22 October 1903End of First Otto Blehr GovernmentOtto Blehr
The First Otto Blehr Government ends in Oslo, concluding this term as Prime Minister of Norway.
Historical records for Norway in 1903, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
The First Otto Blehr Government ends in Oslo, concluding this term as Prime Minister of Norway.
Begins the Second Francis Hagerup Government in Oslo and serves as Prime Minister of Norway.
Is awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for noble, versatile, and inspired poetry.
Amundsen and the crew learned from the local Netsilik Inuit people about Arctic survival skills, which he found invaluable in his later expedition to the South Pole.
Amundsen led the first expedition to successfully traverse Canadas Northwest Passage between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans (something explorers had been attempting since the days of Christopher Columbus, John Cabot, Jacques Cartier, and Henry Hudson).
For example, he learned to use sled dogs for transportation of goods and to wear animal skins in lieu of heavy, woolen parkas, which could not deter cold when wet
Leaves on the Gjoa to sail the North West Passage & reach the North Magnetic Pole.
Receives the Nobel Prize in Literature for his distinguished and versatile poetry.
Leaves on the Gjoa to sail the North West Passage & reach the North Magnetic Pole
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