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1903 In Norway
Events in the year 1903 in Norway. Incumbents *Monarchy of Norway, Monarch: Oscar II of Sweden, Oscar II. *Prime Minister of Norway, Prime Minister: Otto Blehr, then Francis Hagerup Events * 31 January–6 February – The Nordic Games take place in Kristiania. * 7 April – Fredrikstad Football Club (FFK) is founded * 16 June – Roald Amundsen commences the first east-west navigation of the Northwest Passage by leaving Oslo, Norway. * 10 August – The Oseberg ship, a well-preserved Viking ship from the 9th century, was discovered in a large burial mound at the Oseberg farm near Tønsberg in the Vestfold county. * 22 October – Francis Hagerup succeeded Otto Blehr as Prime Minister of Norway * The 1903 Norwegian parliamentary election, 1903 Parliamentary election takes place. * Edvard Grieg, in Paris, became the first Norwegian to make gramophone records Popular culture Sports Music Film Literature Births *5 January – Kirsten Hansteen, politician and Minister, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
Edvard Grieg
Edvard Hagerup Grieg ( , ; 15 June 18434 September 1907) was a Norwegian composer and pianist. He is widely considered one of the foremost Romantic era composers, and his music is part of the standard classical repertoire worldwide. His use of Norwegian folk music in his own compositions brought the music of Norway to fame, as well as helping to develop a national identity, much as Jean Sibelius did in Finland and Bedřich Smetana in Bohemia. Grieg is the most celebrated person from the city of Bergen, with numerous statues which depict his image, and many cultural entities named after him: the city's largest concert building (Grieg Hall), its most advanced music school (Grieg Academy) and its professional choir (Edvard Grieg Kor). The Edvard Grieg Museum at Grieg's former home Troldhaugen is dedicated to his legacy. Background Edvard Hagerup Grieg was born in Bergen, Norway (then part of Sweden–Norway). His parents were Alexander Grieg (1806–1875), a merchant and the B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tor Skjønsberg
Tor Vangen Skjønsberg (27 April 1903 - 8 September 1993) was a Norwegian resistance leader, by education he was a lawyer. In 1941 Tor Skjønsberg called for a meeting " Grimelundsmøtet" which is considered the start of organized resistance in Norway. Skjønsberg was the ''de facto'' leader of the resistance movement in Norway until he had to flee the country in November 1944. After Skjønsberg fled, Jens Christian Hauge Jens Christian Hauge (15 May 1915 – 30 October 2006) was a Norwegian who was leader within the World War II resistance—and one of the two incumbent Milorg Council members in May 1945. Njølstad p.125 He served as Minister of Defence from 19 ... became the leader of the resistance movement. After the liberation, Skjønsberg served as Minister of Shipping from 22 June to 1 November 1945, in the interim government of Einar Gerhardsen. {{DEFAULTSORT:Skjoensberg, Tor 1903 births 1993 deaths Norwegian resistance members Government ministers of Norwa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anders Platou Wyller
Anders Platou Wyller (24 April 1903 - 2 October 1940) was a Norwegian philologist and humanist. Biography Wyller was born at Stavanger in Rogaland, Norway. He was the son of Thomas Christian Wyller (1858-1921) and Birgitte Platou (1862-1922). His sister, Ingrid Wyller (1896-1994), was associated with the Norwegian Nurses Association and Norwegian Red Cross Nursing School in Oslo. In 1922, he began studying at the University of Oslo, University of Christiania from which he earned his cand.philol. in 1933. Between 1929 and 1936, he lived in Paris. From 1933 to 1936, Wyller was a lector in the Norwegian language at the University of Paris. He got his doctoral thesis in 1937 with ''Paul Claudel. En kristen dikter og hans drama''. The same year he created the Nansenskolen (Norwegian Humanist Academy) together with Kristian Vilhelm Koren Schjelderup, Jr., Kristian Schjelderup and Henriette Bie Lorentzen. After Operation Weserübung, Nazi Germany's assault on Denmark and Norway on A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hans Kristian Bromstad
Hans Kristian Bromstad (28 March 1903 in Skjørn – 19 July 1971) was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party. He served as a deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament from Sør-Trøndelag during the term 1958–1961 and 1961–1965. On the local level Bromstad was mayor of Stjørna municipality from 1937 to 1955, except for the years 1940 to 1945 during the German occupation of Norway The occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany during the Second World War began on 9 April 1940 after Operation Weserübung. Conventional armed resistance to the German invasion ended on 10 June 1940, and Nazi Germany controlled Norway until the .... Other than that he worked as a farmer. References * 1903 births 1971 deaths Deputy members of the Storting Liberal Party (Norway) politicians Mayors of places in Sør-Trøndelag Norwegian farmers Place of death missing {{Norway-politician-1900s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leif Tronstad
Leif Hans Larsen Tronstad DSO, OBE (27 March 1903 – 11 March 1945) was a Norwegian inorganic chemist, intelligence officer and military organizer. He graduated from the Norwegian Institute of Technology in 1927 and was a prolific researcher and writer of academic publications. A professor of chemistry at the Norwegian Institute of Technology from 1936, he was among the pioneers of heavy water research, and was instrumental when a heavy water plant was built at Vemork. After the invasion of Norway by Germany during World War II, Tronstad conducted domestic resistance for one year before fleeing the country for England. There, he gathered valuable intelligence from Norwegian sources, both on the development of the V-2 rocket and the growing German interest in heavy water. In 1943 Tronstad planned Operation Gunnerside, in which the German access to heavy water processing at Vemork was severely impeded. His information about the V-2 rocket contributed to the massive Allied bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olav Meisdalshagen
Olav Meisdalshagen (17 March 1903 – 21 November 1959) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party best known for serving as the Norwegian Minister of Finance from December 1947 to November 1951 and as the Norwegian Minister of Agriculture from January 1955 to May 1956. He was also a Member of Parliament for a long time, being elected for the first time in parliamentary election of 1936 and serving until his death, except for the period between 1940 and 1945 when the Parliament of Norway was ''de facto'' defunct due to the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany. His death in 1959 came halfway through his fifth term in Parliament, and shortly after a parliamentary speech. A jurist by profession, Meisdalshagen came from a humble family background, growing up at a former crofter's farm in rural Nord-Aurdal, and losing his father in the 1920s. After studying he moved back to Nord-Aurdal, worked as an attorney and built the Labour Party organization in the region. The background ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olav Kjetilson Nylund
Olav Kjetilson Nylund (25 February 1903 – 1 November 1957) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Aust-Agder in 1945, and was re-elected on one occasion. Born in Åmli, he was a member of Åmli municipal council A municipal council is the legislative body of a municipality or local government area. Depending on the location and classification of the municipality it may be known as a city council, town council, town board, community council, rural counci ... from 1931 to 1957, serving as deputy mayor in 1947–1951 and mayor from 1934 to 1940. He was also a member of Aust-Agder county council from 1934 to 1946. Outside politics he worked as a manual laborer, mainly in farming. He chaired the regional branch of the Norwegian Farmers and Smallholders Union from 1951 to 1957. References * 1903 births 1957 deaths Members of the Storting Mayors of places in Aust-Agder Labour Party (Norway) politicians 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johan Strand Johansen
Johan Strand Johansen (3 February 1903 in Åfjord - 12 February 1970 in Moscow) was Norwegian Minister of Labour in 1945. From 1945-1949 and later from 1954-1957 he represented the Communist Party of Norway in the Parliament of Norway. His importance to posterity has been intimately tied to the dramatic split of the Communist Party in 1949, the so-called Furubotn purge. Early work and political career In 1924 he became a journalist in the party daily newspaper ''Ny Tid'' in Trondheim, and starting that same year and until 1928 he was the secretary for the Young Communist League. In 1930 he became editor of '' Hardanger Arbeiderblad'' in Odda, and from 1931 his base was in Oslo, as a co-worker of the ''Arbeideren'' and as a member of the central board of the party. He was the representative of the central board on the strike rally which was later to become the Skirmish of Menstad, and in its aftermath he was given a prison sentence. Concentration camp and post-war politician Str ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olav Rytter
Olav Rytter (29 January 1903 – 7 June 1992) was a Norwegian newspaper editor, radio personality, foreign correspondent, philologist and translator. Biography Olav was born in Kristiansund as the son of writer Henrik Rytter. He took his philological education at the University of Oslo and the University of Prague, having specialized in Slavic and Indic languages. He would translate several works written in such languages. After working as a teacher in the Norwegian language in Prague and Warsaw, from 1928 to 1935, he returned to Norway in 1935 to edit the newspaper ''Norsk Tidend''. He became a member of the Norwegian Association for Women's Rights in 1936. From 1938 to 1946, he was a programme secretary in the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK). When Norway was invaded by Germany in April 1940, Rytter fled the country together with the Norwegian royal family and cabinet. After a short period in Stockholm he reunited with the Norwegian authorities-in-exile in London, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dyre Vaa
Dyre Vaa (19 January 1903 – 11 May 1980) was a Norwegian sculptor and painter. Background He was born in Kviteseid, Telemark, and later lived and worked in Rauland. He was the son of Tor Aanundsson Vaa (1864–1928) and Anne Marie Roholt (1866–1947). Vaa grew up the youngest of five siblings in a wealthy home. His father was one of the largest forest owners in Telemark. He graduated artium at Kristiania Cathedral School in 1920. Vaa studied at the Norwegian National Academy of Craft and Art Industry and at Norwegian National Academy of Fine Arts from 1922–23, under Wilhelm Rasmussen, and later traveled to Spain, Greece and Italy for studies. Career In 1925, his first important work was a portrait of Minister of Education Ivar Peterson Tveiten (bronze. National Gallery of Norway). In 1932, Vaa sculptures, paintings and drawings first appeared in Kunstnernes Hus. He served as chairman of the Norwegian Sculptor Association (''Norsk Billedhuggerforening'') from 1960-62 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kirsten Hansteen
Kirsten Hansteen (5 January 1903 – 17 November 1974) was a Norwegian editor and librarian. She was appointed Minister of Social Affairs with Gerhardsen's First Cabinet in 1945 and was the first female member of cabinet in Norway. Biography She was born at Lyngen in Troms, Norway. Her parents were Ole Christian Strøm Moe (1866–1907) and Gerda Sophie Landmark (1871–1934). Her father died when she was only four years old, and her mother moved her five children to Kristiania (now Oslo). She graduated artium in 1921 and later studied German and Norwegian at the University of Oslo. In 1930, she married attorney Viggo Hansteen (1900-1941). Her husband was executed in 1941 during the Occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany. She edited the underground resistance and feminist paper ''Kvinnefronten'' (The Women's front) during the German occupation. After the liberation of Norway at the end of World War II, she co-founded the journal ''Kvinnen og Tiden'' with Henriette Bie Lor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
