The name " Moomin " comes from Tove Jansson's uncle, Einar Hammarsten: when she was studying in Stockholm and living with her Swedish relations, her uncle tried to stop her pilfering food by telling her that a " Moomintroll " lived in the kitchen closet and breathed cold air down people's necks.

The production was revived at The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, June 3 — 28, 2009, with Venida Evans, Ron Brice, Deanne Lorette, Brian Dykstra, Fisher Neal, Kathryn Meisle, Einar Gunn, Philip Goodwin, Lindsey Wochley, Bradford Cover, and directed by Matthew Arbour.

This was a generous offer, similar to Hrafnkel's offer to Thorbjorn for the death of Einar in Hrafnkels saga.

When Sigurd was killed, the earldom was divided among Sumarlidi, Brusi, and Einar ( Thorfinn was only 5 years old at the time ).

Einar was a ruthless earl, and imposes harsh taxes which severely hurt the farmers.

It was named in honor of World War II POW Colonel Einar Axel Malmstrom.

Originally named Great Falls Army Air Base, later Great Falls Air Force Base, the facility was renamed Malmstrom Air Force Base on 1 October 1955 in honor of Colonel Einar Axel Malmstrom ( 1907 – 1954 ).

Drummer Siggi ( Sigtryggur ) Baldursson was a member of þeyr, and Einar Örn Benediktsson and Bragi Olafsson formed a punk band called Purrkur Pillnikk.

The band's music was characterized by a psychedelic post-punk sound sometimes reminiscent of The B-52's and Talking Heads, whimsical yet heartfelt lyrics, and the imploring, girlish voice of Björk, accompanied by Einar Orn's erratic vocal performances.

The greater vocal contribution by Einar Örn on the record was criticized in many of the record's reviews, which were noticeably weaker than those for Life's Too Good.

Even though Social Credit won a majority of seats in the legislature, their finance minister Einar Gunderson was defeated in Oak Bay by Archie Gibbs of the Liberals.

Einar Benediktsson ( 1864 – 1940 ) was an Icelandic poet and lawyer.

Einar Benediktsson's poetry was a significant contribution in the nationlistic revival leading to Iceland's independence.

Einar Benediktsson was buried at Iceland's national shrine, Þingvellir.

The museum structure was designed by the architects Einar Myklebust and Gunnar Fougner ( 1911 – 1995 ).

Odd Einar Ufsvatn was the designer.

The arms were chosen to symbolize Einar Tambarskjelve, who was a famous chief and archer from Melhus in the 11th century.

At that time the Institute was a " hot bed " of the rapidly evolving discipline of biochemistry, thus Ochoa had the experience of meeting and interacting with scientists such as Otto Warburg, Carl Neuberg, Einar

He was appointed Minister of Trade in the short-lived but notable John Lyng cabinet from August to September 1963, following the Kings Bay Affair that brought to an end to the uninterrupted chain of Labor governments after World War II, headed by Einar Gerhardsen and Oscar Torp.

Einar Gerhardsen was born in the municipality of Asker, in the county of Akershus.

His brother was Rolf Gerhardsen and with him Einar Gerhardsen also had a lifelong working relationship.

He was appointed Minister of Finance in Oscar Torp's cabinet, and from 1956 to 1960 in the third cabinet of Einar Gerhardsen.

He became Prime Minister of Norway in 1951 when Einar Gerhardsen stepped down from this position ; the move was reversed in 1955 when Torp became President of the Storting.

Upon their return, Earl Brusi attempts to reconcile Thorkel and Einar by having them throw feasts for one another.

On 21 August 1954 the 407th SFW Vice Commander, Col. Einar Axel Malmstrom, died when his T-33 Shooting Star trainer crashed approximately one mile west of the Great Falls Municipal Airport.

Through such a systematic approach, one could arrive at a uniting expression for all Norwegian dialects, what Aasen called the fundamental dialect, and Einar Haugen has called Proto-Norwegian.

Constantly drawn towards testing social science theory in field settings, he and Eric Trist, one of his closest intellectual collaborators, and other colleagues, established " open socio-technical systems theory " as an alternative paradigm for organisational design-field-tested on a national scale in Norway, in partnership with Einar Thorsrud.

Former Labour Party politician and head of Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation ( NRK ) Einar Førde called Jens Evensen " one of the great Norwegians of the last century.

Leading poets include Bjarni Thorarensen and Jónas Hallgrímsson, pioneers of the Romantic movement in Iceland ; Matthías Jochumsson, author of Iceland's national anthem ; Þorsteinn Erlingsson, lyricist ; Einar Hjörleifsson Kvaran, a pioneer of realism in Icelandic literature and an outstanding short-story writer ; Einar Benediktsson, ranked as one of the greatest modern Icelandic poets ; Jóhann Sigurjónsson, who lived much of his life in Denmark and wrote many plays based on Icelandic history and legend, as well as poetry ; and the novelist Halldór Laxness, who received the Nobel Prize for literature in 1955.

Einar, who was second on the party's list behind Jón, won one of the seats on the city council.

After the bankruptcy of Gramm Records, and the demise of KUKL, one of Iceland ’ s most important groups during the eighties, Einar Örn Benediktsson, one of the vocalists of KUKL and Ásmundur Jónsson and Dóra Einarsdóttir from Gramm, with other former musicians from KUKL and a surrealistic group called Medúsa, convened to create a record company called Smekkleysa in 1986.

* In the same novel, Mendoza's companion Einar eats " cakes of theobromos " one after the other in order to stay calm as they explore Laurel Canyon, where time distortions surround them with visions of past and future events.

Along the way, Einar has to kill one of the locals.

In one chapter, we get a long and reverent description of them watching D. W. Griffith's Intolerance, with Einar as Chorus describing every scene.

: Einar Thambarskelfir, one of the sharpest of bowshooters, stood by the mast, and shot with his bow.

* 1989 – Kristján Einar, Icelandic racing driver

* 1962 – Einar Örn Benediktsson, Icelandic musician ( The Sugarcubes )

* January 14 – Einar Hákonarson, Icelandic painter

Gramm was an Icelandic record label created by Ásmundur Jónsson and Einar Örn Benediktsson in 1981.

Einar Hákonarson is an expressionistic and figurative painter who brought the figure back into Icelandic painting in 1968.

Nevertheless many of the most popular nineteenth-and twentieth-century Icelandic poets composed rímur, including Bólu-Hjálmar, Sigurður Breiðfjörð, Einar Benediktsson, Steinn Steinarr, Örn Arnarson and Þórarinn Eldjárn.

* Einar Hjörleifsson Kvaran ( 1859 – 1938 ), Icelandic editor, novelist, poet, playwright and prominent spiritualist

* Einar Jónsson ( 1874 – 1954 ), Icelandic sculptor

* Einar Kárason ( born 1955 ), Icelandic writer

Einar Jónsson ( May 11, 1874 – October 18, 1954 ) was an Icelandic sculptor, born in Galtafell, a farm in southern Iceland.

In 1902 the Althing, the Icelandic parliament, awarded Einar a grant to study in Rome for 2 years.

In 1914 Einar was awarded a commission to create a statue of Icelandic explorer Þorfinnur Karlsefni for placement in Philadelphia.

One example of this is the sculpture " Skuld " where Einar uses Icelandic Mythological symbolism of " Urdur, Verdandi and Skuld " which were the witches of destiny or " Karma ".

In the early twentieth century, Einar Jónsson, an Icelandic sculptor, created a statue of Thorfinn Karlsefni which was placed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Smekkleysa ’ s first work was a postcard drawn by Friðrik Erlingsson, who at that time was the guitar player of Sykurmolarnir ( Icelandic for The Sugarcubes ), a band led by Einar Örn and Björk.

Having not been performed live in over a decade, the song would later be performed during the 2007-08 Volta Tour with the Icelandic " Wonderbrass " brass section, sometimes also with fellow Sugarcubes vocalist Einar Örn on trumpet.

Einar Hjörleifsson Kvaran ( December 6, 1859 in Vellanes, Iceland as Einar Hjörleifsson – May 21, 1938 in Reykjavík ) was an Icelandic editor, novelist, poet, playwright and prominent spiritualist.