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1914 In Norway
Events in the year 1914 in Norway. Incumbents *Monarch – Haakon VII *Prime Minister – Gunnar Knudsen Events * May 5 – November 11 – The Jubilee Exhibition (''Jubilæumsutstillingen'') is held at Kristiania, Norway, to mark the centennial of the country's Constitution. Popular culture Sports *25 June – Aalesunds FK football club was founded. Music Film Literature *''Vaaren'', novel by Sigrid Undset. * The Olav Duun novel ''Tre venner'' (''Three Friends'') was published. Births *4 January – Fredrik Stabel, illustrator and satirical writer (died 2001) *31 January – Hans Martin Gulbrandsen, canoeist (died 1979) *4 February – Tore Holthe, rear admiral (died 1973) *3 March – Håkon Johnsen, politician (died 1991) *7 March – Knut Bergsland, linguist (died 1998) *7 March – Arne Jensen, banker (died 2002) *18 March – Trygve Haugeland, politician and Minister (died 1998) *20 March – Lilly Bølviken, judge (died 2011) *9 April – Ottar Fj ... [...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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norsk Biografisk Leksikon
is the largest Norwegian biographical encyclopedia. The first edition (NBL1) was issued between 1921 and 1983, including 19 volumes and 5,100 articles. It was published by Aschehoug with economic support from the state. bought the rights to NBL1 from Aschehoug in 1995, and after a pre-project in 1996–97 the work for a new edition began in 1998. The project had economic support from the Fritt Ord Foundation and the Ministry of Culture, and the second edition (NBL2) was launched in the years 1999–2005, including 10 volumes and around 5,700 articles. In 2006 the work for an electronic edition of NBL2 began, with support from the same institutions. In 2009 an Internet The Internet (or internet) is the global system of interconnected computer networks that uses the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) to communicate between networks and devices. It is a ''internetworking, network of networks'' that consists ... edition, with free access, was released by together with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ottar Fjærvoll
Ottar Fjærvoll (9 April 1914 - 28 September 1995) was a Norwegian politician from the Centre Party (Norway), Centre Party. He was appointed State Secretary#Norway, State Secretary in the Norwegian Ministry of Fisheries, Ministry of Fisheries from 1966 to 1968, during the cabinet Borten. He served as a deputy representative in the Storting, Norwegian Parliament from Hordaland during the term 1954–1957. References * 1914 births 1995 deaths Norwegian state secretaries Deputy members of the Storting Centre Party (Norway) politicians Hordaland politicians {{Norway-politician-1940s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2011 In Norway
Events in the year 2011 in Norway. Incumbents * Monarch – Harald V * President of the Storting – Dag Terje Andersen (Norwegian Labour Party) * Prime Minister – Jens Stoltenberg (Norwegian Labour Party) Events January * 7 January – Five people were killed in a traffic accident on the European route E8 in Lavangsdalen near Tromsø. * 12 January – Russian-born blogger Maria Amelie was arrested for having stayed in Norway illegally since 2002. Amelie was deported from Norway to Russia on 24 January 2011. February * 2 February – A Norwegian MP nominates WikiLeaks for the Nobel Peace Prize, saying "Wikileaks have contributed to the struggle for human rights, democracy and freedom of speech globally, by exposing (among many other things) corruption, war crimes and torture – sometimes even conducted by allies of Norway". * 15 February – The Government of the Philippines and Communist Party of the Philippines hold their first peace talks in six years in Oslo, Norwa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lilly Bølviken
Lilly Helena Bølviken (20 March 1914 – 11 September 2011) was a Norwegian judge and women's rights advocate. She became the first woman to be appointed as supreme court justice in Norway in 1968 and previously served as the only female judge on Oslo City Court from 1952. She was a long-time board member and first vice president of the Norwegian Association for Women's Rights. Career She was born in Arendal. She worked as a judge in Oslo City Court from 1952, and was a Supreme Court Justice from 1968 to 1984. She was the first woman to serve in this position. Because of her work, she became a Commander of the Order of St. Olav. She died in 2011. Bølviken was First Vice President of the Norwegian Association for Women's Rights 1960–1966 and a member of the executive board 1954–1966. She was also chairwoman of the supervisory council of Bredtveit Prison."Møt kvinnene som endret Norge," ''Verdens Gang ''Verdens Gang'' ("The course of the world"), generally known under ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trygve Haugeland Trygve Haugeland (18 March 1914 – 10 December 1998) was a Norwegian politician for the Centre Party. Biography He was born in Lyngdal. He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Vest-Agder in 1958, but was not re-elected in 1961. He had previously served in the position of deputy representative during the terms 1945–1949 and 1950–1953. He was the Minister of the Environment in 1972–1973 during the cabinet Korvald. He left the post seven months before the tenure of the cabinet ended. On the local level he was member of Lyngdal is a municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Lister. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Alleen. Some of the main villages in Lyngdal include Austad, Byremo, Fleseland, H� ... municipality council from 1945 to 1955, serving as deputy mayor from 1947. References * 1914 births 1998 deaths People from Vest-Agder People from Lyngdal ... [...More Info...] &nb |
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