Oslo in the Cold War
The atlas holds 17 people and 18 moments here, from 1948 to 1991. The most recorded lives are Olav V, Winston Churchill and Elizabeth II.
Notable people
Abdus Salam
in 1991
1 moment here
Pakistani theoretical physicist and 1979 Nobel Prize laureate whose career connected education in Punjab and Cambridge with professorships in Lahore…
Agostinho Neto
in 1973
1 moment here
António Agostinho Neto was an Angolan physician, poet, anti-colonial leader, president of the MPLA, and the first president of independent Angola.…
Albert Luthuli
in 1961
1 moment here
Albert John Luthuli was a South African teacher, traditional leader, anti-apartheid activist, and President-General of the African National Congress.…
Claude Simon
in 1975
1 moment here
French novelist, painter, photographer, viticulturist, Resistance participant, and 1985 Nobel Prize in Literature laureate.…
Desmond Tutu
in 1984
1 moment here
South African Anglican bishop, theologian, anti-apartheid activist, Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Archbishop of Cape Town, and chair of South Africa’s…
Elizabeth II
in 1955
1 moment here
Elizabeth II was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until her death.…
Eusébio
in 1967
1 moment here
Eusébio da Silva Ferreira (1942–2014) was a Portuguese footballer, born in Lourenço Marques (now Maputo), who became Benfica's record goalscorer and…
Helen Keller
in 1957
1 moment here
Helen Adams Keller was an American deafblind author, lecturer, disability-rights advocate, and political activist.…
Ingmar Bergman
in 1977
1 moment here
Swedish filmmaker, screenwriter, theatre director, theatre manager and author. Bergman’s career moved between Stockholm’s student and professional…
Liu Xiaobo
in 1988
1 moment here
Chinese literary critic, writer, professor, human-rights activist, and 2010 Nobel Peace Prize laureate.…
Martin Luther King Jr.
in 1964
1 moment here
American Baptist minister and civil-rights leader who advanced racial equality through nonviolent protest.…
Mikhail Gorbachev
in 1991
1 moment here
Soviet and Russian politician who led the Soviet Union from 1985 until its dissolution in 1991.…
Mother Teresa
in 1979
1 moment here
Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu, known as Mother Teresa or Saint Teresa of Calcutta, was an Albanian-Indian Catholic nun.…
Olav V
from 1958 to 1991
2 moments here
Olav V of Norway (born Prince Alexander of Denmark) was King of Norway from 1957 until his death in 1991.…
Sirimavo Bandaranaike
in 1976
1 moment here
Sri Lankan stateswoman and three-time prime minister of Ceylon/Sri Lanka. Born Sirima Ratwatte in Ratnapura, she became the world’s first woman…
Willy Brandt
in 1970
1 moment here
German Social Democratic politician, born Herbert Ernst Karl Frahm in Lübeck. He lived in exile in Norway and Sweden during the Nazi era, became…
Winston Churchill
in 1948
1 moment here
Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (1874–1965) was a British soldier, journalist, author and statesman whose career ranged from imperial campaigns in…
Moments
- 1948 Speaks in Oslo Winston Churchill
- 1955 State visit to Oslo Elizabeth II
- 1957 Tour of Scandinavia Helen Keller
- 1958 Oath of allegiance at the Storting Olav V
- 1961 Nobel Peace Prize visit Albert Luthuli
- 1964 Accepts Nobel Peace Prize Martin Luther King Jr.
- 1967 European Championship qualifier in Oslo Eusébio
- 1970 Visit to Oslo Willy Brandt
- 1973 Visit to Oslo Agostinho Neto
- 1975 Proust lecture in Oslo Claude Simon
- 1976 Visit to Oslo Sirimavo Bandaranaike
- 1977 Filming Autumn Sonata near Oslo Ingmar Bergman
- 1979 Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech Mother Teresa
- 1984 Nobel Peace Prize ceremony Desmond Tutu
- 1988 Visiting scholar at the University of Oslo Liu Xiaobo
- 1991 Death at Kongsseteren Olav V
- 1991 Nobel Peace Prize acceptance Mikhail Gorbachev
- 1991 Oslo autobiographical address Abdus Salam