Borgen may refer to:
Places
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Borgen, Akershus
Borgen is a suburb located in the municipality of Asker (municipality), Asker, Norway. Located some 20 kilometers southwest of Oslo, Borgen has many different styles of residential areas, ranging from apartment complexes and semi-detached houses ...
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Borgen, Oslo, a neighborhood of Oslo, Norway
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Borgen (station)
Borgen is a station shared by the Røa Line and the Kolsås Line on the Oslo T-bane system. The station is between Majorstuen and Smestad, and from the central station Stortinget.
The station is located on a stretch where the line runs along ...
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Borgen, Østfold, a suburb of Sarpsborg, Norway
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Borgen, Ullensaker, Norway
* ''Borgen'' ('the castle'), colloquial name of
Christiansborg Palace
Christiansborg Palace (, ) is a palace and government building on the islet of Slotsholmen in central Copenhagen, Denmark. It is the seat of the Danish Parliament (), the Danish Prime Minister's Office, and the Supreme Court of Denmark. Also ...
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Börgen Bay, Antarctica
People
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Bjørn Borgen
Bjørn Borgen (22 September 1937 – 18 November 2015) was a Norwegian footballer who played for Fredrikstad and Lyn, as well as the national team, as a right winger. He later became a coach active in the lower leagues.
Early career
Born in Fred ...
(1937–2015), Norwegian footballer
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Brett Borgen (1934–2014), Norwegian writer
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Gustav Borgen
Gustav Borgen (10 June 1865 – 16 August 1926) was a Norwegian photographer. He is well known for his portraits of many prominent Norwegians from the period 1891–1922, including King Haakon VII of Norway, Henrik Ibsen and Bjørnstjerne Bjørn ...
(1865–1926), Norwegian photographer
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Hans Borgen (1908-1983), Norwegian politician
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Jesper Borgen
Jesper Borgen (born 21 September 1988) is a Norwegian songwriter and producer. Songs written and produced by Jesper have been nominated for Brit Awards "British Single Of The Year", Echo Awards "Song Of The Year", P3 Gull "Song Of The Year", ...
(born 1988), Norwegian songwriter and producer
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Johan Borgen
Johan Collett Müller Borgen (28 April 1902 – 16 October 1979) was a Norwegian writer, journalist and critic. His best-known work is the novel ''Lillelord'' for which he was awarded the Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature in 1955. He wa ...
(1902–1979), Norwegian writer
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Kirsten Borgen
Kirsten Borgen (born 16 November 1957) is a Norwegian sport wrestler. Her achievements include winning silver medals at the world championships and European championships.
Life and career
Born in Kirkenes
(Norwegian language, Norwegian; ) ...
(born 1957), Norwegian sport wrestler
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Kjell Borgen
Kjell Borgen (21 October 1939 – 22 August 1996) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He served as Minister of Transport and Communications from 1986 to 1988, Minister of Local Government from 1988 to 1989 and again from 1990 to 1 ...
(1939–1996), Norwegian politician
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Marianne Borgen
Marianne Borgen (born 2 June 1951) is a Norwegian politician for the Socialist Left Party, who served as Mayor of Oslo from 2015 to 2023.
She finished her secondary education at Sofienberg Upper Secondary School in 1975, graduated from the Un ...
(born 1951), Norwegian politician
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Nick Borgen
Nils Thore "Nick" Borgen (born 5 January 1952 in Andenes, Nordland, is a Norwegian–Swedish musician, singer and writer.
Life and career
He made the songs " We Are All the Winners" and " Den glider in". Between 1990 and 2003, he had his o ...
(born 1952), Norwegian–Swedish musician
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Ole Edvard Borgen
Ole Edvard Borgen (8 November 1925 – 24 March 2009) was a Norwegian theologian and Methodist bishop.
He was born in Lillestrøm as a son of meat merchant Omar Emil Borgen (1900–1985) and Harda Pytte (1901–1989), and older brother of Peder B ...
(1925–2009), Norwegian theologian
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Bonky
Onno Borgen (5 September 1962 – 4 January 2003) was born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Borgen was widely known as Bonky, an active musician in the trance scene, particularly from 1994 until his death in 2003. He lived and wrote most of his ...
, Onno Borgen (1962–2003), Canadian musician
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Peder Borgen
Peder Johan Borgen (26 January 1928 – 8 April 2023) was a Norwegian Methodist minister, had a Doctorate in Theology, and was a professor at Norwegian University of Science and Technology. He was considered to be a pioneer "within the theological ...
(born 1928), Norwegian Methodist minister
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Thomas Borgen
Thomas F. Borgen (born 27 March 1964) is a Norwegian banker, and was CEO of Danske Bank until he resigned in September 2018 over a money-laundering scandal.
As of Q3 2022, he is in court (in Lyngby), because he has been sued for Danish kroner 2 ...
(born 1964), Norwegian banker, CEO of Danske Bank
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Will Borgen
William Borgen (born December 19, 1996) is an American professional ice hockey defenseman for the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League (NHL).
Playing career
Early career
Borgen attended Moorhead High School in Minnesota, playing as ca ...
(born 1996), American ice hockey player
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Jorunn Sundgot-Borgen (born 1961), Norwegian professor of sports medicine
Other uses
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''Borgen'' (TV series), named after the colloquial name for Christiansborg Palace
See also
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