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1931 In Norway
Events in the year 1931 in Norway. Incumbents *Monarchy of Norway, Monarch – Haakon VII *Prime Minister of Norway, Prime Minister – Peder Kolstad Events * 8 June – The Menstad conflict. * 27 June – Norway occupied and claimed parts of the then-uninhabited eastern Greenland (also called Erik the Red's Land), claiming that it constituted terra nullius. * 1931 Norwegian local elections, Municipal and county elections are held throughout the country. Popular culture Sports Music Film Literature Notable births *10 January – Olaf B. Bjørnstad, ski jumper (died 2013). *26 January – Jon Gjønnes, physicist (died 2021). *27 January – Sissel Lange-Nielsen, writer, literary critic, and journalist *31 January – Ole Gabriel Ueland (1931–2009), Ole Gabriel Ueland, politician (died 2009). *22 February – Georg Johannesen, author and professor of rhetoric (died 2005) *4 March – Ludvig Hope Faye, politician (died 2017). *12 March – Knut Bohwim, film director ... [...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] |
Knut Bohwim
Knut Bohwim (12 March 1931 – 16 June 2020) was a leading Norwegian film director. He co-founded the company ''Teamfilm A/S'' in 1962. His debut as film director was ''Operasjon Sjøsprøyt'' from 1964. He directed the war drama '' Det største spillet'' from 1967, about the double agent Gunvald Tomstad. He directed twelve films of the '' Olsenbanden'' series, the largest commercial success in Norwegian film history. Bohwim was awarded the Amanda Honorary Award in 1997, shared with Aud Schønemann Aud Schønemann (13 November 1922 – 30 October 2006) was a Norwegian actress, regarded by many as the leading comedienne of her generation in Norway. She was born in Østre Aker, and was a daughter of actor August Schønemann and dancer Dagmar .... References 1931 births 2020 deaths Norwegian film directors Film people from Oslo {{norway-film-director-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yngvar Løchen
Yngvar Løchen (31 May 1931 – 28 July 1998) was a Norwegian sociologist. He took his dr.philos. in 1965 and was hired as associate professor of community medicine at the University of Oslo the same year. In 1971 he was appointed professor in the sociology of medicine at the University of Tromsø. He served as chancellor from 1977 to 1981. He was also chairman of the from 1974 to 1977, and of the from 1985 to 1989. Løchen's 1965 work (''Ideals and Realities in a Psychiatric Hospital'') was selected for the Norwegian Sociology Canon The Norwegian Sociology Canon ( no, Norsk sosiologisk kanon) is an award presented from 2009 to 2011 to 25 nonfiction texts that are considered to have had the greatest influence on sociology in Norway. The list of works was published in the journal ... in 2009–2011. Selected bibliography This is a list of his most notable works: * (1965) * (1970) * (1971) * (1977) * (1985) * (1993) * (1998) References 1931 births 1998 deaths Nor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Selmer Nilsen
Sverre Ingebregt Selmer Nilsen (25 May 1931 – 18 June 1991) was a Norwegian fisherman spying for the GRU during the Cold War. He was active in Bodø from 1956 to 1963, and reported Bodø landings and take-offs of the American espionage plane Lockheed U-2 to the Soviet Union. These operations culminated with the U-2 Crisis of 1960, when one of the U-2 planes was forced down over Soviet Union on 1 May 1960. Nilsen, originally from Bakfjord, Finnmark, was recruited in 1948 after threats from Soviet agents towards his family. The 17-year-old boy was sent for training in the Soviet Union. He returned seven months later, with a radio transmitter and knowledge of telegraphy. After more than seventeen years as foreign agent he was arrested in 1967, and sentenced to seven and a half years imprisonment in a trial held behind closed doors in the court of Bodø. The conviction was eventually confirmed in the Supreme Court, in April–May 1968. He was however pardoned from further imprisonm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leif Raa
Leif Raa (19 May 1931 – 27 January 2003) was a Norwegian illustrator and cartoonist. He studied at the Bergen National Academy of the Arts, and from 1956 to 1998 he worked as illustrator for the newspaper ''Bergens Tidende ''Bergens Tidende'' is Norway's fifth-largest newspaper, and the country's largest newspaper outside Oslo. ''Bergens Tidende'' is owned by the public company Schibsted ASA. Norwegian owners held a mere 42% of the shares in Schibsted at the end ...''. He started drawing commercials, and from 1962 he was freelancer for the editorial staff until 1975, when he was appointed a permanent position with the newspaper. His cartoons could be either editorial comments or news comments, and he also reported from several travels in European countries. In addition to the newspaper works he also illustrated books and designed book covers. References 1931 births 2003 deaths Norwegian editorial cartoonists Norwegian illustrators Bergen Academy of Art and D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erik Dammann
Sir Erik Dammann (born 9 May 1931 in Oslo) is a Norwegian author, environmentalist and government scholar. He is mostly known for founding of the Norwegian-based organization, The Future in Our Hands (''Framtiden i våre hender''). In 1982, he was awarded the Right Livelihood Award for "challenging Western values and lifestyles in order to promote a more responsible attitude to the environment and the third world". In 2011 he was knighted by The Royal Norwegian Order of Saint Olav,the highest civilian honour conferred by Norway. Biography He is educated within advertising. Dammann's book ''The Future in Our Hands'' raised social and environmental questions and put them in a much larger perspective than until then had been the norm. Inspired by the interest for this book, in 1974 he initiated '' Framtiden i våre hender'', today a world wide organisation with thirty partner organisations over the globe. In 1978, the organization established The Development Fund (''Utviklingsfonde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karen Sogn
Karen Sogn, née Thaugland (28 April 1931 – 21 October 2013) was a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party. She was elected to the Parliament of Norway from Vestfold in 1977, and was re-elected in 1981 to serve until 1985. She had previously served as a deputy representative during the term 1973–1977. On the local level she was a member of Lardal 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 1967 to 1979, serving as deputy mayor from 1975 to 1977. References 1931 births 2013 deaths Vestfold politicians Conservative Party (Norway) politicians Members of the Storting Women members of the Storting 20th-century Norwegian politicians 20th-century Norwegian women politicians {{Norway-politician-1930s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vera Louise Holmøy
Vera Louise Holmøy (27 April 1931 in Oslo – 12 December 2021) was a Norwegian judge. She was hired in the Ministry of Justice and the Police in 1957, became assisting secretary in 1965 and deputy under-secretary of State in 1974. She was a Supreme Court Justice The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest-ranking judicial body in the United States. Its membership, as set by the Judiciary Act of 1869, consists of the chief justice of the United States and eight Associate Justice of the Supreme ... from 1976 to 2001. Vera Louise Holmøy was married to judge Tor Holmøy. She died at the age of 90. References 1931 births 2021 deaths Judges from Oslo Supreme Court of Norway justices {{norway-law-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ola Mikal Heide
Ola Mikal Heide (born 26 April 1931) is a Norwegian botanist. He was born in Trondenes. He graduated from the Norwegian College of Agriculture in 1961, and took the dr.agric. degree in 1967 with the thesis ''Studies on the Control of Regeneration in Begonia''. He was appointed professor of plant physiology at the University of Tromsø in 1972, professor of botany at the Norwegian College of Agriculture in 1976. He served as rector there from 1978 to 1983. He is a fellow of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters ( no, Det Norske Videnskaps-Akademi, DNVA) is a learned society based in Oslo, Norway. Its purpose is to support the advancement of science and scholarship in Norway. History The Royal Frederick Univer .... References 1931 births Living people People from Harstad 20th-century Norwegian botanists Norwegian College of Agriculture alumni Academic staff of the Norwegian College of Agriculture Rectors of the No ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Øyvind Bjorvatn
Øyvind Bjorvatn (26 April 1931 – 9 February 2015) was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party and later the Liberal People's Party. He was born in Herefoss. He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Aust-Agder in 1965, and was re-elected on one occasion. During his second term, in December 1972, Bjorvatn joined the Liberal People's Party which split from the Liberal Party over disagreements of Norway's proposed entry to the European Economic Community. He later served in the position of deputy representative for the joint list of the Centre Party, the Christian Democratic Party, the Liberal Party and the Liberal People's Party during the term 1977–1981. He then became the party leader of the Liberal People's Party, and held this position from 1982 to 1986. Bjorvatn was a member of Tvedestrand municipality council during the terms 1963–1967 and 1967–1971. Outside politics he had the cand.mag. Candidatus magisterii (male), or candidata magisteri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eva Seeberg
Eva Seeberg (28 April 1931 – 12 January 2019) was a Norwegian journalist, novelist and screenwriter. She was born in Oslo. She made her literary debut in 1949 with ''Undring. Unge skisser''. Her novels from the 1960s and 1970s include ''Det er meg han har vært hos'' from 1952, ''Aldri mer alene'' from 1955, and ''Tid til ømhet'' from 1968. She wrote several short story collections, including ''Lykken bor på Bislett'' from 1987. Films based on her novels, short stories or scripts include ''Bedre enn sitt rykte'' and ''Hjem går vi ikke'' from 1955, ''Kvinnens plass ''Kvinnens plass'' (A Woman's Place) is a Norwegian drama film from 1956 directed by Nils R. Müller. The script was written by Müller and Eva Seeberg. Plot The journalist Tore Haugen returns to Norway from the United States. He falls in love ...'' from 1956, ' from 1962, ' from 1963, and ' from 1965. References 1931 births 2019 deaths Norwegian women novelists 20th-century Norwegian novelists Nor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olav Marås
Olav MarÃ¥s (born 11 April 1931 in Sæbø) is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Hordaland in 1969, but was not re-elected in 1973. He served as a deputy representative during the terms 1965–1969 and 1973–1977. From 1973 to 1974, during the second cabinet Bratteli, MarÃ¥s was appointed State Secretary in the Ministry of Transport. On the local level he was a member of Sæbø municipality council from 1955 to 1963, serving the last four years as deputy mayor. He then became a member of the executive committee of its successor municipality Radøy Radøy is a former municipality in the Nordhordland district of the old Hordaland county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1964 until its dissolution in 2020 when it was merged into the new municipality of Alver in Vestland county. The mun ... from 1963 to 1972, and mayor from 1983 to 1990. From 1969 to 1971 he was also a member of Hordaland county council. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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