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unusual facts about Centre for Peace Studies, Tromsø



Adam Egede-Nissen

Having qualified as a medical doctor in 1858 and having been active as a military physician in the Italian liberation struggle led by Giuseppe Garibaldi, by 1863 the father was practicing medicine in Tromsø; by 1867 he was a commissioned officer with the rank of major and was a regimental surgeon stationed with the army at Levanger.

Anton Christian Bang

He attended teacher seminar in Tromsø (1858-1960), theology studies (1862-1867) and then ministry in Gran, in Tromsø and at Gaustad asylum in Christiania.

Attempts to ban football games

In 1931 the women's team from Fløya in Tromsø wrote to the Norwegian Football Association seeking permission to stage a series of fundraising matches.

Bardufoss Air Station

Fighters from Bardufoss also had the task of providing aerial support for naval operations in the area, but failed to scramble in time to prevent the battleship Tirpitz from being sunk by Avro Lancaster bombers at Håkøya near Tromsø.

Centre for Peace Studies, Tromsø

The Centre for Peace Studies started out as a research and co-ordination project in Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of Tromsø, Norway.

Einar Hoidale

Born in Tromsø, Norway, he immigrated to the United States at the age of seven.

Einar Rossbach

After a year in Tromsø Rossbach moved to Oslo to play for Lyn and to attend the Norwegian Police University College.

Generative Linguistics in the Old World

"Sister conferences" to the annual GLOW meeting in Europe have been organized under the rubric "GLOW Asia" in Japan, Korea and India, and the European GLOW conference itself has travelled as far south as Morocco (and as far north as Tromsø).

Hendrik Helmke

After a spell with the Finnish club Jaro, Helmke joined the Norwegian Tippeligaen side Tromsø on a free transfer in August 2013 and signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with the club.

History of Molde

Arriving safely in Molde, the city was de facto capital of Norway from 22 April to 29 April, when the advancing German forces, combined with a failed British counter-attack, forced the Norwegian commander-in-chief, General Otto Ruge, to abandon Southern Norway and continue the fight from Tromsø.

Ingrid Vetlesen

She attended Toneheim Folkehøgskole in 2000 together with Erlend Tvinnereim, Marit Tøndel Bodsberg, Audun Iversen, Lina Johnson, Kjetil Støa, Nina Sæterhaug among others, where her formal musical studies continued, and now she is a graduate of Tromsø musikkonservatorium, University of Tromsø 2003, Stavanger Musikkonservatorium, University of Stavanger 2005, and The Royal Danish Opera Academy.

Israel vs Israel

The film won the Best International Documentary award at the 2011 Turkish Radio and Television Corporation documentary film festival as well an award from the Doha Center for Media Freedom at the 2011 Al Jazeera Film Festival, and has been screened at festivals in Stockholm, Montreal, Tromsø, and Trondheim.

Jan Thore Grefstad

Jan Thore Grefstad (born January 30, 1978 in Tromsø, Norway) is a Norwegian rock singer, best known from heavy metal bands Highland Glory and Wild Willy's Gang.

Kaldfjorden

Kaldfjorden, Troms, a fjord in the island of Kvaløya in Tromsø municipality, Troms county, Norway

Karesuvanto

Karesuando/Karesuvanto is the northernmost point on the major European route E45 to Gela in Italy and a stop on the European route E8 from Tromsø to Turku.

Kjosen

Kjosen (Troms), a fjord arm off of the main Ullsfjorden in Tromsø/Lyngen municipalities, Troms county, Norway

Knut Borch

Tromsø enlisted Lars Hirschfeld to fill in for Borch during the 2005 season, while Kenny Stamatopoulos and Sead Ramovic played for Tromsø during the 2006 season.

Kristian Welhaven

He worked in Tana, Tromsø and Kristiania until he was appointed Chief of Police in Rjukan in 1916.

Lars Hirschfeld

Hirschfeld made some crucial saves during Tromsø's campaign to avoid relegation and was a key figure in the UEFA Cup matches against Esbjerg fB and Galatasaray, both of which were won by Tromsø I.L. Nordlys, a local newspaper in Tromsø, called Hirschfeld the greatest goalkeeper ever to play for Tromsø I.L., after only 6 matches at his new club.

Lars Vatten

Vatten was born in Trondheim, Norway, studied Medicine at the University of Tromsø (MD in 1980) and received a Master of Public Health in 1988 from the University of North Carolina.

Lásse Kvernmo

Lásse Kvernmo (born August 12, 1981 in Tromsø, Norway) is a Sámi songwriter, journalist and actor.

North Atlantic Marine Mammal Commission

The Agreement came into force on 7 July 1992 and was itself the product of a Memorandum of Understanding signed in Tromsø in 1990 between the Norwegian and Icelandic governments and the Greenland and Faroese home rule governments.

Oddny Aleksandersen

Outside of politics, she took her education here and there, in Nesna, Trondheim and Tromsø, finally taking the cand.mag. degree in 1996.

Operation Obviate

The main effect of the raid was that the Germans moved 20-30 fighters to Bardufoss, 30 miles from Tromsø.

However Tromsø was at the limits of the range of an Avro Lancaster bomber carrying a Tallboy.

Petri Salo

Petri Salo has visited as a guest lecturer in various universities in Finland (University of Helsinki, University of Joensuu), Scandinavia (University of Gothenburg (Gothenburg), Sweden, Norwegian University of Science and Technology Trondheim, and University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway), Estonia (University of Tarto), the U.S. (University of Minnesota) and Australia (Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga)

Roberto Russo

As a piano teacher he taught at various Italian Conservatories, giving also Masterclasses at Music University in Tromsø (Norway), at Conservatory of Music in Oviedo (Spain), at Academy of Music in Kraków (Poland) and at the National University of Music Bucharest (Romania).

Robin Berntsen

Berntsen had played for Tromsø in his youthyears and came back in 1991 after living at Svalbard for one year.

Sigurd Rushfeldt

In October 2013, Rushfeldt was appointed the assistant coach of Tromsø, after Steinar Nilsen replaced Agnar Christensen as head coach of the club.

Skorpa prisoner of war camp

The released prisoners were first sent to the port city of Tromsø for bathing and delousing.

Thorgeir Stubø

Flight (Hot Club Records 1983, live recordings from 1983), with Krister Andersson (saxophones), Terje Venaas (bass), Lars Sjösten (piano), Egil Johansen (drums), Ivar Antonsen, Jesper Lundgaard and Alex Riel (drums), is a mixed studio an live recording from Tromsø with different line-ups on the two sets.

Tom Høgli

He played several seasons for Bodø/Glimt, whom he joined from Skånland og Omegn IF, but was transferred to Tromsø ahead of the 2007 season.

Torbjørn Olsen

He took the diploma degree in Catholic theology at the John-Gutenberg Universität in Mainz in 1991 and was ordained a priest in Tromsø in September 8, 1991 by Bishop Gerhard Goebel.


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