Borg
Encyclopedia
Borg may refer to:
- Borg (surname)Borg (surname)Borg is a common surname in Scandinavia as well as in Malta. Borg may refer to:*Åke Borg, Swedish swimmer, twin brother of Arne*Alex Borg, Maltese snooker player*Anders Borg, Swedish politician*Andy Borg, Austrian singer...
- BorgBorg (castle)A borg is a former stronghold or villa in the province of Groningen, the Netherlands.Borgs used to belong to noblemen or prominent citizens and were used for a place of safety during war.-Structure:...
means Castle in some Nordic languages.
Places
- Borg, SaarlandBorg, SaarlandBorg is a village in the municipality of Perl in the Saarland, Germany. It is located 5 km north east of Perl and 11 km south west of Nennig on the River Mosel. It lies at a height of 355 m and has a population of 370. The nearby Roman Villa Borg is one of the Saarland's most important...
, Germany - Borg á MýrumBorg á MýrumBorg á Mýrum is an ancient farm and church estate due west of Borgarnes township. Its recorded history reaches back to the settlement of Iceland. One of the country's original settlers was Skallagrímur Kveldúlfsson, who claimed the area around Borg as his land, built a farm and made his home there....
, Iceland - Borg, VestvågøyBorg, VestvågøyBorg is a hamlet near Bøstad, Vestvågøy, Norway. It is the location of Lofotr, a living museum presenting on a reconstruction and archeological excavation of a Viking chieftain's village.The area around Borg has many horses, most of which are Nordlandshester....
, Norway - Diocese of BorgDiocese of BorgBorg is a diocese in the Church of Norway. The diocese includes parishes in the counties of Østfold and Akershus, excluding Asker and Bærum . It was created in 1969 by separation from the Diocese of Oslo. The cathedral city is Fredrikstad....
, Norway - Borg MassifBorg MassifBorg Massif is a spectacular mountain massif, about long and with summits above , situated along the northwest side of the Penck Trough in Queen Maud Land, East Antarctica. The tallest peak, at , is Hogsaetet Mountain...
, Antarctica - Borg El ArabBorg El ArabBorg El Arab is an industrial city and resort in Alexandria, Egypt.-Overview:It is located about 45 kilometers south-west Alexandria city centre and some seven kilometers from the Mediterranean coast. North of the Borg El Arab city is King Mayriott resort and Mayriott Lake. The city has an...
, Egypt
Companies and products
- Borg BryggerierBorg BryggerierBorg Bryggerier was formerly an independent brewery based in the city of Sarpsborg, in Østfold, Norway.Borg Bryggerier was founded in 1855 under the name Lande Gaard og Bryggeri by merchant Hans Hafslund. In 1905, the Egenæss family acquired the brewery. It has been owned by members of the...
, a Norwegian brewery - BorgWarnerBorgWarnerBorgWarner Inc. is a United States-based worldwide automotive industry components and parts supplier. It is primarily known for its powertrain products, which include manual and automatic transmissions and transmission components, , turbochargers, engine valve timing system...
, an automotive supply company - Borg BussBorg BussBorg Buss is a bus company that operates in Fredrikstad, Sarpsborg and Hvaler, Norway. The company is owned 50% by Nettbuss and 50% by the municipalities of Fredrikstad and Hvaler....
, a Norwegian bus company
Fiction
- 1919 film, The Story of the Borg Family, Danish director Gunnar Sommerfelt, shot a feature film in Iceland, based on a novel by the Icelandic writer Gunnar Gunnarsson.
- Ingmar Bergman's film, Wild Strawberries (1957), stars the actor Victor Sjöström who plays a Professor named Isak Borg.
- Borg (Star Trek)Borg (Star Trek)The Borg are a fictional pseudo-race of cybernetic organisms depicted in the Star Trek universe associated with Star Trek.Whereas cybernetics are used by other races in the science fiction world to repair bodily damage and birth defects, the Borg use enforced cybernetic enhancement as a means of...
, a fictional race of cyborgs in the Star Trek universe - Borg, an automated player in Angband
- A fictional race in Gotcha ForceGotcha ForceNot to be confused with G-Force: Guardians of Space, one of the English versions of Gatchaman.Gotcha Force is a video game for the Nintendo GameCube video game console...
- RiftsRifts (role-playing game)Rifts is a multi-genre role-playing game created by Kevin Siembieda in 1990 and published continuously by Palladium Books since then. Rifts takes place in a post-apocalyptic future, deriving elements from cyberpunk, science fiction, fantasy, horror, western, mythology and many other genres.Rifts...
role-playing gameRole-playing gameA role-playing game is a game in which players assume the roles of characters in a fictional setting. Players take responsibility for acting out these roles within a narrative, either through literal acting, or through a process of structured decision-making or character development...
uses Borg or 'Borg as shortened form of "cyborgCyborgA cyborg is a being with both biological and artificial parts. The term was coined in 1960 when Manfred Clynes and Nathan S. Kline used it in an article about the advantages of self-regulating human-machine systems in outer space. D. S...
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Other
- Björn BorgBjörn BorgBjörn Rune Borg is a former world no. 1 tennis player from Sweden. Between 1974 and 1981 he won 11 Grand Slam singles titles. He won five consecutive Wimbledon singles titles and six French Open singles titles...
, Swedish tennis player who won 11 grand slam titles. A cutting-edge Swedish fashion label is also in his name. - Tor Borg, Finnish man that was interrogated by the Nazi-Germans on suspicion of insulting Hitler by training his dog to emulate the Nazi salute.
- Anders BorgAnders BorgAnders Erik Borg is a Swedish economist and politician, currently serving as Minister for Finance in the Swedish government. He is a member of the Moderate Party.- Youth and education :...
, Minister of Finance in the Swedish Government. - Jákup á BorgJákup á BorgJákup á Borg is a Faroese footballer currently playing for Faroe Islands Premier League team B36 Tórshavn.-Club career:...
, A Faroese footballer. - Marcus BorgMarcus BorgMarcus J. Borg is an American Biblical scholar and author. He is a fellow of the Jesus Seminar, holds a DPhil degree from Oxford University and is Hundere Distinguished Professor of Religion and Culture, an endowed chair, at Oregon State University, from which he retired in 2007...
, An American Biblical scholar and author. - Oscar BorgOscar BorgOscar Borg was a Norwegian composer and conductor. He is best known for his compositions of marches for wind bands....
, A Norwegian composer and conductor. - Borg scaleBorg scaleIn sports and particularly exercise testing, the Borg RPE Scale measures perceived exertion. In medicine this is used to document the patient's exertion during a test, and sports coaches use the scale to assess the intensity of training and competition. The original scale introduced by Gunnar Borg...
, in sports science, a measurement of perceived exertion - Borg, a term used in TravianTravianTravian is a massively multiplayer online browser-based strategy game developed by the German software company Travian Games.The game's developers drew roughly from Classical antiquity and particularly from the Roman Empire to create a predominantly militaristic real-time strategy...
- Borg, "Bundesoberstufenrealgymnasium", an Austrian name for state-run high schools focused on technical education
- Borg Opening, a rare chess opening
See also
- Barg (disambiguation)
- Berg (disambiguation)
- Bourg (disambiguation)
- Burg (disambiguation)