1897 in Norway
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Events
- The 1897 Parliamentary electionNorwegian parliamentary election, 1897-Results:-References:*...
takes place.
January to March
- 2 January - Olaf Ditlev-SimonsenOlaf Ditlev-SimonsenOlaf Christian "Tit" Ditlev-Simonsen, Jr. was a Norwegian bandy player, footballer, sailor, sports administrator and businessperson.-Early and personal life:...
, sailor and Olympic silver medallist (d.19781978 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Odvar Nordli -Events:* 7 September - Skateboarding is banned in Norway.-Literature:*Harald Sverdrup, poet and children's writer, is awarded the Dobloug Prize literature award....
) - 8 January - Theodore TheodorsenTheodore TheodorsenTheodore Theodorsen was a Norwegian-American theoretical aerodynamicist noted for his work at NACA and for his contributions to the study of turbulence.-Early years:Dr...
, Norwegian-American aerodynamicist (d.1978) - 11 February - Jacob Christie KiellandJacob Christie Kielland-Personal life:He was born in Bergen to architect Jens Zetlitz Monrad Kielland and his wife Anna Magdalena Cathrine , née Christie. His grandfather was priest and politician Jacob Kielland, and through him, Jacob Christie Kielland was the grandnephew of painter Kitty Lange Kielland and novelist...
, architect (d.19721972 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Trygve Bratteli until 17 October, Lars Korvald -Events:* 15 June - The Norwegian pension age is lowered to 67....
) - 17 February - Torgeir Andreas BergeTorgeir Andreas BergeTorgeir Andreas Berge was a Norwegian farmer and politician for the Labour Party from Sandar. He represented Vestfold for three periods in the Parliament of Norway from 1950 to 1961. Prior to that, he sat in the municipal council of Sandar from 1945 to 1955...
, politician (d.19731973 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Lars Korvald until 16 October, Trygve Bratteli -Events:* 21 July – Lillehammer affair: Israeli Mossad agents assassinate a Moroccan waiter in Lillehammer...
) - 11 March - Knut TovenKnut TovenKnut Toven was a Norwegian politician for the Christian Democratic Party.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Møre og Romsdal in 1950, and was re-elected on four occasions....
, politician (d.19801980 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Odvar Nordli -Events:* 27 March – The Norwegian oil platform Alexander L...
) - 16 March - Bernhard BerthelsenBernhard BerthelsenBernhard Berthelsen was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party.Berthelsen was born in Sør-Audnedal...
, politician (d.19641964 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Einar Gerhardsen -Events:*1 January – The town of Brevik, and the rural district of Eidanger, are merged with Porsgrunn*14 September – Tromsø Airport is officially opened for traffic...
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April to June
- 17 April - Harald SæverudHarald SæverudHarald Sigurd Johan Sæverud was a Norwegian composer. He is most known for his music to Henrik Ibsen's Peer Gynt, Rondo Amoroso, and the Ballad of Revolt . Sæverud wrote nine symphonies, and a large number of pieces for solo piano...
, composer (d.19921992 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Harald V of Norway* Prime Minister - Gro Harlem Brundtland -Events:* 6 June - The Fantoft stave church in Bergen, dating from the 12th century, is burnt to the ground by arsonists originating in the early Norwegian black metal scene.* 5 September - The Norwegian commercial...
) - 21 April - Odd Lindbäck-LarsenOdd Lindbäck-LarsenOdd Lindbäck-Larsen was a Norwegian military officer and war historian.-Early and personal life:Lindbäck-Larsen was born in Kristiania as the son of Ludvig Martinius Larsen and Fanny Olivia Lindbäck. He graduated from Oslo Cathedral School in 1915, and from the Norwegian Military Academy in 1918...
, military officer and war historian (d.19751975 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Trygve Bratteli -Events:* 1 January - Advertising of alcohol and tobacco products are prohibited.* NRK started television broadcasts in color....
) - 30 April - Johan Henrik Wiers-JenssenJohan Henrik Wiers-JenssenJohan Henrik "Johe" Wiers-Jenssen was a Norwegian newspaper columnist and theatre director.He was born in Kristiania as the son of Hans Wiers-Jenssen. Wiers-Jenssen was columnist for Aftenposten from 1917 to 1925, signing with the pseudonymes Johe and Gamin...
, newspaper columnist and theatre director (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....
) - 1 May - Lauritz SchmidtLauritz SchmidtLauritz Thure Thrap Schmidt was a Norwegian sailor who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics and in the 1936 Summer Olympics....
, sailor and Olympic silver medallist (d.19701970 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Per Borten -Events:* 27 April - The oil company Phillips Petroleum makes a new oil discovery in the North Sea...
) - 10 May - Harald StenerudHarald StenerudHarald Stenerud was a Norwegian hammer and discus thrower. He represented TIF Viking in Bergen.At the 1928 Summer Olympics he finished fourth in the discus final with a throw of 45.80 metres and sixteenth in the hammer final with a throw of 41.06 metres...
, hammer and discus thrower (d.19761976 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Trygve Bratteli until 15 January, Odvar Nordli -Events:* 15 January - Odvar Nordli becomes Prime Minister of Norway* 15 January – Nordli's Cabinet was appointed....
) - 15 May - Anton OlsenAnton Olsen (rifle shooter)Anton Wilhelm Olsen was a Norwegian rifle shooter competing in the early 20th century. He won a bronze medal at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp for team, small bore rifle....
, rifle shooter and Olympic bronze 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....
) - 17 May - Odd HasselOdd HasselOdd Hassel was a Norwegian physical chemist and Nobel Laureate.-Biography:Born in Kristiania, his parents were Ernst Hassel, a gynaecologist, and Mathilde Klaveness. In 1915, he entered the University of Oslo where he studied mathematics, physics and chemistry, and graduated in 1920...
, physical chemist and Nobel Laureate (d.19811981 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Odvar Nordli until 4 February, Gro Harlem Brundtland until 14 October, Kåre Willoch -Events:...
) - 25 May - Rasmus Andreas TorsetRasmus Andreas TorsetRasmus Andreas Torset was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party.He served as a deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament from Møre og Romsdal during the term 1958–1961.-References:...
, politician (d.19651965 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Einar Gerhardsen until 12 October, Per Borten -Events:* 4 February-1 April – the "Grenade Man", an unidentified person whom placed grenades and grenade traps in several places in Oslo, spreads fear in Oslo...
) - 23 June - Trygve KnudsenTrygve KnudsenTrygve Knudsen was a Norwegian philologist, linguist and lexicographer.-Personal life:Knudsen was born in Tønsberg as the son of lawyer Knud Peder Knudsen and Henriette von Lachmann Mørck...
, philologist, linguist and lexicographer (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....
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July to September
- 5 July - Ole H. LøvlienOle H. LøvlienOle H. Løvlien was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.He served as a deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament from Hedmark during the term 1958–1961. On the local level he was a mayor of Løten....
, politician (d.19701970 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Per Borten -Events:* 27 April - The oil company Phillips Petroleum makes a new oil discovery in the North Sea...
) - 18 July - Per GulbrandsenPer GulbrandsenPer Ziegler Gulbrandsen was a Norwegian rower who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics.In 1920 he won the bronze medal as crew member of the Norwegian boat in the coxed fours competition.-External links:*...
, rower and Olympic bronze medallist (d.19631963 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Einar Gerhardsen until 28 August, John Lyng until 25 September, Einar Gerhardsen -Events:...
) - 22 July - Syvert Tobiassen MesselSyvert Tobiassen MesselSyvert Tobiassen Messel was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Vest-Agder in 1950, but was not re-elected in 1954....
, politician (d.19781978 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Odvar Nordli -Events:* 7 September - Skateboarding is banned in Norway.-Literature:*Harald Sverdrup, poet and children's writer, is awarded the Dobloug Prize literature award....
) - 13 August - Oliver Dahl-GoliOliver Dahl-GoliOliver Dahl-Goli was a Norwegian politician for the Christian Democratic Party.He was born in Sandar.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Bergen in 1961 on a joint list of the Conservative Party and the Christian Democratic Party...
, politician (d.19761976 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Trygve Bratteli until 15 January, Odvar Nordli -Events:* 15 January - Odvar Nordli becomes Prime Minister of Norway* 15 January – Nordli's Cabinet was appointed....
) - 20 August - Sigvald AsbjornsenSigvald AsbjornsenSigvald Asbjornsen was a Norwegian born American sculptor.-Background:Sigvald Asbjørnsen was born in Oslo, Norway. Asbjørnsen studied art with Mathias Skeibrok and Julius Middelthun and under Brynjulf Bergslien...
, Norwegian-American sculptor (d.1954) - 4 September - Emil BoysonEmil BoysonEmil Boyson was a Norwegian poet, author, and translator. Although Boyson formally debuted in 1927 with a prose book Sommertørst , he was primarily known for his poetry...
, poet, author, and translator (d.19791979 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Odvar Nordli -Events:* Municipal and county elections are held throughout the country.* Bryggen and the Urnes stave church are designated by UNESCO as World Heritage Sites.-Film:...
) - 5 September - Olav BenumOlav BenumOlav Benum was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party.He was born in Beitstad.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Nord-Trøndelag in 1945, and was re-elected on three occasions...
, politician (d.19901990 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Eli Ryan. Holliday until 3 November, Gro Harlem Brundtland -Events:...
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October to December
- 14 October - Harald StrømHarald StrømHarald Strøm was a Norwegian speed skater, world champion, European champion and world record holder on 5000 metres...
, speed skater and World Champion (d.19771977 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Odvar Nordli -Events:* 12 September - The 1977 Parliamentary election takes place....
) - 17 October - Oskar OlsenOskar OlsenOskar E. Olsen is a Norwegian former speed skater and Olympic medalist. He received a silver medal at the 1924 Winter Olympics in Chamonix.-References:...
, speed skater and Olympic silver medallist (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....
) - 29 October - Ivar BaeIvar BaeIvar Bae was a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party.He was born in Bremsnes.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from the Market towns of Møre og Romsdal county in 1945, but was not re-elected in 1949.On the local level he was a member of the executive committee of Kristiansund...
, politician (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....
) - 31 October - Sigurd MoenSigurd MoenSigurd Olsen Moen is a Norwegian former speed skater and Olympic medalist. He received a bronze medal at the 1924 Winter Olympics in Chamonix.-References:...
, speed skater and Olympic bronze medallist (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....
) - 6 November - 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...
, jurist, public prosecutor and collaborator (d.19881988 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Gro Harlem Brundtland -Events:* May 6 – Widerøe Flight 710, a Dash 7, crashes in Torghatten, Norway in heavy fog, killing all 36 passengers in the worst-ever Dash 7 accident....
) - 13 November - Ole JørgensenOle JørgensenOle Jørgensen was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.He was born in Vennesla.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Vest-Agder in 1954, and was re-elected on two occasions as well as in the 1962 revote...
, politician (d.19661966 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Per Borten -Events:* 7 August - The Storskog border control between Norway and the Soviet Union is opened...
) - 14 November - Bjarne GuldagerBjarne GuldagerBjarne Guldager was a Norwegian sprinter. He represented Ørnulf IF in Kristiania.Guldager participated in both 100 and 200 metres at the 1920 Summer Olympics, but did not progress from the heats in either event. He was also a part of the 4 x 100 metres relay team that was disqualified...
, sprinter (d.19711971 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Per Borten until 17 October, Trygve Bratteli -Events:* Municipal and county elections are held throughout the country.* 17 March – Bratteli's First Cabinet was appointed....
) - 26 December - Ingvald Svinsås-LoIngvald Svinsås-LoIngvald Svinsås-Lo was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Sør-Trøndelag in 1945, but was not re-elected in 1949....
, politician (d.19801980 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Odvar Nordli -Events:* 27 March – The Norwegian oil platform Alexander L...
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- Einar DønnumEinar DønnumEinar Olav Dønnum was a Norwegian Nazi collaborator who was executed during the legal purge in Norway after World War II.-World War II:...
, Nazi collaborator, executed (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...
) - Gunnar BergGunnar Berg (Scouting)Gunnar H. Berg was a national director of the Boy Scouts of America.-Biography:Berg was born in Oslo and came to the United States at age 13. He was a graduate of Columbia University, and received a doctorate in education in 1946. Berg was associated with Scouting for 42 years, retiring in 1962....
, a national director of the Boy Scouts of AmericaBoy Scouts of AmericaThe Boy Scouts of America is one of the largest youth organizations in the United States, with over 4.5 million youth members in its age-related divisions...
(d.19871987 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Gro Harlem Brundtland -Events:* 12 February - Oslo Central Station opens.* August - the Mosjøen Airport was opened....
) - John Gunnarsson HellandJohn Gunnarsson HellandJon Gunnarsson Helland was a Norwegian Hardanger fiddle maker from Bø in Telemark.John Gunnarson Helland, the fourth of the five Gunnarsson Helland brothers, began his work in his father, Gunnar Olavsson Helland's workshop and then went to Notodden, Telemark, where he made some of his best...
, Hardanger fiddle maker (d.19771977 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Odvar Nordli -Events:* 12 September - The 1977 Parliamentary election takes place....
) - Rolf KiærRolf KiærRolf Kiær is a Norwegian hydrographer.He was born in Trondhjem. He was hired in the Norwegian Hydrographic Service in 1920, and in Norges Svalbard- og Ishavsundersøkelser in 1929. Here, he took part in expeditions to Svalbard and Eastern Greenland. From 1936 to 1967 he was the director of the...
, hydrographer (d.19751975 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Trygve Bratteli -Events:* 1 January - Advertising of alcohol and tobacco products are prohibited.* NRK started television broadcasts in color....
) - Hilmar RekstenHilmar RekstenHilmar A Reksten was a Norwegian shipping magnate. After studying business in Cologne, he started his own company in 1929...
, shipping magnate (d.19801980 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Odvar Nordli -Events:* 27 March – The Norwegian oil platform Alexander L...
) - Helge ThiisHelge ThiisHelge Thiis was a Norwegian architect. He is most noted for being the cathedral architect at Nidaros Cathedral. -Background:...
, architect and art critic (d.19721972 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Trygve Bratteli until 17 October, Lars Korvald -Events:* 15 June - The Norwegian pension age is lowered to 67....
) - Astrid TollefsenAstrid TollefsenAstrid Tollefsen was a Norwegian lyricist. She made her literary debut with the poetry collection Portrett i speil . She lived in a long-term relationship with the lyricist Gunvor Hofmo....
, poet (d.19731973 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Lars Korvald until 16 October, Trygve Bratteli -Events:* 21 July – Lillehammer affair: Israeli Mossad agents assassinate a Moroccan waiter in Lillehammer...
) - Niels WerringNiels WerringNiels Roth Heyerdahl Werring was a Norwegian ship-owner.He was born in Kristiansund. He was married to Else Werring , and as she was a daughter of Halfdan Wilhelmsen and granddaughter of Wilhelm Wilhelmsen, Werring became a co-owner in the company Wilh. Wilhelmsen in 1930, and senior director from...
, shipowner (d.19901990 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Eli Ryan. Holliday until 3 November, Gro Harlem Brundtland -Events:...
) - Hans Fredrik WirstadHans Fredrik WirstadHans Fredrik Wirstad is a Norwegian veterinarian.He was born in Kristiania, and finished his education in Copenhagen in 1922. He was professor of surgery at the Norwegian School of Veterinary Science from 1937, and served as rector there from 1957 to 1966. He was decorated with the Royal Norwegian...
, veterinarian (d.19831983 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Kåre Willoch -Events:* 18 March - Arnfinn Nesset is convicted of poisoning 22 patients with Curacit, a muscle relaxing drug, at a Geriatric institution in Orkdal, Norway where he was the director since 1977...
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Deaths
- 9 March - Sondre NorheimSondre NorheimSondre Norheim, born Sondre Auverson, was a Norwegian skier and pioneer of modern skiing. Sondre Norheim is known as the father of Telemark skiing.-Background:...
, skier and pioneer of modern skiing (b.18251825 in Norway-Events:* 27 November - Population Census: Norway had 1,051,318 inhabitants.-Births:*13 March - Hans Gude, painter *30 March - Theodor Kjerulf, geologist and poet *28 April - Lorenz Juhl Vogt, politician...
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- Hans Jensen KrogHans Jensen KrogHans Jensen Krog was a Norwegian politician.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1859, representing the constituency of Søndre Bergenhuus Amt. He worked as a vicar there. He was re-elected for a second term in 1862....
, politician (b.18081808 in Norway-Births:*4 March - Frederik Stang, lawyer, public servant and politician, Norway's first Prime Minister *17 June - Henrik Wergeland, poet *28 July - Ulrik Frederik Lange, politician -Full date unknown:*Christen Larsen Arneberg, politician...
) - Christian TønsbergChristian TønsbergNils Christian Tønsberg was a Norwegian publisher and author. Christian Tønsberg became one of the larger Norwegian publishers and was best known for illustrated books about Norway.-Background:...
, bookseller, publisher and writer (b.18131813 in Norway-Births:*23 January - Camilla Collett, writer and feminist *18 February - Harald Ulrik Sverdrup, priest and politician *5 August - Ivar Aasen, philologist, lexicographer, playwright and poet...
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