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1911 In Norway
Events in the year 1911 in Norway. Incumbents * Monarch – Haakon VII Events * 14 December – Roald Amundsen's Norwegian expedition becomes the first to reach the South Pole. * Norsk Hydro's second plant opens at Rjukan, four years after its first plant at Notodden. File:Aan de Zuidpool - p1913-160.jpg, Amundsen (at left) and companions at Polheim, South Pole, December 1911. Popular culture Sports * 19 June – Molde FK football club is founded. Music Film Literature * The Olav Duun novel ''Gamal jord'' (''Old Soil'') was published. Births January to March * 1 January – Håkon Melberg, linguist (died 1990) * 11 January – Harald Heide Steen, actor (died 1980) * 12 January – Halvor J. Sandsdalen, farmer, journalist, poet, novelist, playwright and children's writer (died 1998). * 16 January – Arne Tuft, cross country skier (died 1989) * 20 January – Andreas Wormdahl, politician (died 2001) * 28 January – Sverre Engen, skier, ski coach, ski area manager ... [...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] |
Norsk Biografisk Leksikon
is the largest Norwegian biographical encyclopedia. The first edition (NBL1) was issued between 1921 and 1983, including 19 volumes and 5,100 articles. It was published by Aschehoug with economic support from the state. bought the rights to NBL1 from Aschehoug in 1995, and after a pre-project in 1996–97 the work for a new edition began in 1998. The project had economic support from the Fritt Ord Foundation and the Ministry of Culture, and the second edition (NBL2) was launched in the years 1999–2005, including 10 volumes and around 5,700 articles. In 2006 the work for an electronic edition of NBL2 began, with support from the same institutions. In 2009 an Internet The Internet (or internet) is the global system of interconnected computer networks that uses the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) to communicate between networks and devices. It is a '' network of networks'' that consists of private, pub ... edition, with free access, was released by together with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kristian Henriksen
Kristian "Svarten" Henriksen (3 March 1911 – 8 February 2004) was a Norwegian footballer and coach. As a player, Henriksen was a wing half who played for Sarpsborg, Lyn and Frigg. With Lyn, he won the 1945 and the 1946 Norwegian Football Cup. He also played 28 times for the Norwegian national team. At national team level, Henriksen was a member of the 1936 Olympic squad that went on to win the bronze medals. However, Henriksen was a reserve, and did not play in the tournament. Two years later, in the 1938 World Cup, he did play and was a member of the team that narrowly lost to eventual world champions Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical ... after extra time. Henriksen was known as the team joker. When Norway lost 10–0 against Sweden in 1945, he is report ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erling Fjellbirkeland
Erling Fjellbirkeland (21 February 1911 – 15 November 1986) was a Norwegian research administrator. Personal life Fjellbirkeland was born in Fana on 21 February 1911, a son of farmer Nils Fjellbirkeland and Kari Grinde. He married Maina Schia in 1940. Career Fjellbirkeland graduated as cand.oecon. in 1935. He directed the Norwegian Research Council for Science and the Humanities from 1953 to 1966. He was secretary-general of ''Hovedkomiteen for norsk forskning'' from 1966 to 1981. From 1951 to 1968 he was chairman of the board of the Foundation for Student Life in Oslo. He was decorated Knight, First Class of the Order of St. Olav in 1963. Fjellbirkeland died in Oslo Oslo ( , , or ; sma, Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of ... on 15 November 1986. References 1911 births 198 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1994 In Norway
Events in the year 1994 in Norway. Incumbents * Monarch – Harald V * Prime Minister – Gro Harlem Brundtland ( Labour Party) * President of the Storting – Kirsti Kolle Grøndahl ( Labour Party) Events * 1 January – the Agreement on the European Economic Area comes into effect. * 6 January – Grefsen Post Office is robbed for , the largest post office robbery in Norway to date. * 7 January – Kaci Kullmann Five announces her stepping down as leader of the Conservative Party. * 26 January – Biologist Dag Olav Hessen survives a hurricane on mount Norefjell, having gone missing since 22 January. * 31 January – The "Bjugn case" reaches its verdict in Frostating Court; the accused party is acquitted. * 12 January – ''The Scream'' is stolen from the National Gallery of Norway. * 26 March – Elisabeth Andreassen and Jan Werner Danielsen win the Melodi Grand Prix 1994, earning a spot in the Eurovision Song Contest 1994. * 10 April – Jan Petersen is formally elected as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Mathiesen
Charles Mathiesen (12 February 1911 – 7 November 1994) was a speed skater who was active from 1930 to 1948. Biography Mathiesen was born in Drammen, Norway. Skating for ''Drammens Skøyteklubb'' (Drammen's Skating Club – the same club Ivar Ballangrud represented for a while), Charles Mathiesen made his international debut in 1933, finishing eighth at the World Allround Championships. The following year, Mathiesen won his first medal when he took the silver at the Norwegian Allround Championships (held at his hometown of Drammen) behind Michael Staksrud. Mathiesen won the Norwegian Allround Championships, being the "eternal runner-up" behind skaters like Ballangrud, Staksrud, Hans Engnestangen, and a few more, winning silver a total number of six times. The season after winning his first medal, Mathiesen participated in the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen and became Olympic Champion on the 1,500 m. He skated a new Olympic record on that distance, but ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Store Norske Leksikon
The ''Great Norwegian Encyclopedia'' ( no, Store Norske Leksikon, abbreviated ''SNL''), is a Norwegian-language online encyclopedia. The online encyclopedia is among the most-read Norwegian published sites, with more than two million unique visitors per month. Paper editions 1978–2007 The ''SNL'' was created in 1978, when the two publishing houses Aschehoug and Gyldendal merged their encyclopedias and created the company Kunnskapsforlaget. Up until 1978 the two publishing houses of Aschehoug and Gyldendal, Norway's two largest, had published ' and ', respectively. The respective first editions were published in 1907–1913 (Aschehoug) and 1933–1934 (Gyldendal). The slump in sales for paper-based encyclopedias around the turn of the 21st century hit Kunnskapsforlaget hard, but a fourth edition of the paper encyclopedia was secured by a grant of ten million Norwegian kroner from the foundation Fritt Ord in 2003. The fourth edition consisted of 16 volumes, a t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2006 In Norway
Events in the year 2006 in Norway. Incumbents * Monarch: Harald V * President of the Storting: Thorbjørn Jagland * Prime Minister: Jens Stoltenberg Events January * 10 January – The Christian newspaper Magazinet publishes caricatures of the Muhammed. * 22 January – Islamic scholars threaten Denmark and Norway with boycotts after the publication of the Muhammed cartoons. February * 20 February – Agreement is reached between Denmark and Norway about the border between Svalbard and Greenland. March * 4 March – Prince Sverre Magnus of Norway is baptized in Slottskapellet in Oslo. * 20 March – The Norwegian Food Safety Authority reports that Gilde is responsible for an outbreak of e. coli in Norway that has led to the death of one child and 13 hospitalized children. April May * 6 May – The Progress Party elects Siv Jensen as their new leader. * 12 May – An Al-Qaida video on the internet encourages Muslims to attack Denmark, Norway and France for the publicatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rigmor Frimannslund Holmsen
Rigmor Frimannslund Holmsen (31 January 1911 – 28 April 2006) was a Norwegian ethnologist. Personal life Frimannslund was born in Bergen on 31 January 1911, a daughter of military officer Bernhard Marius Frimannslund and Anna Sofie Thomassen. She was married to historian Andreas Holmsen from 1961 until his death in 1989. Career Holmsen graduated as mag.art. in 1941. Her thesis was a treatment of marriage proposal traditions in Norway. From 1946 she was appointed as conservator-restorer at the Norwegian Museum of Cultural History, at the museum's newly established section . She was assigned with this institute and the Institute for Comparative Research in Human Culture during most of her career. Her research work focused on rural societies, including farms and neighbourhoods, primarily in Norway. She died in Bærum Bærum () is a municipality in the Greater Oslo Region in Norway that forms an affluent suburb of Oslo on the west coast of the city. Bærum is Norway's f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sverre Engen
Sverre S. Engen (January 28, 1911 – April 4, 2001) was a Norwegian-American skier, ski coach, ski area manager, and film-maker. Biography Engen was born in the town of Mjøndalen, in Buskerud county, Norway, the second son of Trond Sorli Engen and Martha Maranda Oen Engen. He had two brothers, Alf Engen (1909–1997) and Corey Engen (1916–2006), both of whom helped expand the sport of skiing in the intermountain U.S. Being the second son of a famous skiing father, Engen was naturally reared to ski. After his father died of the Spanish flu in 1918, his mother and brothers moved the short distance to small town Steinberg. At age 18, Sverre and older brother Alf (age 20) emigrated to the United States in 1929, first settling in Chicago, then relocating to Salt Lake City, Utah in 1931. Their widowed mother Martha and younger brother Corey (age 17) emigrated in 1933, joining Alf and Sverre in Utah. Sverre Engen brought credit to Utah as a national ski jumping champion, ski resort op ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2001 In Norway
Events in the year 2001 in Norway. Incumbents * Monarch – Harald V * Prime Minister – Jens Stoltenberg ( Labour Party) until 19 October, Kjell Magne Bondevik (Christian Democratic Party) Events January * 26 January: Murder of Benjamin Hermansen. February * February – Former Prime Minister, then foreign affairs minister Thorbjørn Jagland makes a political scandal when he jokingly refers to Gabon's president Omar Bongo, due for a state visit to Norway, as " Bongo from Congo". * February – Around 40,000 people in Oslo march in a rally to express their outrage and devastation over the racially motivated murder in Holmlia, Oslo of a young black Norwegian boy, Benjamin Hermansen at the hands of a group af neo-Nazis. Marches take place simultaneously all over Norway. March * 25 March – The Schengen Agreement treaty comes into force in Norway. April May June * 18 June – The state-owned oil and gas company Statoil is listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange. July August * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andreas Wormdahl
Andreas Wormdahl (20 January 1911 – 14 June 2001) was a Norwegian politician for the Norwegian Labour Party, Labour Party. He was born in Trondheim. He was elected to the Stortinget, Norwegian Parliament from Sør-Trøndelag in 1958, and was re-elected on two occasions. Wormdahl was a member of Orkanger municipality council in the periods 1934–1937 and 1937–1940. References * 1911 births 2001 deaths Labour Party (Norway) politicians Members of the Storting 20th-century Norwegian politicians Politicians from Trondheim {{Norway-politician-1910s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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