1950s Norway: Fascinating Vintage Photos Show Cities, Towns, Landscapes And Everyday Life

#1 Fishing boats in the harbor at Bergen, 1951.

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#2 A view of Bergen, 1955

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#3 Fishermen haul in nets in the Ouiske Fjord, Norway, 1958.

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#4 Entrance to the olympic village, Oslo, 1952.

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#5 Lille Ovre Gaten in the Old Town section of Bergen, Norway, 1951.

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#6 The Sogne District, Norway, 1950.

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#7 A peasant family loading a cart with hay, near the Hardangerfjord in South Western Norway, 1951.

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#8 Princess Astrid with her Young Friends, Oslo, 1951.

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#9 A monument to Knut Hamsun, Oslo, 1959.

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#10 Norwegian Fishermen, 1959.

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#11 Winter Olympics 1952 Oslo Norway, 1952

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#12 Crowds gather outside the cathedral for the wedding of Norwayan Princess Ragnhild, 1953.

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#13 The Fyksesund bridge, which spans a branch of the Hardanger Fjord, carrying the highway from Oslo to Bergen, 1955.

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#14 A stave church in Heddal, southern Norway, 1955.

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#15 A ski lift in Lillehammer, southern Norway, 1954.

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#16 Homes in Stavanger, Norway, 1955.

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#17 Nutritious seaweed (or ‘lava’) bread developed by German scientist Heinrich Lienau being delivered from a bakers in Flensburg, Norway.

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#18 A small hamlet is reflected in the limpid waters of a Norwegian fjord, 1959.

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#19 A street in Røros in Norway

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#20 Gauldalen Valley in Norway

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#21 The Royal Palace in Oslo, with scaffolding

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#22 Dovrefjell Mountains in Norway. On the way from Dombås to Hjerkinn

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#23 Kirkegata (Church street) in Levanger in Norway

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#24 Ruins of Hamar medieval Cathedral in Norway

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#25 A Norwegian lumberyard in the province of Sogn, 1950.

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#26 Monolith towering over Frogner Park, Oslo, 1954.

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#27 Norwegian anthropologist Thor Heyerdahl with a model of the balsa raft ‘Kon Tiki’, 1950.

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#28 Lille Ovre Gaten in the Old Town section of Bergen, Norway, 1951.

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#29 The giant ski-jump and large crowd at Holmenkolldagen, Oslo, Norway, 1950

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#30 Employees of KPS and family members enjoying a game of bridge in one the recreation rooms at the factory where they work at Sarpsborg, 1951.

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#31 The Norwegian ski team, March 1950.

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#32 Departure of The Norwegian Boat Hillvag from Rouen for Greenland, 1951

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#33 Norwegian singer, dancer and actress Greta Gynt, 1951.

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#34 Holidaymakers sip cocktails aboard the SS Chusan cruise liner off the coast of Norway, July 1951.

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#35 In the Bislett stadium, during the 500 meters of speed skating, the American Ken Henry, behind him the Canadian Craig MacKay, in Oslo, Norway in February 1952.

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#36 Horneby airport, servicing Norway’s capital city, Oslo, 1954.

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#37 A Norwegian ‘stabbur’ or storehouse for the storage of farmer’s victuals, 1954.

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#38 The seaplane port at Trondheim, in Norway, 1954.

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#39 Steam locomotive at Oslo, Norway, 1954.

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#40 Electric and steam locomotives at Oslo, Norway, 1954.

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#41 A fish market at the Inner Harbour at Bergen, 1955.

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#42 An old Lapp Woman displays wares in Lyngseidet, Norway, 1955.

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#43 A fresh catch of cod fish waiting to be cleaned in Hammerfest, Norway, 1955.

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#44 Traffic policeman in Oslo, Norway, 1955.

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#45 Open apartment windows during summertime heat in Oslo, Norway, 1955.

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#46 Fruit and Vegetable Market in Oslo, Norway, 1955.

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#47 Saltpeter Factory in Norway, 1955

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#48 Queen Elizabeth during an official visit in Norway with King Haakon VII, 1955

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#49 Crowds Gather for Louis Armstrong Show in Oslo, 1955.

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#50 Main Street of this ressurected ghost town, cattle being driven through it, as in the olden days.

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#51 Oslo, Norway, 1957

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#52 A Rover 1906 car is about to take the start of the Veteran car race in Hamar, Norway, 1957.

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#53 Shooting of the film “The Vikings”, Norway, July 1957.

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#54 The funeral of King Haakon VII of Norway is Oslo, 1957

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#55 At the funeral of King Haakon VII of Norway, 1957.

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#56 City Hall, Oslo, 1958.

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#57 Lilly, Carin and Gustaf viewing Kjølingefjell mountain in Norway

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#58 Harbour of Trondheim in Norway

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#59 Gudbrandsdalen Valley in Norway

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#60 The Royal Palace in Oslo, with scaffolding

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#61 Hotel Phoenix in Trondheim in Norway

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#62 Trondheim in Norway. View from the Cathedral

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#63 Gustaf, Lilly and Carin viewing the harbour of Trondheim in Norway

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#64 An old stabbur on a farm in the mountain regions of Rjukan in Norway, 1950.

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#65 People looking at a whale caught in 1950 in Norway

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