Alf Prøysen was a Norwegian author, poet, playwright, songwriter and musician. Prøysen was one of the most important Norwegian cultural personalities in the second half of the 20th century. He worked in several different media including books, newspapers and records. He also made significant contributions to music as well as to television and radio. He also wrote in the Arbeiderbladet from 1954 until his death.
Terje Rypdal is a Norwegian guitarist and composer. He has been an important member in the Norwegian jazz community, and has also given show concerts with guitarists Ronni Le Tekrø and Mads Eriksen as "N3".
Elín Stefánsdóttir Hirst is an Icelandic politician, and a former member of the Althing from 2013 to 2016.
Karin Krog is a Norwegian jazz singer.
Elin Lerum Boasson is a Norwegian environmentalist and was chairman of Natur og Ungdom in 2001 and 2002. She became active in the organisation in 1991, and joined the board in 1997 before she was elected deputy chairman in 1999. She has a Master of Political Science degree from the University of Oslo and has since 2005 worked at Nansen Institute as a researcher.
Pia Merete Tjelta is a Norwegian actress.
Events in the year 1928 in Norway.
Heidi Elin Støre is a Norwegian former footballer who played as a midfielder. As captain for the Norway national team, she won the 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup.
Events in the year 1969 in Norway.
Trude Marstein is a Norwegian author. She attended Telemark University College and studied Creative Writing Studies. At the University of Oslo, she studied pedagogy, psychology, and the history of literature. She debuted in 1998 with a collection of prose, titled Sterk sult, plutselig kvalme, for which she received Tarjei Vesaas' debutantpris.
The Norwegian Union of Journalists is a trade union in Norway. It consists of approximately 8,500 editorial personnel in newspapers, magazines, television and radio, as well as freelancers and students.
Events in the year 1962 in Norway.
The Norwegian Press Association is a Norwegian association for organizations and companies of the news media.
Waldemar Christofer Brøgger was a Norwegian novelist, journalist, translator and editor.
Silje Elin Bolset is a Norwegian handball player. She played 16 matches for the Norway women's national handball team from 1996 to 1997. She participated at the 1996 European Women's Handball Championship, where the Norwegian team placed second.
Elin Brodin is a Norwegian novelist. She made her literary debut in 1983 with the novel Morgen i aftenlandet. Among her later novels are Maskedans from 1987, Bedøvelse from 1991, and Bivirkninger from 2007. She has also written young adult fiction.
Elin Rosseland is a singer, bandleader, and composer who studied at the Norwegian Academy of Music and is known from collaborations with Vigleik Storaas, Johannes Eick, Sidsel Endresen, Eldbjørg Raknes, Christian Wallumrød, and Johannes Eick.
Anne-Marie Giørtz is a Norwegian vocalist, orchestra conductor, singing teacher in the genre jazz, and married to the Norwegian guitarist Eivind Aarset. She has performed and recorded with various bands.
Kamzy Gunaratnam is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. She served as Oslo’s deputy mayor from 2015 to 2021. Gunaratnam was nominated in second place on the Labour Party's general election list for Oslo, in the 2021 parliamentary elections for the Storting, which she won.
Elin Ørjasæter is a Norwegian children's writer, columnist, non-fiction writer and lecturer, and participant in contemporary debates in writing, speaking and television debates.
