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Lina Rafn Sørensen
Lina Rafn at Danish DJ Awards anno 2007.
Background information
Born	(1976-08-12) 12 August 1976 (age 35) Copenhagen, Denmark
Origin	Copenhagen, Denmark
Genres	Dance, Trance, House, Pop
Occupations	Singer, Songwriter, VJ, Model
Instruments	Vocals, Keyboard
Years active	1997 – present
Labels	Europa Recordings
Associated acts	Infernal
Website	Infernal Official Website

Lina Rafn Sørensen (born on 12 August 1976 in Copenhagen, Denmark), known professionally as Lina Rafn is a Danish female singer, songwriter and producer and is currently active in the band Infernal.^[1] Additionally, she is a former VJ on the Danish music video channel The Voice TV Danmark, presenting various charts.

Lina Rafn has been a professional dancer from a very early age, but she did not have her professional singing debut before founding Infernal with Paw Lagermann and Søren Haahr in 1997. Infernal's debut single, "Sorti de L'enfer" was an instrumental dance-track.

From there on, she gained worldwide fame and recognition for her work. She is noted for her strong vocals and, along with Paw, created the hit From Paris To Berlin. With the name of the band Infernal, she has released four albums and has sold millions of copies to date.

Her vocal trademark is a growl before hitting a high note.

Lina also recorded a track with Green Court called Silent Heart.

Lina was a judge in the first and second season of the danish X Factor.

Personal[link]

Lina had her first daughter, Karmen, in the beginning of 2010 with her long-time boyfriend Kasper Christensen.

Discography[link]

Singles[link]

• 2011: "Sød musik"

References[link]

Anne Linnet
Anne Linnet during a concert in 2006
Background information
Born	(1953-07-30) July 30, 1953 (age 58) Århus, Denmark
Genres	Pop , Rock
Occupations	Singer, Songwriter, Composer, Musician
Instruments	Vocals, Guitar
Years active	1972 – present
Labels	Tears, Shit & Chanel, Anne Linnet Band, Marquis de Sade
Associated acts	Sky
Website	www.annelinnet.dk

Anne Linnet, Nibe Festival 2009.

Anne Linnet (born 30 July 1953 in Århus, Denmark, is a Danish singer, musician and composer. She has released a number of solo albums and has also been a member of several bands, such as Shit & Chanel, Anne Linnet Band, and Marquis de Sade. Anne Linnet is one of a small group of Danish musicians and songwriters consistently popular now for many years. She is, and has been for more than three and a half decades, a distinctive figure on the Danish music scene and is valued as a writer and composer. Anne Linnet is known for her well-written, honest lyrics, her explorations into a number of music styles, and a constant desire to try something new. In 2008 she received IFPI Denmark's prize of honour for her work of many years on the Danish music scene.^[1][2]

Career[link]

Anne Linnet had her musical debut at the age of 17, in 1970, with the Århus based band "Tears", with whom she released two albums. In 1973 she was one of the founding members of the all-woman band, Shit & Chanel, which released four albums in their seven years together. One of their largest hits was the song, "Smuk og Dejlig", written by Anne Linnet. One of the reasons for the band’s split was that the House of Chanel had won a lawsuit against them, regarding the use of the name "Chanel". After that, the band members felt a need to move on and do something new.^[1][2]

Following the split, Anne Linnet formed the band, Anne Linnet Band, which released two albums in 1981 and 1982 respectively. Two other singers and musicians in the band were Sanne Salomonsen and Lis Sørensen, both popular singers/musicians who have since had long and successful careers.^[1]

In 1983, she formed a new band, Marquis de Sade. The sound was harder and more electronic, inspired by other European, mid-eighties bands, such as Eurythmics, and was a change from the softer pop/folk sound that had characterised her music until then. The band released two albums. At the time they created some controversy, and became known for some of their songs having sadomasochistic ("Marquis de Sade") and lesbian ("Hils din mor", "Venus") themes. They had large hits with songs such as "Glor på Vinduer" and "Nattog".^[1][2]

In 1986, Anne Linnet wrote music for the film, Barndommens Gade based on the novel of the same name by the Danish poet Tove Ditlevsen. She set a number of Tove Ditlevsen’s poems to music, which was released on the album Barndommens Gade. The poem/song, ”Barndommens Gade", became a hit.^[2]

In 1988, she released the album Jeg Er Jo Lige Her (Danish for I am right here). The first single was the evergreen "Tusind Stykker" (Danish for Thousand Pieces), which became a large hit, first in Anne Linnet’s version, and later also in a Swedish version, performed by the Swedish singer and musician, Björn Afzelius.^[2]

In 1989, she released the album Min Sang in collaboration with the Danish priest, author and lecturer, Johannes Møllehave. The album contains her poems inspired by her Christian faith. Linnet and Møllehave have later collaborated on a series of church concerts and lectures.

In 1996, she wrote a chamber opera, Thorvaldsen, about the Danish, 19th century sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen.

Anne Linnet has also authored several books. In 1983, she published a collection of poems; Glimt, in 1999, the first part of her autobiography; Hvor kommer drømmene fra?, and in 2000, four short children’s books about Ivan the dog.

In 2006, she had a showing of her oil paintings in Rundetårn, Copenhagen.

In 2007, she released the critically acclaimed solo album Akvarium which became a success.^[1][2]

Personal life[link]

Anne Linnet earned her degree from Århus Statsgymnasium and went on to obtain a degree from Det Jyske Musikkonservatorium (The Royal Academy of Music, Århus, Denmark).

Until 1985, she was married to the jazz musician, Holger Laumann, with whom she has two children; Eva (Evamaria) and Jan Martin (Sean), now named Marcus.

She is also the mother of Alexander Theo Linnet, whom she had with Mads Buhl Nielsen.^[3] Alexander followed a musical life like his mother and is known as Xander and his single "Det burde ikk være sådan her" topped the Danish Singles Charts in 2011.

Linnet also has two adopted children, Peter and Maria.

She is a bisexual and has had both male and female lovers, and has, over time, become a lesbian icon in Denmark.^{[citation needed]}

In 2010, Anne Linnet married Tessa Franck Linnet. In August 2011, Tessa Franck Linnet gave birth to the couple's first child together, a girl named Isolde Elisabeth Franck Linnet.

Discography (incomplete)[link]

as Tears

• Tears (Spectator, 1970)
• In My Ears (Artist, 1974)

as Shit & Chanel

• Shit & Chanel (1975)
• Shit & Chanel No. 5 (1976)
• Tak for sidst (1978)
• Dagen har så mange farver (1979)

as Anne Linnet Band

• Anne Linnet Band (CBS, 1981)
• Cha Cha Cha (CBS, 1982)

as Anne Linnet & Marquis De Sade

• Marquis De Sade (CBS, 1983)
• Hvid Magi (CBS, 1985)
• En Elsker (CBS, 1986)
• Over mig, under mig (Universal, 2002)

as Anne Linnet

• Sweet Thing (1973) LP
• Anne Linnet (1974) LP
• Kvindesind (Exlibris, 1977)
• You're Crazy (Better Day Records, 1979)
• Berlin '84 (CBS, 1984), Linnet / Salomonsen
• Barndommens Gade (CBS, 1986)
• Jeg Er Jo Lige Her (Pladecompagniet, 1988)
• Go' Søndag Morgen (Pladecompagniet, 1989), children's album
• Min Sang (Pladecompagniet, 1989)
• Krig & Kærlighed (Pladecompagniet/Virgin, 1990), Linnet / Salomonsen
• Det' Så Dansk (Pladecompagniet, 1992)
• Tal til mig (Pladecompagniet, 1993)
• Pige Træd Varsomt (Pladecompagniet, 1995)
• Thorvaldsen (Pladecompagniet, 1996) Opera
• Bitch Boys (Mega Records, 1997) Bitch Boys
• Nattog Til Venus (Sony Music, 1999) double CD compilation
• Jeg og Du (Grappa, 2000)
• Relax (Universal Music, 2003)
• Her hos mig (Universal Music A/S, 2005)
• Akvarium (Sony BMG, 2007)
• Anne Linnet (Sony BMG, 2008)
• Boksen (Sony BMG, 2009)
• Linnets Jul (Sony, 2010)
• De bedste (Sony, 2011)

Notes[link]

1. ^ ^{a b c d e} Linnetsongs
2. ^ ^{a b c d e f} GAFFApedia
3. ^ BilledBladet: Anne Linnets søn topper de danske hitlister (in Danish)

External links[link]

• Linnetsongs, official website
• Anne Linnet on Myspace
• Anne Linnet at the Internet Movie Database

Magnus Bernhard Olsen (Arendal, 28 November 1878 – Oslo, 16 January 1963)^[1] was a Norwegian linguist and a professor in Norse philology at the University of Oslo from 1908 to 1948. His writings on Norse paganism and interpretations of the names of Norwegian farms and other placenames were influential.^[2]

Biography[link]

After finishing school in 1896, Olsen studied at the University of Oslo and received his Candidatus philologiæ degree in 1903. From 1899 onwards, he worked as an assistant at the University Library; from 1902 he was assistant to the almost blind Sophus Bugge.^[1] After 1904 he received a stipend. In 1908, at the age of 30, he was chosen to succeed Bugge as Professor of Old Norse and Icelandic Language and Literature; in 1921 the department was renamed Norse Philology.^[1][3]

During his lifetime, Olsen was one of the most prominent and best known scholars in his field.^[4] His publications included 7 volumes of Eddic and skaldic poetry with commentary, and also several volumes on runic inscriptions: after assisting Sophus Bugge in completing publication of the inscriptions in the Elder Futhark, he published the first 5 volumes on the inscriptions in the Younger Futhark. Although he took magical interpretations of runic inscriptions further than do later scholars, they were always on a reasoned basis.^[1] He assisted as joint editor and editor of 3 volumes in the completion of Oluf Rygh's Norske Gaardnavne. He is best known for the framework he established for dating placenames and relating them to religion and society in the pre-Christian era,^[1] which he presented in two books, Hedenske Kulturminder i Norske Stedsnavne ("Heathen Cultural Remnants in Norwegian Placenames" - 1915) and Ættegård og Helligdom, Norske Stednavn Sosialt og Religionshistorisk Belyst (1926, translated into English as Farms and Fanes of Ancient Norway: The Place-Names of a Country Discussed in Their Bearings on Social and Religious History, 1928). Hva våre stedsnavn lærer oss ("What Our Placenames Teach Us" - 1934) is a succinct introduction to the subject.

Olsen founded the journal Maal og Minne in 1909, and edited it for 40 years. His article in the first issue, "Fra gammelnorsk myte og kultus," was in itself an important contribution to the study of Germanic religion, interpreting "Skírnismál" in terms of the hieros gamos.^[5] His inaugural lecture in 1908 had had the same title and topic.^[1] In 1941, during World War II, Magnus Olsen was chosen dekanus (Dean) at the university after Francis Bull was arrested. In 1952 he was honoured with a state pension.

Personal life[link]

He became a Commander of the Order of St. Olav in 1945. He was a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters from 1904, a member of the Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters, and a Knight in the Icelandic Order of the Falcon and the Swedish Order of the Polar Star.

In 1912 he married Gjertrud Mathilde Kjær, daughter of Albert Kjær, librarian at the Oslo Public Library and head librarian at the University Library.^[1] Ludvig Holm-Olsen, professor of Old Norse philology at the University of Bergen, was his nephew.^[6]

Major publications[link]

• Hedenske Kulturminder i Norske Stedsnavne. Kristiania 1915.
• Ættegård og Helligdom, Norske Stednavn Sosialt og Religionshistorisk Belyst. Oslo 1926, 2nd ed. Oslo 1978.
• Farms and Fanes of Ancient Norway: The Place-Names of a Country Discussed in Their Bearings on Social and Religious History. Tr. Th. Gleditsch. Oslo 1928.
• Hva Våre Stedsnavn Lærer Oss. Oslo 1934, 2nd ed. Oslo 1971, 1973.

Editions[link]

• Norges innskrifter med de ældre runer volumes 1 - 4. Oslo 1891–1924. with Sophus Bugge.
• Norges innskrifter med de yngre runer volumes 1 - 5. Oslo 1941, 1951, 1954, 1957, 1960. — Volumes 3 - 5 with Aslak Liestøl.
• Völsunga saga ok Ragnars saga loðbrókar, Copenhagen 1906–1908. Samfund til udgivelse af gammel nordisk litteratur 36.
• (editor) Oluf Rygh. Stavanger Amt. Norske gaardnavne 10, Oslo 1915.
• (editor) Oluf Rygh. Søndre Bergenhus Amt. Norske gaardnavne 11. Oslo 1910.
• (editor with Just Knud Qvigstad) Oluf Rygh. Finmarkens Amt. Norske gaardnavne 18. Oslo 1924.

Textbook[link]

• Norrøne studier, Oslo 1938.

References[link]

Further reading[link]

• Ole-Jørgen Johannessen. Magnus Olsen: En Bibliografi (Oslo: Samlaget, 1977) ISBN 82-521-0650-1