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Norway in 1920

Historical records for Norway in 1920, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.

6Records
6Events
4Named people
3Places
3Categories

Historical records

June

21 June 1920End of Second Gunnar Knudsen GovernmentGunnar Knudsen

Oslo · Government / Government of Norway

The Second Gunnar Knudsen Government ends in Oslo, concluding this term as Prime Minister of Norway.

21 June 1920First Otto B. Halvorsen GovernmentOtto B. Halvorsen

Oslo · Government / Government of Norway

Begins the First Otto B. Halvorsen Government in Oslo and serves as Prime Minister of Norway.

December

10 December 1920Nobel Prize in LiteratureKnut Hamsun

Stockholm · Arts / Literature

Is awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for the novel Growth of the Soil.

Other Events

1920League of NationsFridtjof Nansen

Warfare / League of Nations

Leads the Norwegian delegation to the 1st League of Nations Assembly

1920Nobel PrizeKnut Hamsun

Arts / Literature

Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature

1920Refugee WorkFridtjof Nansen

Geneva · Warfare / League of Nations

Leads League work for refugees after the First World War.

Names involved

Fridtjof NansenGunnar KnudsenKnut HamsunOtto B. Halvorsen

Places involved

GenevaOsloStockholm

Provenance

This page is generated from stored World History Database records matching the exact country and year shown above. Exact duplicate display records are collapsed. Records without a month are listed after the monthly sections. Source provenance varies by record; formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.