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- 23 January - Ole SætherOle SætherOle Sæther was a Norwegian rifle shooter who competed in the early 20th century. He won several Olympic medals....
, rifle shooter and Olympic gold medallist (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....
) - 17 April - Haaken Hasberg GranHaaken Hasberg Gran-Personal life:Gran was born in Tønsberg as the son of naval captain August Kriegsmann Gran and his wife Agnes Hasberg . He was the paternal grandson of politician Jens Gran, nephew of businessperson Jens Gran, Jr., first cousin of aviator Tryggve Gran and second cousin of writer Gerhard Gran...
, botanist (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....
) - 19 May - Nils Nilsen RonningNils Nilsen RonningNils Nilsen Ronning was an American author, journalist and editor.-Background:Nils Nilsen Ronning was born in Bø in Telemark, Norway. After he emigrated to America in 1887, he attended the Faribault public school...
, Norwegian-American author, journalist and editor. (d.1962) - 22 October - Johan Ludwig MowinckelJohan Ludwig MowinckelJohan Ludwig Mowinckel was a Norwegian political figure representing Venstre, the social liberal party. He served as Prime Minister of Norway between 1924 and 1926, again from 1928 until 1931, and finally between 1933 and 1935.Born in Bergen, he founded the shipping company A/S J. Ludwig...
, politician and three-times 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.19431943 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...
) - 29 November - Eivind HeibergEivind HeibergEivind Heiberg was a Norwegian engineer and railway director. He is known as the chairman of Skabo Jernbanevognfabrik from 1899 to 1924, the Federation of Norwegian Manufacturing Industries from 1906 to 1912, the Norwegian Employers' Confederation from 1912 to 1917, the Norwegian State Railways...
, engineer and railway director (d.19391939 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Haakon VII of Norway* Prime Minister - Johan Nygaardsvold -Events:*17 May - Sweden, Norway, and Finland refuse Germany's offer of non-aggression pacts.*1 June - Oslo Airport, Fornebu is opened....
) - 7 December - 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 (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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- Theodor BullTheodor BullTheodor Bull was a Norwegian businessperson and genealogist.He was born in Kristiania as a son of medical doctor Edvard Isak Hambro Bull . He was a brother of theatre director Johan Peter Bull, historian and politician Edvard Bull and literary professor Francis Bull. Through Edvard Bull he was the...
, businessperson and genealogist (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...
) - Helmer HanssenHelmer HanssenHelmer Julius Hanssen was a Norwegian polar explorer, and one of the first five to reach the South Pole on the expedition of Roald Amundsen.- His life :Helmer Hanssen was born in Bjørnskinn, on the island of Andøya in the northern part of Norway...
, polar explorer (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....
) - Severin Andreas HeyerdahlSeverin Andreas HeyerdahlSeverin Andreas Heyerdahl was a Norwegian physician.He was hired as the manager of the x-ray department at Rikshospitalet in 1899, took the dr.med. degree in 1910 and worked as a lecturer in radiology from 1919. He was then instrumental in the establishment of the Norwegian Radium Hospital in 1932...
, physician (d.19401940 in Norway- Overview :1940 is the year when Norway becomes drawn into World War II. On 9 April Nazi Germany invades the country which, however spared many of the atrocities which befell other nations, remains occupied until 8 May 1945...
) - Ivar Lykke Falch LindIvar Lykke Falch LindIvar Lykke Falch Lind was a Norwegian jurist and politician for the Conservative Party.He was elected to the Parliament of Norway in 1903, and served one term. From 1920 to 1912 he served as a deputy representative...
, jurist and politician - Christian Pierre MathiesenChristian Pierre MathiesenChristian Pierre Mathiesen was a Norwegian landowner and politician for the Conservative Party.He was born in Kristiania as the youngest son of landowner and industrialist Haaken C. Mathiesen. He finished his secondary education in 1888, graduated from the agricultural school at Sem in 1890 and...
, politician and Minister (d.19531953 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Haakon VII of Norway* Prime Minister - Oscar Torp -Events:* 1 June –The first Bergen International Festival opens.* 16 July – Parliament voted to move the main base for the Navy from Horten to Bergen....
) - Birger Stuevold-HansenBirger Stuevold-HansenBirger Stuevold-Hansen was the Norwegian Minister of Trade from 1919 to 1920....
, politician and Minister (d.19331933 in Norway-Events:* 17 May - Vidkun Quisling and Johan Bernhard Hjort establish the Norwegian fascist party "Nasjonal Samling" * 1 July - The Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation was founded....
) - Jens ThiisJens ThiisJens Thiis was a Norwegian art historian, conservator and a prominent museum director. He was conservator at Nordenfjeldske Kunstindustrimuseum in Trondheim 1895 and director at Nasjonalgalleriet in Oslo 1908–1941.He was unusual alert to tendencies of his time...
, art historian, conservator and museum director (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...
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- 9 January - Ole Gabriel Gabrielsen UelandOle Gabriel Gabrielsen UelandOle Gabriel Ueland was a Norwegian political leader and member of the Norwegian Parliament. Historians credit him with having popularized politics in Norway, paving the way for individuals of underprivileged backgrounds to rise to positions of political importance.Ueland was born into a peasant...
, politician (b.17991799 in Norway-Births:*28 October - Ole Gabriel Gabrielsen Ueland, politician *14 November - Ole Edvard Buck, politician -Full date unknown:*Jens Henrik Beer, politician*Peter Bøyesen, businessperson and politician...
) - 30 July - Aasmund Olavsson VinjeAasmund Olavsson VinjeAasmund Olavsson Vinje was a famous Norwegian poet and journalist who is remembered for poetry, travel writing, and his pioneering use of Landsmål .-Background:...
, poet, journalist and writer (b.18181818 in Norway-Events:* 5 February - Carl III of Sweden-Norway became King of Sweden and King of Norway following the death of Charles XIII.* 7 September - Carl III of Sweden-Norway is crowned king of Norway, in Trondheim-Notable births:...
) - 4 November - Otto Vincent LangeOtto Vincent LangeOtto Vincent Lange was a Norwegian politician.Lange was born in Jevnaker, but moved to Arendal. He worked as a school teacher, and helped found the local library and museum in 1832. In 1833 he was elected to the Norwegian Parliament for the first time. He then changed his civil job to that of...
, politician and Minister (b.17971797 in Norway-Births:*13 May - Ulrik Frederik Cappelen, jurist and politician *21 May - Claus Winter Hjelm, judge *24 May - Lars Rasch, jurist and politician *23 September - Johannes Henrik Berg, politician...
) - 5 December - Herman Severin LøvenskioldHerman Severin LøvenskioldBaron Herman Severin Løvenskiold was a Norwegian composer, most noted for his score for August Bournonville's 1836 version of the ballet La Sylphide for the Royal Danish Ballet in Copenhagen.- Life :...
, composer (b.18151815 in Norway-Events:* 30 April - Population Census: Norway had 885,431 inhabitants.* The Supreme Court of Norway was established on the basis of the Constitution of Norway's §88, prescribing an independent judiciary.-Births:...
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