Historical place archive

Oslo in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Oslo in Great Britain. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

7 records4 event labels6 people1926–1998

Historical events in Oslo

1926

10 December 1926
Chamberlain Receives 1925 Nobel Peace Prize
Austen Chamberlain · Conservative Party Government

Chamberlain receives the 1925 Nobel Peace Prize for his contribution to European reconciliation and the Locarno settlement.

10 December 1926
Nobel Peace Prize for Locarno Diplomacy
Austen Chamberlain · Conservative Party Government

Chamberlain receives the 1925 Nobel Peace Prize, with his Locarno diplomacy central to the award.

1934

1934
Nobel Prize
Arthur Henderson · Labour Party Government

Awarded the nobel peace prize for work in international disarmament

1979

17 July 1979
World Record
Sebastian Newbold Coe · Athletics

Sebastian Coe runs world record 3:49 mile in Oslo

1995

1995
Nobel Prize
Joseph Rotblat · Military

Shares the Nobel Peace Prize for efforts to reduce the role of nuclear weapons in international affairs.

1998

1998
Nobel Prize
David Trimble · Ulster Unionist Party

Awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace

1998
Nobel Prize
John Hume · Social Democratic and Labour Party

Awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace

Provenance

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These entries are generated from stored World History Database records whose country and place fields match Great Britain and Oslo. Names, dates, event labels and descriptions are reviewed and normalised as the database develops. Historical place names may not match modern administrative boundaries.

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