2014 Event Walt Disney Co. is replacing attractions at some of its parks with rides and features from its hit movie 'Frozen'; in one such change, the Maelstrom ride in the Norway section of Epcot will be replaced by a 'Frozen' attraction to open in 2016 2014 Event Five cities have submitted bids for the 2022 Winter Olympics: Oslo, Norway; Almaty, Kazakhstan; Beijing, China; Krakow, Poland and Lviv, Ukraine; the winner will be selected in July 2015 2012 Event In Oslo, Norway, leaders of the European Union accept the 2012 Nobel Peace Prize 2011 Event An extremist explodes a car bomb in Oslo, Norway, killing at least seven people; he then opens fire at a Labour Party youth camp in Utoya, Norway, killing 84 2010 Event Planes across the United Kingdom, Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia are grounded as a result of the volcanic ash coming from Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull volcano 2010 Event Ash from Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull volcano drifts towards Europe, causing air traffic to close over Northern Norway 2008 Birthday Emma Tallulah Behn, born in Lommedalen, Oslo, Norway 1997 Death Jan Peder Syse, Prime Minister of Norway 1989 - 1990, dies 1997 Event Thor-2A Delta 2 Launch (Norway/USA), Successful 1994 Event Norway votes against joining European Union 1994 Event 26.9 degrees C in Prestebakke Norway (Norwegian April high temp record) 1994 Death Knut Haukelid, Norway/U.S. resistance fighter (Rjukan 1943), dies at 82 1994 Event 17th Winter Olympic games closes in Lillehammer, Norway 1994 Event 17th Winter Olympic games opens in Lillehammer, Norway 1993 Death Ales Gartner, Slavic ski trainer of Norway, dies at 45 1992 Event Longest salami is 68'9 and 25 circumference, weighed 1,492lbs/5oz in Flekkefjord, Norway 1991 Event 1st world championship of women's soccer, U.S. defeats Norway 2-1 1991 Event Norway and Denmark recognize independence of former U.S.S.R. Baltic reps 1991 Death Olav AFEC van Sleeswijk-Holstein-S-G V, king of Norway (1957), dies 1990 Event Gro Harlem Brundtland installed as premier of Norway 1990 Event Mona Grudt, 19, of Norway, crowned 39th Miss Universe 1990 Event Fire kills 110 on a ferry in Norway, in an unrelated event, 30 die in a ferry flip over in Burma 1989 Event Jan Syse becomes premier of Norway 1988 Event Lillehammer, Norway upsets Anchorage to host 1994 Winter olympics 1986 Event Ingrid Kristiansen of Norway sets 5k woman's record (14:37.33) 1986 Event Ingrid Kristiansen of Norway runs 10,000 m in world record 30:13.74 1986 Event Ingrid Kristiansen of Norway sets 10K woman's record (30:13.74) 1986 Event Norway Showcase groundbreaking 1986 Event 15th Boston Women's Marathon won by I Kristiansen of Norway in 2:24:55 1983 Event Grete Waitz of Norway, wins 1st all-women Marathon (Helsinki Fin) 1981 Event Gro Harlem Brundtland elected premier of Norway 1975 Event Anita Wold (Norway) sets women's ski jump distance record-98 m 1972 Event Norway rejects membership in European Common Market 1972 Event Norway votes to join common market 1972 Birthday Christian Ruud, born in Oslo, Norway, tennis star, 1989 Norwegian 1970 Birthday Knut Holmann, born in Norway, rower, 1996 Olympics gold 1969 Birthday Tine Moberg-Parker, born in Oslo, Norway, Canada Europe class yachter 1996 Olympics 1967 Event Norway requests European Common Market membership 1964 Birthday John Norum, born in Vardo, Norway, musician, hard rock guitarist, co-founder of Swedish band Europe 1963 Birthday Erling Kagge, Norway, explorer, South Pole 1961 Birthday Magne Furuholmen, born in Oslo, Norway, keyboardist/vocalist, Aha-Take on Me 1961 Birthday Pal Waaktaar, born in Oslo, Norway, rock guitarist and vocalist, A-ha 1960 Birthday John Aalberg, Orland Norway, U.S. cross country skier 1994 Olympics 1960 Death Nevil Shute [Norway], Eng/Australia author (Town like Alice), dies at 60 1959 Birthday Morten Harket, Konigsberg Norway, rocker, Aha-Take on Me 1957 Event Olav V, becomes king of Norway 1957 Death Haakon VII (CF Charles WA), Danish king of Norway (1905-57), dies 1957 Birthday Jon Engen, born in Oslo, Norway, U.S. biathelete 1994 Olympics 1956 Birthday Ingrid Kristiansen, born in Norway, marathoner, Olympic-4th-1984, Bost-86, 89 1953 Birthday Greta Andersen Waitz, born in Oslo, Norway, marathoner, New York City - 1984 1952 Event 6th Winter Olympic games close at Oslo, Norway 1952 Event 6th Olympic winter games open at Oslo, Norway 1951 Birthday Lillian Muller, Grimstad Norway, playmate of year, Aug, 1975 1951 Birthday Ivar Formo, born in Norway, 50K cross country skier 1976 Olympics gold 1950 Birthday John Voldstad, Oslo Norway, actor, Darryl-Newhart 1948 Birthday Alf Hansen, born in Norway, double sculls, Gold Medal 1976 Olympics 1947 Birthday Terje Rypdal, born in Oslo, Norway, composer, guitarist, works include 'Mystery Man', 'Last Nite', featured in the film 'Heat' 1945 Event German troops in Netherlands, Denmark and Norway surrender 1944 Event RAF sink German battleship "Tirpitz" at Tromso Fjord Norway 1944 Event Grieg/Work/Forest's musical "Song of Norway," premieres in New York City 1943 Birthday Jan Stenerud, Norway, NFL place kicker for the Kansas City Chiefs 1942 Birthday Peder Lunde, Jr., Norway, yachtsman 1960 Olympics gold 1940 Event Germany invades Norway and Denmark in WW II 1940 Event German High Commissioner in Norway sets up Vidkun Quisling government 1940 Event Norway surrenders to Germany during WW II 1940 Event Last British troops leave Narvik, Norway 1940 Event British-French troops capture Narvik Norway 1940 Event British troops land at Narvik, Norway 1940 Event Allied troops land in Norway 1940 Event Germany invades Norway and Denmark during WW II, Denmark surrenders 1940 Event British destroyers board German Altmark off Norway 1940 Event British search plane finds German Altmark off Norway 1939 Birthday Gro Harlem Brundtland, Norway, PM/feminist/conservatist 1939 Birthday Ollie Ellefsater, Norway, 3K steeplechase, Olympics-1960 1939 Event Norway claims Queen Maud Land in Antarctica 1937 Birthday Harald, Crown Prince, son of King Olav V, heir apparent of Norway 1937 Birthday Magnar Solberg, Norway, 20K biathalete, Gold Medals 1968, 1972 Olympics 1936 Event Sonja Henie, Norway, wins 3rd consecutive Olympic figure skating gold 1933 Birthday Knut Johannesen, Norway, 5K/10K speed skater 1964 Olympic gold 1932 Birthday Harald V, King of Norway, 1991- 1931 Birthday Arne Nordheim, born in Larvik, Norway, conductor and composer, Aftonland 1931 Event Norway occupies East-Greenland 1931 Event Norway claims Peter I Island 1930 Birthday Johan Galtung, Norway, polemologist, Meaning of Nonviolence 1930 Birthday John Robson, British ambassador, Norway 1929 Event Jan Mayen island, 500 km NNE of Iceland, incorporated into Norway 1929 Birthday Hallgeir Brenden, Norway, 15K/18K cross country, Gold Medal 1952, 1956 Olympics 1928 Event Christopher Hornsrud chosen Prime Minister of Norway at age 101 1927 Birthday Stein Eriksen, Norway, giant slalom 1952 Olympics gold 1927 Death Ole Olsen, composer, organist, teacher, wrote opera 'Stig Hvide', wrote Symphony in G major, dies at 77 in Oslo, Norway 1927 Birthday Torbjorn Falkanger, Norway, took Olympic oath, 1952 1926 Birthday Haakon Barfod, Norway, yachting, Gold Medals 1948, 1952 Olympics 1925 Event Norway annexes Spitsbergen 1925 Event Norway's capital Christiania changes name to Oslo 1924 Event Denmark takes Greenland as Norway ends claim 1923 Birthday Hjalmar Andersen, born in Norway, 1500, 5K, 10K speed skater, 1952 Olympics gold 1923 Birthday Martin Stokken, Norway, nordic relay 1952 Olympics silver 1920 Birthday Jens Bjorneboe, Norway, poet and writer, Dikt, Jonas 1920 Birthday Art Van Damme, born in Norway, Michigan, jazz accordionist, Chicago Jazz 1919 Birthday Laila Schou Nilsen, born in Norway, downhill skier, 1936 Olympics gold 1918 Birthday Peder Lunde, Norway, yachtsman 1952 Olympics silver 1917 Birthday Simon Slattvik, Norway, cross country ski jumper 1952 Olympics gold 1916 Birthday Roald Dahl, Norway, sci-fi author, Over to You, Taste, 2 Fables 1916 Event Norway approves active and passive female suffrage 1914 Birthday Thor Heyerdahl, Norway, anthropologist/explorer, Kon Tiki, Aku-Aku 1914 Event 1st air flight out of sight of land, Scotland to Norway 1912 Event Denmark, Norway and Sweden declare neutrality in Comende war 1912 Birthday Sonja Henie, born in Oslo, Norway, ice skater/actress, Gold Medals 1928, 1932, 1936 Olympics 1911 Birthday Birger Ruud, Norway, 90m ski jumper, Gold Medals 1932, 1936 Olympics 1911 Birthday Olaf Okern, born in Norway, Nordic skier, Olympic-medal-1948 1911 Birthday Charles Mathiesen, Norway, 1500m speed skater 1936 Olympics gold 1909 Birthday Thor Thorvaldsen, Norway, yachtsman, Gold Medals 1948, 1952 Olympics 1908 Birthday Oddbjorn Hagen, Norway, cross country jumper 1936 Olympics gold 1907 Death Oscar II Frederick, King of Sweden (-1907)/Norway (-1905), dies 1907 Birthday Tutta Rolf, Norway, actress, Whalers 1907 Event Norway restricts woman's voting rights 1906 Birthday Klaus Egge, Gransherad, Telemark Norway, composer, Noregsonger 1906 Event Hakon VII crowned king of Norway 1906 Birthday Sigve Lie, born in Norway, yachtsmans, Gold 1948, 1952 Olympics 1905 Event Prince Carl of Denmark becomes King Haakon VII of Norway 1905 Event Union of Sweden and Norway ends 1905 Event Norway dissolves union with Sweden, in effect since 1814 1904 Birthday Ivar Ballangrud, born in Norway, Olympic speed skater, 4 gold, 2 silver 1903 Birthday Olav AFEC of Schleswig-Holstein-S-G, King Olav V of Norway, 1957-91 1901 Birthday Arthur Pierson, born in Oslo, Norway, actor and director, Hat Check Girl 1899 Birthday Nevil Shute [Norway], London, novelist, On the Beach, Town Like Alice 1897 Birthday Harald Saeverud, born in Bergen, Norway, composer, Saline, 1896 Birthday Trygve Halvdan Lie, born in Norway, 1st United Nations secretary general, 1946-52 1895 Birthday Ragnar Frisch, Norway, economist, won 1st Nobel prize in economy in 1969 1895 Event Norway adopts Mid-European time 1893 Event Heavy rain wash "quick clay" into a deep valley, kills 111 (Norway) 1887 Birthday Francis Bull, Norway, writer, Norsk literature historian 1883 Birthday Olav Aukrust, Norway, poet 1882 Birthday Sigrid Undset, Norway, novelist, Kristin Lavransdatter, Nobel 1928 1876 Birthday Martin Stixrud, Norway, figure skater, Olympic-bronze-1920 1872 Death Charles XV Louis E, king of Sweden/Norway (1859-72), dies 1872 Birthday Haakon VII, born in Charlottenlund, Denmark, King of Norway, 1905-57 1872 Birthday Roald Amundsen, born in Norway, explorer, discovered South Pole 1871 Death W F A A Louisa/Lovisa, queen of Sweden/Norway, dies at 42 1869 Birthday Christian Lange, Norway, pacifist/internationalist, Nobel 1921 1863 Birthday Edvard Munch, Norway, painter/print maker, The Scream 1859 Birthday Knut Hamsun, born in Norway, writer/Nazi, Hunger-Nobel 1920 1859 Death F J Oscar I, King of Sweden/Norway (1844-59), dies at 60 1856 Birthday Christian August Sinding, Kongsberg Norway, composer 1851 Birthday Waldemar Brogger, Norway, geologist/mineralogist, Metamict State 1850 Birthday Ole Olsen, born in Hammerfest, Norway, composer, organist, teacher, wrote opera 'Stig Hvide', wrote Symphony in G major 1846 Birthday B Amalie Skram-Alver, Norway, writer, Hellemyrsfolket 1844 Death Charles XIV Johan, Jean B Bernadotte, King of Sweden/Norway, dies 1843 Birthday Edvard Hagerup Grieg, born in Bergen, Norway, composer, Bewitched One 1839 Death Frederik VI, king of Denmark (1808-39)/Norway (1803-14), dies at 71 1832 Birthday Bjornstjerne Bjornson, Norway, novelist, Pa Guds Veje, Nobel-1903 1829 Birthday Oscar II Frederik, King of Sweden, 1872 - 1907, Norway, -1905, poet 1828 Birthday WFAA Louisa/Lovisa, queen of Sweden/Norway/princess of Netherlands 1828 Birthday Henrik Ibsen, born in Norway, playwright, Peer Gynt, Hedda Gabler 1826 Birthday Charles XV Louis E, King of Sweden/Norway, 1859 - 1872, poet 1818 Death Charles XIII, King of Sweden (1809-18)/Norway (1814-18), dies at 69 1814 Event Denmark cedes Norway to Sweden (National Day) 1814 Event Norway's independence proclaimed 1814 Event King of Denmark cedes Norway to King of Sweden by treaty of Kiel 1810 Birthday Ole Bull, born in Bergen, Norway, famous violinist, virtuoso, compared to Niccolo Paganini, co-founder, Den Nationale Scene theater 1802 Birthday Thomas Fearnley, Norway, landscape painter 1799 Birthday F J Oscar I, King of Sweden/Norway, 1844-59 1768 Birthday Frederick VI, Danish king, 1808-39, ; lost Norway to Sweden, 1814 1766 Death Frederik V, king of Denmark/Norway (1746-66), dies at 42 1763 Birthday Charles XIV, French marshall, king of Sweden and Norway, 1818-44 1748 Birthday Charles XIII, King of Sweden, 1809-18, Norway, 1814-18 1746 Death Christian VI, king of Denmark/Norway, dies 1730 Death Frederik IV, king of Denmark/Norway (1699-1730), dies 1723 Birthday Frederik V, King of Denmark/Norway, 1746-66 1718 Event Battle at Frederikshall Norway 1715 Event Swedish troops occupy Norway 1699 Birthday Christian VI, king of Denmark/Norway 1671 Birthday Frederik IV, king of Denmark/Norway, 1699-1730 1670 Death Frederik III, King of Denmark/Norway (1648-70), dies at 60 1648 Death Christian IV, king of Denmark/Norway, dies 1609 Birthday Frederick III, King of Denmark and Norway, 1648-70, ; absolutist 1588 Death Frederik II, King of Denmark/Norway (1559-88), dies at 53 1582 Event Spanish Netherlands/Denmark/Norway adopt Gregorian calendar 1559 Death Christian III, king of Denmark/Norway (1534-59), dies 1534 Birthday Frederik II, King of Denmark/Norway, 1559-88 1533 Death Frederik I, King of Denmark/Norway (1523-33), dies at 61 1520 Event Christian II of Denmark and Norway defeats Swedes at Lake Asunde 1503 Birthday Christian III, king of Denmark/Norway, 1534-59 1481 Death Christian I, king of Denmark/Norway/Sweden, dies 1471 Birthday Frederik I, king of Denmark/Norway, 1523-33 1448 Death Christopher III, king of Denmark/Norway/Sweden, dies 1397 Event Denmark, Norway and Sweden sign Union of Kalmar under Queen Margaretha 1397 Event Union of Kalmar established between Denmark, Sweden and Norway 1387 Death Olaf V Haakonsson, King of Denmark (1376-87)/Norway (1380-87), dies 1374 Death Magnus Eriksson, king of Norway/Sweden, dies 1319 Death Haakon V, King of Norway (1299-1319), dies 1280 Death Magnus VI Lagaboeter, King of Norway (1263-80), dies at 42 1263 Death Hakon IV, Gamli, King of Norway (1217-63), dies 1238 Birthday Magnus VI Lagabuter, King of Norway, 1263-80 1164 Death Olaf, King of Norway, dies 1136 Death Harald IV, "Gylle Krist", king of Norway, murdered 1103 Death Magnus III Berbein, Blootbeen, King of Norway (1093-1103), dies 1066 Event Battle of Stampford Bridge King Harold Godwinson II of England, beaten by his brother King Harold Hardrada of Norway 1066 Death Harald III Hardrada, king of Norway (1047-66), dies in battle at 51 1066 Event Battle at Fulford: Norway king Harald III Hardrada beats British militia 1047 Death Magnus I Godhi, king of Norway/Denmark (1035-47), dies 1030 Death Olaf Haraldsson, King of Norway, dies in battle of Stiklestad
