Famous People with Name Arne

Arne Mathias Ranslet            Origin/Culture/Country: Danish

Arne Mathias Ranslet: is a famous Danish sculptor and ceramist. His works have been purchased by museums and communities in Europe and have gained worldwide recognition through international exhibitions.Ranslet started working with ceramic on his last year in the Birkerød gymnasium and later studied in the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen (1951-1954), where he first met his later to be wife, the Norwegian painter Tulla Blomberg Ranslet. The couple married in 1955 and moved to Bornholm, where Ranslet later established his own workshop. The couple had two daughters and a son on the island: painter Pia Ranslet, sculptor Paul Ranslet and captain pilot Charlotte Pedersen.

Arne Rolighed            Origin/Culture/Country: Danish

Arne Rolighed: is a Danish former politician and the current president of the Danish Cancer Society until July 2010.[1] Although he was never a member of the Danish parliament, Prime minister Poul Nyrup Rasmussen appointed him as Health Minister in December 2000, a position he held until the Social Democratic government lost the 2001 parliamentary election to Venstre's Anders Fogh Rasmussen.[1]

Arne Høyer            Origin/Culture/Country: Danish

Arne Høyer: is a Danish sprint canoer who competed in early 1960s. He won a bronze medal in the K-1 4 x 500 m event at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome.

Arne Nielsson            Origin/Culture/Country: Danish

Arne Nielsson: is a Danish sprint canoer who competed from the late 1980s to the late 1990s. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he won a silver medal in the C-2 1000 m event at Barcelona in 1992.Nielsson also won eight medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with six golds (C-2 1000 m: 1989, 1993; C-2 10000 m: 1987, 1989, 1990, 1993), one silver (C-2 500 m: 1993), and one bronze (C-2 10000 m: 1986).

Arne Tollbom            Origin/Culture/Country: Swedish

Arne Tollbom: was a Swedish Olympic fencer.