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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] |
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] |
Torkil Bye
Torks (Cyrillic: торки, literally "Turks", also known as Torkils) were a Medieval Turkic tribe of Oghuz and/or Kipchak origins. The Torks, alongsides Kipchaks (e.g. Berendei), and other tribes like Ulichi, Pechenegs, etc., formed the Chornye Klobuki ("Black Hats", Turkic ''Karakalpak''), semi-nomadic tribes who fought as border guards for various princes of Kievan Rus.Akhmetova, Zhanculu et al. Kipchak Ethnonyms in the "Tale of Bygone Years" in ''International Journal of Psychosocial Rehabilitation'', Vol. 24, Issue 06, 2020 In 1177 a Cuman army, allied with Ryazan, sacked six cities belonging to the Berendei and Torks. In Ukraine, many placenames trace to Torks, such as Torchesk, Torchyn, rivers Torets and Torch, Torsky way along the river Tetilha, villages Torets, Torky, Toretske and also a town near the Ukrainian border of Poland called Torki. Sources Further reading * Golubovsky Peter V. (1884Pechenegs, Torks and Cumans before the invasion of the Tatars. Histor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kristine Duvholt Havnås
Kristine Duvholt Havnås (born 31 January 1974) is a former Norwegian team handball player and World Champion. She was born in Tønsberg. She received a silver medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona."1992 Summer Olympics – Barcelona, Spain – Handball" ''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on February 3, 2008) She received a bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics
The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 ( Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an intern ...
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Sjur Miljeteig
Sjur Miljeteig (born 4 January 1974) is a Norwegian jazz musician (trumpet), composer and author, married 20 October 2007 to the actress Ane Dahl Torp (1975), and they live in Oslo with their two children, a boy (2010) and a girl (2012). He is known for his performances of the music of Miles Davis in a band including Håvard Wiik, Ingebrigt Håker Flaten and Peder Kjellsby. Career Miljeteig attended the music program at Foss videregående skole (1990) earning his Examen artium in 1993. He has evolved to be one of the finest Norwegian trumpeters, and has been in the line-up on more than 50 Norwegian record releases. He released the album ''Fra Mirakelarkivet'' (1997) with cooperate lyricist Markus Midré, and has operated steadily in tandem with drummer and handyman Peder Kjellsby. Within the duo Friko, they released two albums ''Burglar ballads'' (2003) and ''Journey to Mandoola'' (2006), performed on the Oslo Jazzfestival 2004 and 2006 respectively. ''Burglar ballads'' was p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cecilie Skog - 2011 (crop)
Cecilie is a given name. Notable people with the name include: * Cecilie Broch Knudsen (born 1950), artist and rector of the Oslo National Academy of the Arts *Cecilie Henriksen (born 1986), football forward from Næstved, Denmark *Cecilie Løveid (born 1951), Norwegian novelist, playwright, lyricist and writer of children's books * Cecilie Landsverk (born 1954), Norwegian diplomat * Cecilie Leganger (born 1975), Norwegian team handball goalkeeper, World champion, Olympic medalist, European champion, etc. *Cecilie Skog (born 1974), Norwegian adventurer from Ålesund * Cecilie Tenfjord-Toftby (born 1970), Swedish Moderate Party politician *Cecilie Thomsen (born 1974), Danish actress and model * Cecilie Thorsteinsen, Norwegian team handball player * Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig, Danish cyclist *''Cecilie (film)'', a 2007 Danish horror film * Duchess Cecilie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1886–1954), wife of German Crown Prince William, the son of German Emperor William II *Princess Cecilie of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anne Beathe Tvinnereim (2017-03-23 Bilde01)
Anne Beathe Kristiansen Tvinnereim (née Kristiansen, born 22 May 1974) is a Norwegian politician and diplomat currently serving as the Minister of International Development and Minister of Nordic Cooperation since 2021. A member of the Centre Party, she has served as the party's second deputy leader since 2014. Career Born in Halden on 22 May 1974, Tvinnereim has studied political science at the University of Costa Rica and the University of Oslo. From 1998 to 2000 she was member of the Centre Party's international committee and served as the leader. From 2000 to 2002 she was leader of the Centre Youth, and she was political advisor for the Centre Party's parliamentarians at the Storting from 2002 to 2005. She was assigned as second secretary at the Norwegian embassy in Maputo, Mozambique (2007–2011). From 2013 to 2014 she was senior advisor in the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The year after she joined the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad) a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jens Bjørneboe
Jens Ingvald Bjørneboe (9 October 1920 – 9 May 1976) was a Norwegian writer whose work spanned a number of literary formats. He was also a painter and a Waldorf school teacher. Bjørneboe was a harsh and eloquent critic of Norwegian society and Western civilization as a whole. He led a turbulent life and his uncompromising opinions cost him both an obscenity conviction as well as long periods of heavy drinking and bouts of depression, which in the end led to his suicide. Jens Bjørneboe's first published work was ''Poems'' (''Dikt'') in 1951. He is widely considered to be one of Norway's most important post-war authors. Bjørneboe identified himself, among other self-definitions, as an anarcho-nihilist. During the Norwegian language struggle, Bjørneboe was a notable proponent of the Riksmål language, together with his equally famous cousin André Bjerke. Early life Jens Bjørneboe was born in 1920, in Kristiansand to Ingvald and Anna Marie Bjørneboe. He grew up in a we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Sharks (novel)
''The Sharks'' ( no, Haiene) is a novel written by Norwegian author Jens Bjørneboe between 1973 and 1974 and originally published by Gyldendal Norsk Forlag in 1974. It is an allegorical sea story and was his last work. The external action takes place aboard the bark "Neptune," which is on its way from Manila to Marseille via Rio de Janeiro. The year is 1899, and it is also a voyage into the new century. The story is told through the voice of Norwegian "Peder Jensen," the ship's second mate, who resembles Bjørneboe himself. This book has a very strong symbolism; the ship is always pursued by sharks and on board, there are peoples of all nationalities. The ship is a symbol of the world, where the captain symbolizes those who have the power and the crew the oppressed. The sharks that pursue the ship symbolize the demons in man. The novel ends with a mutiny and a shipwreck, before the crew and officers are stranded on a deserted island where they live in peaceful anarchy before bei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sigbjørn Bernhoft Osa
Sigbjørn Bernhoft Osa (3 May 1910 2 February 1990) was a Norwegian fiddler and traditional folk musician. He was one of the best known Norwegian performers of folk music in the 1900s. Personal life Osa was born in Ulvik, Hardanger as the son of fiddler and painter Lars Osa and children's writer Hermine Bernhoft-Osa. He spent his first years in Valle, Setesdal, and moved to Voss when he was six years old. He was married to Kersti Alice Grambo from 1937, and to Anne Heggtveit from 1950. He was the father of actress Liv Bernhoft Osa (b. 1957). He died in Voss in 1990. Career Osa's father was a skilled violin and Hardingfele player, and the boy started to play both instruments. He studied violin with Bjarne Brustad in Oslo, then in Bergen with the academy of Musikselskabet Harmoniens orkester from 1929 to 1930, and in Berlin from 1931 to 1932. He made his début as violinist in 1937. He started playing for the radio ( Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation) in the 1940s, and recorded ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dizzie Tunes
Dizzie Tunes was a Norwegian musical show group from the city of Skien. Dizzie Tunes was one of the most successful in Norwegian show business. Biography The group was founded as the dance band ''Rex Band'' in 1959, was named ''Dizzie Tunes'' in 1962, and disbanded in 2002. The regular group members were Yngvar Numme, Svein-Helge Høgberg, Øyvind Klingberg, Tor Erik Gunstrøm and Einar Idland. Their record debut came in 1963 with the single "Mette Mette Mette". Their first album was called ''Dizzie Tunes'' (1967). Their first revue was ''Å, så heldig vi er'', staged at Chat Noir in 1966 and starring Wenche Myhre. Their next revues were ''Syv glade lerker på en blå gren'' from 1969 and ''Show før jo heller'' from 1971. In 1972 singer and actress Grethe Kausland starred at the revue ''På scenekanten'', and she later regularly performed with the group. Other revues were ''Memories of Music'' from 1980 and ''The show must go home'' from 1984. The 1988 revue ''Festsprell i Dizzi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oddvar Nygaard
Oddvar Nygaard (July 23, 1919 – April 21, 1985) was a Norwegians, Norwegian accordionist and composer. Nygaard was born in Hundorp in the municipality of Sør-Fron. His first recording was made in 1942, and his teachers included the accordionist Ottar E. Akre. Together with the fiddler Ola Opheim, he was one of the most important Norwegian folk musicians in the decades after the Second World War. With his ensemble, the Oddvar Nygaard Quartet (''Oddvar Nygaards kvartett''), he recorded 24 albums between 1964 and 1985. In addition to Nygaard himself on accordion, the quartet consisted of Ola Opheim on fiddle, Finn Westbye on guitar, and Håkon Nilsen on bass. The quartet won the 1973 ''Spellemannprisen'' contest in the category of folk music and old-fashioned dance, which was awarded for the first time that year. In 1976, Nygaard and Opheim won the Vågå Award (''Vågåfatet''). Nygaard made several hundred recordings and had many performances on both radio and TV. He collabora ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Totto Osvold
Werner “Totto” Osvold (21 June 1941 – 3 June 2023) was a Norwegian radio entertainer. Personal life Born in Ålesund on 21 June 1941, Osvold was married to journalist Sissel Benneche Osvold. Their daughter Katja was a vocalist in Life... But How to Live It? Career Osvold was assigned with the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation from 1965 to 2006, as entertainer, and from 1986 to 1990 as program editor. He is known from radio shows such as ' and ', and for his cooperation with " Stutum" and with humorist Harald Heide-Steen Jr. Bjørn Sand and Osvold were awarded Spellemannprisen Spellemannprisen, often referred to as the Norwegian Grammy Awards in English, is a Norwegian music award presented to Norwegian musicians. The award was established by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), an organizati ... in 1973 for their album ''Stutum Speaking''. Osvold died on 3 June 2023, at the age of 81. References External links * * 1941 births 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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