• Events in the year 1961 in Norway. Monarch – Olav V Prime Minister – Einar Gerhardsen (Labour Party) 12 January – Princess Astrid marries Johan Martin...
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  • The 1961–62 Hovedserien was the 18th completed season of top division football in Norway. It was contested by 16 teams, and Brann won the championship...
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    Norway (Bokmål: Norge, Nynorsk: Noreg), formally the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, situated on the Scandinavian Peninsula...
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    Norway has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 62 times since making its debut in 1960 and has only been absent twice since then. In 1970, the...
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    elections were held in Norway on 11 September 1961. The result was a victory for the Labour Party, which won 74 of the 150 seats in the Storting. Although...
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    (1,132 ft) RMS Queen Mary 2 in 2004. France was later purchased by Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL) in 1979, renamed SS Norway and underwent significant modifications...
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  • List of all members of the Storting in the period 1961 to 1965. The list includes all those initially elected to Storting. There were a total of 150 representatives...
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  • 1961 January February March April May June July August September October November December Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1961. 1961 (MCMLXI) was...
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  • The 1961 Norwegian Football Cup was the 56th season of the Norwegian annual knockout football tournament. The tournament was open for all members of NFF...
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  • the year 1961 in Norwegian music. The 9th Bergen International Festival started in Bergen, Norway. The 1st Moldejazz started in Molde, Norway. February...
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  • List of all the members of the Storting in the period 1958 to 1961. The list includes all those initially elected to Storting....
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  • This is a list of Norwegian television related events from 1961. 18 February - Nora Brockstedt is selected to represent Norway at the 1961 Eurovision Song...
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  • The 1961 season was the 56th season of competitive football in Norway. Source: RSSSF (C) Champions; (R) Relegated Source: RSSSF (R) Relegated June 16:...
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  • that entered the VG-lista - the official Norwegian hit-chart - in 1961. 50 singles entered the VG-lista in 1961 altogether and these are all listed below...
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    The Norwegian campaign (8 April  – 10 June 1940) involved the attempt by Allied forces to defend northern Norway coupled with the resistance of the Norwegian...
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  • notable events in music that took place in the year 1961. 1961 in British music 1961 in Norwegian music 1961 in country music 1961 in jazz January 15...
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    Demographic features of the population of Norway, including Jan Mayen, and Svalbard, where the hospital is not equipped for births, include population...
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    towns and cities in Norway. The Norwegian language word by means a town or city–there is no distinction between the two words as there is in English. Historically...
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    Norway is a country located in Northern Europe in the northern and western parts of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The majority of the country borders water...
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  • Eliteserien (redirect from League of Norway)
    Eliteserien (Norwegian pronunciation: [ɛˈlîːtəˌseːrɪən]) is a Norwegian professional league for association football clubs. At the top of the Norwegian football...
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    The 1961 Holtaheia Vickers Viking crash (Norwegian: Holtaheia-ulykken) was a controlled flight into terrain incident on 9 August 1961 at Holta in Strand...
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    Olav V (redirect from Olaf V of Norway)
    Land on Svalbard is named in his honour.  NorwayIn 1961 the King was a laureate of the Nansen Refugee Award.  NorwayIn 1968 he was awarded the Holmenkollen...
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    There are 697 tunnels and 2,760 bridges. The Norwegian Railway Directorate manages the railway network in Norway on behalf of the Ministry of Transportation...
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    Harald V (Norwegian: Harald den femte, Norwegian pronunciation: [ˈhɑ̂rːɑɫ dɛn ˈfɛ̂mtə]; born 21 February 1937) is King of Norway. He succeeded to the throne...
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  • Education in Norway is mandatory for all children aged from 6 to 16. Schools are typically divided into two divisions: primary and lower secondary schooling...
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    February 1932 – 12 January 1961: Her Royal Highness Princess Astrid of Norway 12 January 1961 – present: Her Highness Princess Astrid, Mrs. Ferner Princess Astrid...
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  • neighbourhood Norway House, Manitoba Norway, Prince Edward Island New Norway, Alberta Norway, Illinois Norway, Indiana Norway, Iowa Norway, Kansas Norway, Maine...
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    The history of Norway has been influenced to an extraordinary degree by the terrain and the climate of the region. About 10,000 BC, following the retreat...
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    Oslo (redirect from Oslo, Norway)
    Oslo (Norwegian: [ˈʊ̂ʂlʊ] or [ˈʊ̂slʊ, ˈʊ̀ʂlʊ]; Southern Sami: Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and...
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  • The 1961 World Shotgun and Running Target Championships were held in Oslo, Norway. While separate world championships in the shotgun events had become...
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