Oslo in the Space Age
The atlas holds 21 people and 22 moments here, from 1957 to 2004. The most recorded lives are Olav V, Nelson Mandela and Martin Luther King Jr..
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…
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…
F. W. de Klerk
in 1993
1 moment here
South African lawyer and National Party politician who served as State President of South Africa from 1989 to 1994 and as deputy president from 1994…
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…
Jimmy Carter
in 2002
1 moment here
James Earl Carter Jr. was an American naval officer, Georgia state senator and governor, the 39th president of the United States, and a…
Kim Dae-jung
in 2000
1 moment here
South Korean politician, democracy activist, and eighth president of South Korea (1998–2003).…
Kofi Annan
in 2001
1 moment here
Ghanaian diplomat and statesman who served as Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1997 to 2006.…
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.…
Nelson Mandela
in 1993
1 moment here
South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, lawyer and statesman. Mandela helped lead the African National Congress, co-founded its armed wing,…
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…
Wangarĩ Maathai
in 2004
1 moment here
Kenyan environmentalist, democracy activist, academic, founder of the Green Belt Movement, parliamentarian, and the first African woman awarded the…
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…
Moments
- 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
- 1993 Nobel Peace Prize lecture F. W. de Klerk
- 1993 Receives Nobel Peace Prize Nelson Mandela
- 2000 Nobel Peace Prize ceremony Kim Dae-jung
- 2001 Nobel Peace Prize ceremony Kofi Annan
- 2002 Nobel Peace Prize lecture Jimmy Carter
- 2004 Nobel Peace Prize ceremony Wangarĩ Maathai