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G. Jeff Olsen
Jeff Olsen is the current Cowboy in the music group Village People. He joined the group in 1980 when Randy Jones left. He was born in New York City but currently resides in Connecticut. He joined Village People after a friend informed him that a pop-group was looking for a singer/dancer. Prior to jo..
Gje
Gje (Ѓ, ѓ) is a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet, used in the Macedonian language to represent /gʲ/ or /ʥ/. Words with this sound are sometimes cognate to those in Serbian with ђ. The transition from a palatalized voiced velar plosive to a voiced alveolo-palatal affricate is similar to the har..
Gjekė Marinaj
Gjekė Marinaj is an Albanian poet. ..
Gjemnes
Gjemnes kommune County Møre og Romsdal District Nordmøre Municipality NO-1557]] Administrative centre Batnfjordsøra Mayor (2003) Odd Steinar Bjerkeset (KrF) Official language form Neutral Area - Total - Land - Percentage km²371 km²0.12 % 20..
Gjemnessund Bridge
Gjemnessund Bridge (Gjemnessundbrua) is a suspension bridge that crosses Gjemnessundet between Gjemnes on the mainland and Bergsøya in Møre og Romsdal county in Norway. It is the longest suspension bridge in Norway, although it is not the longest span. The bridge is 1257 metres long, the main sp..
Gjende
Gjende is a lake in the Jotunheimen mountains in Norway's Jotunheim National Park. The proglacial lake shows typical characteristics of glacial formation, being long and narrow—in length 18 km and in breadth 1.5 km at the broadest point with steep walls. Gjende has a character..
Gjenganger
Gjenganger (Norwegian: Gjenganger Danish: Genganger Swedish: Gengångare). In scandinavian folklore, the entity hereby referred to as "gjenganger" is the equivalent of a ghost, but with several large differences from the modern, western perception of ghosts. The term gjenganger and its other scandin..
Gjerdrum
Gjerdrum kommune County Akershus District Romerike Municipality NO-0234]] Administrative centre Ask Mayor (2003) Svein O. Kogstad (Sp) Official language form Bokmål Area - Total - Land - Percentage km²82 km²0.03 % 2004) - Percentage ..
Gjergj Arianit Komneni
Gjergj Arianit Komneni was an important Albanian hero and the great uncle of Moisi Arianit Golemi. ..
Gjergj Elez Alia
In Albanian mythology, Gjergj Elez Alia was a great warrior who had fought against enemies of all kinds. He had nine wounds on his body and lay suffering for nine years in his house and everybody had forgotten him. Only his sister took care for him night and day for nine years. Then news came that a..
Gjergj Fishta
Gjergi Fishta (October 23, 1871-December 30, 1940) was an Albanian Franciscan friar, a poet, and a translator. Born in Fishta të Zadrimes, Fishta studied philosophy and Catholic theology in Bosnia. In 1902, he became the head of the Franciscan gymnasium in Shkodra. From the beginning of April 1919..
Gjermund Eggen
Gjermund Eggen is a former Norwegian Cross-country skier who won three golds at the 1966 Nordic skiing World Championships (15km, 50km, and 4 x 10km relay). The 1966 Nordic skiing World Championships were held in Oslo in conjuction with the Holmenkollen ski festival, so Eggen's World Championship v..
Gjermund Hagesæter
Gjermund Hagesæter (born 12 December, 1960 in Lindås) is a Norwegian politician representing the Progress Party. He is currently a representive of Hordaland in the Storting, he was first elected in 2001. Storting committees 2001–2009 member of the Finance committee.2005–2009 member of..
Gjern
Gjern is a town in central Denmark, located in Gjern municipality in Jutland. Gjern has the largest museum of automobiles in Scandinavia. ..
Gjernes
Gjernes is a contemporary style of fine art; sculptural and decorative. It is a spreading popular style of art, especially in Scandinavia, since the Norwegian Government's decision that its wedding gift to the princess of Norway and her husband to be two pieces of furniture work by Liv Mildrid ..
Gjern municipality
Gjern municipality is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in Aarhus County in the eastern part of the Jutland peninsula in central Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 144 km², and has a total population of 8.134 (2005). Its mayor is Ella Porskær, a member of the Venstre (Liberal Party) poli..
Gjerstad
Gjerstad kommune County Aust-Agder District Municipality NO-0911]] Administrative centre Gjerstad Mayor (2004) Odvar Voie Eikeland (Sp) Official language form Neutral Area - Total - Land - Percentage km²308 km²0.10 % 2004) - Percentage&n..
Gjertrud Schnackenberg
Gjertrud Schnackenberg (1953 - ) is an American poet. She received her B.A. in English in 1975 from Mount Holyoke College. She was married to the American philosopher Robert Nozick until his passing in 2002. Contents 1 Works1.1 ''..
Gjerøy
Gjerøy (or Gjerdøya) is the administrative centre of Rødøy municipality, Norway. ..
Gjesdal
Gjesdal kommune County Rogaland District Municipality NO-1122]] Administrative centre Ålgård Mayor (2003) Karl Edvard Aksnes (KrF) Official language form Neutral Area - Total - Land - Percentage km²558 km²0.19 % 2004) - Percentage ..
Gjesling
Gjesling (or Gjæsling) was an old family at Vågå in Oppland, Norway. In 1130 Ivar Gjesling was the earliest-known owner of the farm Sandbu (just north of Vågåmo) in Vågå. He served as King Magnus IV's lendmann (governor) for the Opplands. Ivar Gjesling, allied himself with the Birchlegs (B..
Gjettum (station)
Gjettum Station is the third station on the way from Kolsås to Oslo, Norway (Line 4). The station is actually just a platform, and has no ticket office. One can, however, find a ticket dispenser. Trains go every 15 minutes in both directions. There are no shops or toilets at this station. The rai..
Gjevalin Gegaj
Gjevalin Gegaj is one of the first members of the Board of Trustees of National Albanian American Council (NAAC). He lives in West Bloomfield, Michigan. He is a successful businessman and long time activist in the Albanian-American community. He also contributed to the campaign of Wesley Clark, reti..
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