Anker
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Anker is a given name
of Danish
and Norwegian
origin, sometimes used as a surname
. Anker may also refer to a place name.
Given name
A given name, in Western contexts often referred to as a first name, is a personal name that specifies and differentiates between members of a group of individuals, especially in a family, all of whose members usually share the same family name...
of Danish
Danish language
Danish is a North Germanic language spoken by around six million people, principally in the country of Denmark. It is also spoken by 50,000 Germans of Danish ethnicity in the northern parts of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, where it holds the status of minority language...
and Norwegian
Norwegian language
Norwegian is a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Norway, where it is the official language. Together with Swedish and Danish, Norwegian forms a continuum of more or less mutually intelligible local and regional variants .These Scandinavian languages together with the Faroese language...
origin, sometimes used as a surname
Surname
A surname is a name added to a given name and is part of a personal name. In many cases, a surname is a family name. Many dictionaries define "surname" as a synonym of "family name"...
. Anker may also refer to a place name.
Given name
- Ancher NelsenAncher NelsenAncher Nelsen , was a politician who served as the Lieutenant Governor of the state of Minnesota.-Biography:...
(1904–1992), American politician - Anker BoyeAnker BoyeAnker Boye is a Danish politician representing the Social Democratic Party. He is a painter by profession.Anker Boye was elected as mayor of Odense, Denmark's third-largest city, in 1993 and served in that capacity until 2005. In 2001, he got a historic number of votes and carried almost all...
(born 1950), Danish politician - Anker EngelundAnker EngelundAnker Dolleris Engelund was a Danish civil engineer and university professor.-Career:In 1928, he became professor of building statics at the Technical University of Denmark. He became rector of the technical university , during the period of the university's expansion at Østervold...
(1889–1961), Danish civil engineer - Anker JørgensenAnker JørgensenAnker Jørgensen is a former Danish Prime Minister and Foreign Minister. He led or represented the Social Democratic Party for well over 30 years.-Early political and personal life:...
(born 1922), Danish politician - Anker Eli PetersenAnker Eli PetersenAnker Eli Petersen is a Faroese writer and artist.He is most known for his many Faroe Islands postage stamp designs under the name Anker Eli. Many of his stamps depict scenes from Norse mythology, Christianity, or interpretations of other Faroese authors or poets...
(born 1959), Faroese writer and artist - Anker RogstadAnker RogstadAnker Rogstad was a Norwegian convicted safecracker who spent eight years in prison for his crimes, and later a celebrated crime writer. He started writing during imprisonment, and made his literary debut in 1956 with the crime novel Etterlyst...
(1925–1994), Norwegian criminal and writer
Surname
- Anna AncherAnna AncherAnna Ancher was a Danish artist associated with the Skagen Painters, an artists' colony in the very north of Jutland.-Background:...
(1859–1935), Danish painter - Albert AnkerAlbert AnkerAlbert Samuel Anker was a Swiss painter and illustrator who has been called the "national painter" of Switzerland because of his enduringly popular depictions of 19th-century Swiss village life.-Life:...
(1831–1910), Swiss painter - Bernt Theodor AnkerBernt Theodor AnkerBernt Theodor Anker was a Norwegian linguist, priest and author. Anker was one of the first priests to use Nynorsk from the pulpit, and was a strong proponant of Nynorsk in the church and in society. He was also active in youth work throughout his life.Anker finished his Cand.theol. in 1890, and...
(1867-1943), Norwegian linguist, priest and author - Carsten Anker (1747–1824), Norwegian politician
- Conrad AnkerConrad AnkerConrad Anker is an American rock climber, mountaineer, and author famous for his challenging ascents in the high Himalaya and Antarctica. He is a member of The North Face climbing team and also works closely with Timex Expedition as brand ambassador...
(born 1962), American rock climber - Ed AnkerEd AnkerEize Willem Anker is a former member of the Dutch House of Representatives for the ChristianUnion....
(born 1978), Dutch politician - Ella AnkerElla AnkerEli Birgit "Ella" Anker was a Norwegian magazine journalist, newspaper correspondent, playwright and pamphleteer.-Personal life:...
(1870-1958), Norwegian journalist - Erik AnkerErik AnkerErik Anker was a Norwegian sailor who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics.In 1928 he won the gold medal as crew member of the Norwegian boat Norna in the 6 metre class event.-External links:*...
(1903–1994), Norwegian olympic sailor - Ferdinand AnkerFerdinand AnkerFerdinand Osvald Conrad Anker was a Norwegian businessperson.-Pre-war career:Anker was born in Christiania, attended commerce school and resided in Germany and France between 1897 and 1899. In 1899 he started his own company, trading in iron, steel and other construction metals. He later expanded...
(1876-1954), Norwegian businessperson - Helen AnkerHelen AnkerHelen Anker, born in 1972 in Banbury, Oxfordshire, is an actress and singer who trained at the Royal Ballet School and Bird College. She is best known for playing Zelda Fitzgerald in the West End musical Beautiful and Damned, a role she first played at the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre in Guildford before...
(born 1972), English actress - Irving AnkerIrving AnkerIrving Anker was an American educator and administrator who served from 1973 to 1978 as New York City Schools Chancellor, overseeing the largest school district in the United States at a time when control of schools was being transferred to local community school districts and when the fiscal...
(1911-2000), American educator - Johan AnkerJohan AnkerJohan August Anker was a Norwegian sailor and yacht designer who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics, in the 1912 Summer Olympics, and in the 1928 Summer Olympics....
(1871–1940), Norwegian olympic sailor - Johan Peter Andreas AnkerJohan Peter Andreas AnkerJohan Peter Andreas Anker was a Danish military officer.He made his mark during the Second Schleswig War, especially in the Battle of Dybbøl of 1864. He retired in 1865.-References:...
(1838-1876), Danish military officer - Kristian AnkerKristian AnkerKristian Anker was a Lutheran minister who served as the first president of the combined Trinity Seminary and Dana College.-Background:...
(1848–1928), Danish Lutheran minister - Lotte AnkerLotte AnkerLotte Anker is a Danish jazz saxophonist, and composer. With pianist Marilyn Crispell, she serves as one of the co-leaders of the Copenhagen Art Ensemble.-Life:She has studied music at the Copenhagen University from 1980-84....
, Danish saxophone player - Michael Peter AncherMichael Peter AncherMichael Peter Ancher was a Danish impressionist artist. He is most associated with his paintings of fishermen and other scenes from the Danish port of Skagen. His paintings are classics and he is probably one of Denmark's most popular artists.-Background:Michael Peter Ancher was born at Rutsker on...
(1849–1927), Danish painter - Nils AnkerNils AnkerNils Anker was a Norwegian politician.He was a son of politician Peter Martin Anker. He was a brother of Herman Anker, Christian August Anker and Dikka Møller, uncle of Katti Anker Møller, Ella Anker and Johan Anker and granduncle of Øyvind Anker, Synnøve Anker Aurdal, Peter Martin Anker and Tove...
(1836-1893), Norwegian politician - Nini Roll AnkerNini Roll AnkerNini Roll Anker was a Norwegian novelist and playwright. She was born in Molde, as the daughter of stipendiary magistrate and later member of parliament and minister Ferdinand Nicolai Roll. She was married twice, first to land owner Peter Martin Anker, and later to engineer Johan August Anker...
(1873-1942), Norwegian novelist and playwright - Peder AnkerPeder AnkerPeder Anker was a Norwegian businessman and politician. He served as Prime Minister of Norway from 1814 until 1822.-Biography:...
(1749–1824), Norwegian politician - Peter Anker (art historian)Peter Anker (art historian)Peter Martin Anker was a Norwegian museum director, art historian and critic.-Personal life:He was born in Bergen as a son of chief physician Herman Anker and Charlotte Amalie Meyer . He was married to Liv Løberg , but the marriage was dissolved. From October 1973 he was married to Inger Kiær, a...
(born 1927), Norwegian art historian - Peter Martin Anker (diplomat)Peter Martin Anker (diplomat)Peter Martin Anker was a Norwegian diplomat. He worked for the League of Nations, Red Cross and United Nations before, during and after the Second World War. He was then an ambassador in different European, Asian and African countries from 1951 to 1973...
(1903-1977), Norwegian diplomat - Peter Martin Anker (politician)Peter Martin Anker (politician)Peter Martin Anker was a Norwegian politician.He was a son of wholesaler Niels Anker . He was also a third cousin of Karen Anker, Johan Caspar Herman Wedel-Jarlsberg's wife. Together with Thrine Gløersen he had the children Nils Anker, Herman Anker, Christian August Anker and Dikka Møller...
(1801-1863), Norwegian politician - Poul Ancher (c. 1629-1697), Danish rebellion leader
- Matthias Joseph AnkerMatthias Joseph AnkerMatthias Joseph Anker was an Austrian geologist who was a native of Graz. Some sources place his birth date as May 1, 1772...
(died 1843), Austrian geologist - Robert AnkerRobert AnkerRengert Robert Anker is a Dutch writer. In 1993 he won the Ferdinand Bordewijk Prijs for his novel De terugkeer van kapitein Rob.-References:...
(born 1946), Dutch writer - Øyvind AnkerØyvind Anker-Personal life:He was born in Frankfurt am Main as a son of engineer Nils Botvid Anker and artist and pianist Gudrun Nilssen . He grew up in Vestre Aker and Lillehammer. He was a brother of Synnøve Anker Aurdal, and through her a brother-in-law of Ludvig Eikaas. Through another sister Ella he was...
(1904-1989), Norwegian librarian
Place name
- River AnkerRiver AnkerThe River Anker is a river in England. The river flows through the centre of Nuneaton towards Tamworth in Staffordshire. The river continues on before merging with the River Tame in Tamworth...
, in Warwickshire, England - Anker, WarwickshireAnker, WarwickshireAnker is a village in Warwickshire, England....
, village in England - Anker (automobile)Anker (automobile)The Anker was a German automobile manufactured in Berlin between 1919 and 1920. Cars were built up from war-surplus components of the inline-four engine Wanderer....
, manufactured in Germany
Measure
- An anker was a pre-metric system liquid measure used in Europe. It was about equivalent to 8.5 imperial gallons.