Torben Niels Ebbesen (born 10 July 1945) is a Danish sculptor and painter. His installations in contrasting materials and other abstract works can be seen in locations in Denmark, Germany and Sweden as well as in several Danish museums.
Lisbeth Balslev (born 21 February 1945) is a Danish operatic soprano with an international career, especially in Wagnerian operas.
Balslev was born in Aabenraa and originally trained as a nurse. She then studied singing, first at the Academy of Music and Music Communication in Esbjerg, then at the opera academy of the Royal Danish Theater in Copenhagen. In 1976, she made her debut at the Royal Danish Theater as Yaroslavna in Prince Igor.After two years, Balslev left the Royal Danish Theater and had her international breakthrough as Senta in Harry Kupfer's staging of Wagner's Der fliegende Holländer at the 1978 Bayreuth Festival. From 1979 to 1983 she sang at the Hamburg State Opera, after which she has worked freelance at La Scala, the Vienna State Opera and Bayreuth among others.In addition to her professional work, Balslev was in 1992 among the founders of an organization which supports orphanages in Romania and provides summer and Christmas vacations for the children.Balslev has received several awards and honors, including Tagea Brandt Rejselegat (1996) and the Reumert Prize, of which she was the first recipient (1999). In 1993, she was made a Dame of the Order of the Dannebrog.
Rune Johan Andersson (born 5 March 1945) is a Norwegian cartoonist, illustrator and children's writer.
From 1970 to 1984 he worked as illustrator for the newspaper Dagbladet, and later for Aftenposten. Among his books are Glemmeboken from 2001, Rottenes plan og andre forunderlige fabler from 2003, and Ørkensang from 2012. He is represented at the National Gallery of Norway, Riksgalleriet and other art galleries.
Terje Egilsønn Sølsnes (born 10 March 1945) is a Norwegian television personality.
He hails from Uranienborg and took secondary education at Oslo Commerce School, and worked in Bankenes Betalingssentral before applying for a job as continuity announcer in the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation in 1979. He was hired, and held this job for decades. He also had other engagements in the same channel, including a children's show named Hjemme hos meg (1988) and a breakfast show Frokost-TV. He also had the radio music show Musikk for deg, kanskje for meg? in the 1980s.Sølsnes also had his own company Sølsnes Arrangementer through which he was hired as a master of ceremonies at different events. He has also appeared in stage musicals.
Jørgen Dobloug (23 April 1945 – 16 January 2018) was a Norwegian artist based in Düsseldorf and Oslo.He studied at the Allgemeine Gewerbeschule Basel, Switzerland (1969) in the class of Armin Hofmann and Staatliche Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, Germany (1971 – 84), in the classes of Professor Joseph Beuys, Daniel Hees and Franz Eggenschwiler. Dobloug is an important Norwegian artist, who left Norway and what be believed to be a rigid educational system for performing arts, to find his own way. Dobloug’s works have been shown in a large number of exhibitions, in Norway and abroad.His works are mainly acrylic paintings displaying either abstract motifs or heads/faces. They are humorous, partly with contradictory elements in respect of both motif, composition and colours. The works span from strict geometric paintings including grid-patterns, to playful paintings executed with a rough, almost expressive, brush. There is furthermore conceptual side to Dobloug’s project.
His works are part of international art collections as Nasjonalmuseet, Museum Kunstpalast, Henie-Onstad Kunstsenter, Lillehammer Kunstmuseum, Svensk Konstfond, Tangen-Samlingen, Telenor Art Collection, Storebrand Art Collection, Christian Bjellands kunstsamling or the art collection of NSB.Dobloug was granted the Norwegian Government Grant for Artists from 1995.
Tor Berger Jørgensen (born 27 December 1945 in Oslo, Norway) is a Norwegian bishop who until 2015 was Bishop of the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland in the Church of Norway. Appointed in 2019, he now serves as the Bishop of the Lutheran Church in Great Britain and resides in London.
Jørgensen was appointed the bishop of Sør-Hålogaland on 17 November 2006 and took over those duties from Øystein Ingar Larsen on 28 January 2007. Jørgensen had previously been the dean of Bodø Cathedral since 2000 and had for various periods been deputy for the bishop.
Jørgensen received the cand.theol. degree (equivalent to a combined Bachelor of Divinity and Master of Divinity) from the Misjonshøgskolen/MF Norwegian School of Theology in 1972. Jørgensen worked for 15 years as a missionary priest in Japan for the Norwegian Missionary Society. He then served as its general secretary from 1991 to 1999. Jørgensen was a candidate for bishop of the Diocese of Oslo in 2005, but Ole Christian Kvarme was elected.
Katja Maria Riosianu Medbøe (3 December 1945 – c. 13 November 1996) was a Norwegian actress.
She graduated from the Norwegian National Academy of Theatre in 1968, and acted both at Den Nationale Scene and at the National Theatre. Medbøe was best known for her role in the Hustruer-trilogy (Wives), along with Frøydis Armand and Anne Marie Ottersen. She also released records with poetry readings set to music.In December 1996, Medbøe's sister, Wenche Medbøe, announced that Katja had been missing for three weeks, and made a public appeal for tips. As a result of a head injury she had experienced pain from the stage lighting. On 12 November she had left the hospital and not been seen since. On 3 May 1997, she was found dead in Nordmarka – a forest area north of Oslo. Medbøe had two children. The cause of death was, according to her daughter, Eline Medbøe, suicide.
Inger Elisabeth Prebensen (born 11 January 1945) is a Norwegian jurist and banker.
Grethe G. Fossum (1 November 1945 – 28 November 2019) was a Norwegian politician. She served one term in the Storting from Hedmark from 1997 to 2001. She was also a deputy representative from 1989 to 1997 and 2001 to 2005. Fossum was a member of the Labour Party.She was born in Oslo to Kåre Gulbrandsen and Iris Pettersen. She served as a teacher and school administrator in Grue, Norway before becoming active in Labor Party politics. She was a member of the council and deputy mayor of the town from 1987 to 1991.She was first elected as a deputy representative in 1989 and re-elected in 1993. In her time as a deputy, she substitute for Kjell Borgen and Sigbjørn Johnsen during their terms and cabinet ministers. In the 1997 Norwegian parliamentary election, she was elected to a seat in her own right. She served on the Family, Culture and Administration committee and the Finance Committee.In the 2001 election, Labour saw its share of seats drop from the prior election and Fossum did not hold her seat, but was again elected as a deputy. She substituted for Sylvia Brustad during the latter's term as a minister.Fossum died on 28 November 2019 at the age of 74.
Solfrid "Winnie" Heier (born September 20, 1945) is a Norwegian actress and singer. She has appeared in film and television roles.
Heier has appeared in the films Skjær i sjøen, Balladen om mestertyven Ole Høiland, Olsenbanden – Operasjon Egon, Krigerens hjerte, and Ute av drift! She made her stage debut at age 17 in Peder Wright Cappelen's play Dikter i ulvepels at the Oslo new Theater, and since then she has also played at the National Traveling Theater, Trøndelag Theater, Chateau Neuf, and Stockholm City Theatre, and she has also had guest roles in TV series such as Karl & Co, Hotel Cæsar, and Mot i brøstet.
She made her recording debut in the mid-1960s under the artist's name Winnie. In 1967 she won third place in the Norwegian Melodi Grand Prix together with Toril Støa with the song "Skitur." Heier was also a recording artist in Sweden.
In 2007, she was the only actress in the play The Alchemist (Norwegian title: Alkymisten), based on the novel by Paulo Coelho, among other plays at the Christiania Theater.