Norway Project - MiniChallenge

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Location: Norge
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Contents 1 MiniChallenge 2023-2024 2 Peer Gynt Award Winners 3 How to Join the MiniChallenge 4 How and where to Communicate 5 How to Join the Project 6 Sources

MiniChallenge 2023-2024

Are you interested in joining a WikiTree Thon or Challenge, but feel intimidated by the strict deadline or the large number of participants? Do you want to have fun and learn from the WikiTree Community, but at your own pace and without pressure? Then you might enjoy this MiniChallenge!

This MiniChallenge is a great way to get familiar with how a Thon or a Challenge works, while also improving the profiles of Norway Notables. You will have the opportunity to communicate with fellow WikiTreers and discover more about the history and genealogy of Norway.

We are trying to connect some of the winners of the Peer Gynt Prize (Norwegian Notables) to the tree and build up their trees. Your task is to build out their trees, connect them to the Global Tree, and add sources and biographies to profiles as needed.

The MiniChallenge will start on 22 December 2023 and end on 1 Aug 2024. The start date is winter soltice, the shortest day of the year in the Northern latitudes. The End date is the beginning of the kulturfestivalen Peer Gynt, at which the annual award is presented. A short description of the prize, a link to the wikipedia page for the prize, and a list of winners can be viewed at Peer Gynt Prize.

As an aside, here is a little information about winter solstice. Since, the sun does not "rise" in some areas of Norway during the solstice, we will discuss civil twilight. During civil twilight, the sun is within 6 degrees of the horizon, and usually supplies enough natural light to perform outdoor activities. In Oslo, the capital of Norway, there will be 5 hours 53 minutes and 56 seconds of daylight with 58 minutes of civil twilight in both the morning and evening, for a total time of 7 hours 49 minutes during which sufficient natural light exists for normal outdoor activities.^[1] In Tromsø, "Northern Norway's Biggest City" the sun will not rise and civil twilight will last 4 hours and 41 minutes.^[2][3]

Peer Gynt Award Winners

A list of the minichallenge profiles: (More may be added during the challenge)

Award Year	Award Winner	Photograph	Notable for	Birth	Death	Born at	Lived at	Starting CC7	Current CC7	CC7 Change	Connection Status
1971	Einar Henry Gerhardsen		former prime minister of Norway	1897	1987	Asker, Akerhus, Norge	Oslo, Norge	0	112	+112 (+0 from last update)	Connected
1974	Erik Erikssønn Bye		journalist and performer, known for his radio and TV personalities	1926	2004	Brooklyn, New York, United States	Hvalstad, Asker, Akerhus, Norge; London; United States	0	345	+345 (+15 from last update)	Connected
1999	Thor Heyerdahl		adventurer and ethnographer	1914	2002	Larvik, Vestfold	throughout world	595	641	+46 (+8from last update)	Connected

Updated by Ellingson-287 03:03, 28 December 2023 (UTC)

Updated by Ellingson-287 00:49, 5 January 2024 (UTC)

Updated by Ellingson-287 06:27, 27 February 2024 (UTC)

Updated by Ellingson-287 17:27, 29 April 2024 (UTC)

Updated by Ellingson-287 04:57, 22 May 2024 (UTC)

Updated by Ellingson-287 18:08, 2 August 2024 (UTC) : Final challenge results

How to Join the MiniChallenge

That is easy, you don't have to do anything. Just start building trees for the Profiles in the Challenge, by adding profiles for their relatives.

We have three main goals:

1. Connect the MiniChallenge main Profile to the Global Tree (if not already connected).
2. Build up the tree by adding their Ancestors.
3. Build out the tree sideways by adding siblings, spouses of the siblings, cousins, In-laws and so forth, as far and wide as possible.

Simply pick a Profile to work on and start building.

What we do ask you to do is to Communicate:

• Let us know which profile you have picked.
• What are you planning to work on?
• Have you found something interesting?
• Do you need help with something?
• Can you see that someone else is working on a profile, that you would like to work on, then write to them directly.
• If someone is working on the paternal line, maybe you could work on the maternal line.

The important thing is to communicate, so you don't step on each others toes.

How and where to Communicate

For the purpose of the MiniChallenge there are two ways to Communicate:

1. Answer the G2G post. Norway-project-minichallenge G2G post
2. Join us on Discord. If you have finished Part 1 of the Nordic Trail, you will have received a invitation to Discord.

The Nordic Project uses Google Groups for communication. But, when participating in Thons and Challenges, we prefer to use either G2G or Discord.

How to Join the Project

If you haven't already, you can join the Nordic Project and the (country) Project. It's not a requirement, but the purpose of the MiniChallenge is for you to get to know the community. The Projects are a big part of that.

In order to join any project on WikiTree, you must first be a WikiTree member. If you are not yet a WikiTree member, see How to Use WikiTree to get started.

You should also be willing to actively participate in the project and contribute to the project's goals. We recognize that people lead busy lives and may not be active on WikiTree every single week of the year, but you should at least have the intention to contribute towards the project's goals on a somewhat regular basis.

Since Norway Project now is a sub-project of Nordic Project you will find more info on how to join on the Nordic Project page.

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.timeanddate.com/sun/norway/oslo?month=12
2. ↑ https://www.timeanddate.com/sun/norway/tromso
3. ↑ https://www.lifeinnorway.net/tromso-norway/