1890 in Norway
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January to June
- 18 March - Gunnar AndersenGunnar AndersenGunnar Andersen was a Norwegian footballer and ski jumper. In 1918 he became the first to receive the Egebergs Ærespris, an award presented to Norwegian athletes who excel at two different sports....
, international soccer player and ski jumper (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....
) - 26 April - Arne GjedremArne GjedremArne Gjedrem was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party.He served as a deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament from Rogaland during the term 1945–1949.-References:...
, politician (d.19781978 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Odvar Nordli -Events:* 7 September - Skateboarding is banned in Norway.-Literature:*Harald Sverdrup, poet and children's writer, is awarded the Dobloug Prize literature award....
) - 11 May - Helge LøvlandHelge LøvlandHelge Andreas Løvland was a Norwegian track and field athlete. He won the gold medal in the decathlon at the 1920 Olympics.Løvland was awarded the Egebergs Ærespris in 1919.-References:*...
, decathlete and Olympic gold medallist (d.19841984 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Kåre Willoch -Events:* 20 January – Arne Treholt was arrested on suspicion of spying for the Soviet Union....
) - 14 May - Olaf JohannessenOlaf JohannessenOlaf Johannessen was a Norwegian shooter who competed in the early 20th century in rifle shooting.He was born and died in Hamar. At the 1924 Summer Olympics he finished eighth in the free rifle team event, and also competed in the 600 metre free rifle and the 50 metre rifle, prone...
, rifle shooter (d.19771977 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Odvar Nordli -Events:* 12 September - The 1977 Parliamentary election takes place....
) - 14 May - Harald Houge TorpHarald Houge TorpHarald Houge Torp was a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from the Market towns of Sør-Trøndelag and Nord-Trøndelag counties in 1937, was not re-elected in 1945 but returend for one term in 1954.Torp was a member of the executive committee...
, politician (d.19721972 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Trygve Bratteli until 17 October, Lars Korvald -Events:* 15 June - The Norwegian pension age is lowered to 67....
) - 7 June - Hjalmar Riiser-LarsenHjalmar Riiser-LarsenHjalmar Riiser-Larsen was a Norwegian aviation pioneer, polar explorer and businessman. Among his achievements, he is generally regarded as the founder of the Royal Norwegian Air Force....
, aviation pioneer, polar explorer and businessman (d.19651965 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Einar Gerhardsen until 12 October, Per Borten -Events:* 4 February-1 April – the "Grenade Man", an unidentified person whom placed grenades and grenade traps in several places in Oslo, spreads fear in Oslo...
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July to September
- 10 July - Marie Ingeborg SkauMarie Ingeborg SkauMarie Ingeborg Skau was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.She started her political career in the socialist youth organization "Karl Marx" in Horten. She was especially active in the Labour Party women's movement...
, 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...
) - 25 July - Torleiv CorneliussenTorleiv CorneliussenTorleiv Schibsted Corneliussen was a Norwegian sailor who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was a crew member of the Norwegian boat Taifun, which won the gold medal in the 8 metre class.-External links:*...
, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (d.19751975 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Trygve Bratteli -Events:* 1 January - Advertising of alcohol and tobacco products are prohibited.* NRK started television broadcasts in color....
) - 31 July - Håkon TønsagerHåkon TønsagerHåkon Tønsager was a Norwegian rower who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was the strokeman of the Norwegian boat, which was eliminated in the semi-finals of the coxed fours event. In some sources the crew members of this boat are also listed as bronze medalists.-External links:*...
, rower (d.19751975 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Trygve Bratteli -Events:* 1 January - Advertising of alcohol and tobacco products are prohibited.* NRK started television broadcasts in color....
) - 19 August - Konrad KnudsenKonrad KnudsenKonrad Gustav Knudsen was a Norwegian painter, journalist, and parliamentarian. Known for inviting Leon Trotsky to seek asylum in Norway....
, painter, journalist and politician (d.19591959 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Einar Gerhardsen -Events:* 16 February - The Norwegian National Opera and Ballet holds its first performance in Folketeatret in Oslo....
) - 3 September - Per FokstadPer FokstadPer Fokstad was a teacher, politician, and intellectual of Sami origin from Norway, and a pioneer in the fight for the use of the Sami languages in Norwegian schools.-Biography:...
, teacher, politician and intellectual (d.19731973 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Lars Korvald until 16 October, Trygve Bratteli -Events:* 21 July – Lillehammer affair: Israeli Mossad agents assassinate a Moroccan waiter in Lillehammer...
) - 17 September - Sverre GrønerSverre GrønerSverre Grøner was a Norwegian gymnast who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.As a member of the Norwegian team, he won the silver medal in the gymnastics team event in 1908.-External links:*...
, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist (d.19721972 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Trygve Bratteli until 17 October, Lars Korvald -Events:* 15 June - The Norwegian pension age is lowered to 67....
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October to December
- 23 October - Anders Johanneson BøyumAnders Johanneson BøyumAnders Johanneson Bøyum was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party.He was born in Balestrand.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Sogn og Fjordane in 1945, and was re-elected on three occasions...
, politician (d.19621962 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Einar Gerhardsen -Events:* 7 June – The Nordland Line between Trondheim and Bodø was opened....
) - 23 November - Frithjof OlstadFrithjof OlstadFrithjof Olstad was a Norwegian rower who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was the strokeman of the Norwegian boat, which won the bronze medal in the coxed fours, inriggers.-External links:*...
, rower and Olympic bronze medallist (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....
) - 14 December - Sigurd HoelSigurd HoelSigurd Hoel was a Norwegian author and publishing consultant, born in Nord-Odal. He debuted with the collection of short stories Veien vi gaar in 1922...
, author and publishing consultant (d.19601960 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Einar Gerhardsen -Events:* 1 May - The U-2 incident reveals that the United States uses Norwegian air bases as part of spying missions against the Soviet Union....
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- John AaeJohn AaeJohn Amandus Aae was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.He was born in Jämtland, but grew up in Snillfjord. He became manager of the newspaper Ny Tid in 1919. In the 1923 party split which saw the Communist Party break away from the Labour Party, Aae sided with the Labour Party...
, politician (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....
) - Peder FurubotnPeder FurubotnPeder Furubotn was a Norwegian cabinetmaker, politician for the Communist Party and resistance member during World War II.-Early and personal life:...
, cabinetmaker and politician (d.19751975 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Trygve Bratteli -Events:* 1 January - Advertising of alcohol and tobacco products are prohibited.* NRK started television broadcasts in color....
) - Harald LanghelleHarald LanghelleHarald H. Langhelle was a Norwegian newspaper editor and politician for the Labour Party.He was born in Dale, Hordaland, and became editor-in-chief of Nordlands Social-Demokrat in 1919. He was elected to the Parliament of Norway from the Market towns of Nordland, Troms and Finnmark in 1921, and...
, newspaper editor and politician (d.19421942 in Norway-Incumbents:*Government in Exile ** Monarch - Haakon VII of Norway** Prime Minister - Johan Nygaardsvold *German Military Governor** Reichskommissar in Norway - Josef Terboven*German Puppet Government in Oslo...
) - Ragnar SkanckeRagnar SkanckeRagnar Sigvald Skancke was the Norwegian Minister of Labour and Minister for Church and Educational Affairs in Vidkun Quisling's government of the Nasjonal Samling party during World War II.Before the war, Skancke was a highly respected professor of electrical engineering at the Norwegian...
, 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....
) - Bjørn TalénBjørn Talén-Biography:Bjørn Talén was born in Kristiania . His parents were Constantin Waldemar Talén and Maren Johanne Johnsen . His father was an engineer who became director of the Oslo Tramway. His parents were both art and theater enthusiasts and knew many of the contemporary artist...
, opera singer (d.19451945 in Norway-Incumbents:*Government in Exile until 9 May** Monarch - Haakon VII of Norway** Prime Minister - Johan Nygaardsvold until 25 June, Einar Gerhardsen *German Military Governor...
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- Ole Andreas BachkeOle Andreas BachkeOle Andreas Bachke was the Norwegian Minister of Justice 1879–1880, member of the Council of State Division in Stockholm 1880–1881, Minister of Justice 1880–1882, Ministry of Auditing 1882–1884, and acting Prime Minister in 1884. He was president of a diocesan court by...
, politician and Minister (b.18301830 in Norway-Births:*6 February - Lars Hertervig, painter *10 February - Andreas Leigh Aabel, physician and poet *23 September - Jens Theodor Paludan Vogt, engineer *26 September - Olaus Arvesen, educator and politician -Full date unknown:...
) - Paul Peter Vilhelm BrederPaul Peter Vilhelm BrederPaul Peter Vilhelm Breder was a Norwegian politician.From 1854 to 1858 he was County Governor of Nordlands Amt .He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1857, representing Nordlands Amt. He sat only one term....
, politician (b.18161816 in Norway-Births:*5 January - Jens Zetlitz Kielland, consul and artist *30 May - Jacob Smith Jarmann, firearms designer *6 June - August Thomle, jurist and politician *30 July - Johan Sverdrup, politician and first Prime Minister of Norway...
) - Svend Adolph SolbergSvend Adolph SolbergSvend Adolph Solberg was a Norwegian politician.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1880, representing the constituency of Drammen. He worked as a wholesaler in that city. He only served one term....
, politician (b.18311831 in Norway-Arts and literature:* The first opera, Deux mots by Nicolas Dalayrac in performed in Oslo directed by August Schrumpf with Augusta Smith in the main part...
) - Jacob TostrupJacob TostrupJacob Ulrich Holfeldt Tostrup was a Norwegian goldsmith.-Biography:He was born in Hjelmeland in Rogaland county, Norway. He was the son of infantry captain Nicolay Tostrup and his wife Thale Margrethe Resen Holfeldt...
, goldsmith and jeweller (b.18061806 in Norway-Births:*2 February - Bersvend Martinussen Røkkum, politician *2 March - Carl Andreas Fougstad, politician *7 August - Tellef Dahll Schweigaard, politician *15 November - Hans Severin Arentz, politician -Full date unknown:...
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