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Raa (surname)
Raa is a Nordic surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Hedvig Raa-Winterhjelm (1838–1907), Swedish actor * Jan Raa (born 1939), Norwegian biologist * Torolf Raa (born 1933), Norwegian diplomat See also *Raas (surname) Raas is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Jan Raas Jan Raas (born 8 November 1952) is a Dutch former professional cyclist whose 115 wins include the 1979 World Road Race Championship in Valkenburg, the Tour of Flanders in 19 ... {{Surname, Raa Surnames of Scandinavian origin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hedvig Raa-Winterhjelm
Hedvig Charlotta Raa-Winterhjelm, née Forssman (20 November 1838 – 7 March 1907), was a Swedish actress active in Sweden, Norway and Finland. She played a pioneer role in Finland by introducing Finnish as a stage language, becoming the first actor in Finland to speak her lines in the Finnish tongue. Early career Charlotta Raa-Winterhjelm was born as the daughter of a goldsmith in Stockholm in Sweden under the name Charlotte Forssman. She studied at the Royal Dramatic Training Academy in Stockholm in 1854–56, after which she toured in travelling theater companies in Sweden and Finland. In 1860, she was employed at the '' Mindre teatern'' in Stockholm. In 1863, Mindre teatern was taken over by the Royal Dramatic Theatre. Many of the actors was given a contract in the new theatre. The competition with Sweden's leading lady Elise Hwasser made her leave for a position at the theater in Gothenburg, where she was engaged until she left Sweden for a position at the Swedish Theatre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan Raa
Jan Raa (born 11 October 1939) is a Norwegian biologist. Raa was a professor at the University of Tromsø from 1972 to 1988, and has an honorary degree at the same university. After his tenure at the University of Tromsø he was a director at the Directorate of Fisheries Institute of Nutrition, research director at Fiskeriforskning and developer of the company Biotec Pharmacon. He is a fellow of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters and the Norwegian Academy of Technological Sciences. In 2010 he was decorated as a Commander of the Order of St. Olav The Royal Norwegian Order of Saint Olav (; or ''Sanct Olafs Orden'', the old Norwegian name) is a Norwegian order of chivalry instituted by King Oscar I on 21 August 1847. It is named after King Olav II, known to posterity as St. Olav. Just be .... References 1939 births Living people Scientists from Bergen 20th-century Norwegian biologists Academic staff of the University of Tromsø Members of the Norwegian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torolf Raa
Torolf Raa (born 2 May 1933) is a Norwegian diplomat. Raa was born in Bergen, and graduated BA from Copenhagen School of Economics. Raa was a postgraduate student at the College of Europe, and received his MA in Political Science, from UC Berkeley. Raa started working for the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1963, and was the Norwegian ambassador to Iraq from 1983 to 1988. Raa was then the Norwegian ambassador to Indonesia from 1988 to 1994, chief negotiator to the WTO from 1994 to 1997, and ambassador to South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the southern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and borders North Korea along the Korean Demilitarized Zone, with the Yellow Sea to the west and t ... from 1997 to 2001. Raa was associate partner of Norscan Partners, Oslo, from 2001 to 2007. References 1933 births Living people Diplomats from Bergen Copenhagen Business School alumni College of Europe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raas (surname)
Raas is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Jan Raas Jan Raas (born 8 November 1952) is a Dutch former professional cyclist whose 115 wins include the 1979 World Road Race Championship in Valkenburg, the Tour of Flanders in 1979 and 1983, Paris–Roubaix in 1982 and Milan–San Remo in 1977. He w ... (born 1952), Dutch cyclist * Naser al-Raas ( 1983–2016), Canadian political activist See also * Raa (surname) * Raes, surname {{Short pages monitor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
