Fossum
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Fossum is a surname of Norwegian origin. Fossum can refer to:
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- Casey FossumCasey FossumCasey Paul Fossum is an American baseball pitcher in the New York Mets organization. He played for the Boston Red Sox , Arizona Diamondbacks , Tampa Bay Devil Rays , Detroit Tigers , and New York Mets of Major League Baseball, and the Hanshin Tigers of Nippon Professional Baseball...
, American baseball player - Eric FossumEric FossumEric R. Fossum is an American physicist and engineer, inventor of the CMOS image sensor. He is currently a professor at Thayer School of Engineering in Dartmouth College.- Early years and education :...
, American professor and inventor - Gunvor Fossum, Norwegian author
- Jon FossumJon FossumJon Fossum was a Norwegian orienteer and politician for the Conservative Party.He was born at Hvalstad. In his younger days he was an active sportsman, representing Asker SK. In addition to ski jumping and cross-country skiing, he competed in orienteering...
(1923–2007), Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party. - Karin FossumKarin FossumKarin Fossum is a Norwegian author of crime fiction, often referred to as the "Norwegian queen of crime".-Biography:Karin Mathisen was born in Sandefjord in Vestfold county, Norway. She currently lives in Oslo. Fossum debuted as a poet with Kanskje i morgen, her first collection published in...
, Norwegian author - Marita FossumMarita FossumMarita Fossum is a Norwegian writer. Her literary debut was the novel Verden utenfor . She was awarded the Brage Prize in 2005 for the novel Forestill deg.-References:...
, Norwegian author - Michael E. FossumMichael E. FossumMichael Edward Fossum is an American astronaut. He flew into space on board the NASA Space Shuttle missions STS-121 and STS-124 as a mission specialist and is currently aboard the international space station as commander of Expedition 29.-Education:Michael Fossum spent his early life in McAllen,...
, American astronaut - Per FossumPer FossumPer Fossum was a Norwegian alpine skier who competed in the 1936 Winter Olympics, when he finished ninth in the alpine skiing combined event.-External links:*...
(1910–2004), Norwegian alpine skier who competed in the 1936 Winter Olympics1936 Winter OlympicsThe 1936 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IV Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1936 in the market town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen in Bavaria, Germany. Germany also hosted the Summer Olympics the same year in Berlin... - Sindre Fossum BeyerSindre Fossum BeyerSindre Fossum Beyer is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.He served as a deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament from Telemark during the terms 2005–2009...
, Norwegian politician for the Labour Party - Thor FossumThor FossumThor Fossum was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.He was born in Bærum.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Akershus in 1961, and was re-elected on one occasion...
(1916–1993), Norwegian politician - Trygve FossumTrygve FossumTryggve Fossum is a Norwegian computer architect at Intel. He transferred there from DEC, where he was a lead architect of Alpha processors, after working on several VAX processors.-References:...
, Norwegian computer architect
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- Fossum, AkershusAkershus- Geography :The county is conventionally divided into the traditional districts Follo and Romerike, which fill the vast part of the county, as well as the small exclave west of Oslo that consists of Asker and Bærum...
, Norway - Fossum, OsloOsloOslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...
, Norway - Fossum, TelemarkFossum, TelemarkFossum is a neighborhood in Skien, Telemark, Norway.The neighborhood is associated with Fossum Jernverk, the iron mines which dated from the 1500s and Fossum Verk, the ironworks founded in the 1770s. Fossum Manor is a Manor House located north of Skien which has given its name to the neighborhood...
, Norway - Fossum Bridge, ØstfoldØstfoldis a county in southeastern Norway, bordering Akershus and southwestern Sweden , while Buskerud and Vestfold is on the other side of the bay. The seat of the county administration is Sarpsborg, and Fredrikstad is the largest city.Many manufacturing facilities are situated here. Moss and...
, Norway - Fossum Township, MinnesotaFossum Township, MinnesotaFossum Township is a township in Norman County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 187 at the 2000 census. It is the 6th smallest township in Minnesota, and the 17th smallest township in the Great Lake Region, not including Canada.-Geography:...
Organizations
- Fossum IFFossum IFFossum Idrettsforening is a Norwegian sports club from Fossum, Grini, Østerås and Eiksmarka in Bærum. It has sections for cross-country skiing, biathlon, ski jumping, alpine skiing, Nordic combined, orienteering and football, and was founded on 7 December 1918...
, sports club from BærumBærumis a municipality in Akershus county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Sandvika. Bærum was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838. A suburb of Oslo, Bærum is located on the west coast of the city....
, NorwayNorwayNorway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...