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    Olaf Rye (16 November 1791 – 6 July 1849) was a Norwegian-Danish military officer. He died in battle during the First Schleswig War and is considered to...
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    Olaf Ryes plass ("Olaf Rye's Square") is a square and park placed centrally in the Grünerløkka borough of Oslo, Norway. It is more or less square in shape...
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    century. The recorded origins of the first ski jump trace back to 1808, when Olaf Rye reached 9.5 m (31 ft). Sondre Norheim, who is regarded as the "father"...
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    until after 1868. The park square called Olaf Ryes plass has its name from Norwegian-Danish General Olaf Rye (1791–1849). It was an open field well into...
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  • Kristiane Elisabeth Gasmann. He was a nephew of Olaf Rye and Johan Henrik Rye, and brother of Niels Mathias Rye. In 1865 he married naval captain's daughter...
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  • actor Olaf Rye (1791–1849), Dano-Norwegian military officer Roger Rye, MP for Kent Stellan Rye (1880–1914), Danish-born film director Thomas Clark Rye (1863–1953)...
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    major-general Olaf Rye (1791–1849). Johan Henrik Rye married Jacobine "Bina" Ulrica Alstrup (1784–1851). Their daughter Thale Cathrine Rye (1820-1900) married...
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    command of Major Schmidt, was able to repulse the Danish attack. Meanwhile, Olaf Rye had ordered 2 of his 5 battalions to bypass the Treldeskansen (the fifth...
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    immemorial, using handmade temporary hills. The first record is credited to Olaf Rye, a Norwegian-Danish soldier, who set up a show spectated by his fellow...
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    chapel ruins Chapel from 1932 On 22 November 1808, Norwegian-Danish officer Olaf Rye, made the first recorded ski jump in history at the site of Lekum gård...
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