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Oslo: Encyclopedia II - Oslo - History

According to the Norse sagas, Oslo was founded around 1048 by king Harald Hardråde. Recent archaeological research has uncovered Christian burials from before 1000, evidence of a preceding urban settlement. This called for the celebration of Oslo's millennium in 2000. The origin of the name is still somewhat unclear. While "-lo" almost certainly means "lee" or "harbour", "os" may have several connotations, including one of the norse pantheons, a river mouth or a hillside. It has been regarded as the capital city since the reign of Håkon V ...

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1953 - September—December

1953 - Nobel Prizes

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Oslo: Encyclopedia - Camp David Accords 1978

The Camp David Accords were signed by Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin on September 17, 1978, following twelve days of secret negotiations at Camp David. The two agreements were signed at the White House, and were witnessed by United States President Jimmy Carter. Sadat also said he wanted them to be called the Carter Accords. Camp David Accords 1978 - Background. Upon assuming office on January 20, 1977, President Carter moved to rejuvenate the Middle Eastern ...

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Camp David Accords 1978 - Background

Camp David Accords 1978 - The Sadat Peace Initiative

Camp David Accords 1978 - The talks

Camp David Accords 1978 - Terms of the agreements

Camp David Accords 1978 - Consequences

Camp David Accords 1978 - Related articles

Camp David Accords 1978 - Arab-Israeli peace diplomacy and treaties

Oslo: Encyclopedia - 1952

1952 (MCMLII) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). 1952 - Events. January 8 - West Germany has 8 million refugees inside its borders. January 24 - Sudden heavy snowfall in Algeria. January 24 - Vincent Massey sworn in as first Canada-born Governor-General of Canada. 1952 - February. February 2 - A tropical storm forms just north of Cuba moving northeast. The storm makes landfall in southe ...

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1952 - Undated events

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Oslo: Encyclopedia - 1994

1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. 1994 - Events. January 1 - North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) goes into effect January 1 - Zapatista Army of National Liberation begins war in Chiapas, Mexico January 1 - Bantustans join South Africa January 6 - Nancy Kerrigan is clubbed on the right leg by an assailant under orders from figure skating rival ...

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1994 - February-April

1994 - May-October

1994 - November-December

1994 - Nobel Prizes

1994 - Fields Medalists

1994 - Templeton Prize

1994 - Right Livelihood Award

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Oslo: Encyclopedia II - County - United States

Main article: County (United States) The term "county" is used in 48 of the 50 states of the United States for the tier of state government authority immediately below the statewide tier and above the township tier, in those states that sub-divided counties into civil townships. Each county contains a county seat, which is where county offices are located (this is usually, but not always, an incorporated municipality). In some states, counties are subdivided into townships, which typically provide some or all of the loca ...

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Aliyah - Aliyot

Aliyah - First Aliyah 1882-1903

Aliyah - Second Aliyah 1904-1914

Aliyah - Third Aliyah 1919-1923

Aliyah - Fourth Aliyah 1924-1929

Aliyah - Fifth Aliyah 1929-1939

Aliyah - Aliyah Bet: Illegal immigration 1933-1948

Aliyah - Immigration from 1948-1950

Aliyah - Middle Eastern Jews

Aliyah - Ethiopian Aliyah

Aliyah - Russian Aliyah

Aliyah - Argentine aliyah

Aliyah - Recent Trends

Aliyah - Trivia

Aliyah - Notes

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Oslo: Encyclopedia - Altalena Affair

Land of Israel Districts · Cities · Transportation Dead Sea · Red Sea · Sea of Galilee Mediterranean · Negev · Judea · Samaria Jerusalem · Tel Aviv · Haifa Zionism · Timeline ·Aliyah · Herzl Balfour · Mandate · 1947 UN Plan Independence · Austerity · Ma'abarot Lavon Affair · Eichmann Trial 1948 War · 1949 Armistice · Suez War Six-Day War · Attrition War Yom Kippur War · Lebanon War Peace treaties with: Egypt, Lebanon, Jordan Timeline · Peace process · Peace camp 1st Intifada ...

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Altalena Affair - Background

Altalena Affair - Confrontation with the IDF

Altalena Affair - Aftermath

Altalena Affair - External link

Oslo: Encyclopedia - Alta Norway

Data from Statistics Norway Alta is a municipality and town in the county of Finnmark, Norway. Alta Norway - Geography. The municipality covers 3845 km²., in the west of the county, mostly situated along the Altafjord, taking in large tracts of woodlands, as well as parts of the High Plateau of Finnmarksvidda. The river Altaelva has carved out one of the largest canyons in Europe on it's way from the plateu down to the fjord. Most people live in the town of Alta, stretching alon ...

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Alta Norway - Geography

Alta Norway - History

Alta Norway - Communications and Economy

Oslo: Encyclopedia - Airship Norge

The Airship Norge was a semi-rigid Italian-built airship that carried out what many consider the first verified overflight of the North Pole on May 12, 1926. It was also the first aircraft to fly over the polar ice cap between Europe and America.The expedition was the brainchild of polar explorer and expedition leader Roald Amundsen, and American explorer Lincoln Ellsworth, who along with the Aero Club of Norway financed the trip. Airship Norge - Specification and Design. Norge was the ...

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Airship Norge - Specification and Design

Airship Norge - Polar Expedition

Oslo: Encyclopedia - Agudat Israel

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Agudat Israel - External link

Oslo: Encyclopedia - AirBaltic

airBaltic is the Latvian national airline, based in the capital of Latvia, Rīga. Its main base is Riga International Airport (RIX), with a secondary hub in Vilnius, Lithuania. The president and CEO of the airline is Bertolt Flick. AirBaltic - Code Data. IATA Code: BT ICAO Code: BTI Callsign: Air Baltic AirBaltic - History. The airline was established on 28 August 1995 with the signing of a joint venture between Scandinavian Ai ...

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AirBaltic - Code Data

AirBaltic - History

AirBaltic - Destinations

AirBaltic - Fleet

Oslo: Encyclopedia - Alert Nunavut

Alert is the northernmost permanent settlement in the world. It is located at 82°28′N 62°30′W, on the northeastern tip of Ellesmere Island on the shore of the Lincoln Sea, in the territory of Nunavut in Canada. Alert lies just 817 km (507 mi) from the north pole. Alert had 5 permanent inhabitants in the 2001 census. Alert also has many temporary inhabitants as it hosts a military signals intelligence radio receiving facility at Canadian Forces Station Alert (CFS Alert), as well as a co-located Environment Canada weather station, a GAW atm ...

Oslo: Encyclopedia - Atlantic Airways

Atlantic Airways is the national airline of the Faroe Islands, operating domestic and international air services from its base at Vágar Airport, on the Faroese island of Vágar. Atlantic Airways - Code Data. IATA Code: RC ICAO Code: FLI Callsign: Faroeline Atlantic Airways - History. Regular air links to the Faroes had been in operation since 1963, between the islands and Denmark. Though the airport at Vágar had ...

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Atlantic Airways - Code Data

Atlantic Airways - History

Atlantic Airways - International destinations

Atlantic Airways - Fleet

Oslo: Encyclopedia - Art Nouveau

Art Nouveau (French for "new art") is a style in art, architecture and design that peaked in popularity at the beginning of the 20th century. Other, more localized terms for the cluster of self-consciously radical, somewhat mannered reformist chic that formed a prelude to 20th-century modernism, included "Jugendstil" in Germany and the Netherlands, named for the snappy avant-garde periodical Jugend ('Youth') or "Sezessionsstil" ('Secessionism') in Vienna, where forward-looking artists and designers seceded from the mainstream salon exhibitions, to ex ...

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Art Nouveau - Career of Art Nouveau

Art Nouveau - Character of Art Nouveau

Art Nouveau - Art Nouveau media

Art Nouveau - Geographical scope of Art Nouveau

Art Nouveau - Modern developments

Art Nouveau - Noted Art Nouveau artists

Art Nouveau - Architecture

Art Nouveau - Drawing Graphics

Art Nouveau - Furniture

Art Nouveau - Glassware and Stained glass

Art Nouveau - Other decorative arts

Art Nouveau - Murals and mosaics

Oslo: Encyclopedia - Art theft

Art theft is the stealing of someone else's high-profile art. This is usually done for the purpose of resale; occasionally thieves are also commissioned by dedicated private collectors. Art theft - Individual theft. Many thieves are motivated by the fact that reasonably valuable art pieces are worth millions of dollars and weigh only a few kilograms, at most. Transportation is also trivial, assuming the thief is willing to inflict some damage to the painting by cutting it off the frame and rolling it up int ...

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Art theft - Individual theft

Art theft - Famous cases of art theft

Art theft - The Mona Lisa 1911

Art theft - Panels from the Ghent Altarpiece 1934

Art theft - Last Judgment triptych by Memling 1473

Art theft - The Gardner Museum 1990

Art theft - Russborough House

Art theft - Stephane Breitwieser - The Art Collector ~2001

Art theft - Frankfurt art theft and Operation Cobalt 1994-2003

Art theft - Edvard Munch works 1994 2004 and 2005

Art theft - Saliera

Art theft - Theft during the Holocaust

Art theft - Recovery

Art theft - The portrayal of art theft in popular media

Art theft - Literature

Art theft - Film

Oslo: Encyclopedia - Artur Hazelius

Artur Immanuel Hazelius (30 November 1833 – 27 May 1901), Swedish teacher, scholar and folklorist, founder of the Nordic Museum and the open-air museum Skansen in Stockholm. Hazelius was born in Stockholm, son of Johan August Hazelius, military officer (with final rank of major general), politician and publicist. He entered Uppsala University in 1854, and received his Ph.D. degree in 1860, after which he worked as a teacher, as well as participating ...

Oslo: Encyclopedia - Adeline Genée

Adeline Genée (6 January 1878 - April 23, 1970) was a Danish/British ballet dancer. Adeline Genée - Early years. Anna Kirstina Margarete Petra Jensen was born in Århus, Denmark. Her uncle, Alexandere Genée, gave her dancing lessons from the age of three. When she was eight, Alexandre and his wife Antonia Zimmerman adopted her. As well as changing her last name to Genée, she changed her first name to Adeline in honour of the Italian opera star Adelina Pat ...

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Adeline Genée - Early years

Adeline Genée - At the Empire

Adeline Genée - Around the world

Adeline Genée - Teaching ballet in England

Adeline Genée - The Genée Award

Oslo: Encyclopedia - Telephone numbering plan

A telephone numbering plan is a system that allows subscribers to make and receive telephone calls across long distances. The area code is that part of the telephone number that specifies a telephone exchange system. Telephone numbering plans assign area codes to exchanges, so that dialers may contact telephones outside their local system. Normally occurring at the beginning of the number, area codes usually indicate geographical areas. Together, numbering plans and their component area codes direct telephone calls to particular regions on a public switched telephone netw ...