1904 in Norway
Encyclopedia
Events
- 23 January – Ålesund FireÅlesund FireThe Ålesund Fire happened in the Norwegian city of Ålesund on 23 January 1904. It destroyed almost the whole city centre, built mostly of wood like the majority of Norwegian towns in that era.-Fire:...
: a major fire break out during the night in the town of ÅlesundÅlesundis a town and municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the traditional district of Sunnmøre, and the center of the Ålesund Region. It is a sea port, and is noted for its unique concentration of Art Nouveau architecture....
. The fire destroyed almost the whole city centre, built mostly of wood like the majority of Norwegian towns in that era. The Fire left nearly 10,000 people homeless. - 28 June - The Danish ocean liner SS NorgeSS NorgeSS Norge was a Danish passenger liner sailing from Copenhagen, Oslo and Kristiansand to New York, mainly with emigrants, which sank off Rockall in 1904 in the biggest civilian maritime disaster in the Atlantic Ocean up to that time....
runs aground and sinks close to RockallRockallRockall is an extremely small, uninhabited, remote rocky islet in the North Atlantic Ocean. It gives its name to one of the sea areas named in the shipping forecast provided by the British Meteorological Office....
, killing 635, including 225 Norwegian emigrants
Arts and literature
- December - Adolf ØstbyeAdolf ØstbyeAdolf Østbye was a revue artist and barber who became the first Norwegian recording artist. The earliest playable Norwegian phonograph cylinder dates from 1889....
, revue artist, made the first gramophone record in Norway
Notable births
- 20 January - Alf PedersenAlf PedersenAlf Pedersen was a Norwegian boxer who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics.In 1924 he was eliminated in the first round of the welterweight class after losing his fight to Jan Cornelisse.-External links:*...
, boxer (d.19251925 in Norway-Events:* 1 January - The city of Christiania reclaimed its original Norwegian name, Oslo; a decision which caused much debate in its time.* 17 July - the Parliament of Norway passed the Svalbard Act which established Norwegian sovereignty on the island of Svalbard, and stated that Norwegian...
) - 22 January - Berge Helle KringlebotnBerge Helle KringlebotnBerge Helle Kringlebotn was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party.He was born in Tune.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Aust-Agder in 1961, but was not re-elected in 1965....
, politician (d.19921992 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Harald V of Norway* Prime Minister - Gro Harlem Brundtland -Events:* 6 June - The Fantoft stave church in Bergen, dating from the 12th century, is burnt to the ground by arsonists originating in the early Norwegian black metal scene.* 5 September - The Norwegian commercial...
) - 4 February - Werner Nilsen, soccer player in America (d.19921992 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Harald V of Norway* Prime Minister - Gro Harlem Brundtland -Events:* 6 June - The Fantoft stave church in Bergen, dating from the 12th century, is burnt to the ground by arsonists originating in the early Norwegian black metal scene.* 5 September - The Norwegian commercial...
) - 7 March - Ivar BallangrudIvar BallangrudIvar Ballangrud was a Norwegian speed skater, a four-time Olympic champion in Speed Skating. As the only triple gold medalists at the 1936 Winter Olympics, Ballangrud was the most successful athlete there.-Biography:Ivar Ballangrud was one of the best speed skaters in the world for a period of 15...
, speed skater and multiple Olympic gold medallist (d.19691969 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Per Borten -Events:* 6 April - Railway accident occurs in Darbu, resulting in the deaths of 8 people.* 8 September - The 1969 Parliamentary election takes place....
) - 14 March - Olav Rasmussen LangelandOlav Rasmussen LangelandOlav Rasmussen Langeland was a Norwegian politician for the Centre Party.He was born in Vikør. His father was Rasmus Olsen Langeland, Member of Parliament and Minister of Labour 1931-1933....
, politician (d.19811981 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Odvar Nordli until 4 February, Gro Harlem Brundtland until 14 October, Kåre Willoch -Events:...
) - 16 March - Arne HolstArne HolstArne Holst was a Norwegian bobsledder who competed from the late 1940s to the early 1950s. Competing in two Winter Olympics, he earned his best finish of fifth in the four-man event at St. Moritz in 1948.-References:...
, bobsledder (d.19911991 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway - until his death on January 17, Harald V of Norway* Prime Minister - Gro Harlem Brundtland -Events:*17 January - Olav V of Norway, King of Norway dies*Rjukanbanen railway line closes ....
) - 9 April - Carl Viggo Manthey LangeCarl Viggo Manthey LangeCarl Viggo Manthey Lange was a Norwegian physician and politician for the Labour Party.He was born in Kristiania as a son of Christian Lous Lange and Bertha Manthey , and brother of August and Halvard Manthey Lange. He enrolled as a student in 1922, and graduated with the cand.med. degre in 1929...
, politician (d.19991999 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Harald V of Norway* Prime Minister - Kjell Magne Bondevik -Events:* 1 February - The Coastal Party is founded....
) - 24 April - Ragnvald SkredeRagnvald SkredeRagnvald Skrede was a Norwegian author, journalist, literature critic and translator.-Biography:Ragnvald Skrede was born in Vågå in Oppland county, Norway. Skrede was the youngest seven children. He was a student at Elverum teacher school . In 1928, he was hired as a teacher and sexton in...
, author, journalist, literature critic and translator (d.19831983 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Kåre Willoch -Events:* 18 March - Arnfinn Nesset is convicted of poisoning 22 patients with Curacit, a muscle relaxing drug, at a Geriatric institution in Orkdal, Norway where he was the director since 1977...
) - 6 May - Magnhild HageliaMagnhild HageliaMagnhild Hagelia was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.She was born in Gjerstad.She was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Aust-Agder in 1950, and was re-elected on three occasions...
, politician (d.19961996 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Harald V of Norway* Prime Minister - Gro Harlem Brundtland until October 25, Thorbjørn Jagland -Events:...
) - 31 May - Thor ThorvaldsenThor ThorvaldsenThor Thorvaldsen was a Norwegian sailor and Olympic champion. He was born in Bamble and died in Bærum...
, sailor and twice Olympic gold medallist (d.19871987 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Gro Harlem Brundtland -Events:* 12 February - Oslo Central Station opens.* August - the Mosjøen Airport was opened....
) - 2 June - Harald Johan LøbakHarald Johan LøbakHarald Johan Løbak was a Norwegian politician for the Norwegian Labour Party.He was born in Trysil.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Hedmark in 1945, and was re-elected on six occasions....
, politician and Minister (d.19851985 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Kåre Willoch -Events:* 25 February - The trial of the accused spy Arne Treholt starts.* 20 June – Arne Treholt was sentenced to 20 years in prison for espionage....
) - 4 June - Aase ByeAase ByeAase Synnøve Bye was a Norwegian actress, known from stage, film and television.-Personal life:She was born in Kristiania as a daughter of merchant Anders Bye and Astrid Hansen . She was married three times. The first marriage, to physician Carl Christian Christensen, only lasted from August 1927...
, actress (d.19911991 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway - until his death on January 17, Harald V of Norway* Prime Minister - Gro Harlem Brundtland -Events:*17 January - Olav V of Norway, King of Norway dies*Rjukanbanen railway line closes ....
) - 15 June - Trond Halvorsen WirstadTrond Halvorsen WirstadTrond Halvorsen Wirstad was a Norwegian politician for the Centre Party.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Oppland in 1950, and was re-elected on four occasions....
, politician (d.19851985 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Kåre Willoch -Events:* 25 February - The trial of the accused spy Arne Treholt starts.* 20 June – Arne Treholt was sentenced to 20 years in prison for espionage....
) - 22 June - Lars FletreLars FletreLars Fletre was a prominent Norwegian-American sculptor.-Biography:Lars Olavson Fletre was born in Vossestrand, Voss, Hordaland, Norway. He was the son of Ola Oddson Fletre and Kristine Olsdatter ytre Kvårmo....
, sculptor (d.19771977 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Odvar Nordli -Events:* 12 September - The 1977 Parliamentary election takes place....
) - 2 July - Alf GrindrudAlf GrindrudAlf Martinius Grindrud was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.During the German occupation of Norway he was a member of the Norwegian resistance movement. He was arrested in January 1944, and spent time at the concentration camps Grini, Natzweiler, Dachau, Ottobrunn, Dautmergen and...
, politician (d.19591959 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Einar Gerhardsen -Events:* 16 February - The Norwegian National Opera and Ballet holds its first performance in Folketeatret in Oslo....
) - 14 July - Reidar Andreas LysethReidar Andreas LysethReidar Andreas Lyseth was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from the Market towns of Sør-Trøndelag and Nord-Trøndelag in 1950, and was re-elected on one occasion...
, politician (d.19871987 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Gro Harlem Brundtland -Events:* 12 February - Oslo Central Station opens.* August - the Mosjøen Airport was opened....
) - 17 July - Henrik SvensenHenrik SvensenHenrik Svensen was a Norwegian judge and politician for the Conservative Party.He was born in Askøy, finished his secondary education in 1922 and got his law degree in 1926...
, politician (d.20072007 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Harald V of Norway* Prime Minister - Jens Stoltenberg -Events:* 13 January – The Greek ship Server breaks in half off the Norwegian coast, releasing over 200 tons of crude oil....
) - 21 July - Henry JohansenHenry JohansenHenry "Tippen" Johansen was a Norwegian professional football goalkeeper.-Club career:On club level, he played for Vålerenga from 1923–46.-International career:...
, international soccer player (d.19881988 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Gro Harlem Brundtland -Events:* May 6 – Widerøe Flight 710, a Dash 7, crashes in Torghatten, Norway in heavy fog, killing all 36 passengers in the worst-ever Dash 7 accident....
) - 15 August - Bjarne Henry HenriksenBjarne Henry HenriksenBjarne Henry Henriksen was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.He was born in Arendal.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Aust-Agder in 1954, and was re-elected on three occasions....
, politician (d.19951995 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Harald V of Norway* Prime Minister - Gro Harlem Brundtland -Events:* January 1 – The Draupner wave in the North Sea in Norway is detected, confirming the existence of rogue waves....
) - 5 September - Anders LangeAnders LangeAnders Sigurd Lange was a Norwegian politician and the eponymous founder of the political party Anders Lange's Party . He was a charismatic right-wing public speaker who objected to high taxes, state-regulations and public bureaucracy.Lange has been described as a man who went his own ways...
, politician (d.19741974 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Trygve Bratteli -Events:* 2 January - drilling rig "Transocean 3" sinks in the North Sea....
) - 7 September - Ragnar Steen, musician and band-leader (d.19581958 in Canada-Incumbents:*Monarch – Elizabeth II*Governor General – Vincent Massey then Georges Vanier*Prime Minister – John Diefenbaker*Premier of Alberta – Ernest Manning*Premier of British Columbia – W.A.C...
) - 11 September - Olav TotlandOlav TotlandNils Olav Totland is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.He was Minister of Administration from October 1993 to October 1996, in the third cabinet Brundtland. On the local level, he was a member of Skedsmo municipal council from 1967 to 1982 and Fet municipal council from 1999 to 2003...
, politician (d.19961996 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Harald V of Norway* Prime Minister - Gro Harlem Brundtland until October 25, Thorbjørn Jagland -Events:...
) - 13 September - Sivert TodalSivert TodalSivert Todal was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Møre og Romsdal in 1958, and was re-elected on one occasion....
, politician (d.19881988 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Gro Harlem Brundtland -Events:* May 6 – Widerøe Flight 710, a Dash 7, crashes in Torghatten, Norway in heavy fog, killing all 36 passengers in the worst-ever Dash 7 accident....
) - 16 September - Vebjørn TandbergVebjørn TandbergVebjørn Tandberg was a Norwegian electronics engineer. An alumnus of the Norwegian Institute of Technology, founded Tandbergs Radiofabrikk of Oslo in 1933, and made it a great success....
, businessperson and industrialist (d.19781978 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Odvar Nordli -Events:* 7 September - Skateboarding is banned in Norway.-Literature:*Harald Sverdrup, poet and children's writer, is awarded the Dobloug Prize literature award....
) - 17 September - Christen ChristensenChristen Christensen (figure skater)Christen Christensen was a Norwegian pair skater. He represented Oslo Skøiteklub....
, pair skater (d.19691969 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Per Borten -Events:* 6 April - Railway accident occurs in Darbu, resulting in the deaths of 8 people.* 8 September - The 1969 Parliamentary election takes place....
) - 4 October - Petter Carl ReinsnesPetter Carl ReinsnesPetter Carl Reinsnes was a Norwegian politician , mayor of the Sortland municipality, county mayor of Nordland, and a member of the Storting....
, politician (d.19761976 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Trygve Bratteli until 15 January, Odvar Nordli -Events:* 15 January - Odvar Nordli becomes Prime Minister of Norway* 15 January – Nordli's Cabinet was appointed....
) - 15 October - Paul IngebretsenPaul IngebretsenPaul Ingebretsen , was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party.Ingebretsen was born in Stavanger. He graduated as cand.jur. in 1927...
, politician (d.19681968 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Per Borten -Events:* 19 February - Avalanches occur in Bondalen which kill four people.* 19 March - The Palace announces that Crown Prince Harald has engaged to Sonja Haraldsen....
) - 29 October - Randi BakkeRandi BakkeRandi Nilsine Bakke was a Norwegian pair skater. She represented Oslo Skøiteklub....
, pair skater (d.19841984 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Kåre Willoch -Events:* 20 January – Arne Treholt was arrested on suspicion of spying for the Soviet Union....
) - 17 December - Ole JohansenOle JohansenOle Johansen was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party.He served as a deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament from Sør-Trøndelag during the term 1965–1969.-References:...
, politician (d.19861986 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Kåre Willoch until 9 May, Gro Harlem Brundtland -Events:* 9 May - Gro Harlem Brundtland becomes Prime Minister of Norway for the second time....
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- Sigurd AndersonSigurd AndersonSigurd Anderson was the 19th Governor of South Dakota. Anderson, a Republican from Webster, South Dakota, served in that office from 1951 to 1955.-Background:...
, nineteenth GovernorGovernor of South DakotaThe Governor of South Dakota is the head of the executive branch of the government of South Dakota. They are elected to a four year term on even years when there is no Presidential election. The current governor is Dennis Daugaard, a Republican elected in 2010....
of South DakotaSouth DakotaSouth Dakota is a state located in the Midwestern region of the United States. It is named after the Lakota and Dakota Sioux American Indian tribes. Once a part of Dakota Territory, South Dakota became a state on November 2, 1889. The state has an area of and an estimated population of just over...
(d.19901990 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Eli Ryan. Holliday until 3 November, Gro Harlem Brundtland -Events:...
) - Reidar KjellbergReidar KjellbergAnders Reidar Kjellberg was a Norwegian art historianand museum director.-Biography:Anders Reidar Kjellberg was born in Fredrikstad in Østfold county, Norway. Kjellberg took his final exams in 1924 and began studying theology. However, he soon found out that he was more interested in the history...
, art historian (d.19781978 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Odvar Nordli -Events:* 7 September - Skateboarding is banned in Norway.-Literature:*Harald Sverdrup, poet and children's writer, is awarded the Dobloug Prize literature award....
) - Axel Heiberg StangAxel Heiberg StangAxel Heiberg Stang was a Norwegian who was appointed councillor of state in the Nasjonal Samling government of Vidkun Quisling , and minister ....
, politician and Minister (d.19741974 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Trygve Bratteli -Events:* 2 January - drilling rig "Transocean 3" sinks in the North Sea....
) - Paulus SvendsenPaulus SvendsenPaulus Svendsen was a Norwegian historian of literature and ideas.He was born in Egersund. He graduated with the cand.philol. degree in 1930, and the 1940 thesis Gullalderdrøm og utviklingstro earned him the dr.philos. degree in 1941...
, historian of literature and ideas (d.19891989 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Gro Harlem Brundtland until 16 October, Jan P. Syse -Events:* 30 March – The Oseberg oil field and the first gas pipeline to mainland Norway were opened....
) - Eirik VandvikEirik VandvikEirik Vandvik was professor in literature at the university of Oslo. Professor Vandvik was one of the major interpreters of the ancient Greek and Latin literature, and saw it as his purpose to make these works available to Norwegian literati....
, professor in literature (d.19531953 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Haakon VII of Norway* Prime Minister - Oscar Torp -Events:* 1 June –The first Bergen International Festival opens.* 16 July – Parliament voted to move the main base for the Navy from Horten to Bergen....
) - Kolbjørn Varmann, politician and Minister (d.19801980 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Odvar Nordli -Events:* 27 March – The Norwegian oil platform Alexander L...
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Notable deaths
- 3 May - Tycho KiellandTycho KiellandTycho Kielland was a Norwegian jurist and journalist.He was born in Stavanger to Jens Zetlitz Kielland and his wife Christine , née Lange. His grandfather was Jacob Kielland, and an uncle was also named Jacob Kielland...
, jurist and journalist (b.18541854 in Norway-Events:* 26 August - A new conscription law was sanctioned, under which all Norwegian men regardless of condition and position had an obligation to serve in the armed forces....
) - 18 August - Sivert Andreas NielsenSivert Andreas Nielsen (1823-1904)Sivert Andreas Nielsen was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party.He was born in Brønnøy.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1859. He was not re-elected in 1861, but returned in 1865 to serve twelve more terms. When political parties were introduced in the 1880s, Nielsen joined the...
, politician (b.18231823 in Norway-Events:* King Carl III ordered to build the royal palace in Christiania.-Births:*6 January - Aimar August Sørenssen, politician and Minister *14 April - Christian Jensen, politician and Minister...
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- Jacob Aall BonnevieJacob Aall BonnevieJacob Aall Bonnevie was a Norwegian school director and a politician for the Conservative Party. Born in Christiania , he was the son of Honoratus Bonnevie who later became mayor of the city...
, politician and Minister (b.18381838 in Norway-Events:*1 January - Fulfilling a law from 1837 all parishes form the bases for the establishment of altogether 396 formannskapsdistrikts, the precursor of municipalities.-Births:*10 January - Johan Christopher Brun, pharmacist and politician...
) - Hans GløersenHans GløersenHans Andreas Tanberg Gløersen was a Norwegian forest manager.He was born in Nord-Aurdal as a son of physician Jørgen Gustav Gløersen and Gunda Sophie Cathrine Tanberg . He took his examen artium in 1853, gained a law degree in 1858, followed by a degree in forestry at Giessen in 1860...
, forest manager and lawyer (b.18361836 in Norway-Births:*24 February - Elias Blix, poet, musician, politician and Minister *22 March - John Anderson, Norwegian-American newspaper publisher *22 September - Baard Iversen, businessperson and politician -Full date unknown:...
) - Johan Christian HeuchJohan Christian HeuchJohan Christian Heuch, often referred to as J. C. Heuch was a Norwegian bishop and politician for the Conservative Party.-Personal life:...
, bishop and politician (b.18381838 in Norway-Events:*1 January - Fulfilling a law from 1837 all parishes form the bases for the establishment of altogether 396 formannskapsdistrikts, the precursor of municipalities.-Births:*10 January - Johan Christopher Brun, pharmacist and politician...
) - Ole Anton QvamOle Anton QvamOle Anton Qvam was the Norwegian Minister of Justice 1891-1893, 1898–1899 and 1900–1902, Minister of the Interior 1899-1900, as well as head of the Ministry of Auditing, Ministry of Agriculture and Ministry of Justice in 1900, and Norwegian prime minister in Stockholm 1902-1903....
, politician and Minister (b.18341834 in Norway-Births:*14 June - Emil Stang, jurist, politician and Prime Minister of Norway -Full date unknown:*Markus Nomil Iversen, ship-owner and politician*Ole Anton Qvam, politician and Minister -Deaths:...
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