After World War II, Norway joined NATO and underwent a period of reconstruction under public planning. Construction of new railroads, hydroelectricity plants, aluminum works, and a steel mill helped the country to recover. Oslo hosted the 1952 Winter Olympics. Throughout the 1950s, fishing and agriculture became more mechanized, while agricultural subsidies rose to the third-highest in the world. The heavy industry grew rapidly and Norway became Europe’s largest exporter of aluminum.
Here below are some stunning pictures of Norway from the 1950s that show cities, towns, landscapes, streets, and everyday life of people from different parts of the country.
#1 Fishing boats in the harbor at Bergen, 1951.
#2 Entrance to the olympic village, Oslo, 1952.
#3 A view of Bergen, 1955
#4 Fishermen haul in nets in the Ouiske Fjord, Norway, 1958.
#5 Lille Ovre Gaten in the Old Town section of Bergen, Norway, 1951.
#6 The Sogne District, Norway, 1950.
#7 A peasant family loading a cart with hay, near the Hardangerfjord in South Western Norway, 1951.
#8 Princess Astrid with her Young Friends, Oslo, 1951.
#9 A monument to Knut Hamsun, Oslo, 1959.
#10 Norwegian Fishermen, 1959.
#11 Winter Olympics 1952 Oslo Norway, 1952
#12 Crowds gather outside the cathedral for the wedding of Norwayan Princess Ragnhild, 1953.
#13 The Fyksesund bridge, which spans a branch of the Hardanger Fjord, carrying the highway from Oslo to Bergen, 1955.
#14 A stave church in Heddal, southern Norway, 1955.
#15 A ski lift in Lillehammer, southern Norway, 1954.
#16 Homes in Stavanger, Norway, 1955.
#17 Nutritious seaweed (or ‘lava’) bread developed by German scientist Heinrich Lienau being delivered from a bakers in Flensburg, Norway.
#18 A small hamlet is reflected in the limpid waters of a Norwegian fjord, 1959.
#19 A street in Røros in Norway
#20 Gauldalen Valley in Norway
#21 The Royal Palace in Oslo, with scaffolding
#22 Dovrefjell Mountains in Norway. On the way from Dombås to Hjerkinn
#23 Kirkegata (Church street) in Levanger in Norway
#24 Ruins of Hamar medieval Cathedral in Norway
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This is in Hamar, Norway. They now have the whole thing encased in a glass type structure for protection. I use to climb on that when I was a kid before the structure was built. This was about 2 to 3 miles from my grandmothers place. Where my mother grew up.
