Rikard Nordraak

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Also Known As	Rikard Nordraach
Born	June 12, 1842 • Oslo • Norway
Died	March 20, 1866 (aged 23) • Berlin • Germany
Notable Works	“Ja, vi elsker dette landet”

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Benjamin Britten

British composer

Bjørnstjerne Martinius Bjørnson

Norwegian author

Edvard Grieg

Norwegian composer

Ole Bull

Norwegian musician

Johan Nordahl Brun

Norwegian author

Franz Schubert

Austrian composer

Johannes Brahms

German composer

Franz Liszt

Hungarian composer

Felix Mendelssohn

German musician and composer

Georges Bizet

French composer

Mily Balakirev

Russian composer

Gabriel Fauré

French composer

Henri Sauguet

French composer

Charles Bordes

French composer

Peter Christen Asbjørnsen

Norwegian author

Jørgen Engebretsen Moe

Norwegian author

Jens Stoltenberg

prime minister of Norway and secretary-general of NATO

Gro Harlem Brundtland

prime minister of Norway

Haakon IV Haakonsson

king of Norway

Trygve Lie

Norwegian statesman and secretary-general of the United Nations

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