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Henry Holland, 3rd Duke of Exeter, Constable of the Tower of London, 1430 – 1475.He fell overboard a ship and his body was found in the English Channel; George, Duke of Clarence (born 1449), executed for treason against his brother king Edward IV of England on 1478, by drowning in a barrel of Malmsey wine; or so the legend says, because modern assessments favour the traditional decapitation ...
The following is a list of people who have died by drowning in Norway. Pages in category "Deaths by drowning in Norway" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total.
Anna Elisabeth Johansson Bågenholm [2] (born 1970) is a Swedish radiologist from Vänersborg, who survived after a skiing accident in 1999 left her trapped under a layer of ice for 80 minutes in freezing water.
Next summer a Norwegian ship, led by Fritz Mack from Tromsø, left Norway to rescue the stranded men. [3] Outside the house they found five dead bodies wrapped in a tarpaulin. On the door, which was locked from the inside, there was a sign with a warning not to enter. Inside there were dead bodies scattered in chairs, on beds and on the floor. [2]
The official report assumes he drowned, but investigations and rumours have led to a belief that he was murdered. No body or trace has been found. [239] October 1980 Angus Primrose: 53 South Carolina, U.S. The designer and naval architect Primrose went missing at sea during October 1980 and is presumed to have drowned. [240] September 1985 Art ...
The Isdal Woman (Norwegian: Isdalskvinna, c. 1930–1945 – November 1970) is a placeholder name given to an unidentified woman who was found dead at Isdalen ("The Ice Valley") in Bergen, Norway, on 29 November 1970.
Drowning is a type of suffocation induced by the submersion of the mouth and nose in a liquid. Submersion injury refers to both drowning and near-miss incident. Most instances of fatal drowning occur alone or in situations where others present are either unaware of the victim's situation or unable to offer assistance.
The Norwegian Fossegrim or Grim, Swedish strömkarl, [8] is a related figure who, if properly approached, will teach a musician to play so adeptly "that the trees dance and waterfalls stop at his music". [9] It is difficult to describe the appearance of the nix, as one of his central attributes was thought to be shapeshifting. Perhaps he did ...