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Åge Rønning
Åge Rønning (4 October 1925 – 31 January 1991) was a Norwegian writer and journalist. Biography Åge Rønning was born in Oslo, Norway. His parents were Normann Rønning (1888–1974) and Astrid Therese Nielsen (1895–1978). He graduated in 1944 at Vahl School. He had a career in journalism working for ''Verdens Gang'' 1945–47, '' Norsk Telegrambyrå'' 1947–54 and '' Morgenbladet'' until 1964. His debut novel ''Fotfeste for elskere'' was published in 1954. His writings often reflected his Roman Catholic faith and focused on related religious issues. From 1968 to 1969, Rønning was a deputy and from 1978 board member of the Norwegian Authors' Union. He was affected by multiple sclerosis starting in 1967 and was from 1980 depending on a wheelchair. Liv Bliksrud Åge Rønning - Forfatter, Journalist(Norsk biografisk leksikon) Awards *1959- Gyldendal's Endowment (''Gyldendals legat'') jointly with Alf Larsen *1979 - Riksmål Society Literature Prize (''Riksmålsfor ...
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Oslo
Oslo ( or ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of 1,064,235 in 2022, and the metropolitan area had an estimated population of in 2021. During the Viking Age, the area was part of Viken. Oslo was founded as a city at the end of the Viking Age in 1040 under the name Ánslo, and established as a ''kaupstad'' or trading place in 1048 by Harald Hardrada. The city was elevated to a bishopric in 1070 and a capital under Haakon V of Norway around the year 1300. Personal unions with Denmark from 1397 to 1523 and again from 1536 to 1814 reduced its influence. After being destroyed by a fire in 1624, during the reign of King Christian IV, a new city was built closer to Akershus Fortress and named Christiania in honour of the king. It became a municipality ('' formannskapsdistrikt'') on 1 January 1838. ...
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Alf Larsen
Alf Larsen (22 July 1885 – 12 December 1967) was a Norwegian poet, essayist and magazine editor. He founded and edited the anthrophosophic magazine from 1933 to 1941. His literary awards include the Gyldendal's Endowment (1959) and the Dobloug Prize (1961). Biography Larsen was born at Tjøme in Vestfold, Norway. he was the eldest of seven children born to Alfred Larsen (1859-1905) and Kristine Iversen (1857-1936). His father was a skipper who died in the North Sea in 1905. Larsen was the benefactor of a wealthy man from Sandefjord who paid his schooling, first at Skiringssal (1902-1903), later at Grundtvigs folk school in Lyngby, Denmark. From January 1908 to 1909, he continued his studies at Sankt Andreas, a Jesuit school at Charlottenlund in Copenhagen. He made his literary debut in 1912 with the poetry collection ''Vinterlandet''. In 1921, he bought Rød Gård in Tjøme. He supported Rudolf Steiner's anthroposophy, and edited the magazine ''Janus'' from ...
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Dobloug Prize Winners
Dobloug is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Jørgen Dobloug (1945–2018), Norwegian artist * Mikkel Dobloug (politician) (1844–1913), Norwegian merchant, wholesaler, philanthropist, and politician * Mikkel Dobloug (skier) (born 1944), Norwegian Nordic combined skier {{surname ...
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Norwegian Male Novelists
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Writers From Oslo
A writer is a person who uses written words in different writing styles, genres and techniques to communicate ideas, to inspire feelings and emotions, or to entertain. Writers may develop different forms of writing such as novels, short stories, monographs, travelogues, plays, screenplays, teleplays, songs, and essays as well as reports, educational material, and news articles that may be of interest to the general public. Writers' works are nowadays published across a wide range of media. Skilled writers who are able to use language to express ideas well, often contribute significantly to the cultural content of a society. The term "writer" is also used elsewhere in the arts and music, such as songwriter or a screenwriter, but also a stand-alone "writer" typically refers to the creation of written language. Some writers work from an oral tradition. Writers can produce material across a number of genres, fictional or non-fictional. Other writers use multiple media such ...
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1991 Deaths
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1925 Births
Events January * January 1 – The Syrian Federation is officially dissolved, the State of Aleppo and the State of Damascus having been replaced by the State of Syria (1925–1930), State of Syria. * January 3 – Benito Mussolini makes a pivotal speech in the Italian Chamber of Deputies (Italy), Chamber of Deputies which will be regarded by historians as the beginning of his dictatorship. * January 5 – Nellie Tayloe Ross becomes the first female governor (Wyoming) in the United States. Twelve days later, Ma Ferguson becomes first female governor of Texas. * January 25 – Hjalmar Branting resigns as Prime Minister of Sweden because of ill health, and is replaced by the minister of trade, Rickard Sandler. * January 27–February 1 – The 1925 serum run to Nome (the "Great Race of Mercy") relays diphtheria antitoxin by dog sled across the U.S. Territory of Alaska to combat an epidemic. February * February 25 – Art Gillham records (for Columbia Re ...
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Eldrid Lunden
Eldrid Lunden (born 5 October 1940) is a Norwegian poet, and 1996 became Norway's first professor in creative writing, at Telemark University College. She was awarded the Dobloug Prize in 1989, and the Brage Prize honorary award in 2000. She was awarded the Amalie Skram Prize in 2000. Lunden belonged to the circle surrounding the modernist literary magazine '' Profil''. She was born in Naustdal and took her cand.philol. degree at the University of Oslo. She is a sister of Kåre Lunden. Lunden married 1994 the Swedish literary scholar and poet Reidar Ekner and lived with him in Telemark till he died 2014. Awards * Nynorsk Literature Prize 1982 * Dobloug Prize 1989 *Aschehougprisen The Aschehoug Prize is published annually by the Norway, Norwegian publishing house Aschehoug. The Aschehoug Prize is awarded to Norwegian authors on the basis of the merit of a recent publication. It is awarded on merit, irrespective of the publis ... 1992 * Brage Prize 2000 – honora ...
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