Thant,known honorifically as U Thant,was a Burmese diplomat and the third secretary-general of the United Nations from 1961 to 1971,the first non-Scandinavian to hold the position. He held the office for a record 10 years and one month.
The Norwegian Nobel Committee selects the recipients of the Nobel Peace Prize each year on behalf of Swedish industrialist Alfred Nobel's estate,based on instructions of Nobel's will.
Karin Cecilie "Kaci" Kullmann Five was a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party. She served as a member of parliament from 1981 to 1997,as Minister of Trade and Shipping in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 1989 to 1990 and as leader of the Conservative Party from 1991 to 1994. After she left politics in 1997,she held roles in private business,ran her own consultancy and was a board member of Statoil and other companies and organisations.
Milorg was the main Norwegian resistance movement during World War II. Resistance work included intelligence gathering,sabotage,supply-missions,raids,espionage,transport of goods imported to the country,release of Norwegian prisoners and escort for citizens fleeing the border to neutral Sweden.
Olav Meisdalshagen was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party best known for serving as the Norwegian Minister of Finance from December 1947 to November 1951 and as the Norwegian Minister of Agriculture from January 1955 to May 1956. He was also a Member of Parliament for a long time,being elected for the first time in parliamentary election of 1936 and serving until his death,except for the period between 1940 and 1945 when the Parliament of Norway was de facto defunct due to the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany. His death in 1959 came halfway through his fifth term in Parliament,and shortly after a parliamentary speech.
Berit Reiss-Andersen is a Norwegian lawyer,author and former politician for the Norwegian Labour Party. She is chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee,the 5-member committee that awards the Nobel Peace Prize. She is also a board member of the Nobel Foundation,which has the overall responsibility for all the five Nobel Prizes. She served as state secretary for the Minister of Justice and Police from 1996 to 1997 and as president of the Norwegian Bar Association from 2008 to 2012. She has co-authored two crime novels with former Minister of Justice Anne Holt. She is currently a partner at DLA Piper's Oslo office.
Egil Aarvik was a Norwegian newspaper editor,author and politician for the Christian Democratic Party. He served as Chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee from 1982 to 1990.
Ferdinand Schjelderup was a Norwegian mountaineer,Supreme Court Justice and resistance member during the German occupation of Norway.
Conrad Wilhelm Eger,often referred to as C. W. Eger was a Norwegian businessperson. An associate of Sam Eyde,Eger was the chief executive officer of Elkem from 1912 to 1950,and later played a role in building the Norwegian iron industry.
Gunnar Garbo was a Norwegian journalist,politician,and ambassador. He represented the Liberal Party of Norway at the Norwegian Parliament during four electoral periods,from 1958 to 1973,and was leader for the party from 1964 to 1970. He was ambassador in Dar es Salaam from 1987 to 1992.
Nikolai Andreas Schei was a Norwegian jurist and civil servant.
Karl Evang was a Norwegian physician and civil servant.
Sven Arntzen was a Norwegian barrister. He was also the acting director general of the Norwegian Prosecuting Authority from 1945 to 1946,and played an important role in the legal purge in Norway after World War II.
Alexander Lange Johnson was a Norwegian priest,resistance member during World War II,bishop of Hamar,and biographer. He was born in Antsirabe,Madagascar. He played a leading role in the Norwegian civil resistance during the German occupation of Norway,being a member of the Coordination Committee,and later also Hjemmefrontens Ledelse. He was a bishop of the diocese of Hamar from 1964 to 1974. He wrote a biography on Eivind Berggrav in 1959.
Øystein Thommessen was a Norwegian lawyer.
Sverre Johan Iversen was Norwegian trade unionist,civil servant and politician for the Labour and Social Democratic Labour parties.
Arnfinn Vik was a Norwegian politician who served as Mayor of Oslo.
Magnus Jensen was a Norwegian historian and educator. He was born in Arendal. During the German occupation of Norway he was a member of the undercover leadership of the teachers' civil resistance from 1942. From 1943 he represented the teachers in the Coordination Committee of the Norwegian Resistance Movement,and was later a member of Kretsen and Hjemmefrontens Ledelse.
Per Kvist was the artist name of Vidar Wexelsen,a Norwegian revue writer,entertainer,stage actor,film actor and children's writer.
