Aker
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Aker (name) is a surname.
Aker can also refer to:
In places:
- Aker, Norway, a former municipality in Norway
In other uses:
- Aker (angel), mentioned only in the Greek Apocalypse of Ezra
- Aker (god), a god in ancient Egyptian mythology
- Aker (company), parent company in the Aker Group based in Oslo, Norway
- Aker Solutions, engineering company (formerly Aker Kværner)
- Aker American Shipping, bareboat company with Aker Philadelphia Shipyard
- Aker Capital, financial investments
- Aker Drilling, oil rig company
- Aker Floating Production, company engaged in ship based petroleum production
- Aker Seafoods, seafood company
- Aker Material Handling, storage systems company
- Aker BioMarine, krill harvest and processing company
- Aker Brygge, business and entertainment area in central Oslo (area was used by Aker Ship Yard until 1982)
- Aker stadion in Molde, Norway
- Aker University Hospital, primary hospital in eastern Oslo
- Aker Yards, European ship yard group (part of Aker ASA until March 2007)
- Jason Akermanis, former Australian rules footballer
[edit] See also
- Akershus, Norwegian county surrounding Oslo
- Akershus Fortress, castle in central Oslo
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