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1957 In Norway
Events in the year 1957 in Norway. Incumbents * List of Norwegian monarchs, Monarch – Haakon VII of Norway, Haakon VII (until September 21), then Olav V of Norway, Olav V * Regent – Olav V of Norway, Olav (until September 21) * Heads of government of Norway, Prime Minister – Einar Gerhardsen (Norwegian Labour Party, Labour Party) Events * 16 March – The Kongsberg Silver Mines closes. * 21 March – The Soviet Union threatened to use nuclear weapons if foreign military bases were established in Norway. * 21 September – King Haakon VII of Norway, Haakon VII dies * 7 October – The 1957 Norwegian parliamentary election, 1957 Parliamentary election takes place. * 16 December – During a NATO meeting in Paris, Prime Minister Einar Gerhardsen declares that Norway will not allow Nuclear weapon, nuclear weapons or foreign bases on Norwegian soil. Popular culture Sports Music Film Literature *''The Birds (novel), Fuglane'', novel by Tarjei Vesaas Notable births Ja ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
Torbjørn Andersen
Torbjørn Andersen (born 5 January 1957, in Grimstad) is a Norwegian politician for the Progress Party. He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Aust-Agder in 1997, and has been re-elected on two occasions. On the local level, he was a member of Froland Froland is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Agder counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is part of the Districts of Norway, traditional region of Southern Norway, Sørlandet. The administrative center is the village of Blakst ... municipal council from 1991 to 1999. References * 1957 births Living people Members of the Storting Progress Party (Norway) politicians Aust-Agder politicians People from Grimstad 21st-century Norwegian politicians 20th-century Norwegian politicians {{Norway-politician-1950s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terje Totland
Terje Totland (born 14 February 1957) is a former Norwegian high jumper. He represented Eikanger IL. At the 1976 Summer Olympics he finished ninth in the high jump final with a jump of 2.18 metres. In addition he finished tenth at the 1978 European Indoor Championships, fourteenth at the 1978 European Championships and sixteenth at the 1984 European Indoor Championships. He became Norwegian champion in 1977, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1984 and 1984. His personal best jump was 2.22 metres, achieved in July 1977 in Hamar Hamar is a List of cities in Norway, town in Hamar Municipality in Innlandet Counties of Norway, county, Norway. Hamar is the administrative centre of Hamar Municipality. It is located in the Districts of Norway, traditional region of Hedmarken. .... Refer ...
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Inger Marie Gundersen
Inger Marie Gundersen (born 13 February 1957) is a Jazz vocalist from Arendal. Biography When Gundersen had been a jazz singer for 25 years, her debut albumet ''Make This Moment'' was released in 2004, with her own jazz quintet "My Favorite Strings". The album was eventually released in over 25 countries and she has been touring in Asia and in Europe. She has been particularly successful in several countries in the East, such as South Korea, Sør-Korea and Japan. In 2007 she had eight sold out concerts in four days at the famous "Cotton Club" in Tokyo. In 2008 she returned and played eight new concerts at the same place. After two concerts and three TV shows in Korea in 2005, the album was on the bestseller list for six months. Album number two, ''By Myself'', has some original material, but also tunes by the likes of Hank Williams, Rod Stewart and U2. The album was recorded in Gothenburg, Gothenbourg, Sweden, with the renowned Danish producer Søren Sigumfeldt. She had hand pic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oddmund Finnseth
Oddmund Jarle Finnseth (born 11 February 1957 in Sortland, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz musician (upright bass), composer and music teacher. Biography Finnseth studied music on the Jazz program at Trondheim musikkonservatorium (1983–86) and joined the Asmund Bjørken Orchestra during the time of his studies. Later he has recorded albums with 'Bjørn Krokfoss Octet' and the band 'Bossa Nordpå' (1993–) of Marit Sandvik. He was part of the Randy Johnston tour, led by Øystein Norvoll for the 'Nordnorsk Jazzsenter' (2002). Finnseth teaches music at the high school 'Sortland videregående skole' and 'Heggen videregående skole' in Harstad, and play in the bands 'Sortland Storband' and 'Steinar Kjeldsen Quartet'. He was portreted by Andreas Lunnan in the radio show Sølvsuper, at NRK radio in 2007, and was awarded the Stubøprisen 2015. Honors *2015: Stubøprisen awarded during Festspillene i Nordnorge Discography ;With Arvid Genius *1983: ''Rainy City Swing'' (Herman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hallvard Flatland
Hallvard Flatland (born 10 February 1957 in Flatdal, Seljord), is a Norwegian television presenter. in He is best known as a host on Norway's first commercial station, , but has also worked for the , TV 2 and [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Knut Jøran Helmers
Knut Jøran Helmers (7 February 1957 – 15 April 2021) was a Norwegian chess player. He won the Junior National Championships in 1972, after a play-off. He has been Norwegian Chess Champion twice, in 1976 and 1977. He also won the Nordic Chess Championship in Reykjavík in 1981. Helmers became an International Master (IM) in 1978, and was the seventh in Norway to take the title. He competed at five Chess Olympiads (Team World Chess Championships) for Norway, in 1976, 1978, 1980, 1982 and 1984. In 1980 and 1982 he played on the first table. In these 5 tournaments, he played a total of 52 matches, and finished with 30 points after 15 wins, 30 draws, and 7 defeats. Helmers retired from active tournament play in 1986. Helmers was a member of Oslo Schakselskap and Sjakklubben Stjernen. He wrote a chess column for ''Arbeiderbladet ''Dagsavisen'' is a daily newspaper published in Oslo, Norway. The former party organ of the Norwegian Labour Party, the ties loosened over time f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sven Nordin
Sven Audun Nordin (born 6 February 1957 in Oslo) is a Norwegian actor. He was hired by Oslo Nye Teater in the autumn of 1981 and had his debut in the play "Vikinger" by Johan Borgen. He is best known for his roles as Nils in the situation comedy ''Mot i brøstet'' and Kjell Bjarne in the Academy Award–nominated film ''Elling''. Select filmography *1985: ''The Last Place on Earth'' as Trygve Gran *1985: ''Rød snø'' (TV series) *1987: ''Over grensen'' as Jensen, a witness *1987: '' På stigende kurs'' *1990: '' Smykketyven'' * 1993: ''Mot i brøstet'' (TV series) *1995: ''Pakten'' * 1999: ''Suffløsen'' *2001: ''Elling'' *2002: ''Ice Age'' (Norwegian dub) as Diego *2002: '' Shackleton'' (TV) *2002: ''I Am Dina'' *2003: '' Mamma, pappa, barn'' *2005: ''Deadline Torp'' (Tv series) *2005: '' An Enemy of the people'' *2005: '' Love Me Tomorrow'' *2005: ''Hos Martin'' (TV series) *2006: ''An Immortal Man'' as Knud Ibsen *2010: ''Shameless'' *2011: ''Sons of Norway'' *2012: ''Lilyham ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anne Krigsvoll
Anne Katharine Krigsvoll (born 4 February 1957) is a Norwegian actress. She debuted at Nationaltheatret (the National Theatre) in 1982, and has worked there since. Here she has had roles such as "Shui Ta" in Brecht's ''The Good Person of Sezuan'', and "Dorine" in Molière's ''Tartuffe''. In 2002 she also had great success as "Martha" in Edward Albee's ''Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?''. Krigsvoll has also worked in film and television, and in 1988 won the Amanda Award for her role in the TV-series "Av måneskinn gror det ingenting". She has been married four times. Select filmography * '' On the Threshold'' (1984) * "Av måneskinn gror det ingenting" (TV, 1987) * '' Brun bitter'' (1988) * ''For dagene er onde'' (1991) * "Vestavind" (TV, 1994) * "Brødrene Dal og legenden om Atlant-Is" (TV, 1994) * ''Aldri mer 13!'' (1996) * "Offshore" (TV, 1996) * '' Uro'' (2006) * "Berlinerpoplene" (TV, 2007) * ''Lilyhammer'' (TV, 2012) References External links * Interviewin Dagbladet. Bi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Inger may refer to: People * Inger (given name), a list of people * Inger, the main character of Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale ''The Girl Who Trod on a Loaf'' * Robert F. Inger (1920–2019), American herpetologist * Stella Inger, American television journalist Other uses * Inger, Minnesota, United States, an unincorporated community and census-designated place * Izhora River The Izhora (, ), also known as the Inger, is a left tributary of the Neva on its run through Ingria in northwestern Russia from Lake Ladoga to Gulf of Finland. The Izhora flows through Gatchinsky and Tosnensky Districts of Leningrad Oblast as wel ..., also known as the Inger River, a tributary of the Neva River in Russia * SS ''Inger'' (1930), a cargo ship torpedoed and sunk by a German U-boat in World War II; see List of shipwrecks in August 1941 (23 August) {{disambig, geo, surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inger Lise Husøy
Inger Lise Husøy (born 30 January 1957) is a Norwegian trade unionist and politician for the Norwegian Labour Party. She was born in Rauma as a daughter of Gunnar Husøy and Karin Nord. She took her primary and secondary education in Åndalsnes, and also attended Borgund Folk High School and various colleges in the late 1970s and early 1980s. She worked in the newspaper ''Verdens Gang'' from 1980 to 1984, and later as a consultant for Fafo Institute for Labour and Social Research from 1986 to 1987 and National Institute for Consumer Research from 1987 to 1991. In between, from 1984 to 1986, she worked as a secretary for the Labour Party in Oslo. She was a deputy member of Oslo city council from 1987 to 1991, and served on the board of the local party chapter from 1988 to 1998. She served as a deputy representative to the Parliament of Norway from Oslo during the terms 1989–1993 and 1993–1997. She met in Parliament on a regular basis in November 1991 (replacing cabinet membe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Håvard Moen
Håvard Moen (born 11 January 1957) is a Norwegian former footballer. He played most of his career for Namsos, although he spent the 1983 and 1984 Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast A ... season playing for Rosenborg, where he played 30 matches. Moen was Rosenborg's top scorer in 1983 with eight goals. His Namsos career came to a halt in mid-1990, when he failed to show of for a league match and was suspended for the rest of the season. References 1957 births Living people Norwegian men's footballers Rosenborg BK players Eliteserien players Norwegian First Division players People from Namsos Men's association football midfielders Footballers from Trøndelag {{Norway-footy-midfielder-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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