1979 In Norway

picture info	1979 In Norway Events in the year 1979 in Norway. Incumbents * Monarch – Olav V * Prime Minister – Odvar Nordli ( Labour Party) Events * Municipal and county elections are held throughout the country. * Bryggen and the Urnes stave church are designated by UNESCO as World Heritage Sites. * 18 September – A fire in Vålerenga Church, which was later made into a song that became the club hymn for Vålerenga. Popular culture Sports Music Film * March – the planet Hoth scenes from the Hollywood film "The Empire Strikes Back" were filmed in the Hardangerjøkulen glacier. Television * 1 December – During an episode of Jul i Skomakergata on NRK, Sandmännchen premieres on Norwegian television for the first time. Literature Åge Rønning, writer and journalist, is awarded the Riksmål Society Literature Prize. Nils Johan Rud, novelist, short story writer and magazine editor, is awarded the Dobloug Prize for Swedish and Norwegian fiction. Bjørg Vik, writer, playwright and jour ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	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]
	Jul I Skomakergata ''Jul i Skomakergata'' is a Norwegian TV-show for children, produced in 1979. It is a televised advent calendar, meaning it is broadcast from December 1 to December 24. It has been broadcast several times in Norway by NRK. The story revolves around shoe repairer Jens Petrus Andersen, played by Henki Kolstad, and his shop. He is visited by friends and townspeople who need their shoes repaired before Christmas, and has a pet named Tøflus (a puppet). A part of the show consists of showing a clip from ''Sandmännchen'' (''Jon Blund'' in Norwegian) which tells children about the United Nations' Convention on the Rights of the Child. In 2006, the Norwegian comedian Zahid Ali created an advent calendar show called '' Jul i Tøyengata'', a parody of ''Jul i Skomakergata'' which shows a multicultural street in Oslo and deals with problems such as racism and cultural clashes. See also * ''Verdens Gang ''Verdens Gang'' ("The course of the world"), generally known under the abbreviatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Håvard Klemetsen Håvard Klemetsen (born 5 January 1979) is a Norwegian former Nordic combined skier who has competed since 2002, representing Kautokeino I.L. He debuted in the World Cup in 2003. He has four 4 x 5 km team medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with a gold in 2005 and bronze in 2007 and twice in 2011. Klemetsen also finished 20th in the 15 km individual event at the 2005 championships. Klemetsen finished 20th in the 15 km individual at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin. His best individual career finish was second in a 7.5 km sprint event in Park City, Utah in the United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territorie ... in 2002. In April 2017, he announced his retirement from sport. References External links * * 1979 births Living ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Audun Ellingsen Audun Ellingsen (born 4 January 1979) is a Norwegian jazz musician (Upright bass) known from collaborations within bands like "Sphinx" and with musicians like Frøy Aagre, Erlend Slettevoll and Gisle Torvik. Career Ellingsen was born in Ørsta and started studying classical piano as a child, but substituted the piano with an electric bass guitar at ten, in order to play in local rock bands. Jazz came to be the main musical focus when he went to the musical program at high school in 1998, and he picked up the double bass. After graduation he attended musical studies at Toneheim Folkehøgskole for one year, followed by studies on the jazzprogram at Leeds College of Music (1999) under guidance of Stuart Riley and Zoltan Dekaney. Ellingsen took a Bachelor of Arts in Jazz Studies and got a Masters of Music degree in 2004. During the time in Leeds Ellingsen played in various bands and local rhythm sections comping touring British and American soloists like Mark Nightingale, Joe Temp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Anders Danielsen Lie Anders Danielsen Lie (born 1 January 1979) is a Norwegian actor, musician and medical doctor. Education Danielsen Lie studied Ancient Greek (1997-1998), musicology (2001-2003) and medicine (1999-2007) at the University of Oslo. Career Acting career Danielsen Lie made his film debut when he was 11 years old in the title role of ''Herman'' (1990) by Erik Gustavson. He is best known for his longtime collaboration with director Joachim Trier., with leading roles in his films ''Reprise'' (2006), ''Oslo, August 31st'' (2011) and '' The Worst Person in the World'' (2021), also known as the Oslo Trilogy. ''Oslo, August 31st'' was selected for ''Un Certain Regard'' at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival. ''The Guardian'' critic Peter Bradshaw included Danielsen Lie on his top ten list of the best male performances of 2011. In 2016 he starred alongside Kristen Stewart in Olivier Assayas' supernatural psychological thriller film ''Personal Shopper'', which was selected for main competition at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Kari Mette Johansen 2008 Kari or KARI may refer to: Places Kari, Jhunjhunu, a village in Rajasthan, India , a village in Mouhoun Province, Burkina Faso Kari, Tikamgarh, a town in Madhya Pradesh, India Kari, Iran, a village in Bushehr Province, Iran * Kari-ye Bozorg ("Greater Kari"), a village in Ardabil Province, Iran People and languages The Gayiri people of central Queensland, Australia Kari people, also Cari, Aka-Kari or Aka-Cari, a tribe in the Andaman Islands, India *Kari language, also Cari, Aka-Kari or Aka-Cari, spoken by the Kari people Kari language, a Bantu language spoken in Africa Kari (name), real and fictional people with the given name, nickname or surname Kari Suomalainen * Kári, son of Fornjót, the personification of wind in Norse mythology Organisations KARI (AM), an AM radio station broadcasting on 550, licensed to Blaine, WA Kenya Agricultural Research Institute Kleptocracy Asset Recovery Initiative Korea Aerospace Research Institute Other * Kari or curry, a pan-Asian v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Norwegian Critics Prize For Literature The Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature (''Den norske Kritikerprisen for litteratur'' or ''Kritikerprisen'') is awarded by the Norwegian Literature Critics' Association (''Norsk Litteraturkritikerlag'') and has been awarded every year since 1950. The prize is presented to a Norwegian author for a literary work as agreed to among the members of the Norwegian Literature Critics' Association. Since 1978 the Norwegian Literature Critics' Association has also awarded a prize for the best work of children's literature. In 2003 the Critics Prize for the year's best work of translation was established, and in 2012 the Critics Prize for the year's best work of nonfiction for adults was established. For other Norwegian Critics Awards, see Norwegian Theatre Critics Award, which has been awarded every year since 1939 (except 1940-45), the Norwegian Music Critics Award, which has been awarded every year since 1947, and the Norwegian Dance Critics Award, which has been awarded every year since 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Bjørg Vik Bjørg Vik (11 September 1935 – 7 January 2018) was a Norwegian novelist, short story writer, playwright, and journalist. Biography Bjørg Turid Vik was born in Oslo, Norway. Her parents were Sverre Thorbjørn Johansen (1903–1958) and Anna Sofie Marcussen (1902–1987). She grew up in the neighborhood of St. Hanshaugen in Oslo. She completed her ''examen artium'' at Hegdehaugen School in 1954 and attended the Journalist Academy in Oslo from 1955 to 1956. From 1956 to 1960, she was a journalist for the newspaper '' Porsgrunns Dagblad''. She made her literary debut in 1963 with the short story collection ''Søndag ettermiddag''. Further collections from the 1960s are ''Nødrop fra en myk sofa'' (1966) and ''Det grådige hjerte'' (1968). She also wrote five novels. Between 1988 and 1994 she published the semi-autobiographical Elsi Lund trilogy of novels about adolescence and maturity in postwar Oslo. The trilogy consists of ''Små nøkler store rom'' (1988), ''Poplene på St. Han ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Dobloug Prize The Dobloug Prize ( sv, Doblougska priset, no, Doblougprisen) is a literature prize awarded for Swedish and Norwegian fiction. The prize is named after Norwegian businessman and philanthropist Birger Dobloug (1881–1944) pursuant to his bequest. The prize sum is 4 * 150,000 Swedish crowns (2011). The Dobloug Prize is awarded annually by the Swedish Academy The Swedish Academy ( sv, Svenska Akademien), founded in 1786 by King Gustav III of Sweden, Gustav III, is one of the Swedish Royal Academies, Royal Academies of Sweden. Its 18 members, who are elected for life, comprise the highest Swedish lang .... Prize winners List of winners, source: References {{Dobloug Prize winners Swedish literary awards Norwegian literary awards Awards established in 1951 1951 establishments in Sweden ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Nils Johan Rud Nils Johan Rud (24 July 1908 – 7 June 1993) was a Norwegian novelist, writer of short stories, children's writer, and a magazine editor. He is particularly known for his long-term period as editor of the magazine ''Arbeidermagasinet'' / ''Magasinet For Alle''. Personal life Nils Johan Rud was born in Ringsaker as the son of Mons Nilsen Rud and Emma Johanne Nergaard. He married Aase Gudlaug Hellum in 1934, and is the father of Jazz drummer Espen Rud. He died in Asker in 1993. Career Rud published the children's book ''Gutter på skoggang'' in 1928, and continued writing children's books. In 1930 came ''Karsemne'', in 1931 ''Skaugumtrollet'', and ''Tusser og troll'' in 1934. He wrote ''Stifinner'' in 1935, and ''Et riktig mannfolk'' in 1936, all books for children. The book ''Alle tiders største'' was about sports, and Rud was involved as an administrator in the club IF Frisk Asker. His first novel was ''Vi skal ha et barn'' from 1933, while his breakthrough was ''Jeg er ing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Riksmål Society Literature Prize The Riksmål Society Literature Prize (''Riksmålsforbundets litteraturpris'') is awarded annually by the '' Riksmålsforbundet'' for the outstanding publication in riksmål. The prize was awarded until 2002 by the ''Oslo and Bærum Riksmål League'', when it was taken over by the ''Riksmålsforbundet''. Prize winners 1957 – Terje Stigen 1958 – Harald Grieg 1959 – Emil Boyson 1960 – Odd Eidem 1961 – Gunnar Bull Gundersen 1962 – Solveig Christov 1963 – André Bjerke 1964 – Odd Hølaas 1965 – Rolf Jacobsen 1966 – Karin Bang 1967 – Hallvard Rieber-Mohn 1968 – Ebba Haslund 1969 – Olav Nordrå 1970 – Finn Carling 1971 – Per Arneberg 1972 – Bjørg Vik 1973 – Aasmund Brynildsen 1974 – Jens Bjørneboe 1975 – Stein Mehren 1976 – Astrid Hjertenæs Andersen 1977 – Peter R. Holm 1978 – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Åge Rønning Åge Rønning (4 October 1925 – 31 January 1991) was a Norwegian writer and journalist. Biography Åge Rønning was born in Oslo, Norway. His parents were Normann Rønning (1888–1974) and Astrid Therese Nielsen (1895–1978). He graduated in 1944 at Vahl School. He had a career in journalism working for ''Verdens Gang'' 1945–47, ''Norsk Telegrambyrå'' 1947–54 and ''Morgenbladet'' until 1964. His debut novel ''Fotfeste for elskere'' was published in 1954. His writings often reflected his Roman Catholic faith and focused on related religious issues. From 1968 to 1969, Rønning was a deputy and from 1978 board member of the Norwegian Authors' Union. He was affected by multiple sclerosis starting in 1967 and was from 1980 depending on a wheelchair. Liv Bliksrud Åge Rønning - Forfatter, Journalist(Norsk biografisk leksikon) Awards 1959- Gyldendal's Endowment (''Gyldendals legat'') jointly with Alf Larsen 1979 - Riksmål Society Literature Prize (''Riksmålsforbundets ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]