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1946 In Norway
Events in the year 1946 in Norway. Incumbents * List of Norwegian monarchs, Monarch – Haakon VII * Heads of government of Norway, Prime Minister – Einar Gerhardsen (Norwegian Labour Party, Labour Party) Events *1 February – Trygve Lie is selected as the first United Nations Secretary General *6 December – The Home Guard (Norway), Home Guard was established. * Årdal og Sunndal Verk is established as a state-run corporation with the task of finishing unfinished industrial facilities started by the Occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany, German occupational forces. Popular culture Sports *Godtfred Holmvang, decathlete and skier, is awarded the Egebergs Ærespris, for athletes who excel in more than one sport. Music Film Literature Notable births January *8 January – Åse Klundelien, politician *10 January – Bernhard Riksfjord, politician *17 January – Finn Kristian Marthinsen, politician *18 January – Herbjørn Skogstad, illustrator. *20 January – L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Norwegian Monarchs
The list of Norwegian monarchs ( no, kongerekken or ''kongerekka'') begins in 872: the traditional dating of the Battle of Hafrsfjord, after which victorious King Harald Fairhair merged several petty kingdoms into that of his father. Named after the homonymous geographical region, Harald's realm was later to be known as the Kingdom of Norway. Traditionally established in 872 and existing continuously for over 1,100 years, the Kingdom of Norway is one of the original states of Europe: King Harald V, who has reigned since 1991, is the 64th monarch according to the official list. During interregna, Norway has been ruled by variously titled regents. Several royal dynasties have possessed the Throne of the Kingdom of Norway: the more prominent include the Fairhair dynasty (872–970), the House of Sverre (1184–1319), and the House of Oldenburg (1450–1481, 1483–1533, 1537–1814, and from 1905) including branches Holstein-Gottorp (1814–1818) and Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg ... [...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] |
Torny Pedersen
Torny Pedersen (born 18 February 1946 in Namsos) is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. She was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Nordland in 1997, and has been re-elected on two occasions. Pedersen was a member of Fauske or is a municipality located in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the traditional district of Salten. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Fauske. Some of the villages in Fauske include Nystad, Venset, Straumsn ... municipality council from 1987 to 1991, later serving as deputy mayor 1995–1997. References * 1946 births Living people Members of the Storting Nordland politicians Labour Party (Norway) politicians 21st-century Norwegian politicians 20th-century Norwegian politicians People from Namsos {{Norway-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helge Jordal
Helge Jordal (born 17 February 1946) is a Norwegian actor. He was appointed a Knight of the Royal Order of St. Olav in 2006 for his long career as an actor both on screen and on stage, and for his position as a "grand old man" among Norwegian actors. Career Jordal was born in Bergen. He is one of the most prominent Norwegian actors with a significant career. Since he graduated from the Teaterhøyskolen in 1972, he distinguished himself in several roles on the film screen, television, stage and cabaret theaters across the country. He was employed at the Nationaltheateret in Oslo (1972–77), Hålogaland Teater in Tromsø, before he came to the Den Nationale Scene (DNS) in Bergen (1981). He became a freelance actor in 1987, but has played significant roles in the DNS stage. From the film world, he is among others known for the protagonist role in ''Orion's Belt'' (1985), for which he won both the Amanda Award 1985 for Best Actor and the Honorary Amanda in 2009, and ''Wayfarers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ulf Thoresen
Ulf Thoresen (12 February 1946 – 11 July 1992) was a Norwegian harness racer. He was born in Larvik. He won more than 4,000 races in Norway and about 300 races abroad. He was World Champion in 1973, 1977, 1979 and 1981. He won the Hambletonian Stake in 1986 with the horse Nuclear Kosmos, won the race Oslo Grand Prix in 1976 and 1978, and Olympiatravet Olympiatravet (literally "The Olympic Trot") is an annual Group One harness event for trotters that is held at Ã…by Racetrack in Mölndal, 10 km south of Gothenburg, Sweden. The event was carried through for the first time in 1979. In 200 ... in 1987. References 1946 births 1992 deaths People from Larvik Norwegian harness racers Sportspeople from Vestfold og Telemark {{Norway-sport-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ingrid Hadler
Ingrid Hadler (born Ingrid Thoresen; 12 February 1946) is a former orienteering Competition, competitor and Cross-country skiing (sport), cross-country skier from Norway. She won the 1970 World Orienteering Championships, 1970 Individual World Orienteering Championships in Eisenach, and received a silver medal in Linköping in 1968 World Orienteering Championships, 1968. She won the gold medal in the Relay event at the World Orienteering Championships, World Orienteering Championship in 1968 World Orienteering Championships, 1968, the silver medal in 1974 World Orienteering Championships, 1974, and the bronze medal in 1966 World Orienteering Championships, 1966 and 1970 World Orienteering Championships, 1970.World Orienteering Championship, senior statistics 1966-2006 (Retrieved on December 14, 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Knut Vollebæk
Knut Vollebæk (born 11 February 1946 in Oslo) is a former Norwegian diplomat to the United States, (2001–2007, and centrist politician ( Norwegian Christian Democratic Party). He is currently a member of the International Commission on Missing Persons Board of Commissioners and heads a government commission investigating the situation of Norwegian Travellers. Education He was educated at the Norwegian School of Economics. He also attended the University of Oslo and the University of California, Santa Barbara, as well as completing studies in the French language and culture at Institut Catholique de Paris and in the Spanish language and culture at the Universidad Complutense of Madrid. Career In September 2013, he was elected to the Board of Commissioners of the International Commission on Missing Persons (ICMP). Vollebæk was the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities from 2007 until 2013. Prior to that, Vollebæk served as Ambassador to the United States betwee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karin Kjølmoen
Karin Kjølmoen (born 8 February 1946 in Steinkjer) is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. From 1995 to 1996, during the third cabinet Brundtland, she was appointed State Secretary in the Ministry of Local Government and Work Affairs. She served as a deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament from Nord-Trøndelag during the terms 1993–1997, 1997–2001 and 2001–2005. From 2000 to 2001 she was a regular representative, covering for Bjarne HÃ¥kon Hanssen who was appointed to the first cabinet Stoltenberg. Kjølmoen was deputy mayor in Inderøy Inderøy is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Innherad region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Straumen. Other villages include Framverran, Gangstadhaugen, Hylla, KjerknesvÃ¥gen, Kjer ... municipality from 1983 to 1987, and later mayor from 1990 to 1995. References * 1946 births Living people Members of the Storting Labour Party (Norway) p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anders Talleraas
Anders Talleraas (born 4 February 1946 in Brattvær) is a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party. He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Møre og Romsdal in 1977, and was re-elected on four occasions. Talleraas was a member of the executive committee of Molde municipality council between 1975 and 1978. From 1998 he sat on the board of Romsdals Fellesbank, and was Chairman of Avinor from 2002 to 2006. In 2012, Borgarting Court of Appeal found Talleraas guilty of through grave negligence unrightfully having received 2,6 million Norwegian krones in pension from the Norwegian Parliament. He got a 6-month suspended sentence. The Supreme Court of Norway The Supreme Court of Norway ( Norwegian Bokmål: ''(Norges) Høyesterett''; Norwegian Nynorsk: ''(Noregs) Høgsterett''; lit. ‘Highest Court’) was established in 1815 on the basis of section 88 in the Constitution of the Kingdom of Norway, w ... declined to hear his appeal in 2013.Kristin Jonassen NordbyH ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lasse Qvigstad
Lars Fredrik "Lasse" Qvigstad (born 2 February 1946) is a Norwegian jurist. He was born in Oslo. He worked as a lecturer at the University of Oslo from 1972 to 1975, public prosecutor in Eidsivating from 1977 to 1987, deputy chief of police 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 ... from 1987 to 1991 and presiding judge in Eidsivating from 1991 to 1993. He then returned to the position as public prosecutor, on a national level. References 1946 births Living people Judges from Oslo Academic staff of the University of Oslo Police officers from Oslo {{norway-law-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Øystein Rottem
Øystein Rottem (1 February 1946 – 5 December 2004) was a Norwegian philologist, literary historian and literary critic. Personal life Rottem was born on the island of Hemnskjela in what was then the municipality of Heim. His parents were Sverre Bernhardsen Rottem and Solveig Terese Hassel. He was married to Gerd Synnøve Vigeland from 1969 to 1989, and to Bente Findling-Nielsen from 1991. He died from cancer in Copenhagen on 5 December 2004. Career Rottem graduated from the University of Oslo in 1976 with the cand.philol. degree. He was a literary critic for the newspaper ''Dagbladet'' from 1984, and is regarded among the most important and influential literary critics in Norway over a period of two decades. Before ''Dagbladet'' he had worked for ''Ny Tid'' and ''Arbeiderbladet''. He also contributed to ''Norsk biografisk leksikon''. His most widespread works as a literary historian are the three last volumes of ''Norges Litteraturhistorie'', covering the period after Wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
