Haakon, Crown Prince of Norway is the only son of King Harald V and Queen Sonja, and heir apparent to the throne of Norway.
Mette-Marit, Crown Princess of Norway is the wife of Crown Prince Haakon, heir apparent to the throne of Norway.
Princess Ingrid Alexandra of Norway is the elder child of Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit. She is second in line to succeed her grandfather King Harald V. A member of the House of Glücksburg, she is expected to become the country's second female monarch, after the 15th-century Queen Margaret.
Marit Elisabeth Larsen is a Norwegian singer and songwriter. She began playing violin at age of 5 and played it until the age of 8. She gained international fame during her teenage years as a member of the pop duo M2M with childhood friend Marion Raven. She then pursued her own music career, releasing her debut solo album Under the Surface in 2006. Her second album, The Chase, was released in Norway in October 2008. Her third album, titled Spark was released in Norway, Denmark, Sweden and Finland on 18 November 2011, and in Germany, Austria and Switzerland on 16 December 2011. Her fourth studio album When the Morning Comes was released on 20 October 2014. Larsen toured in its support within Norway with her own concerts, played songs from the album in Germany and Switzerland at public festivals and was the opening act at two of Johannes Oerding's concerts in November 2015.
Marit Breivik is a former Norwegian team handball player, and former head coach for the Norway women's national handball team. As coach, she has led the team to victory in the 2008 Olympic tournament, the World Women's Handball Championship in 1999, and four European Women's Handball Championships, in 1998 (Netherlands), 2004 (Hungary), 2006 (Sweden) and 2008 (Macedonia).
Lisbet Nypan was an alleged Norwegian witch. As one of the most famous victims of the witch-hunts in her country, she was also the penultimate defendant to be executed for witchcraft in Norway.
Rune Belsvik is a Norwegian novelist, playwright, short story writer and children's writer.
Events in the year 1950 in Norway.
Events in the year 1956 in Norway.
Kaldhol is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Beate Grimsrud was a Norwegian novelist, short story writer, children's writer, scriptwriter and playwright.
Morten Qvenild is a Norwegian jazz pianist, band leader, and producer.
Events in the year 1662 in Norway.
Beate Slettevoll Lech is a Norwegian jazz singer, composer and lyricist in modern jazz and related music, raised in Øvre Årdal, Sogn og Fjordane. She grew up in Volda, Møre og Romsdal as the daughter of the Polish jazz violinist Zdzislaw Lech, known from bands like "Folk & Røvere", Jon Eberson's band Metropolitan, and Beady Belle with her husband jazz bassist Marius Reksjø, and has attracted attention in concerts internationally.
Anne Mogensdotter Løset was a Norwegian woman who was tried for alleged sorcery, convicted and executed by burning. She was probably born at Sunnmøre, and was executed at Rovde in December 1679. Her biography is known from records from Thing gatherings in 1679. Several witnesses held her responsible for their miserable health condition. Anne Løset long denied all accusations. After strong pressure from her clergyman she finally pleaded guilty and confessed everything, including a Christmas Mass with Satan at Dovrefjell in 1678. In the district of Sunnmøre a total of 19 witch trials from the 17th century are documented.
Botten Soot was a Norwegian actress, singer and dancer.
Rune Johan Andersson is a Norwegian cartoonist, illustrator and children's writer.
Solfrid Sivertsen is a Norwegian librarian, poet, novelist and children's writer.
Hildur Andersen was a Norwegian pianist and music pedagogue.
The following is a list of notable events and releases of the year 1950 in Norwegian music.
