Halvorsen
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Halvorsen is a Norwegian patronymic
surname
which may refer to:may refer to:
Patronymic
A patronym, or patronymic, is a component of a personal name based on the name of one's father, grandfather or an even earlier male ancestor. A component of a name based on the name of one's mother or a female ancestor is a matronymic. Each is a means of conveying lineage.In many areas patronyms...
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"...
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- Aasmund Halvorsen VinjeAasmund Halvorsen VinjeAasmund Halvorsen Vinje was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party splinter party Liberale Venstre. A police officer by profession, he was Minister of Agriculture 1905-1906.-References:**...
(1851-1917), Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party - Asbjørn HalvorsenAsbjørn HalvorsenAsbjørn Halvorsen was a Norwegian footballer. He was a centre-half who played 19 times for the Norwegian national team, and won the Norwegian Cup in 1917 as a member of Sarpsborg...
(1898–1955), Norwegian footballer. - Birger HalvorsenBirger HalvorsenBirger Halvorsen was a Norwegian high jumper. He represented Horten FIK.He won a silver medal at the 1934 European Championships in Turin with a jump of 1.97 metres. This remained his career best jump. He never participated in the Summer Olympics. He became Norwegian champion in the years 1931-1934....
(1905–1976), Norwegian high jumper - Einfrid HalvorsenEinfrid HalvorsenEinfrid Daghild Halvorsen is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. She was the state secretary to the Minister of Local Government Affairs 1986-1987 and Minister of Administration and Consumer Affairs 1988-1989.-References:...
, Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. - Gail HalvorsenGail HalvorsenColonel Gail Halvorsen is a retired career officer and command pilot in the United States Air Force known as the original Candy Bomber or the "Rosinenbomber" in Germany. He was born in Salt Lake City, Utah...
, American command pilot in the United States Air ForceUnited States Air ForceThe United States Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the American uniformed services. Initially part of the United States Army, the USAF was formed as a separate branch of the military on September 18, 1947 under the National Security Act of... - Gunnar HalvorsenGunnar HalvorsenGunnar Halvorsen was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party . He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Aust-Agder in 1993....
(1945-2006), Norwegian politician for the Labour Party - Harald HalvorsenHarald HalvorsenHarald Halvorsen was a Norwegian gymnast who competed in the 1906 Summer Olympics and in the 1908 Summer Olympics....
, Norwegian gymnast who competed in the 1906 Summer Olympics1906 Summer OlympicsThe 1906 Intercalated Games or 1906 Olympic Games were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in Athens, Greece. They were at the time considered to be Olympic Games and were referred to as the "Second International Olympic Games in Athens" by the International Olympic Committee...
and 1908 Summer Olympics1908 Summer OlympicsThe 1908 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the IV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was held in 1908 in London, England, United Kingdom. These games were originally scheduled to be held in Rome. At the time they were the fifth modern Olympic games... - Håvard HalvorsenHåvard HalvorsenHåvard Halvorsen is a Norwegian football defender.He was born in Trondheim, and played for Byåsen IL and Fauske/Sprint early in his career. He later joined FK Bodø/Glimt, and enjoyed several seasons in the Norwegian Premier League....
, Norwegian football defender. - Jan Halvor HalvorsenJan Halvor HalvorsenJan Halvor Halvorsen is a former Norwegian football player, who is currently an assistant coach with the New York Red Bulls.-Club career:...
, Norwegian former football player - Johan HalvorsenJohan HalvorsenJohan Halvorsen was a Norwegian composer, conductor and violinist.-Biography:Born in Drammen, Norway he was an accomplished violinist from a very early age and became a prominent figure in Norwegian musical life...
(1864–1935), Norwegian composer, conductor and violinist - Johan Magnus HalvorsenJohan Magnus HalvorsenJohan Magnus Halvorsen was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party splinter party Moderate Venstre . He was Minister of Finance from 1907 to 1908. Halvorsen was a merchant by profession.-References:...
, Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party - John HalvorsenJohn HalvorsenJohn Halvorsen is a retired Norwegian long-distance runner who specialized in 10,000 metres and cross-country running. He represented IF Minerva....
, Norwegian long-distance runner - Kristin HalvorsenKristin HalvorsenKristin Halvorsen is a Norwegian socialist politician and was the Minister of Finance from 17 October 2005 until 20 October 2009. She is now the Minister of Education in Stoltenberg's second cabinet....
, Norwegian socialist politician - Mette HalvorsenMette HalvorsenMette Halvorsen is a Norwegian curler, two times world champion playing for the Norwegian national team with skip Dordi Nordby.-Olympics:...
, Norwegian curler - Otto Bahr HalvorsenOtto Bahr HalvorsenOtto Bahr Halvorsen was a Norwegian politician from the Conservative Party. He was Prime Minister of Norway from 1920 to 1921 and again in 1923 when he died in office....
(1872–1923), Norwegian politician from the Conservative Party. - Stian Lind HalvorsenStian Lind HalvorsenStian Lind Halvorsen is a retired Norwegian football defender. His latest club was Bærum SK, and he has most notably played professionally with Strømsgodset IF, including 19 matches in the Norwegian Premier League in 2001.-References:*...
, Norwegian football defender - Tor HalvorsenTor HalvorsenTor Halvorsen was a Norwegian trade unionist and politician for the Labour Party.He was born in Skien. He started his working career in a shoe factory in 1946. In 1952 he was hired as a plumber in Porsgrunn. He then head the trade union of Norsk Hydro at Herøya from 1961 to 1968...
(1930–1987), Norwegian trade unionist and politician for the Labour Party - Trond Halvorsen WirstadTrond Halvorsen WirstadTrond Halvorsen Wirstad was a Norwegian politician for the Centre Party.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Oppland in 1950, and was re-elected on four occasions....
(1904–1985), Norwegian politician for the Centre Party - Sigurd Halvorsen JohannessenSigurd Halvorsen JohannessenSigurd Halvorsen Johannessen was a Norwegian acting councillor of state in the NS government of Vidkun Quisling 1940-1941, and a minister 1941-1942.-References:...
(1881-1964), Norwegian acting councillor of state