On February 2.1942 ; The Osvald Group is responsible for the first, active event of anti-Nazi resistance in Norway, to protest the inauguration of Vidkun Quisling. source
On February 2.1942 ; The Osvald Group is responsible for the first, active event of anti-Nazi resistance in Norway, to protest the inauguration of Vidkun Quisling.
On March 8.1844 ; King Oscar I ascends to the thrones of Sweden and Norway. source
On March 8.1844 ; King Oscar I ascends to the thrones of Sweden and Norway.
On April 21.1894 ; Norway formally adopts the Krag–Jørgensen bolt-action rifle as the main arm of its armed forces, a weapon that would remain in service for almost 50 years. source
On April 21.1894 ; Norway formally adopts the Krag–Jørgensen bolt-action rifle as the main arm of its armed forces, a weapon that would remain in service for almost 50 years.
On May 2.2012 ; A pastel version of The Scream, by Norwegian painter Edvard Munch, sells for $120 million in a New York City auction, setting a new world record for a work of art at auction. source
On May 2.2012 ; A pastel version of The Scream, by Norwegian painter Edvard Munch, sells for $120 million in a New York City auction, setting a new world record for a work of art at auction.
On May 3.1860 ; Charles XV of Sweden–Norway is crowned king of Sweden. source
On May 3.1860 ; Charles XV of Sweden–Norway is crowned king of Sweden.
On July 11.1897 ; Salomon August Andrée leaves Spitsbergen to attempt to reach the North Pole by balloon. He later crashes and dies. source
On July 11.1897 ; Salomon August Andrée leaves Spitsbergen to attempt to reach the North Pole by balloon. He later crashes and dies.
On August 5.1860 ; Charles XV of Sweden of Sweden-Norway is crowned king of Norway in Trondheim. source
On August 5.1860 ; Charles XV of Sweden of Sweden-Norway is crowned king of Norway in Trondheim.
On August 10.1899 ; The Norwegian football club Viking FK is founded. source
On August 10.1899 ; The Norwegian football club Viking FK is founded.
On September 2.1811 ; The University of Oslo is founded as The Royal Fredericks University, after Frederick VI of Denmark and Norway. source
On September 2.1811 ; The University of Oslo is founded as The Royal Fredericks University, after Frederick VI of Denmark and Norway.
On September 7.1818 ; Carl III of Sweden–Norway is crowned king of Norway, in Trondheim. source
On September 7.1818 ; Carl III of Sweden–Norway is crowned king of Norway, in Trondheim.
nna Bågenholm is a Swedish radiologist who in 1999 survived 80 minutes under ice in a frozen stream in Norway, the final 40 minutes in a state of cardiac arrest, and survived with no brain damage. source
nna Bågenholm is a Swedish radiologist who in 1999 survived 80 minutes under ice in a frozen stream in Norway, the final 40 minutes in a state of cardiac arrest, and survived with no brain damage.
On November 12.1905 ; Norway holds a referendum resulting in popular approval of the Storting's decision to authorise the government to make the offer of the throne of the newly-independent country source
On November 12.1905 ; Norway holds a referendum resulting in popular approval of the Storting's decision to authorise the government to make the offer of the throne of the newly-independent country
On November 18.1905 ; Prince Carl of Denmark becomes King Haakon VII of Norway. source
On November 18.1905 ; Prince Carl of Denmark becomes King Haakon VII of Norway.
On November 27.1895 ; At the Swedish–Norwegian Club in Paris, Alfred Nobel signs his last will and testament, setting aside his estate to establish the Nobel Prize after he dies. source
On November 27.1895 ; At the Swedish–Norwegian Club in Paris, Alfred Nobel signs his last will and testament, setting aside his estate to establish the Nobel Prize after he dies.
On December 24.1969 ; The oil company Phillips Petroleum made the first oil discovery in the Norwegian sector of North Sea. source
On December 24.1969 ; The oil company Phillips Petroleum made the first oil discovery in the Norwegian sector of North Sea.
Norway has the highesr income earning in the world. Norway its Gross National Income per capita of 103 thousand USD,. source
Norway has the highesr income earning in the world. Norway its Gross National Income per capita of 103 thousand USD,.