Also the physicist Kristian Birkeland, he invented the electromagnetic cannon and the Birkeland-Eyde process of fixing nitrogen from the air (though this has now been replaced with the Haber-Bosch process). He is also the one who predicted the eponymous Birkeland Currents. Which are one of the reasons the Auroras happen.
Yes! And Thor Heyerdahl!? People who have heard ANYTHING about Easter Island must have heard about him. Alan Walker, Nico & Vince and MadCon have all had massive hits in the US. But they probably just assume that they are American artists, like they did Avici...
@@christerjakobsen8107 yes, norways multi-genius, so important to the world. But sadly many norwegians also dont know who he is... I wish they would have kept him on the 200kr note.
"In the hall of the mountain king" is one of the most famous pieces of music in the world. (Probably. I'm Norwegian so I may be biased.) Even if you're not familiar with that kind of music, you will most likely recognize it if you hear it.
I just looked up Grieg. I can’t believe I didn’t know the name of the person who wrote these. It’s actually embarrassing because I listen to Morning Mood a lot. When I hear In the Hall of the Mountain King, (which I’ve heard many, many times) I’m automatically transported in my mind back to elementary school music class. I’m positive the music teacher told us about him. I just didn’t remember.😕
You should react to famous Norwegian explorers and their stories. Sometimes is crazy to read how they did things in the times where they didn't had the todays technolagy. There is kinda a joke going around that «no one has been to a place where a norwegian has not been there first»
* Head of NATO, Jens Stoltenberg * Singer, Lene Nystrom in the band Aqua (hit song "I'm a barbie girl") * Painter, Edvard Munch * Domestic terrorist, Anders Breivik * Poet, Bjornstjerne Bjornson * Former head of WHO, Gro Harlem Brundtland * Olympic winner womens marathon, Grete Waitz * Actress and Olympic winner in figure skating, Sonja Henie * Author, Roald Dahl ("Charlie and the Chocolate Factory") both his parents were Norwegian. * Former husband of Diana Ross, Arne Naess Jr. (he died climbing in Himalaya) * Supermodel and winner of 'Supermodel of the world' in 1980, Anette Stai
Also perhaps: * Archeologist and adventurer, Thor Heyerdahl * Actor, Axel Hennie * Actress, Liv Ullmann * Actor, Kristofer Hivju * Footballer, Erling Haaland * Spy, Arne Treholt * A lot of winter sports athletes, too many to mention
Just two of these surprised me in that you didn't know of them. My son's school orchestra played Greig in middle school. I remember acting in Ibsen's play, John Gabriel Borkman when I was 13. Surely, the music of Grieg is covered in US schools, as must be the plays of Ibsen. In grade 6, my BC grandsons did a project on Eriksson and his landing in what is now Atlantic Canada.
He's probably heard both "in the halls of the mountain king" and "morning mood." Especially the morning mood one, as it's still used today, and growing up we all heard it in cartoons when depicting a sunrise and a calm morning, and I still hear it used in UA-cam videos when filming something in the morning, it's one of those famous compositions everyone has heard, but never heard who it's by as it's just used to set moods in cartoons and videos.
Also, seems I'm very much out of the loop, as I see so many talking in the comments about this Erling Haaland guy, and I have no idea who that is... though part of it is likely ADHD and the issues with memory that follows it. ...though trying hard I think I maybe know? I remember years ago there was this really young football player who got bought for a silly amount of money? I think I remember something in the news about that, but it's so long ago now I'm surprised I even remembered having watched the news, as it's been many years since I watched TV. :P That and I don't really follow football anymore, probably stopped that in the 90s somewhere. So to me if I was to suggest what I think of when suggesting famous Norwegians, what springs to my mind are folks like Mr. Rallycross himself, Martin Schanche, and the master of Rally English, Petter Solberg. :P
@@VampyrMygg Erling Haaland is a superstar NOW, that's why he's being mentioned a lot. His popularity exploded this year as he's breaking records for his new club.
@@VampyrMygg That's Martin Ødegaard. RM bought him and wasted his talents. Now he's at Arsenal and their key player and captain and they're currently winning the league. Erling Haaland is the biggest striker phenomena to appear since Messi and Ronaldo..........
I can almost guarantee that if you look up the melody for "In the hall of the mountain king" you will remember hearing it at some point. They love using it in popular media as a dramatic melody. And "morning mood" is also used a lot for serene moments. Ole Gunnar Solskjær's fame was funny, because he's from the same small town as I am, but suddenly people from all over the world knew who he was. My parents were doing a train vacation around europe one summer and there was one time they shared train cabin with a couple of people from South Africa, and the moment they said they were from Norway, their traveling companions immediately brought up Ole Gunnar Solskjær, lol. For a while he was the only Norwegian a lot of people knew who was. He's not AS widely recognized now that he's a coach instead of a player, but back when he was playing for Man U, people were obsessed with him.
You should listen to the "In the hall of the mountain King" by Grieg. I'm sure you have heard it before. Btw the play it's from "Peer Gynt" also on your list by Henrik Ibsen. Ibsen has by several outside Norway been branded as second after Shakespeare.
I love that Quisling is on there. It's important to show that. That name has become psynonymous with "traitor" in the western world but not so widely known by younger generations outside Norway. That name is a HARD insult here, and it should be ^^ I see you being very polite and not diving deep into it maybe for content reasons and i'd understand that, The occupation of Norway during ww2 was the hardest resistance the germans faced asymetrically. It took them 400,000 soldiers to somewhat control a population of 2,8 million, and when those 400k soldiers needed to go south and fight the allies, the resistance groups trapped them here and prevented them from leaving. Their surrender was accepted by the resistance groups in 1945.
The "took them 400 000 soldiers" is somewhat misleading, they were not there just to stamp out resistance. Also it was 600 000 (at the height), not 400 000. And contemporary, that was more than 1 military personel _PER 10 (Norwegian) CAPITA._ (edit: per 10!)
I like that you skipped the part that said Solskjær became the head coach for Manchester. It's a little more impressive than "just" playing for the team.
I miss Fritjof Nansen, Roald Amundsen, Edvard Munch and maybe even Jens Stoltenberg, on this list. You should check out those songe mentioned on Edvard Grieg, as you have garanteed heard them.
@@exentr Yes, she performed the wordless vocals on the soundtrack. James Horner knew Sissel from the album “Innerst i sjelen” and he particularly liked how she sang the song “Eg Veit I Himmerik Ei Borg” ("I Know in Heaven There Is a Castle"). Horner had tried 25 or 30 singers and, in the end, he chose Sissel to sing the wordless tune.👍
Yes. He vacationed to Norway often. My dad was his regular server at the hotel he stayed at for a little while. Apparently he was open to giving writing tips.
Here's a sample list: - Fridtjof Nansen (explorer) - Roald Amundsen (explorer) - Thor Heyerdahl (explorer) - Helge Ingstad (explorer) - Erling Kagge (explorer) - Børge Ousland (explorer) - Sigurd I. / Sigurd the Crusader / Sigurd Jorsalfare (king) - Aurora (musician) - Sigrid (musician) - Einar Selvik (musician) - Ylvis(aker brothers) (comedy/music/TV) - Edvard Munch (painter) - (Adolph) Tidemand & (Hans) Gude (painters) - Ivo Caprino (animator; early days) - Liv Ullmann (actor/director) - Kristofer Hivju (actor) - Erling Haaland (football player) - Martin Ødegaard (football player) - Jan Egeland (UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator) - Jens Stoltenberg (former politician; Secretary General of NATO) - Plethora of athletes too long to list here - Carl Gustav Fleischer (general; first to win a major battle for the Allies) - Martin Linge (commander of SOE Norwegian Independent Company 1) - Lasse Gjertsen (for anyone having been there the early days of UA-cam)
You might even add Trygve Lie to the list, The first genaral secretary of the UN. He had a deal with Jordan, Syria and Iraq as well as the "legal" representatives of Israel that includetd the three nations mensioned, to give the historical Israel back to the jews. This propotial was voted down in the UN, as UK, France and USA went for the illegal ocupation of Palestine that Ben Gurion started, and instead of peace and acceptance the Arab world would see Israel as an intruder and occupant to palestinian and arab land all due to this miscalculation from UK, USA and France back in 1948.
Tyler, if you follow the news you are probably familiar with Jens Stoltenberg. He is the secretary general of NATO and has been on the international news channel every day since the Ukrainian war started. The most famous norwegian today is without a doubt Erling Haaland.
@@andreix123 I had to really think about it, but I did end up recalling hearing of a young football player sold for a huge amount of money many years ago, and assume it might be him?
That's true, although snowboarding isn't _that_ big and it's just one of a plethora of sports. But he is _the_ biggest pioneer/influence, not one of them. Any famous (more recent) icons have him as an idol.
2 names have more or less disapeared from Norway after world war 2... First name Adolph or Adolf was used by many older norwegians, especially those before world war 2, and ofcourse the surname Quisling, I also think Vidkun are not used anymore ... those are not illegal to name your child Adolf or Vidkun but the popularity of the names dropped sharply after world war 2.
Yes, I think Tyler knows "In the Hall of the Mountain King" it is pretty well known, at least in connotations to mischief and trolls. How fun that he knows of some of the people in the article.
If "Take on me" is the only song you know from a-ha, you should absolutely explore more of their music. I would love to see you reacting to some of their songs on your channel, and "The sun always shines on TV" is a great song to start with. Then go on to "Stay on these roads", The bond theme song "The living daylights", "I've been losing you", "Summer moved on", "Sycamore leaves", "Scoundrel days".... I could go on and on, their music i great, and the band is huge all over the place accept from US. They made a world record for paying audiences in Rock in Rio in 1991 with 198 000, a record that stood for 25 years. Morten Harket also has a Guinness record for the longest held note in a UK Top 40 song with 20,2 seconds in "Summer moved on".
I think there are many more people that deserve attends such as Edvard Munch, a famous painter and Roald Amundsen , the first man at the south Pole :-)
Edvard Hagerup Grieg was born in Bergen, Norway. The family name, originally spelled Greig, is associated with the Scottish Clann Ghriogair (Clan Gregor). Grieg's great-grandfather, Alexander Greig (1739-1803), travelled widely before settling in Norway about 1770 and establishing business interests in Bergen. Grieg's paternal great-great-grandparents, John (1702-1774) and Anne (1704-1784), are buried in the abandoned churchyard of the ruinous Church of St Ethernan in Rathen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Ole G S was also manager for Manchester United after his playing days.
Nobody said Leiv Eriksson founded anything on Greenland? He's the first to discover Vinland and Skrælingr. The only relevance is that he _set off_ from Greenland...
@@RonnyWilhelmsen1001 There was nothing Icelandic then lol. Sorry but there was not. There were no natives there and it was colonized from Norway. Greenland is another (mixed) bag.
@@SebHaarfagre Well, regardless of what you count as the proper premiss for nationality, he was born ca. 970 in Eiríksstaðir, Iceland. Iceland was settled as early as 874 mostly by Norwegians as you say. By in 930, the chieftains had established a form of governance, the Althing, making it one of the world's oldest parliaments. Even today we give nationality based on the nation you were born.
You really should take a listen to Edward Griegs Morning mood, what a masterpiece. Lovely calming even for those who are not into classical music. Also 1 detail you missed, it was also used in the play Peer Gynt written by Henrik Ibsen (also on the list). Everyone in norway knows Ole Gunnar Solskjær, not only footbal fans. One more thing they could have mentioned about A-ha is that their music inspired serveral other great bands like U2 and Cold Play and more.
You should check out Sissel Kyrkjebø singing “Solveig’s sang” by Edvard Grieg 1991, so beautiful 😍 If you’ve heard the Titanic soundtrack, you’ve heard Sissel. She has the vocals on all melodies (with vocal) except for “My heart will go on”. They wanted a more known artist to sing that song, but Sissel would’ve nailed it💕
I mean, I think even Disney has used Morning mood. I was a bit bummed out you didn`t check them out in the video😂 Really like your reactions to norwegian stuff:)
Here are many names missing: Roald Amundsen conquered the South Pole, and was the first to put the Norwegian Flag on the South Pole 1911. The present worlds best footballer is Erling Braut Haaland. AURORA is a fantastic singer - songwriter popular around the world. Have given many concerts throughout USA and Amerika North and South in General. -And Asia. And you have Dr. Armauer Hansen who found the cure for Lepracy. Just to mention a few missing from that list.
Interesting to note about "Quisling": As mentioned in the article, the name has completely vanished in Norway. Vidkun Quisling had no children, and neither did any of his siblings. Even cousins and other family members chose different surnames. But if you go to Madison, Wisconsin you'll actually be able to find a flat building called Quisling Terrace! So while the name has completely vanished here, it hasn't in other countries.
Magnus Karlsen might be the most well known Norwegian in the US, but outside the USA, football is so insanely popular, that Solskjær (and the current Erling Braut Haaland) would crush any other Norwegian contender to most known Norwegian, including Karlsen. I've heard stories of Norwegian soldiers stationed in Sudan, Iraq and Afghanistan, who all have been met with "you're from Norway??? -Solskjær!!!)
You could try a reaction to differrent norwegian music? Kygo is one example, but we've also got the classical pieces like "I Dovregubbens Hall", "Autumn" and the even more prolific "Morgenstemning" there's many, many more notable pieces like "Over bakkar og berg"(another contender when Norways national anthem was still undecided), there's many more, but I don't wanna take up your entire vid' with only my suggestions...
Humanitarian relief to Russia. Wow amazing. The man was Vidkun Quisling. Whoops. Haha. It was funny and kinda cute how unaware you were of the nazi uniform he was wearing in those photos before finding out 😂
Not yet seen the entire video, but Armauer Hansen, the guy who discovered the reason for leprosy, also known as Hansen's Disease in parts of the world, better be there. :)
Ibsen second most famous playwright after Shakespeare. Take on me has over 1 billion views on YT Grete Waitz is known in USA after winning several NYC marathons. .
2:09 You forgot that the "e" is pronounced again. ;-) Ol*e* Bull. The "e" is even its own syllable in his first name. 5:56 You're butchering "Ole" more then "Solskjær". ;-) And yeah, I know, "Æ" is a weird letter. You're not doing too badly at trying though, and I appreciate that. :-) 6:44 There you're at least trying to pronounce the "e", although the sound you made for it is essentially the sound we use the letter "i" for, while "e" has a different sound for us. Perhaps you can do a video reacting to how the Norwegian letters (from start to finish) sounds? Because many letters you're familiar with have different sounds. 8:39 There we go, the "e" sound you used in "Mort*e*n Harket is the sound we use. 9:02 Knut, not "Nut". We have a *lot* less silent letters in Norwegian then in English. 10:44 That one was pretty good, no butchering there. :-) The "a" sound in Magnus definitely had a American accent, but it was unmistakably his name unlike the other names I commented on, we'd have no problem at all with understanding what you where trying to say. :-) 16:11 He's not really know for anything but being a traitor. His last name has literally become synonym with treason, as in *the* word for a traitor... Honestly his last name is probably more commonly used for the meaning of "traitor" then the original Norwegian word for "traitor" is. It also helps that his last name is shorter then our word for "traitor" ("forræder").
Interesting that Edward Munch, Nansen, Amundsen, or Siri that id inside every iPhone, she is Norwegian and made in Norway. Or Girl in red, Alan Walker, Liv Ullmann, Harald Zwarts
There is for sure more famous Norwegians then some that is mentioned here. Like Fridtjof Nansen & Roald Amundsen (both famous explorers) I would say Haaland is now a better player and probably more known as a footballer than Solskjær. In the music industry now we have a few very good and well-known artists on the world stage. Check out these artists: Sissel Sigrid Aurora And last but not least our barefooted prinsess: Angelina Jordan If you start to react to Angelina Jordan, you will for sure get 1000's of subscribers and the commentfield will light up.
Haaland and Carlsen competes for most known Norwegian. You need to listen to Grieg - Morning mood. It is Norway in music. PS: It's not Kai-Go, but Kyh-go.
"Leif Eriksson"; Leif is pronounced more like "Life". "Brand" (the play) is in this case older Norwegian (more Danish style) and means "Fire". It is pronounced very quickly and heavy emphasis on the consonants (and hard R). The "a" is a as in Utah. The D is quite silent.
Leif is pronounced like combining the "le" in "let" with "if" to get "le-if," or at least that's the closest I can think of to explain how it should be pronounced.
The most influential Norwegian of all time is Hallvard Vebjørnsson. People walked from Italy to Oslo as pilgramage for him. There's no human alive that would make me walk to Italy. That's a round-trip of 4-5000km.
Most information on Leifur Eiríksson, is wrong. His father Eiríkur Rauði (Erik the red) found Greenland, well he moved there. And Leifur was born in Iceland around 980
Technically Leif Eriksson was Icelandic, rather than Norwegian. Iceland was an established settlement, and is where Leif was born. He was however born to two Norwegian parents, and the Norse language spoken both in Norway and Iceland was similar if not the same.
"Technically" he was Norwegian. By your logic I'm "Oslonian" and not Norwegian. Exactly, Iceland was an established settlement/colony. There were no natives there, everyone there were Norwegian. Don't "technically" and turn it around 😅 Though the latter part is correct, and yes it was the same.
@@SebHaarfagre Icelandic people consider him Icelandic. Iceland as a nation did seem to exist at the time separately to Norway. His father was exiled from Norway after all, and found refuge in Iceland. That wouldn't have worked if Iceland was under the rule of Norway.
@@MrMudbill There certainly was something that was calling itself the Icelandic commonwealth at the time. The problem arises when we consider that: A) the settlement was made up people fleeing the Norwegian king but who wanted to keep the Norwegian traditions, making them kinda a semi Norwegian outpost until they rejoined Norway in the 1200s. It was a stateless society without any executive body to it to back up any laws. I suspect the people who live there, if they didn't consider themselves Norwegians, considered themselves as one of whatever clan they were a part of rather than as "Icelandic". B) Leif Eriksons father was born in Norway, and Leif indeed returned to Norway as soon as he was of age to likely serve the king (Olav Tryggvason) indicating some sort of lingering relationship with the Norwegian court. Also it wasn't Erik the Red (Leif's father) who was exiled from Norway, it was his father Thorvald Asvaldsson (leif's grandfather). Thorvald took his son with him to Iceland, but Erik himself got exiled from Iceland for some years, which is when he found the Greenland colony. Leif probably grew up in Greenland and not Iceland as a result. So it is kind of a toss up whether he is Norwegian, Icelandic, or Greenlander.
Ole Gunnar was the best player in the 90 thies, but now we have Martin Ødegaard and Erling Haaland in Manchester city...They are among the best players in England. Ødegaard was the best player in 2022 in Premier league. I think Erling Haaland is the most known player because he scores alot of goals. Yes, these to guyes in addition to Magnus Carlsen might be the most known Norwegians today. I will add Jens Stoltenberg that is the Nato leader today.
Vikings Quisling became famous, or rather infamous, by betraying Norway. "A Quisling" are today a international word meaning "Traitor" . A "Judas" if you want.
The Nut Hamsen got to me.. you'll have to say K-nut HamsUn.. he wrote great pieces.. but he was a nazi sympetizer under ww2.. so not so a good person political wise..
Hey hey Magnus Carlsen is very famous but Chess is a much smaller sport than Footbal/soccer: Erling Braut Håland and Martin Ødegård is one of the most discussed footballers in the world righ now and they're both Norwegian. I doubt Magnus Carlsen has a bigger fanbase than them
I presume you found out about Erling Braut Haaland after editing the video and crowbarred him into the thumbnail.....cause within the past couple of years he has out of no where really overtaken the throne for most famous Norwegian ever hands down and in such a fashion it's not going to be even remotely close for a good good time ...
They keft out Harald hairfair the man who united norway, and they also left out henrikk wergelan and johan welhaven the people who made the Norwegian writing language
Professor Kristian Birkeland.. his methods in the process of making artificial fertilizer - otherwise, it might have been just half of us on the planet...
Fridtjof Nansen should have been on the list, he was instrumental in shaping the norwegian identity when we got our independence. Great explorer, scientist and humanitarian. Kygo and Solskjær adds diversity, but let’s be real, they don’t belong here.
Surprised it left out explorers like Amundsen and Nansen although Nansen was mentioned briefly..
Yea. I had to comment on that aswell.
Also the physicist Kristian Birkeland, he invented the electromagnetic cannon and the Birkeland-Eyde process of fixing nitrogen from the air (though this has now been replaced with the Haber-Bosch process).
He is also the one who predicted the eponymous Birkeland Currents. Which are one of the reasons the Auroras happen.
Yes, that was my thort as well.
Ore norvegan hiros from the dk/no kingdom fx Peder Væssel
Yes! And Thor Heyerdahl!? People who have heard ANYTHING about Easter Island must have heard about him. Alan Walker, Nico & Vince and MadCon have all had massive hits in the US. But they probably just assume that they are American artists, like they did Avici...
@@christerjakobsen8107 yes, norways multi-genius, so important to the world.
But sadly many norwegians also dont know who he is... I wish they would have kept him on the 200kr note.
"In the hall of the mountain king" is one of the most famous pieces of music in the world. (Probably. I'm Norwegian so I may be biased.)
Even if you're not familiar with that kind of music, you will most likely recognize it if you hear it.
Morgenstemning as well. But maybe mountain king even more. Its both in films, commercials and other stuff like that.
Morgenstimmung (Morning Mood) is a fantastic piece of music. Close your eyes and you feel the sun raising over a misty lake/forest.
I just looked up Grieg. I can’t believe I didn’t know the name of the person who wrote these. It’s actually embarrassing because I listen to Morning Mood a lot. When I hear In the Hall of the Mountain King, (which I’ve heard many, many times) I’m automatically transported in my mind back to elementary school music class. I’m positive the music teacher told us about him. I just didn’t remember.😕
You should react to famous Norwegian explorers and their stories. Sometimes is crazy to read how they did things in the times where they didn't had the todays technolagy. There is kinda a joke going around that «no one has been to a place where a norwegian has not been there first»
* Head of NATO, Jens Stoltenberg
* Singer, Lene Nystrom in the band Aqua (hit song "I'm a barbie girl")
* Painter, Edvard Munch
* Domestic terrorist, Anders Breivik
* Poet, Bjornstjerne Bjornson
* Former head of WHO, Gro Harlem Brundtland
* Olympic winner womens marathon, Grete Waitz
* Actress and Olympic winner in figure skating, Sonja Henie
* Author, Roald Dahl ("Charlie and the Chocolate Factory") both his parents were Norwegian.
* Former husband of Diana Ross, Arne Naess Jr. (he died climbing in Himalaya)
* Supermodel and winner of 'Supermodel of the world' in 1980, Anette Stai
Also perhaps:
* Archeologist and adventurer, Thor Heyerdahl
* Actor, Axel Hennie
* Actress, Liv Ullmann
* Actor, Kristofer Hivju
* Footballer, Erling Haaland
* Spy, Arne Treholt
* A lot of winter sports athletes, too many to mention
*Fertilizer, Kristian Birkeland
*GSM, Torleiv Maseng (the father of mobil phones)
Roald Amundsen
Oh, and maybe Aurora? She has tons of reaction vids on UA-cam, and made a song for the Disney movie "Frozen" didn't she?
Breivik, really? Doesn’t really belong on this list.
Just two of these surprised me in that you didn't know of them. My son's school orchestra played Greig in middle school. I remember acting in Ibsen's play, John Gabriel Borkman when I was 13. Surely, the music of Grieg is covered in US schools, as must be the plays of Ibsen. In grade 6, my BC grandsons did a project on Eriksson and his landing in what is now Atlantic Canada.
He's probably heard both "in the halls of the mountain king" and "morning mood." Especially the morning mood one, as it's still used today, and growing up we all heard it in cartoons when depicting a sunrise and a calm morning, and I still hear it used in UA-cam videos when filming something in the morning, it's one of those famous compositions everyone has heard, but never heard who it's by as it's just used to set moods in cartoons and videos.
Also, seems I'm very much out of the loop, as I see so many talking in the comments about this Erling Haaland guy, and I have no idea who that is... though part of it is likely ADHD and the issues with memory that follows it.
...though trying hard I think I maybe know? I remember years ago there was this really young football player who got bought for a silly amount of money? I think I remember something in the news about that, but it's so long ago now I'm surprised I even remembered having watched the news, as it's been many years since I watched TV. :P
That and I don't really follow football anymore, probably stopped that in the 90s somewhere.
So to me if I was to suggest what I think of when suggesting famous Norwegians, what springs to my mind are folks like Mr. Rallycross himself, Martin Schanche, and the master of Rally English, Petter Solberg. :P
@@VampyrMygg Erling Haaland is a superstar NOW, that's why he's being mentioned a lot. His popularity exploded this year as he's breaking records for his new club.
Dovregubbens Hall is also used everywhere all the time today.
("Halls of the Mountain King" =//= direct translation)
@@VampyrMygg That's Martin Ødegaard. RM bought him and wasted his talents. Now he's at Arsenal and their key player and captain and they're currently winning the league.
Erling Haaland is the biggest striker phenomena to appear since Messi and Ronaldo..........
@@SebHaarfagre A Gubbe is not a King, so the translation is actually rubbish ;)
That list was very diversified. A good list, but so many was left out 😢
I can almost guarantee that if you look up the melody for "In the hall of the mountain king" you will remember hearing it at some point. They love using it in popular media as a dramatic melody. And "morning mood" is also used a lot for serene moments.
Ole Gunnar Solskjær's fame was funny, because he's from the same small town as I am, but suddenly people from all over the world knew who he was. My parents were doing a train vacation around europe one summer and there was one time they shared train cabin with a couple of people from South Africa, and the moment they said they were from Norway, their traveling companions immediately brought up Ole Gunnar Solskjær, lol. For a while he was the only Norwegian a lot of people knew who was. He's not AS widely recognized now that he's a coach instead of a player, but back when he was playing for Man U, people were obsessed with him.
You should listen to the "In the hall of the mountain King" by Grieg. I'm sure you have heard it before. Btw the play it's from "Peer Gynt" also on your list by Henrik Ibsen. Ibsen has by several outside Norway been branded as second after Shakespeare.
Niels Henrik Abel got a prize named after him the "Abelprize", it is rewared people that make big contribution in mathematics
I love that Quisling is on there. It's important to show that.
That name has become psynonymous with "traitor" in the western world but not so widely known by younger generations outside Norway.
That name is a HARD insult here, and it should be ^^
I see you being very polite and not diving deep into it maybe for content reasons and i'd understand that,
The occupation of Norway during ww2 was the hardest resistance the germans faced asymetrically.
It took them 400,000 soldiers to somewhat control a population of 2,8 million,
and when those 400k soldiers needed to go south and fight the allies, the resistance groups trapped them here and prevented them from leaving.
Their surrender was accepted by the resistance groups in 1945.
The "took them 400 000 soldiers" is somewhat misleading, they were not there just to stamp out resistance. Also it was 600 000 (at the height), not 400 000. And contemporary, that was more than 1 military personel _PER 10 (Norwegian) CAPITA._ (edit: per 10!)
I like that you skipped the part that said Solskjær became the head coach for Manchester. It's a little more impressive than "just" playing for the team.
I miss Fritjof Nansen, Roald Amundsen, Edvard Munch and maybe even Jens Stoltenberg, on this list. You should check out those songe mentioned on Edvard Grieg, as you have garanteed heard them.
Sissel Kyrkjebø, born 1969 - the international singing sensation. Everbybody has heard her sing but a minority knows her
And that she sings/hums the songs in Titanic except for “My heart will go on”👍
@@lillm6874 Yes, exactly. The Titanic humming is the one I have in mind. But you say "songs". Does she sing all songs except My Heart Will Go On?
@@exentr
Yes, she performed the wordless vocals on the soundtrack.
James Horner knew Sissel from the album “Innerst i sjelen” and he particularly liked how she sang the song “Eg Veit I Himmerik Ei Borg” ("I Know in Heaven There Is a Castle"). Horner had tried 25 or 30 singers and, in the end, he chose Sissel to sing the wordless tune.👍
Although he wasn't born in Norway, Roald Dahl was Norwegian. He wrote books, like Charlie and the chocolate factory, Matilda, and more.
Yes. He vacationed to Norway often. My dad was his regular server at the hotel he stayed at for a little while. Apparently he was open to giving writing tips.
Here's a sample list:
- Fridtjof Nansen (explorer)
- Roald Amundsen (explorer)
- Thor Heyerdahl (explorer)
- Helge Ingstad (explorer)
- Erling Kagge (explorer)
- Børge Ousland (explorer)
- Sigurd I. / Sigurd the Crusader / Sigurd Jorsalfare (king)
- Aurora (musician)
- Sigrid (musician)
- Einar Selvik (musician)
- Ylvis(aker brothers) (comedy/music/TV)
- Edvard Munch (painter)
- (Adolph) Tidemand & (Hans) Gude (painters)
- Ivo Caprino (animator; early days)
- Liv Ullmann (actor/director)
- Kristofer Hivju (actor)
- Erling Haaland (football player)
- Martin Ødegaard (football player)
- Jan Egeland (UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator)
- Jens Stoltenberg (former politician; Secretary General of NATO)
- Plethora of athletes too long to list here
- Carl Gustav Fleischer (general; first to win a major battle for the Allies)
- Martin Linge (commander of SOE Norwegian Independent Company 1)
- Lasse Gjertsen (for anyone having been there the early days of UA-cam)
You might even add Trygve Lie to the list, The first genaral secretary of the UN. He had a deal with Jordan, Syria and Iraq as well as the "legal" representatives of Israel that includetd the three nations mensioned, to give the historical Israel back to the jews. This propotial was voted down in the UN, as UK, France and USA went for the illegal ocupation of Palestine that Ben Gurion started, and instead of peace and acceptance the Arab world would see Israel as an intruder and occupant to palestinian and arab land all due to this miscalculation from UK, USA and France back in 1948.
Tyler, if you follow the news you are probably familiar with Jens Stoltenberg. He is the secretary general of NATO and has been on the international news channel every day since the Ukrainian war started.
The most famous norwegian today is without a doubt Erling Haaland.
Especially after his five goals on tuesdays match🤩👏🏼🤩. New record
no its bjorn daeli
Is he? I'm Norwegian and I got no clue who Erling Haaland is...
@@VampyrMygg Football marks out here thinking everyone cares about football x) But I think he Is right tho
@@andreix123 I had to really think about it, but I did end up recalling hearing of a young football player sold for a huge amount of money many years ago, and assume it might be him?
Shoutout to snowboarder Terje Håkonsen. One of the most influential snowboarders in the history of the sport.
That's true, although snowboarding isn't _that_ big and it's just one of a plethora of sports.
But he is _the_ biggest pioneer/influence, not one of them. Any famous (more recent) icons have him as an idol.
2 names have more or less disapeared from Norway after world war 2... First name Adolph or Adolf was used by many older norwegians, especially those before world war 2, and ofcourse the surname Quisling, I also think Vidkun are not used anymore ... those are not illegal to name your child Adolf or Vidkun but the popularity of the names dropped sharply after world war 2.
Yes, I think Tyler knows "In the Hall of the Mountain King" it is pretty well known, at least in connotations to mischief and trolls.
How fun that he knows of some of the people in the article.
Edvard Grieg was not born in 1807. He was born in 1843 and died in 1907.
Yes I thought is was a bit odd :)
I'm Norwegian and have never heard of any "Kygo" before. I guess I'm happy about that.
If "Take on me" is the only song you know from a-ha, you should absolutely explore more of their music. I would love to see you reacting to some of their songs on your channel, and "The sun always shines on TV" is a great song to start with. Then go on to "Stay on these roads", The bond theme song "The living daylights", "I've been losing you", "Summer moved on", "Sycamore leaves", "Scoundrel days".... I could go on and on, their music i great, and the band is huge all over the place accept from US. They made a world record for paying audiences in Rock in Rio in 1991 with 198 000, a record that stood for 25 years. Morten Harket also has a Guinness record for the longest held note in a UK Top 40 song with 20,2 seconds in "Summer moved on".
My favourite is “Hunting high and low”👍
I think there are many more people that deserve attends such as Edvard Munch, a famous painter and Roald Amundsen , the first man at the south Pole :-)
Edvard Hagerup Grieg was born in Bergen, Norway. The family name, originally spelled Greig, is associated with the Scottish Clann Ghriogair (Clan Gregor). Grieg's great-grandfather, Alexander Greig (1739-1803), travelled widely before settling in Norway about 1770 and establishing business interests in Bergen. Grieg's paternal great-great-grandparents, John (1702-1774) and Anne (1704-1784), are buried in the abandoned churchyard of the ruinous Church of St Ethernan in Rathen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
Ole G S was also manager for Manchester United after his playing days.
Knut is said with a hard K.
Nut 😂
Leif Eriksson didn't found the first Viking settlement on Greenland, his father Erik the Red (who was an explorer, not a king)
Yes, and even though Erik the Red was Norwegian, I think you can make the argument that he was not Norwegian, but Islandic.
Nobody said Leiv Eriksson founded anything on Greenland?
He's the first to discover Vinland and Skrælingr. The only relevance is that he _set off_ from Greenland...
@@RonnyWilhelmsen1001 There was nothing Icelandic then lol. Sorry but there was not. There were no natives there and it was colonized from Norway.
Greenland is another (mixed) bag.
@@SebHaarfagre Well, regardless of what you count as the proper premiss for nationality, he was born ca. 970 in Eiríksstaðir, Iceland. Iceland was settled as early as 874 mostly by Norwegians as you say. By in 930, the chieftains had established a form of governance, the Althing, making it one of the world's oldest parliaments.
Even today we give nationality based on the nation you were born.
You really should take a listen to Edward Griegs Morning mood, what a masterpiece. Lovely calming even for those who are not into classical music.
Also 1 detail you missed, it was also used in the play Peer Gynt written by Henrik Ibsen (also on the list).
Everyone in norway knows Ole Gunnar Solskjær, not only footbal fans.
One more thing they could have mentioned about A-ha is that their music inspired serveral other great bands like U2 and Cold Play and more.
You should check out Sissel Kyrkjebø singing “Solveig’s sang” by Edvard Grieg 1991, so beautiful 😍
If you’ve heard the Titanic soundtrack, you’ve heard Sissel.
She has the vocals on all melodies (with vocal) except for “My heart will go on”.
They wanted a more known artist to sing that song, but Sissel would’ve nailed it💕
Rollo of Normandy is another famous individual worth mentioning, although its debated if he was Danish or Norwegian.
Hi :) In the puzzle game "The Withness", one of the hardest quests is to solve a problem before the musik from In the Hall of Mountain King do end. :)
I mean, I think even Disney has used Morning mood. I was a bit bummed out you didn`t check them out in the video😂 Really like your reactions to norwegian stuff:)
Here are many names missing: Roald Amundsen conquered the South Pole, and was the first to put the Norwegian Flag on the South Pole 1911. The present worlds best footballer is Erling Braut Haaland. AURORA is a fantastic singer - songwriter popular around the world. Have given many concerts throughout USA and Amerika North and South in General. -And Asia.
And you have Dr. Armauer Hansen who found the cure for Lepracy. Just to mention a few missing from that list.
Dont know if Haaland is on this list but you should make a reaction to him. He is by far the most famous norwegian today
WHY, isn't "Fridjof Nansen, Roald Amundsen, Thor Heyerdahl, and Edvard Munch" on this list ?
Interesting to note about "Quisling":
As mentioned in the article, the name has completely vanished in Norway. Vidkun Quisling had no children, and neither did any of his siblings. Even cousins and other family members chose different surnames. But if you go to Madison, Wisconsin you'll actually be able to find a flat building called Quisling Terrace! So while the name has completely vanished here, it hasn't in other countries.
Quisling has actually entered the English dictionary as a word meaning "traitor".
Magnus Karlsen might be the most well known Norwegian in the US, but outside the USA, football is so insanely popular, that Solskjær (and the current Erling Braut Haaland) would crush any other Norwegian contender to most known Norwegian, including Karlsen. I've heard stories of Norwegian soldiers stationed in Sudan, Iraq and Afghanistan, who all have been met with "you're from Norway??? -Solskjær!!!)
That sounds about right.
Abel’s theoreme! Everybody get your hands up, get your hands up, get your hands up!!
Yeah even if you don't recognize the name of the works, I'm extremely confident you've heard both Hall of the Mountain King and Morning Mood.
You could try a reaction to differrent norwegian music?
Kygo is one example, but we've also got the classical pieces like "I Dovregubbens Hall", "Autumn" and the even more prolific "Morgenstemning" there's many, many more notable pieces like "Over bakkar og berg"(another contender when Norways national anthem was still undecided), there's many more, but I don't wanna take up your entire vid' with only my suggestions...
Humanitarian relief to Russia. Wow amazing.
The man was Vidkun Quisling. Whoops. Haha.
It was funny and kinda cute how unaware you were of the nazi uniform he was wearing in those photos before finding out 😂
Not yet seen the entire video, but Armauer Hansen, the guy who discovered the reason for leprosy, also known as Hansen's Disease in parts of the world, better be there. :)
Thor Heyerdahl navigating the Kon-tiki raft across the Pacific in 1949(?).
Amundsen - beating Captain Scott to the South Pole (1912).
I bet if you played any of the Grieg songs you mentioned, you would have instantly recognized it
Ibsen second most famous playwright after Shakespeare. Take on me has over 1 billion views on YT
Grete Waitz is known in USA after winning several NYC marathons. .
I can guarantee you have heard in the hall of the mountain king in many movies and tv shows ;)
2:09
You forgot that the "e" is pronounced again. ;-)
Ol*e* Bull.
The "e" is even its own syllable in his first name.
5:56
You're butchering "Ole" more then "Solskjær". ;-)
And yeah, I know, "Æ" is a weird letter.
You're not doing too badly at trying though, and I appreciate that. :-)
6:44
There you're at least trying to pronounce the "e", although the sound you made for it is essentially the sound we use the letter "i" for, while "e" has a different sound for us.
Perhaps you can do a video reacting to how the Norwegian letters (from start to finish) sounds?
Because many letters you're familiar with have different sounds.
8:39
There we go, the "e" sound you used in "Mort*e*n Harket is the sound we use.
9:02
Knut, not "Nut".
We have a *lot* less silent letters in Norwegian then in English.
10:44
That one was pretty good, no butchering there. :-)
The "a" sound in Magnus definitely had a American accent, but it was unmistakably his name unlike the other names I commented on, we'd have no problem at all with understanding what you where trying to say. :-)
16:11
He's not really know for anything but being a traitor.
His last name has literally become synonym with treason, as in *the* word for a traitor...
Honestly his last name is probably more commonly used for the meaning of "traitor" then the original Norwegian word for "traitor" is.
It also helps that his last name is shorter then our word for "traitor" ("forræder").
Interesting that Edward Munch, Nansen, Amundsen, or Siri that id inside every iPhone, she is Norwegian and made in Norway. Or Girl in red, Alan Walker, Liv Ullmann, Harald Zwarts
I suggest that you look up the following famous Norwegians: Sonja Henie, Roald Amundsen, Jens Stoltenberg, Angelina Jordan, Edvard Munch
Brand is old Norwegian word for Brann, which means Fire.
Kristian Birkeland is perhaps the most underrated and should have deffently been on the list.
Jens Stoltenberg, Haaland and Alan Walker should also be included in a list like this
So what about Edward Munch? Who painted scream? Why isnt he on the list.
There is for sure more famous Norwegians then some that is mentioned here. Like Fridtjof Nansen & Roald Amundsen (both famous explorers)
I would say Haaland is now a better player and probably more known as a footballer than Solskjær.
In the music industry now we have a few very good and well-known artists on the world stage. Check out these artists:
Sissel
Sigrid
Aurora
And last but not least our barefooted prinsess: Angelina Jordan
If you start to react to Angelina Jordan, you will for sure get 1000's of subscribers and the commentfield will light up.
Do you mean Sigrid or?
@@mar97216 oops, yes
Sorry, not sure where Signe came from, maybe the T9
Thank you for the correction 😊
@@monicalund7955 yeah I was wondering, I don’t know all Norwegian artists 😅 but seemed like you mentioned only pretty well known Norwegians.
Haaland and Carlsen competes for most known Norwegian.
You need to listen to Grieg - Morning mood.
It is Norway in music.
PS: It's not Kai-Go, but Kyh-go.
It's not really a competition. Haaland is a global superstar.
How wasn't Trygve Lie mentioned?
Foreign minister 1940-1946.
The first general secretary of the UN!
Can you please react to some of Griegs music?
"Sult" was made into a movie, probably hard to find. Knut is pronounced knoot. Ole is pronounced oolé
It is in the "Hamsun" DVD box set which also includes the movie "Hamsun" with Max von Sydow as the aging writer during the WWII occupation.
"Leif Eriksson"; Leif is pronounced more like "Life".
"Brand" (the play) is in this case older Norwegian (more Danish style) and means "Fire". It is pronounced very quickly and heavy emphasis on the consonants (and hard R). The "a" is a as in Utah. The D is quite silent.
Yes it hurts that you dont listen to his music. And Ibsen is the second most played teather play "dollar house" after Shakespeare.
Leif is pronounced like combining the "le" in "let" with "if" to get "le-if," or at least that's the closest I can think of to explain how it should be pronounced.
you've probably not heard of Edvard grieg but u have defently heard atleast 2 of his songs, one of the most famous composed songs ever
The most influential Norwegian of all time is Hallvard Vebjørnsson. People walked from Italy to Oslo as pilgramage for him. There's no human alive that would make me walk to Italy. That's a round-trip of 4-5000km.
This is the most influential Norwegian this person knew about.
Most information on Leifur Eiríksson, is wrong. His father Eiríkur Rauði (Erik the red) found Greenland, well he moved there. And Leifur was born in Iceland around 980
Erling Haaland is easily becoming the most famous Norwegian of all time, probably already the most known Norwegian.
The forgot to mention Kjetil Balstad for some reason...
What about Hans Nielsen Hauge? He has influenced Norway big time...
Technically Leif Eriksson was Icelandic, rather than Norwegian. Iceland was an established settlement, and is where Leif was born. He was however born to two Norwegian parents, and the Norse language spoken both in Norway and Iceland was similar if not the same.
"Technically" he was Norwegian. By your logic I'm "Oslonian" and not Norwegian.
Exactly, Iceland was an established settlement/colony. There were no natives there, everyone there were Norwegian.
Don't "technically" and turn it around 😅 Though the latter part is correct, and yes it was the same.
@@SebHaarfagre Icelandic people consider him Icelandic. Iceland as a nation did seem to exist at the time separately to Norway. His father was exiled from Norway after all, and found refuge in Iceland. That wouldn't have worked if Iceland was under the rule of Norway.
@@MrMudbill There certainly was something that was calling itself the Icelandic commonwealth at the time. The problem arises when we consider that: A) the settlement was made up people fleeing the Norwegian king but who wanted to keep the Norwegian traditions, making them kinda a semi Norwegian outpost until they rejoined Norway in the 1200s. It was a stateless society without any executive body to it to back up any laws. I suspect the people who live there, if they didn't consider themselves Norwegians, considered themselves as one of whatever clan they were a part of rather than as "Icelandic". B) Leif Eriksons father was born in Norway, and Leif indeed returned to Norway as soon as he was of age to likely serve the king (Olav Tryggvason) indicating some sort of lingering relationship with the Norwegian court.
Also it wasn't Erik the Red (Leif's father) who was exiled from Norway, it was his father Thorvald Asvaldsson (leif's grandfather). Thorvald took his son with him to Iceland, but Erik himself got exiled from Iceland for some years, which is when he found the Greenland colony. Leif probably grew up in Greenland and not Iceland as a result. So it is kind of a toss up whether he is Norwegian, Icelandic, or Greenlander.
@@MissCaraMint Interesting points. If this is accurate then I agree with you.
@@MrMudbill I vote that we all claim him. We can share.
Just a little comment to any English speakers: It Leif Erikson,, not Leaf Eirikson:)
You assume you will recognize this: Grieg - In the Hall of the Mountain King : ua-cam.com/video/kLp_Hh6DKWc/v-deo.html
Ole Gunnar was the best player in the 90 thies, but now we have Martin Ødegaard and Erling Haaland in Manchester city...They are among the best players in England. Ødegaard was the best player in 2022 in Premier league. I think Erling Haaland is the most known player because he scores alot of goals. Yes, these to guyes in addition to Magnus Carlsen might be the most known Norwegians today. I will add Jens Stoltenberg that is the Nato leader today.
What about: Edvard Munch, Roald Amundsen, Fridtjof Nansen, Thor Heyerdahl???? Strange!
Vikings Quisling became famous, or rather infamous, by betraying Norway. "A Quisling" are today a international word meaning "Traitor" . A "Judas" if you want.
There is a lot more norwegians that is world known. Some of them more than some of those that is mentioned in this video.
i think Erling Braut Haaland is maybe the new most famous footballer from Norway
Tyler, check out Norwegian soccer player Erling Haaland,
The Nut Hamsen got to me.. you'll have to say K-nut HamsUn.. he wrote great pieces.. but he was a nazi sympetizer under ww2.. so not so a good person political wise..
but they dont do that in english see... like the french with h, try to get a frenchman to say hege... english kkknnnnnigghts
@@ragnarkisten One way I've seen "Knut" being spelled in english is "Canute", as in the norse king "Canute the Great".
Amundsen, Nansen, Stoltenberg, Haaland, Henie
9:06 The K is pronounced
Edvard Munch?
Hey hey Magnus Carlsen is very famous but Chess is a much smaller sport than Footbal/soccer: Erling Braut Håland and Martin Ødegård is one of the most discussed footballers in the world righ now and they're both Norwegian. I doubt Magnus Carlsen has a bigger fanbase than them
I presume you found out about Erling Braut Haaland after editing the video and crowbarred him into the thumbnail.....cause within the past couple of years he has out of no where really overtaken the throne for most famous Norwegian ever hands down and in such a fashion it's not going to be even remotely close for a good good time ...
Soleskjaer was the most famous footballer. Nowdays its Erling Håland ;)
The viking name is Leiv Eriksson not Leif.
They keft out Harald hairfair the man who united norway, and they also left out henrikk wergelan and johan welhaven the people who made the Norwegian writing language
Sonja Henie. Well known in usa and became friend with Hitler
I feel cheated that you have different channels with different names.
Forget Fritjof Nansen, Roald Amundsen, Haaland. Edward Munch
Professor Kristian Birkeland.. his methods in the process of making artificial fertilizer - otherwise, it might have been just half of us on the planet...
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Fridtjof Nansen should have been on the list, he was instrumental in shaping the norwegian identity when we got our independence. Great explorer, scientist and humanitarian. Kygo and Solskjær adds diversity, but let’s be real, they don’t belong here.
Christian Krogh?
I'm sure Kygo is famous. But really he should have been left out and Roald Amundsen should have taken that space.
Why erling haaland not in this list 😂
Tbh the most famous Norwegian right now is probaby Erling Haaland..
OMG, born in 1807... this is so bad, grieg was born in 1843... he died in 1907 though
If you gonna look up the most recent famous footballplayer from Norway, check out Erlend Haaland, better than Messi ;-)
Nut hamson😂😂