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Preus
Preus is a surname of Norwegian origin and may refer to: People *Anne Grete Preus (1957–2019), Norwegian singer *Christian Keyser Preus (1852–1921), American Lutheran clergyman who served as the second president of Luther College *David W. Preus (1922–2021), last head of the American Lutheran Church *Herman Amberg Preus (1825–1894), Norwegian-American Lutheran clergyman and key figure in organizing the Norwegian Synod *J. A. O. Preus (1883–1961), American politician and Governor of Minnesota *J. A. O. Preus II (1920–1994), president of the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod *J. A. O. Preus III (1953–2022), American university administrator and president of Concordia University, Irvine *Leif Preus (1928–2013), Norwegian photographer *Margi Preus, American children's writer *Ove J. H. Preus (1880–1951), American academic, president of Luther College (1932–1948) *Robert Preus (1924–1995), American Lutheran pastor, professor, author, and seminary president Other *Pre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Preus
Robert David Preus (October 16, 1924 – November 4, 1995) was an American Lutheran pastor, professor, author, and seminary president. Biography Robert Preus was born to Minnesota Governor J.A.O. Preus and Idella Haugen Preus. His older brother is J.A.O. Preus II, former president of the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod (LCMS). Preus graduated from Luther College (Iowa), Luther College with a B.A. degree and thereafter entered Luther Theological Seminary in St. Paul, Minnesota, where his uncle Herman Preus served as a professor. Preus found Luther Seminary, which was the seminary of the Norwegian Lutheran Church of America (NLCA), to be theologically compromising and indifferent, so he left to attend the newly formed Bethany Lutheran Theological Seminary of the Evangelical Lutheran Synod (ELS) in Mankato, Minnesota. The ELS had been founded by a group of Norwegian Lutherans congregations that had not joined the merger creating the NLCA in 1917 and had remained in the Evan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herman Amberg Preus
Herman Amberg Preus (June 16, 1825 – July 2, 1894) was an American Lutheran clergyman and church leader. Ordained in 1848, he became a key figure in organizing the Norwegian Synod. Background Herman Amberg Preus was born in Kristiansand, Norway. He was the son of Paul Arctander Preus, headmaster at the Cathedral School in Kristiansand and Anne Keyser, whose father was Johan Keyser, the Bishop of Kristiansand in the Church of Norway. Herman attended the Cathedral School in Kristiansand. He was educated in theology, graduating from the University of Oslo in Oslo in 1848. The same year he was ordained an Evangelical Lutheran pastor by the bishops of the state Church of Norway. Career In May 1851, Preus and Caroline Keyser were married, and they immigrated to the United States the same year. Preus was installed as the pastor of Spring Prairie Lutheran Church in Columbia County, Wisconsin in August 1851. In 1853, he was one of seven pastors organizing the Synod of the Norwe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian Keyser Preus
Christian Keyser Preus (October 13, 1852 – May 28, 1921) was an American Lutheran minister who served as the second president of Luther College in Decorah, Iowa. Career Preus was born in the Spring Prairie, Wisconsin, parsonage to Norwegian immigrants Herman Amberg Preus and Caroline (Linka) Keyser Preus.''Preus, Christian Keyser'' (Christian Cyclopedia. The Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod) He enrolled in Luther College in 1865, but had to withdraw due to contracting typhoid fever. He resumed his studies in 1868 and graduated in 1873. He then attended Concordia Seminary in St. Louis, Missouri, graduating in 1876. Preus was ordained that same year and served with his father at the historic Spring Prairie Lutheran Church. Between 1893 and 1895, he also served Our Saviour's congregation in Chicago, Illinois. In the summer 1897, health problems resulted in his relocating to Decorah. In 1898, he became an instructor of religion and Norwegian in the preparatory department of Lut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Preus (comics)
Violet Paige Paintball Paintball (Paul Deisinger) is a DC Comics supervillain. He first appeared in ''Stars and S.T.R.I.P.E.'' #2 (September 1999), and was created by Geoff Johns and Leo Moder. Paintball is an art teacher who was transformed into a paint-themed criminal and became a minion of Dragon King. Paintball in other media Paul Deisinger appears in '' Stargirl'', portrayed by Randy Havens. This version is an art teacher at Blue Valley High School before being transformed into a paint monster by Cindy Burman and Eclipso. After Stargirl frees and cures him, Deisinger undergoes a psych evaluation before being killed by Icicle's mother Lily Mahkent. Ray Palmer Pantha Caden Park Linda Park Linda Park (also known as Linda Park-West) is a fictional character in the DC Universe. She is best known as the girlfriend and later wife of Wally West. Linda Park first appeared in ''The Flash'' (vol. 2) #28 and was created by William Messner-Loebs. She is a Korean-American tele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margi Preus
Margi Preus is an American children's writer. She is a 2011 Newbery Honor winner and won the Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature for ''Heart of a Samurai''. Her books have won multiple awards, honored as ALA/ALSC Notables, landed on many "best of" lists, featured on NPR, chosen for community reads, and translated into many languages.* She earned her undergraduate degree at Luther College and graduate degree from Binghamton University. She taught at the College of St. Scholastica, University of Minnesota Duluth. She lives in Duluth, Minnesota. Works *''Windswept,'' Illustrator Armando Veve, Harry N. Abrams, 2022, *''Storm's Coming!'', Illustrator David Geister, MHS Press, 2016, -0 *''The Bamboo Sword'', Amulet Books, 2015, *''Enchantment Lake'', University of Minnesota Press, 2015, *''West of the Moon'', Amulet Books, 2014, *''Shadow on The Mountain'', Aumlet Books, 2012, * * *''The Peace Bell'', Illustrator Hideko Takahashi, Henry Holt, 2008, *'' Heart of a Sam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anne Grete Preus
Anne Grete Preus (22 May 1957 – 25 August 2019) was a Norwegian rock singer in Norway in the 1980s and 1990s, first as member of the bands Veslefrikk and Can Can and later as a solo act. She released nine solo albums and won the Spellemannprisen multiple times. In 2008 she appeared as a narrator in an Arts Alliance production, id - Identity of the Soul. She contracted liver cancer in 2007. In early 2019 she had to cancel the planned concerts for the summer due to illness. Awards and honors * Gammleng Award i åpen klasse i 1992 * Kardemommestipendiet i 1992 * Spellemannprisen The Spellemannprisen (also referred to as the Norwegian Grammy Awards) is a Norwegian music award ceremony presented by International Federation of the Phonographic Industry#Local associations, IFPI Norge and :no:FONO, FONO. It was first awarded i ... 1994 i klassene kvinnelig artist for ''Millimeter'' * Spellemannprisen 1994 i klassen årets album for ''Millimeter'' * Spellemannprisen 1994 i klassen å ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leif Preus
Leif Preus (18 February 1928 – 5 May 2013) was a Norwegian photographer and museum founder. He was born in Horten as a son of Sverre Preus (1897–1988) and Marian Christoffersen (1901–1972). He was married from 1951. After eight years in the Royal Norwegian Navy The Royal Norwegian Navy () is the branch of the Norwegian Armed Forces responsible for navy, naval operations of Norway, including those of the Norwegian Coast Guard. , the Royal Norwegian Navy consists of approximately 3,700 personnel (9,450 i ... he established his photo company Preus Foto in 1956. He established into a nationwide photo store chain. In 1976 his family founded Preus Photo Museum, from 2005 named Preus Museum in his hometown Horten. References 1928 births 2013 deaths Royal Norwegian Navy personnel Norwegian photographers Directors of museums in Norway Museum founders People from Horten 20th-century Norwegian philanthropists {{norway-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Preuss
Preuss or Preuß is a German surname derived from ''Preussen'', the German word for Prussia, and may refer to: * Charles Preuss (1803–1854), surveyor and cartographer on Fremont expeditions in the American West * Christoph Preuß (born 1981), German football player * Franziska Preuß (born 1994), German biathlete * Hugo Preuß (1860–1925), German lawyer and liberal politician * Josefine Preuß (born 1986), German actress * Konrad Theodor Preuss (1869–1938), German ethnologist * Paul Preuss (author) (born 1942), American science-fiction author and science consultant for film companies * Paul Preuss (climber) Paul Preuss (spelled Preuß in German; pronounced ''Proyce'') (19 August 1886 – 3 October 1913) was an Austrians, Austrian mountaineering, alpinist who achieved recognition for his bold solo ascents and for his advocacy of an ethically "pure" al ... (1886–1913), Austrian mountain climber * Ted Preuss (born 1962), American fine art photographer * Werner Preuss ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Preus Museum
Preus Museum is the national museum for photography located in Horten, Norway. Preus Museum was founded in 1976 by Leif Preus and the members of the Preus family as a private museum. The collection was acquired by the Norwegian government in 1995. The museum's collection consists of photos and various other forms of images, together with cameras and related equipment which illustrate the history of photography. In 2001, the museum moved to the former naval facility at Karljohansvern in Vestfold Vestfold () is a county and a current electoral district in Norway. Located on the western shore of the Oslofjord, it borders Buskerud and Telemark counties. The county administration is located in Tønsberg, Norway's oldest city, and the larg ... county. The facilities have been adapted for museum use based on the work of architect Sverre Fehn. See also * Morten Qvale, Norwegian fashion photographer References External links Preus Museum [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David W
David (; , "beloved one") was a king of ancient Israel and Judah and the third king of the United Monarchy, according to the Hebrew Bible and Old Testament. The Tel Dan stele, an Aramaic-inscribed stone erected by a king of Aram-Damascus in the late 9th/early 8th centuries BCE to commemorate a victory over two enemy kings, contains the phrase (), which is translated as " House of David" by most scholars. The Mesha Stele, erected by King Mesha of Moab in the 9th century BCE, may also refer to the "House of David", although this is disputed. According to Jewish works such as the '' Seder Olam Rabbah'', '' Seder Olam Zutta'', and '' Sefer ha-Qabbalah'' (all written over a thousand years later), David ascended the throne as the king of Judah in 885 BCE. Apart from this, all that is known of David comes from biblical literature, the historicity of which has been extensively challenged,Writing and Rewriting the Story of Solomon in Ancient Israel; by Isaac Kalimi; pag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ove J
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Ove or OVE may refer to People *Ove (given name) *Ové, a surname * Alexander Ovechkin (born 1985), Russian ice hockey player, nicknamed Ové Places *Ove Peak in Antarctica Other uses * ''A Man Called Ove'' (novel), a novel by Fredrik Backman * ''A Man Called Ove'' (film), a 2015 Swedish film based on the novel *Danish Organisation for Renewable Energy (OVE: ) *Ohio Versus Everything (abbreviated as "oVe"), an American professional wrestling stable. See also * * Ovy * Ovey * Ovee * Ovie * OVI (other) OVI may refer to: * Ohio Volunteer Infantry, volunteer regiment during the American Civil War * Operating a Vehicle under the Influence (of alcohol and/or drugs) * Optically Variable Ink, anti-counterfeiting measure in currency * Open Verilog I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
