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1904 In Norway
Events in the year 1904 in Norway. Incumbents *Monarch – Oscar II *Prime Minister – Francis Hagerup Events * 23 January – Ålesund Fire: a major fire break out during the night in the town of Ålesund. The fire destroyed almost the whole city centre, built mostly of wood like the majority of Norwegian towns in that era. The Fire left nearly 10,000 people homeless. * 22 March – the profession of attorney was opened for women; Elise Sem opened an attorney's office as the first woman in Europe * 28 June – The Danish ocean liner SS ''Norge'' runs aground and sinks close to Rockall, killing 635, including 225 Norwegian emigrants * 1 November – The Flekkefjord Line is opened. Popular culture Sports Music *December – Adolf Østbye, revue artist, made the first gramophone record in Norway Film Literature Notable births *20 January – Alf Pedersen, boxer (died 1925) *22 January – Berge Helle Kringlebotn, politician (died 1992) *4 February – Werner Nilsen, ... [...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] |
Ivar Ballangrud
Ivar Eugen Ballangrud (né ''Eriksen'', 7 March 1904 – 1 June 1969) was a Norwegian speed skater, a four-time Olympic champion in speed skating. As the only triple gold medalist at the 1936 Winter Olympics, Ballangrud was the most successful athlete there. Biography Ivar Ballangrud was one of the most successful speed skaters in the world for a period of 15 years, from 1924 to 1939. Coming from the small place Lunner on Hadeland, he was a member of the famous "Hadeland Trio", consisting of himself, Michael Staksrud and Hans Engnestangen. He represented the club Trondhjems Skøiteklub. Ballangrud was four times World Allround Champion, four times European Allround Champion, five times Norwegian Allround Champion, and four times Olympic Champion. He won three Olympic titles at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen: 500 m (quite surprisingly), 5000 m, and 10,000 m. On the 1500 m during those Winter Olympics, he won silver – his teammate Charl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1987 In Norway
Events in the year 1987 in Norway. Incumbents * Monarch – Olav V * Prime Minister – Gro Harlem Brundtland ( Labour Party) Events * 12 February – Oslo Central Station (Oslo S) opens. * August – the Mosjøen Airport was opened. * Municipal and county elections are held throughout the country. Popular culture Sports Music Film Literature * Herbjørg Wassmo is awarded the Nordic Council Literature Prize, for '' Hudløs himmel''. Television Notable births *18 February – Torstein Horgmo, snowboarder. *27 March – Lene Egeli, model *11 June – Didrik Solli-Tangen, singer. *10 July – Kari Elisabeth Kaski, politician. *18 August – Siri Tollerød, model *21 October – Tonje Brenna, politician. *24 November – Renate Reinsve, actress. Notable deaths *5 January – Herman Smith-Johannsen, cross-country skier and supercentenarian (born 1875) *20 January – Tove Pihl, educator and politician (born 1924) *14 February – Einar Wø ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thor Thorvaldsen
Thor Thorvaldsen (31 May 1909 – 30 June 1987) was a Norwegian sailor and Olympic champion. He was born in Bamble and died in Bærum. He competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, where he received a gold medal in the dragon class as helmsman on the boat ''Pan''. He competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki Helsinki ( or ; ; sv, Helsingfors, ) is the Capital city, capital, primate city, primate, and List of cities and towns in Finland, most populous city of Finland. Located on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, it is the seat of the region of U ..., where he again received a gold medal with ''Pan''. See also * List of Olympic medalists in Dragon class sailing References External links * 1909 births 1987 deaths People from Bamble Norwegian male sailors (sport) Olympic sailors for Norway Sailors at the 1936 Summer Olympics – O-Jolle Sailors at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Dragon Sailors at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Dragon Sailors at the 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1996 In Norway
Events in the year 1996 in Norway. Incumbents * List of Norwegian monarchs, Monarch – Harald V * Heads of government of Norway, Prime Minister – Gro Harlem Brundtland (Norwegian Labour Party, Labour Party) until 25 October, Thorbjørn Jagland (Norwegian Labour Party, Labour Party) Events * 29 August – Vnukovo Airlines Flight 2801, Operafjell Accident: Vnukovo Airlines Vnukovo Airlines Flight 2801, Flight 2801, a Tupolev Tu-154, crashes into a mountain on Spitsbergen, an island in the Norway, Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard, killing all 141 on board. * 25 October – Gro Harlem Brundtland resigns as Prime Minister of Norway for the third time. * 25 October – Jagland's Cabinet was appointed. Popular culture Sports *19–24 February – The World Ski Orienteering Championships is held in Lillehammer. Music Film Literature *Øystein Lønn is awarded the Nordic Council Literature Prize, for ''Hva skal vi gjøre i dag og andre noveller''. Television Notable birth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magnhild Hagelia
Magnhild Hagelia (6 May 1904 – 4 July 1996) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. Biography Hagelia was born at Gjerstad in Aust-Agder, Norway. She was the eldest of eight children born to Peder Jakobsen Hagelia (1874–1941) and Karen Tomine Pedersdatter Gryting (1881–1956). She was a student at Otto Treider's school in Oslo in 1933–34. She was trained in accounting and served for six years as business manager in Gjerstad supply council and then municipal councilor in Gjerstad 1945–47. She was added to the County Audit Office in Aust-Agder from 1948 until she retired in 1969. Hagelia held positions in local politics in the municipalities Fjære (1947–51), Øyestad (1956–59) and Grimstad (1971). She was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Aust-Agder Aust-Agder (, en, "East Agder") was a county (''fylke'') in Norway until 1 January 2020, when it was merged with Vest-Agder to form Agder county. In 2002, there were 102,945 inhabitants, which was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1983 In Norway
Events in the year 1983 in Norway. Incumbents * Monarch – Olav V * Prime Minister – Kåre Willoch (Conservative Party) Events * 18 March – Arnfinn Nesset is convicted of poisoning 22 patients with Curacit, a muscle relaxing drug, at a Geriatric institution in Orkdal, Norway where he was the director since 1977. Nesset was sentenced to 21 years in prison; the maximum punishment possible by Norwegian law. * 8 June – Willoch's Second Cabinet was appointed. * 18 August – Much of the Archbishop's Palace in Trondheim burned down. * Municipal and county elections are held throughout the country. * Dagbladet switched to tabloid format. * 100 years since the foundation of the Norwegian State Railways. Popular culture Sports Music Film Literature Events *Odd Abrahamsen, poet, is awarded the Riksmål Society Literature Prize. *Karin Bang, poet and novelist, is awarded the Gyldendal's Endowment literature prize. Novels *Kjartan Fløgstad – ''U 3'' * Herbjørg Wassmo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ragnvald Skrede
Ragnvald Skrede (24 April 1904 – 16 August 1983) was a Norwegian author, journalist, literature critic and translator. Biography Ragnvald Skrede was born in Vågå in Oppland county, Norway. Skrede was the youngest of seven children. He was a student at Elverum teacher school (1921–24). In 1928, he was hired as a teacher and sexton in Rauland, in Telemark. He studied at the University of Oslo (1928–1934). In 1934, he became a teacher in Vågå. In the postwar years, Skrede worked as a journalist and literary critic for ''Verdens Gang'' and ''Dagbladet'' and a theater critic for '' Bondebladet''. Skrede was 45 years old when he began his writing in the year 1949. As a poet, he often used the classic and permanent stanza forms. His authorship was humanistic and characterized by historic knowledge. Ragnvald Skrede was a Norwegian member of the jury for the Nordic Council's Literature Prize from 1969. He was chairman for literary advice of the Norwegian Novelist Association (''D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1999 In Norway
Events in the year 1999 in Norway. Incumbents * Monarch – Harald V * Prime Minister – Kjell Magne Bondevik (Christian Democratic Party) Events * 1 February – The Coastal Party ( no, Kystpartiet) is founded. * 23 April – Arve Beheim Karlsen drowns in Sogndalselva * 30 September – Metropol TV starts broadcasting. * 26 November – The boat MS Sleipner collided with a rock in the notorious part of the North Sea called "Sletta", just north of the town of Haugesund. The ship sank and 16 of the people on board died. * Saga Petroleum, Norway's third largest petroleum company, is acquired by Norsk Hydro. * Municipal and county elections are held throughout the country. Popular culture Sports Music * Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999 Film Literature Television Notable births *11 January – Jeanette Hegg Duestad, sport shooter. *8 February – Kristine Stavås Skistad, cross-country skier. *9 February – Henny Reistad, handball player. *16 Februar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Viggo Manthey Lange
Carl Viggo Manthey Lange (9 April 1904 – 31 May 1999) was a Norwegian physician and politician for the Labour Party. He was born in Kristiania as a son of Christian Lous Lange (1869–1938) and Bertha Manthey (1867–1947), and brother of August and Halvard Manthey Lange. He enrolled as a student in 1922, and graduated with the cand.med. degree in 1929. While studying he was a member of '' Mot Dag'', where he organized study circles for both members and non-members, and contributed to the periodical ''Populært Tidsskrift for Seksuell Oplysning''. He was the chairman of the Norwegian Students' Society in 1933, and of the Student Society in Trondheim in 1939. Lange worked as a physician in Oslo from 1930, and then in Trondheim from 1934 to 1946. The exception was the period from 1942 to 1945, when he was imprisoned at Falstad concentration camp by the Nazi occupants of Norway. He was acting city physician () from 1946 to 1947, and also health inspector in Trondheim from 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1991 In Norway
Events in the year 1991 in Norway. Incumbents * Monarch: Olav V (until January 17), then Harald V * Regent: Harald (until January 17) * Prime Minister: Gro Harlem Brundtland ( Labour Party) Events *17 January – Olav V, King of Norway dies *Rjukanbanen railway line closes (opened in 1909). * Municipal and county elections are held throughout the country. Popular culture Sports The World Junior Alpine Skiing Championships 1991 are held in Geilo and Hemsedal. Music Film Literature Notable births *12 January – Sondre Nordstad Moen, long-distance runner. *12 February – Ragnhild Haga, cross-country skier. *15 February – Kari Brattset, handball player. *17 March – Øystein Mathisen, politician. *4 April – Martine Ek Hagen, cross-country skier. *5 April – Nora Mørk, handball player. *5 April – Thea Mørk, handball player. *29 June – Helene Næss, competitive sailor. *13 July – Sebastian Foss Solevåg, alpine skier. *25 July – Aman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arne Holst
Arne Holst (March 16, 1904 – December 27, 1991) was a Norwegian bobsledder who competed from the late 1940s to the early 1950s. Competing in two Winter Olympics, he earned his best finish of fifth in the four-man event at St. Moritz in 1948 Events January * January 1 ** The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is inaugurated. ** The Constitution of New Jersey (later subject to amendment) goes into effect. ** The railways of Britain are nationalized, to form British .... References1948 bobsleigh two-man results [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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