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83 relations: Alf Prøysen, Anne Stine Ingstad, Anne-Cath. Vestly, Arne Arnardo, Arne Nordheim, Astrid Nøklebye Heiberg, Bjørn Dæhlie, Bjørn Wirkola, C. J. Hambro, Christian Michelsen, Church of Norway, Diocese of Hamar, Dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden, Dramatic soprano, Econometrics, Edvard Munch, Einar Gerhardsen, Eivind Berggrav, Erik Bye, Erling Stordahl, Finn Lied, Francis Bull, Fridtjof Nansen, German occupation of Norway, Grete Waitz, Gro Harlem Brundtland, Gunnar Sønsteby, Guri Hjeltnes, Gustav Vigeland, Haakon VII of Norway, Halldis Moren Vesaas, Harald Norvik, Helge Ingstad, Hjalmar Andersen, Inger Hagerup, Ivar Asbjørn Følling, Jan Garbarek, Johannes Andenæs, Karen-Christine Friele, Karl Evang, Katti Anker Møller, Kirsten Flagstad, Kjell Aukrust, Knut Hamsun, Kon-Tiki expedition, Kristian Ottosen, L'Anse aux Meadows, List of Nobel Peace Prize laureates, List of Norwegian monarchs, Liv Ullmann, ..., Macroeconomics, Mari Boine, Microeconomics, Minister of Foreign Affairs (Norway), Nils Arne Eggen, Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, Nobel Prize in Literature, NRK, NRK1, Olav Selvaag, Olav V of Norway, Ole Gunnar Solskjær, Oscar Mathisen, Oslo, Phenylketonuria, Post–World War II economic expansion, Prime Minister of Norway, Ragnar Frisch, Rosemarie Köhn, Sam Eyde, Sami people, Secretary-General of the United Nations, Sigrid Undset, SMS, Sonja Henie, Stavanger Aftenblad, The Scream, Thor Heyerdahl, Thorbjørn Egner, Trygve Lie, Verdens Gang, Wenche Foss, 1952 Winter Olympics. Expand index (33 more) »
Alf Prøysen
Alf Prøysen (23 July 1914 – 23 November 1970) was a Norwegian author, poet, playwright, songwriter and musician.
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Anne Stine Ingstad
Anne Stine Ingstad (11 February 1918 – 6 November 1997) was a Norwegian archaeologist who, along with her husband Helge Ingstad, discovered the remains of a Viking (Norse) settlement at L'Anse aux Meadows in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador in 1960.
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Anne-Cath. Vestly
Anne-Cath.
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Arne Arnardo
Arne Arnardo (12 October 1912 – 4 May 1995), born Arne Otto Lorang Andersen, was a Norwegian circus performer and -owner, generally referred to as the "circus king" of Norway.
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Arne Nordheim
Arne Nordheim (20 June 1931 – 5 June 2010) was a Norwegian composer.
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Astrid Nøklebye Heiberg
Astrid Nøklebye Heiberg (born 14 April 1936) is a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party, and a professor of medicine.
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Bjørn Dæhlie
Bjørn Erlend Dæhlie (born 19 June 1967) is a Norwegian businessman and retired cross-country skier.
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Bjørn Wirkola
Bjørn Tore Wirkola (born 4 August 1943) is a retired Norwegian ski jumper.
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C. J. Hambro
Carl Joachim "C.
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Christian Michelsen
Peter Christian Hersleb Kjerschow Michelsen (15 March 1857 – 29 June 1925) was a Norwegian shipping magnate and statesman.
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Church of Norway
The Church of Norway (Den norske kirke in Bokmål and Den norske kyrkja in Nynorsk) is a Lutheran denomination of Protestant Christianity that serves as the people's church of Norway, as set forth in the Constitution of Norway.
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Diocese of Hamar
Hamar is a present Lutheran diocese, named after its episcopal see, the Norwegian city of Hamar.
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Dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden
The dissolution of the union (Unionsoppløsningen; Unionsoppløysinga; Landsmål: Unionsoppløysingi; Unionsupplösningen) between the kingdoms of Norway and Sweden under the House of Bernadotte, was set in motion by a resolution of the Norwegian Parliament (the Storting) on 7 June 1905.
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Dramatic soprano
A dramatic soprano is a type of operatic soprano with a powerful, rich, emotive voice that can sing over, or cut through, a full orchestra.
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Econometrics
Econometrics is the application of statistical methods to economic data and is described as the branch of economics that aims to give empirical content to economic relations.
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Edvard Munch
Edvard Munch (12 December 1863 – 23 January 1944) was a Norwegian painter and printmaker whose intensely evocative treatment of psychological themes built upon some of the main tenets of late 19th-century Symbolism and greatly influenced German Expressionism in the early 20th century.
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Einar Gerhardsen
(10 May 1897 – 19 September 1987) was a Norwegian politician from the Labour Party of Norway.
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Eivind Berggrav
Eivind Josef Berggrav (25 October 1884 – January 14, 1959) was a Norwegian Lutheran bishop.
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Erik Bye
Erik Erikssønn Bye (March 1, 1926 – October 13, 2004) was a versatile Norwegian journalist, artist, author, film actor, folk singer and radio and television personality.
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Erling Stordahl
Erling Stordahl (1 August 1923 – 31 October 1994) was a Norwegian farmer and singer.
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Finn Lied
Finn Lied (12 April 1916 in Fana – 10 October 2014) was a Norwegian military researcher and politician for the Labour Party.
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Francis Bull
Francis Bull (4 October 1887 – 4 July 1974) was a Norwegian literary historian, professor at the University of Oslo for more than thirty years, essayist and speaker, and magazine editor.
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Fridtjof Nansen
Fridtjof Nansen (10 October 1861 – 13 May 1930) was a Norwegian explorer, scientist, diplomat, humanitarian, and Nobel Peace Prize laureate.
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German occupation of Norway
The German occupation of Norway began on 9 April 1940 after German forces invaded the neutral Scandinavian country of Norway.
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Grete Waitz
Grete Waitz (née Andersen, 1 October 1953 – 19 April 2011) was a Norwegian marathon runner and former world record holder.
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Gro Harlem Brundtland
Gro Harlem Brundtland (born Gro Harlem, 20 April 1939) is a Norwegian politician, who served three terms as Prime Minister of Norway (1981, 1986–89, and 1990–96) and as Director-General of the World Health Organization from 1998 to 2003.
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Gunnar Sønsteby
Gunnar Fridtjof Thurmann Sønsteby DSO (1918 – 10 May 2012) was a member of the Norwegian resistance movement during the German occupation of Norway in World War II.
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Guri Hjeltnes
Guri Hjeltnes (born 23 October 1953) is a Norwegian journalist and historian.
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Gustav Vigeland
Gustav Vigeland (11 April 1869 – 12 March 1943), born as Adolf Gustav Thorsen, was a Norwegian sculptor.
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Haakon VII of Norway
Haakon VII (born Christian Frederik Carl Georg Valdemar Axel; 3 August 187221 September 1957), known as Prince Carl of Denmark until 1905, was a Danish prince who became the first king of Norway after the 1905 dissolution of the union with Sweden.
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Halldis Moren Vesaas
Halldis Moren Vesaas (18 November 1907 – 8 September 1995) was a Norwegian poet, translator and writer of children's books.
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Harald Norvik
Harald Norvik (born 21 June 1946 in Vadsø) is a former chairman, president, and chief executive of Norwegian oil firm Statoil, a former chairman of telecommunications company Telenor and a director of ConocoPhillips.
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Helge Ingstad
Helge Marcus Ingstad (30 December 1899 – 29 March 2001) was a Norwegian explorer.
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Hjalmar Andersen
Hjalmar "Hjallis" Johan Andersen (12 March 1923 – 27 March 2013) was a speed skater from Norway who won three gold medals at the 1952 Winter Olympic Games of Oslo, Norway.
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Inger Hagerup
Inger Hagerup (Bergen, 12 April 1905 – Fredrikstad, 6 February 1985) was a Norwegian author, playwright and poet.
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Ivar Asbjørn Følling
Ivar Asbjørn Følling (23 August 1888 – 24 January 1973) was a Norwegian physician and biochemist.
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Jan Garbarek
Jan Garbarek (born 4 March 1947) is a Norwegian jazz saxophonist who is also active in classical music and world music.
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Johannes Andenæs
Johannes Bratt Andenæs, often shortened to Johs.
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Karen-Christine Friele
Karen Christine ("Kim") Friele (born 27 May 1935) is a Norwegian gay rights and human rights activist, famous for being the first Norwegian to publicly acknowledge and advocate for her sexuality, in June 1965.
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Karl Evang
Karl Evang (19 October 1902 – 3 January 1981) was a Norwegian physician and civil servant.
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Katti Anker Møller
Katti Anker Møller (23 October 1868 – 20 August 1945) was a Norwegian feminist, children's rights advocate, and a pioneer of reproductive rights.
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Kirsten Flagstad
Kirsten Malfrid Flagstad (12 July 1895 – 7 December 1962) was a Norwegian opera singer and a highly regarded Wagnerian soprano.
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Kjell Aukrust
Kjell Aukrust (19 March 1920 – 24 December 2002) was a Norwegian author, poet and artist.
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Knut Hamsun
Knut Hamsun (August 4, 1859 – February 19, 1952) was a major Norwegian writer, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1920.
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Kon-Tiki expedition
The Kon-Tiki expedition was a 1947 journey by raft across the Pacific Ocean from South America to the Polynesian islands, led by Norwegian explorer and writer Thor Heyerdahl.
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Kristian Ottosen
Kristian Ottosen (15 January 1921, Solund – 1 June 2006, Oslo) was a Norwegian non-fiction writer and public servant.
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L'Anse aux Meadows
L'Anse aux Meadows (from the French L'Anse-aux-Méduses or "Jellyfish Cove"), is an archaeological site on the northernmost tip of the island of Newfoundland in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador.
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List of Nobel Peace Prize laureates
The Norwegian Nobel Committee each year awards the Nobel Peace Prize (Norwegian and Nobels fredspris) "to the person who shall have done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses." It is one of the five Nobel Prizes established by the 1895 will of Alfred Nobel (who died in 1896), awarded for outstanding contributions in chemistry, physics, literature, peace, and physiology or medicine.
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List of Norwegian monarchs
The list of Norwegian monarchs (kongerekken or kongerekka) begins in 872: the traditional dating of the Battle of Hafrsfjord, after which victorious King Harald Fairhair merged several petty kingdoms into that of his father.
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Liv Ullmann
Liv Johanne Ullmann (born 16 December 1938) is a Norwegian actress and film director.
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Macroeconomics
Macroeconomics (from the Greek prefix makro- meaning "large" and economics) is a branch of economics dealing with the performance, structure, behavior, and decision-making of an economy as a whole.
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Mari Boine
Mari Boine, previously known as Mari Boine Persen, (born 8 November 1956) is a Norwegian Sami musician known for having added jazz and rock to the yoiks of her native people.
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Microeconomics
Microeconomics (from Greek prefix mikro- meaning "small") is a branch of economics that studies the behavior of individuals and firms in making decisions regarding the allocation of scarce resources and the interactions among these individuals and firms.
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Minister of Foreign Affairs (Norway)
The Minister of Foreign Affairs (norske utanriksministeren) is a councilor of state and chief of the Norway's Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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Nils Arne Eggen
Nils Arne Eggen (born 17 September 1941) is a Norwegian former footballer, manager and teacher from Orkdal.
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Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences
The Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (officially Sveriges riksbanks pris i ekonomisk vetenskap till Alfred Nobels minne, or the Swedish National Bank's Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel), commonly referred to as the Nobel Prize in Economics, is an award for outstanding contributions to the field of economics, and generally regarded as the most prestigious award for that field.
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Nobel Prize in Literature
The Nobel Prize in Literature (Nobelpriset i litteratur) is a Swedish literature prize that has been awarded annually, since 1901, to an author from any country who has, in the words of the will of Swedish industrialist Alfred Nobel, produced "in the field of literature the most outstanding work in an ideal direction" (original Swedish: "den som inom litteraturen har producerat det mest framstående verket i en idealisk riktning").
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NRK
NRK (an abbreviation of the Norwegian: Norsk rikskringkasting AS, generally expressed in English as the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation) is the Norwegian government-owned radio and television public broadcasting company, and the largest media organisation in Norway.
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NRK1
NRK1 (NRK En) is the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation's (NRK) main television channel.
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Olav Selvaag
Olav Selvaag (17 December 1912 – 14 January 2002) was a Norwegian engineer and residential contractor, known for his innovative approach to designing and building affordable housing during the later half of the Twentieth Century.
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Olav V of Norway
Olav V (born Prince Alexander of Denmark; 2 July 1903 – 17 January 1991) was King of Norway from 1957 until his death.
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Ole Gunnar Solskjær
Ole Gunnar Solskjær (born 26 February 1973) is a Norwegian football manager and former player.
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Oscar Mathisen
Oscar Wilhelm Mathisen (4 October 1888 – 10 April 1954) was a Norwegian speed skater and celebrity, almost rivalling Roald Amundsen and Fridtjof Nansen as symbols for a young nation (Norway became independent in 1905).
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Oslo
Oslo (rarely) is the capital and most populous city of Norway.
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Phenylketonuria
Phenylketonuria (PKU) is an inborn error of metabolism that results in decreased metabolism of the amino acid phenylalanine.
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Post–World War II economic expansion
The post–World War II economic expansion, also known as the postwar economic boom, the long boom, and the Golden Age of Capitalism, was a period of strong economic growth beginning after World War II and ending with the 1973–75 recession.
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Prime Minister of Norway
The Prime Minister of Norway (statsminister, literally the "minister of the state") is the head of government of Norway and the most powerful person in Norwegian politics.
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Ragnar Frisch
Ragnar Anton Kittil Frisch (3 March 1895 – 31 January 1973) was a Norwegian economist and the co-recipient of the first Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1969 (with Jan Tinbergen).
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Rosemarie Köhn
Rosemarie Köhn (born 20 October 1939 in Rathenow) was a bishop in the Diocese of Hamar of the Church of Norway from 20 May 1993 to 1 November 2006.
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Sam Eyde
Samuel "Sam" Eyde (29 October 1866 – 21 June 1940) was a Norwegian engineer and industrialist.
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Sami people
The Sami people (also known as the Sámi or the Saami) are a Finno-Ugric people inhabiting Sápmi, which today encompasses large parts of Norway and Sweden, northern parts of Finland, and the Murmansk Oblast of Russia.
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Secretary-General of the United Nations
The Secretary-General of the United Nations (UNSG or just SG) is the head of the United Nations Secretariat, one of the six principal organs of the United Nations.
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Sigrid Undset
Sigrid Undset (20 May 1882 – 10 June 1949) was a Norwegian novelist who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1928.
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SMS
SMS (short message service) is a text messaging service component of most telephone, internet, and mobile-device systems.
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Sonja Henie
Sonja Henie (8 April 1912 – 12 October 1969) was a Norwegian figure skater and film star.
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Stavanger Aftenblad
Stavanger Aftenblad (lit: Stavanger Evening Paper) or simply Aftenbladet is a daily newspaper based in Stavanger, Norway, and owned by Schibsted.
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The Scream
The Scream (Skrik) is the popular name given to each of four versions of a composition, created as both paintings and pastels, by Norwegian Expressionist artist Edvard Munch between 1893 and 1910.
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Thor Heyerdahl
Thor Heyerdahl (October 6, 1914 – April 18, 2002) was a Norwegian adventurer and ethnographer with a background in zoology, botany, and geography.
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Thorbjørn Egner
Thorbjørn Egner (12 December 1912 – 24 December 1990) was a Norwegian playwright, songwriter and illustrator known principally for his books, plays and musicals for children.
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Trygve Lie
Trygve Halvdan Lie (16 July 1896 – 30 December 1968) was a Norwegian politician, labour leader, government official and author.
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Verdens Gang
Verdens Gang ("The course of the world"), generally known under the abbreviation VG, is a foreign-owned Norwegian tabloid newspaper.
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Wenche Foss
Eva Wenche Steenfeldt Stang (5 December 1917 – 28 March 2011), better known as Wenche Foss, was a leading Norwegian actress of stage, screen and television.
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1952 Winter Olympics
The 1952 Winter Olympics (Norwegian: Vinter-OL 1952), officially known as the VI Olympic Winter Games (French: Les VIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver), took place in Oslo, Norway, from 14 to 25 February.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norwegian_of_the_Century
