Johan Nordal Fischer Wille (28 October 1858 – 4 February 1924) was a Norwegian botanist. He was a professor at the Royal Frederick University from 1893 to his death, founded the laboratory at the University Botanical Garden and co-founded the Natural History Museum .
14-1075: Wille was born in Hobøl as the son of physician Hans Georg Wille (1803–1879) and his wife Ingeborg Fischer (1811–1875). He was a grandnephew of priest and writer Hans Jacob Wille . He married three times. The first marriage with Anne Koller, a daughter of Carl Theodor Fredrik Koller , lasted from September 1891 to her death in March 1908. During this period he was a brother-in-law of Rasmus Meyer and Gustav Guldberg , who were married to two of Anne's sisters. The second marriage with Ragna Margrethe Knudsen lasted from September 1911 to her death in July 1917, and finally he married Swedish-born school teacher Ester Victoria Svensson in October 1918. Wille grew up in Hobøl, but eventually moved to Kristiania to take his education. He embarked on an education as
28-402: A few attend Mysen Upper Secondary School or something else. The village is the site of Tomter Church ( Tomter kirke ). The village has an elementary school, grocery store, pub, kiosk, museum, library, post office, pizza bakery and hairdresser. It also has a sports field with two football pitches, sports house and eight ski jumps. Tomter has a railway station on Østre Linje , a part of
42-581: A teacher of natural sciences, but became increasingly interested in algae , a field in which there was no adequate education available in Norway. He studied plant morphology , plant anatomy and plant physiology in different European countries, and conducted several field studies. He was a lecturer at the Swedish Museum of Natural History and the Stockholm University between 1883 and 1889. He moved to
56-471: Is situated approximately 40 kilometres south of Norway's capital, Oslo , and approximately 15 kilometres northwest of the biggest city in Indre Østfold, Askim . Oslo is easily reached with a 40 minute train ride from Tomter Station . Tomter is one of five villages and cities in Indre Østfold municipality. The others being: Spydeberg , Skjønhaug , Mysen and Askim . Tomter's population has been increasing heavily
70-554: The Natural History Museum at the University of Oslo . Later, a larger expansion of the university as a whole became necessary. The locality in downtown Kristiania provided little room for spreading out, so a more peripheral location was debated. Wille lobbied for Tøyen, but the site at Blindern further west was chosen. According to the encyclopedia Norsk biografisk leksikon , Wille became "bitter" due to this decision. Wille
84-747: The Norwegian College of Agriculture in 1889. In 1893 he was given a newly established professor position at the Royal Frederick University , which also gave him responsibility over the University Botanical Garden at Tøyen . In addition, Wille moved to Tøyen. In 1895 he founded a laboratory there. The founding of the laboratory promoted research among students, which would become important to several later researchers, including Wille's lab assistant from 1894 Haaken Hasberg Gran and, in turn, Gran's assistant Trygve Braarud . After
98-472: The death of professor Axel Blytt in 1898, Wille was also given responsibility of the Botanical Museum. The collections of natural history items were located at the university campus in downtown Kristiania, but this locality had become too small. Together with Waldemar Christofer Brøgger , Wille was instrumental in moving the natural history collections to new localities at Tøyen. This was the foundation of
112-409: The last few years, because of its close proximity to the capital, and train station. Because of this, there is always a lot of construction and development all over the town. Since 2012, Tomter's population has increased with almost 500. Tomter Station has connections to the cities of Oslo , Ski , Askim , and Mysen , all part of The Østfold Line 's eastern line. On the weekdays, trains arrive at
126-486: The municipality as seen from above. The municipality is mainly formed by a large valley , cut by the meandering Hobølelva river . The following cities are twinned with Hobøl: Tomter Tomter is a village in Indre Østfold municipality in the county of Østfold , Norway . As of 2022, Tomter has 2108 inhabitants. It is the largest village in the former Hobøl municipality, now part of Indre Østfold. Tomter
140-453: The municipality were Knapstad , Ringvoll , and the middle part of the municipality which is called Hobøl. Hobøl was suggested as the replacement site for a new airport to replace Fornebu , and in 1972 the Norwegian parliament voted to build it there. The 1973 oil crisis postponed that plan, and the new airport was finally built at Gardermoen , north of Oslo. The municipality (originally
154-400: The parish) is named after the old Hobøl farm ( Old Norse : Hóbœli ), since the first church was built here. The first element is hór or hár meaning "high". The last element is bœli which means " farm ". Thus the name means "the farm lying on a high ground". Prior to 1889 the name was written "Haabøl". The Coat-of-arms is from modern times. It was granted on 30 August 1985; it shows
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#1732855822457168-412: The station every 30 minutes, with every other train going the other way. On the weekends, it's once an hour. In the rushhours, theres two trains every 30 minutes going each way. Not many buses pass through Tomter, except for the school buses going to Knapstad Middle School and Askim Upper Secondary School and Mysen Upper Secondary School. Most teenagers from Tomter attend Askim Upper Secondary School, and
182-437: Was a municipality in Østfold county , Norway . The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of Elvestad . Hobøl is situated about 40 kilometres (25 mi) southeast of Oslo . The parish of Haabøl was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt ). The largest village in Hobøl was Tomter , whose railway station is served by Eastern Østfold Line . Other villages in
196-782: Was also involved in politics, serving as the Conservative Party chairman of the local chapter in Grünerløkken from 1911 to 1913. He subscribed to the idea of philanthropy . He was a Knight, First Class of the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav and a Commander, Second Class of the Swedish Order of the Polar Star . He died in Kristiania in 1924, one year before the name of the city was changed to Oslo. Hob%C3%B8l Hobøl
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