Eskil Vogt

Eskil Vogt (born 1974) is a Norwegian film director and screenwriter.

Among his films are Reprise from 2006 and Oslo, August 31st from 2011, both directed by Joachim Trier, with script written by Vogt and Trier.

He wrote and directed the drama film Blind, which was screened at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival and received the World Cinema Screenwriting Award. The film was awarded the Europa Cinemas Label at the 64th Berlin International Film Festival.

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Eskil

Eskil is a town and district of Aksaray Province in the Central Anatolia region of Turkey, situated on the southern shore of Lake Tuz. According to 2000 census, population of the district is 28,952 of which 22,125 live in the town of Eskil. The district covers an area of 1,369 km² (529 sq mi), and the average elevation in the center is 932 m (3,058 ft).

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Coordinates: 38°24′06″N 33°24′47″E / 38.40167°N 33.41306°E / 38.40167; 33.41306

Eskil (disambiguation)

Eskil may refer to:

Eskil (in Danish and Norwegian sometimes spelled Eskild) is also a male name which is mainly in use in Scandinavia. Bearers of this name include:

Eskil Magnusson

Eskil Magnusson was the lawspeaker of Västergötland in Sweden c. 1215–1227, and is the first attested lawspeaker in what is now Sweden about whom we have any extensive information.

Biography

He was a member of the Folkung dynasty, which in the 1250s became Sweden's royal dynasty. He was the son of Magnus Minniskiöld, and the elder brother of Birger Jarl, one of the most powerful men of his time in Scandinavia.

Around 1217, he married Kristina Nilsdotter, the widow of the Norwegian earl Hakon the Mad (d. 1214), whose son Knut was a pretender to the Norwegian throne. Due to the location of his jurisdiction and his marriage to Kristina, Eskil had good contacts in Norway and often functioned as a negotiator between the Swedish and the Norwegian government. In 1218, he was visited by his Icelandic writer and politician Snorri Sturluson.

Eskil was noted for his learning and seems to have had an important role in codifying the Västgötalagen or law of Västergötland, the oldest known Swedish text written in the Latin script. An old list of the lawspeakers of Västergötland tells that he collected and edited the province's laws, and administered justice with great consideration. He had good judgment, the learning of a cleric and he was superior to all the chiefains of the kingdom. He also distinguished himself in bravery and the list claims that it would take a long time until another man of that kind was born.