Portal:Norway/Selected anniversaries/April
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- 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.