1950 in Norway
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Incumbents
- 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 ....
- 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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Events
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- 2 January - The Norwegian Savings BankSavings bankA savings bank is a financial institution whose primary purpose is accepting savings deposits. It may also perform some other functions.In Europe, savings banks originated in the 19th or sometimes even the 18th century. Their original objective was to provide easily accessible savings products to...
PostbankenPostbankenPostbanken is a Norwegian bank that is part of the DnB NOR Group. The bank offers its services through the Norwegian post offices.-History:...
(lit. The Post Bank) starts its operations. - 15 November - 14 people killed in the Hjuksebø train disasterHjuksebø train disasterThe Hjuksebø train disaster was a rail accident on the railway Sørlandsbanen on 15 November 1950 between the stations of Hjuksebø and Holtsås in the Sauherad municipality in Telemark, Norway. With fourteen deaths resulting from the crash, this was Norway's worst railway accident in peacetime until...
. - 1 December - Population Census: 3,278,546 inhabitants in Norway.
- The official inauguration of the Oslo City HallOslo City HallOslo City Hall houses the city council, city administration, and art studios and galleries. The construction started in 1931, but was paused by the outbreak of World War II, before the official inauguration in 1950. Its characteristic architecture, artworks and the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony, held...
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Notable births
- 5 January - Halvdan SivertsenHalvdan SivertsenHalvdan Sivertsen is a Norwegian singer. He was born in Tromsø, but raised and currently lives in Bodø. He has won Spellemannprisen awards five times, twice with his group Gitarkameratene, and received the Culture Prize of Nordland county in 2000...
, singer - 22 January - Tomm KristiansenTomm KristiansenTomm Kristiansen is an award winning Norwegian author and journalist, known for his work as foreign news correspondent for the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation...
, author and journalist - 7 March - Eva M. NielsenEva M. NielsenEva Margaret Nielsen is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. She was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Finnmark in 2001, and has been re-elected on one occasion...
, politician - 28 April - Martin AsphaugMartin AsphaugMartin Asphaug is a film director and screenwriter from Trondheim, Norway.With a background from writing and directing short films, industry documentaries and PSAs, Asphaug made his feature film debut with the award-winning 1989 film, A Handful of Time.Since 1992 Asphaug has primarily worked in...
, film director and screenwriter - 28 May - Anne Margrethe LarsenAnne Margrethe LarsenAnne Margrethe Larsen is a Norwegian politician representing the Liberal Party. She is currently a representative of Vest-Agder in the Storting and was first elected in 2005.-Storting committees:...
, politician - 10 June - Mimmi BæiviMimmi BæiviMimmi Bæivi is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.She was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Akershus in 1993, and was re-elected on one occasion....
, politician - 11 June - Kristin Bølgen BronebakkKristin Bølgen BronebakkKristin Bølgen Bronebakk is a Norwegian civil servant.She graduated from the as cand.mag. University of Oslo in 1983 and as Master of General Administration from the University of Maryland, College Park in 1993...
, civil servant - 5 December - Berit BrørbyBerit BrørbyBerit Brørby is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.She was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Oppland in 1985, and has been re-elected on five occasions...
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Notable deaths
- 22 February - Halvor MøgsterHalvor MøgsterHalvor Olai Møgster 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.18751875 in Norway-Events:* 31 December – Population Census: 1,813,424 inhabitants in Norway.* The Norwegian krone was introduced, replacing the Norwegian speciedaler.* The Metric system was introduced and replaced the old measurement units.-Births:...
) - 4 March - Johanne Dybwad, stage actress and stage producer (b.18671867 in Norway-January to June:*19 January - Isak Kobro Collett, politician *20 January - Mons Monssen, sailor in the United States Navy who received the Medal of Honor *29 January - Carl L...
) - 19 June - Thor JensenThor JensenThor Jensen was a Norwegian gymnast who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was part of the Norwegian gymnastics team, which won the bronze medal in the gymnastics men's team, Swedish system event....
, gymnast and Olympic bronze medallist (b.18891889 in Norway-Incumbents:*King of Norway - Oscar II, King of Sweden and Norway*Prime Minister of Norway: Johan Sverdrup, succeeded by*Prime Minister of Norway: Emil Stang-Notable births:*20 January - Tryggve Gran, aviator, explorer and author...
) - 26 June - Hans Jørgen Darre-JenssenHans Jørgen Darre-JenssenHans Jørgen Darre-Jenssen was a Norwegian engineer and politician for the Liberal Left Party. He was the Minister of Labour from 1910 to 1912, and thereafter served as director of the Norwegian State Railways.-Personal life:...
, engineer, politician and Minister (b.18641864 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...
) - 3 August - Kristian LaakeKristian LaakeKristian Kristiansen Laake was a Norwegian military officer. He is best known for having commanded the Norwegian Army in the first days after the German invasion of Norway on 9 April 1940, and for having been replaced because of what was seen by the leading Norwegian politicians as passive...
, Commanding General of the Norwegian Army 1931-1940 (b. 18751875 in Norway-Events:* 31 December – Population Census: 1,813,424 inhabitants in Norway.* The Norwegian krone was introduced, replacing the Norwegian speciedaler.* The Metric system was introduced and replaced the old measurement units.-Births:...
) - 10 September - Alfred LarsenAlfred LarsenAlfred Waldemar Garmann Larsen 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....
, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (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...
) - 14 September - Marius EriksenMarius EriksenEmil Marius Eriksen was a Norwegian gymnast who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was born in Barbu, Norway and died in Oslo. He was the father of Marius Eriksen, Jr...
, gymnast and Olympic bronze medallist (b.18861886 in Norway-Events:* The Norwegian Medical Association is established.-Notable births:*2 January - Elise Ottesen-Jensen, sex educator, journalist and anarchist agitator *6 January - Hans Oskar Evju, politician...
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- Gunvald AusGunvald AusGunvald Aus, also written Aas was a Norwegian-American engineer. He is most associated with the engineering of the Woolworth Building in New York City....
, engineer (b.18511851 in Norway-Arts and literature:*10 January - The Norwegian Booksellers Association is founded.-January to June:*2 January - Haldor Boen, teacher and politician in America *25 January - Arne Garborg, writer...
) - Bernhoff HansenBernhoff HansenBernhoff Otelius Hansen was an American wrestler who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics.He was born in Rognan in the municipality of Saltdal in Norway. Originally he was a Norwegian wrestler in Nordland. One and a half years before the 1904 Olympic Games, he left Norway for the United States...
, wrestler and Olympic gold medallist (b.18771877 in Norway-January to June:*25 February - Bernt Tunold, painter *5 March - Klaus Sletten, organizational worker, editor and politician *23 March - Marta Steinsvik, author and translator *29 March - Nils Waltersen Aasen, arms inventor...
) - Betzy KjelsbergBetzy KjelsbergBetzy Alexandra Kjelsberg , born Betzy Aleksandra Børresen, was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party, being the first female board member of the party, Norway's first female factory inspector from 1910–1936, and a member of the feminist movement. Kjelsberg was born in Svelvik, Vestfold. Her...
, politician and feminist (b.18661866 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...
) - Anders SandvigAnders SandvigAnders Sandvig was a Norwegian dentist most noted for having founded Maihaugen, an innovative regional ethnological and architectural museum in Lillehammer, documenting the vernacular architecture of Gudbrandsdalen.-Biography:...
, dentist and ethnologist (b.18621862 in Norway-Events:*23 June - Norway's second railway, Hamar-Grundsetbanen, is opened, followed shortly by*3 October - Kongsvingerbanen, Norway's third railway opens between Lillestrøm and Kongsvinger-January to June:...
) - Marta SteinsvikMarta SteinsvikMarta Steinsvik was a Norwegian author and translator. She was a champion of women's rights and promoter of the use of Nynorsk. She was the first female to graduate from the Norwegian School of Theology.-Biography:...
, author and translator (b.18771877 in Norway-January to June:*25 February - Bernt Tunold, painter *5 March - Klaus Sletten, organizational worker, editor and politician *23 March - Marta Steinsvik, author and translator *29 March - Nils Waltersen Aasen, arms inventor...
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