Famous People with Name Morten

Morten Thrane Brünnich            Origin/Culture/Country: Danish

Morten Thrane Brünnich: was a Danish zoologist and mineralogist.He studied oriental languages and theology, but soon became interested in natural history. He contributed his observations of insects to Erik Pontoppidan's Danske Atlas (1763-81). After being put in charge of the natural history collection of Judge Christian Fleischer he became interested in ornithology, and in 1764 he published Ornithologia Borealis, which included the details of many Scandinavian birds, some described for the first time.Brünnich corresponded with many foreign naturalists including Linnaeus, Peter Simon Pallas and Thomas Pennant. He published his Entomologia in 1764. He then embarked on a long tour of Europe, spending time studying the fish of the Mediterranean Sea and publishing his Ichthyologia Massiliensis on the subject in 1768.

Morten Soegaard            Origin/Culture/Country: Norwegian

Morten Soegaard: won the Men's World Curling Championships (Lausanne, Switzerland) and the Winter Olympic Games Curling (Calgary, Canada) competitions in 1988. Eigil Ramsfjell, skip, Sjur Loen, Morten Soegaard, Bo Bakke and Gunnar Meland (alt.) played on the team in both

Morten Lindberg            Origin/Culture/Country: Danish

Morten Lindberg: lso known as Master Fatman is a well known Danish media personality, comedian, disc jockey, film director and singer.As a musician Lindberg has participated in numerous projects and bands, sometimes as an instrumentalist and sometimes as a singer. Projects and bands that he has been or is a part of include: Master Fatman and his Freedom Fighters, Master Fatman Guru Orchestra, Lindberg Hemmer Foundation, Nature TM and Per Kristensen Band.

Morten Frost            Origin/Culture/Country: Danish

Morten Frost: of Denmark was at one time arguably the greatest badminton player in the world. He spent twelve years in the top three of the world rankings.As the saying goes, he won everything there was to be won, except the World Badminton Championships where he scored a silver medal twice (1985 and 1987). When he lost his second World Championship in the finals, the headlines rang out "The World's greatest badminton player may never be World Champion."

Morten Stig Christensen            Origin/Culture/Country: Danish

Morten Stig Christensen: is a former Danish handball player.In 1976 he was a squad member of the Danish team which finished eighth in the Olympic tournament. He was a reserve player and did not play in a match.