1946 in Norway
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Incumbents

  • Monarch - Haakon VII of Norway
    Haakon VII of Norway
    Haakon 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 Minister
    Heads of government of Norway
    This 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 Gerhardsen
    Einar Gerhardsen
    was 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 Party
    Norwegian Labour Party
    The 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....

    )

Events

  • 1 February - Trygve Lie
    Trygve Lie
    Trygve Halvdan Lie was a Norwegian politician, labour leader, government official and author. He served as Norwegian Foreign minister during the critical years of the Norwegian government in exile in London from 1940 to 1945. From 1946 to 1952 he was the first Secretary-General of the United...

     is selected as the first United Nations Secretary General
  • 6 December - The Home Guard was established.
  • Årdal og Sunndal Verk
    Årdal og Sunndal Verk
    Årdal og Sunndal Verk or ÅSV is a defunct Norwegian state owned company that operated the aluminum plants in Årdal, Sunndal, Høyanger and Holmestrand. The company was established to take advantage of the hydro-electric power plants in the respective villages to create aluminum plants...

     is established as a state-run corporation with the task of finishing unfinished industrial facilities started by the German occupational forces
    Occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany
    The occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany started with the German invasion of Norway on April 9, 1940, and ended on May 8, 1945, after the capitulation of German forces in Europe. Throughout this period, Norway was continuously occupied by the Wehrmacht...

    .

Sports

  • Godtfred Holmvang
    Godtfred Holmvang
    Godtfred Holmvang was a Norwegian decathlete and skier. He represented IL Tyrving.He won the 1946 European Championships and finished tenth at the 1948 Summer Olympics. He became Norwegian decathlon champion in 1939, 1946 and 1948. In addition he won the Norwegian championships in 110 metres...

    , decathlete and skier, is awarded the Egebergs Ærespris
    Egebergs Ærespris
    The Egebergs Ærespris is a prize awarded to Norwegian athletes who excel in more than one sport. The prize was created by Ferdinand Julian Egeberg, and consists of a bronze statuette modelled by sculptor Magnus Vigrestad.-History:...

    , for athletes who excel in more than one sport.

Notable births

  • 8 January - Åse Klundelien
    Åse Klundelien
    Åse Klundelien is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.She was born in Kongsberg. She attended teacher's college from 1963 to 1967, and worked as a teacher. She was a member of Kongsberg city council from 1967 to 1981. She was also a member of Buskerud county council from 1975 to 1987,...

    , politician
  • 10 January - Bernhard Riksfjord
    Bernhard Riksfjord
    Bernhard Riksfjord is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.He served as a deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament from Møre og Romsdal during the terms 1993–1997 and 1997–2001....

    , politician
  • 17 January - Finn Kristian Marthinsen
    Finn Kristian Marthinsen
    Finn Kristian Marthinsen is a Norwegian politician for the Christian Democratic Party.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Buskerud in 1997, and was re-elected on one occasion....

    , politician
  • 20 January - Lisbeth Holand
    Lisbeth Holand
    Lisbeth Holand is a Norwegian politician for the Socialist Left Party.She was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Nordland in 1989, and was re-elected on one occasion...

    , politician
  • 21 January - Bjørn Skogstad Aamo
    Bjørn Skogstad Aamo
    Bjørn Skogstad Aamo is a Norwegian economist and politician for the Labour Party. He was State Secretary for three non-consecutive terms between 1973 and 1993, and served as Director of the Financial Supervisory Authority of Norway from 1993 to 2011.-Political career:Born in Oslo, Aamo grew up in...

    , economist and politician
  • 31 January - Knut Lystad
    Knut Lystad
    Knut Ove Lystad is a Norwegian actor,singer , translator ,screenwriter, comedian and occasional director, best known from the comedy trio KLM alongside Trond Kirkvaag and Lars Mjøen....

    , actor, singer, translator, screenwriter, comedian and director
  • 1 February - Øystein Rottem
    Øystein Rottem
    Øystein Rottem was a Norwegian philologist, literary historian and literary critic.He was born in Heim, and graduated from the University of Oslo in 1976 with the cand.philol. degree...

    , philologist, literary historian and literary critic (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...

    )
  • 2 February - Lasse Qvigstad
    Lasse Qvigstad
    Lars Fredrik "Lasse" Qvigstad is a Norwegian jurist.He was born in Oslo. He worked as a lecturer at the University of Oslo from 1972 to 1975, public prosecutor in Eidsivating from 1977 to 1987, deputy chief of police in Oslo from 1987 to 1991 and presiding judge in Eidsivating from 1991 to 1993...

    , jurist
  • 4 February - Anders Talleraas
    Anders Talleraas
    Anders Talleraas is a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Møre og Romsdal in 1977, and was re-elected on four occasions....

    , politician
  • 8 February - Karin Kjølmoen
    Karin Kjølmoen
    Karin Kjølmoen is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.From 1995 to 1996, during the third cabinet Brundtland, she was appointed State Secretary in the Ministry of Local Government and Work Affairs...

    , politician
  • 11 February - Knut Vollebæk
    Knut Vollebæk
    Knut Vollebæk is a Norwegian diplomat and centrist politician . He is educated from the Norwegian School of Economics and the University of California, Santa Barbara....

    , diplomat and politician
  • 12 February - Ingrid Hadler
    Ingrid Hadler
    Ingrid Hadler is a Norwegian orienteering competitor. She won the 1970 Individual World Orienteering Championships in Eisenach, and received a silver medal in Linköping in 1968...

    , orienteer and World Champion
  • 17 February - Helge Jordal
    Helge Jordal
    Helge Jordal is an actor from Bergen, Norway. In 2006, Jordal was appointed a Knight of the Royal Order of St. Olav for his long career as an actor on both screen and stage, and his position as a "grand old man" among Norwegian actors.In 1985, he received the Amanda award as Best Male Actor for...

    , actor
  • 18 February - Torny Pedersen
    Torny Pedersen
    Torny Pedersen is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.She was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Nordland in 1997, and has been re-elected on two occasions....

    , politician
  • 19 February - Tore Schei
    Tore Schei
    Tore Schei is the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Norway, his term starting on 1 August 2002.He was born in Oslo as a son of Andreas Schei. He is a nephew of Nikolai Schei....

    , Chief Justice
    Chief Justice
    The Chief Justice in many countries is the name for the presiding member of a Supreme Court in Commonwealth or other countries with an Anglo-Saxon justice system based on English common law, such as the Supreme Court of Canada, the Constitutional Court of South Africa, the Court of Final Appeal of...

     of the Supreme Court of Norway
    Supreme Court of Norway
    The Supreme Court of Norway was established in 1815 on the basis of the Constitution of Norway's §88, prescribing an independent judiciary. It is located in Oslo and is Norway's highest court...

  • 20 February - Ole Nafstad
    Ole Nafstad
    Ole Sverre Nafstad is a Norwegian competition rower and Olympic medalist.He received a silver medal in coxless fours at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, together with Finn Tveter, Rolf Andreassen, and Arne Bergodd.He represented the club Bærum RK. He resides at Kolsås.-References:*...

    , rower and Olympic silver medallist
  • 21 February - Knut Hove
    Knut Hove
    Knut Hove is a Norwegian veterinarian.He was born in Oslo. He took the dr.scient. degree in 1974, and the dr.med.vet. degree in 1978. In 1987 he was appointed as professor the Norwegian College of Agriculture. He became rector there in 2000; the institution changed its name to the Norwegian...

    , veterinarian
  • 24 February - Sverre Stub
    Sverre Stub
    Sverre Stub is a Norwegian diplomat.He is a siv.øk. by education, and started working for the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1971. He served at the United Nations delegation in Geneva from 1986 to 1990, at the embassy in Paris from 1990 to 1994, and in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs...

    , diplomat
  • 4 March - Harald Rensvik
    Harald Rensvik
    Harald Rensvik is a Norwegian civil servant.He was born in Arendal, and grew up in Ålesund and Valdres. He graduated as a siv.ing from the Norwegian Institute of Technology....

    , civil servant
  • 5 March - Klaus Hagerup
    Klaus Hagerup
    Klaus Hagerup is a Norwegian author, translator, screenwriter, actor and director.He is the youngest of three brothers. He debuted with the poem collection "Slik tenker jeg på dere" in 1969...

    , author, translator, screenwriter, actor and director
  • 5 March - Oddvar Stenstrøm
    Oddvar Stenstrøm
    Oddvar Stenstrøm is a Norwegian journalist and former host of the TV2 debate program Holmgang.Stenstrøm has worked in a number of different journals and news channels, including the local newspaper Akers Avis/Groruddalens Budstikke, the national tabloids Dagbladet, Verdens Gang . He has been the...

    , journalist and television host
  • 9 March - Britt Harkestad
    Britt Harkestad
    Britt Harkestad is a Norwegian politician for the Christian Democratic Party.She was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Hordaland in 1985, and was re-elected on one occasion....

    , politician
  • 14 March - Knut Hanselmann
    Knut Hanselmann
    Knut Hanselmann is a Norwegian politician for the Progress Party.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Hordaland in 1989, but was not re-elected in 1993. He had previously served in the position of deputy representative during the term 1981–1985.Hanselmann has been involved in...

    , politician
  • 19 March - Roar Grønvold
    Roar Grønvold
    Roar Grønvold is a former speed skater from Norway.Grønvold had his best year in 1972 when he became Norwegian Allround Champion and won silver at the Norwegian Sprint Championships...

    , speed skater and Olympic silver medallist
  • 21 March - Svein Sturla Hungnes
    Svein Sturla Hungnes
    Svein Sturla Hungnes is a Norwegian actor, theatre director, and instructor.Hungnes studied at the Norwegian National Academy of Theatre from 1965 to 1970, and had several small roles at Nationaltheatret during his study time...

    , actor, theatre director and instructor
  • 23 March - Jon Reinertsen
    Jon Reinertsen
    Jon Reinert Reinertsen is a retired Norwegian handball player who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics.He was born in Oslo. In 1972 he was part of the Norwegian team which finished ninth in the Olympic tournament. He played four matches and scored 13 goals...

    , handball player
  • 8 April - Åge Korsvold
    Åge Korsvold
    Åge Korsvold is a Norwegian businessperson and since 2006 chief executive officer of Kistefos.He was born in Oslo. He is educated in business administration from the University of Pennsylvania in 1971. He started working for Storebrand in 1972 before becoming chief financial officer in Golden West...

    , businessperson
  • 18 April – Per Erik Monsen
    Per Erik Monsen
    Per Erik Monsen was a Norwegian politician for the Progress Party.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Vestfold in 1997, and was re-elected on one occasion....

    , politician (d.2008
    2008 in Norway
    -Incumbents:* Monarch - Harald V of Norway* Prime Minister - Jens Stoltenberg -Events:* January 1 – The Agency for Public Management and eGovernment is established....

    )
  • 21 April - Inge Hansen
    Inge Hansen
    Inge Ketil Hansen is a retired Norwegian handball player who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics.He was born in Asker and represented the club Fredensborg/Ski HK. In 1972 he was part of the Norwegian team which finished ninth in the Olympic tournament. He played four matches and scored eleven...

    , handball player
  • 30 April - Lars Vikør
    Lars Vikør
    -Biography:Lars Vikør is a graduate of the University of Oslo and the University of Leiden. He is a professor of Scandinavian languages and linguistics and specialist in Nynorsk lexicography at the University of Oslo. He is the main editor of the Norwegian Dictionary...

    , linguist
  • 4 May - Gunnar Jordfald
    Gunnar Jordfald
    Gunnar Jordfald is a Norwegian civil servant.He graduated as a siv.ing from the Norwegian Institute of Technology. He was acting director of the Norwegian Pollution Control Authority from 1990 to 1992, director of the now-defunct Norwegian Food Control Authority from 1998 to 2003 and director of...

    , civil servant
  • 5 May - Svend Wam
    Svend Wam
    Svend Olaf Wamnes Akstuft, known as Svend Wam is a Norwegian film director. He is known for his cooperation with Petter Vennerød, creating fourteen films under the moniker Wam og Vennerød.-Filmography:...

    , film director
  • 16 May - Laila Stien
    Laila Stien
    Laila Stien is a Norwegian novelist, poet, author of children's literature and translator from Hemnes. She grew up in Rana, and has later lived in Finnmark....

    , novelist, poet and translator
  • 16 May - Olav Anton Thommessen
    Olav Anton Thommessen
    Olav Anton Thommessen is a Norwegian composer. He trained in the United States earning degrees from Westminster Choir College and Indiana University. He is currently professor of composition at the Norwegian Academy of Music, where he has taught since 1972. He won the Nordic Council Music Prize in...

    , composer
  • 16 May - Willy Ustad
    Willy Ustad
    Willy Ustad is a Norwegian novelist.- Biography :He is a productive writer of popular novels, mainly in paperback, with close to 80 titles published since 1989. Their quality as literature has made him a member of the Norwegian Authors' Union...

    , novelist
  • 18 May - Liv Sandven
    Liv Sandven
    Liv Sandven is a Norwegian politician from the Christian Democratic Party.During her time as deputy mayor of Trondheim, the third largest city in Norway, she served as mayor from August 2001 to June 2002 in temporary replacement of Anne Kathrine Slungård.Sandven served as a deputy representative...

    , politician
  • 21 May - Pål Bye
    Pål Bye
    Pål Bye is a retired Norwegian handball goalkeeper who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics.He was born in Oslo and represented the club Oppsal IF. In 1972 he was part of the Norwegian team which finished ninth in the Olympic tournament. He played four matches. In total he was capped 150 times...

    , handball player
  • 21 May - Arne Fliflet
    Arne Fliflet
    Arne Fliflet is a Norwegian jurist and civil servant.He graduated as cand.jur. in 1971. After some years as a university lector at the University of Oslo, he worked as a deputy judge in Sunnfjord from 1974 to 1975. He was then a lawyer from 1975 to 1990, both in the private and public sector...

    , jurist and civil servant
  • 23 May - Åge Starheim
    Åge Starheim
    Åge Starheim is a Norwegian politician for the Progress Party.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Sogn og Fjordane in 2005....

    , politician
  • 10 June - Sverre J. Hoddevik
    Sverre J. Hoddevik
    Sverre J. Hoddevik is a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Sogn og Fjordane in 1997, and was re-elected on one occasion....

    , politician
  • 11 June - Gunn Imsen
    Gunn Imsen
    Gunn Imsen is a Norwegian educationalist.She took her undergraduate education at the University of Oslo. She has been a professor at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology since 1993. Notabe publications include Elevenes verden. Innføring i pedagogisk psykologi and Lærerens verden....

    , educationalist
  • 11 June - Jan Petersen
    Jan Petersen
    Jan Petersen is a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Akershus in 1981, and was re-elected on six occasions. He had previously served as a deputy representative during the term 1973–1977. From 2001 to 2005, when the second cabinet...

    , politician and Minister
  • 13 June - Rune Gerhardsen
    Rune Gerhardsen
    Rune Gerhardsen is a Norwegian politician, representing the Norwegian Labour Party. He is son of Einar Gerhardsen.He chaired the Norwegian Skating Association from 1986 to 1990 and 2001 to 2003.-References:...

    , politician
  • 21 June - Trond Kirkvaag
    Trond Kirkvaag
    “”Trond Georg Kirkvaag was a Norwegian comedian, actor, impressionist, screenwriter, author, director and television host. During his 39 years at the Norwegian TV network, NRK, he produced numerous comedy television series. After his death he was widely hailed by his colleagues as possibly the...

    , comedian, actor, imitator, screenwriter, author, director and television host (d.2007
    2007 in Norway
    -Incumbents:* Monarch - Harald V of Norway* Prime Minister - Jens Stoltenberg -Events:* 13 January – The Greek ship Server breaks in half off the Norwegian coast, releasing over 200 tons of crude oil....

    )
  • 21 June - Harald Norvik
    Harald Norvik
    Harald Norvik is a former chairman, president, and chief executive of Norwegian oil giant Statoil. Since 2007 he has been Chairman of Telenor....

    , businessperson
  • 23 June - Svein Thøgersen
    Svein Thøgersen
    Svein Thøgersen is a Norwegian competition rower and Olympic medalist.He received a silver medal in double sculls at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, together with Frank Hansen....

    , rower and Olympic silver medallist
  • 18 July - Gerd Dvergsdal
    Gerd Dvergsdal
    Gerd Dvergsdal is a Norwegian politician for the Centre Party.She served as a deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament from Sogn og Fjordane during the term 2001–2005....

    , politician
  • 18 July - Svein Ludvigsen
    Svein Ludvigsen
    Svein Harald Ludvigsen is a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party. Ludvigsen was born in Hillesøy, the son of a fishing boat captain. Before entering politics Ludvigsen worked as a businessman and local banker...

    , politician and Minister
  • 22 July - Jan Grund
    Jan Grund
    Jan Grund is a Norwegian academic.He graduated with the cand.oecon. degree in 1972. He was hired as rector of Akershus University College in December 2007, and assumed office in April 2008. He was formerly a professor of health administration at the Norwegian School of Management's Department of...

    , academic
  • 2 August - Ivar Frønes
    Ivar Frønes
    Ivar Frønes is a Norwegian sociologist.He graduated with a mag.art. degree in 1975, and took the dr.philos. degree in 1995...

    , sociologist
  • 4 August - Ola Dybwad-Olsen
    Ola Dybwad-Olsen
    Ola Dybwad-Olsen is a former Norwegian footballer who played as a striker for Lyn, Stabæk and Norway. During his fourteen year career at Lyn he came to be regarded as one of the greatest players in the club's history...

    , international soccer player
  • 14 August - Gunn Vigdis Olsen-Hagen
    Gunn Vigdis Olsen-Hagen
    Gunn Vigdis Olsen-Hagen was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.She was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Rogaland in 1977, and was re-elected on three occasions...

    , politician (d.1989
    1989 in Norway
    -Incumbents:* Monarch - Olav V of Norway* Prime Minister - Gro Harlem Brundtland until 16 October, Jan P. Syse -Events:* 30 March – The Oseberg oil field and the first gas pipeline to mainland Norway were opened....

    )
  • 18 August - Arild Braastad
    Arild Braastad
    Arild Braastad is a Norwegian diplomat. He started working for the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1979. He served as head of department in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 1999 to 2001, and was the Norwegian ambassador to South Korea from 2001 to 2006 and to Malaysia from 2006 to his...

    , diplomat
  • 5 September - Sigurd Allern
    Sigurd Allern
    Sigurd Allern is a Norwegian media theorist and the first professor of journalism at the University of Oslo. He was also one of the central people in starting the Workers' Communist Party of Norway in the early 1970s, and was the first chairman of the party between 1973 and 1975 and at the same...

    , media theorist and professor of journalism
  • 16 September - Trond Bergh
    Trond Bergh
    Trond Bergh is a Norwegian economic historian.He was born in Tvedestrand, and took the cand.philol. degree at the University of Oslo in 1973...

    , economic historian
  • 23 September - John Haugland
    John Haugland
    John Haugland is a Norwegian former rally driver. He competed in 27 world rally championship events, more often than not at the wheel of a Škoda. He had four Top 10 finishes in his career...

    , rally driver
  • 28 September - Tarald Osnes Brautaset
    Tarald Osnes Brautaset
    Tarald Osnes Brautaset is a Norwegian diplomat.He is a cand.polit. by education, and started working for the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1973...

    , diplomat
  • 28 September - Ingar Skaug
    Ingar Skaug
    Ingar Skaug, was CEO at Wilh. Wilhelmsen from 2003 to 2010.He has previously held the positions as president and CEO at Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics and Wilhelmsen Lines. Before taking up positions in the WW-group, Skaug was vice president and deputy chief operating officer in the Norwegian part...

    , businessperson
  • 29 September - Tove Strand, civil servant and politician
  • 7 October - Svein Aaser
    Svein Aaser
    Svein Aaser is a former CEO of DnB NOR, the largest financial group in Norway. He resigned on 31 December 2006. He is chair of FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2011, the National Gallery of Norway and Marine Harvest.- Early career :...

    , businessperson
  • 13 October - Sven-Erik Svedman
    Sven-Erik Svedman
    Sven-Erik Svedman is a Norwegian diplomat and politician for the Conservative Party.He is a siv.øk. by education, and started working for the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1973. From 1989 to 1990, he served as a State Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as a part of the Syse's...

    , diplomat and politician
  • 27 October - Steinar Gullvåg
    Steinar Gullvåg
    Steinar Gullvåg is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Vestfold in 2005.Gullvåg was a member of Nøtterøy municipality council from 1979 to 1987 and 2003 to 2007....

    , politician
  • 28 October - Per Rom
    Per Rom
    Per Rom is a former Norwegian sprinter who specialized in the 200 and 400 metres.He finished eighth in 4 x 400 metres relay at the 1971 European Championships with his teammates Steinar Mo, Gøte Lundblad and Richard Simonsen. He became Norwegian champion in 400 m in 1971...

    , sprinter
  • 1 November - Jørgen Åsland
    Jørgen Åsland
    Jørgen Åsland is a Norwegian politician for the Centre Party.He served as a deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament from Vest-Agder during the term 1993–1997....

    , politician
  • 7 November - Sten Egil Bjørnø
    Sten Egil Bjørnø
    Sten Egil Bjørnø is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.He served as a deputy representative to the Parliament of Norway from Vestfold during the term 1985–1989. In total he met during 6 days of parliamentary session. He was an industrial laborer in Larvik.-References:...

    , politician
  • 7 December - Haakon Baardsøn Hjelde
    Haakon Baardsøn Hjelde
    Haakon Baardsøn Hjelde is a Norwegian diplomat.He was born in Oslo, and is a cand.jur. by education. He started working for the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1965. After a period as deputy under-secretary of state in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 1994 to 1999, he became the...

    , diplomat
  • 9 November - Gunnar Fatland
    Gunnar Fatland
    Gunnar Fatland is a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Rogaland in 1985, and was re-elected on two occasions....

    , politician
  • 18 November - Ulf Magnussen
    Ulf Magnussen
    Ulf Magnussen is a retired Norwegian handball player who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics.He was born in Oslo and represented the club Refstad IL. In 1972 he was part of the Norwegian team which finished ninth in the Olympic tournament. He played one match, the group match against...

    , handball player
  • 23 November - Agnes Buen Garnås
    Agnes Buen Garnås
    Agnes Buen Garnås is a Norwegian folk singer from the county of Telemark. She comes from a famous musical family from the town of Jondalen, and is known particularly for her singing of ancient unaccompanied Norwegian ballads, as well as her updated arrangements of these songs in collaboration with...

    , folk singer
  • 25 November - Harald Tyrdal
    Harald Tyrdal
    Harald Tyrdal is a retired Norwegian handball player who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics.He was born in Oslo and represented the club Refstad IL. In 1972 he was part of the Norwegian team which finished ninth in the Olympic tournament. He played four matches and scored twelve goals. He was...

    , handball player
  • 7 December - Kirsti Sparboe
    Kirsti Sparboe
    Kirsti Sparboe was born on 7 December 1946 in Tromsø, Norway. She Is a musical performer, and an actress. Most of her musical career is based around the widely popular Eurovision Song Contest....

    , singer and actress
  • 7 December - Lars Wilhelmsen
    Lars Wilhelmsen
    Lars Wilhelmsen is a Norwegian civil servant.He was born in Bergen as the son of Leif Wilhelmsen, and took the cand.philol. degree at the University of Oslo in 1972. He was hired as deputy under-secretary of State in the Ministry of Local Government and Labour in 1988. In 1994 he became the...

    , civil servant
  • 11 December - Torbjørn Frøysnes
    Torbjørn Frøysnes
    Torbjørn Frøysnes is a Norwegian diplomat and politician for the Conservative Party.He was born in Arendal, and is a cand.polit. by education. He started working for the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1973, but became a State Secretary from 1984 to 1986 as a part of the second cabinet...

    , diplomat and politician
  • 11 December - Dagfinn Sundsbø
    Dagfinn Sundsbø
    Dagfinn Sundsbø is a Norwegian politician for the Centre Party.He served in the position of deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament from Akershus during the terms 1993–1997, 1997–2001, 2001–2005 and 2005–2009...

    , politician
  • 14 December - Ingse Stabel
    Ingse Stabel
    Inger-Else "Ingse" Stabel is a Norwegian judge.She was born in Oslo as a daughter of Supreme Court Justice Carl Ludovico Stabel and Karen Andrea Elisabeth Eide . She is a niece of Fredrik Stabel. She family moved from Tøyen to Bygdøy when Stabel was 8 years old, and she finished her secondary...

    , judge
  • 29 December - Bernhard Ramstad
    Bernhard Ramstad
    Bernhard Ramstad is a Norwegian actor, theatre instructor and director.He made his debut at Trøndelag Teater in 1966. He was formally employed there from 1968 to 1970, and then worked at Nationaltheatret from 1970 to 1971, Hålogaland Teater from 1971 to 1977 and Telemark Teater from 1977 to 1986....

    , actor, theatre instructor and director

Full date unknown

  • Olav Terje Bergo
    Olav Terje Bergo
    Olav Terje Bergo was a Norwegian newspaper editor. He was the chief editor of Bergensavisen from 1984 to 2009, and was chairman of the board of the Norwegian Media Business organization from 2002 to 2005...

    , newspaper editor
  • Marianne Gullestad, social anthropologist (d.2008
    2008 in Norway
    -Incumbents:* Monarch - Harald V of Norway* Prime Minister - Jens Stoltenberg -Events:* January 1 – The Agency for Public Management and eGovernment is established....

    )
  • Svein Koningen
    Svein Koningen
    Svein Koningen is an abstract expressionist painter born in Trondheim Norway, childhood in Amsterdam, education in Australia, lives and works in Bruges, Belgium.- Biography :...

    , painter
  • Svein Kristensen
    Svein Kristensen
    Svein Ragnar Kristensen is a Norwegian civil servant.Having graduated as siv.øk. from Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration, he embarked on a career as a civil servant, working in the Ministry of Local Government, the Norwegian Labour Inspection Authority and the National...

    , civil servant
  • Torleiv Maseng
    Torleiv Maseng
    Torleiv Maseng is a prominent Norwegian engineer, who made some contribution to the Global System for Mobile Communications project...

    , engineer
  • Oddbjørn Nordset
    Oddbjørn Nordset
    Oddbjørn Karmhus Nordset is a Norwegian civil servant and politician for the Centre Party.He took an agricultural education, graduating from the Norwegian College of Agriculture with the cand.agric. degree in 1973. Before enrolling at the Norwegian College of Agriculture, he was a secretary for...

    , civil servant and politician
  • Arvid Noe
    Arvid Noe
    Arvid Noe is the alias of a Norwegian sailor who is the first person known to have contracted HIV and died from AIDS outside of the United States. He is the second person confirmed to have died from AIDS, after the teenager known as Robert R., from St. Louis, Missouri, in 1969.-Biography:Noe...

    , sailor and truck driver, one of the first non-Africans known to have died from AIDS (d.1976
    1976 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....

    )
  • Arne Nore
    Arne Nore
    Arne Kåre Nore is a Norwegian businessperson. He was the key architect behind the creation of Pan Fish, and was chief executive officer until 2003, when he was replaced by Atle Eide.-References:...

    , businessperson

Notable deaths

  • 8 January - Rasmus Pedersen Thu
    Rasmus Pedersen Thu
    Rasmus Pederson Thu was a Norwegian photographer noted for documenting life along the coast of Norway and among Norwegian Americans in the late 19th century. He worked for some time with Anders Beer Wilse and traveled to the United States several times....

    , photographer (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...

    )
  • 23 January - Bernt Tunold
    Bernt Tunold
    Bernt Tunold was a Norwegian painter. Influenced by his early years in a rural environment on the small island of Selja on the west coast of Norway, his paintings, initially inspired by the style of his countryman Nikolai Astrup, are known for their depictions of the dramatic and contrast-filled...

    , painter (b.1877
    1877 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...

    )
  • 13 February - Johan Throne Holst
    Johan Throne Holst
    Johan Throne Holst , was a Norwegian industrialist and politician for the Liberal Left Party ....

    , industrialist and politician (b.1868
    1868 in Norway
    -Events:*21 January - Norwegian Trekking Association is founded*12 October- The final stretch of the railway line Randsfjordbanen between Drammen and Hønefoss makes Norway's fifth railway complete.-Births:...

    )
  • 22 March - Ragnvald Bødtker
    Ragnvald Bødtker
    Ragnvald Bødtker was a Norwegian engineer, known as the director of log driving in Halden for 42 years.-Personal life:...

    , engineer (b.1859
    1859 in Norway
    -Events:*8 July - Charles XV succeeds his father Oscar I of Sweden and Norway -Notable births:*29 June - Ragnvald Bødtker, engineer *4 August - Knut Hamsun, author, Nobel Prize in Literature laureate...

    )
  • 23 March - Ingolf Davidsen
    Ingolf Davidsen
    Ingolf Davidsen was a Norwegian gymnast who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics.He was part of the Norwegian team, which won the gold medal in the gymnastics men's team, free system event.-External links:*...

    , gymnast and Olympic silver medallist (b.1893
    1893 in Norway
    -Arts and literature:*The Norwegian Authors' Union is established.*Edvard Munch paints "The Scream"-January to March:*6 January - Olaf Bjerke, trade unionist and politician...

    )
  • 4 April - Klaus Sletten
    Klaus Sletten
    Klaus Daae Sletten was a Norwegian organizational worker and politician who spent his professional career as an editor of magazines and newspapers. He was known as a supporter of the Nynorsk cause.-Early life:...

    , organizational worker, editor and politician (b.1877
    1877 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...

    )
  • 16 May - Søren Berg Sørensen Moen
    Søren Berg Sørensen Moen
    Søren Berg Sørensen Moen was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Troms in 1945, but he died less than one year into the term. He was replaced by Peder Nikolai Leier Jacobsen...

    , politician (b.1899
    1899 in Norway
    -Events:*27 June - The paperclip is patented by Johan Vaaler, a Norwegian inventor.-Notable births:*25 January - Peder Holt, politician *25 January - Rolf Jacobsen, boxer *3 February - Olaf Aarvold, priest and politician...

    )
  • 21 August - Rudolf Gundersen
    Rudolf Gundersen
    Rudolf Gundersen was a Norwegian speed skater. He represented Kristiania Skøiteklub and was among the world's best skaters around the start of the 20th century....

    , speed skater (b.1879
    1879 in Norway
    -Arts and literature:*Henrik Ibsen publishes A Doll’s House-January to June:*11 April - Øistein Schirmer, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist *29 April - Henrik Ameln, jurist and politician...

    )
  • 16 September - Margit Schiøtt
    Margit Schiøtt
    Margit Schiøtt, née Knudsen was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party. She was born in Gjerpen, a daughter of the Norwegian Prime Minister Gunnar Knudsen. Her husband was dr. ing. Didrik Cappelen Schiøtt and they lived at Gulset in Skien, Norway, where they also owned a little farm...

    , politician (b.1889
    1889 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...

    )
  • 13 October - Ole Sæther
    Ole Sæther
    Ole Sæther was a Norwegian rifle shooter who competed in the early 20th century. He won several Olympic medals....

    , rifle shooter and Olympic gold medallist (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...

    )
  • 11 November - Egill Reimers
    Egill Reimers
    Egill Reimers was a Norwegian architect and sailor who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics....

    , architect, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (b.1878
    1878 in Norway
    -Events:* A law is passed that requires teachers to speak the dialect of their pupils and not the other way round.-Births:*13 January - Henrik Østervold, sailor and Olympic gold medallist *17 January - Olaf Husby, sport shooter...

    )
  • 26 November - Ola Bertelsen
    Ola Bertelsen
    Ola Bertelsen was a Norwegian jurist and politician for the Liberal Left Party.Born in Haugesund as the son of a bricklayer, he enrolled as a law student in 1883 and graduated as cand.jur. in 1888. He worked as an attorney in his hometown, before being appointed chief of police in 1911. In 1917 he...

    , jurist 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...

    )
  • 13 December - Egil Eide
    Egil Eide
    Egil Næss Eide was a Norwegian silent film actor and director. He appeared in eighteen films between 1913 and 1935, and worked at the National Theatre between 1899 and 1939.-Career:...

    , actor and director (b.1868
    1868 in Norway
    -Events:*21 January - Norwegian Trekking Association is founded*12 October- The final stretch of the railway line Randsfjordbanen between Drammen and Hønefoss makes Norway's fifth railway complete.-Births:...

    )

Full date unknown

  • Olav Gunnarsson Helland
    Olav Gunnarsson Helland
    Olav Gunnarsson Helland , Norwegian Hardanger fiddle maker from Bø in Telemark.He was the eldest of Gunnar Olavsson Helland's five sons, four of whom became violin makers...

    , Hardanger fiddle maker (b.1875
    1875 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:...

    )
  • Gunnar Horn
    Gunnar Horn
    Gunnar Hansen Horn was a Norwegian petroleum geologist and Arctic explorer. He is most renowned as the leader of the Bratvaag Expedition that found the long-lost remains of S. A. Andrée's Arctic balloon expedition of 1897 at Kvitøya in 1930....

    , petroleum geologist and Arctic
    Arctic
    The Arctic is a region located at the northern-most part of the Earth. The Arctic consists of the Arctic Ocean and parts of Canada, Russia, Greenland, the United States, Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Iceland. The Arctic region consists of a vast, ice-covered ocean, surrounded by treeless permafrost...

     explorer
  • Ambrotius Olsen Lindvig
    Ambrotius Olsen Lindvig
    Ambrotius Olsen Lindvig was the Norwegian Minister of Trade 1912-1913....

    , politician and Minister (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...

    )

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