|
1899 In Norway
Events in the year 1899 in Norway. Incumbents * Monarch – Oscar II *Prime Minister – Johannes Steen Events *1 April – The Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions is established. *27 June – The paperclip is patented by Johan Vaaler, a Norwegian inventor. *13 October – The Røvær accident: A storm kills 30 people at sea near Haugesund. *14 October – The Titran accident: A storm kills 141 fishermen at sea near Frøya, Trøndelag. *Grans Brewery is founded. Popular culture Sports *5 March – The sports club Korsvoll IL is founded. *10 August – Viking FK football club is founded. *The sports club Kongsberg IF is founded. *The gymnastics club Volda TI is founded. Music Theatre *25 August – First performance at the theatre academy Sekondteatret *1 September – First performance at the newly constructed National Theatre in Kristiania Literature *The newspaper ''Rogalands Avis'' established *The newspaper ''Finnmarken'' established Notable births *25 Jan ... [...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] |
Sekondteatret
Secondteatret, or Sekondteatret, was a theatre and theatre academy established in Kristiana in 1899 by Ludovica Levy and her husband Dore Lavik. Its opening performance was an adaptation of Schiller's play'' Mary Stuart Mary Stuart or Mary Stewart may refer to: People *Mary Stewart, Countess of Buchan (before 1428–1465), fifth daughter of James I of Scotland, 1st Countess of Buchan *Mary of Guelders (c. 1434–1463), queen to James II of Scotland * Mary Stewart, ...'' on 25 August 1899. The theatre closed in 1901. The building was located on the site of the old Tivoli theatre in central Oslo. References Former theatres in Norway 1899 establishments in Norway 1901 disestablishments in Norway Theatres in Oslo {{Norway-theat-struct-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Søren Berg Sørensen Moen
Søren Berg Sørensen Moen (17 March 1899 – 16 May 1946) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Troms in 1945, but he died less than one year into the term. He was replaced by Peder Nikolai Leier Jacobsen. Moen had previously served in the position of deputy representative during the terms 1934–1936 and 1937–1945. Moen was born in Lenvik and was a member of the executive committee of Lenvik Lenvik ( sme, Leaŋgáviika) is a former municipality that was located in the old Troms county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 2020. The municipality was partly situated on the mainland and partly on the isla ... municipality council from 1925 to 1934, served as mayor during the terms 1934–1937 and 1937–1940 and was a regular council member from 1940 to 1946. References * 1899 births 1946 deaths Labour Party (Norway) politicians Members of the Storting 20th- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kjell Tellander
Kjell Tellander (14 March 1899 – 24 September 1968) was a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party. He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from the Market towns of Nordland, Troms and Finnmark in 1945. He was not listed at the conservative party ballot, but was elected by popular votes (cumulative votes, where voters are free to remove a person from the ballot and replace that name/person with another). He was not re-elected in 1949. He was born in Oslo, enrolled as a student in 1917 and graduated as cand.jur. in 1922. He was acting stipendiary magistrate () in Tromsø from 1924 to 1926 and chief administrative officer () of Bodø Bodø (; smj, Bådåddjo, sv, Bodö) is a municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Salten. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Bodø (which is also the capital of Nordland count ... from 1928 to 1967. He was never involved in local politics, and felt his election t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mikal Grøvan
Mikal Grøvan (15 February 1899 - 25 April 1956) was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party. He served as a deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament from Vest-Agder Vest-Agder (; "West Agder") was one of 18 counties (''fylker'') in Norway up until 1 January 2020, when it was merged with Aust-Agder to form Agder county. In 2016, there were 182,701 inhabitants, around 3.5% of the total population of Norway. I ... during the terms 1950–1953 and 1954–1957. He died before the end of the second term. References * 1899 births 1956 deaths Deputy members of the Storting Vest-Agder politicians Liberal Party (Norway) politicians {{Norway-politician-1890s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johan Grøttumsbråten
Johan Hagbart Pedersen Grøttumsbraaten (24 February 1899 – 24 January 1983) was a Norwegian skier who competed in Nordic combined and cross-country. Dominating both events in the 1920s and early 1930s, he won several medals in the early Winter Olympics. Most notably, he won two gold medals at the 1928 Winter Olympics, and as one of the only two entrants to win two gold medalists from St. Moritz, was the most successful athlete there, along with Clas Thunberg of Finland. He previously won three medals (one silver, two bronzes) at the inaugural Winter Olympics held in Chamonix in 1924, and went on to defend his Olympic title in Nordic Combined Skiing at the 1932 Winter Olympics. In addition, he won three gold medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships: In 1931 he won both the cross-country 18 km and Nordic combined, after winning the Nordic combined event earlier in 1926. Grøttumsbråten is one of only four people to ever win the Holmenkollen ski festival's Nordic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olaf Aarvold
Olaf Aarvold (3 February 1899, Gjerpen - 3 August 1991) was a Norwegian priest and politician for the Liberal Party. He graduated from upper secondary school in 1922, and worked as a teacher in Larvik from 1923 to 1925. In 1929 he graduated with the cand.theol. degree from the MF Norwegian School of Theology. He worked as a priest in Durban 1930, Rouen 1935 and Antwerp 1936. In 1940 he returned to Norway as vicar in Tysnes. Having been imprisoned by the German occupants from 1943 to 1945, first in Espeland concentration camp from September 1943 to January 1944 and then Grini concentration camp until the war's end, he moved on to become chaplain in Bergen in 1946. He was appointed vicar in Eidanger in 1957.''Eidanger prestegård'', by Per Chr. Nagell Svendsen He served as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rolf Jacobsen (boxer)
Rolf Jacobsen (25 January 1899 – 15 May 1960) was a Norwegian boxer who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics The 1920 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1920; nl, Olympische Zomerspelen van 1920; german: Olympische Sommerspiele 1920), officially known as the Games of the VII Olympiad (french: Jeux de la VIIe olympiade; nl, Spelen van .... He was born in Kristiania. In 1920 he was eliminated in the second round of the middleweight class after losing his fight to Samuel Lagonia. References External links List of Norwegian boxers 1899 births 1960 deaths Middleweight boxers Olympic boxers for Norway Boxers at the 1920 Summer Olympics Norwegian male boxers Sportspeople from Oslo 20th-century Norwegian people {{Norway-boxing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peder Holt
Peder Ragnar Holt (25 January 1899–24 March 1963) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He was the first person from Finnmark county to be the Governor of Finnmark, a position he held from 1948 until his death in 1963. He was instrumental in the reconstruction and rebuilding of Finnmark after World War II. Personal life He was born in the town of Vardø in Finnmark county in the far northern part of Norway. He participated in the Left Communist Youth League's military strike action in 1924. He agitated for it through the newspaper ''Finmarken'', and was convicted for this crime and sentenced to 50 days of light detention. He died on 24 March 1963 in the town of Vadsø where he was serving as county governor. He was a Commander of the 1st class of the Order of the Lion of Finland. Education and career He worked in fish farming in his youth, but then he went on and got an education. He worked as the editor of the newspaper ''Finmarken'' from 1924 unt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helge Ingstad - 1942 - Oslo Museum
Helge or Helgi is a Scandinavian, German, and Dutch mostly male name. The name is derived from Proto-Norse ''Hailaga'' with its original meaning being ''dedicated to the gods''. For its Slavic version, see Oleg. Its feminine equivalent is Olga. Notable people with this name * Halga, legendary Danish king mentioned in ''Beowulf'' and in medieval Scandinavian sources *Helgi Hjörvarðsson, Scandinavian hero from '' Helgakviða Hjörvarðssonar'', in the '' Poetic Edda'' * Helgi Hundingsbane, Scandinavian hero who figures in the '' Völsunga saga'' and who has two poems in the '' Poetic Edda'' * Helgi Haddingjaskati, Swedish hero from ''Hrómundar saga Gripssonar'' *Helge (Danish king), 9th-century king *Helge Akre (1903–1986), Norwegian diplomat *Helge Bostrom (1894–1977), Canadian ice hockey player *Helge Jung (1886–1978), Swedish General *Helgi the Sharp (other), several people *Helgi Tómasson (other), several people * Helge Rosvaenge (1897–1972), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lillebil Ibsen
Lillebil Ibsen (née Sofie Parelius Monrad Krohn) (6 August 1899 – 12 August 1989) was a Norwegian dancer and actress. Personal life Lillebil was born in Kristiania, as the daughter of engineer Georg Monrad Krohn and actress Gyda Martha Kristine Andersen (later Gyda Christensen). She married pilot and film director Tancred Ibsen on 25 August 1919. Their son Tancred Ibsen Jr., born in 1921, was a Norwegian diplomat. Career Lillebil Ibsen took ballet lessons at an early age with her mother, who was a professional choreographer and ballet instructor. She made her début as a dancer at Nationaltheatret in 1911, in the ballet pantomime ''Prinsessen på erten'', an adaptation of the story ''The Princess and the Pea'' by Hans Christian Andersen. She then studied ballet with Hans Beck in Copenhagen, and later with Russian choreographer Mikhail Fokine. She started performing in Berlin under supervision of Max Reinhardt when she was sixteen years old, and played leading roles in Reinhar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finnmarken (newspaper)
''Finnmarken'' is a local newspaper published in Vadsø, Norway. It covers eastern Finnmark. It was established in 1899 by Adam Egede-Nissen and others. In 1942 ''Finnmarken'' was taken over by the national socialist occupant regime. They incorporated it into ''Finnmark Folkeblad'' in 1944. In 1945, after the occupation, this was reversed; however, both '' Folkets Frihet'' and ''Vadsø Arbeiderblad Vadsø (; sme, Čáhcesuolu; fkv, Vesisaari) is a municipality in Troms og Finnmark County, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Vadsø, which was the administrative centre of the former Finnmark county. Other ...'' were absorbed into ''Finnmarken''. It has a circulation of 7,147, of whom 6,302 are subscribers. ''Finnmarken (newspaper)'' is owned by ''A-pressen Lokale Medier AS'', which in turn is owned 100% by A-pressen. The editor is Karoline Almås Sørensen. ReferencesNorwegian Media Registry External linksWebsite Newspapers establishe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
