Romsdal is the name of a traditional district in the Norwegian county Møre og Romsdal, located between Nordmøre and Sunnmøre. The district of Romsdal comprises Aukra, Fræna, Midsund, Molde, Nesset, Rauma, Sandøy, and Vestnes. It is named after the valley of Romsdalen, which covers part of Rauma.
Otto Albert Blehr was a Norwegian attorney and newspaper editor. He served as a politician representing the Liberal Party. He was Prime Minister of Norway from 1902 to 1903 during the Union between Sweden and Norway and from 1921 to 1923 following the Dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden.
Reiulf Steen was a Norwegian author, ambassador and politician with the Norwegian Labour Party. He was active in the Labour Party from 1958 to 1990, serving as deputy party chairman from 1965 to 1975 and chairman from 1975 to 1981. Steen served as Norwegian ambassador to Chile between 1992 and 1996.
Gunnar Thoresen was one of the greatest Norwegian footballers in the 1940s and 1950s. He played 64 matches and scored 22 goals for the Norway national football team and took part in the 1952 Summer Olympics. His last appearance for Norway came on 28 June 1959, less than a month before his 39th birthday, making him the oldest-ever Norwegian player to play for his national team.
Tor Ulven was a Norwegian poet. He is considered one of the major poets of the Norwegian post-war era, and won several major literary prizes in Norwegian literature.
Bernt Holtsmark was a Norwegian farmer and politician for the Conservative Party and the Liberal Left Party. He was a four-term member of the Parliament of Norway, and served as Minister of Agriculture from 1910 to 1912. He was also known for establishing the agricultural college at Sem in his native Asker.
Olav Arnold Brunvand was a Norwegian newspaper editor and politician for the Labour Party.
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.
Knut Alvsson was a Norwegian nobleman and landowner. He was the country's foremost Norwegian-born noble in his time and served as fief-holder in southern-central Norway.
Hartvig Andreas Munthe was a Norwegian military officer, engineer and genealogist.
Rolf Thommessen was a Norwegian journalist, newspaper editor and politician. He edited the newspaper Tidens Tegn from 1917 to 1938. He was a member of the Parliament of Norway from 1928 to 1930, representing the Liberal Left Party.
Vidar Sandem is a Norwegian actor, playwright and theatre director.
Tore Ørjasæter was a Norwegian educator, literature critic and poet.
Thomas Fearnley was a Norwegian shipping magnate, sports executive and philanthropist. He was a prominent figure in Norwegian shipping in the first half of the 20th century.
Ole Hannibal Sommerfelt was a Norwegian jurist, civil servant and topographer.
Alf Bonnevie Bryn was a Norwegian patent engineer, mountaineer, golf player, novelist and non-fiction writer.
Events in the year 2014 in Norway.
Per Kvist was the artist name of Vidar Wexelsen, a Norwegian revue writer, entertainer, stage actor, film actor and children's writer.
Kristian Hauger was a Norwegian pianist, orchestra leader and composer of popular music from the late 1920s to mid 1950s.
