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Friis is a name of Danish origin, meaning Frisian person. It may refer to any of the following people:
Bruun is a surname of North Germanic origin. The meaning is brown. In Denmark, the name is known to have been in use since the 13th century in the form Bruun. Other spelling variants are Bruhn and Brun. Today, c. 0.1% of the population carries Bruun as their surname or middle name. The name is also in use in Norway, the Faroe Islands and the other Nordic countries.
Foss is a common surname of Scandinavian origin. Foss may refer to:
Carlsen is a Danish-Norwegian patronymic surname meaning "son of Carl". The form Karlsen is cognate. The parallel Swedish forms are Carlsson and Karlsson.
Budde is a surname of Scandinavian origin. Notable people with the surname include:
Hagerup is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Events from the year 1742 in Denmark.
Normann is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Kaas is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Stamer is a surname. Notable people with the name include:
Due is a surname. Notable people with the name include:
Henrik Gerner (1742–1787) was a Danish naval officer who specialised in shipbuilding and naval architecture. His interests as an entrepreneurial engineer led to unsinkable gun platforms, horse-driven dredging machines, and desalination equipment for Orient-bound trading ships.
Bishop Henrik Gerner was a Dane who studied theology and travelled extensively in England. From 1656, at the age of 27, he became parish priest for Birkerød and in 1693 until his death was appointed bishop of Viborg.
Ernst Wilhelm Stibolt was a Danish naval officer and ship builder, who served in the French navy for four years. and became a member of the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters.
The family name Stibolt was closely associated with the Danish-Norwegian navy of the 18th century and with the island of Christiansø from the time that Hans Anderson Stibolt was appointed commandant of those most easterly islands of Denmark. His three sons all held naval officer rank, as did many of the subsequent generations, serving with a varied amount of success. Three generations held the post of Commandant on Christiansø.
Danish shipbuilders in the Age of Sail
This list, arranged by year, presents builders of Danish warships from the late 17th century to mid-19th century. It names the Heads of Naval Construction (Fabrikmester) and includes lesser shipbuilders to the Danish Royal Navy. It does not include purely commercial shipbuilders.
Andreas Gerner was a Danish naval officer who was also employed in the building of ships for the Royal Dano-Norwegian Navy.
Fisker is a Scandinavian surname meaning 'fisher' (fisherman), in Danish and Norwegian. Its English cognate is the surname Fisher.
Wiehe is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Trolle is a surname which is common in the Scandinavian countries. People with the surname include:
References
- ↑ Hanks, Patrick, ed. (2003). Dictionary of American Family Names. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 34. ISBN 9780195081374. OCLC 51655476.
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