Liv Ullmann

Liv Ullmann

female, 70 years old
Golden Globe, Best Drama Actress Golden Globe, UNICEF, choices, Orderof St. Olav, The Emigrant
Liv Johanne Ullmann (born December 16, 1938) is an Academy Award-nominated, Golden Globe-winning Norwegian actress, author and film director. She...
Leif Ove Andsnes

Leif Ove Andsnes

male, 39 years old
norwegian, Grammy awards, Gramophone Awards, Lyric Pieces, Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik, Risør Festival of Chamber Music…Grieg Academy of Music, Last Night of the Proms, Orderof St. Olav
Leif Ove Andsnes is a Norwegian pianist. He studied with Jiri Hlinka at the Grieg Academy of Music in Bergen. He is an ardent champion of the works...
Sverre Fehn

Sverre Fehn

male, 85 years old
norwegian, architect, Pritzker Preis, Biënnale Venice, Postmodern architecture, Architekturmuseum Oslo…Orderof St. Olav
Sverre Fehn is a Norwegian architect. Fehn was born in in Kongsberg, Buskerud. He received his architectural education shortly after World War II...

Kåre Willoch

male, 81 years old
Government minister of Norway, Governor of Norway, norwegian, Norwegian Brigade, Kåre Isaachsen Willoch, Independent Norwegian Brigade Group in Germany…Prime Minister of Norway, Orderof St. Olav, university of oslo
(born October 3, 1928) is a Norwegian politician from the Conservative Party. He was Prime Minister of Norway from 1981 to 1986. Willoch graduated...
Kristen Nygaard

Kristen Nygaard

male, deceased (2002)
computer scientist, Orderof St. Olav, politician, myocardial infarction, heart attack, Turing Award laureate…man who was a man of action, rare combination of scientist and politician, father and mentor in almost all aspects of life, part of, University of Copenhagen
Kristen Nygaard (August 27, 1926 - August 10, 2002) was a Norwegian mathematician, computer programming language pioneer and politician. He was...
Knut Nystedt

Knut Nystedt

male, 94 years old
Royal Norwegian Order of St Olav, Universitetet i Oslo, Orderof St. Olav, norwegian, Oslo bys Kunstnerpris, Spellemannprisen 1978
Knut Nystedt, born September 3, 1915, in Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway, is an orchestral and choral composer. He grew up in a Christian home where...
Sonja Henie

Sonja Henie

female, deceased (1969)
Olympic figure skater of Norway, Figure skater at the 1928 Winter Olympics, film actor, Hollywood Walk of Fame, Olympic gold medalist, Multiple Olympic gold medalist…naturalized citizen of the United States, Orderof St. Olav, The Countess of Monte Cristo actress, Pavlova of the Ice
Sonja Henie (April 8, 1912 - October 12, 1969) was a Norwegian figure skater and actress. She is a three-time Olympic Champion (1928, 1932, 1936),...
Ole-Johan Dahl

Ole-Johan Dahl

male, deceased (2002)
Edsger Dijkstra, simulation, computer pioneer, computer scientist, Turing Award laureate, object-oriented programming…university of oslo, Orderof St. Olav
Ole-Johan Dahl was a Norwegian computer scientist and is considered to be one of the fathers of Simula and object-oriented programming along with...

Nicolae Ceauşescu

male, deceased (1989)
death by firearm in Romania, revolutions of 1989, Cold War leader, president, executed, politician…Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath, President of Romania, Inmates of Târgu Jiu camp, Orderof St. Olav, Knight of the Elephant
Nicolae Ceauşescu (IPA, in English, sometimes (and erroneously)) (January 26, 1918-December 25,1989) was the leader of Romania from 1965 until D...
Jostein Gaarder

Jostein Gaarder

male, 57 years old
story within a story, stories within stories, metafiction, Sophie Prize, A Novel about the History of Philosophy, Sophie's World…Orderof St. Olav
Jostein Gaarder (born August 8 1952 in Oslo) is a Norwegian intellectual and author of several novels, short stories and children's books. Gaarder...