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Thomas Krag
Thomas Peter Krag (28 July 1868 – 13 March 1913) was a Norwegian novelist, playwright and writer of short stories. He was born in Kragerø, grew up in Kristiansand, and settled in Copenhagen. Some of his books were bestsellers in Denmark when they were published, but today Krag is more or less sunk into oblivion. Personal life Krag was born in Kragerø, as the son of Parliament of Norway, parliament member Peter Rasmus Krag and Fredrikke Petrine Fyhn. The family moved to Kristiansand when he was two years old. Among his elder brothers were Hans Peter Fyhn Krag and businessman Nils Krag, and a younger brother was poet Vilhelm Krag. He was a grandson of Hans Peter Schnitler Krag. Among his uncles were Director General of public roads Hans Hagerup Krag and Colonel Ole Krag, and he was a cousin of painter Lul Krag. He was married to Ida Bengta Emilie Nielsen from 1901 to 1912, and was the father of literary history, literary historian Erik Krag. Career Krag finished his examen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nils Krag
Nils Aall Krag (30 November 1863 – 12 February 1926) was a Norwegian businessman, inventor and industrialist. He was the founder of the firm, Krag Maskinfabrikk A/S, now a division of Pitney Bowes. Nils Krag was born at Risør (town), Risør in Aust-Agder, Nedenes county, Norway. He was a son of politician Peter Rasmus Krag. His father was a military engineer and member of the Norwegian Parliament. He was a brother of author Thomas Krag and poet Vilhelm Krag. He grew up in Kristiansand and attended Kristiansand Cathedral School (1881). In 1891, he was co-owner of Krag & Steen which was registered under the name of Nils A. Krag in 1896. The company was engaged in wholesale trade. Between 1903-04 the company started the production of mechanical products. Artist Karl Uchermann designed the world's first practical franking machine during 1901 in Oslo, Kristiania. In 1903, Uchermann and Krag received a patent on a postal franking machine. Together with Gustav Adolph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kragerø
Kragerø () is a municipality in Telemark county, Norway. It is located in the traditional districts of Grenland and the smaller Vestmar. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Kragerø. Villages in Kragerø include Helle, Vadfoss, Kil, and Portør. The municipality is the 262nd largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Kragerø is the 111th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 10,413. The municipality's population density is and its population has decreased by 2.7% over the previous 10-year period. In the days of the sailing ships, Kragerø was one of Norway's largest port cities. The London-based newspaper ''The Independent'', published an article on Kragerø stating that "When Norwegians want to get away from it all they head for Kragero. Forests, fjords and islands await them at the place where Edvard Munch found peace and relaxation." The population of Kragerø quadruples during its summer months due to h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Night Owl (person)
Night Owl may refer to: *An owl *Night owl (person), a person who is most active or creative during the night *Night Owl (film), ''Night Owl'' (film), a 1993 film by Jeffrey Arsenault *"Night Owl", a ''Bangkok Post'' newspaper column by Bernard Trink *Night Owl (book), a 2021 political memoir written by Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo *Night Owl (album), ''Night Owl'' (album), a 1979 album by Gerry Rafferty *Night Owl (Gerry Rafferty song), "Night Owl" (Gerry Rafferty song), 1979 *Night Owl (James Taylor song), "Night Owl" (James Taylor song), 1966 song recorded by James Taylor, Carly Simon and others *Night Owl (train), ''Night Owl'' (train), a former Amtrak passenger train between Boston and Washington, D.C. *The Night Owl (album), ''The Night Owl'' (album), 1987 Gregg Karukas album *The Night Owl (1926 film), ''The Night Owl'' (1926 film), American silent film *The Night Owl (2022 film), a South Korean period thriller drama film *Night Owl Cinematics, Singaporean YouTube channel and media ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People From Kragerø
The term "the people" refers to the public or common mass of people of a polity. As such it is a concept of human rights law, international law as well as constitutional law, particularly used for claims of popular sovereignty. In contrast, a people is any plurality of persons considered as a whole. Used in politics and law, the term "a people" refers to the collective or community of an ethnic group or nation. Concepts Legal Chapter One, Article One of the Charter of the United Nations states that "peoples" have the right to self-determination. Though the mere status as peoples and the right to self-determination, as for example in the case of Indigenous peoples (''peoples'', as in all groups of indigenous people, not merely all indigenous persons as in ''indigenous people''), does not automatically provide for independent sovereignty and therefore secession. Indeed, judge Ivor Jennings identified the inherent problems in the right of "peoples" to self-determination, as i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1913 Deaths
Events January * January – Joseph Stalin travels to Vienna to research his ''Marxism and the National Question''. This means that, during this month, Stalin, Hitler, Trotsky and Tito are all living in the city. * January 3 – First Balkan War: Greece completes its Battle of Chios (1912), capture of the eastern Aegean island of Chios, as the last Ottoman forces on the island surrender. * January 13 – Edward Carson founds the (first) Ulster Volunteers, Ulster Volunteer Force, by unifying several existing Ulster loyalism, loyalist militias to resist home rule for Ireland. * January 18 – First Balkan War: Battle of Lemnos (1913), Battle of Lemnos – Greek admiral Pavlos Kountouriotis forces the Turkish fleet to retreat to its base within the Dardanelles, from which it will not venture for the rest of the war. * January 23 – 1913 Ottoman coup d'état: Enver Pasha comes to power. February * February 1 – New York City's Grand Central Te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1868 Births
Events January * January 2 – British Expedition to Abyssinia: Robert Napier leads an expedition to free captive British officials and missionaries. * January 3 – The 15-year-old Mutsuhito, Emperor Meiji of Japan, declares the ''Meiji Restoration'', his own restoration to full power, under the influence of supporters from the Chōshū and Satsuma Domains, and against the supporters of the Tokugawa shogunate, triggering the Boshin War. * January 5 – Paraguayan War: Brazilian Army commander Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, Duke of Caxias, enters Asunción, Paraguay's capital. Some days later he declares the war is over. Nevertheless, Francisco Solano López, Paraguay's president, prepares guerrillas to fight in the countryside. * January 7 – The Arkansas constitutional convention meets in Little Rock. * January 9 – Penal transportation from Britain to Australia ends, with arrival of the convict ship '' Hougoumont'' in Western Australia, afte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Library Of Norway
The National Library of Norway () was established in 1989. Its principal task is "to preserve the past for the future". The library is located both in Oslo and in Mo i Rana. The building in Oslo was restored and reopened in 2005. Prior to the existence of the National Library, the University Library of Oslo was assigned the tasks that normally fall to a national library. The Norwegian ISBN Agency, responsible for assigning ISBNs with prefix 82- and 978-82-, is part of the National Library of Norway. The National Library is also responsible for legal deposits made from publishers in Norway. All material is to be submitted free of charge. Aslak Sira Myhre is national librarian from November 2014. History On 15 August 2005, Norway opened a fully functioning national library for the first time in its history. This occurred exactly 100 years after Norway dissolved its union with Sweden. Although gaining independence in 1905 marked the peak of Norwegian nationalism, it took Norway ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samtiden
''Samtiden'' is a Norwegian political and literary magazine. History and profile ''Samtiden'' was founded by Jørgen Brunchorst and Gerhard Gran in 1890. The magazine's first publisher was ''John Griegs forlag'' (Bergen), and from 1900 Aschehoug (Oslo). Gran was the magazine's editor from 1892 to 1925. As of 2002 Thomas Hylland Eriksen was the editor-in-chief of the magazine. Cathrine Sandnes was editor-in-chief since 2006 to 2014. ''Samtiden'' is a member of the Eurozine network. Editors *1892–1925: Gerhard Gran *1925–1963: Jacob Worm-Müller (except 1940–1942) *1940–1942: Andreas Hofgaard Winsnes *1963–1969: John Sanness *1969–1979: Torkel Opsahl *1979–1988: Editorial committee (including Helge Rønning, and others) *1989–1993: Trond Berg Eriksen *1993–2001: Thomas Hylland Eriksen Geir Thomas Hylland Eriksen (6 February 1962 – 27 November 2024) was a Norwegian anthropologist known for his scholarly and popular writing on globalization, cult ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henrik Lund (painter)
Henrik Louis Lund (8 September 1879 – 23 December 1935) was a Norwegian painter and graphic artist. Lund was born in Bergen as a son of Lt.-Col. Henrik Louis Bull Lund (1838–1891) and pianist and composer Birgitte Theodora Carlsen (1843–1913). His sister was the composer Signe Lund. He spent much of his young days at sea and probably had a naval career in mind. However, he was not admitted to the Norwegian Naval Academy. He moved to Kristiania, where he met painting student Per Deberitz, who was a student of Hans Gude and who probably turned Lund's interest to this profession. He was a pupil of Harriet Backer (1899), debuted the same year, and studied further with Johan Nordhagen (1903). Lund had his first exhibit in 1899 and his first Autumn Exhibit in 1901. He lived in Paris (1905, 1920–21) and exhibited in Berlin Berlin ( ; ) is the Capital of Germany, capital and largest city of Germany, by both area and List of cities in Germany by population, popul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oda Krohg
Oda Krohg (born Othilia Pauline Christine Lasson; 11 June 1860 – 19 October 1935) was a Norwegian painter, and the wife of her teacher and colleague Christian Krohg. Biography She was the second daughter of public attorney Christian Lasson and Alexandra Cathrine Henriette von Munthe af Morgenstierne. Her maternal grandmother Anastasia Sergeyevna Saltykova was a member of the Russian princely Saltykov that belonged to the high nobility; other members of this family were Field Marshal Prince Nikolai Saltykov and Catherine the Great's lover Sergei Saltykov. She grew up in a liberal-conservative household, along with eight sisters and two brothers. Her brother Per Lasson became a noted composer and her sister Caroline "Bokken" Lasson a singer and writer. In 1881 she married the businessman Jørgen Engelhardt (1852–1921), with whom she had two children. She split from Engelhardt in 1883, and divorced him in 1888. In 1885 she became a student of Erik Werenskiold and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian Krohg
Christian Krohg (13 August 1852 – 16 October 1925) was a Norwegian naturalist painter, illustrator, author and journalist. Krohg was inspired by the realism art movement and often chose motifs from everyday life. He was the director and served as the first professor at the Norwegian Academy of Arts from 1909 to 1925. Biography Christian Krohg was born at Vestre Aker (now Oslo), Norway. He was one of five children born to Georg Anton Krohg (1817–1873) and Sophie Amalia Holst (1822–1861). He was a grandson of Christian Krohg (1777–1828) who had served as a government minister. His father was a civil servant, journalist and author. His mother died when he was only 8 years old, and his father's sister took over responsibility for the household and the upbringing of the children. From 1861, he attended Hartvig Nissen School. His father had asked him to pursue a legal career. Krohg studied law at the University of Oslo (then Christiania) graduating cand.jur. in 1873 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olaf Krohn
Olaf Krohn (4 June 1863 – 18 June 1933) was a Norwegian satirical illustrator, educated as painter. He is particularly known for his illustrations in the satirical magazine '' Vikingen''. He published the series ''Theaterkatten'' from 1897 to 1929. Among his other publications are ''Joujou; aarsrevue med vers'' from 1886, and ''Oslo-short-stories'' from 1929. He is represented in the National Gallery. Gallery File:Olaf Krohn Folkelivsmotiv OB.01399.jpg, ''Folk life motif from Skarpsno in Oslo'', oil on canvas, 41.3 x 60.4 cmOriginal: Oslo Museum File:Hos Taarnvægteren.png, ''At the Tower Watcher''. Illustration for a report about the tower at Our Savior's Church in Kristiania Oslo ( or ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of 1,064,235 in 2022, an .... File:Den store fjærseng paa Aulestad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
