1952 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 ....
- Oscar TorpOscar Torpwas a Norwegian politician for the Norwegian Labour Party. He was party leader from 1923 to 1945, and mayor of Oslo in 1935 and 1936. In 1935 he became acting Minister of Defence in the government of Johan Nygaardsvold. He was also Minister of Social Affairs from 1936 to 1939, and then Minister of...
(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
- 7 January – 15 died in a mine explosion in SvalbardSvalbardSvalbard is an archipelago in the Arctic, constituting the northernmost part of Norway. It is located north of mainland Europe, midway between mainland Norway and the North Pole. The group of islands range from 74° to 81° north latitude , and from 10° to 35° east longitude. Spitsbergen is the...
. - 14-25 February – 1952 Winter Olympics1952 Winter OlympicsThe 1952 Winter Olympics, officially known as the VI Olympic Winter Games, took place in Oslo, Norway, from 14 to 25 February 1952. Discussions about Oslo hosting the Winter Olympic Games began as early as 1935; the city wanted to host the 1948 Games, but World War II made that impossible...
are held in OsloOsloOslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...
. - Around April 4 five Norwegian seal huntingSeal huntingSeal hunting, or sealing, is the personal or commercial hunting of seals. The hunt is currently practiced in five countries: Canada, where most of the world's seal hunting takes place, Namibia, the Danish region of Greenland, Norway and Russia...
vessels went down in a storm in the West IceWest IceThe West Ice is a patch of the Greenland Sea covered by pack ice during winter time. It is located north of Iceland, between Greenland and Jan Mayen island....
. The West Ice accidentsWest Ice accidentsThe West Ice accidents occurred around April 5, 1952 when the five Norwegian seal hunting vessels "Ringsel", "Brattind" and "Vårglimt" from Troms and "Buskøy" and "Pels" from Sunnmøre with a total of 78 men vanished in the midst of a severe storm in the West Ice, east of Greenland.Despite search...
claimed 78 lives in total. - 24 November - FolketeatretFolketeatretFolketeatret is a theatre in Oslo, Norway. The building has existed longer than the theatre, and been used as a movie theatre and opera house....
(lit. The People's Theatre) opened in Oslo.
Sports
- Olaf BardaOlaf BardaOlaf Barda , born Olaf M. Olsen, was a Norwegian chess player. He was the first Norwegian awarded the title of International Master, which he received in 1952....
, chess player, becomes the first Norwegian to be awarded the title of International Master
Film
- 20 March – Thor HeyerdahlThor HeyerdahlThor Heyerdahl was a Norwegian ethnographer and adventurer with a background in zoology and geography. He became notable for his Kon-Tiki expedition, in which he sailed by raft from South America to the Tuamotu Islands...
received the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature at the 24th Academy Awards24th Academy AwardsThe 24th Academy Awards is an event that honored the Greatest Films of 1951.Best Picture was awarded to An American in Paris, which, like A Place in the Sun, received six academy awards...
for the Kon-Tiki filmKon-Tiki (film)Kon-Tiki is a Norwegian documentary about the Kon-Tiki expedition led by Norwegian explorer and writer Thor Heyerdahl in 1947, released in 1950. The movie, which was directed by Thor Heyerdahl and edited by Olle Nordemar, received the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature at the 24th Academy...
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Notable births
- 25 January - Inga BalstadInga BalstadInga Johanne Balstad is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. She served as a deputy representative in the Norwegian Parliament from Sør-Trøndelag county during the terms 1993–1997 and 1997–2001....
, politician - 11 March - Vigdis GiltunVigdis GiltunVigdis Karen Giltun is a Norwegian politician for the Progress Party.She was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Østfold in 2005....
, politician - 6 March – Nils Johan RingdalNils Johan RingdalNils Johan Ringdal was a Norwegian author and historian, known mostly for his works on Norwegian occupation history and Norwegian cultural history, and for his controversial book "Nationaltheaterets Historie 1899-1999" ...
, author and historian (d.20082008 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Harald V of Norway* Prime Minister - Jens Stoltenberg -Events:* January 1 – The Agency for Public Management and eGovernment is established....
) - 25 April - Ketil BjørnstadKetil BjørnstadKetil Bjørnstad is a Norwegian pianist and composer. Initially trained as a classical pianist, Bjørnstad discovered jazz at an early age and has embraced the emergence of "European jazz"....
, pianist and composer - 2 May - Gunda JohansenGunda JohansenGunda Pauline Johansen is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.She served as a deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament from Troms during the term 2005–2009....
, politician - 13 May - Lars Amund VaageLars Amund VaageLars Amund Vaage is a Norwegian author and playwright.Vaage debuted in 1979 with his novel Øvelse Kald vinter. His work has been recognized by numerous awards and prestigious nominations, including nomination for the Nordic Council's Literature Prize for the novel Rubato in 1995...
, author and playwright - 19 May - Guri IngebrigtsenGuri IngebrigtsenGuri Helene Ingebrigtsen is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.In the 1970s she was a member of the leftist Workers' Communist Party . In 1986, she worked in the Afghanistan Committee, giving medical aid. She was a graduate in medicine from the University of Oslo in 1982, having minored...
, politician - 10 July - Kari HusøyKari HusøyKari Husøy is a Norwegian politician for the Christian Democratic Party.She was born in Bergen, and has a librarian's education. She worked as a secretary and advisor for the Christian Democratic Party's parliamentary group from 1983. She served herself in the position of deputy representative to...
, politician - 18 July - Per PettersonPer PettersonPer Petterson is a Norwegian novelist. Petterson's debut was Aske i munnen, sand i skoa , a collection of short stories. He has since published a number of novels to good reviews. To Siberia , a novel set in the Second World War, was published in English in 1998 and nominated for the Nordic...
, novelist - 27 July - Torfinn BjarkøyTorfinn BjarkøyTorfinn Bjarkøy is a Norwegian civil servant.He was born in Narvik. He served as the Norwegian Consumer Ombudsman from 1995 to 2000, having previously worked as a sub-director for the ombudsman from 1989.-References:...
, civil servant - 8 August - Jostein GaarderJostein GaarderJostein Gaarder /ˈju:staɪn ˈgɔːrdər/ is a Norwegian intellectual and author of several novels, short stories and children's books. Gaarder often writes from the perspective of children, exploring their sense of wonder about the world. He often uses metafiction in his works, writing stories within...
, author - 19 August - Lillian MüllerLillian MüllerLillian Müller is a Norwegian model and an actress in motion pictures and television.A 5 times "Page Three Girl" with her first appearance in January 1974, Müller achieved her major breakthrough after being spotted by Suze Randall, who photographed her Playboy cover and pictures in her Playmate...
, model and actress - 18 September - Gunn OlsenGunn OlsenGunn Olsen is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.She was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Telemark in 1997, and has been re-elected on two occasions...
, politician - 25 October - Helen FløisandHelen FløisandHelen Nordeide Fløisand is a Norwegian politician for the Christian Democratic Party.In 1999 Fløisand was elected deputy county mayor of Hordaland, succeeding Conservative Øyvind Halleraker...
, politician - 18 November - Gerd Janne KristoffersenGerd Janne KristoffersenGerd Janne Kristoffersen is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.She was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Nord-Trøndelag in 2005...
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- Anne-Lise BakkenAnne-Lise BakkenAnne-Lise Bakken is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. She was a member of the Norwegian Parliamentfrom 1977-1989. In 1986 she was appointed Minister of Administration and Consumer Affairs in in the Second Brundtland Government, but was forced to retire due to perceived misconduct in...
, politician and Minister - Magnus TakvamMagnus TakvamMagnus Takvam is a Norwegian journalist.He is currently employed as a news analyst in the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation, appearing on the evening news Dagsrevyen and the radio news magazine Dagsnytt Atten. He was employed in the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation in 1983.Magnus Takvam is the...
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Notable deaths
- 11 February - Ola Torstensen LyngstadOla Torstensen LyngstadOla Torstensen Lyngstad was a Norwegian newspaper editor and politician for the Liberal Party.He was elected to the Parliament of Norway from Oppland in 1945, but was not re-elected in 1949....
, politician (b.18941894 in Norway-Events:* The 1894 Parliamentary election takes place.-Arts and literature:*Erika Nissen, pianist, is granted an artist's scholarship by the Norwegian state-Notable births:*1 January - Otto Aasen, Nordic skier...
) - 14 February - Johan ClementzJohan ClementzJohan Fog Clementz was a Norwegian boxer who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics.In 1920 he was eliminated in the first round of the light heavyweight class after losing his fight to Thomas Holdstock....
, boxer (b.18941894 in Norway-Events:* The 1894 Parliamentary election takes place.-Arts and literature:*Erika Nissen, pianist, is granted an artist's scholarship by the Norwegian state-Notable births:*1 January - Otto Aasen, Nordic skier...
) - 19 February - Knut HamsunKnut HamsunKnut Hamsun was a Norwegian author, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1920. He was praised by King Haakon VII of Norway as Norway's soul....
, author, Nobel Prize in LiteratureNobel Prize in LiteratureSince 1901, the Nobel Prize in Literature has been awarded annually to an author from any country who has, in the words from the will of Alfred Nobel, produced "in the field of literature the most outstanding work in an ideal direction"...
laureate (b.18591859 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...
) - 13 March - Johan NygaardsvoldJohan NygaardsvoldJohan Nygaardsvold was a Norwegian politician from the Labour Party. He was Prime Minister of Norway from 1935 to 1945 , as head of the cabinet Nygaardsvold.-Political career:...
, politician and Prime Minister of NorwayPrime Minister of NorwayThe Prime Minister of Norway is the political leader of Norway and the Head of His Majesty's Government. The Prime Minister and Cabinet are collectively accountable for their policies and actions to the Sovereign, to Stortinget , to their political party, and ultimately the...
(b.18791879 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...
) - 20 April - Sigurd MasengSigurd MasengSigurd Maseng was a diplomat in the Norwegian Foreign Service. Raised in Oslo, he entered the Foreign Service in 1918. He was sent to the United States in 1936 to serve as the Vice-Consul in Chicago, home of a large Norwegian community. In 1947 he was promoted to the post of Consul General, which...
, diplomat (b.18941894 in Norway-Events:* The 1894 Parliamentary election takes place.-Arts and literature:*Erika Nissen, pianist, is granted an artist's scholarship by the Norwegian state-Notable births:*1 January - Otto Aasen, Nordic skier...
) - 14 May - Carl Julius Alvin WesterlundCarl Julius Alvin WesterlundCarl Julius Alvin Westerlund was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.He was born in Bodø.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from the Market towns of Vest-Agder and Rogaland counties in 1945, but was not re-elected in 1949...
, politician (b.18851885 in Norway-Events:*Norwegian parliamentary election is won by the Liberal Party of Norway.-January to March:*8 January - Anders Hove, politician *8 January - Anders Tjøstolvsen Noddeland, politician...
) - 13 June - Andreas BreckeAndreas BreckeAndreas Bang Brecke was a Norwegian sailor who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics and in the 1920 Summer Olympics....
, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (b.18791879 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...
) - 28 September - Ingvald TøndelIngvald TøndelIngvald Tøndel was a Norwegian politician for the Christian Democratic Party.He was born in Lensvik.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Sør-Trøndelag in 1945, and was re-elected on one occasion...
, politician (b.18871887 in Norway-Events:* 21 August - The Norwegian Labour Party was established.-January to March:*7 January - Ingvald Tøndel, politician *17 January - Ola Raknes, psychoanalyst and philologist...
) - 14 November - Aldor IngebrigtsenAldor IngebrigtsenAldor Ingebrigtsen was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.He was born in Tromsøysund.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Troms in 1922, and was re-elected on seven occasions...
, politician (b.18881888 in Norway-Events:*In the Norwegian parliamentary election the Conservative Party of Norway wins the most seats-Notable births:*7 January - Thorstein Johansen, rifle shooter and Olympic gold medallist *12 January - Jon Andrå, politician...
) - 14 December - Fartein ValenFartein ValenOlav Fartein Valen was a Norwegian composer and musical theorist, notable for his work within atonal polyphonic music.-Background:...
, composer and musical theorist (b.18871887 in Norway-Events:* 21 August - The Norwegian Labour Party was established.-January to March:*7 January - Ingvald Tøndel, politician *17 January - Ola Raknes, psychoanalyst and philologist...
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- Adam Egede-NissenAdam Egede-NissenAdam Egede-Nissen , Norwegian Communist politician. Born in Levanger and he started his political involvement in the Liberal Party of Norway and was elected to the Storting in 1900. In 1905 he broke with the Liberal Party and joined the Norwegian Labour Party and became one of its leaders...
, politician (b.18681868 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:...
) - Christian Wegner HaalandChristian Wegner HaalandChristian Wegner Haaland is a Norwegian ship-owner and politician for the Conservative Party.Haaland started his own shipping company in 1914...
, ship-owner and politician (b.18921892 in Norway-Events:* 31 January - The Holmenkollen ski jump opens.-Notable births:*5 January - John Johnsen, swimmer *1 February - Eugen Johansen, horse rider and Olympic silver medallist...
) - Knut LiestølKnut LiestølKnut Liestøl was the Norwegian Minister of Education and Church Affairs 1933-1935.He was the chairman of Noregs Mållag from 1925 to 1926....
, politician and Minister (b.18811881 in Norway-January to June:*5 January - Jørgen Bru, sport shooter *27 February - Sigvard Sivertsen, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist *11 March - Wictor Esbensen, mariner and explorer *20 March - Dorthea Dahl, writer in America...
) - William Martin NygaardWilliam Martin NygaardWilliam Martin Nygaard was a Norwegian publisher and politician.Nygaard was born in Kristiansand as the son of educator and linguist Marius Nygaard and his wife Elisabeth "Elise" Martin and brother of Kristen Brunfeldt Nygaard and Finn Nygaard...
, publisher and politician (b.18651865 in Norway-Births:*15 January - Finn Blakstad, farmer and politician *6 February - William Martin Nygaard, publisher and politician *12 June - Anders Beer Wilse, photographer...
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