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2001 Helge Ingstad, Norwegian Explorer

1994 26.9 degrees C in Prestebakke Norway (Norwegian April high temp record)

1994 Johan J Holst, Norwegian min of defense/foreign affairs, dies at 56

1993 Norwegian Rushdie publisher William Nygaard injured in attack

1990 Norwegian Scandinavian Star catches fire; about 170 die

1989 Norwegian Convair 580 crashes at Jutland in sea (55 murder)

1989 Soviet sub sinks in Norwegian Sea, with about a dozen deaths

1987 Herman Smith-Johannsen, Norwegian Athlete

1986 Singer Diana Ross marries Norwegian businessman Arne Naess in Switzerland

1983 Jon Johansen, Norwegian Celebrity

1979 Klaus Egge, Norwegian composer (Fanitullen), dies at 72

1976 70 die as Norwegian tanker Frosta collides with George Prince

1975 Norwegian King Olav V opens Longyearbyen Airport on Spitsbergen

1973 Ragnar Frisch, Norwegian economist (Nobel 1969), dies at 77

1972 Christian Ruud, born in Oslo, Norway, tennis star, 1989 Norwegian

1970 Asne Seierstad, Norwegian Journalist

1968 Norwegian king Harald V marries Sonja

1967 Stefan Johnstown, Norwegian speed walker, world record 20 km

1962 Kirsten Flagstead, Norwegian soprano (Wagner), dies at 67

1959 Peter A Egge, Norwegian writer (The Dream), dies

1959 Oscar Torp, Norwegian premier, dies

1955 Norwegian government of Einar Gerhardsen forms

1953 Hans Aanrud, Norwegian author (Storken), dies at 89

1952 Olav Fartein Valen, Norwegian composer, dies at 65

1952 Knut [Pedersen] Hamsun, Norwegian writer (Wanders, Nobel 1920), dies

1951 Vilhelm F K Bjerknes, Norwegian/US physicist/meteorology, dies at 89

1947 Kristian Elster, Norwegian author (Paradisets Have), dies at 66

1947 Kjell Magne Bondevik, Norwegian Statesman

1946 Trygve Lie, a Norwegian socialist, becomes 1st Sec-Gen of UN

1945 Vidkun Quisling, Norwegian Min of Defense/PM (1942-45), executed at 58

1945 Norwegian nazi collaborators Vidkun Quisling arrested

1944 Edvard Munch, Norwegian painter (The Scream), dies at 80

1943 German occupiers make Vidkun Quisling Norwegian premier

1942 [Nicoline] Magdalene Anchor-Roll, Norwegian author (Enken), dies at 69

1942 2nd Norwegian government of Quisling forms

1940 German "Dutch Q-ship Atlantis" sinks Norwegian tanker

1940 Norwegian government in exile forms in London

1940 Norwegian King Haakon and government flees to England

1940 Vidkun Quisling forms Norwegian "national government"

1939 Gro Harlem Brundtland, Norwegian premier, 1981-82, 86-89, 90-

1938 Liv Ullman, Tokyo, Japan, actress, Cries and Whispers, 40 Carats

1937 Johan J Holst, Norwegian minister of Defense/Foreign affairs

1933 Peter I Island incorporated as a Norwegian dependency

1930 Bouvet Island declared a Norwegian dependency

1929 Rudolf W. Nilsen, Norwegian poet (Hverdagen), dies at 28

1928 Roald E G Amundsen, Norwegian pole explorer, dies

1928 Roald Amundsen, Norwegian Explorer

1926 Hans E Kinck, Norwegian philological/writer (Driftekaren), dies at 61

1924 Nils Kj'r, Norwegian playwright (Det Lykkelige Valg), dies at 53

1924 Arne Garborg, Norwegian playwright (Mannfolk), dies at 72

1922 Terje Stigen, Norwegian author, Det siste paradiset

1920 Tryggve Andersen, Norwegian writer (Mod Kvaeld), dies at 53

1920 International treaty recognizes Norwegian sovereignty over Svalbard

1919 Norwegian population agrees to prohibition

1918 Jarl Andre Bjerke, [Bernhard Borge], Norwegian poet/writer

1915 Germany sinks U.S. ships Carib and Evelyn and torpedoes Norwegian ship Regin

1911 South Pole 1st reached, by Norwegian Roald Amundsen

1911 Torolf Elster, Norwegian journalist and writer, Frihet och demokrati

1910 Bjornstjerne Bjornson, Norwegian writer (Mary, Nobel 1903), dies at 77

1910 Trygve Martin Bratteli, Norwegian PM, Labour, 1971-72, 1973-76

1908 Jonas LI Lie, Norwegian writer (Kommandorens dottre), dies at 74

1907 Halldis Vesaas-Moren, Norwegian author and poet

1907 Edvard Hagerup Grieg, Norwegian composer (Peer Gynt Suite), dies at 64

1906 Henrik Johan Ibsen, Norwegian playwright (Doll House), dies at 78

1906 Henrik Ibsen, Norwegian Poet

1906 Alexander L Kielland, Norwegian writer (Working People), dies at 57

1905 Inger J. Hagerup-Halsor, Norwegian poet

1905 B Amalie Skram-Alver, Norwegian author (Paa St. Jorgen), dies at 58

1904 Ragnar Skrede, Norwegian poet, Lauvfall

1903 Norwegian parliament vote unanimiously for female suffrage

1902 Nordahl Grieg, Norwegian poet/dramatist/novelist, The Defeat

1902 Cato M Guldberg, Norwegian mathematician, dies at 65

1901 Rudolf W. Nilsen, Norwegian poet, Hverdagen

1899 M Sophus Lie, Norwegian mathematician, dies at 56

1899 Helge Ingstad, Norwegian Explorer

1897 Jacob A B "Jack" Bjerknes, Norwegian/US meteorologist, USAF in London

1897 Tarjei Vesaas, Norwegian author, Det Store Spelet

1896 Ivar A Aasen, Norwegian linguistic/poet, dies at 83

1896 Trygve Lie, Norwegian Politician

1896 Hans H Holm, Norwegian poet, Jonsoknatt

1895 Ingeborg Refling-Hagen, Norwegian author and poet, Loke Saar Havre

1895 Kirsten Flagstead, Norwegian soprano, Wagner

1888 Knute Rockne, Norwegian/U.S. football player and coach, Notre Dame

1887 [Olav] Fartein Valen, Norwegian composer

1887 Vidkun Al Quisling, Norwegian minister of Defense/premier, 1942-45

1885 Peter C Asbjornsen, Norwegian fairy tale writer, dies at 72

1881 Kristian Mandrup Elster, Norwegian author (Torn Trondal), dies at 40

1881 Kristian Elster, Norwegian author, Less bror Harris

1875 Herman Smith-Johannsen, Norwegian Athlete

1873 [Nicoline] Magdalene Anchor-Roll, Norwegian author, Kvinnen og Den

1870 Nils Kjaer, Norwegian playwright, Det evige Savn

1869 Michael Sars, Norwegian zoologist, dies at 64

1869 Peter A. Egge, Norwegian writer, De Droom

1868 Thomas P Krag, Norwegian writer, Jon Graeff, Ulf Ran

1866 Tryggve Andersen, Norwegian writer, Fra Cancelliraadens Dage

1865 Hans E Kinck, Norwegian philological/writer, Mot Karnaval

1862 Vilhelm FK Bjerknes, Norwegian/US physicist/meteorology

1861 Fridtjof Nansen, Norwegian Arctic explorer/humanitarian, Nobel 1922

1851 Arne Garborg, Norwegian playwright, Bondestudentar

1850 Swedish/Norwegian crown prince Charles weds Dutch princess Wilhelmina

1849 Alexander L Kielland, Norwegian writer/politician, Garman og Worse

1842 Marius Sophus Lie, Norwegian mathematician, continous groups

1842 Thomas Freanby, Norwegian landscape painter, dies

1841 Kristian Mandrup Elster, Norwegian author, And fremmed Fugl

1836 Cato M Guldberg, Norwegian mathematician

1833 Jonas LI Lie, Norwegian writer, Kommandorens dottre, Gaa paa

1829 Niels H Able, Norwegian mathematician (infinite series), dies at 26

1814 Norwegian constitution passed by constitutent assembly at Eidsvoll

1813 Ivar A. Aasen, Norwegian linguistic/poet

1812 Peter C Asbjornsen, Norwegian fairy tale writer

1805 Michael Sars, Norwegian zoologist

1802 Niels H Abel, Norwegian mathematician, Abel's Comparisons

1792 Henrik A. Bjerregaard, Norwegian writer/poet, Sonner af Norge

1727 Cornelis Cruys, Norwegian/Dutch admiral, dies at 70

1684 Ludvig Baron Holberg, founder, Danish and Norwegian literature

1657 Cornelis Cruys, [Niels Olsen Creutz], Norwegian/Dutch admiral

1520 Danish/Norwegian king Christian II crowned king of Sweden

1513 Christian II succeeds Johan I as Danish/Norwegian king



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