Nordahl Grieg

Nordahl Grieg, Norwegian journalist, author, poet, and playwright (died 1943)

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Born: November 1, 1902
Died: December 2, 1943
Zodiac sign: Scorpio
Birth year: 1902

About Nordahl Grieg

Johan Nordahl Brun Grieg was a Norwegian poet, novelist, dramatist, journalist and political activist. He was a popular author and a controversial public figure. He served in World War II as a war correspondent and was killed while covering a bombing mission to Berlin. Grieg debuted in 1922 with his first book of poetry Omkring Kap det gode Haab, based on his seagoing experiences – as was Skibet gaar videre (1924). Grieg spent 1927 as a newspaper correspondent in China, where he witnessed firsthand the civil war between the Kuomintang and the Communists. Grieg's burial place went unrecorded after the crash. A new theory emerged in 2013, when journalist Asbjørn Svarstad stated that he believed that Grieg had been first buried in Berlin in 1944, and then exhumed and reburied at the Berlin Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery at Heerstraße in 1949.

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Nordahl Grieg timeline

1922Grieg debuted in 1922 with his first book of poetry Omkring Kap det gode Haab, based on his seagoing experiences – as was Skibet gaar videre (1924).
1927Grieg spent 1927 as a newspaper correspondent in China, where he witnessed firsthand the civil war between the Kuomintang and the Communists.
2013A new theory emerged in 2013, when journalist Asbjørn Svarstad stated that he believed that Grieg had been first buried in Berlin in 1944, and then exhumed and reburied at the Berlin Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery at Heerstraße in 1949.

The world when Nordahl Grieg was born

Nordahl Grieg was born in 1902. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1902

Best-selling bookThe Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter

Headlines and milestones

Major sports momentFirst Rose Bowl game played in Pasadena, California
Top headlineEnd of Philippine-American War
Technology milestoneAir conditioning invented by Willis Carrier
Notable inventionAir conditioning
World population~1.62B

United States snapshot

U.S. leaderTheodore Roosevelt
U.S. population79.0M

1902 versus 2026

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Measure	1902	2026
Population	79.0M	341 million

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