Vigdis Karen Giltun (born 11 March 1952 in Oslo) is a Norwegian politician for the Progress Party.
She was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Østfold in 2005.
Giltun held various positions in Fredrikstad municipality council from 1999 to 2007. Before this she was a deputy member.
Vigdís Finnbogadóttir is an Icelandic politician who served as the fourth president of Iceland from 1980 to 1996. Vigdís is the first woman in the world to be democratically elected as president. Having served as president of Iceland for 16 years, she is the longest-serving elected female head of state in history. She is the first female president in Icelandic history, while later being followed by the current president, Halla Tómasdóttir as the second female president. Vigdís is a UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador and a member of the Club of Madrid.
Christine Guldbrandsen is a singer who is best known internationally for being the Norwegian entrant in the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest. She has released three albums in Scandinavia: Surfing in the Air, Moments, and Christine. A new album, Colors, was released on 8 April 2011. She sings mainly in Norwegian, Danish and English.
Vigdis Hårsaker, is a Norwegian handball player, who currently plays club handball for Byåsen IL.
Vigdis Hjorth is a Norwegian novelist best known for English translations of Long Live the Post Horn (2012) and Will and Testament. She was longlisted for the National Book Award for Translated Literature in 2019 for Will and Testament, which had been recently translated into English. A few years later, in 2023, her novel Is Mother Dead (2020), which was translated in 2022, was longlisted for the International Booker Prize.
Events in the year 1952 in Norway.
Vigdis Hjulstad Belbo is a Norwegian politician for the Centre Party.
Gunn Vigdis Olsen-Hagen was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.
Birte Fosheim Wienskol, better known as Minken Fosheim, was a Norwegian actress and author, best known for her children's books about famous composers, and her role as Vigdis Reverud in the 1990s sitcom Karl & Co.
Eva Bryde Sletto was a Norwegian actress and daughter of Olav Sletto and Karin Sletto.
Vigdis Songe-Møller is a Norwegian philosopher, Professor Emerita of Philosophy at the University of Bergen. "When it comes to feminist philosophy proper in Norway, the field has been dominated by two figures, namely, Professor Emerita Else Wiestad, of the University of Oslo, and Vigdis Songe-Møller."
Øystein Hedstrøm is a Norwegian politician. He was a Member of Parliament from Østfold for the Progress Party from 1989 to 2005, after which he declined renomination.
Vigdis Stokkelien was a Norwegian journalist, and writer. Her writing includes novels, short stories and children's literature. She made her literary debut in 1967 with the short story collection Dragsug. Among her novels is the trilogy Lille Gibraltar (1972), Båten under storseilet (1982), and Stjerneleden (1984). She was awarded the Mads Wiel Nygaards Endowment in 1970.
Vigdis Ystad was a Norwegian literary historian.
Marius sweaters are Norwegian-style knitted sweaters with patterns inspired by traditional Setesdal sweater, but without lice, a type of pattern. While the traditional sweaters used the natural colors of sheep wool - black, gray, brown and white - Marius sweater designs incorporated colors, with the most common being red, white and blue, the colors of the Norwegian flag.
Birgit Henriette Borgersen Wiig was a Norwegian newspaper editor and politician.
Vigdis Moe Skarstein is a Norwegian librarian. She was born in Levanger.
Will and Testament is an absurdist fiction novel written by Norwegian author Vigdis Hjorth. It was written and published in 2016 by Cappelen Damm. In 2019 the novel was translated into English by Charlotte Barslund and published by Verso Books. Will and Testament tells the story of Bergljot, a woman living with a history of sexual assault, as she gets caught up in family drama over an inheritance dispute that reignites childhood trauma. The novel received numerous awards but also received backlash for accused literary ethics violations.
Vigdis is a Norwegian film from 1943 directed by Helge Lunde. It is based on the novel Vigdis og hennes barns fedre, which was published by the lawyer Albert Wiesener in 1931 under the pseudonym Frantz Ferdinand.
Long Live the Post Horn! is a novel by Vigdis Hjorth. Originally published in 2012, the book was translated to English by Charlotte Barslund and published by Verso Books in 2020.
Vigdis or Vigdís is a Scandinavian and Icelandic feminine given name.
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