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NS monument (Norway)

Index NS monument (Norway)

The NS monument was a Norwegian 9 meters tall obelisk made from quartzite shale from Vågå. [1]

20 relations: Aftenposten, Battle of Stiklestad, Monument, Nasjonal Samling, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway, Norwegian Campaign, Obelisk, Olaf II of Norway, Per Sivle, Quartzite, Sculpture, Stiklestad, Sun cross, Vågå, Verdalsøra, Vidkun Quisling, Vikings, Wilhelm Rasmussen, World War II.

Aftenposten

Aftenposten (Norwegian for "The Evening Post") is Norway's largest printed newspaper by circulation.

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Battle of Stiklestad

The Battle of Stiklestad (Slaget ved Stiklestad, Old Norse: Stiklarstaðir) in 1030 is one of the most famous battles in the history of Norway.

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Monument

A monument is a type of—usually three-dimensional—structure that was explicitly created to commemorate a person or event, or which has become relevant to a social group as a part of their remembrance of historic times or cultural heritage, due to its artistic, historical, political, technical or architectural importance.

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Nasjonal Samling

Nasjonal Samling (NS; literally "National Union") was a Norwegian far-right party active from 1933 to 1945.

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Nord-Trøndelag

Nord-Trøndelag ("North Trøndelag") was a county constituting the northern part of the present-day Trøndelag county in Norway.

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Norway

Norway (Norwegian: (Bokmål) or (Nynorsk); Norga), officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a unitary sovereign state whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula plus the remote island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard.

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Norwegian Campaign

The Norwegian Campaign (9 April to 10 June 1940) was fought in Norway between Norway, the Allies and Germany in World War II after the latter's invasion of the country.

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Obelisk

An obelisk (from ὀβελίσκος obeliskos; diminutive of ὀβελός obelos, "spit, nail, pointed pillar") is a tall, four-sided, narrow tapering monument which ends in a pyramid-like shape or pyramidion at the top.

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Olaf II of Norway

Olaf II Haraldsson (995 – 29 July 1030), later known as St.

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Per Sivle

Per Sivle (6 April 1857 – 6 September 1904) was a Norwegian poet, novelist and newspaper editor.

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Quartzite

Quartzite (from Quarzit) is a hard, non-foliated metamorphic rock which was originally pure quartz sandstone.

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Sculpture

Sculpture is the branch of the visual arts that operates in three dimensions.

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Stiklestad

Stiklestad is a village and parish in the municipality of Verdal in Trøndelag county, Norway.

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Sun cross

A sun cross, solar cross, or wheel cross is a solar symbol consisting of an equilateral cross inside a circle.

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Vågå

Vågå is a municipality in Oppland county, Norway.

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Verdalsøra

Verdalsøra is a town in the municipality of Verdal in Trøndelag county, Norway.

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Vidkun Quisling

Vidkun Abraham Lauritz Jonssøn Quisling (18 July 1887 – 24 October 1945) was a Norwegian military officer and politician who nominally headed the government of Norway during the occupation of the country by Nazi Germany during World War II.

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Vikings

Vikings (Old English: wicing—"pirate", Danish and vikinger; Swedish and vikingar; víkingar, from Old Norse) were Norse seafarers, mainly speaking the Old Norse language, who raided and traded from their Northern European homelands across wide areas of northern, central, eastern and western Europe, during the late 8th to late 11th centuries.

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Wilhelm Rasmussen

Wilhelm Rasmussen (15 June 1879 – 6 December 1965) was a Norwegian sculptor.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NS_monument_(Norway)

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