Haakon VII was the King of Norway from November 1905 until his death in September 1957.
The Storting is the supreme legislature of Norway,established in 1814 by the Constitution of Norway. It is located in Oslo. The unicameral parliament has 169 members and is elected every four years based on party-list proportional representation in nineteen multi-seat constituencies. A member of Stortinget is known in Norwegian as a stortingsrepresentant,literally "Storting representative".
Haakon Magnusson,byname Toresfostre,was king of Norway from 1093 to 1095. Haakon was only partially recognized within Norway and his reign was thus of limited significance. He has generally not been counted in the numbered series of Norwegian kings.
Nidaros,Niðarós or Niðaróss was the medieval name of Trondheim when it was the capital of Norway's first Christian kings. It was named for its position at the mouth of the River Nid.
Jo Benkow was a Norwegian politician and writer,notable for being an important person in the Conservative Party of Norway,and the President of the Parliament 1985–1993. He was also President of the Nordic Council in 1983.
Haakon Sigurdarson was the de facto ruler of Norway from about 975 to 995. Sometimes he is styled Hakon the Powerful through Ágrip af Nóregskonungasögum and Historia Norwegiæ gives the less flattering name Hákon Illi,that is Hakon Bad.
Carl Joachim Hambro was a Norwegian journalist,author and leading politician representing the Conservative Party. A ten-term member of the Parliament of Norway,Hambro served as President of the Parliament for 20 of his 38 years in the legislature. He was actively engaged in international affairs,including work with the League of Nations (1939–1940),delegate to the UN General Assembly (1945–1956) and member of the Norwegian Nobel Committee (1940–1963).
Stiftsgården is the royal residence in Trondheim,Norway. It is centrally situated on the city’s most important thoroughfare,Munkegaten. At 140 rooms constituting 4000 m²(43000 ft²),it is possibly the largest wooden building in Northern Europe,and it has been used by royalty and their guests since 1800.
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.
Magnus Nilssen was a Norwegian politician for the Labour and Social Democratic Labour parties.
Arne Toralf Sunde was a Norwegian politician,Olympic shooter and army officer. He is best known for his participation in the 1940 Norwegian Campaign,his participation in Nygaardsvold's Cabinet during its 1940–1945 exile in London and three years as a United Nations ambassador. Sunde was President of the United Nations Security Council in June 1949 and July 1950.
A referendum on retaining the monarchy or becoming a republic was held in Norway on 12 and 13 November 1905. Voters were asked whether they approved of the Storting's decision to authorise the government to make the offer of the throne of the newly self-ruling country. The Storting had wanted to offer the throne to Prince Carl of Denmark,but the prince insisted that the Norwegian people have a chance to decide whether they wanted to retain a monarchy.
Coronations in Norway were held from 1164 to 1906,mostly in the Nidaros Cathedral in Trondheim. Although a crowning ceremony was formerly mandated by the nation's constitution,this requirement was eliminated in 1908. However,Norwegian kings have since chosen voluntarily to take part in a ritual of "benediction" to mark their accession to the throne,during which the crown is present,but not physically bestowed upon the sovereign. The new ceremony retains some of the religious elements of earlier rites,while eliminating other features now considered to be "undemocratic".
Thorleiv Bugge Røhn was a Norwegian Army officer,who as a gymnast was a member of the team that won the gold medal in the team competition at the 1906 Intercalated Games in Athens,Greece.
Events in the year 1941 in Norway.
In 1910 Haakon VII serves his sixth year as King of Norway. On 1 February Wollert Konow takes over as Prime Minister after Gunnar Knudsen,who has held this position since 1908.
Svein Harberg is a Norwegian businessman and politician for the Conservative Party. He has served as an member of Parliament for Aust-Agder since 2009,and the Storting’s first Vice President since 2021. He was also mayor of Grimstad from 2003 to 2007.
The King's Choice is a 2016 biographical war film directed by Erik Poppe. It is a co-production of Norway,Sweden,Denmark,and Ireland,and was selected as the Norwegian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 89th Academy Awards. The film made the shortlist of nine films to be considered for a nomination at the 89th Academy Awards.
Nils T. Bjørke is a Norwegian farmer,organisational leader and politician. A former leader of the Norwegian Agrarian Association,he was elected to the Storting for Hordaland in 2017.
Trond Lykke was a Norwegian merchant.
