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Nissen may refer to:
- a creature in Norse mythology, see Tomte
- a Danish patronymic surname meaning "son of Nis" (Danish short form of Nicholas)
- a Nissen hut, a building shaped like a tube cut in half along the middle and made from corrugated iron sheets
- the Nissen Building in Winston-Salem, North Carolina
- Nissen fundoplication, a surgical procedure to treat gastroesophageal reflux disease and hiatal hernia
People named Nissen include:
- Georg Nikolaus von Nissen (1761–1826), Danish diplomat and writer, and author of one of the first biographies of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Peter Norman Nissen (1871–1930), Canadian mining engineer
- Hans-Hermann Nissen (1893-1980), German bass-baritone
- Rudolph Nissen (1896–1981), German surgeon and inventor of the Nissen fundoplication
- George Nissen (1914-2010) inventor of the modern trampoline
- Henry Nissen (born 1948 as Henry Nissenbaum), German/Australian boxer of the 1970s
- Steven E. Nissen (born 1949), heart specialist and chairman of cardiovascular medicine at the Cleveland Clinic
- Christopher Nissen (born 1992), Danish singer
Nissen, von Nissen and von Nissen-Benzon is a Danish family of land owners from Southern Jutland, which was partially ennobled in 1710. It is descended from Henrik Lorentzen (Schack) (born ca. 1450), who in 1484 was granted the estate of Oldemorstoft (a so-called free estate, frigård, i.e. a privileged estate) as a fief by John, King of Denmark. Members of the family were land owners and from the 17th century war commissioners, judges, councillors of state (etatsråd), Governors (stiftamtmann), Supreme Court Justice and General in Denmark. Family members served as Governor of Tranquebar, plantation owner and Vice Governor of the Danish West Indies in the 18th century. In Denmark, the family owned the estates of Oldemorstoft, Lerbæk, Rugballegaard, Brantbjerg, the Stamhus of Skærsø and others between the 15th century and the 18th century. In the 17th century, King Christian IV of Denmark was a guest at Oldemorstoft several times. The name von Nissen was used by the noble branch and military officers of the family.
Herman Lorentz von Nissen was ennobled on 3 November 1710. He was married to Ida Sophie Amalie Glud (1672–1703), daughter of Bishop of Viborg Søren Glud and Ida Christine Moth, a sister of the King's mistress Sophie Amalie Moth. Ida Sophie Amalie Glud was hence a first cousin of King Christian V's son Ulrik Christian Gyldenløve, Count of Samsø. Herman Lorentz' and Ida Sophie Amalie's sons were Christian Ulrich von Nissen-Benzon of Skærsø (1691–1756), Governor of Tranquebar 1720–26 and commandant of Dansborg from 1718, councillor of state, Governor of Trondhjems Stiftamt, Aarhus Stiftamt, Copenhagen, and Supreme Court Justice 1744–56, and Major-General Christian Siegfried von Nissen-Benzon of Skærsø (1690–1763). They inherited the Stamhus of Skærsø from their cousin Sophie Amalia Benzon of Skærsø in 1754. Christian Siegfried von Nissen-Benzon was the father of Christine Sophie von Nissen-Benzon (1734–1772), married to colonel Jacob Ludvig de Vauvert (1727–1809), and their descendants inherited Skærsø. Their grandson Jacob Ludvig Fischer (1776–1833) was ennobled in 1805 and granted the name von Fischer‑Benzon.
The current male line Nissen family is descended Herman Lorentz' brother, Nicolai Nissen (1664–1717), owner of Lerbæk and Rugballegaard and war commissioner in Scania during the Great Northern War and in Jutland. He was married to Elisabeth Sophie Banner-Høeg (1669–1739), daughter of Gregers Ulfstand Banner-Høeg of Vang og Birgitte Kaas, who belonged to the Danish Uradel and was descended from families such as Bille, Reventlow, Gyldenstierne, Rosenkrantz, Brahe, Rantzau and Walkendorff. Members of the family settled in Norway in the 18th century. The family today survives in Denmark, Norway, Germany and other countries. The noble branch is extinct in the male line.
Usage examples of "nissen".
Along with the rest of the aircrew, he got out of the Lanc in a hurry and sprinted across the tarmacnow blacked out againfor the Nissen hut whose corrugated metal walls were surrounded by sandbags to protect against blast.
Nissen hut, its semicylindrical bulk black against the slightly lighter sky.
The tandem skydiving firm doubled as a flying school, and over to the left, in front of the ancient oaks just beyond the boundary, was a runway with a fluttering windsock and some decrepit Nissen huts.
There was plenty of activity for it was used as a fighter station in the defense of London, but nothing seemed to be landing or taking off as Genevieve peered out of the window of the rather cheerless Nissen hut they'd been taken to on arrival.
After another few minutes, he put his hat back on, tipped it to Hippie, and left the Nissen hut.
Swearing in English and Yiddish, he dashed for the trench right outside the Nissen hut and jumped down into it.
They came in the night sometime, and in the morning they were bedded down in a Nissen hut, a hard and ragged crew.
Along with the rest of the aircrew, he got out of the Lanc in a hurry and sprinted across the tarmac--now blacked out again--for the Nissen hut whose corrugated metal walls were surrounded by sandbags to protect against blast.
The glare of the bare bulbs strung from the Nissen hut's ceiling smote Bagnall's dark-accustomed eyes like a photographer's flash.
He should just drive him out to the motorway, he decided, and dump him on the hard shoulder -but he didn't know how much he remembered of the night in the Nissen hut, who he could finger.
He rode over to the nearest Nissen hut, got off his bicycle, pushed down the kickstand, and went into the hut.
I know where it is right at the back of the grounds, a little army Nissen hut they've erected.
It had been fully dark for two hours by the time Moses reached th camp in the gorge below the Sundi Caves and parked the Buick behind the Nissen hut that was the expedition's office and laboratory, and he went up the path to Tara Courtney's tent, stepping softly sc as not alarm her.