states that Norway was neutral during WW1 (though friendly towards the UK) and in 1924 reported 1,180 persons dead and missing. So we cannot explain the 2,101 Norwegian seamen referred to on the St Olav memorial.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Norwegian seamen who died in WW1
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WW1 memorial - Norway
The quotation comes from one of the apocrypha, the Wisdom of Solomon, 3.2. ...
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Anglo-Norse Society
From the Picture source website: "The Anglo-Norse Society in London is a registered charity for the purpose of promoting understanding between Britain and Norway through learning about each other’s...
1 memorial
Herman Olsen Hamborg
A Commissioner for the 1892Â Westminster Public Baths and Wash-houses and for the 1892 Westminster Public Library. One time co- churchwarden of St John the Evangelist, Westminster. 2020: Via Facebo...
2 memorials
King Olav V of Norway
Born Prince Alexander of Denmark in Sandringham, Norfolk. Parents: Haakon VII (first King of Norway following the dissolution of the union with Sweden) and Maud of Wales (daughter of our Edward VII...
3 memorials
Norwegian Government-in-exile
The Norwegian government and parliament refused to accept a German ultimatum to form a new government under Nazi control. King Haakon VII and his son Crown Prince Olav were forced to leave Norway a...
1 memorial
Mary Wollstonecraft
Writer, philosopher and feminist before her time. Born Primrose Street, Spitalfields. Her radical book "Vindication of the Rights of Woman" (1792) in which she described marriage as "legal prostitu...
Person, Education, Gender Issues, Philosophy, Seriously Famous, Denmark, France, Norway, Sweden
10 memorials
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