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Audun Endestad – Norwegian-born American cross-country skier, author, and field guide; Alf Engen (1909–1997) – Norwegian-born skier and skiing school owner/teacher; set several ski jumping world records in the 1930s; Corey Engen (1916–2006) – captain of the U.S. Nordic ski team at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland
She was born in the Bragernes neighborhood of Drammen in Buskerud, Norway. She was the daughter of Jens Henrich Strøm (1729–1809) and Karen Tyrholm Plathe (1755–1805). She was married to parish priest and member of Parliament, Paul Winsnes (1794–1889). She was the great-grandmother of Norwegian novelist, Barbra Ring. [1]
By the time of her Diamond Jubilee in 1897, Victoria was known as the "grandmother of Europe". [1] Also, Christian IX was nicknamed the "father-in-law of Europe". [2] Victoria and Christian's grandchildren were the monarchs of Denmark, Germany, Greece, Norway, Russia and the United Kingdom.
Nerjordet, Norwegian by birth, is the more experienced knitter. He is influenced by several generations of knitting in his family, having learned from his mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. Zachrison is Swedish and South American.
92 grandma names to consider. Struggling to find the perfect grandma nickname for the special woman in your life? Here are 92 names for grandma to consider. Grandma. Gran. Grandmom. Grammy. Granny ...
"Edda" (/ ˈ ɛ d ə /; Old Norse Edda, plural Eddur) is an Old Norse term that has been applied by modern scholars to the collective of two Medieval Icelandic literary works: what is now known as the Prose Edda and an older collection of poems (without an original title) now known as the Poetic Edda.
"I'm your great-grandma," Oliva, born March 24, 1924, says in the video to her great-grandsons, Anthony Leonard and Dominic Michael, born Nov. 7, 2024. 100-year-old woman has priceless reaction to ...
She is also the granddaughter of Torolf Smedvig and great-granddaughter of Peder Smedvig. [5] In 1915, Peder Smedvig founded Smedvig ASA, an offshore oil rig company. Her grandmother was Nora Kluge, who was the daughter of Norwegian supreme court judge Kristofer Nordahl Kluge. [citation needed] In the early 1990s, she moved to London with her ...