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1928 In Norway
Events in the year 1928 in Norway. Incumbents *Monarch – Haakon VII Events * 27 June – The opening of the underground railway line to Nationaltheatret station in Oslo . * At Herøya, outside Porsgrunn, Norsk Hydro establishes what is to become Norway's largest industrial park. * The city of Fredrikshald changed its name to Halden. * Municipal and county elections are held throughout the country. Popular culture Sports *Bernt Evensen, speed skater, Olympic gold medallist and racing cyclist, is awarded the Egebergs Ærespris for his achievements in speed skating and cycling. Music Film Literature * Sigrid Undset was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. Notable births *8 January – Bab Christensen, actress (died 2017) *25 January – Rolf Nilssen, politician (died 2012) *3 February – Kjell Magne Fredheim, politician (died 2006) *7 February – Sonja Ludvigsen, politician and Minister (died 1974) *10 February – Sissel Sellæg, actress (died 2014) *23 ... [...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] |
Haagen Ringnes
Haagen Ringnes (10 August 1928 – 23 April 2008) was a Norwegian television journalist and non-fiction writer. Personal life Ringnes was born in Oslo to pianist Inge Rolf Ringnes and Anne Johanne Prior Bergh. He was a grandson of brewer Ellef Ringnes. In 1960 he married social worker Betty Frisak. Career He worked for the news agency Associated Press from 1956 to 1959, was a radio reporter for the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation NRK, an abbreviation of the Norwegian ''Norsk Rikskringkasting AS'', generally expressed in English as the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation, is the Norwegian government-owned radio and television public broadcasting company, and the largest ... from 1959, and worked with television from 1962. He received the award Humanistprisen in 1995. Among his books are ''Tanker om tvil og tro'' from 1969, ''I skyggen av solkorset'' from 1981, and ''Samtaler med dronningen'' from 1997. References 1928 births 2008 deaths Writers from Oslo Nor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 In Norway
In 2016 in Norway, the reigning monarch is King Harald V of Norway. The Prime Minister of Norway is Erna Solberg , who has been Prime Minister since October 2013. The president of the Storting is Olemic Thommessen, who has also been in power since October 2013. Norway will be hosting the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics in Lillehammer in 2016. Lillehammer was previously the host of the 1994 Winter Olympics. Norway will be hosting local or international music festivals for various genres of music including metal, opera, jazz and Church music. Incumbents * Monarch – Harald V * Prime Minister – Erna Solberg ( Conservative). Events *26 April – The CHC Helikopter Service Flight 241, carrying oil workers from the Gullfaks B platform in the North Sea, crashes near Turøy, and all thirteen crew and passengers die. Cultural events January *21–24 January – Ice Music Festival in Geilo *27–30 January – Bodø Jazz Open in Bodø *29 January-7 February – Nordlysfestivalen in Troms ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Per Lønning
Per Lønning (24 February 1928 – 21 August 2016) was a Norwegian Lutheran bishop and politician. Lønning received a Doctor of Theology degree from the University of Oslo in 1955 and a Doctor of Philosophy degree in 1958. Lønning began his career as a priest in Oslo in 1951. He also taught in a school in Oslo in 1954. From 1958 to 1965 he was elected as a member of the Norwegian Parliament for the Conservative Party of Norway. In 1964, Lønning was named the priest for the parish of Bergen. In 1969, he was named the bishop of the Diocese of Borg, a diocese that had just been created by splitting off from the large Diocese of Oslo. He was the first Bishop to lead this diocese and he served for nine years until he resigned in 1978 in protest against the passing of a law that allowed abortion on demand in Norway. After resigning, he taught at the University of Oslo for four years and then from 1981 to 1987 he was professor at the University of Strasbourg. In 1987 he was na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2020 In Norway
Events in the year 2020 in Norway. Incumbents * List of Norwegian monarchs, Monarch – Harald V * President of the Storting – Tone Wilhelmsen Trøen (Conservative Party (Norway), Conservative). * Prime Minister of Norway, Prime Minister – Erna Solberg (Conservative Party (Norway), Conservative). Events *1 January **Multiple citizenship is legalised. **Both parents of newborn children will automatically be the legal guardian, regardless of whether they are married or live together. **The municipal and fylke, county reform come into effect: ***The county of Agder is established by unification of the former counties of Aust-Agder and Vest-Agder. ***The county of Innlandet is established by unification of the former counties of Hedmark and Oppland. ***The county of Troms og Finnmark is established by unification of the former counties of Troms and Finnmark. ***The county of Vestfold og Telemark is established by unification of the former counties of Vestfold and Telemark. ***Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bjørn Unneberg
Bjørn Unneberg (23 February 1928 – 5 January 2020) was a Norwegian politician for the Centre Party (Norway), Centre Party. He was born in Stokke as a son of school inspector Agnar Unneberg (1903–1988) and housewife Bergljot Lærum (1901–1988). He graduated with the cand.jur. degree in 1949, and after worked as a research fellow on Slavic languages and culture at the Charles University in Prague, University of Prague from 1949 to 1950, he continued working mostly in the legal system. He worked in Eidsivating Court of Appeal from 1951 to 1953, then two years as a junior solicitor. From 1955 to 1963 he was a consultant in Widerøes Flyveselskap, then as an office manager in Anderson & Skjånes from 1963 to 1969. From 1968 to 1978 he edited the Centre Party periodical ''Senit''. He had settled on the farm Brudalen in Ullensaker in 1957, and from 1977 to 1997 he was the district stipendiary magistrate in Eidsvoll District Court. In 1963, during the short-lived Lyng's Cabinet, he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2014 In Norway
Events in the year 2014 in Norway. Incumbents * Monarch – Harald V * President of the Storting – Olemic Thommessen ( Conservative) * Prime Minister – Erna Solberg ( Conservative). Events January * 1 January – Buskerud and Vestfold University College established as a merge between Buskerud University College and Vestfold University College * 19 January – a fire in Lærdalsøyri destroyed forty buildings, including six protected buildings near Gamleøyri. February March * 28 March – Jens Stoltenberg is named next Secretary General of NATO, assuming the position in October 2014. April May June July * 1 July-1 September – Schoolteacher strike. August September October * 10 October – The 2014 Nobel Peace Prize, presented by the Norwegian Nobel Committee, is shared between Kailash Satyarthi and Malala Yousafzai * 14 October – Storting extends military service to women, making Norway the first European or NATO country to have conscription extended to b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sissel Sellæg
Sissel Sellæg (10 February 1928 – 5 January 2014) was a Norwegian actress. She debuted in 1950 at the Studioteatret. She worked at Folketeatret in the years 1951–56, at Den Nationale Scene from 1959 to 1964 and at Oslo Nye Teater from 1967 to 1998. She was married to actor Per Theodor Haugen and was the mother of actor Kim Haugen Kim Haugen (born 24 September 1958) is a Norwegian actor. He is a son of actors Per Theodor Haugen and Sissel Sellæg and is married to Nadia Hasnaoui. He made his stage debut at Den Nationale Scene in 1982. From 1985 he worked as an actor at Nati .... References External links * 1928 births 2014 deaths People from Notodden Norwegian film actresses Norwegian television actresses Norwegian stage actresses {{Norway-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1974 In Norway
Events in the year 1974 in Norway. Incumbents * Monarch – Olav V * Prime Minister – Trygve Bratteli ( Labour Party) Events * 2 January – The drilling rig "Transocean 3" sinks in the North Sea. * 1 February – Lillehammer affair: Five Israeli Mossad agents are sentenced to prison terms for the assassination of Ahmed Bouchiki. The prison terms ranged from two and a half to five years, although all the agents were eventually released within 22 months and deported back to Israel. * 15 September – The wreck of the Danish slave ship '' Fredensborg'', which sank during a storm in 1768, is discovered off the coast of Tromøya. * 31 October – Parliament rejects a bill on abortion. * 20 December – Kirsten Ohm is named by the King-in-Council as Norway's first female ambassador, assuming office in 1975. Popular culture Sports Music * Inger Lise Rypdal and Benny Borg win the 1973 Spellemannprisen in the female and male vocalist categories respectively. Christian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sonja Ludvigsen
Sonja Aase Ludvigsen (7 February 1928 – 12 July 1974) was a Norwegian politician, a member of the Labour Party. Career Ludvigsen was born in Vestby in 1928. After completing her education she did various white-collar jobs before obtaining employment with Vestby municipality where she was a tax adjuster from 1958 to 1965. She was a member of Vestby municipal council from 1955 to 1959 and from 1963 to 1972, and a member of the school board from 1960 to 1968. She was a member of the Workers' Youth League central board from 1958 to 1964 and the Labour Party central board from 1965 to 1974. Ludvigsen served as a deputy representative to the Parliament of Norway from Akershus during the terms 1958–1961 and 1961–1965 before being elected in 1965. During her first term she was a member of the Standing Committee on Transport and Communications. She was re-elected in 1969 and again in 1973. She spent her second term as a member of the Standing Committee on Industry from 1969 to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2006 In Norway
Events in the year 2006 in Norway. Incumbents * Monarch: Harald V * President of the Storting: Thorbjørn Jagland * Prime Minister: Jens Stoltenberg Events January * 10 January – The Christian newspaper Magazinet publishes caricatures of the Muhammed. * 22 January – Islamic scholars threaten Denmark and Norway with boycotts after the publication of the Muhammed cartoons. February * 20 February – Agreement is reached between Denmark and Norway about the border between Svalbard and Greenland. March * 4 March – Prince Sverre Magnus of Norway is baptized in Slottskapellet in Oslo. * 20 March – The Norwegian Food Safety Authority reports that Gilde is responsible for an outbreak of e. coli in Norway that has led to the death of one child and 13 hospitalized children. April May * 6 May – The Progress Party elects Siv Jensen as their new leader. * 12 May – An Al-Qaida video on the internet encourages Muslims to attack Denmark, Norway and France for the publicatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kjell Magne Fredheim
Kjell Magne Fredheim (born 3 February 1928 in Os, Hedmark, died 28 October 2006) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Hedmark in 1969, and was re-elected on four occasions. He had previously served as a deputy representative during the term 1965–1969. On the local level he was a member of Åsnes municipality council from 1963 to 1967, serving the last two years as deputy mayor. From 1963 to 1967 he was also a member of Hedmark county council. Outside politics he worked as a journalist in ''Arbeidets Rett ''Arbeidets Rett'' is a local newspaper published in Røros, Norway. History and profile ''Arbeidets Rett'' was first published as ''Mauren'' on 16 January 1907, but has been published under the current name since 4 January 1912. The newspaper is ...'' from 1954 to 1955, and then embarked on a longer career in '' Glåmdalen''. References * 1928 births 2006 deaths People from Åsnes Members of the Stor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
