–2021), Jamaican percussionist *Ambrose McCarthy Patterson (1877–1967), Australian artist * Andre Patterson (born 1983), American basketball player * Andrew Patterson (cricketer) (born 1975), Irish cricketer * Andrew Patterson (architect) (born 1960) New Zealand architect * Andrew Patterson (''Patterson''), fictional academic in the 1981 UK radio series ''Patterson'' *Anne W. Patterson (born 1949), A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scandinavia
Scandinavia; Sámi languages: /. ( ) is a subregion in Northern Europe, with strong historical, cultural, and linguistic ties between its constituent peoples. In English usage, ''Scandinavia'' most commonly refers to Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. It can sometimes also refer more narrowly to the Scandinavian Peninsula (which excludes Denmark but includes part of Finland), or more broadly to include all of Finland, Iceland, and the Faroe Islands. The geography of the region is varied, from the Norwegian fjords in the west and Scandinavian mountains covering parts of Norway and Sweden, to the low and flat areas of Denmark in the south, as well as archipelagos and lakes in the east. Most of the population in the region live in the more temperate southern regions, with the northern parts having long, cold, winters. The region became notable during the Viking Age, when Scandinavian peoples participated in large scale raiding, conquest, colonization and trading mostly throughout Eu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dutch Language
Dutch ( ) is a West Germanic language spoken by about 25 million people as a first language and 5 million as a second language. It is the third most widely spoken Germanic language, after its close relatives German and English. '' Afrikaans'' is a separate but somewhat mutually intelligible daughter languageAfrikaans is a daughter language of Dutch; see , , , , , . Afrikaans was historically called Cape Dutch; see , , , , , . Afrikaans is rooted in 17th-century dialects of Dutch; see , , , . Afrikaans is variously described as a creole, a partially creolised language, or a deviant variety of Dutch; see . spoken, to some degree, by at least 16 million people, mainly in South Africa and Namibia, evolving from the Cape Dutch dialects of Southern Africa. The dialects used in Belgium (including Flemish) and in Suriname, meanwhile, are all guided by the Dutch Language Union. In Europe, most of the population of the Netherlands (where it is the only official language sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patterson (other)
Patterson may refer to: People * Patterson (surname) Places ;Canada *Pattersons Corners, Ontario *Patterson Township, Ontario *Patterson, Calgary a neighbourhood in Calgary, Alberta. ;United States of America *Patterson, Arkansas *Patterson, California *Patterson, California, former name of Trigo, Madera County, California *Patterson, California, former name of Cherokee, Nevada County, California * Patterson, Georgia * Patterson, Idaho *Patterson, Iowa *Patterson, Louisiana *Patterson, Missouri *Patterson, New Mexico *Patterson, New York * Patterson, Ohio * Lake Patterson, a lake in Minnesota *Patterson Springs, North Carolina *Patterson Heights, Pennsylvania *Patterson Tract, California Other uses * ''Bob Patterson'' (TV series), American sitcom * C.R. Patterson and Sons, American car manufacturer from 1915 until 1939. * ''Patterson'' (radio series), British radio series by Malcolm Bradbury * Patterson Companies, a medical supplies conglomerate based in Minnesota * Patters ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peterson (name)
Peterson/Petersen is a Scandinavian patronymic surname meaning "son of Peter." The given name Peter is derived from the Greek πέτρος (petros), meaning "rock" or "stone," and has been a popular name choice throughout history for the Christian apostle Peter. The surname is most commonly found in European countries such as Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Holland, and Brussels in the northwestern region. There are an estimated 700 variant spellings of the surname. The form ''Peterson'' may also have arisen from Danish ''Petersen'' with a change of spelling commonly applied by Danish immigrants to English-speaking countries. On another note, the surname ''Peterson'' is native to Sweden, therefore, ''Peterson'' is the correct spelling from that country. List of people with this surname * Adrian Peterson (born 1985), American football running back * Adrian N. Peterson (born 1979), American football running back * Alan P. Peterson (1920–1998), American ornithologist and taxonomist * Am ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petersen
Petersen is a common Danish patronymic surname, meaning ''"son of Peter"''. There are other spellings. Petersen may refer to: People In arts and entertainment * Adolf Dahm-Petersen, Norwegian voice specialist * Anja Petersen, German operatic soprano and university lecturer * Anker Eli Petersen, Faroese writer and artist * Ann Petersen, Belgian actress * Chris Petersen (born 1963), American child actor * Devon Petersen (born 1986), South African darts player * Elmer Petersen, American artist * Gustaf Munch-Petersen, Danish writer and painter * Joel Petersen, bass guitarist * John Hahn-Petersen, Danish actor * Josef Petersen, Danish novelist * Patrick Petersen, American actor * Paul Petersen, American movie actor, singer, novelist, and activist * Robert E. Petersen, publisher, auto museum founder * Robert Storm Petersen, Danish cartoonist, writer, animator, illustrator, painter and humorist * Sandy Petersen, American game designer * Uwe Fahrenkrog-Petersen, German mus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
