Famous People with Name Morten

Morten Frost Hansen            Origin/Culture/Country: Danish

Morten Frost Hansen: is a former badminton player and later coach, who represented Denmark. As a player, he spent twelve years in the top three of the world rankings.During his career, Frost won almost every championship, 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 Hedegaard Andersen            Origin/Culture/Country: Danish

Morten Hedegaard Andersen: is a Danish cricketer for Denmark and Nykobing Mors cricket teams. A right-handed fast-medium bowler and tail-end right-handed batsman, Andersen has played one day cricket since 1999.[1]

Morten Jørgensen            Origin/Culture/Country: Danish

Morten Jørgensen: is a Danish lightweight rower. He won a gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Lightweight coxless fours together with Thomas Ebert, Eskild Ebbesen, and Mads Kruse Andersen.[1]

Morten Strange            Origin/Culture/Country: Danish

Morten Strange: is a Danish-born, Singapore-based bird photographer, author and publisher. Strange was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, worked in the offshore oil industry in the North Sea and Asia as a field service engineer, and retired in 1986 as a field service supervisor.Before and after this, Strange was an active bird photographer, writer and editor. He has authored many books, especially about rainforest birds in the South-east Asian region. He is currently managing director of Draco Publishing and Distribution Pte Ltd, as well as editor of Nature Watch, the official magazine of Nature Society (Singapore).

Morten Pedersen Porsild            Origin/Culture/Country: Danish

Morten Pedersen Porsild: was a Danish botanist who lived and worked most of his adult life in Greenland. He participated in expeditions to Greenland in 1898 and 1902, together with the physiologist August Krogh. In 1906, he founded the Arctic Station in Qeqertarsuaq, West Greenland, since 1956 part of the University of Copenhagen. He got support from famous polar researchers like Knud Rasmussen, Mylius-Erichsen and Fridtjof Nansen. A private person donated the building and running cost were put directly on the Danish state budget. Morten Porsild managed the station for forty years. In 1946, he returned to Copenhagen,