Famous People with Name Christoffer

Christoffer Gabel            Origin/Culture/Country: Danish

Christoffer Gabel: was a Danish statesman.During the brief interval of peace between King Charles X's first and second attack upon Denmark, Gabel was employed in several secret missions to Sweden;[5] and he took part in the intrigues which resulted in the autocratic revolution of 1660.

Christoffer Valkendorff            Origin/Culture/Country: Danish

Christoffer Valkendorff: was a Danish statesman and Steward of the Realm.He descended from a German immigrant aristocratic family. During the 1550s he made himself a career in Norway where he successfully opposed the last remains of Hanseatic influence, which earned him the benevolence of King Frederick II. He also worked as a squire and local official. Relatively late, after the death of Peder Oxe, he became a leading man of the government. From 1575 to 1590 he was the Treasurer and Statholder at Copenhagen Castle (a kind of “Minister of the Affairs of the Capital”) by virtue of which he was in reality a kind of a prime minister without being appointed. However, he shared this position with the Chancellor Niels Kaas.

Christoffer Fagerli Rukke            Origin/Culture/Country: Norwegian

Christoffer Fagerli Rukke: is a Norwegian speed-skater who competes for the club Hol IL. He represents Norway at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.

Mikkel Christoffersen            Origin/Culture/Country: Danish

Mikkel Christoffersen: is a Danish professional association football player currently playing for Danish Superliga side HB Køge. He plays as a defender.

Kaj Uldahl Christoffersen            Origin/Culture/Country: Danish

Kaj Uldahl Christoffersen: was a Danish amateur football player, who played 38 internationals, scoring 15 goals. Uldaler spent his club career with Frem and B 93.

Birte Christoffersen            Origin/Culture/Country: Danish

Birte Christoffersen: is a Danish and later Swedish diver who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics, in the 1956 Summer Olympics, and in the 1960 Summer Olympics.

Thorleif Christoffersen            Origin/Culture/Country: Norwegian

Thorleif Christoffersen: was a Norwegian sailor who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics.

Lise Christoffersen            Origin/Culture/Country: Norwegian

Lise Christoffersen: is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. She was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Buskerud in 2005. On the local level, Christoffersen was a member of Drammen city council from 1983 to 2003, serving as deputy mayor from 1991 to 1995 and may