1952 In Norway

picture info	1952 In Norway Events in the year 1952 in Norway. Incumbents * Monarch – Haakon VII * Prime Minister – Oscar Torp ( Labour Party) Events * 7 January – 15 people are killed in a mine explosion in Svalbard. * 14–25 February – 1952 Winter Olympics are held in Oslo. * Around April 4 five Norwegian seal hunting vessels went down in a storm in the West Ice. The West Ice accidents claimed 78 lives in total. * 24 November – Folketeatret (lit. The People's Theatre) opened in Oslo. Popular culture Sports Olaf Barda, chess player, becomes the first Norwegian to be awarded the title of International Master Music Film 20 March – Thor Heyerdahl received the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature at the 24th Academy Awards for the Kon-Tiki film. Literature Notable births 25 January – Inga Balstad, politician 11 March – Vigdis Giltun, politician 6 March – Nils Johan Ringdal, author and historian (died 2008) 15 April – Ragnar Hovland, novelist, essayist, poet, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of Norway. Bouvet Island, located in the Subantarctic, is a dependency of Norway; it also lays claims to the Antarctic territories of Peter I Island and Queen Maud Land. The capital and largest city in Norway is Oslo. Norway has a total area of and had a population of 5,425,270 in January 2022. The country shares a long eastern border with Sweden at a length of . It is bordered by Finland and Russia to the northeast and the Skagerrak strait to the south, on the other side of which are Denmark and the United Kingdom. Norway has an extensive coastline, facing the North Atlantic Ocean and the Barents Sea. The maritime influence dominates Norway's climate, with mild lowland temperatures on the se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Academy Award For Best Documentary Feature An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of secondary education, secondary or tertiary education, tertiary higher education, higher learning (and generally also research or honorary membership). The name traces back to Plato's school of philosophy, founded approximately 385 BC at Akademia, a sanctuary of Athena, the goddess of wisdom and Skills, skill, north of Ancient Athens, Athens, Greece. Etymology The word comes from the ''Academy'' in ancient Greece, which derives from the Athenian hero, ''Akademos''. Outside the city walls of Athens, the Gymnasium (ancient Greece), gymnasium was made famous by Plato as a center of learning. The sacred space, dedicated to the goddess of wisdom, Athena, had formerly been an olive Grove (nature), grove, hence the expression "the groves of Academe". In these gardens, the philosopher Plato conversed with followers. Plato developed his sessions into a method of teaching philosophy and in 3 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	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]