1997 Jan Peder Syse, PM of Norway (1989-90), dies
1997 Thor-2A Delta 2 Launch (Norway/USA), Successful
1994 Norway votes against joining European Union
1994 26.9 degrees C in Prestebakke Norway (Norwegian April high temp record)
1994 Knut Haukelid, Norway/U.S. resistance fighter (Rjukan 1943), dies at 82
1994 17th Winter Olympic games closes in Lillehammer, Norway
1994 17th Winter Olympic games opens in Lillehammer, Norway
1993 Ales Gartner, Slavic ski trainer of Norway, dies at 45
1992 Longest salami is 68'9 and 25 circumference, weighed 1,492lbs/5oz in Flekkefjord, Norway
1991 1st world championship of women's soccer, U.S. defeats Norway 2-1
1991 Norway and Denmark recognize independence of former U.S.S.R. Baltic reps
1991 Olav AFEC van Sleeswijk-Holstein-S-G V, king of Norway (1957), dies
1990 Gro Harlem Brundtland installed as premier of Norway
1990 Mona Grudt, 19, of Norway, crowned 39th Miss Universe
1990 Fire kills 110 on a ferry in Norway, in an unrelated event, 30 die in a ferry flip over in Burma
1989 Jan Syse becomes premier of Norway
1988 Lillehammer, Norway upsets Anchorage to host 1994 Winter olympics
1986 Ingrid Kristiansen of Norway sets 5k woman's record (14:37.33)
1986 Ingrid Kristiansen of Norway runs 10,000 m in world record 30:13.74
1986 Ingrid Kristiansen of Norway sets 10K woman's record (30:13.74)
1986 Norway Showcase groundbreaking
1986 15th Boston Women's Marathon won by I Kristiansen of Norway in 2:24:55
1983 Grete Waitz of Norway, wins 1st all-women Marathon (Helsinki Fin)
1981 Gro Harlem Brundtland elected premier of Norway
1975 Anita Wold (Norway) sets women's ski jump distance record-98 m
1972 Norway rejects membership in European Common Market
1972 Norway votes to join common market
1972 Christian Ruud, born in Oslo, Norway, tennis star, 1989 Norwegian
1970 Knut Holmann, born in Norway, rower, 1996 Olympics gold
1969 Tine Moberg-Parker, born in Oslo, Norway, Canada Europe class yachter 1996 Olympics
1967 Norway requests European Common Market membership
1963 Erling Kagge, Norway, explorer, South Pole
1961 Magne Furuholmen, born in Oslo, Norway, keyboardist/vocalist, Aha-Take on Me
1961 Pal Waaktaar, born in Oslo, Norway, rock guitarist and vocalist, A-ha
1960 John Aalberg, Orland Norway, U.S. cross country skier 1994 Olympics
1960 Nevil Shute [Norway], Eng/Aust author (Town like Alice), dies at 60
1959 Morten Harket, Konigsberg Norway, rocker, Aha-Take on Me
1957 Olav V, becomes king of Norway
1957 Haakon VII (CF Charles WA), Danish king of Norway (1905-57), dies
1957 Jon Engen, born in Oslo, Norway, U.S. biathelete 1994 Olympics
1956 Ingrid Kristiansen, born in Norway, marathoner, Olympic-4th-1984, Bost-86, 89
1953 Greta Andersen Waitz, born in Oslo, Norway, marathoner, New York City - 1984
1952 6th Winter Olympic games close at Oslo, Norway
1952 6th Olympic winter games open at Oslo, Norway
1951 Lillian Muller, Grimstad Norway, playmate of year, Aug, 1975
1951 Ivar Formo, born in Norway, 50K cross country skier 1976 Olympics gold
1950 John Voldstad, Oslo Norway, actor, Darryl-Newhart
1948 Alf Hansen, born in Norway, double sculls 1976 Olympics gold
1945 German troops in Netherlands, Denmark and Norway surrender
1944 RAF sink German battleship "Tirpitz" at Tromso Fjord Norway
1944 Grieg/Work/Forest's musical "Song of Norway," premieres in New York City
1943 Jan Stenerud, Norway, NFL place kicker for the Kansas City Chiefs
1942 Peder Lunde, Jr., Norway, yachtsman 1960 Olympics gold
1940 Germany invades Norway and Denmark in WW II
1940 German High Commissioner in Norway sets up Vidkun Quisling government
1940 Norway surrenders to Germany during WW II
1940 Last British troops leave Narvik, Norway
1940 British-French troops capture Narvik Norway
1940 British troops land at Narvik, Norway
1940 Allied troops land in Norway
1940 Germany invades Norway and Denmark during WW II, Denmark surrenders
1940 British destroyers board German Altmark off Norway
1940 British search plane finds German Altmark off Norway
1939 Gro Harlem Brundtland, Norway, PM/feminist/conservatist
1939 Ollie Ellefsater, Norway, 3K steeplechase, Olympics-1960
1939 Norway claims Queen Maud Land in Antarctica
1937 Harald, Crown Prince, son of King Olav V, heir apparent of Norway
1937 Magnar Solberg, Norway, 20K biathalete, Olympics gold 1968, 72
1936 Sonja Henie, Norway, wins 3rd consecutive Olympic figure skating gold
1933 Knut Johannesen, Norway, 5K/10K speed skater 1964 Olympic gold
1932 Harald V, King of Norway, 1991-
1931 Arne Nordheim, born in Larvik, Norway, conductor and composer, Aftonland
1931 Norway occupies East-Greenland
1931 Norway claims Peter I Island
1930 Johan Galtung, Norway, polemologist, Meaning of Nonviolence
1930 John Robson, British ambassador, Norway
1929 Jan Mayen island, 500 km NNE of Iceland, incorporated into Norway
1929 Hallgeir Brenden, Norway, 15K/18K cross country, Oly-gold-1952, 56
1928 Christopher Hornsrud chosen PM of Norway at age 101
1927 Stein Eriksen, Norway, giant slalom 1952 Olympics gold
1927 Torbjorn Falkanger, Norway, took Olympic oath, 1952
1926 Haakon Barfod, Norway, yachting, Olympics gold 1948, 52
1925 Norway annexes Spitsbergen
1925 Norway's capital Christiania changes name to Oslo
1924 Denmark takes Greenland as Norway ends claim
1923 Hjalmar Andersen, born in Norway, 1500, 5K, 10K speed skater, 1952 Olympics gold
1923 Martin Stokken, Norway, nordic relay 1952 Olympics silver
1920 Jens Bjorneboe, Norway, poet and writer, Dikt, Jonas
1920 Art Van Damme, born in Norway, Michigan, jazz accordionist, Chicago Jazz
1919 Laila Schou Nilsen, born in Norway, downhill skier, 1936 Olympics gold
1918 Peder Lunde, Norway, yachtsman 1952 Olympics silver
1917 Simon Slattvik, Norway, cross country ski jumper 1952 Olympics gold
1916 Roald Dahl, Norway, sci-fi author, Over to You, Taste, 2 Fables
1916 Norway approves active and passive female suffrage
1914 Thor Heyerdahl, Norway, anthropologist/explorer, Kon Tiki, Aku-Aku
1914 1st air flight out of sight of land, Scotland to Norway
1912 Denmark, Norway and Sweden declare neutrality in Comende war
1912 Sonja Henie, born in Oslo, Norway, ice skater/actress, Olympics gold 1928, 1932, 1936
1911 Birger Ruud, Norway, 90m ski jumper, Olympics gold 1932, 36
1911 Olaf Okern, born in Norway, Nordic skier, Olympic-medal-1948
1911 Charles Mathiesen, Norway, 1500m speed skater 1936 Olympics gold
1909 Thor Thorvaldsen, Norway, yachtsman, Olympics gold 1948, 52
1908 Oddbjorn Hagen, Norway, cross country jumper 1936 Olympics gold
1907 Oscar II Frederick, King of Sweden (-1907)/Norway (-1905), dies
1907 Tutta Rolf, Norway, actress, Whalers
1907 Norway restricts woman's voting rights
1906 Klaus Egge, Gransherad, Telemark Norway, composer, Noregsonger
1906 Hakon VII crowned king of Norway
1906 Sigve Lie, born in Norway, yachtsmans, Olympics gold-1948, 1952
1905 Prince Carl of Denmark becomes King Haakon VII of Norway
1905 Union of Sweden and Norway ends
1905 Norway dissolves union with Sweden, in effect since 1814
1904 Ivar Ballangrud, born in Norway, Olympic speed skater, 4 gold, 2 silver
1903 Olav AFEC of Schleswig-Holstein-S-G, King Olav V of Norway, 1957-91
1901 Arthur Pierson, born in Oslo, Norway, actor and director, Hat Check Girl
1899 Nevil Shute [Norway], London, novelist, On the Beach, Town Like Alice
1897 Harald Saeverud, born in Bergen, Norway, composer, Saline,
1896 Trygve Halvdan Lie, born in Norway, 1st United Nations secretary general, 1946-52
1895 Ragnar Frisch, Norway, economist, won 1st Nobel prize in economy in 1969
1895 Norway adopts Mid-European time
1893 Heavy rain wash "quick clay" into a deep valley, kills 111 (Norway)
1887 Francis Bull, Norway, writer, Norsk literature historian
1883 Olav Aukrust, Norway, poet
1882 Sigrid Undset, Norway, novelist, Kristin Lavransdatter, Nobel 1928
1876 Martin Stixrud, Norway, figure skater, Olympic-bronze-1920
1872 Charles XV Louis E, king of Sweden/Norway (1859-72), dies
1872 Haakon VII, born in Charlottenlund, Denmark, King of Norway, 1905-57
1872 Roald Amundsen, born in Norway, explorer, discovered South Pole
1871 W F A A Louisa/Lovisa, queen of Sweden/Norway, dies at 42
1869 Christian Lange, Norway, pacifist/internationalist, Nobel 1921
1863 Edvard Munch, Norway, painter/print maker, The Scream
1859 Knut Hamsun, born in Norway, writer/Nazi, Hunger-Nobel 1920
1859 F J Oscar I, King of Sweden/Norway (1844-59), dies at 60
1856 Christian August Sinding, Kongsberg Norway, composer
1851 Waldemar Brogger, Norway, geologist/mineralogist, Metamict State
1846 B Amalie Skram-Alver, Norway, writer, Hellemyrsfolket
1844 Charles XIV Johan, [Jean B Bernadotte], King of Sweden/Norway, dies
1843 Edvard Hagerup Grieg, born in Bergen, Norway, composer, Bewitched One
1839 Frederik VI, king of Denmark (1808-39)/Norway (1803-14), dies at 71
1832 Bjornstjerne Bjornson, Norway, novelist, Pa Guds Veje, Nobel-1903
1829 Oscar II Frederik, King of Sweden, 1872-1907, /Norway, -1905, /poet
1828 WFAA Louisa/Lovisa, queen of Sweden/Norway/princess of Netherlands
1828 Henrik Ibsen, born in Norway, playwright, Peer Gynt, Hedda Gabler
1826 Charles XV Louis E, King of Sweden/Norway, 1859-72, /poet
1818 Charles XIII, King of Sweden (1809-18)/Norway (1814-18), dies at 69
1814 Denmark cedes Norway to Sweden (Natl Day)
1814 Norway's independence proclaimed
1814 King of Denmark cedes Norway to King of Sweden by treaty of Kiel
1802 Thomas Fearnley, Norway, landscape painter
1799 F J Oscar I, King of Sweden/Norway, 1844-59
1768 Frederick VI, Danish king, 1808-39, ; lost Norway to Sweden, 1814
1766 Frederik V, king of Denmark/Norway (1746-66), dies at 42
1763 Charles XIV, French marshall, king of Sweden and Norway, 1818-44
1748 Charles XIII, King of Sweden, 1809-18, /Norway, 1814-18
1746 Christian VI, king of Denmark/Norway, dies
1730 Frederik IV, king of Denmark/Norway (1699-1730), dies
1723 Frederik V, King of Denmark/Norway, 1746-66
1718 Battle at Frederikshall Norway
1715 Swedish troops occupy Norway
1699 Christian VI, king of Denmark/Norway
1671 Frederik IV, king of Denmark/Norway, 1699-1730
1670 Frederik III, King of Denmark/Norway (1648-70), dies at 60
1648 Christian IV, king of Denmark/Norway, dies
1609 Frederick III, King of Denmark and Norway, 1648-70, ; absolutist
1588 Frederik II, King of Denmark/Norway (1559-88), dies at 53
1582 Spanish Netherlands/Denmark/Norway adopt Gregorian calendar
1559 Christian III, king of Denmark/Norway (1534-59), dies
1534 Frederik II, King of Denmark/Norway, 1559-88
1533 Frederik I, King of Denmark/Norway (1523-33), dies at 61
1520 Christian II of Denmark and Norway defeats Swedes at Lake Asunde
1503 Christian III, king of Denmark/Norway, 1534-59
1481 Christian I, king of Denmark/Norway/Sweden, dies
1471 Frederik I, king of Denmark/Norway, 1523-33
1448 Christopher III, king of Denmark/Norway/Sweden, dies
1397 Denmark, Norway and Sweden sign Union of Kalmar under Queen Margaretha
1397 Union of Kalmar established between Denmark, Sweden and Norway
1387 Olaf V Haakonsson, King of Denmark (1376-87)/Norway (1380-87), dies
1374 Magnus Eriksson, king of Norway/Sweden, dies
1319 Haakon V, King of Norway (1299-1319), dies
1280 Magnus VI Lagaboeter, King of Norway (1263-80), dies at 42
1263 Hakon IV, Gamli, King of Norway (1217-63), dies
1238 Magnus VI Lagabuter, King of Norway, 1263-80
1164 Olaf, King of Norway, dies
1136 Harald IV, "Gylle Krist", king of Norway, murdered
1103 Magnus III Berbein, [Blootbeen], King of Norway (1093-1103), dies
1066 Battle of Stampford Bridge King Harold Godwinson II of England, beaten by his brother King Harold Hardrada of Norway
1066 Harald III Hardrada, king of Norway (1047-66), dies in battle at 51
1066 Battle at Fulford: Norway king Harald III Hardrada beats British militia
1047 Magnus I Godhi, king of Norway/Denmark (1035-47), dies
1030 Olaf Haraldsson, King of Norway, dies in battle of Stiklestad
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