Olav V was the King of Norway from 1957 until his death in 1991.
Lars Saabye Christensen is a Norwegian/Danish author.
Vera Margrethe Henriksen was a Norwegian novelist, playwright, and non-fiction writer. She was particularly known for her historical novels and plays set in the Middle Ages.
Events in the year 1909 in Norway.
Events in the year 1938 in Norway.
Johan Martin Ferner was a Norwegian sailor and Olympic medalist. He won a silver medal in the 6 metre class with the boat Elisabeth X at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, together with Finn Ferner, Erik Heiberg, Tor Arneberg and Carl Mortensen. He was married to Princess Astrid, the sister of King Harald V of Norway and Princess Ragnhild.
Geir Kjetsaa was a Norwegian professor in Russian literary history at the University of Oslo, translator of Russian literature, and author of several biographies of classical Russian writers.
Events in the year 1925 in Norway.
Olav Sandvik was a Norwegian veterinarian and civil servant.
Events in the year 1931 in Norway.
Events in the year 1892 in Norway.
Gerhard Peter Frantz Munthe was a Norwegian painter and illustrator.
Per Egil Hegge is a Norwegian journalist.
Åse-Marie Nesse was a Norwegian philologist, translator and poet.
Håkon Ingvald Bleken is a Norwegian painter and graphic artist.
Finn Benestad was a Norwegian musicologist and music critic. He was a professor at the University of Oslo from 1965 to 1998, and is probably best known for his long-term research on composer Edvard Grieg.
Odd Brochmann was a Norwegian architect, professor and children's writer.
Einar Stang was a Norwegian painter and illustrator. He was born Arendal, educated at the Norges landbrukshøgskole, emigrated to Argentina in 1922, was in Canada and the United Kingdom during the Second World War, then back in Argentina until 1958, when he returned to Norway. During the Second World War Stang served with the exiled Royal Norwegian Air Force in Toronto and London, at the No. 132 Wing RAF. From 1958 he worked as freelance illustrator for various Norwegian newspapers. In his column "Sett og hørt på byen" for Verdens Gang he found motives from the city of Oslo. He was reporter for Dagbladet at Cuba, in the aftermath of the Cuban Revolution, and sports illustrator for Aftenposten. He is represented at the National Gallery of Norway. He died in Oslo in 1984.
Tore Bernitz Pedersen was a Norwegian illustrator and comics artist. He was born in Oslo and was educated at the Norwegian National Academy of Craft and Art Industry and the Regent Street Polytechnic Art School in London. He created the comics strip Doktor Fantastisk, in cooperation with Axel Jensen, Roar Høiby and Terje Brofos, which was published in the newspaper Dagbladet, and he has been illustrator for the newspapers Aftenposten and Fredriksstad Blad. Among his book illustrations are Alf Prøysen's songbook Fra Hompetitten til bakvendtland, historical books by Georg Apenes, and Olav Angell's books about the city of Oslo.
Jens Graff is a German-born Norwegian dancer. He was born in Wangerooge, and is a brother of illustrator and cartoonist Finn Graff. His German father died during the Second World War, and the family moved to Norway in 1946. As a child he trained ballet with Rita Tori. He spent most of his dancing career with the Royal Swedish Opera in Stockholm. He served as ballet director of the Norwegian National Opera and Ballet for three years from 1980, and then returned as dancer to the Royal Swedish Opera. From 1995 to 1998 he was artistic director of the dance company Nye Carte Blanche in Bergen. From 2003 he was appointed professor at the University of Dance and Circus in Stockholm. He was decorated Knight of the Order of Dannebrog in 1974.
