Erling

Erling

Erling is a Nordic male name, meaning "Heir of clanchief", i.e. prince or similar. Notable people named Erling include:

*Erling Eidem, Swedish theologian who served as archbishop of Uppsala 1931–1950
*Erling Lorentzen of Norwegian royalty
*Erling Dekke Næss, controlled the first OBO carrier, proposed the Norwegian International Ship Register
*Erling Persson, founder of H&M
*Erling Skakke, 13th century Norwegian earl
*Erling Steinvegg, candidate of Bagler to the Norwegian throne from 1204 to 1207
*Erling von Mende, professor of Sinology at FU Berlin
*Erling Wold, contemporary American composer
*Tapani Erling, political chairman of the World Customs Organization.

Erling is also a place name. It is:
*A village in Germany [http://nona.net/features/map/placedetail.460721/] , located at the foot of the Benedictine abbey Andechs, and formed as an independent town in 1818.
*A village in Jiangsu province, China [http://nona.net/features/map/placedetail.1353563/]

There are other place names with similar spellings, including Earling, Iowa and Earling, West Virginia.

For the concurrent programming language, see Erlang.


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  • Erling Steinvegg — († 1207 in Tønsberg) begraben in der St. Olav Klosterkirche in Tønsberg war norwegischer König der Baglerpartei[1]. Seine Eltern sind nicht sicher bekannt. Man weiß auch nicht, ob er verheiratet war, nur dass er der Vater von Sigurd Ribbung… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Erling Steinvegg — Erling Magnusson Steinvegg (vieux norrois: Erlingr Magnússon Steinveggr) (mort en mars 1207) est le prétendant du parti des Bagler au trône de Norvège et anti roi de 1204 à 1207. Sa candidature au trône génère la seconde guerre des Bagler qui… …   Wikipédia en Français

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