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- 8 January - Nils TveitNils TveitNils Tveit was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Hordaland in 1945, but died shortly before the end of the term. He was replaced by Knut Ytre-Arne...
, politician (d.19491949 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Haakon VII of Norway* Prime Minister - Einar Gerhardsen -Events:* October 10 - The 1949 Parliamentary election takes place....
) - 23 March - Nils Erik FlakstadNils Erik FlakstadNils Erik Flakstad was a Norwegian businessperson and politician for the Conservative Party.He was born in Åmot as the son of a businessman. His maternal grandfather was Nils Jønsberg. He finished his secondary education in Hamar in 1894, enrolled in law studies and graduated as cand.jur. in 1899...
, businessperson and politician (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....
) - 22 April - Ole Edvart RølvaagOle Edvart RølvaagOle Edvart Rølvaag was an American novelist and professor who became well known for his writings regarding the Norwegian American immigrant experience...
, novelist and professor in America (d.19311931 in Norway-Incumbents:*King of Norway - Haakon VII of Norway*Prime Minister of Norway - Peder Kolstad-Events:* 27 June – Norway occupied and claimed parts of the then-uninhabited eastern Greenland , claiming that it constituted terra nullius.* Municipal and county elections are held throughout the...
) - 9 May - Johan ArndtJohan ArndtJohan 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 (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....
) - 18 May - Thorvald AstrupThorvald AstrupThorvald Astrup was a Norwegian architect, particularly known for industrial architecture.Born in Oslo , he was educated at Christiania Technical School in 1891-92, and Christiania Fine Art School the following year; he also attended Technische Hochschule Charlottenburg from 1896-97...
, architect (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...
) - 11 June - Christen Gran BøghChristen Gran BøghChristen Gran Bøgh was a Norwegian jurist, tourism promoter and theatre critic. He was based in the city of Bergen.-Personal life:...
, jurist, tourism promoter and theatre critic (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....
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July to December
- 22 August - Christen WieseChristen WieseChristen K. Wiese was a Norwegian sailor who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics.He was a crew member of the Norwegian boat Heira II, which won the gold medal in the 12 metre class .-External links:...
, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (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....
) - 16 September - Albert HelgerudAlbert HelgerudAlbert Helgerud was a Norwegian rifle shooter who competed in the early 20th century. He won six Olympic medals....
, rifle shooter and Olympic gold medallist (d.19541954 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Haakon VII of Norway* Prime Minister - Oscar Torp -Events:* 28 March – Bear Island accident: A Royal Norwegian Air Force seaplane crashed on the Bear Island. The plane had a crew of 8 men and one passenger...
) - 24 September - 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 (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...
) - 18 October - Erik ColbanErik ColbanErik Andreas Colban was a highly decorated Norwegian diplomat. Colban had many important roles in Norwegian diplomacy; especially being named to the post of Norwegian Ambassador in London before and during the Second World War...
, diplomat (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....
) - 19 October - Oluf Christian MüllerOluf Christian MüllerOluf Christian Müller was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Left Party.He was elected to the Parliament of Norway in 1919 from the constituency Kristiansund, and was re-elected in 1922 from the Market towns of Møre og Romsdal county. From 1923 to 1924 he was Vice President of the Storting...
, politician (d.19381938 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Haakon VII of Norway* Prime Minister - Johan Nygaardsvold -Events:* January 14 – Norway claims Queen Maud Land in Antarctica.* 20 November - Queen Maud of Norway dies* Construction starts on Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik...
) - 21 November - Olav DuunOlav DuunOlav Duun was a noteworthy author of Norwegian fiction. He is generally recognized to be one of the more outstanding writers in Norwegian literature. He once lacked only one vote to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature...
, novelist (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....
) - 8 December - 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 (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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- Edvin AltenEdvin AltenEdvin Alten was a Norwegian judge.He was born in Tønsberg. He worked as deputy under-secretary of State in the Ministry of Justice and the Police from 1918, and as a Supreme Court Justice from 1925 to 1948....
, judge (d.19671967 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Per Borten -Events:* 1 January - The Norwegian National Insurance Act was introduced.* 22 October – The opening of the Tjeldsund Bridge....
) - Olaf AmundsenOlaf AmundsenOlaf Amundsen was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party. A district stipendiary magistrate by profession, he was Minister of Justice in the second government of Otto Blehr. The government sat from 1921 to 1923, but Amundsen resigned on 24 August 1922. He consequently served as County...
, politician and Minister (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....
) - Sverre HasselSverre HasselSverre Helge Hassel was a Norwegian polar explorer and one of the first five people to reach the South Pole.- Biography :...
, polar explorer (d.19281928 in Norway-Events:* 27 June – The opening of the underground railway line to Nationaltheatret station in Oslo .* At Herøya, outside Porsgrunn, Norsk Hydro establishes what is to become Norway's largest industrial park....
) - Lars Olai MelingLars Olai MelingLars Olai Meling was the Norwegian Minister of Trade 1924-1926 and 1933-1935....
, politician and Minister (d.19511951 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Haakon VII of Norway* Prime Minister - Einar Gerhardsen until 9 November, Oscar Torp -Events:* 19 November – Torp's Cabinet was appointed.* Norsk Hydro opens a PVC plant at Herøya....
) - Embrik StrandEmbrik StrandEmbrik Strand was an arachnologist who classified many insect and spider species, including the greenbottle blue tarantula....
, arachnologist (d.19471947 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Haakon VII of Norway* Prime Minister - Einar Gerhardsen -Events:* 7 August - Thor Heyerdahl's balsa wood raft, the Kon-Tiki, smashes into the reef at Raroia in the Tuamotu Islands after a 101 day, 4,300 mile journey across the Pacific Ocean, proving that pre-historic peoples...
) - Ole Nikolai Ingebrigtsen StrømmeOle Nikolai Ingebrigtsen StrømmeOle Nikolai Ingebrigtsen Strømme was Norwegian Minister of Social Affairs in 1933....
, politician and Minister (d.19361936 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Haakon VII of Norway* Prime Minister - Johan Nygaardsvold -Events:* 13 September – A rockfall slide occures in the village of Loen in the Sogn og Fjordane county, killing 74 people....
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Deaths
- 18 January - Asbjorn Kloster, social reformer and leader of the Norwegian temperance movement (b. 1823)
- 8 May - Christian LassenChristian LassenChristian Lassen was a Norwegian-German orientalist.-Life:He was born at Bergen, Norway. Having received a university education at Oslo, he went to Germany and continued his studies at the University of Heidelberg and the University of Bonn. In Bonn, Lassen acquired a sound knowledge of Sanskrit...
, orientalist (b.18001800 in Norway-Births:*6 March - Gustava Kielland, author and missionary *11 March - Nils Otto Tank, Moravian Church religious leader, land speculator, canal and railroad promoter *7 April - Peter Feilberg, newspaper editor and politician...
) - 7 June – Josephine of LeuchtenbergJosephine of LeuchtenbergJoséphine of Leuchtenberg was Queen consort of Sweden and Norway as the wife of King Oscar I...
, Swedish and Norwegian queen (b.18071807 in Norway-Events:* Porsgrunn is granted limited city status. Full city status is granted in 1842.* Start of the Gunboat War between Denmark-Norway and the United Kingdom.-January to June:*19 January - Peter Hersleb Graah Birkeland, bishop...
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- Karelius August ArntzenKarelius August ArntzenKarelius August Arntzen was a Norwegian politician.He was born in Copenhagen, where his father Andreas Arntzen took his jurist education. He moved to his father's home country Norway in 1821, and graduated as cand.jur. in 1827...
, politician (b.18021802 in Norway-Births:*5 August - Niels Henrik Abel, mathematician *7 October - Magnus Brostrup Landstad, minister, psalmist and poet *10 October - Leonhard Christian Borchgrevink Holmboe, priest and politician...
) - Eilev Jonsson SteintjønndalenEilev Jonsson SteintjønndalenEilev Jonsson Steintjønndalen was a Norwegian Hardanger fiddle maker from Bø in Telemark, Norway.Eilev was the brother of Erik Jonsson Helland. He learned the art of fiddle making from his father and his elder brother. Around 1850, he married and moved to Steintjønndalen, a cotter’s sub-farm on...
, Hardanger fiddle maker (b.18211821 in Norway-Events:* Fredrik Meltzer designs the modern flag of Norway to replace the modified Danish and Swedish flags then in use.-Births:*2 May - Jens Andreas Friis, linguist and author *14 July - Jens Holmboe, politician and Minister...
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