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Portrait of Johannes Olai Bjørkelund

1917–1939 · 22 years

Johannes Olai Bjørkelund

Born
27 Sep 1917 · Vestervik
Died
13 Oct 1939 · Bjørkelund
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1917 · The Russian Revolution Russian Revolution 1918 · Amt becomes fylke Amt to fylke 1918 · Spanskesyken Spanskesyken 1918 · The Spanish flu Spanish flu 1919 · Åttetimersdagen lovfestes Åttetimersdagen lovfestes 1920 · The census of 1920 Census 1920 1923 · Første radiosending i Norge Første radiosending i Nor… 1923 · The Names Act Names Act 1929 · The Great Depression Depression 1936 · Alderstrygd innføres Alderstrygd innføres 1938 · Arbeidstrygd innføres Arbeidstrygd innføres 1939 · Andre verdenskrig Andre verdenskrig 1939 · The Second World War World War II 1917192219271932 1939 Baptised 1917

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  1. 27 Sep 1917
    Born
    Vestervik, Varaldsøy, Søndre Bergenhus amt, Norge
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  2. 2 Nov 1917
    Baptised
    Varaldsøy kyrkje, Kvinnherad, Søndre Bergenhus amt, Norge
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  3. People flee across Nevsky Prospekt in Petrograd under fire in July 1917
    1917
    Norway
    The Russian Revolution
    Johannes is born
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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. Map of Akershus amt from 1827
    1918
    Norway
    Amt becomes fylke
    Johannes is 1
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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
    Johannes is 1
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    Over 7.000 nordmenn dør av spanskesyken.

  6. Crowded wards in an emergency hospital during the Spanish flu of 1918
    1918
    The world
    The Spanish flu
    Johannes is 1
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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
    Johannes is 2
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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. The bakery at Bogstadveien 30 in Kristiania around 1920
    1920
    Norway
    The census of 1920
    Johannes is 3
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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
    Johannes is 6
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    Den første radiosendingen går på lufta i Norge.

  10. Oluf Rygh, who gathered Norway's farm names in "Norske Gaardnavne"
    1923
    Norway
    The Names Act
    Johannes is 6
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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. "Migrant Mother": a mother with her children in California, 1936 – Dorothea Lange
    1929
    The world
    The Great Depression
    Johannes is 12
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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
    Johannes is 19
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    Lov om alderstrygd innføres.

  13. 1938
    The place and the tree
    Arbeidstrygd innføres
    Johannes is 21
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    Lov om arbeidstrygd innføres.

  14. 13 Oct 1939
    Died
    Bjørkelund, Kvinnherad, Hordaland, Norge
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  15. 20 Oct 1939
    Buried
    Varaldsøy kyrkje, Kvinnherad, Hordaland, Norge
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  16. 1939
    The place and the tree
    Andre verdenskrig
    Johannes is 22
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    Andre verdenskrig i Norge, 767 jøder ble deportert hvorav bare 30 overlevde. Omtreng 10 personer ble drept i antijødiske tiltak og hele 230 jødiske familier ble helt utryddet. Rundt 44.000 nordmenn satt fanget under okkupasjonstiden, av disse ble rundt 8.000 sendt til konsentrasjonsleire. Rundt 900 nordmenn satt fanger i Japan under andre verdenskrig og rundt 200 nordmenn satt fanget på sine skip i Nord-Afrika frem til november 1942.

  17. Landing ships and supplies on the beach in Normandy in June 1944
    1939
    The world
    The Second World War
    Johannes is 22
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    A global war between the Axis and the Allies, from Germany's attack on Poland to Japan's surrender. It surpassed the First World War in scale and in lives lost.

    Source: andre verdenskrig

    Picture: US Coast Guard, photo 26-G-2517 · Public domain

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Artikler Erindringer om hverdagsliv i Kvinnherad Min farmor, Ågot Brudvik f. Bjørkelund ble født 31. oktober 1935 og er fremdeles en særdeles oppegående dame. Jeg har hatt mange samtaler med henne om ulike epoker i livet hennes noe som har resultert i andre artikler tidligere. Denne gangen har jeg hatt litt mer fokus på tidlig barnealder og frem til de fikk vei inn til Bjørkelund - altså perioden fra 40 til 60-tallet. 8. March 2016

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