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Ingolf Elster Christensen


Ingolf Elster Christensen (28 March 1872 in Førde – 3 May 1943 in Førde) was a Norwegian jurist, military officer, county governor and Member of Parliament from the Conservative Party. Christensen was born at Sunnfjord in Sogn og Fjordane, Norway. He was the son of Michael Sundt Tuchsen Christensen (1827–95) and Frederikke Sophie Elster (1838–1927). His was a brother of author and critic Hjalmar Christensen. Christensen graduated from Bergen Cathedral School in 1889 and then went to the Norwegian Military Academy, where he graduated as an
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Hjalmar Christensen


Hjalmar Christensen (5 May 1869 – 29 December 1925) was a Norwegian writer and a prominent literary critic. Christensen was born at Sunnfjord in Sogn og Fjordane, Norway. He was raised on a farm in the community of Førde. He was the son of Michael Sundt Tuchsen Christensen (1827–95) and Frederikke Sophie Elster (1838–1927). His brother Ingolf Elster Christensen served as agovernment offi cal a member of the Storting. He attended Bergen Cathedral School. He studied law and received a legal degree at the Royal Frederick University
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new Administrative Council that was put up by the Norwegian Supreme Court and functioned from April to September 1940. The council held negotiations with the Germans and Christensen was regarded by the Germans as a possible leader of a suggested Riksråd that should govern Norway. The negotiations however failed and came to an end in September 1940. He then returned to his office as county governor until 1941 when he was replaced by a member of Nasjonal Samling. After that he withdrew to his family farm and did not play a political role any longer.
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officer in 1893. He was appointed governor of the County of Nordre Bergenhus in 1910 and held the position until 1929 (in 1918 the county was renamed Sogn og Fjordane). He was subsequently county governor of Oslo and Akershus from 1929 to 1941. He was Minister of Justice in 1926, Minister of Defense 1926-1928, Member of Parliament 1922-1924 and 1925-1927 and was a member of the Executive Board of the Conservative Party. After the German invasion of Norway in 1940 was he elected Chairman of the
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Ivar Lykke Falch Lind


Ivar Lykke Falch Lind (27 February 1870 – 2 July 1951) was a Norwegian jurist and politician for the Conservative Party. He was elected to the Parliament of Norway in 1903, and served one term. From 1920 to 1912 he served as a deputy representative. Lind was mayor of Kinn municipality from 1923 to 1928, and from 1926 to 1928 he was temporary County Governor of Sogn og Fjordane after the County Governor Ingolf Elster Christensen was appointed to the cabinet Lykke. Outside politics he was a bailiff in Kinn and Vevring
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German occupation of Norway


believed the King was occupying. He had been, but had left the village when the sound of bombers was heard. Standing in the snow in a nearby wood, he watched the village of Nybergsund be destroyed. This prompted the Norwegian government to unanimously advise him not to appoint any government headed by Quisling. The invaders realised Quisling's party could not muster any significant support, and quickly pushed him aside. An administrative council led by Ingolf Elster Christensen was therefore established on 15 April to administer those areas which had so far
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Nikolai Schei


was a deputy judge in Sunnfjord for a short time before working for the counties of Møre og Romsdal from 1929 to 1931 and Oslo-Akershus from 1931 to 1934. In April 1933 he married Othilia Helberg Christensen (1901–1991), a daughter of Ingolf Elster Christensen. In 1934 he was appointed as inspector in a national arbitration institution, which was led by Carl Platou. In 1939 Schei was hired by the newly established Ministry of Provisioning. He was tasked to head the Directorate of Provisioning and Rationing. In 1940, when
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an assassination attempt. Similarly, Carl Platou also continued in his position, but was eventually imprisoned for secret resistance work. His father-in-law Ingolf Elster Christensen came to be the leader of the Administrative Council, which was abolished in September 1940. In 1945, at the end of the war in Norway, Schei became acting Minister of Provisioning and Reconstruction (so-called "chief officer" of the Ministry), waiting for the exile Nygaardsvold government to return. As the normal state of affairs in Norway resumed
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Lysaker Bridge sabotage


instrumental in installing the Administrative Council, though he promised Adolf Hitler that Quisling would be a part of it. The Administrative Council replaced Quisling's coup government already on the next day, 15 April. Ingolf Elster Christensen chaired it. However, it became short-lived. Bräuer was fired for not securing Quisling a seat, and the Reichskommissariat Norwegen took over, disestablishing the council on 25 September. For the Norwegian resistance movement in general, the bridge sabotage showed a possible path of action. Official Norwegian (government in exile
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Flåm Line


to give the comfort and reliability of a train. The idea was proposed again in 1922 by the director of the Norwegian Public Roads Administration. Among the strongest opponents to the bus alternative was Ingolf Elster Christensen, County Governor of Sogn og Fjordane and later parliamentarian, who stated that the Nordre Bergenhus County (today Sogn og Fjordane County Municipality) had paid part of the regional financing of the Bergen Line on condition that they receive a branch line to the Sognefjord. The 1920s saw high inflation and large public deficits. Several public
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Lysaker Bridge sabotage


Oslo, and a military excursion to the woody areas around Sollihøgda could be imminent. The sabotage contributed to the surfacing of the Administrative Council. This council consisted of a group of prominent men who had come together already on 12 April to discuss a Norwegian administration without Vidkun Quisling. Then, on 14 April, Supreme Court Justice Paal Berg, County Governor Ingolf Elster Christensen and Bishop Eivind Berggrav appeared in the now Nazi-controlled Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation radio to lament the sabotage. Their messages were recorded and rerun throughout the day,
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Ludwig Elster


had become a massive workload, Elster, now aged 60, quit the ministry and moved to Jena. Here, from 1922 he served as an honorary professor and delivered lectures on social sciences and economics at the university. His political instincts, like those of most senior civil servants, were politically conservative. Early on during the Weimar years he joined the National People's Party (""Deutschnationale Volkspartei"" / DNVP). As politics became ever more polarised he was also listed as a supporting member (""Förderndes
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Jens Christian Christensen


Jens Christian Christensen (21 November 1856 – 19 December 1930), most often called J. C. Christensen with the 'J' pronounced as an 'I', was a Danish politician. Christensen was born into a West Jutland peasant family and starting as a herd boy, he was educated a teacher and joined politics at an early age. He was a member of the Danish Liberal Party until he founded the Venstre Reform Party in 1895. During later years, he successfully and adroitly led the opposition against the last Right cabinets
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American Left


parties. The Socialist Equality Party (SEP) is a political party that formed after a 1995 ideological rupture with Workers World Party over the issue of their support of the Fidel Castro government in Cuba, The SEP are composed of Trotskyists and are affiliated with the World Socialist Web Site. With fewer than one thousand members in 1996, the Socialist Worker's Party (SWP) was the second largest Marxist–Leninist party in the United States. Formed by supporters of Leon Trotsky, they believed that the Soviet Union and other Communist
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Kjell Ingolf Ropstad


Kjell Ingolf Ropstad (born 1 June 1985) is a Norwegian politician for the Christian Democratic Party, who is the Minister of Children, Family and Church Affairs since 22 January 2019, and the leader of the Christian Democratic Party since 2019. He has been a member of the Norwegian Parliament Stortinget since 2009. Kjell Ingolf Ropstad was born in Arendal in 1985 to teacher Gunda Wiberg and Bjørn Alfred Ropstad, who is the current mayor of Evje og Hornnes. He has a bachelor's degree in law and economics. He was
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Kristian Elster (born 1841)


Kristian Mandrup Elster (4 March 1841 – 11 April 1881) was a Norwegian novelist, journalist, literary critic and theatre critic. He was born at Overhalla in Nord-Trøndelag, Norway. He was the son of Christen Christensen Elster (1804–1891) and Elen Sophie Alstrup (1811–1889). In 1853 the family moved to Førde in Sunnfjord. At age 15, he was sent to Christiania to attend school. In 1867, he traveled to Germany to receive training as a forester at Giessen. From 1869 to 1873,
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Jon Elster


the Skytte Prize in Political Science in 2016. He is a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. He is also a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, of the American Philosophical Society, of the Academia Europaea, and a Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy. He is the son of journalist/author and CEO of the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation Torolf Elster and poet Magli Elster. Elster is doctor honoris causa at the universities of Valencia, Stockholm, Oslo, Trondheim (NTNU), Louvain-
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Naresh Balyan


Naresh Balyan () is an Indian politician and a member of the Sixth Legislative Assembly of Delhi in India. He represents the Uttam Nagar constituency of New Delhi and is a member of the Aam Aadmi Party political party. Naresh Balyan was born in Delhi. He attended the Haryana Shakti Senior Secondary School and attained ninth grade degree. Naresh Balyan has been a MLA for one term. He represented the Uttam Nagar constituency and is a member of the Aam Aadmi Party political party. On 21 Sep 2015, Balyan complained to police
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Jon Elster


under the direction of Raymond Aron. Elster was a member of the September Group for many years but left in the early 1990s. Elster previously taught at the University of Oslo in the department of history and held an endowed chair at the University of Chicago, teaching in the departments of philosophy and political science. He is now Robert K. Merton Professor of Social Sciences with appointments in Political Science and Philosophy at Columbia University and "professeur honoraire" at the Collège de France. He was awarded the Jean Nicod Prize in 1997 and
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Vesthimmerland Municipality


total population of 13,284 (2005). Its latest mayor was Knud V. Christensen, a member of the Conservative People's Party ("Det Konservative Folkeparti") political party. The municipality covered an area of 201 km², and had a total population of 7,991 (2005). Its last mayor was H. O. A. Kjeldsen, a member of the Venstre (Liberal Party) political party. The municipality, including the island of Livø, covered an area of , and had a total population of 10,270 (2005).
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Det Nye Teater


. The theatre's first artistic director was Ingolf Schanche, from 1928 to 1931. The theatre opened on 26 to 28 February 1929, with Knut Hamsun's trilogy, "Ved rigets port", "Livets spil" and "Aftenrøde", followed by Peter Egge's play "Kjærlighet og venskap". From 1931 to 1932 Thomas Thomassen managed the theatre, and from 1932 to 1933 Gyda Christensen. Einar Sissener was theatre director from 1933 to 1934, and Hjalmar Friis and Gyda Christensen jointly from 1934 to 1935. Sissener
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Elen Christensen


Elen Sofie Elster Christensen (11 January 1904 – 1 December 1967) was a Norwegian sculptor of the 20th century. Her public works grace a number of Norwegian cities and towns, including "Gutten som ser fremover", a statue in Trondheim that honors shipping magnate Harry Borthens. Christensen debuted her art in 1936 with the sculpted female head entitled "Helg". In 1942, during the German occupation, she held her first solo show at Hammerlunds Kunsthandel, Oslo, under the title "Skulptur i hjemmene" (Sculpture in
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Socialist Equality Party (Australia)


The Socialist Equality Party (SEP) is a Trotskyist political party in Australia. The SEP was established in 2010 as the successor party to the Socialist Labour League, which was founded in 1972 as the Australian section of the International Committee of the Fourth International (ICFI). According to its 2019 election statement, the party opposes identity politics and the Me Too movement. The party also criticises contemporary trade unions, having adopted the position that "They are no longer workers’ organisations." Inspired by the British Socialist Labour League
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The New Right (Denmark)


The New Right () is a right-wing political party in Denmark founded in 2015. The party was founded in 2015 by two former members of the Conservative People's Party, Pernille Vermund and Peter Seier Christensen. After the establishment of the party, several municipal council members in several municipalities, switched from their original parties to the New Right. Most of these were lost in the first election where they participated, the Danish local elections of 2017, where only one person from the party was elected for the municipal council
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Ole Christensen


Ole Christensen (born 7 May 1955) is a Danish politician who served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 2009 until 2019. He is a member of the Social Democrats, part of the Party of European Socialists. During his time in parliament, Christensen served on the European Parliament's Committee on Employment and Social Affairs. He was also a substitute member of the European Parliament Committee on Fisheries and a member of the delegation to the ACP–EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly. Christensen worked as an ironmonger from
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Erna Sørensen


Erna Bertha Cecilie Sørensen, née Christensen, (1896–1980) was a Danish lawyer, women's rights activist and politician. A member of the Conservative People's Party, she was elected to the Folketing in 1945 and again in 1947. She was president of the Danish Women's Society (1948–1951) and chaired the Danish Women's Conservative Association (1951–1966). Sørensen was particularly interested in achieving equal rights for women in politics and education. Born on 19 September 1896 in the Copenhagen district of Frederiksberg, Erna Bertha Cecilie Christensen
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1992 Copenhagen bombing


The 1992 Copenhagen bombing () refers to a bomb attack on the offices of the International Socialists (IS) in Copenhagen, Denmark. The blast and a resulting fire destroyed the office, and killed 29-year-old Henrik Christensen. Police saw the attack as political terrorism committed by far-right extremists, but nobody has ever been convicted. The far-left International Socialists (IS) party had an office for its Copenhagen department on Søllerødgade street where about 20 members were based at. Henrik Christensen was one of the IS
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Socialist Equality Party (United States)


The Socialist Equality Party (SEP) is a Trotskyist political party in the United States, one of several Socialist Equality parties around the world affiliated with the International Committee of the Fourth International (ICFI). The ICFI publishes daily news articles, perspectives and commentaries on the World Socialist Web Site and maintains Mehring Books as publishing house. The SEP was formed in 1995 by the Workers League, the US supporters of the ICFI. The Workers League had been founded in 1966 by the American Committee for the Fourth International (ACFI)
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Parley P. Christensen


Parley Parker Christensen (July 19, 1869 – February 10, 1954) was an American politician and nominee of the Farmer–Labor Party for President of the United States in 1920. He was member of the Utah House of Representatives and of the Los Angeles, California, City Council. He was also a city attorney and a county attorney in Utah and the chairman of the Illinois Progressive Party. Parley Parker Christensen was born on July 19, 1869, in Weston, Idaho, the son of Peter and Sophia M. Christensen
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George Christensen


George Robert Christensen (born 30 June 1978) is an Australian politician who has been a member of the House of Representatives since the 2010 federal election, representing the Division of Dawson. He is a member of the Liberal National Party of Queensland, and sits with the National Party in federal parliament. He is known for his social conservatism and for his criticism of Islam. Christensen was born in Mackay to third-generation cane farmers who originally emigrated from Denmark in 1901. He is the eldest son to two disability pensioners.
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David North (socialist)


David North (born 1950) is an American Marxist theoretician. He is the national chairman of the Socialist Equality Party in the United States (SEP), formerly the Workers League. He served as the national secretary of the SEP until the party's congress in 2008. North was the principal political and theoretical leader of the International Committee of the Fourth International during the organization's split with the Workers Revolutionary Party in Britain. North is also the chairman of the International Editorial Board of the World Socialist Web Site, the voice
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Farmer–Labor Party


, the Dakotas, and elsewhere. The national organization continued under the leadership of National Chairman W.M. Piggott and National Secretary Bert Miller. The group's 1920 Presidential candidate, Parley Parker Christensen, attended the Dec. 12, 1924, meeting of the National Committee of the Conference for Progressive Political Action and was made a member of the committee of arrangements for the CPPA's forthcoming February 21–22, 1925, conference. A Convention of the loyal members of the Farmer–Labor Party was called for that same time and place, where it
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Shelly Christensen


Michelle "Shelly" Christensen is an American politician and member of the Minnesota House of Representatives. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL), she represents District 39B in the eastern Twin Cities metropolitan area. Christensen was raised in Marine on St. Croix, Minnesota and graduated from Stillwater Area High School in 1973. She attended the University of Wisconsin–River Falls, graduating with a Bachelor of Science in secondary English and later Aspen University, graduating with a Master of Arts in education. Christensen taught
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The Sunrise Lands


Son of the Bear Who Rules. The Sword of the Lady waits for him." The party traveled back to the mainland to hook up with the remainder of the mercenaries, but they were all found dead somewhere in Illinois. Ingolf led the party west, but they are stopped by Cutter forces. The party is then betrayed by the guard, Kuttner, who turns out to be a Cutter officer. While fleeing, Kaur is wounded, and she and her brother dismount and turn to hold off the Cutters while Ingolf
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Jon Elster


Jon Elster (; born 22 February 1940, Oslo) is a Norwegian social and political theorist who has authored works in the philosophy of social science and rational choice theory. He is also a notable proponent of analytical Marxism, and a critic of neoclassical economics and public choice theory, largely on behavioral and psychological grounds. In 2016, he was awarded the 22nd Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science for his contributions to political science. Elster earned his PhD in 1972 from the Paris Descartes University in Paris with a dissertation on Karl Marx
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Drew Christensen


. Christensen attended the University of Minnesota, graduating in December 2015 with a degree in Political Science. At the University, Christensen served on the Minnesota Student Association and featured as a member of the University of Minnesota Marching Band. Christensen also served as Treasurer of the Minnesota College Republicans from April 2013-February 2014. From February 2012-January 2015, Christensen worked for the City of Savage, Minnesota on an Appointed, volunteer Communications Commission to advise the City Council and provide feedback to staff on matters relating to the City's communications program. He
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The Sword of the Lady


King of "Montival", the new name the group has chosen for the Pacific Northwest. Rudi reluctantly accepts. Rudi and his group arrive in the nation of Richland, Ingolf's home. While there Ingolf makes amends with his estranged brother, a local sheriff, who agrees to help Ingolf and his friends reach Nantucket. Heading north around the Great Lakes using skis to move over the snow, the party is attacked once again by CUT forces who are allied with French-speaking savages from former Quebec. Though they succeed
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Haslev Municipality


Until 1 January 2007, Haslev municipality was a Danish, "kommune") in West Zealand County on the island of Zealand ("Sjælland") in Denmark. The municipality covered an area of 133 km², and had a total population of 14,781 (2005). Its last mayor was Henrik Christensen, a member of the Venstre (Liberal Party) political party. The main town and site of its municipal council was the town of Haslev. Haslev municipality ceased to exist after the "Kommunalreformen" ("The Municipality
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Nørhald Municipality


Until January 1, 2007 Nørhald municipality was a municipality (Danish, "kommune") in the former Aarhus County on the east coast of the Jutland peninsula in central Denmark. The municipality covered an area of 201 km², and had a total population of 8.627 (2005). Its last mayor was Anders Buhl-Christensen, a member of the Venstre (Liberal Party) political party. The main town and the site of its municipal council was the town of Tvede. Nørhald municipality ceased to exist as the result of
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Hashøj Municipality


Until January 1, 2007 Hashøj municipality was a municipality (Danish, "kommune") in West Zealand County near the west coast of the island of Zealand ("Sjælland") in Denmark. The municipality covered an area of 131 km², and had a total population of 6,632 (2005). Its last mayor was Troels Christensen, a member of the Venstre (Liberal Party) political party. The main town and the site of its municipal council was the town of Dalmose. The municipality was named after the hill
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Nørre Aaby Municipality


Until January 1, 2007 Nørre Aaby municipality was a municipality (Danish, "kommune") in the former Funen County on the north and west coasts of the island of Funen in southern Denmark. The municipality covered an area of 65 km², and had a total population of 5,626 (2006). Its last mayor was Hanne Christensen, a member of the Venstre (Liberal Party) political party. The main town and the site of its municipal council was the town of Nørre Aaby. To the north are the waters
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Liberal Alliance (Denmark)


of Slagelse, Villum Christensen. On 5 January 2009, founding member and party leader Naser Khader left the party, citing that he did not believe in it any longer. At the time, Anders Samuelsen was scheduled to take over leadership of the party later that month. The same day, Villum Christensen expressed doubt on his future in the party. In the 2009 European election, the party won 0.59% of the vote, leaving the party without representation in the European parliament. At the 2011 general election on 15 September
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Hadsten Municipality


Until 1 January 2007 Hadsten municipality was a municipality (Danish, "kommune") in Aarhus County on the Jutland peninsula in central Denmark. The municipality covered an area of 139 km², and had a total population of 11.818 (2005). Its last mayor was Anders G. Christensen, a member of the Venstre (Liberal Party) political party. The main town and site of its municipal council was Hadsten. The Little River ("Lilleå") runs through the former municipality, and through the center of the town
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Occupied


's daughter and demands the soldiers be set free, prompting condemnation from FOS. Christensen is tracked down by the Russians and Djupvik's daughter is saved. The Russians allow him a chance to talk to Christensen. When Christensen says he regrets not killing the child, Djupvik shoots him. Rygh offers the remaining insurgents amnesty in return of their turning in their weapons, which is endorsed by Vold and the Russians. The government then releases the guardsmen, ending the conflict. Vold then forms a new political party to succeed Free Norway
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Frank J. Christensen


them." But no other contribution from Local 2 comes close to that amount, according to state campaign finance records. Christensen explained that by saying the union's political action committee had sufficient funds at the time and "when you've got the money, you give what you can." The Associated Press also reported that a federal judge ruled in 2007, however, that the union improperly retaliated against three of its members for disagreeing with Christensen in his role as chairman of the elevator board. Christensen denies that was the
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Parley P. Christensen


became active in Republican politics. In 1895 he was secretary of the Utah State Constitutional Convention, which opened in 1895, until he was elected Salt Lake County Attorney in 1900, "one of the youngest people to ever hold that office." Between 1900 and 1904 Christensen was a Republican state officer, including party chairman. In 1902 he was defeated for renomination as county attorney but was elected again to that office in 1904. Christensen unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination for Congress in 1906, 1908 and 1910, against incumbent Joseph
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Hilmar Baunsgaard


Hilmar Tormod Ingolf Baunsgaard (26 February 1920, Slagelse – 30 June 1989) was a Danish politician. He was a member of the Danish Social Liberal Party and the party's leader from 1968–1975. He was the Prime Minister of Denmark from 15 February 1968 until 9 October 1971. He was preceded and succeeded by the Social Democratic leader of that time, Jens Otto Krag. Between 1948 and 1951 Baunsgaard had been chairman of The Social Liberal Youth of Denmark. In 1957 he became a Member of Parliament. By 1968 Baunsgaard
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Toni Elster


in Bavaria, Elster became a member of the so-called of artists which had been created a few years earlier by her mentor to represent a younger generation of contemporary artists and strive to improve the quality of the artistic output being produced at that time. Later, between 1931 and 1937, Toni Elster was supporting herself as an artist based at Richard-Wagner-Straße 3 in Bremen. Toni Elster died in Munich towards the end of 1948. Elster's work employs a bold and muscular technique. The use of colour
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2011 Scottish Conservative Party leadership election


to the UK Conservative Party. This prompts mixed reactions from senior party figures. 4 Sep – Ruth Davidson formally announces that she will stand in the contest. 5 Sep – Murdo Fraser launches his campaign in Edinburgh. 8 Sep – Ruth Davidson launches her campaign in Edinburgh. 11 Sep – Lord Forsyth, at one point a suggested leadership candidate, declares his backing for Ruth Davidson. 23 Sep – Nominations for leadership close. Margaret Mitchell confirms she will stand in the election. 2 Oct – David Mundell MP declares his backing
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Johann Daniel Elster


Johann Daniel Elster (born September 16, 1796 in Benshausen, died December 19, 1857 in Wettingen) was a German music professor and choirmaster. Johann Daniel Elster was the son of a hammer smith. He received his first music lessons in his hometown. In 1809, Elster attended grammar school in Freiberg. Elster also studied theology in Leipzig and in 1816 was a member of the "Corps compatriot Franconia Leipzig". He continued his studies in Jena, but later moved to South America and joined Simón Bolívar's liberation movement
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Free Conservatives


The Free Conservatives () was a political party in Denmark, with significant influence in the political life of the country in the early 20th century, especially during the J. C. Christensen cabinet. The main leader of the party was Count Mogens Frijs-Frijsenborg. Other prominent figures were Tage Reedtz-Thott, Hans Nicolai Hansen and Christian Michael Rottbøll. The party opposed socialism but it founders could not reconcile with the political line of the main conservative party "Højre" under the leadership of Jacob Estrup. The Free Conservatives worked for
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Mamadou Kamara Dékamo


Director-General of SEP Development from 1984 to 1992. He became a member of the Political Bureau of the Congolese Labour Party (PCT) in 1992, and he was elected to the National Assembly as a PCT candidate from the Poto-Poto section of Brazzaville in the 1992 parliamentary election. On 25 December 1992, he was appointed as Minister of Communication, Posts, and Telecommunications, as well as Government Spokesman, in the power-sharing government of Prime Minister Claude Antoine Dacosta, which was to serve until a new
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Jerry White (socialist)


Jerome "Jerry" White (born 1959) is an American politician and journalist, and is the Labor Editor reporting for the World Socialist Web Site. He is a member of the Socialist Equality Party of the United States, and was a member of its predecessor the Workers League, joining the movement in 1979. White ran as the SEP candidate for United States President in 1996 and 2008, and again in 2012 with running mate Phyllis Scherrer. White was again the SEP presidential nominee in the 2016 election. Jarome White was
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Prostitution in Norway


", MDG) (1 seat). Marthe Hammer (SV), leader of her party's women's movement, sees the law as having symbolic value, sending a message that buying sex is unacceptable. However, even the KrF agree the effects of the law should be evaluated. Support is particularly strong amongst the youth wings of the parties. The twelve member Justice Committee is currently chaired by Hadia Tajik (A), a strong supporter of the law, with Anders Bjørnsen Werp (H) and Kjell Ingolf
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1928 United States presidential election in Washington (state)


– with many prominent members like Franklin Delano Roosevelt and William Gibbs McAdoo refusing to run because they believed the party had no hope of winning – nominated Al Smith, a devout Catholic, anti-Prohibition, and associated with the corrupt Tammany Hall political machine of his native New York. The powerful anti-Catholicism of the Pacific Northwest, which was largely settled by Scandinavians, meant that the large progressive third-party vote for Parley Christensen and Robert La Follette from the previous two elections was mainly turned over to Hoover, although
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Højer


Højer (German:"Hoyer", North Frisian "Huuger"), is a town with a population of 1,181 (1 January 2014) and a former municipality in south Denmark, in Region of Southern Denmark on the west coast of the Jutland peninsula. The municipality covered an area of 117 km, and had a total population of 2,861 (2005). Its last mayor was Peter Christensen, a member of the Social Democrats ("Socialdemokraterne") political party. The coastal area of the former municipality is a nature reserve.
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Furesø Municipality


Furesø Kommune is a municipality (Danish: "kommune") in Denmark. It has a population of 40,325 (1 April 2016) and an area of 55.68 km² (21.50 sq.mi.). The municipality belongs to the Copenhagen Capital Region and lies 20 km northwest of Copenhagen. Its mayor is Ole Bondo Christensen, a member of the Social Democrats ("Socialdemokraterne") political party. It is a municipality with much forest and access to several lakes, of which it is named after the largest, Furesøen, which
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Making Sense of Marx


Making Sense of Marx is a 1985 book about Karl Marx by the social and political theorist Jon Elster, in which the author reevaluates Marx's ideas. The book has received a mixture of praise and criticism from commentators. "Making Sense of Marx" was praised as "sharp" and "hard-headed" by the political scientist David McLellan in the 1995 edition of "". The political philosopher Richard W. Miller, writing in "The Cambridge Companion to Marx" (1991), called Elster's work "erudite
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Kjell Ingolf Ropstad


a member of Evje og Hornes municipality council from 2003-2007, and the county council in Aust-Agder from 2003-2007. He was the leader of the Youth of the Christian People's Party, the youth wing of the Christian Democratic Party, from 2007-2010. He had previously been deputy leader since 2005. He served as a deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament from Aust-Agder during the term 2005-2009. He was elected a representative from Aust-Agder for the period 2009-2013.
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Jennifer Elster


video, and performances by Trevor Gureckis, Mariko Anruku and Sugar Vendil. In May 2017, she performed "Amid the Beauty" and "Cemetery: Is Death?" at the New Museum. She also screened her video art titled, "Unknown". Elster also participates in others' work, including performing in "TRANS-Ville" at the Catinca Tabacaru Gallery in September 2017. Elster's political activism can be seen in her protests as well as visual and performative artwork advocating for net neutrality, peace, and
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Precommitment


her reputation or, at least, induce snide remarks from her friends. In "Ulysses and the Sirens," Elster also applies his theory of precommitment to the domain of politics. Elster starts with the assertion that a direct democracy will tend to reverse its own decisions and to display inconsistent preferences over time. As he puts it, direct democracies are "incontinent, vacillating, and inefficient." On this basis, Elster goes on to argue that certain institutions in modern democracies may be considered precommitment devices. A democratic electorate
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LaVar Christensen


him. 2010 Christensen challenged Trish Beck again in 2010, this time winning the general election by 652 votes. 2012 Christensen defeated Austin Linford in the Republican convention and faced Democratic Party nominee Alain Balmanno in the general election. Christensen won with 10,940 votes (66.8%) to Balmanno's 5,426 (33.2%). 2014 Christensen again defeated Austin Linford in the Republican convention and faced Democratic Party nominee Alain Balmanno in the general election. Christensen won with 5,915 votes (63.9%) to Balmanno's 3,340 (36.1%).
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Hadsund Municipality


Hadsund Municipality was a municipality (Danish, kommune) in North Jutland County on the Jutland peninsula in northern Denmark until January 1, 2007. The municipality covered an area of 170.28 km², and had a total population of 10,914 (2004). Its last mayor was Karl Christensen, a member of the Social Democrats (Socialdemokraterne) political party. The largest city and the site of its municipal council was the town of Hadsund. On January 1, 2007 Hadsund Municipality ceased to exist as the result of Kommunalreformen ("The
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Ingolf Håkon Teigene


Ingolf Håkon Teigene (10 April 1949 – 12 June 2007) was a Norwegian journalist. Teigene hailed from Hareid. He started his career as a journalist, and was editor-in-chief of "Ny Tid" from 1982 to 1986, at that time a newspaper owned by the Socialist Left Party. He also worked in "Dagbladet". Teigene then became known to the general public as a news presenter, anchoring in Dagsrevyen in the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. He appeared in this role for the first time in 1989
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Christian A. R. Christensen


hired in "Dagbladet" in 1926. In 1933 he married Else Marie Østvedt (1906–1982). They lived in Vestre Aker. In 1934 Christensen was hired in the publishing house Aschehoug. He also wrote news analyses for the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation radio. Also, Christiansen was a deputy member of the Liberal Party of Norway national board. In 1940, Norway was invaded and occupied by Germany as a part of World War II. Christiansen participated for the Liberal Party in early negotiations with the occupying power, but as Germany seized
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Occupy Canada


that one single tent be allowed to remain in Olympic Plaza and that by permission of the courts that members of the group be permitted to remain overnight to supervise and secure the tent. This offer was quickly rejected by the group and some even challenged Christensen as their spokesperson. After a brief 15 minute adjournment the court proceedings continue and a full hearing is conducted with Christensen and other members of the "Occupy Calgary" group. All parties are given a fair opportunity to be heard and to present facts and statements to counter arguments
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John Alvheim


John Ingolf Alvheim (21 May 1930 – 5 December 2005) was a Norwegian politician for the Progress Party. He was a nurse anesthetist by profession, and served as aid worker in several developing countries during the 1970s. Alvheim was highly respected, also by his political opponents, for his vigorous fight for society's disadvantaged. Alvheim was born in Øygarden, Hordaland, to fisherman and farmer Joakim Knutsen Alvheim (1893–1958) and housewife Ingeborg Larsen (1895–1972). From 1954 to 1956 he worked in the Norwegian Navy as a
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Christian A. R. Christensen


. Christensen also chaired the Norwegian Press Association from 1958 to 1962, and was instrumental in establishing the Rights and Duties of the Editor code in 1953 and for the revision of the Ethical Code of Practice for the Norwegian Press in 1956. This was the first revision since the code's inauguration in 1936. He also participated in the non-press sphere after the war; already in 1944 he helped shape the Common Platform ("Fellesprogrammet") which was meant to unite political parties in Norway after the war. In May
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Ingolf Dahl


under , a harpsichordist, pianist, and a proponent of early music. Ingolf studied with Philipp Jarnach at the Hochschule für Musik Köln (1930–32). Dahl left Germany as the Nazi Party was coming to power and continued his studies at the University of Zurich, along with Volkmar Andreae and Walter Frey. Living with relatives and working at the Zurich Opera for more than six years, he rose from an internship to the rank of assistant conductor. He served as a vocal coach and chorus master for the world premieres of Alban
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Jon Elster


and discussed by political scientists,legal scholars, economists and philosophers. His work is difficult to summarise in a slogan, but ... it is generally informed by a broad and deep acquaintance with relevant literature in economics, political science, history, philosophy, and psychology." A student of the philosophy of social science (a topic he investigated through case studies in "Explaining Technical Change"), Elster strongly argued that social scientific explanations had to be built on top of methodological individualism (the belief that only individuals, not
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Scottish Democratic Alliance


The Scottish Democratic Alliance (SDA) is a political organisation formed in 2009 as the successor to the Scottish Enterprise Party (SEP). It supports Scottish independence and withdrawal from the European Union. Although it evolved from a political party, the SDA spent some time operating as a think tank on current affairs in Scotland. It stood its first candidate for election in the 2013 Aberdeen Donside by-election, coming last with 35 votes (0.1%). The SDA favours a low-tax Scotland independent of both the EU
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The Scourge of God (novel)


is forced to attempt to shoot an apple off of Rebecca's head. He misses, killing her. Ingolf's plan goes off the night before the CUT forces leave but it is interrupted by Graber, who wounds Rudi. Ingolf manages to lead the party to safety while the Mormon rebels go into the wilds. Still chased by Graber, Rudi's company attempts to find a place they can hole up so Rudi can heal. While unconscious, Rudi has an out-of-body experience in which Odin tells him he
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Ingolf Fjord


Ingolf Fjord (), also known as Ingolf Sound, is a fjord of Greenland's northeastern coast in northern King Frederick VIII Land. The fjord was named by the 1906-1908 Denmark expedition led by Lauge Koch which mapped Greenland's north coast between Cape York and Denmark Sound. It was named after 544-ton schooner "Ingolf", used for hydrographic surveys in the waters off Greenland in 1879 and 1895; this vessel had also been used by Andreas Peter Hovgaard on a voyage to the West Indies in 1884–85. Ingolf Fjord
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Borgen (TV series)


should be responsible for her feelings. And when she has to make unsympathetic decisions, she should stand by them. I don't want her to feel sorry for herself or suddenly become a soppy mess in her private life, because you wouldn't believe her as a prime minister if she did that." In the beginning she is known as Birgitte Nyborg Christensen. When she divorces her husband Philip Christensen she is thereafter known as Birgitte Nyborg. In the first episode, Birgitte is the leader of a minority political party,
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Justice Party of Denmark


The Justice Party ("Retsforbundet") of Denmark was founded in 1919 as an association and transformed into a political party in 1922. The party's platform is based upon the principles of U.S. economist Henry George - who advocated a single tax on all land - and those of Danish moral philosopher Severin Christensen. The party was elected to parliament for the first time in 1926, and they were moderately successful in the post-war period and managed to join a governing coalition with the Social Democrats and the Social Liberal Party from
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Parley P. Christensen


argued for adopting the initiative and referendum in Utah. In June 1920 Christensen was a delegate to the Chicago joint conventions of the Labor Party of the United States and the progressive Committee of Forty-Eight, whose leaders hoped to merge and to nominate a presidential ticket. The Farmer-Labor Party was the result, with Christensen chosen as presidential nominee. Christensen campaigned for nationalization of railroads and utilities, an eight-hour working day, a federal Department of Education, and an end to the Espionage and Sedition Acts. In
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Toni Elster


as 1900. From 1904, as a member of the , she participated almost every year in their exhibitions in cities such as Berlin, Munich, Düsseldorf, Hannover, Hamburg, and Bremerhaven. Her debut in Bremen came in 1922 thanks to the "North-West Germany Art Association" (""Nordwestdeutsche Künstlerbund""). Two years later her exhibits took a major part of city's spectacular Kunsthalle exhibition: almost all of the 22 Toni Elster paintings on display found buyers. The last significant exhibition in which Elster
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Else Christensen


Alexander Rud Mills, both of whom had a profound influence on her. Christensen believed that Jews control the Western socio-political establishment, and felt that this would prevent the growth of any explicitly political movement to spread racial consciousness among those she deemed to be Aryan. Instead, she believed that Heathenry – a Pagan religion that she termed "Odinism" – represented the best way of spreading this racial consciousness. In 1969, Christensen and her husband founded a group called The Odinist Fellowship. Alex died in 1971, and Christensen
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Scottish Democratic Alliance


Norway to promote tourism. The Scottish Enterprise Party was a centre-right political party in Scotland which supported Scottish independence and withdrawal from the European Union. It was formed in July 2004 to provide an alternative to the largely social democratic Scottish National Party for centre-right voters who support independence. The party opposed Scottish membership of the European Union and any prospective membership of the euro; it supported the principle of a constitutional monarchy and elections conducted through the Single Transferable Vote. The SEP backed the constitutional view that parliamentary sovereignty does
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Ludwig Elster


studied Jurisprudence and Economics at Göttingen, Leipzig and Jena. It was at Jena, supervised by the traditionalist economist Bruno Hildebrand, that Ludwig Elster received his doctorate in 1878. That year he became a member of the Prussian civil service when he joined the City of Berlin Statistical Office as a volunteer, while continuing to pursue his university studies. Encouraged and mentored in his further studies by Johannes Conrad, Elster received his habilitation (higher degree) in Economics from the University of Halle, an hour's train ride to the south
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Torolf Elster


Aslaug Vaa). He was the father of philosopher Jon Elster. Elster made his literary debut in 1936 with the novel "Muren". He was sales manager at the publishing company Tiden Norsk Forlag in the late 1930s. He was a member of the communist movement Mot Dag before the German occupation of Norway 1940–1945, during which he had to flee the country. The novel "Historien om Gottlob" was issued in 1941. In Stockholm he edited the underground newspaper "Håndslag", together with Eyvind Johnson and Willy Brandt
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Ingolf Dahl


Initiative Marcus und Dahl", with the goal of reviving interest in the work of Gert Marcus and Ingolf Dahl as well as other artists living or working, or having lived or worked, in Gross-Borstel. "Initiative Marcus und Dahl" has been responsible for a number of projects. Among these one can cite the production of a new CD in 2018 of Ingolf Dahl's chamber music – "Intervals" – under the direction of Volker Ahmels. In 2019, Melina Paetzold produced a German language biography of Ingolf Dahl
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The Sunrise Lands


flees. Kaur and Singh make Ingolf swear to avenge them. Ingolf is able to escape the Cutter forces due to the sacrifice of the scouts, however he is later captured and taken to the C.U.T capitol, but manages to escape later on. Ingolf then arrived at Mackenzie territory and tells Juniper and Rudi Mackenzie his story. Both interpret the vision to mean that Rudi, who was prophesied to be the Sword of the Lady, has to go east to Nantucket. After a brief debate, Rudi, Ingolf, Mary,
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Frank J. Christensen


achievements as a labor leader, humanitarian and as a political force in the United States and Canada. In attendance was a Who's Who in the worlds of politics, labor and business. Many tributes were given denoting Christensen's dynamic leadership as a labor leader, state official and mediator which has allowed him to transcend his prominence across the labor, business and political spectrum. In July, 2016 Christensen was unanimously elected to a full five-year term as general president. With the resignation of Labor Secretary Hilda Solis in January
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Ingolf Lindau


Evert "Ingolf" Lindau (October 4, 1942), is a Swedish physicist and professor emeritus at Lund University and Stanford University and a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Lindau was awarded his PhD in 1971 at Chalmers University of Technology with his dissertation about photoemission and optical absorption studies of the band structure. After the dissertation, he began working at the Silicon Valley-based company Varian Associates in Palo Alto between 1971-1972 before he was employed at Stanford University in 1972. In 1973 he obtained the
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Knut Løfsnes


Knut Ingolf Løfsnes (22 December 1918 – 5 January 1996) was a Norwegian resistance member, politician and lawyer. He was a central leader of the clandestine organization XU during the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany, leading the mid-Norway XU department from the Norwegian legation in Stockholm from 1942 to 1945. He was the first chairman of the Socialist People's Party, from 1961 to 1969. He was born in Namsos as a son of a sawmill worker. He finished secondary education at Trondheim Cathedral School in 1938,
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Parley P. Christensen


Howell. In 1906 he was cited to appear before a district court judge to show why he had not approved the issuance of a warrant for the arrest of Joseph F. Smith, president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "on a charge of sustaining unlawful relations with one of his five wives." He was a member of the Utah House of Representatives from 1910 to 1912. In the latter year, Christensen joined Theodore Roosevelt's Progressive Party and ran as the Progressive candidate for the Utah House
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Ingolf Dahl


Ingolf Dahl (June 9, 1912 – August 6, 1970) was a German-born American composer, pianist, conductor, and educator. Ingolf was born Walter Ingolf Marcus. in Hamburg, Germany, to a German Jewish father, attorney Paul Marcus, and his Swedish wife Hilda Maria Dahl. He had two brothers, Gert (1914–2008; a noted Swedish artist and sculptor, and a recipient of the Prince Eugen Medal), and Holger, and one sister Anna-Britta. In Hamburg, Dahl studied piano
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Ingolf Dahl


volumes from 1928 until his death in 1970. In 2012 his stepson, Anthony Linick, who wrote an extensive biography of Ingolf, donated these to USC. The West Coast chapters of the American Musicological Society present the Ingolf Dahl Memorial Award in Musicology annually. Recently there has been a revival of interest in the history of the Marcus–Dahl family, its flight from Hamburg, and the cultural contributions of Ingolf Dahl and his brother, the sculptor Gert Marcus. In 2017 residents of Groß Borstel founded a new society, "
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Count Ingolf of Rosenborg


II of Great Britain, and retains a place in line to the British throne. Ingolf was born at Sorgenfri Palace, Sorgenfri, as His Highness Prince Ingolf of Denmark. He was the elder son of Hereditary Prince Knud, by his wife and first cousin, Hereditary Princess Caroline-Mathilde. From the death of his grandfather in 1947, Ingolf stood only behind his father in the order of hereditary succession to the throne and was expected to become king in his turn. His father Prince Knud was then the heir presumptive,
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Count Ingolf of Rosenborg


but even in these cases at the ceremonies themselves they are usually given precedence immediately after his sister Princess Elisabeth of Denmark. Count Ingolf and Countess Sussie attended the Queen's ruby jubilee celebrations. In 1964, when still Prince Ingolf, he acted as groomsman to his third cousin, Constantine II of Greece, on his marriage to Princess Anne-Marie of Denmark (also Ingolf's cousin). According to "Jyllands-Posten", he carries out official engagements around 200 days of the year, typically relating to agriculture and
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Julius Christensen


Julius Christensen (6 December 1840 – 19 October 1923) was a Norwegian doctor and politician for the Conservative Party. He was born in Sandefjord as a son of ship-owner and merchant Søren Lorents Christensen (1810–1862) and Othilie Juliane Kruge (1820–1903). He was an older brother of military officer Sophus Christensen and whaler Christen Christensen, and through the latter an uncle of Lars Christensen. He started his working career at sea, and had the shipmate examination. In 1862 he returned to land, finishing his secondary education
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Else Christensen


under the increasing influence of the Strasserite wing within the National Socialist Workers' Party of Denmark (DNSAP), a group which had embraced the Nazi ideology of Germany's Nazi Party. In 1937 she married the woodcarver and unionist Aage Alex Christensen, who had served as the top lieutenant of the DNSAP leader Cay Lembcke. The Christensens became associated with the Strasserite National Bolshevik faction of the party, but Aage was part of the faction ousted when Frits Clausen seized control. Following the German invasion of Denmark in 1940, both Else
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2011 Scottish Conservative Party leadership election


MSP and Liz Smith MSP endorse Murdo Fraser. 30 Aug – Liz Smith is declared as Murdo Fraser's campaign manager. 1 Sep – Gavin Brown, formerly speculated as standing in the election, states that he will not run and lends his backing to Murdo Fraser. 2 Sep – Jackson Carlaw officially launches his leadership campaign in Glasgow. 4 Sep – Murdo Fraser makes the high-profile announcement that if elected leader, he would disband the Scottish Conservatives and seek to create a new centre-right party, autonomous but allied
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Yukon


the advice of then-Prime Minister Stephen Harper on December 22, 2008. It was previously filled by Ione Christensen, of the Liberal Party. Appointed to the Senate in 1999 by Prime Minister Jean Chrétien, Christensen resigned in December 2006 to help her ailing husband. From 1975 to 1999, Paul Lucier (Liberal) served as Senator for Yukon. Lucier was appointed by Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. Much of the population of the territory is First Nations. An umbrella land claim agreement representing 7,432 members of 14 different First Nations
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Tom Christensen


Tom Christensen (born 1966) is a former Canadian politician and lawyer. He has served as British Columbia's Minister of Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation, as Minister of Education and as Minister of Children and Family Development. Born in Vernon, British Columbia, he received a law degree from the University of Victoria in 1994 and was called to the British Columbia bar in 1995. In the 2001 British Columbia general election he was elected a Member of the Legislative Assembly for Okanagan-Vernon representing the British Columbia Liberal Party. He was
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Count Ingolf of Rosenborg


Rosenborg upon marriage might try to reclaim their royal rank if Ingolf were allowed to do so, despite marrying a commoner as they had done. So, in 1968, Ingolf forfeited his rights to the throne and took the title count of Rosenborg. His younger brother Christian did the same three years later. Ingolf married firstly Inge Terney (21 January 1938 in Copenhagen – 21 July 1996), daughter of Georg Terney (1906–1977) and wife Jenny Hansen (1908–1990), on 13 January 1968, at Lyngby, Denmark.
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Frits Bülow


lawyer and member of the Højre party, but made contact with members of the Venstre party while defending J.C. Christensen and Sigurd Berg against impeachment charges in the Alberti scandal. As result of these connections he was made Justice Minister in the government of Klaus Berntsen (1910–1913). He was a member of the Landstinget from 1920 to 1924 and its speaker until 1922. From 1916 to 1922 he served as legal adviser to the Landmandsbanken and also served on the board of Nationalbanken, first as a member and later as chairman. He
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Society of Experimental Psychologists


conduct plenary sessions in which members can present papers. It holds meetings every spring, scheduled by a member at the host university who serves as the chair of the SEP for that year. The meetings are open to all members and to students and faculty from the host university who are invited by the chair. Membership in the SEP is by invitation only and is considered to be a great honor because it represents significant accomplishment in the field of experimental psychology. The SEP currently admits at least 6 new members annually from among the
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Elster glaciation


The Elster glaciation (, "Elster-Glazial" or "Elster-Zeit") or, less commonly, the Elsterian glaciation, in the older and popular scientific literature also called the Elster Ice Age ("Elster-Eiszeit"), is the oldest known ice age that resulted in the large-scale glaciation of North Germany. It occurred in the period 300 000 to 500 000 years ago. It succeeded a long period of rather warmer average temperatures, the Cromerian Complex. The Elster was followed by the Holstein
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