Edvard Hagerup Grieg was a Norwegian composer and pianist. He is widely considered one of the leading Romantic era composers, and his music is part of the standard classical repertoire worldwide. His use and development of Norwegian folk music in his own compositions brought the music of Norway to international consciousness, as well as helping to develop a national identity, much as Jean Sibelius did in Finland and Bedřich Smetana did in Bohemia.
Haugaland or Haugalandet is a traditional district situated on the western coast of Norway. Haugaland is one of the 15 traditional districts located within the Vestlandet region.
Thorolf Rafto was a human rights activist and professor in Economic History at the Norwegian School of Economics in Bergen, Norway. The Rafto Foundation for Human Rights was established in gratitude for his efforts and inspiration.
Hilmar August Reksten was a Norwegian shipping magnate. In the autumn of 1973 he was counted among the world's richest men, possessing a fleet worth about £300,000,000. At his death in 1980, all was lost; he left behind a debt of about £100,000,000.
Jan Eggum is a Norwegian singer-songwriter. He has been characterized as a "face for the melancholy", and the themes in his songs are often broken hearts, loneliness, and sorrow. Sometimes his lyrics include social criticism, but he also shows trivial and funny sides of himself.
Gyldendalske Boghandel, Nordisk Forlag A/S, usually referred to simply as Gyldendal is a Danish publishing house.
Kunnskapsforlaget is a Norwegian publishing company based in Oslo.
Stella Dorothy Loring East is a Canadian-Norwegian artist and illustrator. She has her education from Canada, United States, England and Norway. East has illustrated ten picturebooks since 1987. Her books have been published in Canada, USA, Norway, Denmark, Greece and Germany. She is both the author and illustrator of her latest book, Wolfcub Sim: Stories about the World Outside.
Bahaa Taher, sometimes transliterated as Bahaa Tahir, Baha Taher, or Baha Tahir, is an Egyptian novelist and short story writer who writes in Arabic. He was awarded the inaugural International Prize for Arabic Fiction in 2008.
Arne Ronold is a Norwegian Master of Wine, a journalist and editor of the Norwegian wine publication Vinforum, and considered an expert on Italian and Burgundy wine.
Torger Baardseth was a Norwegian bookseller and publisher.
Trond Bergh is a Norwegian economic historian, and researcher at the Department of Innovation and Economic Organisation of the BI Norwegian Business School.
Øystein Bonvik is a Norwegian communication consultant, author and lecturer. He runs his own company, besides developing a range of book projects and teaching PR and Market Communication at the Norwegian School of Management (BI).
Nordenfjells or Nordafjells is currently a name for the area of Norway north of mountain range of Dovrefjell. The term is largely used when referring collectively to Central Norway and Northern Norway. Until around 1800 the name also included all of Western Norway.
Einar Berntzen is a Norwegian political scientist. He works as an associate professor at the Department of Comparative Politics at the University of Bergen. His research has been particularly focused on Latin America and Southern Europe.
Johan Wilhelm Eide was a Norwegian printer, book publisher and newspaper publisher.
Tore Hamsun was a Norwegian painter, writer, and publisher born in Hamarøy. He was the son of the Nobel Prize winning novelist Knut Hamsun and actress Marie Hamsun.
Alle Menn was a Norwegian weekly magazine that was first published in 1929 by the company Forlagshuset as the crime-story magazine Mystikk. In 1945 the name of the publication was changed to the more attractive title Alle Menns Blad and it was published on a monthly basis. In 1962 the name of the magazine was changed once again, to Alle Menn, and it was published by Gyldendal Norsk Forlag until 1974. The magazine ceased publication in 2006.
Forlagshuset Vigmostad & Bjørke is the fourth largest publishing house in Norway. The company was started in 1990 by Arno Vigmostad and Arstein Bjørke. It publishes literature and text books, and owns both physical and online book retailers.
Bård Frydenlund is the director (CEO) at Eidsvoll 1814 in Norway. He is the former CEO at Næs Jernverksmuseum.
