Mimmi Klaveness

What we know – and how

The life

1. 10 Oct 1916
   Born

   Sunde, Sandeherad, Jarlsberg og Larviks amt, Norge

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2. 1916
   The place and the tree

   Forbudstiden

   Mimmi is born

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   Forbud mot salg av brennevin. (Opphevet ved folkeavstemming i 1926)

3. 
   1917
   Norway

   The Russian Revolution

   Mimmi is 1

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   The revolution abolished the Russian Empire and brought the Bolsheviks, the later Communist Party, to power.

   Source: Den russiske revolusjon

   Picture: Viktor Bulla · Public domain

4. 
   1918
   Norway

   Amt becomes fylke

   Mimmi is 2

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   The name amt was changed to fylke (county), and the amtmann became fylkesmann. Older sources say amt where newer ones say fylke.

   Source: fylke

   Picture: National Library of Norway · No restrictions

5. 1918
   The place and the tree

   Spanskesyken

   Mimmi is 2

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   Over 7.000 nordmenn dør av spanskesyken.

6. 
   1918
   The world

   The Spanish flu

   Mimmi is 2

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   An influenza pandemic that struck much of the world. Between 50 and 100 million died, and the death rate was highest among children and young adults.

   Source: spanskesyken

   Picture: Armed Forces Institute of Pathology/National Museum of Health and Medicine, distributed via the Associated Press · Public domain

7. 1919
   The place and the tree

   Åttetimersdagen lovfestes

   Mimmi is 3

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   Kampen for åttetimersdagen startet under den industrielle revolusjon i Storbritannia, hvor industriproduksjon i fabrikker foregikk under dårlige arbeidsforhold med lange arbeidsdager. Arbeiderne led under dårlig helse, velferd og moral, og barnearbeid var vanlig. Arbeidsdagen kunne vare fra ti til opptil 16 timer og seks dagers uke.

8. 
   1920
   Norway

   The census of 1920

   Mimmi is 4

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   The latest census open to everyone. It was released in 2020, a hundred years after the count.

   Source: folketelling

   Picture: Anders Beer Wilse · CC BY-SA 4.0

9. 1923
   The place and the tree

   Første radiosending i Norge

   Mimmi is 7

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   Den første radiosendingen går på lufta i Norge.

10. 
    1923
    Norway

    The Names Act

    Mimmi is 7

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    The first law on personal names: everyone was to have a family name. After it, the patronymic that changed with each generation fades out.

    Source: Navneloven

    Picture: Ludvig Forbech (?-1942) · Public domain

11. 
    1929
    The world

    The Great Depression

    Mimmi is 13

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    A global economic crisis often dated from the New York stock market crash in the autumn of 1929: unemployment, hardship and political unrest.

    Source: den store depresjonen

    Picture: Dorothea Lange · Public domain

12. 1936
    The place and the tree

    Alderstrygd innføres

    Mimmi is 20

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    Lov om alderstrygd innføres.

13. 18 Jan 1938
    Died

    Sandefjord, Vestfold, Norge

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14. 1938
    The place and the tree

    Arbeidstrygd innføres

    Mimmi is 22

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    Lov om arbeidstrygd innføres.