Portal:Norway/Selected anniversaries

Trygve Martin Bratteli (January 11, 1910 - November 20, 1984) was a Norwegian politician from the Labour Party and Prime Minister of Norway from 1971 to 1972 and from 1973 to 1976.
Dorothe Engelbretsdotter (born January 16, 1634 in Bergen, Norway, died February 19, 1713 in Bergen), was Norway's first recognized woman author.
Carl Abraham Pihl (pictured) (born January 16, 1825 in Stavanger, Norway, died September 14, 1897) was Norway's first railroad engineer and director.
Dr. Douglas C. Engelbart (born January 30, 1925 in Oregon) is an American inventor of Swedish and Norwegian descent.

Ole Borneman Bull (February 5, 1810 – August 17, 1880) was a Norwegian violinist, often called Norway's first international star.
Alexander Lange Kielland (pictured) (IPA: ɑlɛksɑndər ˈlɑŋːə ˈçɛlːɑn) (February 18, 1849 – April 6, 1906) was one of the most famous Norwegian authors of the 19th century.
Harald V (born February 21, 1937) is the King of Norway. He succeeded to the throne of Norway upon the death of his father Olav V on January 17, 1991.

Kåre Gulbrand Kristiansen (March 11, 1920 – December 3, 2005) was a Norwegian politician active in the Christian People's Party.
Jens Stoltenberg (pictured) (born March 16, 1959) is a Norwegian economist, leader (since 2002) of the Norwegian Labour Party and the current Prime Minister of Norway.
Harrald Olaf Lundeberg (March 25, 1901 - January 28, 1957) from Oslo, Norway was a merchant seaman and an American labor leader.
Bjørge Lillelien (March 29, 1927 – October 26, 1987) was a Norwegian sports journalist and commentator.

Andreas Thorkildsen (born April 1, 1982 in Kristiansand) is a Norwegian javelin thrower.
Gro Harlem Brundtland (pictured) (born April 20, 1939) is a Norwegian politician, diplomat, and physician, and an international leader in sustainable development and public health. She is a former Prime Minister of Norway, and has served as the Director General of the World Health Organization.
The Battle of Dombås was fought between Norwegian Army infantry forces and German Fallschirmjäger paratroops in mid-April 1940.
Lars Korvald (April 29, 1916 – July 4, 2006) was a Norwegian politician from the Christian Democratic Party. He was Prime Minister of Norway from 1972 to 1973, leading the cabinet that took over when Trygve Bratteli resigned in the wake of the first referendum over Norway's membership in the European Economic Community.

Harald Tom Nesvik (born May 4, 1966 in Ålesund, Norway) is a Norwegian politician. He is a member of the Progress Party (FrP) and is perhaps most famous outside Norway for nominating Tony Blair and George W. Bush for the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize.
Einar Henry Gerhardsen (May 10, 1897 – September 19, 1987) was a Norwegian politician from the Labour Party of Norway. He was Prime Minister for three periods, 1945 - 1951, 1955 - 1963 and 1963 - 1965.
The Norwegian Constitution Day (parade pictured) is the National Day of Norway and is an official national holiday each year. Among Norwegians, the day is referred to simply as syttende mai (meaning May Seventeenth), Nasjonaldagen (The National Day) or Grunnlovsdagen (The Constitution Day), although the latter is less frequent. The day marks the signing of the Norwegian Constitution in Eidsvoll, May 17, 1814.

The Union Dissolution Day, observed in Norway on June 7 (though not a public holiday), is marked in remembrance of the Norwegian parliament's 1905 declaration of dissolution (pictured) of the union with Sweden, a personal union which had existed since 1814.
Oscar Fredrik Torp (June 8, 1893 – May 1, 1958) was Prime Minister of Norway 1951 to 1955, and chairman of the Labour party (Det Norske Arbeiderparti) from 1923-1945.

Opening of Atlanterhavsveien (The Atlantic Road), July 7, 1989.
First cabinet Gerhardsen, often called the Unification Cabinet (Samlingsregjeringen), was a Norwegian government appointed to serve under Prime Minister Einar Gerhardsen between July 25 and November 5, 1945, in the aftermath of the Second World War.

Abraham Theodor Berge (pictured) (August 20, 1851–July 10, 1936) was a Norwegian politician representing Venstre, the social liberal party, and later Frisinnede Venstre, a right-of-centre party. Born in Lyngdal in present-day Vest-Agder, he was Prime Minister of Norway from 1923 to 1924.
John Lyng (August 22, 1905 - January 18, 1978) was a Norwegian politician from the Conservative Party. He was Prime Minister of Norway from August 28 to September 25, 1963 in a coalition government of the Conservative Party, the Center Party, the Christian Democratic Party, and the Liberal Party.

The naval Battle of Svolder (Svold, Swold) was fought in September 999 or 1000 somewhere in the western Baltic between King Olaf Tryggvason of Norway and an alliance of his enemies.
Kjell Magne Bondevik (pictured) (born September 3, 1947) is a Norwegian Lutheran minister and politician. He served as Prime Minister of Norway from 1997 to 2000, and from 2001 to 2005, making him Norway's longest serving non-Socialist Prime Minister since World War II.
Johan Nygaardsvold (September 6, 1879 - March 13, 1952) was a Norwegian politician from the Labour Party. He was Prime Minister of Norway from 1935 to 1945 (from 1940 to 1945 in exile in London), as head of the cabinet Nygaardsvold.
Haakon Lie (born September 22, 1905) is a Norwegian politician who served as party secretary for the Norwegian Labour Party from 1945 to 1969.

Coop NKL, a Norwegian cooperative retailing company, opened Norway's first self serve food store on October 1, 1947.
Kåre Isaachsen Willoch (pictured) (born October 3, 1928 in Oslo) is a Norwegian politician from the Conservative Party. He was Prime Minister of Norway from 1981 to 1986.

Thorbjørn Jagland (pictured) (born November 5, 1950) is a Norwegian politician. He was Prime Minister of Norway from 1996 to 1997 leading the cabinet Jagland, and then Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2000 to 2001 in the first cabinet Stoltenberg.
Carsten Tank Anker (November 17, 1747 — March 13, 1824) was a Norwegian businessman, civil servant and politician.
Anne Lilia Berge Strand (born November 21, 1978 in Trondheim, Norway), better known by her stage name Annie, is a pop artist and DJ from Bergen, Norway.
Knut Arild Hareide (born November 23, 1972 in Rubbestadneset) is a Norwegian businessperson and politician for the Christian Democratic Party.

Odd Nansen (December 6, 1901 – June 27, 1973) was a Norwegian architect, author, and humanitarian, credited with his humanitarian efforts on behalf of Jews in the early years of World War II and for being a founder of UNICEF.
The pre-Christian Jul (pronounced: Yule) has survived as the Christmas holiday of Norway. The main event for Norwegians is on Julaften (Christmas Eve) on December 24th, the evening when the main feast, is served and gifts are exchanged.