1945 in Norway
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Incumbents
- Government in Exile (in London) until 9 May
- Monarch - Haakon VII of NorwayHaakon VII of NorwayHaakon VII , known as Prince Carl of Denmark until 1905, was the first king of Norway after the 1905 dissolution of the personal union with Sweden. He was a member of the House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg...
- Prime MinisterHeads of government of NorwayThis is a list of heads of government of Norway, who held, inter alia, offices and titles such as steward , viceroy , first minister and prime minister ....
- 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:...
(Labour PartyNorwegian Labour PartyThe Labour Party is a social-democratic political party in Norway. It is the senior partner in the current Norwegian government as part of the Red-Green Coalition, and its leader, Jens Stoltenberg, is the current Prime Minister of Norway....
) until 25 June, Einar GerhardsenEinar Gerhardsenwas a Norwegian politician from the Labour Party of Norway. He was Prime Minister for three periods, 1945–1951, 1955–1963 and 1963–1965. With 17 years in office, he is the longest serving Prime Minister in Norway since the introduction of parliamentarism...
(Labour PartyNorwegian Labour PartyThe Labour Party is a social-democratic political party in Norway. It is the senior partner in the current Norwegian government as part of the Red-Green Coalition, and its leader, Jens Stoltenberg, is the current Prime Minister of Norway....
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- Monarch - Haakon VII of Norway
- German Military Governor
- Reichskommissar in Norway - Josef TerbovenJosef TerbovenJosef Antonius Heinrich Terboven was a Nazi leader, best known as the Reichskommissar during the German occupation of Norway.-Early life:...
until 7 May, Franz BöhmeFranz BöhmeFranz Friedrich Böhme was an Austrian who later went on to become a military officer...
until 8 May
- Reichskommissar in Norway - Josef Terboven
- German Puppet Government in OsloQuisling regimeThe Quisling regime, or the Quisling government are common names used to refer to the collaborationist government led by Vidkun Quisling in occupied Norway during the Second World War. The official name of the regime from 1 February 1942 until its dissolution in May 1945 was Nasjonale regjering...
- Minister-PresidentMinister-PresidentA minister-president is the head of government in a number of European countries or subnational governments, in which a parliamentary or semi-presidential system of government prevails, who presides over the council of ministers...
– Vidkun QuislingVidkun QuislingVidkun Abraham Lauritz Jonssøn Quisling was a Norwegian politician. On 9 April 1940, with the German invasion of Norway in progress, he seized power in a Nazi-backed coup d'etat that garnered him international infamy. From 1942 to 1945 he served as Minister-President, working with the occupying...
(National Unification) until 8 May
- Minister-President
Events
- 8 February - Karl MarthinsenKarl MarthinsenKarl Alfred Nicolai Marthinsen was the Norwegian commander of Statspolitiet and Sikkerhetspolitiet in Norway during the Nazi occupation during World War II....
was assassinated. - 9 February - 29 Norwegians were executed by the Nazi regime in NorwayOccupation of Norway by Nazi GermanyThe occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany started with the German invasion of Norway on April 9, 1940, and ended on May 8, 1945, after the capitulation of German forces in Europe. Throughout this period, Norway was continuously occupied by the Wehrmacht...
as reprisal of Marthinsen's death, among others Jon VislieJon VislieJon Asbjørn Vislie was a Norwegian lawyer who was executed during the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany....
, Kaare SundbyKaare SundbyKaare Sundby was a Norwegian engineer who was executed during the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany....
and Haakon Sæthre. The extent and severity of the reprisals shocked the Norwegian population and government-in-exile, resulting in a general moratorium against targeted killings of high-ranking Nazi officials. - 9 February - Black FridayBlack Friday (1945)On 9 February 1945 a force of Allied Bristol Beaufighter aircraft suffered heavy casualties during an unsuccessful attack on German destroyer Z33 and escorting vessels; the operation was labelled "Black Friday" by the surviving Allied aircrew...
: a large air battle between German and British aircraft over SunnfjordSunnfjordSunnfjord is a traditional district in Western Norway located in Sogn og Fjordane county. It includes the municipalities of Askvoll, Fjaler, Flora, Førde, Gaular, Jølster, Naustdal, and the southernmost parts of Bremanger...
. It was the largest aerial clash over Norway during World War II. - 7 May - Knut HamsunKnut HamsunKnut Hamsun was a Norwegian author, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1920. He was praised by King Haakon VII of Norway as Norway's soul....
released his obituary of Adolf HitlerKnut Hamsun's obituary of Adolf HitlerIn 1945 at the age of 86, the Nobel laureate novelist Knut Hamsun wrote an obituary of Adolf Hitler in the newspaper Aftenposten. Hamsun's eulogy to Hitler served as the collaborationist newspaper's feature article on Hitler's death....
. - 8 May - The occupation of Norway by Nazi GermanyOccupation of Norway by Nazi GermanyThe occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany started with the German invasion of Norway on April 9, 1940, and ended on May 8, 1945, after the capitulation of German forces in Europe. Throughout this period, Norway was continuously occupied by the Wehrmacht...
ended as German forces agreed to an unconditional surrenderGerman Instrument of Surrender, 1945The German Instrument of Surrender was the legal instrument that established the armistice ending World War II in Europe. It was signed by representatives of the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht and the Allied Expeditionary Force together with the Soviet High Command, French representative signing as...
. - 8 May - Grini concentration camp was liberated, only to be used later for treason suspects under the name Ilebu.
- 8 May - Josef TerbovenJosef TerbovenJosef Antonius Heinrich Terboven was a Nazi leader, best known as the Reichskommissar during the German occupation of Norway.-Early life:...
and Wilhelm RediessWilhelm RediessWilhelm Rediess was the SS and Police Leader during the German occupation of Norway in the Second World War. He was also the commanding General of all SS troops stationed in occupied Norway, assuming command on 22 June 1940 until his death in 1945.- Early life :Rediess was born in Heinsberg,...
committed suicide. - 9 May - Vidkun QuislingVidkun QuislingVidkun Abraham Lauritz Jonssøn Quisling was a Norwegian politician. On 9 April 1940, with the German invasion of Norway in progress, he seized power in a Nazi-backed coup d'etat that garnered him international infamy. From 1942 to 1945 he served as Minister-President, working with the occupying...
was arrested. - 11 May - Sverre RiisnæsSverre RiisnæsSverre Parelius Riisnæs was a Norwegian jurist and public prosecutor who was born 6 November 1897 in Vik, Sogn county and died 21 June 1988 in Oslo...
gave up his entrenchment at SkallumSkallumSkallum is an area at Stabekk in Bærum, Norway. Named after the local farm, Skallum is known locally for its art gallery and as a recreational area, and nationally as the site of an event in the closing days of World War II in Europe.-Geography:...
farm. Jonas LieJonas Lie (government minister)Jonas Lie was a Norwegian councillor of state in the Nasjonal Samling government of Vidkun Quisling in 1940, then acting councillor of state 1940–1941, and Minister of Police between 1941 and 1945 in the new Quisling government...
died during the entrenchment. - 13 May - Heinrich FehlisHeinrich FehlisHeinrich Fehlis was an SS officer during World War II, most noted for his command of the Sicherheitspolizei and Sicherheitsdienst in Norway during the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany....
was arrested and committed suicide. - 14 May - Henry Rinnan was arrested.
- 31 May - GovernmentCabinet NygaardsvoldNygaardsvold's Cabinet was appointed on 20 March 1935, the second Labour cabinet in Norway. It closed the brought to an end the non-socialist, minority Governments that had been dominating politics since the introduction of the parliamentary system in 1884, and replaced it with stable, Labour...
returned from exile in London. - 6 June - King Haakon VII of NorwayHaakon VII of NorwayHaakon VII , known as Prince Carl of Denmark until 1905, was the first king of Norway after the 1905 dissolution of the personal union with Sweden. He was a member of the House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg...
returned to Norway. - 14 June - Knut HamsunKnut HamsunKnut Hamsun was a Norwegian author, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1920. He was praised by King Haakon VII of Norway as Norway's soul....
was apprehended. - 20 June - Paal Berg gave up plans to form a broad, non-partisan coalition government.
- 25 June - Prime Minister 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:...
resigned as Haakon VIIHaakon VIIHaakon VII may refer to:People* Haakon VII of Norway , King of Norway Ships* HNoMS King Haakon VII, a Royal Norwegian Navy escort ship in commission from 1942 to 1951...
appointed Einar GerhardsenEinar Gerhardsenwas a Norwegian politician from the Labour Party of Norway. He was Prime Minister for three periods, 1945–1951, 1955–1963 and 1963–1965. With 17 years in office, he is the longest serving Prime Minister in Norway since the introduction of parliamentarism...
to head an interim governmentFirst cabinet GerhardsenGerhardsen's First Cabinet, often called the Unification Cabinet , was a Norwegian government appointed to serve under Prime Minister Einar Gerhardsen between 25 July and 5 November 1945, in the aftermath of the Second World War....
composed of all political parties. - 6 July - Norway declares war on Japan.
- 25 July – Gerhardsen's First Cabinet was appointed.
- 17 August - Reidar HaalandReidar HaalandReidar Haaland was a police officer and voluntary frontline soldier for the German forces.He hailed from Stavanger. He was a member of Nasjonal Samling from 6 December 1940, and on 20 June 1941 he joined Den Norske Legion. The legion became defunct in 1943, whereupon Haaland found work in...
was executed. - 8 October - The 1945 Parliamentary electionNorwegian parliamentary election, 1945These elections were held on 8 October 1945. The Labour Party won an absolute majority in the Storting which they would keep until 1961.-Results:...
takes place. - 24 October - Vidkun QuislingVidkun QuislingVidkun Abraham Lauritz Jonssøn Quisling was a Norwegian politician. On 9 April 1940, with the German invasion of Norway in progress, he seized power in a Nazi-backed coup d'etat that garnered him international infamy. From 1942 to 1945 he served as Minister-President, working with the occupying...
was executed by firing squadExecution by firing squadExecution by firing squad, sometimes called fusillading , is a method of capital punishment, particularly common in the military and in times of war.Execution by shooting is a fairly old practice...
at Akershus Fortress. - 5 November – Gerhardsen's Second CabinetGerhardsen's Second CabinetGerhardsen's Second Cabinet governed Norway between 5 November 1945 and 19 November 1951. The Labour Party cabinet was led by Einar Gerhardsen....
was appointed. - 24 December - Henry Rinnan escaped from prison, only to be apprehended later.
- IG FarbenIG FarbenI.G. Farbenindustrie AG was a German chemical industry conglomerate. Its name is taken from Interessen-Gemeinschaft Farbenindustrie AG . The company was formed in 1925 from a number of major companies that had been working together closely since World War I...
was the largest stock-holder in Norsk HydroNorsk HydroNorsk Hydro ASA is a Norwegian aluminium and renewable energy company, headquartered in Oslo. Hydro is the fourth largest integrated aluminium company worldwide. It has operations in some 40 countries around the world and is active on all continents. The Norwegian state holds a 43.8 percent...
. The two companies first formed a business partnership in 19271927 in Norway-Events:* Norsk Hydro forms a companionship with the German company IG Farben in order to gain access to the newly developed Haber-Bosch process for manufacturing artificial fertilizer...
. - The newspaper Verdens GangVerdens GangVerdens Gang , generally known under the abbreviation VG, is a Norwegian tabloid newspaper...
was founded. - Municipal and county electionsNorwegian local elections, 1945-Result of municipal elections:Results of the 1945 municipal elections....
are held throughout the country.
Notable births
- 9 January - Liv GjølstadLiv GjølstadLiv Gjølstad is a Norwegian judge.She was born in Tønsberg. She graduated as cand.jur. from the University of Oslo in 1969. She worked under the Norwegian Parliamentary Ombudsman from 1971, as a presiding judge in Eidsivating from 1983 and as Supreme Court Justice from 1988.She is married to...
, judge - 10 February - Espen HaavardsholmEspen HaavardsholmEspen Haavardsholm is a Norwegian novelist, lyricist, biographer and essayist. He made his literary debut in 1966 with the collection of short stories, Tidevann. He was one of the central writers in the modernist literary magazine Profil. He has written biographies on Martin Linge , Aksel...
, novelist, poet, biographer and essayist - 26 February - Marta KristenMarta KristenMarta Kristen is an American actress.The naturally blonde-haired Kristen is best-known for her role as Guy Williams's and June Lockhart's beautiful daughter, Judy Robinson, in the television series Lost in Space...
, actress - 27 February - Odd FossengenOdd FossengenOdd Fossengen is a retired Norwegian international motorcycle speedway rider.- Career Summary :Fossengen signed for the Poole Pirates in 1968 following a successful trial with the club and he proved to be a popular signing with the Poole supporters. In 1968 he finished 3rd in the World Pairs Final...
, motorcycle speedway rider - 11 March - Sylfest LomheimSylfest LomheimSylfest Lomheim is a Norwegian philologist.He was the director of the Norwegian Language Council from 2003 to 2010. He is also associate professor in the Norwegian language at the University of Agder...
, philologist and director of the Norwegian Language CouncilNorwegian Language CouncilThe Norwegian Language Council was the regulation authority for the Norwegian language. It has been superseded by The Language Council of Norway .The council had 38 members, and created lists of acceptable word forms...
, Språkrådet - 20 March - Erling BrandsnesErling BrandsnesErling Brandsnes is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.He served as a deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament from Hedmark during the terms 1993–1997 and 1997–2001...
, politician - 26 March - Steinar BastesenSteinar BastesenSteinar Bastesen , is a Norwegian politician. A former fisher and whaler, Bastesen was first elected to the Norwegian Storting in 1997 as an independent candidate. In 1999, he participated in forming the Coastal Party, or Kystpartiet, a political party in Norway...
, politician - 1 April - Per KværnePer KværnePer Kværne is a prominent Norwegian tibetologist and art historian.Per Kværne was born in Oslo. In 1970 he received the mag.art. degree in Sanskrit at the University of Oslo. From 1970 to 1975 he worked as a lecturer in the history of religion at the University of Bergen. In 1973 he received the...
, tibetologist and art historian - 3 April - Ernst Oddvar BaaslandErnst Oddvar BaaslandErnst Oddvar Baasland was the Bishop of the Diocese of Stavanger in the Church of Norway from 1998 to 2009. He resigned from his position on June 15, 2009, following the Baasland case involving his son Bjarte Baasland....
, bishop - 16 April - Britt Karin LarsenBritt Karin LarsenBritt Karin Larsen is a Norwegian poet and author. Larsen debuted as a poet in 1978 with 5 mg blues og andre dikt, and has published a great deal of poetry collections and novels since then...
, poet and author - 25 April - Ranja HauglidRanja HauglidRanja Hauglid is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.She was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Troms in 1981, and was re-elected on three occasions....
, politician - 25 April - Arne KvalheimArne KvalheimArne Kvalheim is a retired Norwegian long-distance runner. He is the brother of Knut Kvalheim.He finished fourth at the 1974 European Indoor Championships and sixth at the 1974 European Championships...
, long-distance runner - 27 April - Kirsti Strøm BullKirsti Strøm BullKirsti Strøm Bull is a Norwegian professor of law.She took the cand.jur. degree in 1969 and the dr.juris degree in 1993. Having worked at the University of Oslo since 1971, she was promoted to associate professor in 1987 and professor in 1997. Her specialty is family law and Sami-related law...
, professor of law - 2 May - Tore Linné EriksenTore Linné EriksenTore Linné Eriksen is a Norwegian historian. His fields of study include global history, development studies and African history, especially focusing on Southern Africa.-Early life and career:...
, historian - 12 May - Tormod HaugenTormod HaugenTormod Haugen was a Norwegian author of children's books and translator. -Biography:Tormod Haugen grew up in a small village in Trysil in Hedmark county, Norway. After school graduation at the Hamar Cathedral School in 1965, he attended the University of Oslo. He worked at the Munch Museum...
, author (d.20082008 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Harald V of Norway* Prime Minister - Jens Stoltenberg -Events:* January 1 – The Agency for Public Management and eGovernment is established....
) - 16 May - Ingeborg SorensenIngeborg SorensenIngeborg Sørensen is a Norwegian model. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its March 1975 issue....
, model - 24 May - Eva BuggeEva BuggeEva Bugge is a Norwegian diplomat.She is a cand.mag. by education, and started working for the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1974. She served as deputy under-secretary of state in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 1996 to 2001, and was the Norwegian ambassador to Italy from 2001 to...
, diplomat - 2 June - Kolbjørn AlmlidKolbjørn AlmlidKolbjørn Almlid is a Norwegian businessperson and politician for the Centre Party. He hails from Verran.From 1989 to 1990, during the cabinet Syse, he was appointed state secretary in the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy. He served as a deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament from...
, businessperson and politician - 17 June – Inge ThunInge ThunInge Thun was a Norwegian football goalkeeper and bandy winger who played for Strømsgodset IF in both sports. He finished his football career with a few seasons across the river at Drammens Ballklubb....
, footballer (d.20082008 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Harald V of Norway* Prime Minister - Jens Stoltenberg -Events:* January 1 – The Agency for Public Management and eGovernment is established....
) - 18 June - Jostein Helge BernhardsenJostein Helge BernhardsenJostein Helge Bernhardsen is a Norwegian diplomat.He started working for the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1973. He served as head of department in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 1995 to 2001, and was the Norwegian ambassador to Ukraine from 2001 to 2006 and to Belgium from...
, diplomat - 4 July - Steinar AmundsenSteinar AmundsenSteinar Amundsen is a Norwegian sprint canoer. He won gold medal on K4 1000 metres at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City , and obtained a bronze medal at the 1972 Olympics in Munich on the same distance.Amundsen also won two gold medals in the K-4 10000 m event at the ICF Canoe Sprint World...
, sprint canoer, Olympic gold medallist and World Champion - 18 July - Magnar LussandMagnar LussandMagnar Lussand is a Norwegian politician for the Centre Party.In 1991 Lussand was elected county mayor of Hordaland. He was succeeded by Gisle Handeland in 1999, who was the Labour Party representative to hold this position.He served as a deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament from...
, politician - 23 July - Knut BrustadKnut BrustadKnut Brustad is a former Norwegian middle distance runner who specialized in the 800 and 1500 metres. He represented Frosta IL and IL i BUL during his active career....
, middle distance runner - 24 July - Gunnar HalvorsenGunnar HalvorsenGunnar Halvorsen was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party . He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Aust-Agder in 1993....
, politician - 17 August - Arild HiimArild HiimArild Hiim is a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Buskerud in 1989, and was re-elected on one occasion. He had previously served in the position of deputy representative during the term 1985–1989.Hiim was a member of Ringerike...
, politician - 16 September - Dag FrølandDag FrølandDag Frøland was a Norwegian comedian, revue artist and singer, who was best known for his countless impersonations and variety shows in Oslo during the 1970s and 1980s.- Early life :...
, comedian and revue artist (d. 20102010 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Harald V of Norway* Prime Minister - Jens Stoltenberg -Events:* 1 January – The new immigration law comes into effect in Norway.* 16 January – Norway tops the UN human development index....
) - 20 September - Torkild BrakstadTorkild BrakstadTorkild Brakstad is a Norwegian former football player and coach.Brakstad played for his hometown team Molde FK 1962–1978. In the years 1974–1978 while Molde was in the Norwegian Premier League, Brakstad played 108 matches and scored 12 goals...
, international soccer player and coach - 23 September - Bjørgulv FroynBjørgulv FroynBjørgulv Froyn is a Norwegian trade unionist and politician for the Socialist Left Party and the Norwegian Labour Party.He was born in Oslo, and took secondary education there. In 1968 he was hired as a worker in Oslo Sporveier in 1968...
, politician - 25 September - Knut Eggum JohansenKnut Eggum JohansenKnut Eggum Johansen was a Norwegian civil servant.He was born in Bodø, and graduated as cand.oecon. from the University of Oslo in 1979. He made a career in the Ministry of Finance, being promoted to deputy under-secretary of state in 1990. Since 1999 he serves as director of the Norwegian...
, civil servant - 1 October - Britt Fredriksen, model
- 1 October - Jan FuglsetJan FuglsetJan Fuglset is a former professional football player. Fuglset is known as one of the leading goal-scorers in Norwegian top division with 109 goals from 1967-1982. He is the brother of Tor Fuglset.-Club career:...
, soccer player - 8 October - Kjersti GraverKjersti GraverKjersti Graver was a Norwegian jurist.She was born in Oslo. She served as the Norwegian Consumer Ombudsman from 1987 to 1995, having previously worked as a sub-director from 1979 to 1984. During this period she was behind a prohibition of the skateboard in Norway...
, jurist and Norwegian Consumer OmbudsmanNorwegian Consumer OmbudsmanThe Norwegian Consumer Ombudsman is a government-appointed ombudsman in Norway for consumer affairs.The office was established in 1973 with Inger Louise Valle as the first holder. The office of the consumer ombudsman sees to it that the marketing of goods and services is done in accordance with...
(d.20092009 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Harald V of Norway* Prime Minister - Jens Stoltenberg -Events:* 1 January – Same-sex marriage became legal in Norway when a gender neutral marriage bill was enacted after being passed by the Norwegian legislature in June 2008...
) - 20 October - Trond KvernoTrond KvernoTrond Hans Farner Kverno is a contemporary Norwegian composer. He received degrees in church music, music theory and choir direction from the Oslo Conservatory of Music. He is very well known for his liturgical compositions....
, composer - 27 October - Arild AndersenArild AndersenArild Andersen is a Norwegian bass player.Born in Lillestrøm, Norway, he started out as a member of the Jan Garbarek Quartet , with Terje Rypdal and Jon Christensen...
, bass player - 27 October - Ellen BergliEllen BergliEllen Bergli is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.She served as a deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament from Troms during the term 1997–2001....
, politician - 27 October - Kjell HovdaKjell HovdaKjell Hovda is a former Norwegian biathlete.He participated on the Norwegian team that received silver medals in 4 x 7.5 km relay in the 1973 Biathlon World Championships 1973 in Lake Placid. He received a bronze medal in 1974 in Minsk.-References:...
, biathlete - 31 October - Tove BullTove BullTove Bull is a Norwegian linguist.She was born in Alta. She was hired as associate professor at the University of Tromsø in 1984, and was promoted to professor in 1990...
, linguist - 1 November - Svein FjellheimSvein FjellheimSvein Fjellheim is a Norwegian trade unionist and politician for the Labour Party.He was educated as a sausage maker in 1965. From 1981 he worked as a trade union secretary in Stavanger, and from 1995 in Rogaland county. He was a member of the national board of the Norwegian Union of Food,...
, trade unionist and politician - 6 November - Odd IversenOdd IversenOdd "Ivers" Iversen is a former Norwegian soccer player.Iversen is one of the greatest Norwegian footballers ever. He was the top goalscorer four times in the Norwegian top division . He also holds the record of most goals scored in one season...
, international soccer player - 15 November - Anni-Frid LyngstadAnni-Frid LyngstadAnni-Frid Prinzessin Reuss von Plauen , is a Norwegian-born Swedish pop singer...
, singer, former ABBAABBAABBA was a Swedish pop group formed in Stockholm in 1970 which consisted of Anni-Frid Lyngstad, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson and Agnetha Fältskog...
member - 7 December - Liv LindelandLiv LindelandLiv Lindeland is a Norwegian model and actress. She was chosen as Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month in January 1971 and as the Playmate of the Year for 1972. She became the first Playmate of the Month ever to show clearly visible pubic hair.Her original pictorial was photographed by Alexas...
, model and actress - 17 December - Odd Karsten TveitOdd Karsten TveitOdd Karsten Tveit is a Norwegian journalist, writer and economist. His speciality is the Middle East, a subject on which he has written several books...
, journalist, writer and economist - 27 December - Tor Berger JørgensenTor Berger JørgensenTor Berger Jørgensen is the Bishop of the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland in the Church of Norway.Jørgensen was named the new bishop of Sør-Hålogaland on 17 November 2006 and took over those duties from Øystein Ingar Larsen on 28 January 2007...
, bishop
Full date unknown
- Ranveig FrøilandRanveig FrøilandRanveig H. Frøiland is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. She was Minister of Industry and Energy in 1996, and Minister of Petroleum and Energy in 1997. Currently she is Chairman of the Board of Bergen Health Trust....
, politician - Bjørn Tore GodalBjørn Tore GodalBjørn Tore Godal is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He was Minister of Foreign Affairs 1991-1994, as well as acting Minister of Foreign Affairs 1993-1994. He was then Minister of Foreign Affairs 1994-1996 and 1996-1997, and Minister of Defense 2000-2001 in the first cabinet Stoltenberg...
, politician and Minister - Paal-Helge HaugenPaal-Helge HaugenPaal-Helge Haugen is an award-winning Norwegian lyricist, novelist, dramatist and children's writer.Haugen was educated as a medical student at the University of Oslo. During the period 1965-67, Haugen was a member of the editorial team of literary magazine Profile...
, poet, novelist, dramatist and children's writer - Turid HundstadTurid HundstadTurid Hundstad is a Norwegian civil servant.Having graduated as siv.øk. from Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration, she embarked on a career as a civil servant. She first worked in the Ministry of Finance, then as a sub-director and deputy under-secretary of state in the...
, civil servant - Liv KøltzowLiv KøltzowLiv Køltzow is a Norwegian novelist, playwright, biographer and essayist.She published texts in the modernist literary magazine Profil...
, novelist, playwright, biographer and essayist - Odd F. LindbergOdd F. LindbergOdd F. Lindberg is a Norwegian freelance journalist, Arctic explorer and film maker.-Sealing report in Bladet Tromsø:Lindberg had been making documentaries and worked as a journalist, author and photographer until 1988, when he gave an official report to the Norwegian Ministry of Fisheries and...
, freelance journalist, ArcticArcticThe Arctic is a region located at the northern-most part of the Earth. The Arctic consists of the Arctic Ocean and parts of Canada, Russia, Greenland, the United States, Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Iceland. The Arctic region consists of a vast, ice-covered ocean, surrounded by treeless permafrost...
explorer and film maker - Sverre LodgaardSverre LodgaardSverre Lodgaard is a Norwegian political scientist and politician for the Labour Party.He graduated from the University of Oslo with the cand.polit. degree in 1971...
, political scientist and politician - Geir LundestadGeir LundestadGeir Lundestad is a Norwegian historian, who serves as the director of the Norwegian Nobel Institute. In this capacity, he also serves as the secretary of the Norwegian Nobel Committee. However, he is not a member of the committee itself....
, author and educator
Notable deaths
- 9 January - Jan ØstervoldJan ØstervoldJan Olsen Østervold was a Norwegian sailor who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics.He was a crew member of the Norwegian boat Atlanta, which won the gold medal in the 12 metre class ....
, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (b.18761876 in Norway-January to June:*8 January - Nils Tveit, politician *23 March - Nils Erik Flakstad, businessperson and politician *22 April - Ole Edvart Rølvaag, novelist and professor in America *9 May - Johan Arndt, politician...
) - 11 January - Nils Uhlin HansenNils Uhlin HansenNils Uhlin Hansen was a Norwegian long jumper and resistance member during World War II. He had a successful athletics career before the war; holding the Nordic record in the event...
, long jumper and resistance member (b.19191919 in Norway-Events:* Production of zinc begins in Glomfjord at the state-owned industrial plant.* Municipal and county elections are held throughout the country.-January to March:*14 January - Harry Hansen, politician...
) - 5 February - Ludvik BulandLudvik BulandLudvik Buland was a Norwegian trade unionist. He chaired the Norwegian Union of Railway Workers, but was imprisoned and died during the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany.-Early life and career:...
, trade unionist (b.18931893 in Norway-Arts and literature:*The Norwegian Authors' Union is established.*Edvard Munch paints "The Scream"-January to March:*6 January - Olaf Bjerke, trade unionist and politician...
) - 8 February - Karl MarthinsenKarl MarthinsenKarl Alfred Nicolai Marthinsen was the Norwegian commander of Statspolitiet and Sikkerhetspolitiet in Norway during the Nazi occupation during World War II....
, commander of Statspolitiet and Sikkerhetspolitiet in Norway during the Nazi occupation (b.18961896 in Norway-Events:* 11 July – Noregs Ungdomslag was founded.-January to March:*2 February - Einar Ræder, long jumper *5 February - Paul Tjøstolsen Sunde, politician...
) - 9 February - Kaare SundbyKaare SundbyKaare Sundby was a Norwegian engineer who was executed during the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany....
, engineer, resistance member, executed (b.19051905 in Norway- Overview :1905 is the year when Norway and Sweden regain their independence after dissolution of the Union between Sweden and Norway. For the first time since 1397 Norway had a national king, after 500 years of political unions with other Scandinavia countries — the Kalmar Union until 1532, then...
) - 9 February - Jon VislieJon VislieJon Asbjørn Vislie was a Norwegian lawyer who was executed during the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany....
, lawyer, executed as a reprisal (b.18961896 in Norway-Events:* 11 July – Noregs Ungdomslag was founded.-January to March:*2 February - Einar Ræder, long jumper *5 February - Paul Tjøstolsen Sunde, politician...
) - 13 February - Adolf BogstadAdolf BogstadAdolf Bogstad was a Norwegian resistance member who was killed during the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany....
, resistance member, executed (b.19201920 in Norway-Events:* 9 February – The League of Nations gives Spitsbergen to Norway.* 17-19 June – The Centre Party was founded.* Aalesund ship is discovered embedded in the earth south of Ålesund.-Notable births:*2 January - Anne-Sofie Østvedt, resistance leader...
) - 13 February - Arvid HansenArvid HansenArvid Hansen was a Norwegian resistance member who was executed during the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany....
, resistance member, executed (b.19161916 in Norway-Events:* Municipal and county elections are held throughout the country.-Notable births:*7 January - Gunnar Jakobsen, politician *15 January - Sigrid Utkilen, politician *24 January - Erik Heiberg, sailor and Olympic silver medallist...
) - 5 March - Per LiePer LiePer Lie was a Norwegian labour activist who was imprisoned and killed during the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany....
, labour activist (b.19071907 in Norway-Incumbents:*King of Norway - Haakon VII of Norway*Prime Minister of Norway - Christian Michelsen-Events:* June 14 – Norway adopts female suffrage.* Norsk Hydro, having been founded in 1905, opens up its first plant at Notodden....
) - 11 March - Leif TronstadLeif TronstadLeif Hans Larsen Tronstad DSO, OBE was a Norwegian scientist, intelligence officer and military organizer. He graduated from the Norwegian Institute of Technology in 1927 and was a prolific researcher and writer of academic publications...
, scientist, intelligence officer and military organizer (b.19031903 in Norway-Incumbents:*Prime Minister of Norway: Otto Blehr, succeeded by:*Prime Minister of Norway: Francis Hagerup-Events:* 7 April - Fredrikstad Football Club is founded...
) - 17 March - Henry GundersenHenry GundersenHenry Gundersen was a Norwegian resistance member who was executed during the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany....
, resistance member, executed (b.19201920 in Norway-Events:* 9 February – The League of Nations gives Spitsbergen to Norway.* 17-19 June – The Centre Party was founded.* Aalesund ship is discovered embedded in the earth south of Ålesund.-Notable births:*2 January - Anne-Sofie Østvedt, resistance leader...
) - 17 March - Kåre OlafsenKåre OlafsenKåre Adolf Olafsen was a Norwegian resistance member who was executed during the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany....
, resistance member, executed (b.19201920 in Norway-Events:* 9 February – The League of Nations gives Spitsbergen to Norway.* 17-19 June – The Centre Party was founded.* Aalesund ship is discovered embedded in the earth south of Ålesund.-Notable births:*2 January - Anne-Sofie Østvedt, resistance leader...
) - 17 March - Frank OlsenFrank Olsen (resistance member)Frank Olsen was a Norwegian resistance member who was executed during the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany....
, resistance member, executed (b.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"....
) - 30 April - Worm Hirsch Darre-JenssenWorm Hirsch Darre-JenssenWorm Hirsch Darre-Jenssen was a Norwegian engineer and politician for the Conservative Party. He served two terms in the Parliament of Norway, and was the Minister of Labour from 1926 to 1928.-Career:...
, engineer, politician and Minister (b.18701870 in Norway-Births:*23 January - Ole Sæther, rifle shooter and Olympic gold medallist *17 April - Haaken Hasberg Gran, botanist *19 May - Nils Nilsen Ronning, Norwegian-American author, journalist and editor...
) - 7 May - Christian Albrecht JakhellnChristian Albrecht JakhellnChristian Albrecht Jakhelln was a Norwegian businessperson and politician for the Conservative Party.He served as a deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament from the constituency Market towns of Nordland, Troms and Finnmark during the term 1922–1924...
, businessperson and politician (b.18631863 in Norway-January to June:*19 February - Axel Thue, mathematician *28 February - Lars Jonson Haukaness, Norwegian American impressionist artist *21 May - Gunnar Berg, painter *23 June - Christian Fredrik Michelet, politician and Minister...
) - 8 May - Josef TerbovenJosef TerbovenJosef Antonius Heinrich Terboven was a Nazi leader, best known as the Reichskommissar during the German occupation of Norway.-Early life:...
, Reichskommissar during the German military occupation of Norway, suidice (b.18981898 in Germany-National level:* Kaiser — Wilhelm II* Chancellor — Chlodwig, Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst-Kingdoms:* King of Bavaria — Otto of Bavaria* King of Prussia — Kaiser Wilhelm II* King of Saxony — Albert of Saxony...
) - 11 May - Jonas LieJonas Lie (government minister)Jonas Lie was a Norwegian councillor of state in the Nasjonal Samling government of Vidkun Quisling in 1940, then acting councillor of state 1940–1941, and Minister of Police between 1941 and 1945 in the new Quisling government...
, politician and Minister, collaborator (b.18991899 in Norway-Events:*27 June - The paperclip is patented by Johan Vaaler, a Norwegian inventor.-Notable births:*25 January - Peder Holt, politician *25 January - Rolf Jacobsen, boxer *3 February - Olaf Aarvold, priest and politician...
) - 27 June - Kai HolstKai HolstKai Christian Middelthon Holst was a Norwegian resistance fighter and member of Milorg. He was from Lillehammer and became a central leader of the resistance movement from the autumn of 1942, when many of the leaders were arrested by the Germans.Holst was the person with detailed knowledge about...
, resistance fighter (b.19131913 in Norway-Incumbents:*King of Norway - Haakon VII of Norway*Prime Minister of Norway - Jens Bratlie-Events:* Female suffrage is enacted in Norway* Municipal and county elections are held throughout the country.-Sport:...
) - 17 August - Reidar HaalandReidar HaalandReidar Haaland was a police officer and voluntary frontline soldier for the German forces.He hailed from Stavanger. He was a member of Nasjonal Samling from 6 December 1940, and on 20 June 1941 he joined Den Norske Legion. The legion became defunct in 1943, whereupon Haaland found work in...
, police officer and collaborator, executed (b.19191919 in Norway-Events:* Production of zinc begins in Glomfjord at the state-owned industrial plant.* Municipal and county elections are held throughout the country.-January to March:*14 January - Harry Hansen, politician...
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- 24 October - Vidkun QuislingVidkun QuislingVidkun Abraham Lauritz Jonssøn Quisling was a Norwegian politician. On 9 April 1940, with the German invasion of Norway in progress, he seized power in a Nazi-backed coup d'etat that garnered him international infamy. From 1942 to 1945 he served as Minister-President, working with the occupying...
, army officer, politician and Minister-President of Norway, executed (b.18871887 in Norway-Events:* 21 August - The Norwegian Labour Party was established.-January to March:*7 January - Ingvald Tøndel, politician *17 January - Ola Raknes, psychoanalyst and philologist...
) - 16 September - Oluf Wesmann-KjærOluf Wesmann-KjærOluf Wesmann-Kjær was a Norwegian shooter who competed in the early 20th century in rifle shooting.He was born in Nannestad. At the 1920 Summer Olympics he competed in the 50 metre free pistol event, and finished seventh in the team clay pigeons event...
, rifle shooter (b.18741874 in Norway-Births:*8 May - Endre Johannes Cleven, settler in Canada *2 July - Oluf Wesmann-Kjær, rifle shooter *14 July - Torleiv Hannaas, philologist *3 September - Carl Størmer, mathematician and physicist...
) - 1 November - Olaf SætherOlaf SætherOlaf Sæther was a Norwegian rifle shooter who competed in the early 20th century. He won the gold medal with the Norwegian free rifle team at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, and four years later at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm he won the silver medal with the free rifle team....
, rifle shooter and Olympic gold medallist (b.18721872 in Norway-Events:* 18 September – King Oscar II accedes to the throne of Sweden-Norway.* 7 October - The railway line Drammenbanen between Oslo and Drammen is opened.* Oslo Vestbanestasjon opens.-Notable births:...
) - 20 November - Jacob ThorkelsonJacob ThorkelsonJacob Thorkelson was an American elected official, Naval officer and medical doctor.-Biography:Thorkelson was born in Egersund, a coastal town in the county of Rogaland, Norway. Thorkelson immigrated to the United States in 1892 and worked as a navigator...
, elected official, naval officer and medical doctor in America (b.18761876 in Norway-January to June:*8 January - Nils Tveit, politician *23 March - Nils Erik Flakstad, businessperson and politician *22 April - Ole Edvart Rølvaag, novelist and professor in America *9 May - Johan Arndt, politician...
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- Marcus Olaus BøckmannMarcus Olaus BøckmannMarcus Olaus Bøckmann , also recorded as Marcus O. Bockman, was a Norwegian-American Lutheran theologian.-Background:...
, priest and theologian (b.18491849 in Norway-Events:* 26 July – The official inauguration of the Norwegian Royal Palace , which occurred during the reign of Oscar I.-Births:*18 February - Alexander Kielland, novelist...
) - Gerdt Henrik Meyer BruunGerdt Henrik Meyer BruunGerdt Henrik Meyer Bruun was a Norwegian industrialist and a politician for the Conservative Party. The son of factory owner Engelbrekt Christen Bruun , he took over his father's business in 1897. He entered politics shortly after this, and served as deputy mayor and later mayor of Årstad from...
, politician and Minister (b.18731873 in Norway-Births:*5 March - Olav Bjaaland, ski champion and polar explorer *9 March - Yngvar Sonnichsen, Norwegian-American artist and painter *11 March - Arnold Holmboe, politician and Minister...
) - Leif GrungLeif GrungLeif Kuhnle Grung was a Norwegian architect. He was among the leading architects in Bergen during the 1920s and 1930's.- Background :...
, architect (b.18941894 in Norway-Events:* The 1894 Parliamentary election takes place.-Arts and literature:*Erika Nissen, pianist, is granted an artist's scholarship by the Norwegian state-Notable births:*1 January - Otto Aasen, Nordic skier...
) - Katti Anker MøllerKatti Anker MøllerKatti Anker Møller was a Norwegian feminist, children's rights advocate, and a pioneer of reproductive rights. She is known to posterity as the "advocate of mothers."...
, feminist, children's rights advocate and pioneer of reproductive rights (b.18681868 in Norway-Events:*21 January - Norwegian Trekking Association is founded*12 October- The final stretch of the railway line Randsfjordbanen between Drammen and Hønefoss makes Norway's fifth railway complete.-Births:...
) - Anton Frederik Winter Jakhelln Prytz, politician (b.18781878 in Norway-Events:* A law is passed that requires teachers to speak the dialect of their pupils and not the other way round.-Births:*13 January - Henrik Østervold, sailor and Olympic gold medallist *17 January - Olaf Husby, sport shooter...
) - 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 (b.18901890 in Norway-January to June:*18 March - Gunnar Andersen, international soccer player and ski jumper *26 April - Arne Gjedrem, politician *11 May - Helge Løvland, decathlete and Olympic gold medallist *14 May - Olaf Johannessen, rifle shooter...
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