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1864 In Norway
Events in the year 1864 in Norway. Incumbents *Monarch: Charles IV Events * 19 April – The last public execution in Christiania took place at Etterstad, attended by about 5,000 spectators. Arts and literature *''Ja, vi elsker'', composed by Rikard Nordraak, with lyrics by Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, becomes the (de facto) Norwegian national anthem. Births *7 January – Rasmus Pedersen Thu, photographer (died 1946) *24 February – Anders Buen, typographer, newspaper editor, trade unionist and politician (died 1933) *13 March – James C. M. Hanson, Norwegian American librarian and author (died 1943) *15 March – Johan Halvorsen, composer, conductor and violinist (died 1935) *21 March – Svend Rasmussen Svendsen, Norwegian American impressionist artist (died 1945) *7 June – Emil Biorn, Norwegian American sculptor and artist (died 1935) *22 June – Hans Jørgen Darre-Jenssen, engineer, politician and Minister (died 1950) *8 July – Marie Hauge, painter (died 1931) *10 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of Norway. Bouvet Island, located in the Subantarctic, is a dependency of Norway; it also lays claims to the Antarctic territories of Peter I Island and Queen Maud Land. The capital and largest city in Norway is Oslo. Norway has a total area of and had a population of 5,425,270 in January 2022. The country shares a long eastern border with Sweden at a length of . It is bordered by Finland and Russia to the northeast and the Skagerrak strait to the south, on the other side of which are Denmark and the United Kingdom. Norway has an extensive coastline, facing the North Atlantic Ocean and the Barents Sea. The maritime influence dominates Norway's climate, with mild lowland temperatures on the se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emil Biorn
Emil Christensen Biorn (June 7, 1864 – July 30, 1935) was a Norwegian-born American sculptor, painter, and composer. Background Emil Biorn was born in Christiania, Norway, the son of Christian Biørn from Lier and his wife Karoline Agnete, née Høyerdahl (or Heyerdahl), from Aurskog. He was trained at both the Royal Norwegian School of Drawing and at Lindeman's School of Music in Oslo. Biorn studied art in Paris and as well as at the Chicago Art Institute. Career In 1887, Biorn came to America, where he was employed as a commercial artist by the Barnes-Crosby Company, an engraving firm in Chicago. He married Sigrid Lowsum (1870–1939) in 1891. From 1906 to 1914, Biorn was principal conductor of the Norwegian Singers' Society of America. In 1914, he conducted that chorus during their trip to Norway to help celebrate the centennial of the Constitution of Norway. Biorn was both a sculptor and painter, as well as an illustrator and caricaturist. His works were featured at th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1919 In Norway
Events in the year 1919 in Norway. Incumbents *Monarch – Haakon VII *Prime Minister – Gunnar Knudsen Events * Production of zinc begins in Glomfjord at the state-owned industrial plant. * Municipal and county elections are held throughout the country. Popular culture Sports * Helge Løvland, track and field athlete and gymnast; becomes the second to receive the Egebergs Ærespris, an award presented to Norwegian athletes who excel at two (or more) different sports. Music Film Literature * The Olav Duun novel ''I Blinda'' (''The Blind Man'') from the work ''Juvikfolket'' (''The People of Juvik'', 1918–23), was published. Births January to March *14 January – Harry Hansen, politician (died 2003) *17 January – Per Bergsland, Royal Air Force pilot and prisoner of war (died 1992) *31 January – Claus Helberg, resistance fighter and mountain guide (died 2003) *4 February – Marta Schumann, writer (died 1994). *11 February – Erland Steenberg, politician ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gulbrand Hagen
Gulbrand Torsteinson Hagen (March 20, 1865 – February 25, 1919) was an American newspaper editor, writer and photographer in Minnesota and North Dakota at the end of the 19th century and beginning of the 20th. Biography G. T. Hagen was born at Eggedal parish in Sigdal, Buskerud, Norway and immigrated at age 17 to the United States in 1882. He continued his education at the Minnesota Lutheran Seminary and Institute in Willmar, Minnesota. In 1894, Hagen purchased a Norwegian language newspaper and moved the paper to Mayville, North Dakota and then to Crookston, Minnesota. The 1895 Minnesota State Census (not Federal) shows Gilbert Hagen living in Elbow Lake, Grant County, Minnesota, enumerated on June 1, 1895, having lived in the state for 6 years. Employment was Photographer. Gilbert (Gudbrand or Gulbrand) T. Hagen is also listed in the Minnesota Historical Society Directory of Minnesota Photographers. Writing and Editing Hagen edited and published ''Vesterheimen'' from 1894 to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1929 In Norway
Events in the year 1929 in Norway. Incumbents * Monarchy of Norway, Monarch – Haakon VII Events * 21 March - Olav V of Norway, Crown Prince Olav (later King Olav) married his cousin, Princess Märtha of Sweden. * 8 May ** Norway annexed the volcanic island Jan Mayen located in the Arctic Ocean. ** Seamen organize a general strike in opposition to proposed wage cuts. Popular culture Sports Music Film Notable births * 1 January – Fredrik Olsen, shipping magnate * 3 January – Grethe Rytter Hasle, planktologist (died 2013) * 17 January – Jan Rasmus Skåre, judge *3 February – Arvid Johanson, politician and Minister * 10 February – Hallgeir Brenden, cross country skier and double Olympic gold medallist (died 2007) * 10 February – Einar W. Sissener, businessperson (died 2008) * 26 February – Bjørn Skau, politician and Minister * 4 March – Fredrik Hagemann, geologist and public servant (died 2019). * 5 April – Ivar Giaever, physicist, shared the No ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anders Svor
Anders Svor (December 14, 1864 – May 2, 1929) was a Norwegian sculptor. He was a realist influenced by Romanticism, and Auguste Rodin was also an important inspiration. His work was also part of the sculpture event in the art competition at the 1924 Summer Olympics. Life Svor was a farmer's son, the child of Rasmus Kristofer Svor (1835–1914) and Ragnhild Svor née Seljeset (1834–1902). He was born and raised at the Svor farm in Hornindal. Already as a boy he showed unusual abilities in wood carving, which would be the start of his artist life. At the age of 17, he traveled to Kristiania (now Oslo), where he began as a woodcutter at the Hals Brothers piano factory. Later he became a student at the Royal Drawing School (now the Norwegian National Academy of Craft and Art Industry), where he studied under Julius Middelthun. At the age of 21 he went to Copenhagen, where he became a student at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts and studied under Stephan Sinding and Vil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1934 In Norway
Events in the year 1934 in Norway. Incumbents * Monarch – Haakon VII. * Prime Minister – Johan Ludwig Mowinckel (Liberal Party) Events * 7 April – A major rockfall hit Tafjorden in Møre og Romsdal, creating a flood wave that destroyed the villages of Tafjord and Fjørå, killing 40 people. * Municipal and county elections are held throughout the country. Popular culture Sports Music Film Literature Notable births *7 January – Per Ø. Grimstad, businessperson, diplomat and politician *11 January – Egil Johansen, jazz drummer, teacher, composer and arranger (died 1998) *15 February – Tinius Nagell-Erichsen, publisher (died 2007) *18 February – Arve Johnsen, industrial executive and politician *31 March – Knut Haug, politician *8 April – Gerd Søraa, writer and politician (died 2018) *8 April – Frans Widerberg, painter and graphic artist (d. 2017). *1 May – Mette Janson, journalist (died 2004). *18 June – Torbjørn Yggeseth, ski jumper (d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carsten Borchgrevink
Carsten Egeberg Borchgrevink (1 December 186421 April 1934) was an Anglo-Norwegian polar explorer and a pioneer of Antarctic travel. He inspired Sir Robert Falcon Scott, Sir Ernest Shackleton, Roald Amundsen, and others associated with the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration. Borchgrevink began his exploring career in 1894 by joining a Norwegian whaling expedition, during which he became one of the first people to set foot on the Antarctic mainland. This achievement helped him to obtain backing for his ''Southern Cross'' expedition, which became the first to overwinter on the Antarctic mainland, and the first to visit the Great Ice Barrier since the expedition of Sir James Clark Ross nearly sixty years earlier. The expedition's successes were received with only moderate interest by the publicand by the British geographical establishment, whose attention was by then focused on Scott's upcoming ''Discovery'' expedition. Some of Borchgrevink's colleagues were critical of his lea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1958 In Norway
Events in the year 1958 in Norway. Incumbents * Monarch – Olav V * Prime Minister – Einar Gerhardsen ( Labour Party) Events * 8 January – Fire breaks out in the coastal steamer MS Erling Jarl while it is docked in Bodø. 14 people are killed. * 22 June – Olav V is crowned as ruler of Norway in the Nidaros Cathedral. Popular culture Sports Music Film Literature * Harald Sverdrup, poet and children's writer, is awarded the Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature for his poetry, ''Sankt Elms ild''. *Astrid Tollefsen, poet, is awarded the Gyldendal's Endowment literature prize. Notable births *28 January – Lisbeth Bodd, performance artist and theatre leader (died 2014). *4 February – Kjell Ola Dahl, writer *25 February – Eugene Ejike Obiora, died during police arrest (died 2006) *19 May – Sjur Loen, curler. *9 June – Inghill Johansen, writer. *19 June – Siri Bjerke, politician *28 July – Peter M. Haugan, scientist and Director of the Geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ragna Wettergreen
Ragna Wettergreen (19 September 1864 – 27 June 1958) was a Norwegian actress. Biography Ragna Wettergreen was born in Christiania (now Oslo), Norway. She was the daughter of Olaus Olsen and Inger Marie Rynning Kristianisen. She was the sister of the actress Marta Frogg and the aunt of the actor Odd Frogg. In 1889 she married the defense attorney Haakon Ingolf Wettergreen (1858–1902). She married a second time in 1903, to the artillery captain Roald Skancke (1876–1932). She made her stage début at Christiania Theatre in 1886. She performed at Christiania Theatre until it closed in 1899, and from then mainly at Nationaltheatret. For the 1905 to 1909 seasons, she was at the Fahlstrøm Theater. She is particularly known for several title roles or principal characters in plays by Henrik Ibsen, such as ''Lady Inger of Ostrat'', ''Hedda Gabler'', ''The Vikings at Helgeland'', ''Rosmersholm'', ''John Gabriel Borkman'', ''Little Eyolf'', and ''The Wild Duck ''The Wild Du ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ola Bertelsen
Ola Bertelsen (10 October 1864 – 26 November 1946) was a Norwegian jurist and politician for the Liberal Left Party. Born in Haugesund as the son of a bricklayer, he enrolled as a law student in 1883 and graduated as cand.jur. in 1888. He worked as an attorney in his hometown, before being appointed chief of police in 1911. In 1917 he was appointed estate administrator. Finally, from 1921 to 1934 he worked as district stipendiary magistrate (''sorenskriver'') of Karmsund.Ola Bertelsen – Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD) He was a member of Haugesund city council
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1931 In Norway
Events in the year 1931 in Norway. Incumbents *Monarchy of Norway, Monarch – Haakon VII *Prime Minister of Norway, Prime Minister – Peder Kolstad Events * 8 June – The Menstad conflict. * 27 June – Norway occupied and claimed parts of the then-uninhabited eastern Greenland (also called Erik the Red's Land), claiming that it constituted terra nullius. * 1931 Norwegian local elections, Municipal and county elections are held throughout the country. Popular culture Sports Music Film Literature Notable births *10 January – Olaf B. Bjørnstad, ski jumper (died 2013). *26 January – Jon Gjønnes, physicist (died 2021). *27 January – Sissel Lange-Nielsen, writer, literary critic, and journalist *31 January – Ole Gabriel Ueland (1931–2009), Ole Gabriel Ueland, politician (died 2009). *22 February – Georg Johannesen, author and professor of rhetoric (died 2005) *4 March – Ludvig Hope Faye, politician (died 2017). *12 March – Knut Bohwim, film director ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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