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1924 In Norway
Events in the year 1924 in Norway. Incumbents *Monarchy of Norway, Monarch – Haakon VII Events * The 1924 Norwegian parliamentary election, 1924 Parliamentary election takes place. * Kringkastningselskapet A/S was founded. This was the predecessor to the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation, established in 1933 *Geitungen Lighthouse is established. *Munck Cranes company is founded. *Ny Tid (publishing house), Ny Tid begins publishing.List of publications in BIBSYS *Salhus Church is completed. Popular culture Sports Music Film Literature Notable births Jan ...
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Monarchy Of Norway
The Norwegian monarch is the head of state of Norway, which is a constitutional and hereditary monarchy with a parliamentary system. The Norwegian monarchy can trace its line back to the reign of Harald Fairhair and the previous petty kingdoms which were united to form Norway; it has been in unions with both Sweden and Denmark for long periods. The present monarch is King Harald V, who has reigned since 17 January 1991, succeeding his father, Olav V. The heir apparent is his only son, Crown Prince Haakon. The crown prince undertakes various public ceremonial functions, as does the king's wife, Queen Sonja. The crown prince also acts as regent in the king's absence. There are several other members of the royal family, including the king's daughter, grandchildren and sister. Since the dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden and the subsequent election of a Danish prince as King Haakon VII in 1905, the reigning royal house of Norway has been a branch of the Schleswig- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gunnar Thorleif Hvashovd
Gunnar Thorleif Hvashovd (born 24 January 1924 in Kongsberg, died 12 October 2001) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Buskerud in 1969, and was re-elected on two occasions. He had previously served as a deputy representative during the terms 1961–1965 and 1965–1969. On the local level he was a member of Kongsberg municipality council from 1951 to 1955 and 1959 to 1971, serving as mayor from 1959 to 1969. From 1967 to 1971 he was also a member of Buskerud county council. He chaired the municipal party chapter in 1954–1955 and 1958–1969. Outside politics he was a factory worker at Kongsberg Våpenfabrikk Kongsberg Gruppen is an international technology group headquartered in Norway, that supplies high-technology systems to customers in the merchant marine, defence, aerospace, offshore oil and gas industries, and renewable and utilities industri .... References * 1924 births 2001 deaths ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2023 In Norway
Events in the year 2023 in Norway. Incumbents * List of Norwegian monarchs, Monarch – Harald V * List of presidents of the Storting, President of the Storting – Masud Gharahkhani (Labour Party (Norway), Labour). * Prime Minister of Norway, Prime Minister – Jonas Gahr Støre (Labour Party (Norway), Labour). Events * 23 February–3 March – Protests take place in Oslo against the government over a Supreme Court ruling in 2021 that found that windmills built in Fosen, Trøndelag, violated indigenous human rights. Both energy minister Terje Aasland and prime minister Jonas Gahr Støre later went on to apologise for the violations. * 31 March – Five people are killed by avalanches in Northern Norway. * 17–20 April – The Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions and Confederation of Vocational Unions withdraws from settlement negotiations with the Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise and the state broker. The withdrawal was caused by the latter Unions' deman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viktor Olsen
Viktor Olaf Olsen (5 February 1924 – 21 April 2023) was a Norwegian long-distance runner who specialized in the marathon race. He finished sixteenth at the Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's marathon, 1952 Summer Olympics, ninth at the 1954 European Championships in Athletics, 1954 European Championships and finally eighteenth at the 1958 European Championships in Athletics, 1958 European Championships. Olsen became Norwegian marathon champion in 1954, 1956, 1957, 1958 and 1959, breaking a four-year dominance of John Systad. He also won a bronze medal in 1950 as well as silver medals in 1951, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1960 and 1961. He also dominated the 25 kilometre road race in the 1950s, winning a bronze in 1949 and 1950; silver in 1958 and gold in 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956 and 1957. He represented the club Charlottenlund SK in Trondheim. His personal best time was 2:28:50 hours, achieved in August 1958 in Trondheim. Olsen died on 21 April 2023, at the age of 99. Reference ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
5 February
Events Pre-1600 * 62 – Earthquake in Pompeii, Italy. * 1576 – Henry of Navarre abjures Catholicism at Tours and rejoins the Protestant forces in the French Wars of Religion. * 1597 – A group of early Japanese Christians are killed by the new government of Japan for being seen as a threat to Japanese society. 1601–1900 * 1783 – In Calabria, a sequence of strong earthquakes begins. * 1810 – Peninsular War: Siege of Cádiz begins. * 1818 – Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte ascends to the thrones of Sweden and Norway. * 1852 – The New Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg, Russia, one of the largest and oldest museums in the world, opens to the public. * 1859 – Alexandru Ioan Cuza, Prince of Moldavia, is also elected as prince of Wallachia, joining the two principalities as a personal union called the United Principalities, an autonomous region within the Ottoman Empire, which ushered in the birth of the modern Romanian state. * 1862 &n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johan Syrstad
Johan Syrstad (3 February 1924 – 16 December 2019) was a Norwegian politician for the Centre Party. He was born in Meldal as a son of Ivar Syrstad (1893–1973) and Johanna Syrstadeng (1898–1999). He attended folk high school from 1941 to 1942, took the examen artium in 1946 and one-year economical and agricultural schools. From 1950 to his retirement in 1988 he owned and operated the family farm Syrstad. He was also director of the local savings bank from 1983 to 1991. He was a member of Meldal municipal council from 1955 to 1975, the last twelve years in the executive committee. He chaired the county party chapter from 1960 to 1966. He served as a deputy representative to the Parliament of Norway from Sør-Trøndelag during the terms 1961–1965, 1965–1969, 1969–1973 and 1973–1977. From 1968 to 1971 he moved up as a regular representative, filling in for Per Borten who led Borten's Cabinet. From 1972 to 1973 he filled in for Einar Hole Moxnes who w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2009 In Norway
Events in the year 2009 in Norway. Incumbents * Monarch – Harald V * Prime Minister – Jens Stoltenberg (Norwegian Labour Party) Events January * 1 January: * Same-sex marriage became legal in Norway when a gender neutral marriage bill was enacted after being passed by the Norwegian legislature in June 2008. Norway became the first Scandinavian country and the sixth country in the world to legalize same-sex marriage. * A new Norwegian prostitution law (Sexkjøpsloven) bans the buying of sexual favours rather than selling (the client commits a crime, but not the prostitute). February March * 10 March – Varg Vikernes is released on parole having served almost 16 years of a 21 years (life) sentence for murder. April May June July * 31 July – Full City oil spill: the Panama-flagged bulk carrier, ''Full City'', operated by COSCO, experienced engine failure and ran aground near Langesund, Telemark, Norway during a storm, spilling 200 tons of heavy bunker fuel oil in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivar Ramstad
Ivar Ramstad (3 February 1924 – 26 April 2009) was a Norwegian discus thrower. He worked as a farmer at the farm Nygjerdet, between Røra and Straumen, and also had a career in Gjensidige. His brother Jon Ramstad was mayor of Levanger. His personal best throw was 52.32 metres, achieved in July 1948 on Bislett Stadion. This stood as a Norwegian record in the discus throw for eleven years. It is still the county record for Nord-Trøndelag. At the 1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and also known as London 1948) were an international multi-sport event held from 29 July to 14 August 1948 in London, England, United Kingdom. Following a twelve-year hiatus ca ... he finished fourth in the discus final with a throw of 49.21 metres. He has stated that he did not retain his form from July due to farming work. He became Norwegian champion in discus throw in the years 1947-1949, representing Røra IL. His main competitor was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
3 February
Events Pre-1600 * 1112 – Ramon Berenguer III, Count of Barcelona, and Douce I, Countess of Provence, marry, uniting the fortunes of those two states. *1451 – Sultan Mehmed II inherits the throne of the Ottoman Empire. *1488 – Bartolomeu Dias of Portugal lands in Mossel Bay after rounding the Cape of Good Hope, becoming the first known European to travel so far south. *1509 – The Portuguese navy defeats a joint fleet of the Ottoman Empire, the Republic of Venice, the Sultan of Gujarat, the Mamlûk Burji Sultanate of Egypt, the Zamorin of Calicut, and the Republic of Ragusa at the Battle of Diu in Diu, India. * 1583 – Battle of São Vicente takes place off Portuguese Brazil where three English warships led by navigator Edward Fenton fight off three Spanish galleons sinking one in the process. 1601–1900 * 1661 – Maratha forces under Chattrapati Shivaji Maharaj defeat the Mughals in the Battle of Umberkhind. *1690 – The colony of Mass ... [...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] |
Knut Hoem
Knut Hoem (27 January 1924 – 20 June 1987) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He was born in Hammerfest and graduated as cand.jur. in 1950, and was a secretary in the Ministry of Fisheries from 1951 to 1954. He then spent his career working in '' Norges Råfisklag'', a Norwegian fishing cooperative, sitting as CEO from 1964 to 1987. He was Minister of Fisheries in from March 1971 to January 1972 during the first cabinet Bratteli Bratteli's First Cabinet governed Norway between 17 March 1971 and 18 October 1972. The Labour Party cabinet was led by Trygve Bratteli. Bratteli governed his second cabinet between 1973 and 1976. On 8 May 1972 there was a cabinet reshuffle. T .... He resigned following the negotiation results with the EC. His resignation largely impacted the “no” result in the referendum later that year. References * 1924 births 1987 deaths Government ministers of Norway Labour Party (Norway) politicians People from Hammerf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
27 January
Events Pre-1600 * 98 – Trajan succeeds his adoptive father Nerva as Roman emperor; under his rule the Roman Empire will reach its maximum extent. * 945 – The co-emperors Stephen and Constantine are overthrown and forced to become monks by Constantine VII, who becomes sole emperor of the Byzantine Empire. *1186 – Henry VI, the son and heir of the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I, marries Constance of Sicily. *1302 – Dante Alighieri is condemned in absentia and exiled from Florence. *1343 – Pope Clement VI issues the papal bull ''Unigenitus'' to justify the power of the pope and the use of indulgences. Nearly 200 years later, Martin Luther would protest this. 1601–1900 *1606 – Gunpowder Plot: The trial of Guy Fawkes and other conspirators begins, ending with their execution on January 31. *1695 – Mustafa II becomes the Ottoman sultan and Caliph of Islam in Istanbul on the death of Ahmed II. Mustafa rules until his abd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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