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- ...that the Union badge of Norway and Sweden (Norwegian version pictured) was contemptuously nicknamed Sildesalaten (the herring salad), after a colorful dish of pickled herring, red beets and apples?
- ...that Ruth Maier, an Austrian Jew who found refuge in Norway until her deportation and death at Auschwitz in 1942, has been called "Norway's Anne Frank"?
- ...that the trophy awarded to the first winners of Norwegian film award Amanda, at a weight of 4.5 kg (9.92 lbs), was difficult for some recipients to lift?
- ...that at the age of 102, former Labour party secretary Haakon Lie (pictured) is still an active participant in Norwegian public life?
- ...that Svinøy island of Norway is so exposed to the wind and high seas that supply boats to the island's lighthouse could not dock but had to be lifted up by a crane?
- ...that Knut Arild Hareide became Norwegian Minister of the Environment in 2004 at the age of thirty-one, only to step down from national politics three years later?
- ...that eight small Norwegian municipalities (pictured) were fooled into investing future income from hydropower plants into complicated financial products - now worthless - from Citigroup, in the so-called Terra Securities scandal?
- ...that Betzy Kjelsberg, a Norwegian member of the international feminist movement, founded or co-founded six women's rights associations and organizations?
- ...that the death of Eugene Ejike Obiora, a naturalized Norwegian citizen, was caused by positional asphyxiation when he was placed in a chokehold, then handcuffed on his stomach during arrest?
- ...that even though the Norwegian Constitutional Assembly was held in the house of statesman Carsten Anker (Statue pictured), he was not present himself?
- ...that the 14 remaining children of the Jewish Children's Home in Oslo, Norway were evacuated to Sweden by the Norwegian resistance movement in November 1942?
- ...that the Alfathi brand of red meat from Nortura combines the strict Islamic rules concerning food preparation for slaughter with Norwegian cuisine?
- ...that the Norwegian roller coaster Speed Monster (pictured) features a unique loop around an escalator?
- ...that the First cabinet Gerhardsen in 1945 featured the first female Norwegian Government minister, Kirsten Hansteen?
- ...that the four state-owned Regional Health Authorities run all the public hospitals in Norway?
- ...that while performing the Viking ritual of Heitstrenging Harald Hairfair (pictured) swore not to cut or comb his hair until he conquered all of Norway?
- ...that Kveldulf Bjalfasson, a ninth-century Norwegian landowner and grandson of the Viking Egill Skallagrímsson, was reputed to be an ulfhéðinn or werewolf?
- ...that British MP James Henderson Stewart was only one of four National Liberals to vote against Neville Chamberlain in the Norway Debate?
- ...that Norge (pictured), an unincorporated town in James City County, Virginia was established by Norwegian-Americans in the late 19th century?
- ...that the Battle of Dombås was a German attempt during the 1940 Norwegian Campaign at using Fallschirmjägers to cut rail and road links in central Norway?
- ...that Norwegian-born merchant seaman Harry Lundeberg became a labor leader in the United States?
- ...that identical Norwegian Lady Statues (pictured) commemorating a shipwreck are located in the sister cities of Moss, Norway and Virginia Beach, Virginia facing each other across the Atlantic Ocean?
- ...that "Nocturne" is the Eurovision Song Contest winner with the fewest words, the Norwegian language original having only 25?
- ...that Norwegian politician Harald T. Nesvik claimed to have nominated George W. Bush and Tony Blair for the Nobel Peace prize?
- ...that HNoMS Heimdal (pictured) became the first Norwegian ship to apprehend a ship for illegal fishing when she seized the British trawler Lord Roberts in 1911?
- ...that controversy has arisen over whether Norway's Lysaker Station should be curved or straight?
- ...that Bamse was a St. Bernard dog that became the heroic mascot of the Free Norwegian Forces during the Second World War?
- ...that the Trygg class (pictured) was a class of three torpedo boats built for the Royal Norwegian Navy and that they were all sunk during World War II, two after having been captured by the German Kriegsmarine?
- ...that the movement to secure the rights of Sami as an indigenous people in Norway was in large part made visible by civil disobedience?
- ...that Coop NKL opened Norway's first self serve food store on October 1, 1947?
- ...that the Raven banner (pictured), a standard used by various Viking leaders including Sigurd the Stout and Harald III of Norway, was a totem believed to have the power to grant victory to its holder?
- ...that U.S. diplomat Norman Armour disguised himself as a Norwegian courier to help a Russian princess—his future wife—escape the country after the collapse of the Russian Empire?
- ...that Norway's first regional theatre, the Hålogaland Teater, used to be housed in a disused margarine factory in the Arctic Circle town of Tromsø?
- ...that in 1944 a railway ferry on the Norwegian railway's Rjukan Line (pictured) was sunk to 430 meters depth to prevent Nazi Germany from developing nuclear weapons?
- ...that Leif J. Sverdrup was an immigrant from Norway to the United States who became a civil engineer and led the project to build the 17 mile-long Chesapeake Bay Bridge–Tunnel, named one of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World after completion in 1964?
- ...that Norway applied thrice to join the European Union, but failed to accede all three times?
- ...that Ole Bull State Park in Pennsylvania (pictured) is named for the renowned Norwegian violinist who tried to establish a Norwegian colony in the wilderness there in the 1850s?
- ...that the Norwegian politician Kåre Kristiansen, a former minister and chairman of the Christian People's Party, resigned from the Norwegian Nobel Committee in protest over the award of the Nobel Peace Prize to Yasser Arafat?
- ...that Norwegian football commentator Bjørge Lillelien famously taunted Margaret Thatcher after Norway's victory over England in 1981?
- ...that the rococo manor house (pictured) at Damsgård, near Bergen, Norway, is one of the best preserved wooden 18th century structures in Europe?
- ...that the Norwegian heavy water sabotage was a key part of Allied efforts to prevent Nazi Germany from developing nuclear weapons?
- ...that the lowest ranks in the Norwegian military are the menig (Army), flysoldat (Air Force) and Utskrevet menig (Navy)?
- ...that Svinesund Bridge (pictured) crosses the border between Sweden and Norway?
- ...that in 1940, the United States Army transport USAT American Legion transported a Norwegian Princess to the safety of America, along with a vital Bofors 40mm gun to be used as a mass production prototype?
- ...that Gunnhild, "Mother-of-Kings", the wife and queen of Erik Bloodaxe of Norway, was rumored to be a witch?
- ...that Samuel Taylor Coleridge's famous poem Kubla Khan drew inspiration from Mary Wollstonecraft's Letters Written in Sweden, Norway and Denmark (pictured)?
- ...that track and field athlete Annie Bersagel was a member of Team USA Minnesota while studying full time in Oslo, Norway as a Fulbright Scholar?
- ...that the ocean liner SS Shalom accidentally rammed and bisected the Norwegian tanker Stolt Dagali, sinking the bow of the tanker but not the stern?
- ...that naval heroes Peter Tordenskjold (pictured) and Niels Juel are buried in Copenhagen's Holmen Church?
- ...that Florence J. Harriman, an American socialite, suffragist, diplomat and author, was credited with arranging for the safe evacuation of members of the Norwegian royal family when Germany invaded Norway in 1940?
- ...that Odd Nansen, son of the famed scientist and explorer Fridtjof Nansen, founded Nansenhjelpen to help Jewish refugees escape the German invasion of Czechoslovakia to Norway, then survived Sachsenhausen himself?
- ...that Kunstnernes Hus (pictured) is an early Functionalist structure from 1930, built by and for Norwegian artists to showcase their work?
- ...that Kjesäter, a Swedish manor, was later the main assembly point for up to 50,000 refugees from German-occupied Norway during World War II?
- ...that the Roman Catholic prelature of Trondheim was founded in 1843 and based on the archbishop diocese abandoned in 1537 with the Reformation on the shrine of St. Olav, one of the most important pilgrim destinations in the Middle Ages?
- ...that the painting Nødhavn Ved Norskekysten (pictured) by Hans Gude was sold by the Kunsthalle Bremen art museum in part because its large size — 4.76 m² (52 square feet) — made it difficult to store?
- ...that Norwegian Parliament member Kjell Bondevik was the uncle of Norwegian Prime Minister Kjell Magne Bondevik?
- ...that Knut Rød, a Norwegian police inspector who arranged the deportation of over 500 Jews to Auschwitz in 1942, was acquitted after the war although no one denied he did it?
- ...that Hans Gude (pictured) replaced Johann Schirmer as the professor of landscape painting at the Düsseldorf school, even though as a professor Schirmer had told Gude to give up painting?
- ...that Carl Størmer, "the acknowledged authority" on aurorae and the motion of charged particles in the magnetosphere, began his academic career inventing formulae for π?
- ...that Kitty Kielland had to take private landscape painting lessons from Hans Gude because she was a woman?
- ...that the 1901 Royal Norwegian Navy torpedo boat HNoMS Sæl (pictured) was sunk by three German Schnellboots in 1940?
- ...that during a Viking funeral, human sacrifice was performed with sexual rites?
- ...that after Norwegian film maker Odd F. Lindberg made a documentary exposing inhumane Norwegian seal hunting methods, the hostile reaction encouraged him to emigrate?
- ...that the cabinet of former Norwegian Prime Minister Thorbjørn Jagland (pictured) resigned following a 1.9% drop in the popular vote?
- ...that the Norwegian black/death metal band Cor Scorpii cites inspiration from classical composers such as Prokofiev, Grieg, Rachmaninov, and Satie?
- ...that there was an element of eroticism concerning death in Viking culture, and that the dead were often described as being received by a lady?
- ... that HNoMS Honningsvåg (pictured) was a German fishing trawler captured in the Norwegian Campaign and served the Royal Norwegian Navy throughout World War II?
- ...that sprinter Jaysuma Saidy Ndure holds both the Gambian and Norwegian records in both the 100 and 200 metres?
- ... that Norwegian sociologist Ingrid Eide was also a United Nations official and a politician for the Norwegian Labour Party?
- ... that Milorg resistance member Osmund Faremo later served as member of the national parliament (pictured) and local mayor for the Norwegian Labour Party?
- ...that Norwegian politician Helge Seip was succeeded by Helge Rognlien both as Minister of Local Government and Regional Development and later as leader of the Liberal Party?
- ... that Odd With, member of the Norwegian Parliament for the Christian Democratic Party, was the grandfather of 2006 Pop Idol victor Aleksander Denstad With?
- ... that the Norwegian lake Lutvann (pictured) leaked 1,000 liters of water per minute into the railway tunnel Romeriksporten during its construction in 1997?
- ... that after serving three terms in the Norwegian Parliament for the Conservative Party, Georg Apenes took over as director of the Norwegian Data Inspectorate?
- ... that at 1,237-metre (4,058 ft) elevation, the highest point on the Norwegian railways is the Finse Tunnel?
- ... that the Norwegian torpedo boat HNoMS Kjell (pictured) was known as "Terror of the smugglers" when she intercepted rum runners during Norway's prohibition?
- ... that Norwegian politician Jacob Aall described Hans Eleonardus Møller, Sr. as "one of Norway's most active and skillful merchants"?
- ... that shipping company Bastø Fosen operates the most trafficked car ferry route in Norway, from Moss to Halden?
- ... that when she was launched in 1956 MF Storegut (pictured) was the largest lake ferry in Northern Europe?
- ... that ship-owner and Norwegian Parliament member Hans Eleonardus Møller has been described as the "father of Norwegian marine insurance"?
- ... that Skabo Jernbanevognfabrikk in 1926 produced a firewood powered snow melter?
- ... that Jørgen Aall (pictured), one of the founding fathers of the Norwegian Constitution in 1814, went out of business as a ship-owner only four years later?
- ... that despite facing a bankrupt family business and the loss of both parents at the age of fifteen, Norwegian Jørgen Wright Cappelen went on to found an enduring publishing company?
- ... that Ulrik Frederik Cappelen was County Governor of both Finnmark and Vestfold, and was elected to the Norwegian Parliament once from each district?
- ... that Ringeriksbanen railway (proposed map pictured) would reduce rail travel from Oslo to Bergen, Norway by 60 km (37 mi)?
- ... that Norwegian philology professor Peter Olrog Schjøtt interrupted his academic career in 1888 in favor of a fifteen-month career in politics?
- ... that Norwegian merchant and banker Simon Karenius Høegh was also mayor of both Brevig and later Porsgrund?
- ... that seven-term member of the Norwegian Parliament Otto Vincent Lange (headstone pictured) later served as Minister of Finance and Customs on four non-consecutive occasions between 1855 and 1863?
- ... that between 1861 and 1869, Wolfgang Wenzel Haffner was Norwegian Minister of the Navy and Postal Affairs on three non-consecutive occasions?
- ... that Wanda Hjort Heger showed up uninvited every week at the gate of Sachsenhausen during WWII with two jars of potato salad for the Norwegian prisoners?
- ... that Norwegian Parliament member, Minister of the Navy and Counter Admiral Henrik Steffens Hagerup was also the father of later Norwegian Prime Minister Francis Hagerup (pictured)?
- ... that Norwegian politician Christian Birch-Reichenwald was brought in as a government minister by then-Crown Prince Charles in 1858, only to be provoked by the same person to resign three years later?
- ... that Laila Goody has been called "Norway's most awarded young actress"?
- ... that when the Gevingåsen Tunnel (pictured) opens in 2012 it will cut rail travel time north of Trondheim, Norway, by five minutes?
- ... that 29 Norwegian civilians were shot in reprisal by the Nazi regime in Norway following the Norwegian resistance's assassination of police chief Karl Marthinsen in February of 1945?
- ... that the t:kort digital ticketing for public transport in Trøndelag, Norway was launched seven years behind schedule?
- ... that the original building of Trondheim Central Station (pictured) in Norway has been preserved as a cultural heritage?
- ... that Olvir Hnufa, a famous 9th-century Norwegian skald quoted in the Prose Edda, was the great-uncle of the Viking Egil Skallagrimsson?
- ... that Norsk Transport has operated four railway ferries on Lake Tinnsjå in Norway?
- ... that from October 2008, the Norwegian digital ticketing system t:kort will be valid on Kystekspressen (ferry pictured)?
- ... that shipping company Bastø Fosen operates the most trafficked car ferry route in Norway, from Moss to Horten?
- ... that Herman Bagger, a Danish immigrant to Norway, became a member of the Norwegian Parliament and mayor of Gjerpen and Skien?
- ... that, in Norse mythology, Urðarbrunnr (pictured) is an important well located beneath the world tree Yggdrasil?
- ... that film director Jens Lien said he was unable to sleep after first reading the script for the dystopian film Den brysomme mannen?
- ... that though first deemed too young for the part, Aksel Hennie won a "Best Actor" Amanda Award in the title role of the Norwegian film Jonny Vang?
- ... that Norwegian politician Christian Birch-Reichenwald (tombstone pictured) was brought in as a government minister by then-Crown Prince Charles in 1858, only to be provoked by the same person to resign three years later?
- ... that Norwegian Parliament member, Minister of the Navy and Counter Admiral Henrik Steffens Hagerup was also the father of later Norwegian Prime Minister Francis Hagerup?
- ... that while the 2003 Norwegian film Buddy was described as "simple" in the Norwegian press, a U.S. reviewer called it "overly plotted"?
- ... that Akersbanerne (terminus pictured) was founded in 1917 to build suburban tramways between Kristiania and Aker, Norway?
- ... that Jacob Kielland, one of the richest persons in Norway in the 1860s, was also the grandfather of novelist Alexander Kielland?
- ... that Laila Goody has been called "Norway's most awarded young actress"?
- ... that Prince Carl of Denmark landed at Vippetangen (pictured) when he arrived in Norway to assume the throne in 1905?
- ... that the Norwegian National Rail Administration owns all 4,114 km (2,556 mi) of railways in Norway, but does not operate any trains?
- ... that enemies of Viking chieftain Tryggve the Pretender claimed he was the bastard son of a priest?
- ... that Kristiania Sporveisselskab (pictured) established the first tramway in Oslo, Norway, in 1875?
- ... that the Oslo City Council bought the city's two private street tram companies in 1924, and merged them into what would become Oslo Sporveier?
- ... that 22-year-old ski jumper Anette Sagen played the mother of 70-year-old Bård Owe in the Norwegian movie O' Horten?
- ... that Henny Moan (pictured) acted in the Oscar-nominated Ni liv, later named the best film in the history of Norwegian cinema?
- ... that 22-year-old ski jumper Anette Sagen played the mother of 70-year-old Bård Owe in the Norwegian movie O' Horten?
- ... that Kristiania Elektriske Sporvei established Scandinavia's first electric tramway in 1894?
- ... that Norwegian comedian Per Inge Torkelsen (pictured) caused an international stir when as a 15-year old he placed several ancient Chinese coins in a local excavation field?
- ... that after six terms in the Norwegian Parliament, Olav Akselsen will take over as director of the Norwegian Maritime Directorate from October 2009?
- ... that eight-term member of the Norwegian Parliament Harald Ulrik Sverdrup was the grandfather of the oceanographer of the same name?
- ... that although not a member of Nasjonal Samling, Kjeld Stub Irgens (pictured) was asked by Vidkun Quisling in 1940 to persuade Haakon VII of Norway to abdicate and name Quisling Prime Minister?
- ... that Johan Collett Falsen served as Norwegian Minister of Justice on four non-consecutive occasions between 1870 and 1879?
- ... that Norwegian television presenter Dan Børge Akerø started his career as a research fellow at the International Peace Research Institute, Oslo?
- ... that Georg Prahl Harbitz (pictured), a priest by education, served as President of the Norwegian Parliament for ten terms?
- ... that the molybdenum mines in Knaben, Norway, were the target of a massive B-17 bombing raid in 1943?
- ...that Norwegian evangelical preacher Aril Edvardsen performed in a country music band in his youth?
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- ...that in Norse mythology, Valhalla (pictured) is an enormous hall located in Asgard where those that die in combat go upon death?
- ...that out of all the Norwegian TV guest appearances during the first half of 2007, Linn Skåber had the most?
- ...that the Osvald Group, led by Asbjørn Sunde, was the dominating sabotage organisation in Norway from 1941 to 1944?
- ...that when the King of Scotland told King Magnus of Norway he could have any land he could circumnavigate, Magnus had a longship (reconstruction pictured) dragged across an isthmus to East Loch Tarbert, Argyll and claimed Kintyre?
- ...that in Norse mythology, Sumarr and Vetr are the personified seasons of summer and winter?
- ...that the first airplane flight in Norwegian history was performed by Carl Cederström at Etterstad in Oslo in 1910?
- ...that two sculptors from Vest-Telemark, Dyre Vaa and Anne Grimdalen, both contributed to the decoration of Oslo City Hall (pictured)?
- ...that in Norse mythology, Hjúki and Bil have been theorized as personifying the waxing and waning moon and, due to similarities, as connected to the nursery rhyme "Jack and Jill"?
- ...that the cause of the Svenskehuset Tragedy, where 17 men died on Svalbard in the winter of 1872–73, was until recently a mystery?
- ...that the Norwegian river Lysakerelven (section pictured), an ecosystem of national importance, has walking and cycling trails on both banks from its source to its mouth at the Oslofjord?
- ...that Nils Claus Ihlen served as Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs for seven years, but as Minister of Industrial Provisioning for only seven days?
- ...that in 1992, when Oddny Aleksandersen was appointed Norwegian Minister of Government Administration and Labour, no male had yet held this position?
- ...that while his father-in-law, brother and son were national politicians, Wincentz Thurmann Ihlen concentrated on entrepreneurship, establishing the railway car factory Strømmens Værksted (factory hall pictured)?
- ...that Tove Strand, Norwegian government minister in 1986–1989 and 1990–1992, was formerly married to fellow Labour Party politician Rune Gerhardsen?
- ...that Nic Waal, who rescued Jewish children in Norway from the Holocaust, started her own institute for pediatric psychiatry when turned down for a job because her appearance was too messy?
- ...that Norwegian Parliament member and priest Søren Georg Abel was the father of mathematician Niels Henrik Abel (pictured)?
- ...that the 106-kilometre (66 mi) Voss Line was converted from narrow to standard gauge in one night?
- ...that Hans Prydz came to Nittedal as a physician, but eventually served as mayor of that municipality as well as representing the district in the Norwegian Parliament?
- ...that protests at the 2002 meeting (protesters pictured) of the World Bank in Oslo, Norway saw the police prepare for large riots, but turned out to be peaceful?
- ...that Norwegian piano manufacturer Karl Hals was also active in politics for the Conservative Party?
- ...that Jens Landmark, Norwegian Lieutenant Colonel and director of Kongsberg Weapons Factory, also served three terms in the Norwegian Parliament?
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- ...that between 1874 and 1884, Hans Mustad (pictured) co-owned the industrial company O. Mustad & Son with his father Ole Hovelsen Mustad?
- ...that Ole Hovelsen Mustad, namesake of the company O. Mustad & Son, also served one term in the Norwegian Parliament?
- ...that having lost his father early, Norwegian Parliament member Nils Landmark was raised by Jens Stub, a founding father of the Norwegian Constitution?
- ...that Odd Karsten Tveit (pictured), foreign correspondent for the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation, was awarded the Brage Prize for non-fiction in 2005?
- ...that impeachment in Norway was used six times in 1814–1845, but only twice since?
- ...that Borgarting Court of Appeal dates back to at least 1047, at the time organized as a thing?
- ...that former Norwegian Supreme Court Justice Ferdinand Schjelderup was among the first ascenders of several mountains in Nordland county during 1910, including the 1,392-metre (4,567 ft) Stetind (pictured)?
- ...that although having no formal medical training Anne Margrethe Strømsheim served as a nurse during the 25-day Battle of Hegra Fortress in 1940, gaining national fame in Norway?
- ...that Clarin Mustad, a co-heir of the industrial corporation O. Mustad & Son, was also involved in the early automotive industry?
- ...that Johan Castberg (pictured) became the first Norwegian Minister of Social Affairs, only to leave office after one year due to disagreements with Prime Minister Gunnar Knudsen?
- ...that the 1993 appointment of Bjørn Skogstad Aamo as director of the Financial Supervisory Authority of Norway drew criticism from the opposition parties?
- ...that Nini Stoltenberg, the little sister of the Norwegian Prime Minister, has spoken openly about her past heroin addiction and has become an advocate for drug policy reform in Norway?
- ...that Norwegian football goalkeeper Jon Knudsen (pictured) made his national team debut one month before turning 34?
- ...that for both his tenures as Norwegian Minister of Finance (1905–1906 and 1920–1921), Edvard Hagerup Bull was both preceded and succeeded by persons who at one point were Prime Ministers?
- ...that the first speeding ticket in Norway was given to a tram driver in 1894 on the Briskeby Line?
- ...that Anne-Lise Seip was appointed at the Institute of History, University of Oslo in 1975, the same year as her husband Jens Arup Seip (pictured) retired from his professorship there?
- ...that when Kjell Almskog left his job as CEO of Kværner in 2001, he became known for receiving a golden parachute worth 78 million kr?
- ...that John Marius Trana went from being an illegal trade union leader during the German occupation of Norway to being chairman of the Norwegian Union of Railway Workers?
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- ...that only the hero Sigurd could remove the sword that the god Odin plunged into the huge tree Barnstokkr (pictured), which stood in King Völsung's hall?
- ...that out of the sixteen metropolitan regions of Norway, only one contains more than half a million inhabitants?
- ...that Johan Christian Tandberg Castberg, father of Johan Castberg, served three terms in the Norwegian Parliament and was the first editor-in-chief of Varden?
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- ...that Bredo Henrik von Munthe af Morgenstierne, professor of law and rector of the University of Oslo, was a nephew of Norwegian Prime Minister Frederik Stang?
- ...that Jens Boyesen, who in his early twenties was a secretary in the Norwegian resistance movement, later went on to become a top diplomat?
- ...that Baard Iversen, a businessman based in Trondheim, Norway, was nicknamed "the father of the Dovre Line"?
- ...that Marinens Flyvebaatfabrikk M.F.12 (pictured), the last trainer of the Royal Norwegian Navy Air Service and the intended replacement of the 1920s Marinens Flyvebaatfabrikk M.F.8, was only built in a prototype before the German invasion of Norway halted work?
- ...that Danish-born jurist Bredo Henrik von Munthe af Morgenstierne was disqualified from the Norwegian Parliament in 1824, having previously accepted a personal payment from the King?
- ...that Paal Brekke has been called the father of modernism in Norway?
- ...that the Marinens Flyvebaatfabrikk M.F.10 seaplane (pictured) was a military trainer of the Royal Norwegian Navy Air Service, and served from 1929 until the 1940 German invasion of Norway?
- ...that in 1961, Bishop of Hamar Kristian Schjelderup ordained the first female priest in the Church of Norway?
- ...that between 1874 and 1884, Norwegian politician Jens Holmboe was the head of four different government ministries, each on at least two occasions, the tenure ending with impeachment?
- ...that after suffering from serious design problems, the Norwegian Marinens Flyvebaatfabrikk M.F.9 fighter aircraft (pictured) was retired in 1932 on the orders of defence minister Vidkun Quisling?
- ...that the Norwegian film Cold Prey 2 was the sequel to what was called "the best slasher flick" of 2006?
- ...that the wife of sawmill owner Julius Nicolai Jacobsen was said to haunt their house in Fredrikstad, Norway after she died?
- ...that the northernmost extreme point of Sweden is Treriksröset (pictured), where the borders of Sweden, Norway and Finland meet?
- ...that Lars Andreas Oftedahl, member of the Norwegian Constituent Assembly in 1814, was also a renowned speaker?
- ...that former Norwegian government minister Johan Henrik Rye Holmboe was subject to an impeachment case in 1926–27, but found not guilty?
- ...that the 1919 Ihlen Declaration, made by Norwegian Foreign Minister Nils Claus Ihlen on the subject of Greenland's sovereignty, led to an international court case? (Area of Greenland occupied by Norway pictured.)
- ...that Svend Borchmann Hersleb Vogt, the Auditor General of Norway from 1898 to 1923, was also a judge and a member of the Norwegian Parliament?
- ...that Norwegian industrial company Denofa used whale oil as a basis for refinement before the use of soy became common?
- ...that the Norwegian manufacturing company Thune (factory pictured), started in 1815 as a blacksmith's workshop, later expanded to build agricultural machinery, turbines and locomotives?
- ...that many Norwegian political parties opposed the establishment of a State Secretary, only to expand that institution when in power?
- ...that after serving in the Norwegian Parliament for four terms, Ingvald Godal involved himself in solidarity work for Chechnya?
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- ...that Castle Rushen (pictured) in the Isle of Man was founded by the Norse king Magnus III in the 13th century and used today as a museum and lawcourt?
- ...that Captain Odd Isaachsen Willoch, an uncle of later Norwegian Prime Minister Kåre Willoch, was lost with his ship in 1940 during the Battles of Narvik?
- ...that Norwegian researchers published Gay Kids in November 2008 to educate children about homosexual love?
- ...that Norwegian Constituent Assembly member Nicolai Wergeland (pictured) was father of feminist writer Camilla Collett and poet Henrik Wergeland?
- ...that Andreas Lauritz Thune, who took over the manufacturing company Thune at the age of 23, was among the founders of the Federation of Norwegian Manufacturing Industries in 1889?
- ...that SOE officer Joachim Rønneberg was a leader of the Norwegian team attempting to sabotage the German nuclear energy project during WWII?
- ...that in Norse mythology, Sinmara (pictured) is a female companion of Surtr, a fire jötunn?
- ...that Norwegian mathematician Bernt Michael Holmboe played an important role in the career of Niels Henrik Abel?
- ...that Toralv Øksnevad was known as the "voice from London" during the Second World War, when listening to foreign radio was a crime punishable by death in Norway?
- ... that the Flekkefjord Line (station pictured) was built to be part of the main line from Stavanger to Oslo, but a change of plans made it only a branch line?
- ...that Arne Sunde, Norwegian Olympian, politician and World War II veteran, was President of the United Nations Security Council at the start of the Korean War?
- ...that Harald N. S. Wergeland, Lieutenant General and Norwegian Minister of the Army, was raised by his uncle Nicolai Wergeland and enrolled at the Norwegian Military Academy at the age of twelve?
- ...that the 1943 sinking by Allied aircraft of the Hurtigruten passenger ship SS Sanct Svithun (pictured) led to protests by the Norwegian resistance movement?
- ...that during the German occupation of Norway, Astrid Løken combined entomological field research with secret photography for the resistance group XU?
- ...that the park Ravnedalen in Kristiansand, Norway, was constructed by Colonel Joseph Frantz Oscar Wergeland and his soldiers?
- ...that the character Seo Hell from the Old English Gospel of Nicodemus tells Satan to leave her dwelling, and has been compared to the female being Hel of Norse mythology (pictured)?
- ...that Norwegian businessperson Anthon B. Nilsen, founder of the company of the same name, also wrote popular novels and served one term in the Norwegian Parliament?
- ...that Snarøya, a peninsula in Bærum, Norway, was an island until the 19th century?
- ...that Morten Wetland was the campaign manager for Gro Harlem Brundtland (pictured) when she applied for the World Health Organization directorship in 1998?
- ...that Thorbjørn Egners lesebøker, a series of readers for the Norwegian primary school, took the author 25 years to complete, but were made largely obsolete the year the last book was published?
- ...that Norwegian trade unionist Ludvik Buland, sentenced to death by the Nazi authorities in 1941, was later reprieved, only to die in a Nacht und Nebel camp four years later?
- ...that in 2018, when the Follo Line (southern terminus pictured) is completed in Norway, it will reduce travel time between Oslo and Ski from 22 to 11 minutes?
- ...that John Marius Trana went from being an illegal trade union leader during the German occupation of Norway to being chairman of the Norwegian Union of Railway Workers?
- ...that the diaries of Claus Pavels from 1812–1822 are an important source for Norwegian cultural and biographical history?
- ...that for the filming of Max Manus (filming location pictured), the flag of Nazi Germany was flown atop the Norwegian parliament building for the first time in over 60 years?
- ...that each country who participated in MGP Nordic 2008 entered two songs, rather than one, to make the contest bigger?
- ...that Ingrid Semmingsen was the first female professor of history in Norway?
- ...that Evald Rygh (pictured), a former Norwegian Minister of Finance and Customs, helped establish the Holmenkollen ski jump?
- ...that before becoming a professor of the sociology of law, Vilhelm Aubert was a member of the Norwegian anti-Nazi resistance group XU?
- ...that Norwegian illustrator Harald Damsleth was convicted for treason in 1950, for having drawn Nazi propaganda posters during World War II?
- ...that Norwegian resistance fighter Gregers Gram (pictured) conducted several sabotage missions together with Max Manus, before being killed in an ambuscade in 1944?
- ...that Eivind Reiten was chair of StatoilHydro, Norway's largest company, for four days?
- ...that Norwegian Socialist politician Rolf Ketil Bjørn was nicknamed "the red millionaire" due to his background in the business sector?
- ...that Carl Fredriksens Transport, an operation that saved 1,000 Norwegians during the Nazi occupation of Norway, was code-named after King Haakon VII's (pictured) original name?
- ...that Peter Harboe Castberg is credited with building Christiania Bank og Kreditkasse into one of the leading banks in Norway?
- ...that over a ten-year period, Olaus Michael Schmidt served as Norwegian Minister of Justice for four non-consecutive terms?
- ...that Norwegian ski jumper Daniel Forfang (pictured) retired due to body weight pressure in the sport, whose rules were earlier considered to fit Forfang "perfectly"?
- ...that Norwegian jurist and peace activist Fredrik Heffermehl claimed that 45 percent of Nobel Peace Prize awards after 1945 are "illegal"?
- ...that Olav Rytter, a Slavic philologist who fled German-invaded Norway in 1940, returned in 1944 to participate in the liberation of Northern Norway?
- ...that after being closed in 1978, Sandefjord Airport Station reopened in 2008 with a new name to serve Sandefjord Airport, Torp (pictured), Norway?
- ...that Harriet Holter, an economist by education, has been described as a pioneer of women's studies in the Nordic countries?
- ...that Norwegian historian Tore Pryser has criticised the perceived importance of Norwegian resistance members during World War II?
- ...that 19th-century politician Søren Jaabæk (pictured) is the longest-serving member of parliament in the history of Norway?
- ...that Guri Hjeltnes, though a professor of journalism, has mainly concentrated on Norwegian World War II history during her academic career?
- ...that Henrik Anker Bjerregaard wrote Norway's first national anthem?
- ...that Jon Tvedt (pictured) took up competitive mountain running in his late thirties, his career in orienteering having peaked several years earlier?
- ...that the forger who wrote an extra verse to the Norwegian Christmas song Musevisa claimed to have been inspired by the Hitler Diaries?
- ...that Ole Georg Gjøsteen—supported by his brother Johan—is considered the "father" of Norway's comprehensive school system?
- ...that Olav Ulleren, who in 1999 left his position as mayor of Tinn, Norway (administrative centre pictured) to become a State Secretary, lost his new position after less than one year?
- ...that one year after delivery, six of eleven NSB Class 93 trains were out of service due to technical problems?
- ...that although Frede Castberg retired as a professor of jurisprudence at the age of seventy, he continued to preside over the Hague Academy of International Law for thirteen years?
- ...that the T2000 stock (example pictured) of the Oslo T-bane, Norway, is equipped with both a pantograph and a third rail shoe so they can operate both east and west of the city center?
- ...that Emil Løvlien was the last member of the Norwegian Parliament to be elected from the Communist Party ticket?
- ...that the talent of Norwegian ski jumper Jon Aaraas was first discovered in kindergarten?
- ...that when an upgraded part of the Østfold Line (pictured) opened in 1996, it was the first railway in Norway built for speeds of 200 km/h (120 mph)?
- ...that theologian and preacher Carl Fredrik Wisløff's 1946 book I Know in Whom I Believe was recognized in 2008 as one of Norway's most influential books of prose?
- ...that Norwegian ski jumper Johan Remen Evensen finished among the top three already in his fourth proper World Cup start?
- ...that the NSB Class 66 (pictured) was the first Norwegian train capable of 120 km/h (75 mph)?
- ...that having witnessed the effects of a market attack in the 2008–2009 Israel–Gaza conflict during a ban of international press, Norwegian doctor Mads Gilbert started a global SMS campaign?
- ...that handballer Tonje Larsen was a part of the All-Star Team at the 2008 European Championship, sixteen years after debuting on the Norwegian national team?
- ...that the Meråker Line railway of Norway branches off from the Nordland Line at Hell (station sign pictured)?
- ...that in addition to his academic works, Norwegian mycologist Leif Ryvarden is known as a conveyor of popular science and a former board member of Greenpeace?
- ...that when Norwegian alpine skier Ole Kristian Furuseth won a silver medal in slalom at the 1998 Winter Olympics, he had not placed this high in a major race since March 1995?
- ...that development of the Namsos Line (pictured) was halted both in 1908, when final plans for the Nordland Line used another route via Snåsa, and in 1927, when the Norwegian Minister of Labour stopped construction?
- ...that from 1904 to 1927, passengers travelling by rail from Stavanger to Oslo, Norway, needed to change to steam ship at Flekkefjord Station?
- ...that Norwegian historian Tore Linné Eriksen has published several books about Namibia, including one on what was described as the first genocide in the twentieth century?
- ...that the Trondheim Tramway of Norway could not sell their used Class 8 trams (pictured) because they had the unique combination of 260 cm (100 in) width and meter gauge?
- ...that Norwegian footballer Jostein Grindhaug scored the first league goal for the club FK Haugesund?
- ...that Hans Jørgen and Worm Hirsch Darre-Jenssen, sons of industrialist Lauritz Jenssen, both served as Norwegian Minister of Labour?
- ...that Russian ski jumper Arthur Khamidulin retired after his violent crash in ski flying in Vikersund (ski flying hill pictured) in 2000?
- ...that before entering politics, Guro Fjellanger studied to be a goldsmith?
- ...that Trondhjems Omnibus Aktieselskab started the first scheduled coach route in Trondheim, Norway, in 1893?
- ...that only after the end of World War II was it publicly revealed that the Norwegian ships SS Irma (pictured) and SS Henry had been sunk by the Royal Norwegian Navy?
- ...that the private company Gråkallbanen reopened the Trondheim Tramway in 1990, two years after it had been permanently closed by the city council?
- ...that Hedda and Ingrid Berntsen became the first siblings in Norway to compete in different events at the same Olympic Games?
- ...that television chef Ingrid Espelid Hovig (pictured) is considered the "culinary mother" of Norway?
- ...that the Dalsenget fire in 1956 caused the Trondheim Tramway to lose its 26 newest trams?
- ...that Robert Millar has been credited for establishing modern marketing in Norway?
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- ...that NSB Gjøvikbanen (company train pictured) won the first, and so far only, rail transport public service obligation tender in Norway in 2005?
- ...that in addition to her academic career, German-Norwegian political scientist Helga Hernes has been a State Secretary as well as an ambassador to several European countries?
- ...that the Singsaker Line was the first part of the Trondheim Tramway, Norway, to be closed?
- ...that in late 2008, Norwegian novelist Johan Harstad (pictured) won the Brage Prize and was hired as the first in-house playwright at the National Theatre of Norway?
- ...that the Norwegian Minister of the Interior and President of the Storting, Johan Henrik Paasche Thorne, was a business partner of Theodor Peterson before entering politics?
- ...that Vilhelm Andreas Wexelsen, who had two tenures as Norwegian Minister of Education and Church Affairs, became a bishop after his political career?
- ...that the airline Vildanden started its first route with wet leased aircraft (example pictured) from Coast Air?
- ...that the Moss, Norway-based corporation Peterson started as a general store in 1801, later expanding into packaging and paper industry via timber trade and shipping?
- ...that Halle Jørn Hanssen was Norway's first television correspondent stationed in an African country?
- ...that Conrad Wilhelm Eger was an associate of Norwegian industrialist Sam Eyde (pictured), serving as CEO of Elkem from 1912 to 1950?
- ...that writers associated with the modernist literary magazine Profil included Køltzov, Lunden, Obrestad, Haavardsholm and Vold?
- ...that in addition to his academic work, Norwegian history professor Øystein Sørensen is considered an expert on the Donald Duck universe?
- ...that Oslo District Court (courthouse pictured) accounted in 2007 for 50% of the usage of interpreters in courts in Norway, being used in 23% of cases?
- ...that Dag Berggrav, whose father and grandfather both were bishops, served as the vice president of the International Ski Federation from 1979 to 1983?
- ...that Coast Aero Center and Norving were the first airlines with scheduled services at Geilo Airport, Dagali located in Hol, Norway?
- ...that Fredrik Kayser volunteered for the Winter War, served in the Norwegian Campaign, and helped sabotage the Nazi nuclear programme (Vemork hydroelectric plant pictured)?
- ...that Teddy Air was the first airline to win a public service obligation in Norway?
- ...that cycling world champion Wilhelm Henie was his daughter Sonja Henie's guide and manager in her figure skating career?
- ...that Wictor Esbensen (pictured), a manager of the Compañía Argentina de Pesca, is the namesake of Esbensen Bay off South Georgia island?
- ...that the price war started by Color Air in 1998 led to its bankruptcy after 14 months?
- ...that in 2008, Unionsexpressen started a luxury intercity train service between Oslo and Stockholm, in competition with the state-owned SJ?
- ...that the extreme points of Norway include Rossøya, at 80° North, and arguably the South Pole (pictured)?
- ...that during World War II, Kasper Idland was one of the four saboteurs who entered the Vemork heavy water facility to conduct heavy water sabotage?
- ...that in the middle of building Fagernes Airport, Leirin, the authorities changed their minds and gave the airport more than twice the runway length?
- ...that in 1920, Henrik Ameln became the first Conservative Party politician to serve as mayor of Bergen since Christian Michelsen (pictured) in 1893?
- ...that Timetoget bought diesel trains to operate on the Bratsberg Line, despite it being electrified?
- ...that Hans Kristian Seip, the father of Jens Arup Seip, also had a career of his own in engineering and politics, until removed by the Nazi occupants in Norway in 1941?
- ...that a London Clubs International casino hosted the World Series of Poker Europe event in which Annette Obrestad (pictured) became the youngest person to win a WSOP bracelet?
- ...that Norwegian long jumper Nils Uhlin Hansen was killed as a saboteur in World War II?
- ...that Anders Buen was removed as editor of the Norwegian Labour Party organ Social-Demokraten in 1903, but continued as a prominent party member until 1921?
- ...that Christian Holtermann Knudsen (pictured) was a founder of the Norwegian Labour Party and the newspaper Dagsavisen?
- ...that Larvik Fotball was founded as a cooperation club in Larvik, Norway, but repeatedly failed to include the club Larvik Turn in the merger?
- ...that Harald Strøm's speed skating world record in 5000 metres set at Oslo's Frogner Stadion in 1922 lasted seven years?
- ...that the manor at Austrått (pictured) harbored a pretender to the Swedish throne during the Reformation in Norway as the Protestant Lady Inger of Austrått battled the last Norwegian Catholic Archbishop?
- ...that Martin Kolberg will retire as party secretary for the Norwegian Labour Party to run in the 2009 parliamentary elections?
- ...that the Trondheim newspaper Ny Tid switched allegiance from Labour to Communist when Knut Olai Thornæs was its editor?
- ...that the skating club Christiania Skøiteklub (club member pictured) had more than 5,000 members in 1870, when the city Christiania had fewer than 70,000 inhabitants?
- ...that Svein Døvle Larssen, a newspaper editor by occupation, also served in three different municipal councils for the Conservative Party of Norway?
- ...that Jens-Anton Poulsson was awarded the War Cross with Sword for his actions in the Norwegian heavy water sabotage?
- ...that Knut Korsæth, former mayor of Lillehammer (pictured) and County Governor of Oppland, is also an honorary member of the Norwegian Olympic Committee and Confederation of Sports?
- ...that Norwegian speed skater Randi Thorvaldsen won nine national allround championships in a row from 1946 to 1954, and finished first in 34 distances out of 36 possible?
- ...that Kjell Magne Yri, a linguist at the University of Oslo, began his career as a Bible translator and priest in Ethiopia?
- ...that the only countries to medal at all three Nordic skiing disciplines (cross-country skiing, Nordic combined, ski jumping) at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 were Germany, Norway, and the United States? (The women's 4 × 5 km cross-country relay event pictured.)
- ...that Peter N. Myhre was the first leader of the Youth of the Progress Party in Norway, from 1978 to 1984?
- ...that Ludvig Meyer, the defender of writer Hans Jæger during the high-profile censorship case in 1886, later became the leader of the Norwegian Labour Party?
- ...that when the Vika Line (pictured) opened in 1995, it was the first new street line of the Oslo Tramway since 1939?
- ...that, during a television interview, Romanian politician Elena Udrea made reference to the "President of Norway", apparently unaware that the country is a monarchy?
- ...that the pre-WWII mayor of Bergen, Asbjørn Stensaker, initially remained in his position under Nazi German rule to limit nazification, but the Nazis prevented his stepping down in 1941?
- ...that association footballer Mikkel Diskerud (pictured) played both for and against the United States national youth team in the spring of 2008?
- ...that former professional footballer Charlie Sillett was one of two Royal Navy gunners killed when the Norwegian steamship SS Corvus was sunk by a torpedo launched from the German U-boat U-1018?
- ...that Norwegian poet Gunnar Reiss-Andersen is grandfather to mystery author Berit Reiss-Andersen, a former Norwegian Secretary of State?
- ...that the building of the Festning Tunnel made it possible to turn Rådhusplassen (pictured), Oslo into a car-free square?
- ...that when footballer Morten Knutsen left Odd Grenland due to persistent injury problems, he joined FK Arendal, only to immediately sustain another injury?
- ...that medievalist Knut Helle led the editorial committee of the ten-volume encyclopedia Norsk biografisk leksikon?
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- ...that Hulda Garborg (pictured) was co-founder of Det Norske Teatret in Oslo, which was established in 1912?
- ...that Alfred Madsen, a high-ranking politician in the Norwegian Labour Party, started his career as a lithographer?
- ...that Odd Langholm, who started out as a researcher of business administration, later won recognition for his studies of mediaeval economic thought?
- ...that Gerhard Schøning's (pictured) historical research papers documented travel through Norway in 1773–1775, becoming a "minor travel classic?"
- ...that Norwegian surrealist poet Triztán Vindtorn changed his first name into the name of his favorite pub?
- ...that the Oslo Tramway reached its greatest length with the opening of the Sinsen Line in 1939?
- ...that the Bjørvika Tunnel, financed through Oslo Package 1, will allow urban renewal of Bjørvika (pictured) and Sørengautstikkeren by HAV Eiendom, as part of the Fjord City in Norway?
- ...that when Per Øisang hosted the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation's election debates in the early 1960s, the questioning of politicians was conducted by other politicians?
- ...that Einar Sverdrup, CEO of a Svalbard-based coal mining company, died during World War II during an attempt to secure Svalbard?
- ...that the Hiberno-Norse King of Dublin, Sigtrygg Silkbeard, established Ireland's first mint (coin of Sigtrygg pictured) in the 990s at Dublin?
- ...that the sports club Idrottslaget i Bondeungdomslaget i Oslo has co-organized the Bislett Games, an IAAF track and field event, since 1966?
- ...that having suffered a stroke in 1972, neuroanatomist Alf Brodal published the article Self-Observations and Neuro-Anatomical Considerations After a Stroke in the journal Brain in 1973?
- ...that the Norwegian ice block expedition of 1959 (pictured) drove three tons of ice from the Polar Circle to the Equator – with no refrigeration – and lost only around 11% of the original weight?
- ...that in 1953, Christen Gran Bøgh administered the inaugural Bergen International Festival?
- ...that despite being a professor of Finno-Ugric languages, Knut Bergsland spent his final years studying the unrelated language Aleut?
- ...that one journalist described the simultaneous release of Elvira Nikolaisen's Quiet Exit and Marit Larsen's (pictured) Under the Surface as the peak of a "girl war" in Norwegian music?
- ...that General Hausmann, commander of Norway’s Army, was dismissed as too warlike, but the army he built repelled Swedish attacks between 1716–1718?
- ...that C. S. Schilbred was among the founders of both the Norwegian Genealogical Society and the Norwegian Heraldry Society?
- ...that the stations Mortensrud on the Østensjø Line (pictured), Forskningsparken on the Sognsvann Line, Nydalen, Storo and Sinsen on the Ring Line and Husebybakken have opened after the Oslo Metro was declared completed with the reopening of Stortinget in 1987?
- ...that Kristian Kristiansen's main literary work is a trilogy about a boy growing up in an orphanage in the late 1600s?
- ...that Gerhard Gran was appointed professor in the history of literature at the University of Kristiania in 1899, despite there being remarks about "the holes present in his knowledge"?
- ...that since 1947, the city of Oslo has donated the Trafalgar Square Christmas tree (pictured) to the city of London, in gratitude for its support of Norway in WWII?
- ...that Ebba Haslund's adolescence novel Nothing Happened was virtually ignored by the press when it was first issued in Norwegian in 1948, but was later regarded as one of her most important books?
- ...that philosopher Anathon Aall wrote an entry about his former brother-in-law Kristian Aars in the biographical dictionary Norsk biografisk leksikon?
- ...that in 1902, the Church of Norway priest Jens Jonas Jansen was called "dangerous" by bishop Johan Christian Heuch (pictured)?
- ...that the history of the Oslo Tramway started with the construction of a horsecar line to Homansbyen in 1875?
- ...that Torolf Elster, former Director-General of the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK), was also an awarded crime writer?
- ...that in 1940 the unarmed Norwegian steamship Dronning Maud was sunk (pictured) by German aircraft while she was flying Red Cross flags and carrying a company of medical personnel?
- ...that in 1887, Norwegian Labour Party politician and physician Oscar Nissen claimed that only 10% of women had libido?
- ...that Kjell Heggelund has translated poems by Mao Zedong, as well as the French surrealists Paul Éluard and Robert Desnos into the Norwegian language?
- ...that following the upgrade of two Oslo T-bane lines, all aging T1000 trains of the system can be replaced by MX3000's (pictured)?
- ...that Supreme Court Assessor Christopher Hansteen turned down an offer to become Prime Minister of Norway in 1892?
- ...that Haagen Mathiesen campaigned for a Norwegian union with Sweden in 1814, inviting King Charles XIV John of Sweden to his manor?
- ...that the Oslo square Eidsvolls plass (pictured) has been referred to as "the National Mall of Norway"?
- ...that the peninsula Kadettangen got its name as a site of cadet training, conducted by the Norwegian Military Academy and discontinued from 1896?
- ...that Knut Østby, a 1948 Olympic silver medallist in sprint canoeing, competed at the 1953 World Championships in whitewater slalom despite no whitewater experience?
- ...that the Nidaros Cathedral West Front sculpture of Archangel Michael (pictured) was based on Bob Dylan?
- ...that in 1969, Ivar Orgland was the first foreigner to take a doctorate at the University of Iceland?
- ...that in 1905, Edmund Harbitz declined to join the cabinet of his former law firm partner Christian Michelsen?
- ...that the Oslo neighborhood Linderud (pictured) developed from a manor of the same name?
- ...that Torolf Prytz, a Norwegian architect turned goldsmith, also served as Minister of Industrial Provisioning for the Liberal Party?
- ...that Axel Otto Normann, a theatre critic and director of the National Theatre in Norway, did not hold a degree of higher education?
- ...that architect Henrik Bull designed several churches (example pictured), but his most widespread works were coins designed for Norges Bank?
- ...that with her thriller Nattdykk (1983), Kim Småge was the first of "a new female wave in Norwegian crime fiction"?
- ...that the property of Sjøholmen in Bærum, Norway, started out as a farm, was suburbanized and is now, in part, an alternative school where children are taught to be mariners?
- ...that architect Georg Andreas Bull (pictured) designed about sixty railway stations, including the Krøderen Station from 1872?
- ...that the Norwegian legation in Stockholm increased its staff from four to about 1,100 from 1940 to 1945?
- ...that Bjørn Floberg, mostly known for playing unsympathetic roles, and comedian Robin Williams each played the same character in the 1997 Norwegian film Insomnia and its 2002 American remake, respectively?
- ...that when Henrik Ibsen's play Brand was first staged in Norway, 38 years after it was published, Egil Eide (pictured) played the title role?
- ...that the poet, novelist and children's author Karin Bang is a passionate collector of ancient dolls?
- ...that poet Olav Angell was awarded a prize from the Arts Council Norway for his translation of James Joyce's novel Ulysses into Norwegian?
- ...that Henrich Krummedige's 1502 murder of Knut Alvsson ended the feud started by their fathers, Hartvig Krummedige and Alv Knutsson, as well as Knut's leadership of the rebellion against King Hans' (pictured) rule over Norway?
- ...that Jacob Liv Borch Sverdrup established the first agricultural school in Scandinavia?
- ...that despite being a close friend of Sweden's Crown Prince, Haaken L. Mathiesen supported the dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden in 1905?
- ...that a possible extension of the Røa Line metro to Øverland (pictured) was considered in the interwar period, but did not materialize?
- ...that Edvard Beyer edited the Scandinavian Journal of Literary Research Edda from 1962 to 1972?
- ...that Thomas Christian Wyller is regarded as one of the founders of political science as an academic discipline in Norway?
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- ...that Gerhard Munthe (pictured), a painter, illustrator and chair of the National Gallery of Norway, lost his wife to explorer Fridtjof Nansen?
- ...that the writers Solveig Christov and Toril Brekke both have been awarded the Riksmål Society Literature Prize?
- ...that after the death of two original co-editors of Norsk biografisk leksikon, Gerhard Gran and Anders Krogvig, the third original editor Edvard Bull was joined by Einar Jansen?
- ...that editor Ola Thommessen (caricatured as dog) left the newspaper Verdens Gang in 1910, founding Tidens Tegn, which bought Verdens Gang only thirteen years later?
- ...that Arne Berge and Conrad Vogt-Svendsen, priests at the Norwegian seamen's church in Hamburg, played a central role in the White Buses operation?
- ...that Dag Kavlie, former rector of the Norwegian Institute of Technology, participates regularly in the Birkebeinerrennet ski race?
- ...that Gunvald Tomstad (pictured), a double agent for Norwegian resistance in World War II, acted as a local "ideologist" of the Fascist party Nasjonal Samling?
- ...that Lady Inger’s daughter’s scandalous behavior enabled Jens Tillufssøn Bjelke, while of lesser nobility, to marry into leading Norwegian nobility?
- ...that linguist Trygve Knudsen was co-editor of the dictionary Norsk Riksmålsordbok from 1925 until its completion in 1957?
- ...that Carl Oscar Munthe, a Commander of Fredrikstad Fortress and Bergenhus Fortress (Rosenkrantz Tower pictured), wrote several books on military history?
- ...that S. H. Finne-Grønn and Sigurd Segelcke Meidell were among the founders of the Norwegian Genealogical Society?
- ...that Francis Bull, a board member of the National Theatre when Nazi Germany occupied Norway in 1940, was arrested in 1941 and spent three years in a concentration camp?
- ...that Johannes Gerckens Bassøe (pictured) was Norway's first permanent Governor of Svalbard?
- ...that Gunnar Garbo, member of the Norwegian Parliament for four electoral periods, was later Ambassador to Tanzania?
- ...that Karl Bull was present at the negotiations in Karlstad between Norway and Sweden in 1905 as a military representative?
- ...that at age 61, Ludvig Munk (pictured) fathered Kirsten Munk with whom King Christian IV entered into a morganatic marriage?
- ...that Henrik Mohn is credited with founding meteorological research in Norway?
- ...that Andreas Paulson, a socialist and well-known literary and theatre critic, spent his professional career as a bank accountant?
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- ...that Jonas Lie (pictured), Nazi Minister of the Police in Norway, died while entrenched at Skallum a few days after the Nazi capitulation of 8 May?
- ...that in 1718, General Vincens Budde's defense of Trondheim prevailed and General Armfeldt's retreat was likened to Napoleon's retreat from Moscow?
- ...that Guttorm Hansen, the President of the Norwegian Parliament who started his career as a mechanic, declined three offers for a government minister position?
- ...that Niels Christian Ditleff initiated the White Buses rescue operation (pictured), recruiting Folke Bernadotte to negotiate with Heinrich Himmler?
- ...that Jon Hol was indicted for lèse majesté for his 1884 pamphlet, where he called for citizens to take up arms if the King and Army interfered with parliamentary process?
- ...that astronomy professor Jens Fredrik Schroeter first learned his subject during childhood when his father, a sea captain, taught him how to use the sextant?
- ...that Fredrik Georg Gade was behind the moving and reconstruction of Fantoft stave church (pictured)?
- ...that Ove Gjerløw Meyer is recognized as the 1772 founder of the Norwegian Society?
- ...that Thomas Heftye was the Norwegian Minister of Defence on two occasions, but for a total time of six months?
- ...that Hartvig Andreas Munthe, an aide-de-camp of King Oscar II of Sweden and Norway (pictured), was made Colonel in the turbulent year of 1905, only to die three months later?
- ...that in 1980, planktologist Grethe Rytter Hasle was the only female representative of natural sciences in the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters?
- ...that Johan Wollebæk and Jens Bull led the Norwegian Legation in Stockholm during World War II, when there were more than 50,000 Norwegian refugees in Sweden?
- ...that the Baptist folk high school (pictured) at Strand, Akershus, Norway, was visited by Martin Luther King Jr. in 1964?
- ...that Nils Yngvar Ustvedt, physician and member of the Norwegian Parliament, advised his son Hans Jacob Ustvedt against becoming a politician?
- ...that botanists Haaken H. Gran and Trygve Braarud began their academic careers as research assistants at Oslo's University Botanical Garden laboratory, founded by Nordal Wille in 1895?
- ...that Kjetil Bang-Hansen has headed the Norwegian National Academy of Theatre, and been theatre director at Rogaland Teater, Den Nationale Scene (pictured), the National Theatre in Oslo, and Oslo Nye Teater?
- ...that Professor Harald Noreng led a project to list every word used in Henrik Ibsen's oeuvre?
- ...that Thomas Johannessen Heftye co-founded the Norwegian Trekking Association in 1868?
- ...that Carl Fredrik Johannes Bødtker, a military officer whose highest rank was Major General, presided over the Norwegian Order of Freemasons (coat of arms pictured)?
- ...that the football club Drammen FK makes its debut in the 2009 season, aiming to become the best club in Drammen after Strømsgodset IF?
- ...that Jørgen Mathiesen was the first Norwegian member of the Académie Internationale d'Héraldique?
- ...that Skytterdalen (hill pictured)) near Sandvika, Norway, is so named because it was the site of a sport shooting field?
- ...that Harald Beyer's textbook on literary history was the most used textbook in its field at Norwegian universities from the 1950s to the mid 1990s?
- ...that historian Jacob S. Worm-Müller was a delegate to the San Francisco Conference that resulted in the foundation of the United Nations in 1945?
- ...that Christian Schibsted (headstone pictured) established the publishing house Schibsted and the newspaper Aftenposten?
- ...that former theatre directors for Radioteatret include Jens Gunderssen, Hans Heiberg, and Merete Skavlan?
- ...that the linguist Amund B. Larsen made the first dialect map in the Nordic countries?
- ...that Charles Hoff (pictured) was the first Norwegian to set a world record in a track and field event?
- ...that Studioteatret was started in Oslo by actors and students, including Jens Bolling, Liv Strømsted and Arne Thomas Olsen, who had secretly studied Stanislavski's theatre theories during World War II?
- ...that the Norwegian novelist and editor of Vinduet, Henrik Langeland, wrote a doctoral thesis on Marcel Proust?
- ...that in 1853, Ole Thomesen signed the contract to build the paddle steamer Skibladner (pictured), which is still in operation in Norway?
- ...that Fernanda Nissen was one of the two first film censors in Norway?
- ...that Johannes Sejersted Bødtker, Finland's Honorary Consul to Oslo, was held almost three years in a concentration camp during World War II?
- ...that Gunnar Heiberg (pictured) advocated dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden, but was dissatisfied that Norway subsequently became a monarchy?
- ...that Ann-Kristin Olsen was the first female chief of police in Norway as well as the first female Governor of Svalbard?
- ...that cartographer Jan Martin Larsen was a pioneer in the development of the specialized orienteering map?
- ...that Medieval runic inscriptions were discovered on the old portal of Melhus church (pictured)?
- ...that Gregers Winther Wulfsberg´s proposition at the Norwegian Constituent Assembly in 1814, that Government Ministers should be appointed by the Parliament, received only a single vote (his own)?
- ...that Fredrik Meltzer Wallem was among the founders of the Norwegian Directorate of Fisheries?
- ...that Norwegian Liberal MP Hans Larsen Saakvitne was among the "Pure Liberals" who turned against the Liberal Prime Minister (Johan Sverdrup pictured) in 1888?
- ...that Jørgine Boomer, born and raised in a remote valley in Norway, rose to prominence as an executive at the Waldorf-Astoria, befriending a generation of celebrities?
- ...that Sigurd Bødtker was Norway's first full-time theatre critic?
- ...that the Nazi concentration camp Grini (pictured) was built as a women's prison?
- ...that Gustav A. L. Heiberg was a defender in the last impeachment case in Norway?
- ...that Øvre Richter Frich, creator of the action hero Jonas Fjeld, sold more than two million copies of his books?
- ...that the house where Edvard Grieg grew up, located in the street Strandgaten, was destroyed when the steam trawler Voorbode exploded in 1944 (aftermath pictured)?
- ...that track cyclist Aksel Gresvig started a bicycle shop in 1901, which later developed into the largest chain of sports shops in Scandinavia?
- ...that Torstein Eckhoff, an authority on European Community law in Norway, opposed Norwegian membership in that institution?
- ...that footballer Ole Gunnar Solskjær (pictured) scored a 12-minute hat-trick after coming on as a substitute?
- ...that Karsten Solheim's invention of the modern lob wedge golf club may have come from experimentally gluing a potato chip to a straw?
- ...that among Gerhard Knoop´s stage productions are Chekhov's Uncle Vanya, Ibsen's Hedda Gabler, Strindberg's Miss Julie, Beckett's Waiting for Godot, and Ionesco's The Chairs?
- ...that the Norwegian coastal steamer SS Barøy (pictured) replaced a vessel sunk by the Royal Navy during the 1940 Norwegian Campaign and was herself sunk by the Fleet Air Arm the next year?
- ...that Norwegian politician Lars T. Platou was an electrical engineer and farmer by occupation?
- ...that before becoming director general of the Norwegian State Railways in 1924, Eivind Heiberg was the director of the manufacturing company Skabo Jernbanevognfabrikk?
- ...that Nils Kjær (pictured) had success on Scandinavian stages with his comedy Det lykkelige valg?
- ...that after being sentenced to a 14-year deportation in 1845, Norwegian Knud Bull became a pioneer in Australian landscape painting?
- ...that the sports field at Ringstabekk, Norway, has hosted matches in the Bandy World Championship?
- ...that actor Knut Wigert was a driving force behind the establishment of a Henrik Ibsen museum (Ibsen pictured) in Oslo?
- ...that according to local tradition on Coll, the now-ruinous dun of Dùn an Achaidh was once the fortress of the son of a Norse king named Olaf?
- ...that Jens Wisløff, a Conservative Party of Norway politician, was called "the grand old man of asphalt"?
- ...that the album Here We Go Then, You And I was said to confirm Morten Abel's (pictured) status as Norway's "king of pop"?
- ...that Norwegian linguist Christian Stang was honored by the eponymous Stang's law?
- ...that Gregers Winther Wulfsberg Gram was awarded the Grand Cross of the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav in 1893 for his achievements in international arbitration?
- ...that Kjell Fjalsett, Arnold Børud, Ivar Skippervold and Rune Larsen (Larsen pictured) constitute the gospel group Frisk Luft, called the first Christian supergroup in Norway?
- ...that XU leader Lauritz Sand was turned in to the Gestapo by a female Norwegian Abwehr agent?
- ...that Vegard Sletten, editor of Verdens Gang in his later life, saw his liberation from Berg concentration camp on his birthday?
- ...that in 1926, Odd Gleditsch, Sr. (pictured) founded the company Jotun Kemiske Fabrik, since 1972 named Jotun?
- ...that Nikolai Schei survived an assassination attempt while serving as Director of Provisioning and Rationing in Norway?
- ...that Tore Lindholt became involved in politics and worked in the Norwegian State Railways after leaving an academic career he declared himself too "restless" to pursue?
- ...that when the Vigeland Museum (pictured) was created in 1947 to showcase Gustav Vigeland's works, it was partially funded by a budget surplus from Oslo's municipal cinema company?
- ...that Norwegian geochemist Knut S. Heier was a member of the Apollo Project?
- ...that Asbjørn Kjønstad has been referred to as the "father of the smoking ban" in Norway?
- ...that in an obituary of Adolf Hitler, Knut Hamsun (pictured in 1936) referred to Hitler as "a prophet of the gospel of justice for all nations"?
- ...that Gustav Natvig-Pedersen, a President of the Storting in Norway, also wrote orthographic dictionaries?
- ...that Carl Bødtker was a popular radio presenter for children during the early days of Norwegian broadcasting?
- ...that the Norwegian band Superfamily consists of several academics, including lead singer Steven Wilson (pictured) who holds a Ph.D in chemistry?
- ...that Carl Platou was dismissed from the Ministry of Justice and the Police for listening to a Norwegian resistance radio broadcast in his office?
- ...that Andreas Claussen, best known as State Conciliator of Norway, survived a 1948 seaplane crash that also involved Bertrand Russell?
- ...that in 2004, Jørn Holme (pictured) became the first active politician to be appointed as director of the Norwegian Police Security Service?
- ...that following the Grue Church fire on Pentecost 1822 in Solør, Norway, in which at least 113 people perished, a law was passed prescribing that all doors of public buildings must swing outwards?
- ...that Arne Bonde stepped down as editor of Verdens Gang due to his own sentiment that he was not young enough for the newspaper?
- ...that even though Karen Platou in 1921 was the first woman elected to the Norwegian Parliament, the first woman to sit in that assembly was Anna Rogstad (pictured), ten years earlier?
- ...that by pinpointing three counter-cultural traits of Western Norway — Landsmål, temperance and laity — Gabriel Øidne laid the grounds for Norwegian voter sociology?
- ...that Håkon Stenstadvold, rector of the Norwegian National Academy of Craft and Art Industry, was a member of the Bærum municipal council?
- ...that due to technical malfunctions, it took nine years from the date SL95 trams (pictured) of Oslo, Norway, were ordered until all units were in service?
- ...that poet Harald Sverdrup`s literary breakthrough Sankt Elms ild (1958) earned him the Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature?
- ...that Torvald Tu's musical comedy Kjærleik på Lykteland from 1923 was one of the greatest stage successes at Det Norske Teatret?
- ...that a Lufthansa Junkers Ju 52 was the first plane to land at Oslo Airport, Fornebu in Norway, nine months before it opened (opening pictured)?
- ...that Norwegian physicist Gabriel Gabrielsen Holtsmark had two brothers who were Norwegian Parliament members?
- ...that Helge Skappel was among the pioneers of aviation in Norway, and together with Viggo Widerøe he wrote a book on the pioneer days?
- ...that Jens Book-Jenssen (pictured) was Norway's best-selling recording artist of the 20th century?
- ...that at its establishment in 1760, the Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters was the northernmost learned society in the world?
- ...that August Lange, Carl Jakhelln and Olav Larssen co-wrote a book about their experiences from the Sachsenhausen concentration camp during World War II?
- ...that in the world's northernmost university (pictured) it is obligatory to take self-defence shooting classes?
- ...that Norwegian philologist Konrad Nielsen, known for work on the Sami languages, was a member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences?
- ...that the Ritland crater is believed to be a meteoric impact crater?
- ...that while heading the Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage, Harry Fett worked for the preservation of the site Bryggen in Bergen, and the mining town Røros (pictured)?
- ...that the Nobel Peace Prize is awarded annually by the Norwegian Nobel Committee?
- ...that Realph Norland, father of Verdens Gang and Aftenposten chief editor Andreas Norland, was himself a newspaper editor for Tønsbergs Blad?
- ...that Helga Karlsen (pictured), who was the first female Member of Parliament from the Norwegian Labour Party, died only four days before she could be elected for a third term?
- ...that in 1956, Christian A. R. Christensen was behind the first revision of the Ethical Code of Practice for the Norwegian Press?
- ...that galleries with Henrik Sørensen´s artwork have been raised at two of his favorite painting locations?
- ...that the monogram of King Haakon VII of Norway, H7, became a resistance symbol during the Second World War (wartime graffiti pictured)?
- ...that journalist and novelist Gerd Grønvold Saue is also a former board member of the International Peace Bureau?
- ...that Storebrand executive Gustav Aarestrup marked himself as an opponent of the Festning Tunnel and Fjellinjen?
- ...that Norwegian writer Gabriel Scott (pictured) was named both after the country of Scotland and after Sir Walter Scott?
- ...that Iceland–Norway relations date back to Norwegian colonization of Iceland in the ninth century?
- ...that although he headed the Royal Stables of Norway from 1945 to 1960, Richard Andvord only had responsibility for motor vehicles?
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- ...that the Norwegian airline Braathens' destinations included seven offshore oil fields (Statfjord platform pictured) served by Braathens Helikopter?
- ...that Christian Rynning-Tønnesen accepted a CEO job offer of Agder Energi in 2006, but changed his mind shortly after when offered the same position in Norske Skog?
- ...that Sverre Mitsem wrote the column "SORRY" in Norway's Aftenposten from 1946 to 1996, the year he turned 89 years old?
- ...that Mette Hanekamhaug (pictured), at 22, became the youngest parliamentarian elected in the 2009 Norwegian parliamentary election?
- ...that Johannes Klingenberg Sejersted, who created a military defence plan for Norway somewhat before its 1814 independence declaration, drew experience from an 1808 campaign by Christian August of Augustenborg?
- ...that Ingvald Smith-Kielland left his ambassadorship in the Czechoslovak Republic after the Prague Spring?
- ...that Alf R. Bjercke (pictured), paint company executive, consul and Norwegian Olympic Committee member, was not allowed to submit a doctoral thesis in Oslo because he lacked formal higher education?
- ...that Norske Intelligenz-Seddeler (1763–1920) was the first newspaper in Norway?
- ...that astronomer Rolf Brahde provided commentary for the 1969 Moon landing on Norwegian television?
- ...that Gina Krog (pictured) and Hagbard Emanuel Berner founded the Norwegian Association for Women's Rights in 1884?
- ...that the Stavanger Airport, Forus in Norway was constructed at the location of the former lake Stokkavatnet?
- ...that Ole Mørk Sandvik was a founder and first president of the Norwegian Folk Music Research Association?
- ...that Trondheim Airport Station (pictured) opened as the Nordic Countries's first airport rail link in 1994?
- ...that during World War II, Richard Andvord conducted illegal resistance work through the company Rich. Andvord, founded in 1865 by his ancestor of the same name?
- ...that Norwegian politician Rolf Thommessen edited the newspaper Tidens Tegn for more than twenty years, from 1917 to 1938?
- ...that Norwegian ship-owner Ludvig G. Braathen founded the airline Braathens SAFE (DC-3 in 1952 pictured) in 1946 to serve his ships in the Far East with supplies and crew?
- ...that following the revelation of the Secret Intelligence Service radio station Skylark B in Trondheim in September 1941, eleven of the group members were sent to German death camps?
- ...that P. Chr. Andersen, a Norwegian sports journalist, official and radio commentator, also refereed football matches at the 1924 Summer Olympics?
- ...that Gabriel Schanche Kielland's summer house Ledaal (pictured) from the early 1800s later became a royal residence in custody of Stavanger Museum?
- ...that Alfred Henningsen, three-term member of the Storting, has referred to the Norwegian Parliament as "the loony bin"?
- ...that Frithjof Sælen was known for the book Snorri the Seal, banned during the German occupation of Norway for being a subtle satire on Nazi Germany?
- ...that Lars Peder Brekk (pictured) was Norwegian Minister of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs for only 56 days, due to his cabinet withdrawing shortly after he was supplemented into it?
- ...that the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters is responsible for the Abel Prize and the Kavli Prize?
- ...that during World War II, Norwegians Erik Welle-Strand, Egil Reksten, Sverre Midtskau, Einar Johansen, Haakon Sørbye and Bjørn Rørholt operated illegal radio transmitters codenamed "Skylark" for the Secret Intelligence Service?
- ...that during Operation Doomsday (landings pictured), the British 1st Airborne Division suffered 34 casualties, despite the Second World War having ended several days previously?
- ...that Otto Nielsen played an important role behind the Norwegian cultural scene, as a program editor of the radio magazine Søndagsposten for more than twenty years?
- ...that editor-in-chief Andreas Norland left Norway's largest newspaper Verdens Gang to edit Osloavisen, which lasted less than a year?
- ...that Alf Rolfsen has decorated three of the walls in the Central Hall of Oslo City Hall (pictured), where the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony is held every year?
- ...that during the 1700s, businesswoman Anna Krefting operated the largest ironworks in Norway?
- ...that Per Jacobsen, a Norwegian resistance member who died in Natzweiler, was twice national champion in figure skating in the interwar period?
- ...that Anders Nordberg (pictured) was elected Orienteer of the year 2007 by Norwegian sports journalists?
- ...that Hiltgunt Zassenhaus was the only person from Germany decorated with the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav for her activities during World War II?
- ...that the early career of Mauritian-Norwegian footballer Caleb Francis was halted due to racist abuse?
- ...that no one was allowed to take photographs of the Beardmore Relics (silhouette pictured) for more than thirty years?
- ...that while Per Kristiansen chaired the training committee of the Norges Orienteringsforbund, Norway's orienteering team, from 1967 to 1973, team members won gold medals at three world championships?
- ...that during World War II, Jan Dahm, Leif Utne and Bjarne Thorsen helped operate an illegal radio transmitter in Bergen codenamed "Theta"?
- ...that North Sea ferry TS Leda (pictured) was rebuilt as a cruise liner, then became an accommodation vessel at a penal colony for Mafiosi, and ultimately was the scene of a Greenpeace demonstration?
- ...that later Verdens Gang editor-in-chief Oskar Hasselknippe was a sub-editor in the newspaper Ringerikes Blad under editor Kaare Filseth before an intermezzo in Milorg?
- ...that, inspired by nationalist Jean-Marie Le Pen's success in France, Norwegian anti-immigrant political party Stop Immigration's only election win was a single seat on the Drammen City Council?
- ...that the first winner of the contest to design the Parliament of Norway Building was rejected because it looked too much like a church (design pictured)?
- ...that after surviving almost two years in the Ravensbrück concentration camp, Lise Børsum wrote a book about her experiences in the camp?
- ...that Martin Siem was among the leaders of the naval intelligence organization RMO in Norway during World War II?
- ...that historian and biographer Hans Olav Lahlum (pictured) is also an International Arbiter in chess?
- ...that Only Clouds Move the Stars has received more international film awards than any other Norwegian film?
- ...that Ragnar Ulstein has written several documentary books on military intelligence in Norway during World War II?
- ...that Gunnar Isachsen (pictured), topographer on Otto Sverdrup's Fram expedition, later became Director of the Norwegian Maritime Museum?
- ...that the Oslo Sporveier tram company became the first company to be found guilty of homicide in Norway as a result of a 2001 fatal accident involving an SM91 tram?
- ...that Shafiq al-Hout, former head of the Palestine Liberation Front, resigned from the PLO Executive Committee following Yasser Arafat's signing of the Oslo Accords in 1993?
- ...that the Røa Line (pictured) has been extended eight times, more than any other line of the Oslo Metro?
- ...that Kari Gjesteby is the first female State Conciliator of Norway?
- ...that actors Nicolai Cleve Broch and Aksel Hennie have been referred to as "Norway's Ben Affleck and Matt Damon"?
- ...that after just two months as Bishop, Jakob Sverdrup Smitt (pictured) was replaced by his cousin at the appointment of his uncle, Norwegian Prime Minister Johan Sverdrup?
- ...that species in the fungal genus Ameliella have been found in the Skibotn area in central Northern Norway, a hotspot of lichen species diversity?
- ...that Johannes Kvittingen, an exiled Norwegian bacteriologist in London in 1940, was asked to be head recruiter of Norwegian agents for the Special Operations Executive?
- ...that following the German invasion of Norway, General Fleischer (pictured) and County Governor Hans Gabrielsen assumed all military and civilian power in Northern Norway, declaring the region a theatre of war?
- ...that Film & Kino, which organizes municipal-owned cinemas in Norway, also co-organizes the Norwegian International Film Festival in Haugesund?
- ...that Englishman James McFarlane was appointed a Knight Commander of the Royal Norwegian Order of Saint Olav for his eight-volume work Oxford Ibsen?
- ...that a T1000 Oslo Metro train (example pictured) ran more than 2.9 million km (1.8 M mi) before becoming a heritage train?
- ...that Norwegian actress Beate Eriksen is the granddaughter of Olympic gymnast Marius Eriksen, and daughter of World War II flying ace Marius Eriksen, Jr.?
- ...that Viking warlord Sigurd Eysteinsson was killed by the severed head of his enemy?
- ...that Bjørn Kjos (pictured), former fighter jet pilot, lawyer, judge, entrepreneur and now CEO of Norwegian Air Shuttle, débuted with his first spy thriller in 2006?
- ...that archaeologist Anton Wilhelm Brøgger and his sons Waldemar and Niels were imprisoned in Grini concentration camp during World War II?
- ...that Karl Evang and Torbjørn Mork, who consecutively headed the Norwegian Directorate for Health between 1938 and 1992, were both active members of the Labour Party?
- ...that because of its total lack of anti-tank guns, the Norwegian Army was forced to employ Model 1901 field guns (pictured) against German Panzers during the 1940 Norwegian Campaign?
- ...that Per Voksø resigned as editor-in-chief of Morgenposten shortly after Sverre Munck bought the newspaper?
- ...that the farmland at Ramstad, Norway, was affected by the 19th-century construction of both the Drammen Line and the European route E18?
- ...that although the Kongsvegen glacier (pictured) has been retreating in length since 1948, its ice mass has been increasing consistently for the past 22 years?
- ...that Christian Kølle introduced the feminine grammatical gender in Norway in an anonymous work released in 1785?
- ...that Norwegian professor of bacteriology Sverre Dick Henriksen was an honorary member of the Polish Chamber of Physicians and Dentists, despite having never worked in Poland?
- ...that Bokken Lasson established the cabaret Chat Noir (location pictured) in Oslo, Norway, in 1912?
- ...that Old Norse poems attributed to Torf-Einarr describe his defeat of Hálfdan Longlegs?
- ...that Roy Nielsen was one of the two saboteurs responsible for sinking the German troop ship SS Donau in the Oslofjord in January 1945?
- ...that Lalla Carlsen (pictured) is regarded as one of the most legendary female revue artists in Norway?
- ...that the Oslo Metro station serving the district of Grini in Bærum was closed in 1995 because many passengers chose to walk to another station from whence the fare was cheaper?
- ...that Mount Widerøe, Antarctica, is named for Viggo Widerøe, who flew aerial photography planes to map 80,000 km2 (31,000 sq mi) of the continent's coast?
- ...that both the father and son Johann Friedrich and Carl von und zu Mansbach, who spent much of their life in Hesse and Denmark, also served as commanders of Fredriksten Fortress (pictured) in Norway?
- ...that after the German occupants shut down several underground newspapers in Norway in February 1944, Bulletinen was the only one remaining with contacts to the leadership of the civil resistance?
- ...that Wilhelm Munthe served four years as president of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA)?
- ...that the Gullfisk trams (pictured) were so named because they had tails that made them look like goldfish?
- ...that physician Hans Eng was a part of the Osvald Group's hit list during World War II?
- ...that Vilhelm Evang served as head of the Norwegian Intelligence Service for almost twenty years, from 1946?
- ...that when actress Gerda Ring had to flee from Norway to Sweden during World War II, she started the theatre group Fri Norsk Scene, together with her husband Halfdan Christensen (pictured)?
- ...that radio star Rolf Kirkvaag walked through a blizzard with a broken leg to get help after surviving the plane crash at Hummelfjell?
- ...that Jan Birger Jansen, Johan Scharffenberg and Sven Arntzen, all with background in the Norwegian resistance movement, were later members of the National Association for Referendum?
- ...that Kjell Borgen resigned as Norwegian Minister of Transport and Communications because of a decision about the location of Oslo Airport (airport pictured)?
- ...that in the 1985 hijacking of Braathens SAFE Flight 139, the hijacker exchanged his gun for beer?
- ...that Jon Olav Alstad was elected to the Norwegian Parliament at the age of 25?
- ...that Leif Tronstad (pictured), who helped establish the Norsk Hydro heavy water plant at Vemork, organized a sabotage mission against it later?
- ...that the Norwegian company Maarud was the largest snack food producer in Scandinavia in the 1970s?
- ...that Per Arne Watle, current chairman of Hurtigruten and former CEO of Widerøe, was also president of the European Regions Airline Association?
- ...that Max Manus (pictured) referred to the release of Norwegian resistance member Kolbein Lauring from Grini concentration camp in 1943 as a "miraculous mistake" by the German authorities?
- ...that the Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition (1949–1952) found evidence that suggests a portion of Antarctica was once joined to southern Africa?
- ...that radio personality Yngvar Ustvedt has written more than seventy books?
- ...that Nordahl Rolfsen's (pictured) readers for elementary school, Læsebog for folkeskolen (published 1892–1895), became the most widely used schoolbook in Norway?
- ...that Peter Rosted served as chief judge at Inderøy District Court for 46 years, from 1733 to 1776?
- ...that Anders Haugen, one of the 104 medalists at the 1924 Winter Olympics, was awarded his bronze medal in ski jumping fifty years after the games ended?
- ...that Norwegian Minister of Agriculture and Member of Parliament Bernt Holtsmark had two first cousins, Wilhelm and Finn Blakstad (pictured), who were also Members of Parliament?
- ...that the United Bible Society and Norwegian Protestant Mission have provided a New Testament in the Khassonké language for the Malian commune Tomora?
- ...that lawyer, politician and anti-immigration activist Erik Gjems-Onstad also initiated the cyclosportive Styrkeprøven?
- ...that Johanne Dybwad´s (pictured) acting career spanned sixty years, from 1887 to 1947?
- ...that three Nobel Peace Prizes have led to withdrawal of members of the awarding Norwegian Nobel Committee?
- ...that as a student during World War II, Tollak B. Sirnes spent time in Buchenwald and Neuengamme concentration camps following the 1943 University of Oslo fire?
- ...that the talkshow Skavlan (host Fredrik Skavlan pictured) marked the first time ever that Sveriges Television and the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation worked together on a television production?
- ...that several coalition governments in Norway have operated with suicide paragraphs, meaning that the coalition will disintegrate if the question of Norway and the European Union is put on the agenda?
- ...that Tore Gjelsvik headed the Norwegian Polar Institute for more than twenty years?
- ...that the oldest complete document in the National Archival Services of Norway (main building pictured) is from 1189?
- ...that Einar Sissener acted in the first Norwegian sound film, Den store barnedåpen from 1931, playing the same character as he did in the stage production six years earlier?
- ...that Kompani Linge's Oslo Detachment, a subgroup of the Special Operations Executive, was the dominant sabotage group in occupied Oslo between May and September 1944?
- ...that in 1909, the Thamshavn Line (locomotive pictured) became the first electrified railway in Norway?
- ...that according to a mediaeval Icelandic saga, Jarl Gilli dreamt of the violent death of Irish king, Brian Boru?
- ...that actor and satirical illustrator Thoralf Klouman was among the pioneers of animated film in Norway?
- ...that the fourth floor of Havnelageret (pictured) in Oslo was used as an air-raid shelter during the Second World War?
- ...that Sigve Tjøtta, retired mathematics professor and a member of the Acoustical Society of America, competed in a half marathon at age 75?
- ...that a witch-hunt in 1590 inspired Hans Wiers-Jenssen's 1908 play Anne Pedersdotter, which was the basis for an opera by Respighi from 1934, a film from 1943, and a second opera by Edvard Fliflet Bræin from 1971?
- ...that in her teen years, actress Lillebil Ibsen (pictured) played leading roles in Max Reinhardt's pantomime productions?
- ...that while SS Norhauk was in the ownership of the Norwegian Government she had Oslo as her port of registry; but never visited the city?
- ...that demonstrations in Oslo, Norway in 2009, held by Arne Tumyr and the organization Stop the Islamisation of Norway, developed into street clashes?
- ...that Amaldus Nielsen (pictured) has been called Norway's first naturalist painter?
- ...that Stenkjær og Namsos Automobilselskap started Norway's first post-carrying bus route in 1908?
- ...that Sverre Krogh was replaced as chair of the Norwegian Association of Local and Regional Authorities after his political party's coalition partners supported another candidate, Jakob Eng?
- ...that the Norwegian communist politician Erling Folkvord (pictured) is well-known for his work as a corruption watchdog?
- ...that Alfhild Hovdan initiated the tradition of the Trafalgar Square Christmas tree (pictured), in 1947?
- ...that during World War II, later architect Rolv Enge participated in the first ever sabotage mission of Aks 13000?
- ...that while their old band was named after a Jack Kerouac novel, Harrys Gym (band members pictured) took their name from an abandoned fitness center?
- ...that when Parliament of Norway member Frederik Schmidt took the initiative to scrutinize the government in 1814, it led to Norway's first Impeachment case?
- ...that according to the 2008 public tax records, Johan H. Andresen jr. is Norway's richest man?
- ...that with the Peace of Travendal (location pictured), Sweden forced Denmark-Norway out of the Great Northern War in the first war year?
- ...that Norwegian Christian Aug. Thoring tried several times to become mayor of Rogaland County, but lost out to Beint Bentsen in 1975, John S. Tveit in 1979 and Lars Vaage in 1983?
- ...that Hjalmar Steenstrup was selected to represent the Norwegian concentration camp prisoners during the Nuremberg Trials?
- ...that Ludvig Daa (pictured), who lost a potential professorship to Peter Andreas Munch in 1837, later denounced Munch's theory on immigration to Norway?
- ...that brothers Johan and Werner Christie both obtained the rank of Major General in the Royal Norwegian Air Force?
- ...that footballer Roger Helland in 2004 scored Fredrikstad's first goal in the Norwegian Premier League in 20 years?
- ...that the Norwegian ocean liner SS Bergensfjord (pictured) was requisitioned by the British Ministry of War Transport in 1940 and used as a troop ship throughout the Second World War?
- ...that when Rakel Seweriin stepped down as a member of the Parliament of Norway in 1969, she had served for 24 years, a record for a Norwegian woman?
- ...that Bård Mikkelsen, chief executive officer of Widerøe, the Ulstein Group and Statkraft, has skydived over Antarctica?
- ...that Norwegian SOE agent Odd Starheim (pictured) was killed in 1943 when the coastal steamer he and his team had seized off the coast of occupied Norway was sunk by German bombers?
- ...that the 2009 Norwegian spiral anomaly was later confirmed to be a failed launch of a Bulava missile from a Russian submarine?
- ...that Tord Asle Gjerdalen twice rejected offers for a spot on the Norwegian cross-country skiing national team, due to time-consuming medicine studies?
- ...that during the inter-war period, Helge Krog (pictured) was known as a member of the "radical triumvirate" in Norway, along with Øverland and Hoel?
- ...that Gausel was the location of a rich woman's grave from the Viking Age, discovered in the 1880s?
- ...that Peter L. Nissen, CEO of Widerøe from 1981 to 1988, has called the Widerøe Flight disaster of 1982 "unsolved", even though commissions have reached their conclusions?
- ...that Milorg pioneer Arne Laudal, who was shot at Trandumskogen (memorial pictured) in 1944, was honoured with the British King's Commendation for Brave Conduct?
- ...that former Parliament of Norway member Inger Lise Husøy is currently the manager of the Norwegian Burma Committee?
- ...that in 2008, Lund's former mayor Kjell Erfjord lost a vote to become board chairman of the Norwegian Missionary Society?
- ...that during the Great Northern War, the army that relieved the Siege of Stralsund (map pictured) was forced to surrender when trapped in the Siege of Tönning?
- ...that Johannes Andenæs, himself a concentration camp prisoner of Nazis during WWII, criticized the harshness of the legal process against Nazis in Norway after the war?
- ...that Knut Getz Wold served as a State Secretary in a Labour Party cabinet despite belonging to the Liberal Party?
- ...that Norwegian journalist Ivar Hippe is friends with the current Labour Prime Minister of Norway, Jens Stoltenberg (pictured)?
- ...that Grete Prytz Kittelsen is known as the "Queen of Scandinavian Design"?
- ...that Norman Lind, who among other things survived Operation Sunshine of World War II, was killed many years later by a landmine in Guatemala?
- ...that Arne Kjelstrup from the Norwegian heavy water sabotage team also participated in the anti-demolition operation Sunshine (protected facility pictured)?
- ...that in 2001, when Nina Frisak became the first female leader of the Norwegian Office of the Prime Minister, she left the position of Supreme Court Justice?
- ...that while serving as State Conciliator of Norway for eleven years, Preben Munthe was also economics professor at the University of Oslo?
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- ...that it is said that when the 10th-century Viking leader Onlafbald invoked the power of his Norse gods Thor (depiction pictured) and Odin, he was miraculously killed by the spirit of the 7th-century English saint Cuthbert of Lindisfarne?
- ...that Norwegian musicologist Christian Leden was the first person to record film in the northern Arctic?
- ...that the father and daughter, mathematics professor Ralph Tambs-Lyche and women's rights activist Guri Tambs-Lyche, were both members of left-wing organizations, Clarté and the Communist Party respectively?
- ...that architect Frode Rinnan designed sports venues such as the Holmenkollen ski jump (pictured) and Bislett Stadion, both of which were torn down in the 2000s?
- ...that Edvard Welle-Strand, father of the anti-Nazi resistance fighter Erling Welle-Strand, was an anti-Semitic writer especially active in the 1910s and 1920s?
- ...that the books of educator and mayor of Holmestrand, Norway, Fredrik Ording (1870–1929), were still being reissued as late as 1974?
- ...that Eva Nansen (pictured), Elisabeth Welhaven and Maren Sars contributed with music and storytelling in what was described as the "first salon" of Norway's capital?
- ...that Aksel Zachariassen, a Norwegian revolutionary and later editor of Kongsvinger Arbeiderblad (1932–1941), was deported from the United Kingdom after a visit there in 1919?
- ...that between 1924 and 1975, Oslo Sporveier took over all operators of the Oslo Tramway?
- ...that Carl Jeppesen (pictured) organized the female match workers' strike in Kristiania in 1889?
- ...that The Art of Negative Thinking is an award winning Norwegian film about a paraplegic who rebels against the interventions of his support group and its lead social worker?
- ...that when Nazis usurped and reorganized Norwegian broadcasting in 1940, Eyvind Mehle was considered as the successor of the deposed director Olav Midttun, despite being subordinate to Wilhelm F. K. Christie?
- ...that Overseas Scandinavian Airlines System (DC-6 aircraft pictured) was created in 1946 by six national airlines to coordinate their transatlantic flights?
- ...that Asbjørn Bryhn and Gunnar Haarstad were both long-term leaders of the Norwegian Police Surveillance Agency?
- ...that Paul Chaffey voted Labour in 1997, the same year that he served as a Parliament of Norway representative for the Socialist Left Party?
- ...that later businessman and politician Hakon Lunde survived the sinking of the destroyer HNoMS Svenner (pictured) on D-Day?
- ...that as a child, Norwegian singer-songwriter Ingrid Olava taught herself to play "Do-Re-Mi" from The Sound of Music on her neighbor's piano?
- ...that Klaus Sunnanå, Kristian Gleditsch and Karl Evang were among the former Mot Dag members who became involved in the first Norwegian development aid project?
- ...that Norwegian cross-country skier Øystein Pettersen (pictured) won a gold medal in the team sprint event at the 2010 Winter Olympics after filling in for a teammate who withdrew from the race due to illness?
- ...that Nini Haslund Gleditsch participated in the flight of the Norwegian National Treasury in 1940?
- ...that Julius Hougen co-chaired the first large-scale charity fund-rasing campaigns in Norwegian radio?
- ...that Peter I Island (pictured) was the first land to be discovered south of the Antarctic Circle?
- ...that the secret articles of the Peace of Lund, that ended the Scanian War in 1679, were not revealed until 1870?
- ...that Roald Dysthe, who was installed as a chief executive during the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany, was acquitted of treason in 1951?
- ...that the leader of the Ibsen quotes (pictured) art project in Oslo wanted it to become a "tourist attraction on par with Fram and Holmenkollen"?
- ...that the Norwegian high jumper Stine Kufaas set a national record in the standing high jump in 2009?
- ...that after his arrest in 1940, Norwegian Army officer Odd Lindbäck-Larsen was referred to by the Germans as Reichskommissar Josef Terboven's personal prisoner?
- ...that after concluding his participation in the Second Schleswig War, priest and educator Christopher Bruun (pictured) walked from Denmark to Rome?
- ...that the Norwegian long jump record for women, which Margrethe Renstrøm broke in 2009 with a 6.64 metres jump, was at the time the oldest Norwegian athletics record?
- ...that in 1948, Johan Ulrik Olsen became Norway's first Minister of Local Government?
- ...that Norwegian journalist Audhild Gregoriusdotter Rotevatn (pictured) is known for her unusual name and consistent use of Nynorsk?
- ...that Endre Berner, Bjørn Føyn, Carl Jacob Arnholm, Eiliv Skard, Harald K. Schjelderup and Anatol Heintz were among the professors at the University of Oslo who were arrested by Nazis during World War II?
- ...that Gudmund Harlem, father of former Director-General of the World Health Organization Gro Harlem Brundtland, was a notable politician and physician in his own right?
- ...that in 1942, following the printing of the poem "Vi vil oss et land", an arrest order was issued on poet Per Sivle (1857–1904) (memorial stone pictured)?
- ...that Tanums store rettskrivningsordbok, the dictionary of choice for solvers and makers of Norwegian crossword puzzles, was edited by Marius Sandvei for more than five decades?
- ...that Magnar Lundemo competed in international championships in both running and skiing in 1962?
- ...that following the firing of Arne Fjellbu as dean of Nidaros Cathedral (pictured), all bishops in the Church of Norway stepped down in protest?
- ...that in 2002, the dice throw was used as a journalistic method of review in 41 daily newspapers in Norway?
- ...that in 1887, Marius Nygaard co-published a Latin-Norwegian dictionary which is still in use?
- ...that during the German invasion of Norway, Minister of Justice Terje Wold told Police Chief of Oslo Kristian Welhaven to arrest fascist leader Vidkun Quisling (pictured) if he got the opportunity?
- ...that Sara Stockfleth Christie was the second female deputy member in the history of the Parliament of Norway?
- ...that Arvid Johanson took over as Norway's second Minister of Petroleum and Energy in 1980, when Bjartmar Gjerde resigned due to high job pressure?
- ...that Norwegian journalist and anti-fascist Gerda Grepp (pictured) was the first female reporter from Scandinavia to cover the Spanish Civil War as a war correspondent?
- ...that the development of the Oseberg oil field is one of the significant milestones in the creation of Norway's oil and gas industry?
- ...that in 1948, Arne Skaug became the first State Secretary in the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs?
- ...that the North Atlantic Current moderates the climate of Svalbard (Spitsbergen pictured in October), giving it up to 20 °C (36 °F) higher winter temperatures than those at similar latitudes in Russia and Canada?
- ...that in 1999, Haakon Bingen won a case in the Supreme Court of Norway, stopping circulation of an academic work written by Trond Bergh and Knut Einar Eriksen?
- ...that Norwegian Minister of Finance Olav Meisdalshagen was criticized by his predecessor Erik Brofoss for "lack of economical insight"?
- ...that the couple Mette and Philip Newth (pictured) have made picture books for blind and for deaf children?
- ...that the Norwegian black metal band Burzum is to release its first album after its founder was freed from prison on parole?
- ...that Ole Colbjørnsen has been called "Norway's first plan economist"?
- ...that Cecilie Thoresen Krog (pictured) was Norway's first female university student?
- ...that Ragnar Kalheim was one of the main architects behind the formation of the Socialist Electoral League in Norway?
- ...that Odd Isøy replaced the deceased Kjell Bull-Hansen as team leader in Milorg's sabotage squad Aks 13000 during World War II in Norway?
- ...that the Svalbard Act established the economy of Svalbard (coal mine tramway pictured) as a free zone?
- ...that after having covered the Spanish Civil War as a war correspondent journalist Lise Lindbæk worked to aid Spanish refugee children in France?
- ...that Norwegian Christian Aug. Thoring tried several times to become mayor of Rogaland County, but lost out to Beint Bentsen in 1975, John S. Tveit in 1979 and Lars Vaage in 1983?
- ...that Anne Holtsmark translated well-known works such as Heimskringla and the Prose Edda (18th century copy pictured) from Norse to Norwegian?
- ...that Skorpa prisoner of war camp was the main Norwegian POW camp in Northern Norway during the 1940 Norwegian Campaign, holding some 500 German military and civilian prisoners?
- ...that anti-nuclear activist Ole Kopreitan is known for spreading leaflets and selling campaign buttons from a cart in Norway's main street, Karl Johans gate?
- ...that Ludvig Vibe left his position as professor of Greek to become principal of a secondary school (pictured)?
- ...that Somali-Norwegian writer Amal Aden (pseudonym) is a noted critic of the Norwegian integration policy, as well as the Somali community in Oslo itself?
- ...that according to a medieval source, Ingemund was supposed to have been declared king in the Hebrides, but his raping and pillaging enraged the locals, and he was slain on Lewis in 1097?
- ...that Polhøgda (pictured), the home of Eva and Fridtjof Nansen, was an important location for social life of Norwegian intellectuals around 1900?
- ...that among the recipients of the Arts Council Norway Honorary Award are fiddler Sigbjørn Bernhoft Osa, actress Ella Hval, and long term editor of Arbeidermagasinet Nils Johan Rud?
- ...that Time magazine described Aake Anker Ording, who initiated the international fundraiser United Nations Appeal for Children, as "Norway's tall, blue-eyed, idealistic U.N. Staffer"?
- ...that both Nordaust-Svalbard Nature Reserve and Søraust-Svalbard Nature Reserve (Dorst Bay pictured) are larger than any of Svalbard's seven national parks?
- ...that construction innovator Olav Selvaag started Norway's first music school?
- ...that disagreements about the appointment of Johannes Ording as theology professor at Royal Frederick University sparked the foundation of a new school of theology?
- ...that Norway's first tank was a Landsverk L-120 (pictured) with an improvised turret and make-shift armour?
- ...that Aaslaug Aasland was Norway's first female head of a government ministry?
- ...that the Norwegian Seamen's Church in San Pedro, California, is visited by the crews of about 160 Norwegian ships every year?
- ...that literary historian Rolf Nyboe Nettum, one of Norway's central Knut Hamsun researchers, grew up as a neighbour of polar explorer Otto Sverdrup (pictured)?
- ...that Bredtveit is one of three women's prisons in Norway?
- ...that Jon Hippe, who suggested higher taxes as a way to reduce the gap between rich and poor, was appointed leader of the Norwegian Financial Crisis Committee by the Ministry of Finance?
- ...that Edvard Munch was invited to Berlin by fellow Norwegian Adelsteen Normann (pictured) who also painted?
- ...that despite being a famous pre-war career criminal with a very controversial war record, Johannes "The Yellow Cheese" Andersen gained the friendship and patronage of King Haakon VII of Norway?
- ...that in 1894, after the Pall Mall Gazette mocked what became the Viking Society for Northern Research, a member wrote, "The fiercest warriors, even savages, drink tea and coffee nowadays"?
- ...that in 2006, Birkelunden (pictured) underwent the first "conservation of a cultural environment in a city" in Norway?
- ...that Parliament of Norway member Christian Stray owned the newspaper Agderposten?
- ...that Arne Rettedal, county mayor of Rogaland from 1988 to 1991, died on the birthday of his successor Odd Arild Kvaløy?
- ...that Norwegian architect Hjalmar Welhaven's (pictured) collection of old skis was the basis for the world's oldest ski museum in 1923 when it opened in Oslo?
- ...that the SOE assassination operation Bittern received severe criticism from the Norwegian resistance movement?
- ...that Karl Johanssen, foreign news editor in Arbeiderbladet and one of Norway's first radio personalities, was denounced on the front page of Pravda?
- ...that Svalbard, an Arctic archipelago, features no roads between settlements (snowmobiles pictured)?
- ...that in 1871, Lars Havstad became one of the first two deaf people to pass the final examination in secondary schools in Norway?
- ...that Alf Whist, Minister of Industry and Shipping in the Quisling regime, had no political experience prior to joining the Fascist party during Nazi Germany's occupation in the 1940s?
- ...that Gustav Storm's translation of Snorre Sturlason's Heimskringla (copy pictured) into Norwegian in the late 1890s was the basis for a popular edition of this work?
- ...that despite not sinking a single ship in her career, U-241 managed to shoot down a Norwegian Catalina flying boat?
- ...that in the interwar period, the British legation in Norway complained about Victor Mogens' bias as a commentator in Norwegian radio?
- ...that Edvard Munch (pictured) lived at both Olaf Ryes plass and Schous plass, two neighboring squares in Oslo, during the 1880s?
- ...that U-2336 sank the last Allied ships lost in World War II on 7 May 1945, when she torpedoed and sank the freighters Avondale Park and Sneland I?
- ...that Johan Søhr was responsible for investigating several espionage cases in Norway during World War I, including the von Rosen and Rautenfels cases?
- ...that when the Ålgård Line (terminus pictured) opened in 1924, it was the last state-owned railway in Norway to be built with narrow gauge?
- ...that John Sanness, who would become professor and chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, was expelled from his secondary school for protests against the monarchy of Norway?
- ...that tennis player Johan Haanes spent nine months in a concentration camp for participation in an "illegal" ski competition?
- ...that Åge Hadler (pictured) won the first individual World Championship title in men's orienteering, in 1966?
- ...that Ragna Nielsen was the first woman to headmaster a secondary school in Norway?
- ...that chamberlain Egeberg established a sports prize that was regarded the highest achievement in Norwegian sports?
- ...that the district Øvrevoll has Norway's only track (pictured) for gallop horse racing?
- ...that Ragnhild was the only ship in convoy KMS 96G?
- ...that Emil Stang was a delegate to the Founding Congress of Comintern in Moscow in 1919?
- ...that in 1935, the Hardanger Line (pictured) became the first new line of the Norwegian State Railways to open with electrification?
- ...that in the Orkneyinga saga, after Olvir Rosta failed to gain a portion of the Earldom of Orkney, his grandmother was burned to death?
- ...that author Ola Bauer wrote a novel about his involvement with the Provisional IRA, to correct what he felt was a slanted view of The Troubles in the Norwegian press?
- ...that the district Nadderud in Norway, now known for the multi-purpose stadium Nadderud stadion, once delivered limestone to Akershus Fortress (pictured) in 1629 and the Royal Palace, Oslo, in 1827?
- ...that while training in 1944, the German U-804 shot down a Norwegian Mosquito?
- ...that Norwegian MP Tønnes Andenæs died in the Tretten train disaster?
- ...that geographer Yngvar Nielsen (pictured) published a travel guide book in 1879, which played an important role in the development of tourism in Norway?
- ...that Henry Blogg's first rescue as coxwain of the Cromer Lifeboat Louisa Heartwell was that of the crew of the barque Alf?
- ...that Lars Oftedal founded several social institutions in Stavanger, Norway, including an orphanage for boys and a home for women?
- ...that the Roa–Hønefoss Line (Jevnaker Station pictured) was built to allow the Bergen Line to both connect to Oslo, Norway, and be built with standard gauge?
- ...that the port city of Bergen was the site of the first German U-boat base in occupied Norway?
- ...that Sven Moren was a popular speaker, and chaired the cultural society Noregs Ungdomslag for two periods?
- ...that the only non-industrial private railways of Norway never to be nationalized were the Holmestrand–Vittingfoss, Lier (pictured), Lillesand–Flaksvand, Nesttun–Os and Tønsberg–Eidsfoss lines?
- ...that actor, director, and film critic Pål Bang-Hansen is the only Norwegian to have interviewed John Lennon?
- ...that Knut Kleve, known for his restoration of papyrus fragments, learned Latin while incarcerated in a Nazi concentration camp?
- ...that Pan Am and Norwegian Air Lines (flying boat pictured) planned the first transatlantic scheduled airline service in 1936, but Pan Am backed out three weeks before the scheduled start, and instead ran a route further south?
- ...that Indre Wijdefjorden National Park contains the only High Arctic steppe vegetation in Europe?
- ...that later politician and barrister Lars Aspeflaten was a personal bodyguard of the acting Norwegian Director of Public Prosecutions in 1945?
- ...that Ole Jacob Broch (pictured) founded Scandinavia's first life insurance company?
- ...that 51 men were executed by Anglo-Saxons near Weymouth, Dorset, and interred in the Ridgeway Hill Viking burial pit in AD 910−1030?
- ...that from March 1940, Edvard Sylou-Crantz worked in Germany as a Norwegian-language propagandistic radio news reader?
- ...that Norway's 93 km (58 mi) long Numedal Line (section pictured) was built to aid the construction of hydroelectric power stations?
- ...that Kirsten Huser Leschbrandt, a former Norwegian MP and current board member of the S-E Norway Regional Health Authority, is a breast cancer survivor?
- ...that Oluf Reed-Olsen's blowing up of a bridge at Lysaker during World War II contributed to the surfacing of the Norwegian Administrative Council?
- ...that Gunnar Sætren was manager for the Bandak-Norsjø Canal (pictured) for sixteen years starting in 1891?
- ...that the Norwegian cities of Oslo and Bergen are governed through a parliamentary system?
- ...that in the mid-1990s, Alf Tande-Petersen presented the third, fourth, fifth, seventh, eighth and ninth most viewed television program episodes in Norway?
- ...that Nationaltheatret Station (entrance pictured), which is located within the Oslo Tunnel and serves all lines of the Oslo Commuter Rail, is Norway's only underground mainline railway station?
- ...that historian and museum director Arnfinn Moland has also contributed to films, writing a book on Max Manus together with screenwriter Thomas Nordseth-Tiller?
- ...that Kolsky Uyezd was established on the Kola Peninsula by the Tsardom of Russia as a result of the territorial claims from Denmark–Norway?
- ...that Norway was the last country with a territorial claim of Antarctica to not operate an all-year research station, until the 2005 opening of Troll (pictured) and Troll Airfield?
- ...that Anders Beer has been credited with founding the tanning industry in Norway?
- ...that Finn Thrana, Nazi "führer" in the county of Oppland during World War II, was a lawyer working with cases in the Supreme Court of Norway from 1966?
- ...that Frederik Due (pictured) in 1841 became the first non-noble prime minister of Norway?
- ...that following its 1994 national convention, the Progress Party of Norway lost its deputy leader and the four MPs Christiansen, Hillgaar, Wetterstad and Bråthen?
- ...that Johan Støren, who was fired as a Church of Norway Bishop by Quisling's Nazi regime of WWII, was first cousin once removed of a high-ranking Nazi civil servant?
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