Vålerenga Ishockey is a Norwegian professional ice hockey team based in Oslo, Norway. Vålerenga has been the dominant force in Norwegian hockey since the 1960s, claiming 26 national championships and 29 regular season titles. Their old home arena, located in central-eastern Oslo, was Jordal Amfi, built for the 1952 Winter Olympics. In 2020, Vålerenga moved in to their new arena at Jordal.
Tove Astri Strand is a Norwegian director and former politician for the Labour Party. She was active in politics between 1963 and 1992, including two periods as a government minister. She headed the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation from 1997 to 2005, and since 2005 she is the director of Ullevål University Hospital.
Tor Lars Oskar Endresen is a Norwegian singer and composer.
Åse Gunhild Duesund is a Norwegian politician representing Aust-Agder in the Storting.
Roger Ingebrigtsen is a Norwegian journalist and politician for the Labour Party. He is best known as State Secretary in Stoltenberg's First and Stoltenberg's Second Cabinet and county councillor in Troms County Municipality (2003–2006). He has also worked as a journalist in Dagbladet and Verdens Gang, and was the news editor in Nordlys. He has also been information or communications director in the Norwegian Centre for Integrated Care and Telemedicine, Hurtigruten and Tromsø 2018.
Forente Artister was a group of Norwegian artists that went together in 1985 to record the song Sammen for livet in order to raise money for the victims of hunger in Africa. The lyrics were written by Halvdan Sivertsen and the melody by Åge Aleksandersen. This project was inspired by Band Aid and Forente Artister was thus part of a large humanitarian initiative. The project resulted in an album which in addition to Sammen for livet also consisted of several newly recorded songs by some of the participators. The song and the project received a special award in the Spellemannsprisen 1985.
Christian Wegner Haaland was a Norwegian ship-owner and politician for the Conservative Party.
Marie Lindebø Knutsen is a Norwegian former football midfielder who played for Røa of Norway's Toppserien league and represented the Norwegian national team.
Karoline is a given name. Notable people with the name include:
Knutsen is a Norwegian surname. Its origin was as a patronymic name (-sen/-søn/-son/-zen) derived from the first name Knut. Notable people with the surname include:
Jan Arvid Johansen was a Norwegian musician. He was a graduate of the Nordnorsk Musikkonservatorium (1976–79).
Knutsen OAS Shipping is a privately owned shipping company located in Haugesund, Norway. The company has a fleet of purpose-built shuttle tankers, chemical carriers and product tankers internationally. The fleet consists of 41 shuttle tankers, chemical carriers and product tankers. In 2009 the company had an onshore staff of 64 to handle projects and operation of the fleet, 430 administrative employees offshore and about 800 foreign employees.
Arvid Hanssen was a Norwegian journalist, newspaper editor, poet, novelist and children's writer.
Bjørn Alterhaug is a Norwegian jazz bassist, arranger, composer and professor of music.
Bjørn Klakegg is a Norwegian jazz musician (guitar) and composer, known from a number of recordings and cooperations with the likes of Nils Petter Molvær, Sverre Gjørvad, Ernst-Wiggo Sandbakk, Frode Alnæs, Knut Værnes, Knut Reiersrud, Hanne Hukkelberg, Tove Karoline Knutsen, Terje Gewelt and Tore Brunborg.
Søyr is a Norwegian musical group, led from the start of trumpeter Torgrim Sollid.
Konrad Kaspersen is a Norwegian jazz musician.
Nordlysprisen is an annual award presented by the newspaper Nordlys during the opening concert at Nordlysfestivalen in Tromsø, Norway. Nordlysprisen is awarded to a performing musician or composer, that through their work in Northern Norway has excelled at a high artistic level and therefore contributed to highlighting the region's musical life in a positive way. In 2013 the prize-winner was awarded 50 000 Norwegian kroner.
Anna Karoline is a jekt often called Nordlandsjekt, built at Brataker in Mosvik, Norway in 1876.
The following is a list of notable events and releases of the year 1951 in Norwegian music.
