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- Henrik IbsenHenrik IbsenHenrik Ibsen was a major 19th-century Norwegian playwright, theatre director, and poet. He is often referred to as "the father of prose drama" and is one of the founders of Modernism in the theatre...
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January to June
- 11 April - Øistein SchirmerØistein SchirmerØistein Schimer was a Norwegian gymnast who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was part of the Norwegian team, which won the gold medal in the gymnastics men's team, free system event.-External links:*...
, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (d.19471947 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Haakon VII of Norway* Prime Minister - Einar Gerhardsen -Events:* 7 August - Thor Heyerdahl's balsa wood raft, the Kon-Tiki, smashes into the reef at Raroia in the Tuamotu Islands after a 101 day, 4,300 mile journey across the Pacific Ocean, proving that pre-historic peoples...
) - 29 April - Henrik AmelnHenrik AmelnHenrik Ameln was a Norwegian jurist and politician for the Conservative Party. He was a mayor of Bergen, and served five terms in the Norwegian Parliament.-Personal life:...
, jurist and politician (d.19611961 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Einar Gerhardsen -Events:* 12 January - Princess Astrid marries Johan Martin Ferner.* March - Ingrid Bjerkås, ordained as first female minister in the Church of Norway...
) - 23 May - Kjeld Stub IrgensKjeld Stub IrgensKjeld Stub Irgens was a Norwegian politician during the German occupation of Norway.-Early life:He was born in 1879 to vicar Jens Stub Irgens and his wife Sophie Cathinka, née Altschwager. He had several brothers and sisters...
, sea captain and collaborator minister (d.19631963 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Einar Gerhardsen until 28 August, John Lyng until 25 September, Einar Gerhardsen -Events:...
) - 27 June - Martin TranmælMartin TranmælMartin Olsen Tranmæl was a radical Norwegian socialist leader.-Biography:Martin Tranmæl grew up in a middle-sized farm in Melhus, in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. He started working as a painter and construction worker. In the early 20th century, Tranmæl lived for a while in the USA where he came...
, socialist leader (d.19671967 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Per Borten -Events:* 1 January - The Norwegian National Insurance Act was introduced.* 22 October – The opening of the Tjeldsund Bridge....
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July to September
- 5 August - Ole HallesbyOle HallesbyOle Kristian Hallesby was an influential conservative Norwegian Lutheran pietist who taught at the Free Faculty of Theology from 1909 to 1952....
, Lutheran neo-orthodox pietist (d.19611961 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Einar Gerhardsen -Events:* 12 January - Princess Astrid marries Johan Martin Ferner.* March - Ingrid Bjerkås, ordained as first female minister in the Church of Norway...
) - 6 September - Knud Leonard KnudsenKnud Leonard KnudsenKnud Leonard Knudsen was a Norwegian gymnast who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was part of the Norwegian team, which won the gold medal in the gymnastics men's team, free system event. He was born in Ålesund and died in Bergen, and represented Bergens TF.-References:...
, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (d.19541954 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Haakon VII of Norway* Prime Minister - Oscar Torp -Events:* 28 March – Bear Island accident: A Royal Norwegian Air Force seaplane crashed on the Bear Island. The plane had a crew of 8 men and one passenger...
) - 6 September - Johan NygaardsvoldJohan NygaardsvoldJohan Nygaardsvold was a Norwegian politician from the Labour Party. He was Prime Minister of Norway from 1935 to 1945 , as head of the cabinet Nygaardsvold.-Political career:...
, politician and Prime Minister of NorwayPrime Minister of NorwayThe Prime Minister of Norway is the political leader of Norway and the Head of His Majesty's Government. The Prime Minister and Cabinet are collectively accountable for their policies and actions to the Sovereign, to Stortinget , to their political party, and ultimately the...
(d.19521952 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Haakon VII of Norway* Prime Minister - Oscar Torp -Events:* 7 January – 15 died in a mine explosion in Svalbard.* 14-25 February – 1952 Winter Olympics are held in Oslo....
) - 14 September - Andreas BreckeAndreas BreckeAndreas Bang Brecke was a Norwegian sailor who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics and in the 1920 Summer Olympics....
, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (d.19521952 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Haakon VII of Norway* Prime Minister - Oscar Torp -Events:* 7 January – 15 died in a mine explosion in Svalbard.* 14-25 February – 1952 Winter Olympics are held in Oslo....
) - 29 September - Nils BertelsenNils BertelsenNiels Berhtelsen was a Norwegian sailor who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was a crew member of the Norwegian boat Magda IX, which won the gold medal in the 12 metre class.-External links:*...
, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (d.19581958 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Einar Gerhardsen -Events:* 8 January - Fire breaks out in the coastal steamer MS Erling Jarl while it is docked in Bodø...
) - 30 September - Johan FalkbergetJohan FalkbergetJohan Falkberget, born Johan Petter Lillebakken, was a Norwegian author.-Life and career:Johan Falkberget was born on the Falkberget farm in the Rugldal valley in the Norwegian copper mining municipality of Røros.In 1891, he began to write his Christianus Sextus trilogy, though it was not...
, author (d.19671967 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Per Borten -Events:* 1 January - The Norwegian National Insurance Act was introduced.* 22 October – The opening of the Tjeldsund Bridge....
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October to December
- 1 October - Lauritz SandLauritz SandLauritz Sand was a Norwegian topographer, military officer in the Dutch army, estate owner in the Dutch East Indies, business man and resistance pioneer of World War II...
, resistance fighter (d.19561956 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Haakon VII of Norway* Prime Minister - Einar Gerhardsen -Events:* 7 March - Several avalanches kill 21 people and causing heavy damage in Nordland and Troms.* 9 April - The Norwegian Humanist Association is founded....
) - 5 October - Halfdan CleveHalfdan CleveHalfdan Cleve was a Norwegian composer, born and raised in Kongsberg. He lived some time in Germany. Some examples on his output as a composer are piano concertos, other piano works, and some chamber music. He was described as a child prodigy...
, composer (d.19511951 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Haakon VII of Norway* Prime Minister - Einar Gerhardsen until 9 November, Oscar Torp -Events:* 19 November – Torp's Cabinet was appointed.* Norsk Hydro opens a PVC plant at Herøya....
) - 21 October - Torkell VinjeTorkell VinjeTorkell Vinje was a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Rogaland in 1931, and was re-elected on three occasions...
, politician (d.19551955 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Haakon VII of Norway* Prime Minister - Oscar Torp until 22 January, Einar Gerhardsen -Events:* 14 January - Prime Minister Oscar Torp resigned.* 22 January – Gerhardsen's Third Cabinet was appointed....
) - 20 November - Martin StenersenMartin StenersenMartin Stenersen was a Norwegian shooter who competed in the early 20th century in rifle shooting.He was born in Vestby. At the 1924 Summer Olympics he finished nineteenth in the trap event and seventh in the team clay pigeons event.He died in 1968 in Riverside, California.-References:...
, sport shooter (d.19681968 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Per Borten -Events:* 19 February - Avalanches occur in Bondalen which kill four people.* 19 March - The Palace announces that Crown Prince Harald has engaged to Sonja Haraldsen....
) - 27 November - Gil AndersenGil AndersenGil Andersen was an Norwegian-American racecar driver active during the formative years of auto racing....
, motor racing driver in America (d.19351935 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Haakon VII of Norway* Prime Minister - Johan Ludwig Mowinckel until 20 March, Johan Nygaardsvold -January to March:*5 January - Jan Paulsen, President of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists...
) - 6 December - Rudolf GundersenRudolf GundersenRudolf Gundersen was a Norwegian speed skater. He represented Kristiania Skøiteklub and was among the world's best skaters around the start of the 20th century....
, speed skater (d.19461946 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Haakon VII of Norway* Prime Minister - Einar Gerhardsen -Events:*1 February - Trygve Lie is selected as the first United Nations Secretary General*6 December - The Home Guard was established....
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- Birger BraadlandBirger BraadlandBirger Braadland was a Norwegian politician for the Agrarian Party. He started his career as a professional officer, but retired from the army in 1919 to become a forester. He was Minister for Foreign Affairs for the Kolstad cabinet of 1931-1932 and the Hundseid cabinet of 1932-1933. Towards the...
, politician (d.19661966 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Per Borten -Events:* 7 August - The Storskog border control between Norway and the Soviet Union is opened...
) - Anders FjelstadAnders FjelstadAnders Fjelstad was a Norwegian politician for the Centre Party, then called Bondepartiet . He was consultative councillor of state 1940-1943 in the exile Nygaardsvold's Cabinet.-References:...
, politician (d.19551955 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Haakon VII of Norway* Prime Minister - Oscar Torp until 22 January, Einar Gerhardsen -Events:* 14 January - Prime Minister Oscar Torp resigned.* 22 January – Gerhardsen's Third Cabinet was appointed....
) - Kyrre GreppKyrre GreppKyrre Grepp Norwegian politician, leader of the Norwegian Labour Party. Grepp became a Communist by the end of his life and was active in the Comintern.A street is named after Grepp in the Sagene borough of Oslo....
, politician (d.19221922 in Norway-Events:* 8 January - The Social Democratic Youth League of Norway is founded.* 30 November - The establishment of Norwegian government-owned alcoholic beverage retailer "Vinmonopolet"....
) - Rachel GreppRachel GreppRachel Grepp, née Helland was a Norwegian journalist and politician for the Norwegian Labour Party.She was among the founders of Bergens Socialdemokratiske Ungdomslag in 1902. From 1923 to 1945 she was a journalist in Arbeiderbladet, a member of Oslo city council as well as international secretary...
, journalist and politician (d.19611961 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Einar Gerhardsen -Events:* 12 January - Princess Astrid marries Johan Martin Ferner.* March - Ingrid Bjerkås, ordained as first female minister in the Church of Norway...
) - Per ReidarsonPer ReidarsonPer Reidarson was a Norwegian composer and music critic.In the early twentieth century he was an acknowledged composer. For his body of work he was granted kunstnerlønn, a guaranteed minimum income for artists, by the Norwegian state in 1938...
, composer and music critic (d.19541954 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Haakon VII of Norway* Prime Minister - Oscar Torp -Events:* 28 March – Bear Island accident: A Royal Norwegian Air Force seaplane crashed on the Bear Island. The plane had a crew of 8 men and one passenger...
) - Nils TrædalNils TrædalNils Trædal was a Norwegian cleric and politician for the agrarian party Bondepartiet and leader of the party from 1938 to 1948...
, cleric, politician and Minister (d.19481948 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Haakon VII of Norway* Prime Minister - Einar Gerhardsen -Events:* August 30 – The opening of the University of Bergen....
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Deaths
- 8 April - Christian Cornelius PausChristian Cornelius PausChristian Cornelius Paus was a Norwegian lawyer, civil servant and politician. He was a Member of Parliament from 1848 until 1861. He was the judge and magistrate of the city of Skien...
, lawyer, civil servant and politician (b.18001800 in Norway-Births:*6 March - Gustava Kielland, author and missionary *11 March - Nils Otto Tank, Moravian Church religious leader, land speculator, canal and railroad promoter *7 April - Peter Feilberg, newspaper editor and politician...
) - 2 September - Johan Collett FalsenJohan Collett FalsenJohan Collett Falsen was a Norwegian jurist and politician.He graduated as cand.jur. in 1841. He worked as an attorney in Nedenes from 1846, and then in Trondhjem. In 1849 he moved to Drammen to work as an attorney there. He became involved in politics, serving as mayor of Drammen from 1853 to...
, jurist and politician (b.18171817 in Norway-Births:*9 January - Jacob Jørgen Kastrup Sømme, businessperson, consul and politician *2 June - Vilhelm Frimann Christie Bøgh, archivist *23 July - Johan Christian Collett, politician...
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- Jan Henrik Nitter HansenJan Henrik Nitter HansenJan Henrik Nitter Hansen was a Norwegian businessman and politician.He was born in Luster. He later relocated to Lærdalsøyri, and became the most significant merchant and landowner there. Much of his real estate was bought at an auction in 1828. He also bought a number of ships, which were kept in...
, businessman and politician (b.18011801 in Norway-Events:* The first complete and reliable census was held in Norway.-Full date unknown:*Hother Erich Werner Bøttger, politician *Olea Crøger, folk music collector *Jan Henrik Nitter Hansen, businessman and politician...
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