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Events

  • 17 May - Vidkun Quisling
    Vidkun Quisling
    Vidkun 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...

     and Johan Bernhard Hjort establish the Norwegian fascist party "Nasjonal Samling" ("National Unity")
  • 1 July - The Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK) was founded.
  • 24 July - The Parliament grants the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK) monopoly on radio broadcasting in Norway.
  • The 1933 Parliamentary election
    Norwegian parliamentary election, 1933
    -Results:- References :...

     takes place.

Notable births

  • 7 January - Bjarne Lingås
    Bjarne Lingås
    Bjarne Lingås was a Norwegian boxer. He became the Norwegian Champion six times in heavyweight and light heavyweight. He became the Nordic Champion in 1955. In 1954 he was on the Europe Team in the Golden Glove tournament in USA, and won his two matches...

    , boxer
  • 8 January - Anne Petrea Vik
    Anne Petrea Vik
    Anne Petrea Vik is a Norwegian politician for the Centre Party.From 1989 to 1990, while the cabinet Syse held office, Vik was appointed Minister of Agriculture....

    , politician and Minister
  • 10 January - Stein Haugen
    Stein Haugen
    Stein Haugen was a Norwegian discus thrower.He was born in Lom, but represented IL i BUL. He died in March 2008 in Bærum....

    , discus thrower
  • 19 February - Kåre Øvregard
    Kåre Øvregard
    Kåre Øvregard is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Sogn og Fjordane in 1977, and was re-elected on two occasions....

    , politician
  • 11 March - Henrik J. Lisæth
    Henrik J. Lisæth
    Henrik Johan Lisæth is a Norwegian businessperson and politician from the Conservative Party.-Early life:He was born in Bergen as a son of salesman Henrik Lisæth and housewife Gunhild Paulsen . He graduated from the Leeds College of Commerce in 1957 and from the Norwegian School of Economics and...

    , politician
  • 29 March - Edvard Grimstad
    Edvard Grimstad
    Edvard Grimstad is a Norwegian politician for the Centre Party.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Østfold in 1989, and was re-elected on one occasion....

    , politician
  • 4 April - Ola Byrknes
    Ola Byrknes
    Ola Byrknes is a Norwegian politician for the Centre Party.He served as a deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament from Sogn og Fjordane during the terms 1973–19977....

    , politician
  • 8 April - Tore Lindbekk
    Tore Lindbekk
    Tore Lindbekk is a Norwegian sociologist and politician for the Conservative Party.He was born in Oslo as the son of Odd Lindbäck-Larsen. He graduated as mag.art. in sociology in 1959, was chairman of the Norwegian Students' Society in 1962, and wrote for the Conservative periodical Minerva...

    , sociologist and politician
  • 12 April - Ingvar Lars Helle
    Ingvar Lars Helle
    Ingvar Lars Helle was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party and later the Liberal People's Party.Helle was a member of Stavanger city council from 1965 to 1971. In the period 1967 to 1971 he was also a member of Rogaland county council...

    , politician (d.2003
    2003 in Norway
    -Incumbents:* Monarch - Harald V of Norway* Regent - Crown Prince Haakon - from 25 November until 12 April 2004 * Prime Minister - Kjell Magne Bondevik...

    )
  • 15 April - Kjell Svindland
    Kjell Svindland
    Kjell Svindland is a Norwegian politician for the Christian Democratic Party.He served as a deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament from Vest-Agder during the terms 1973–1977, 1977–1981, 1981–1985, 1985–1989 and 1989–1993.Following the 1995 elections,...

    , politician
  • 18 April - Leif Eldring
    Leif Eldring
    Leif Thomas Eldring was a Norwegian judge and civil servant.He was born in Vardø. He competed his education in law in 1963, having worked part-time in Postverket. He was Norway's Governor of Svalbard from 1974 to 1977 and 1985 to 1991...

    , judge and civil servant (d.1994
    1994 in Norway
    -Incumbents:* Monarch - Harald V of Norway* Prime Minister - Gro Harlem Brundtland -Events:* 15–17 April – The Progress Party national convention at Bolkesjø, turns out to be one of the most dramatic purges in the history of Norwegian party politics, ending with the libertarian section of the party...

    )
  • 21 April - Nils Aas
    Nils Aas
    Nils Aas was a Norwegian sculptor. His art is featured in the public space in many parts of Norway, and he is represented with important works in the National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design and the Trondheim Kunstmuseum.-Biography:Nils Sigurd Aas was born in Inderøy, in Nord-Trøndelag...

    , sculptor (d.2004
    2004 in Norway
    -Incumbents:* Monarch - Harald V of Norway* Regent - Crown Prince Haakon - Crown Prince Haakon - from 25 November until 12 April 2004...

    )
  • 29 April - Jarle Høysæter
    Jarle Høysæter
    Jarle Høysæter is a Norwegian journalist.He was born in Samnanger. He was hired in the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation in 1957, and went on to become a known personality in the early years of television...

    , journalist
  • 10 May - Reidar Engell Olsen
    Reidar Engell Olsen
    Reidar Engell Olsen was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.He served as a deputy representative to the Parliament of Norway from Telemark during the terms 1969–1973 and 1973–1977...

    , politician
  • 11 May - Jan Einar Greve
    Jan Einar Greve
    Jan Einar Greve is a Norwegian lawyer.He graduated from the University of Oslo as cand.jur. in 1959, and worked as a solicitor from 1961...

    , lawyer
  • 20 June - Knut Engdahl
    Knut Engdahl
    Knut Engdahl is a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party.He served as a deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament from Møre og Romsdal during the term 1977–1981....

    , politician
  • 12 July - Ingrid Eide
    Ingrid Eide
    Ingrid Eide is a Norwegian sociologist, United Nations official and politician for the Labour Party.-Political career:...

    , sociologist, United Nations
    United Nations
    The United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace...

     official and politician
  • 14 July - Lars Monrad Krohn
    Lars Monrad Krohn
    Lars Monrad-Krohn is a Norwegian engineer and entrepreneur. He graduated from the Norwegian Institute of Technology, Institute for Radio Technology, in 1959. His master thesis addressed construction of computer core memory and was the first computer-oriented thesis handed in at NTH...

    , engineer and entrepreneur
  • 24 July - Arne Hamarsland
    Arne Hamarsland
    Arne Hamarsland is a former Norwegian middle distance runner who specialized in 1500 metres. He represented IL Gular.At the 1960 Summer Olympics he finished ninth in the 1500 m final in 3:45.0 minutes. He competed at the 1958 European Championships without reaching the final...

    , middle distance runner
  • 6 August - Eva R. Finstad
    Eva R. Finstad
    Eva R. Finstad was a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party.She was born in Nes.She was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Akershus in 1989, and was re-elected on one occasion. She had previously served in the position of deputy representative during the terms 1981–1985 and...

    , politician (d.1998
    1998 in Norway
    -Incumbents:* Monarch - Harald V of Norway* Prime Minister - Kjell Magne Bondevik -Events:*26 September - Christian Conservative Party merged with the New Future Coalition Party to form the Christian fundamentalist party Christian Unity Party.*7 October - Operations cease at Oslo Airport, Fornebu*8...

    )
  • 12 August - Einar Knut Holm
    Einar Knut Holm
    Einar Knut Holm is a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party.He served as a deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament from Møre og Romsdal during the term 1981–1985.-References:...

    , politician
  • 16 August - Reiulf Steen
    Reiulf Steen
    Reiulf Steen is a Norwegian politician for the Norwegian Labour Party. He was active in the Norwegian Labour Party from 1958 to 1990, serving as deputy party chairman from 1965 to 1975 and chairman from 1975 to 1981....

    , politician
  • 27 August - Agnes Nygaard Haug
    Agnes Nygaard Haug
    Agnes Margrete Nygaard Haug is a Norwegian judge.She was born in Oslo as a daughter of Supreme Court Justice Marius Nygaard and Eva Julie Johanne Christensen . Her great-grandfather was the academic Marius Nygaard, and she is also a grandniece of William Martin Nygaard and a second cousin of...

    , judge
  • 10 October - Ragnar Udjus
    Ragnar Udjus
    Ragnar Udjus is a Norwegian media personality and politician for the Centre Party.From 1972 to 1973, during the cabinet Korvald, Udjus was appointed political secretary in the Ministry of the Environment. He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Vest-Agder in 1973, and was re-elected on...

    , media personality and politician
  • 31 October - Sverre Stensheim
    Sverre Stensheim
    Sverre Stensheim is a former Norwegian cross country skier.He was born in Oppdal.He won the 50 km at the Holmenkollen ski festival three straight years...

    , cross country skier
  • 1 November - Gunvor Krogsæter
    Gunvor Krogsæter
    Gunvor Krogsæter is a Norwegian politician and member of the Liberal Party.She served as a deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament from Møre og Romsdal during the 1981–1985 term.-References:...

    , politician
  • 6 November - Knut Johannesen
    Knut Johannesen
    Knut Johannesen is a former speed skater from Norway.-Biography:Born in Oslo and representing the skating club ASK there, Johannesen won the World Allround Championships in 1957 and 1964, the European Allround Championships in 1959 and 1960, and won the Norwegian...

    , speed skater and double Olympic gold medallist
  • 6 November - Anne-Lise Seip
    Anne-Lise Seip
    Anne-Lise Seip is a Norwegian historian and former politician for the Socialist People's Party. A professor emerita at the University of Oslo, she specialized in social history and the history of the welfare state. She was married to the famous historian Jens Arup Seip.-Career:She grew up in...

    , historian and politician
  • 8 November - Eli Kristiansen
    Eli Kristiansen
    Eli Kristiansen is a Norwegian politician for the Christian Democratic Party.From 1972 to 1973, during the cabinet Korvald, Kristiansen was appointed political secretary in the Ministry of Social Affairs. From 1985 to 1986, during the second cabinet Willoch, she was State Secretary in the same...

    , politician
  • 9 November - Egil Danielsen
    Egil Danielsen
    Egil Danielsen is a former Norwegian javelin thrower. He represented Hamar IL.Daielsen won the gold medal at the 1956 Summer Olympics with a throw of 85.71 metres. This was a new world record as well as a career best for Danielsen...

    , javelin thrower and Olympic gold medallist
  • 14 November - Else Reppen
    Else Reppen
    Else Reppen was a Norwegian philanthropist, Pentecostal and a strict advocate of temperance. During her lifetime she was well known of serving others and caring little for herself. In 1984, she founded "Action Poland" which later became known as "Friends of Poland"...

    , philanthropist (d.2006
    2006 in Norway
    -Incumbents:* Monarch - Harald V of Norway* Prime Minister - Jens Stoltenberg -Events:* June 7 – A meteorite impact event occurs in northern Troms County, Norway. Locals compare the resultant explosion to the nuclear explosion at Hiroshima...

    )
  • 16 November - Johan Henrik Schreiner
    Johan Henrik Schreiner
    Johan Henrik Schreiner is a Norwegian historian.He is a professor emeritus at the University of Oslo.-Selected bibliography:*Aristotle and Pericles: a study in historiography, 1968*Antikkens historie, 1985...

    , historian
  • 19 December - Kolbein Falkeid
    Kolbein Falkeid
    Kolbein Falkeid is one of the most widely read contemporary Norwegian poets. He is known for a lyrical poet's voice that is at once philosophical and approachable.-Biography:...

    , poet
  • 28 December - Inger Bjørnbakken
    Inger Bjørnbakken
    Inger Bjørnbakken is a former alpine ski racer. She finished tied for 6th in the women's slalom at the 1956 Winter Olympics at Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. Two years later, Bjørnbakken won the women's slalom at the 1958 World Championships in Bad Gastein, Austria...

    , alpine skier and World Champion
  • 31 December - Sigurd Osberg
    Sigurd Osberg
    Sigurd Fredrik Osberg is a former bishop of the Diocese of Tunsberg in the Church of Norway.He was born in Bergen, took the cand.theol. degree in 1960 and was ordained in 1961. He worked as a chaplain in Ringsaker from 1969 to 1976, as a vicar in Åssiden from 1976 to 1987 and in Høvik from 1987 to...

    , bishop

Full date unknown

  • Åse Hiorth Lervik
    Åse Hiorth Lervik
    Åse Hiorth Lervik was a Norwegian literary researcher. Her doctorate thesis from 1971 was a study on Henrik Ibsen's play Brand. She was professor at the University of Tromsø from 1972. She was secretary for Edda. Scandinavian Journal of Literary Research from 1962, and editor of the journal from...

    , literary researcher (d.1997
    1997 in Norway
    -Incumbents:* Monarch - Harald V of Norway* Prime Minister - Thorbjørn Jagland until October 17, Kjell Magne Bondevik -Events:...

    )
  • Per Maltby
    Per Maltby
    Per Maltby is a Norwegian astronomer.His specialties were solar physics and radioastronomy. He took the dr.philos. degree in 1964, was appointed as a lecturer of astrophysics at the University of Oslo in 1967, and was a professor from 1983. He published several books, including...

    , astronomer (d.2006
    2006 in Norway
    -Incumbents:* Monarch - Harald V of Norway* Prime Minister - Jens Stoltenberg -Events:* June 7 – A meteorite impact event occurs in northern Troms County, Norway. Locals compare the resultant explosion to the nuclear explosion at Hiroshima...

    )
  • Per Ung
    Per Ung
    Per Ung is a Norwegian sculptor. His first large public commission was the bronze statue of actress Johanne Dybwad, located on Johanne Dybwads plass outside the National Theatre in Oslo. His monument of figure skater Sonja Henie is located at Frogner stadion. His statue of Fridtjof Nansen is...

    , sculptor

Notable deaths

  • 1 March - Fredrik Georg Gade
    Fredrik Georg Gade
    -Personal life:He was born in Bergen as the son of merchant Fredrik Georg Gade and his wife Ingeborg Wallem . The family originated in Lüneburg; an ancestor had migrated to Norway in the eighteenth century. The name Fredrik Georg was a family tradition...

    , physician (b.1855
    1855 in Norway
    -Events:* 31 December – Population Census: 1,490,047 inhabitants in Norway.-Notable births:*23 January - Edvard Hagerup Bull, judge and politician *11 February - Erik Werenskiold, painter and illustrator...

    )
  • 29 May - Johan Henrik Rye Holmboe
    Johan Henrik Rye Holmboe
    Johan Henrik Rye Holmboe was a Norwegian businessperson and politician for the Liberal Left Party. He was a city council member in Tromsø for 42 years, a three-term member of Parliament, Minister of Provisioning from 1920 to 1921, and Minister of Trade from 1923 to 1924.-Personal life:He was born...

    , businessperson, politician and Minister (b.1863
    1863 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...

    )
  • 29 June - Olaf Bull
    Olaf Bull
    Olaf Jacob Martin Luther Breda Bull or Olaf Bull was a Norwegian poet. He was born on November 10, 1883 in Kristiania , Norway, and died on June 29, 1933.-His life:...

    , poet (b.1883
    1883 in Norway
    -January to March:*10 January - Kristian Arvesen, farmer and politician*21 January - Olav Aukrust, poet and teacher *27 January - Hans Ingvald Hansen Ratvik, politician *10 February - Gunnar Jahn, jurist, economist and politician...

    )
  • 10 July - Vilhelm Krag, author (b.1871
    1871 in Norway
    -Notable births:*27 January - Bodil Katharine Biørn, missionary known as Mother Katharine *1 February - Hellmer Hermandsen, rifle shooter and Olympic silver medallist *26 March - Karl Haagensen, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist...

    )
  • 17 July - Anders Buen
    Anders Buen
    Anders Johnsen Buen was a Norwegian typographer, newspaper editor, trade unionist and politician. He belonged to the Norwegian Labour Party from the start, being party secretary as well as editor of the party organs Social-Demokraten and Ny Tid, but politically he was described as a "reformist...

    , typographer, newspaper editor, trade unionist and politician (b.1864
    1864 in Norway
    -Events:*Ja, vi elsker, composed by Rikard Nordraak, with lyrics by Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, becomes the Norwegian national anthem-Births:*7 January - Rasmus Pedersen Thu, photographer...

    )
  • 22 July - Johan Bøgh
    Johan Bøgh
    Johan Wallace Hagelsteen Bøgh was a Norwegian museum director and art historian based in the city of Bergen.-Personal life:...

    , museum director and art historian (b.1848
    1848 in Norway
    -Events:* Ålesund received city rights.-Notable births:*3 February - Jørgen Løvland, politician and Prime Minister of Norway *2 May - Hans Gabriel Nissen Buck, physician and politician *17 May - Erik Jørgensen, master gunsmith...

    )
  • 28 October - Magne Johnsen Rongved
    Magne Johnsen Rongved
    Magne Johnsen Rognved was a Norwegian politician for the Moderate Liberal Party and the Liberal Party.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1904, representing the constituency of Søndre Bergenhus Amt. He had served as a deputy representative during the term 1900–1903, and returned as...

    , politician (b.1858
    1858 in Norway
    -January to June:*7 January - Andreas Kaddeland, physician and politician*17 February - Hans Georg Jacob Stang, politician and Minister *7 April - Haaken L...

    )

Full date unknown

  • Johan Arndt
    Johan Arndt
    Johan Arndt was a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party.He served as a deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament during the term 1913–1915, representing the constituency Østerrisør....

    , politician (b.1876
    1876 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...

    )
  • Erik Enge
    Erik Enge
    Erik Mathiassen Enge was the Norwegian Minister of Agriculture 1912-1913. From 1927-1930, he was the leader of the Centre Party. Enge was a farmer by profession.-References:...

    , politician and Minister (b.1852
    1852 in Norway
    -Births:*10 February - Svend Borchmann Hersleb Vogt, jurist and politician *13 August - Christian Krohg, painter, illustrator, author and journalist *4 September - Eilif Peterssen, painter...

    )
  • Edvard Hans Hoff
    Edvard Hans Hoff
    Edvard Hans Hoff was a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party. He was Minister of Defense 1889-1891. Hoff was military officer, and was promoted to Lieutenant General in 1905...

    , politician and Minister (b.1838
    1838 in Norway
    -Events:*1 January - Fulfilling a law from 1837 all parishes form the bases for the establishment of altogether 396 formannskapsdistrikts, the precursor of municipalities.-Births:*10 January - Johan Christopher Brun, pharmacist and politician...

    )
  • Peter Karl Holmesland
    Peter Karl Holmesland
    Peter Karl Holmesland was a Norwegian jurist and politician for the Liberal Party.Born in Holme as the son of former parliament member Simon Pedersen Holmesland, he enrolled as a student in 1884, graduated as cand.jur. in 1889 and started working as an attorney. In 1892 he was a clerk for...

    , jurist and politician (b.1866
    1866 in Norway
    -Events:* 5 March – The official inauguration of the Parliament of Norway Building .-January to June:*5 January - Johan Gjøstein, educator, newspaper editor and politician *21 January - Olaus Alvestad, educator and newspaper editor...

    )
  • Gunder Anton Johannesen Jahren
    Gunder Anton Johannesen Jahren
    Gunder Anton Johannesen Jahren was a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party. He was Minister of Agriculture 1920–1921. He also represented Østfold in the Norwegian Parliament from 1903 to 1930, and became president of the legislature in 1326.-References:...

    , politician and Minister (b.1858
    1858 in Norway
    -January to June:*7 January - Andreas Kaddeland, physician and politician*17 February - Hans Georg Jacob Stang, politician and Minister *7 April - Haaken L...

    )
  • Birger Stuevold-Hansen
    Birger Stuevold-Hansen
    Birger Stuevold-Hansen was the Norwegian Minister of Trade from 1919 to 1920....

    , politician and Minister (b.1870
    1870 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...

    )
  • Vetle Vislie
    Vetle Vislie
    Vetle Vislie was a Norwegian educationalist and writer.He was born in Skafså as a son of farmer Gjermund Vetleson Vislie and Anne Larsdotter Mandt . He made his debut as a playwright in 1899, with Utan hovding, and wrote Fru Gerda in 1890...

    , educationalist and writer (b.1858
    1858 in Norway
    -January to June:*7 January - Andreas Kaddeland, physician and politician*17 February - Hans Georg Jacob Stang, politician and Minister *7 April - Haaken L...

    )

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