Ingebjørg Bratland
Ingebjørg Harman Bratland( born 8 May 1990 in Edland, Vinje, Telemark) is a Norwegian folk singer, kveder and artist.
In 2008 – 2009, she attended Foss Upper Secondary School in Oslo.
Jon Svaleson Smør
Jon Svaleson Smør( c. 1420–1483) was a Norwegian knight, riksråd and regent.
Jon was a son of the knight Svale Jonson Smør and his wife Sigrid Gunnarsdotter Kane.
He was a knight from 1449, and cabinet minister from 1458.
In the 1470s he was a fehird( tax minister) and høvedsmann( lord) of the king's farm.
Later, he was one of main forces behind the reactivation of the Norwegian Riksråd at the end of the reign of King Christian I.
As a riksråd, and from 1482 regent, he led the policy of the Riksråd to maintain Norway's political interests during the interregnum between 1481 and 1483.
Jon was probably after 1450 married to Gudrun Olavsdatter( c. 1415–1476/86), daughter of the knight Olav Håkonsson and Ingebjørg Jonsdotter.
It is unknown if they ever had any children together.
Jon died of drowning at Jersøy, near Tønsberg, the last man in the direct male line of the Smør family.
Charles Langevin
Charles Langevin (1789 – March 14, 1869) was a businessman and political figure in Lower Canada.
He was born in Beauport in 1789, the son of Jean Bergevin, dit Langevin and Françoise Villers.
After the death of his father, his mother married François Huot in 1801.
Langevin went into business, partnering with his brother Jean who was a merchant at Quebec City and then later with Joseph Masson from Montreal.
Langevin was a lieutenant in the militia during the War of 1812.
In 1813, he married Julie, the daughter of Augustin-Jérôme Raby.
He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada for Hampshire in April 1820 and then again in July 1820 when the assembly was dissolved to mark the passing of King George III.
In 1837, after the death of his first wife, he married Clotilde Kimber, the widow of notary René-Zéphirin Leblanc and daughter of René Kimber.
He died at Quebec City in 1869.
Geoff Raby
Geoffrey William" Geoff" Raby( born September 1953 in Melbourne) is an Australian economist and diplomat.
He served as the Australian Ambassador to the People's Republic of China from February 2007 until August 2011.
He is now the chairman and CEO of Geoff Raby and Associates, a Beijing- based business advisory firm.
Raby currently sits on the board of an Australian subsidiary of state- run Yanzhou Coal Mining Company.
Raby was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia( AO) in the 2019 Queen's Birthday Honours for" distinguished service to Australia- China relations through senior diplomatic roles, and to multilateral trade policy development".
François Dambourgès
François Dambourgès( 1742 – December 13, 1798) was a businessman, militia officer and political figure in Lower Canada.
He was born in Salies, France in 1742 and studied at Bayonne.
Dambourges came to the parish of Saint- Thomas in Montmagny, Quebec in 1763, where he established a business.
He served with the Royal Highland Emigrants and helped defend the town of Quebec during the American invasion of 1775- 6.
Dambourg ès became a lieutenant in 1776 and was taken prisoner in 1777.
He retired on half pay in 1784.
He was named a justice of the peace and served in the local militia, becoming colonel in 1790.
In 1792, he was elected to the 1st Parliament of Lower Canada for Devon.
In 1795, Dambourg ès became a captain in the Royal Canadian Volunteer Regiment and moved to Montreal.
He died there of pleurisy in 1798.
His daughter Marie- Elizabeth later married Roger, the son of Augustin- Jérôme Raby.
Jørund Telnes
Jørund Telnes( 10 January 1845 – 3 February 1892) was a Norwegian farmer, teacher, writer and politician.
Today he is most commonly associated with his book" Soga om Sterke- Nils" about( 1722 – 1800), the legendary strongman from Telemark.
Telnes was born at Seljord in Telemark, Norway.
He was the son of Nils Sigurdsson Forberg( 1815- 1874) and Ingebjørg Jørgensdotter Telnes( 1825- 1916).
He was educated at the seminary in Kviteseid and later founded a folk high school.
In 1874 he took over the Telnes farm(" Telnes i Seljord herad").
He served as mayor of Seljord from 1878 to 1884.
From a young age Telnes wrote poems.
He debuted his published writing in 1877.
Among his literary works was the poetry collection" Kvæe" from 1878 and the song collection" Guro Heddelid" which was based on a 14th- century myth.
Sjur Bygd
Sjur Bygd( 28 April 1889 – 29 October 1985) was a Norwegian novelist, farmer and local politician.
He was born in Vossestrand, a son of farmer and mayor Eirik Torsteinson Bygd and Ingebjørg Sjursdotter.
He made his literary début in 1915, with the short- story collection" Fjell- folk".
Among his early novels are" Holmgang" from 1917 and" Valplassen" from 1921.
Bygd and his literary work was portrayed in the periodical" Kirke og Kultur" in 1928, and in" Syn og Segn" in 1941.
He served as mayor in Vossestrand from 1926 to 1934.
He was awarded the King's Medal of Merit in 1976.
Ola Mosafinn
Ola Mosafinn( 14 July 1828 – 28 December 1912) was a Norwegian Hardanger fiddle player and composer.
Mosafinn is regarded among the more important fiddlers in Norway in the late 19th century.
Ola Sjursson was born in Voss in Hordaland County, Norway.
He was the youngest of five children born to Sjurd Brynjulvsson Liland( 1792 – 1866) and Ingebjørg Klausdotter Mosafinn( 1790 – 1852).
He was raised on the Mosafinn farm from which he took has last name.
After graduation in 1843 he was first employed as a school teacher, but was also on demand at weddings and parties.
He later went to Hardanger, where he soon came to thrive.
In the summer of 1872, crown prince and future King Oscar II of Sweden, made a trip to the west coast of Norway and Ola Mosafinn was invited to perform.
Later that summer, Mosafinn met famed Norwegian violinist and composer Ole Bull, who gave the fiddler praise.
During the summer of 1879, Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg visited Voss.
Grieg sent for Mosafinn who performed at his birthday celebration.
He became well known in Norway and made two tours in the United States.
In 1890 and 1891, Mosafinn traveled to the United States after being invited several times.
He played in Chicago and later in Minneapolis, in addition to some smaller towns.
Only two compositions are known to have been written by Mosafinn, one of which is" Gjætarlokketonar frå Voss".
In 1887, his portrait was painted by Norwegian artist Lars Osa.
In 1921, a memorial to Ola Mosafinn was erected in Voss.
The monument is made by Norwegian sculptor Nils Bergslien.
A biography of Mosafinn was written by his former apprentice Arne Bjørndal and published in 1922.
Augustin-Jérôme Raby
Augustin-Jérôme Raby (November 10, 1745 – September 20, 1822) was a pilot and political figure in Lower Canada.
He was born in Quebec City in 1745, the son of Augustin Raby, and apprenticed as a seaman.
He took part in the defence of the town during the American invasion of 1775-6.
During the 1780s, he was licensed as a pilot for the Saint Lawrence River.
He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada for the Lower Town of Quebec in 1796 and for the Upper Town in 1800.
In 1797, he was named superintendent of Saint Lawrence Pilots.
Raby was named an officer of Trinity House of Quebec when it was formed in 1805.
Later in life, he had difficulty keeping up with the physical demands of his work and Robert Young assumed his duties without pay with the understanding that he would be granted the post after Raby died.
He died at Quebec City in 1822.
His daughter Julie married Charles Langevin who also served in the legislative assembly.
David Ji
David Longfen Ji is an American businessman who co-founded Apex Digital, an electronics manufacturer.
In 2004, he was arrested in China following a dispute with Sichuan Changhong Electric, a supplier owned by the city of Mianyang and the province of Sichuan.
Changhong accused him of defrauding them through bad checks.
Ji was taken, according to an account by his lawyer, to the senior management and told, "I decide whether you live or die."
He has been held in China without charges.
Ji's case highlighted an "implicit racism" in dealings with American businessmen.
As a U.S. citizen he was not granted the same treatment by authorities as non-ethnically Chinese businessmen sharing the same nationality.

Question: Are Augustin-Jérôme Raby and Ingebjørg Bratland of the same nationality?
Answer: no