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3 unusual facts about Nils-Aslak Valkeapää


Nils-Aslak Valkeapää

A recording of Nils-Aslak Valkeapää performing his joik, forms the centrepiece of "Prayer For The Earth", a track on The Songs of Distant Earth, the 1994 album by British musician Mike Oldfield.

His most well known international debut was when he performed at the opening ceremony of the 1994 Winter Olympic Games in Lillehammer, Norway.

Skibotn

The well known Sami writer Nils-Aslak Valkeapää lived in Skibotn for a significant part of his life.


Amici Cantus

In 2001, the choir published the complete male choir repertoire of Nils-Eric Fougstedt and in 2013, the complete a cappella male choir work of Toivo Kuula.

Anders Celsius

As the son of an astronomy professor, Nils Celsius, and the grandson of the mathematician Magnus Celsius and the astronomer Anders Spole, Celsius chose a career in science.

Audition Records

ar031Kim Myhr, Burkhard Beins, Kari Ronnekleiv and Nils Ostendrof at Ringve Museum.

Axel Boëthius

and Sahlen, Nils G. Etruscan Culture, Land and People: Archaeological Research and Studies Conducted in San Giovenale and its Environs by Members of the Swedish Institute in Rome.

Battle of Vittsjö

He and his army, which consisted of about 3 000 men, led by Nils Stiernsköld and Herman Wrangel, had burned the city of and 24 parishes within Göinge and Villands district.

Bjørn Klakegg

In recent years he has toured with Rikskonsertene, in the production På hodet og bak frem, together with Celio de Carvalho and Nils Einar Vinjor, and contributed to the Ingun Bjørnsgaard projects with his compositions (together with Rolf Wallin).

Ebbe Carlsson

Nils "Ebbe" Knut Carlsson (28 September 1947 – 3 August 1992 in Stockholm) was a Swedish journalist and publisher with connections within the Social Democratic leadership and the Cabinet of Sweden.

Gudbrand Gregersen de Saág

Gregersen was born on 17 April 1824 to farmer Nils Gregersen (1804–1868) and Anne Trulsdatter (1803–1838) in Modum, Norway.

Gudmunds Nils Larsson

Gudmund Nils Larsson (1892-1949 CE) was a Swedish bagpipe players from Dala-Järna, western Dalarna, and the last of the traditional Dalarna bagpipe players.

Gustaf Dalén

Nils Gustaf Dalén (30 November 1869 – 9 December 1937) was a Swedish Nobel Laureate and industrialist, the founder of the AGA company and inventor of the AGA cooker and the Dalén light.

Heine Totland

Heine Totland (born 16 October 1970 in Moster, Bømlo, Norway) is a Norwegian singer and has featured in several prominent productions, like State, Gli Scapoli, Silje Nergaard, the musical Sophies verden, Køhn/Johansen Sextet, among others.

Idesign

Nils Löventorn is an Industrial Designer with a degree from both Konstfack University College of Arts, Crafts and Design in Stockholm and University of Jönköping as a Mechanical Engineer, including ergonomics for a semester at University of Michigan.

Ihsan Rustem

Ihsan Rustem has worked with such well-known choreographers as Mats Ek, Jiri Kylian, Paul Lightfoot / Sol Leon, Hans van Manen and Nils Christe.

Institute for Fiscal Studies

The Institute came into existence because four financiers - a banker and Conservative Party politician (Will Hopper), an investment trust manager (Bob Buist), a stockbroker (Nils Taube) and a tax consultant (John Chown) - were appalled at the way in which the 1965 Finance Act became law.

Jan Nygren

Jan Nils Johan Nygren (born 10 April 1934) is a Swedish actor, well known for his role as Karlsson (Karlsson's voice) in Karlsson-on-the-Roof.

Karin Nilsdotter

Karin Nilsdotter was the daughter of Nicolaus Andrae (Nils Andersson), vicar of Östra Husby in Östergötland, and his spouse Karin.

Kvistaberg Observatory

The observatory was the result of a donation in 1944 from Nils Tamm, an artist who had studied astronomy in his youth under Nils Christoffer Dunér and Östen Bergstrand in Uppsala and remained an avid amateur astronomer throughout his life.

Långban

Långbanshyttan is the name of an adjacent blast furnace and adjacent house of the factory manager, where the brothers Nils and John Ericsson were born.

Lise Nørgaard

Connie Hedegaard, Niels Jorgen-Kaiser, Nils Berger Wamberg, Så er det Sagt! -- en samtaleportræt af Lise Nørgaard (English: So it is said!: A conversational portrait of Lise Nørgaard), Gyldendal, 1997, 157pp ISBN 87-00-29508-6

Margareta Elisabeth Roos

Her daughter with Irving, Margareta Charlotta Irving, married the vicar of Bro, Nils Larsson Sundell, and Roos spent much of her old age with her daughter and son-in-law.

Musical Interpretation Research

Musical Interpretation Research (MIR) is a series of monographs on the performance of classical music authored by Nils-Göran Areskoug (Sundin).

Nils

Nils is a Scandinavian given name, a chiefly Norwegian and Swedish variant of Niels, cognate to Nicholas and Neil.

Nils Arne Eggen

Nils Arne Eggen (born 17 September 1941) is a Norwegian former footballer, manager and teacher from Orkdal.

Nils Brahe

Count Nils Brahe (October 14, 1604 – November 21, 1632) was a Swedish soldier and younger brother of Per Brahe.

Nils Carlsén

In 2006, Nils skipped Sweden to another silver medal losing to Canada's Charley Thomas.

Nils Daulaire

Nils Daulaire is the son of Ingri and Edgar Parin d'Aulaire, multiple award-winning writers and illustrators of children's books.

Nils Frahm

Nils released his follow up to Juno titled 'Juno Reworked' (2013) with guest reworks by Luke Abbott and Clark.

Nils Håkansson

Nils Håkansson (Latinized as Nicolaus Haquini) was a late medieval Swedish painter from Vadstena, known for his wall paintings in numerous churches in Scania, Sweden.

Nils Holmer

Nils Holmer (1904–1994) was a Swedish linguist who carried out significant fieldwork into the Scottish Gaelic, in particular the southern dialects of Kintyre, Arran and Argyll and published several key books and articles on the topic.

Nils Ivar Agøy

Nils Ivar Agøy (born 19 November 1959) is a Norwegian historian, theologian, tolkienologist and translator.

Nils Olav

Nils Olav was given the rank of visekorporal (lance corporal) and has been promoted each time the King's Guard has returned to the tattoo.

Nils Skutle

Nils Skutle (born August 16, 1953 in Odda) was the director of the Norwegian football club Rosenborg BK.

Nils-Udo

Perhaps the best known example of his work for the general public is the cover design for Peter Gabriel's OVO.

Peter Egardt

Peter Arvid Nils Egardt (born 1949) is a Swedish executive who served as Secretary of State for the Prime Minister from 1991 to 1994, and who is the current County Governor (landshövding) of Uppsala County.

Playground Twist

Issued in the UK by Polydor Records in 1979, the track was produced by the band's manager Nils Stevenson and Mike Stavrou, a recording engineer on T. Rex's last album Dandy in the Underworld.

Realf Ottesen Brandt

His father, Nils Olsen Brandt (1824-1921), who had been born Slidre, Valdres, Norway, served as President of Luther College.

Sari Maritza

The Right to Romance (RKO, 1933) with Ann Harding, Robert Young, and Nils Asther

Svenska Akademiens ordlista

It was used from the first edition of Selma Lagerlöf's geography textbook Nils Holgerssons underbara resa genom Sverige (1906, The Wonderful Adventures of Nils).

The Flying Sorcerers

Nils'n god of mud creatures - Nielsen ratings, arch-enemy of Rotn'bair (Star Trek had poor ratings).

The Nils

Formed in 1978 by Alex Soria and Carlos Soria, The Nils’ popularity began in 1982 upon the release of a 5 song demo entitled “Now”.

The Wonderful Adventures of Nils

Adventures of Nils Holgersson (Nils Holgerssons underbara resa) was released in 1962.

TT-Line Company

The new ship, Peter Pan (3), had replaced the former Nils Holgersson (3) (now Abel Tasman) on the Travemünde-Trelleborg route in Germany in 1986.

William Petzäll

William Nils Erich Petzäll (26 August 1988 – 1 September 2012) was a Swedish politician, former member of the Sweden Democrats and Chairman of the Sweden Democratic Youth.

Yorick van Wageningen

In 2011 he appeared in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo along with Daniel Craig, in the role of Nils Bjurman, the sexually abusive guardian of Lisbeth Salander (Rooney Mara).


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