1955 in Norway
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- 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....
) until 22 January, 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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- 14 January - 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...
resigned. - 22 January – Gerhardsen's Third Cabinet was appointed.
- 3 December - Osvald HarjoOsvald HarjoOsvald Harjo was a Norwegian resistance member during World War II, and a prisoner in Soviet Gulag camps for more than a decade....
returned to Norway after 13 years in Soviet prison camps. - Municipal and county electionsNorwegian local elections, 1955-Result of municipal elections:Results of the 1955 municipal elections....
are held throughout the country.
Sports
- Kristian KristiansenKristian Kristiansen (writer)Kristian Kristiansen was a Norwegian novelist, playwright, writer of short stories, and children's writer.He was born in Tromsø as the son of carpenter Ingbert Kristiansen and Ingeborg Haugen . The family moved to Trøndelag when Kristian was nine years old. After middle school he held several...
, novelist, playwright, short story and children's writer, is awarded the Mads Wiel Nygaard's Endowment literary prize
Notable births
- 2 March - Sven MollekleivSven MollekleivSven Mollekleiv is a Norwegian organizational leader.He was born in Bergen, but grew up in Oslo, and has his education from the Norwegian School of Sport Sciences...
, organizational leader - 16 June - Grete FaremoGrete FaremoGrete Faremo , is a Norwegian politician who serves as the Norwegian Minister of Justice and the Police in Norway....
, former politician and businessperson - 5 August - Lise ChristoffersenLise ChristoffersenLise Christoffersen is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. She was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Buskerud in 2005. On the local level, Christoffersen was a member of Drammen city council from 1983 to 2003, serving as deputy mayor from 1991 to 1995 and mayor from 1995 to...
, politician - 7 August - Vigdis Hjulstad BelboVigdis Hjulstad BelboVigdis Hjulstad Belbo is a Norwegian politician for the Centre Party.She served as a deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament from Nord-Trøndelag during the terms 1993–1997 and 1997–2001...
, politician - 10 August - Kari HenriksenKari HenriksenKari Henriksen is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.She was born in Vennesla. She served as a deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament from Vest-Agder during the term 2005–2009 and elected representative for the term 2009–2013...
, politician - 16 August - Åse Lill KimestadÅse Lill KimestadÅse Lill Kimestad is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.She served as a deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament from Vest-Agder during the terms 1989–1993, 1993–1997 and 2001–2005....
, politician - 16 December - Kari ØklandKari ØklandKari Økland is a Norwegian politician for the Christian Democratic Party.She was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Nordland in 1997, but was not re-elected in 2001...
, politician
Notable deaths
- 16 January - Asbjørn HalvorsenAsbjørn HalvorsenAsbjørn Halvorsen was a Norwegian footballer. He was a centre-half who played 19 times for the Norwegian national team, and won the Norwegian Cup in 1917 as a member of Sarpsborg...
, international soccer player and general secretary of the Norwegian Football Association (b.18981898 in Norway-Incumbents:*Prime Minister of Norway: Francis Hagerup , replaced by:*Prime Minister of Norway: Johannes Steen-Arts and literature:*Olaus Alvestad publishes the songbook Norsk Songbok for Ungdomsskular og Ungdomslag-Notable births:...
) - 16 February - Einar OslandEinar OslandEinar Osland was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party.He was born in Lavik og Brekke.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from the Market towns of Vest-Agder and Rogaland in 1950, but was not re-elected in 1954...
, politician (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...
) - 2 May - Torkell VinjeTorkell VinjeTorkell Vinje was a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Rogaland in 1931, and was re-elected on three occasions...
, politician (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...
) - 1 June - F. Melius ChristiansenF. Melius ChristiansenF. Melius Christiansen was a Norwegian-born violinist and choral conductor in the Lutheran choral tradition.-Background:...
, violinist and choral conductor (b.18711871 in Norway-Notable births:*27 January - Bodil Katharine Biørn, missionary known as Mother Katharine *1 February - Hellmer Hermandsen, rifle shooter and Olympic silver medallist *26 March - Karl Haagensen, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist...
) - 2 June - Haaken Hasberg GranHaaken Hasberg Gran-Personal life:Gran was born in Tønsberg as the son of naval captain August Kriegsmann Gran and his wife Agnes Hasberg . He was the paternal grandson of politician Jens Gran, nephew of businessperson Jens Gran, Jr., first cousin of aviator Tryggve Gran and second cousin of writer Gerhard Gran...
, botanist (b.18701870 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...
) - 28 June - Haakon LindHaakon LindHaakon Lind was a Norwegian boxer who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics.In 1928 he was eliminated in the first round of the lightweight class after losing his fight to Franz Dübbers.-External links:*...
, boxer (b.19061906 in Norway-Incumbents:*King of Norway - Haakon VII of Norway*Prime Minister of Norway - Christian Michelsen-Events:* 22 June - Haakon VII and Maud of Wales are crowned rulers of Norway in the Nidaros Cathedral.* The 1906 Parliamentary election takes place....
) - 6 July - Alfred Ingvald Næss, speed skater (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...
) - 11 July - Christian S. Oftedal, politician (b.19071907 in Norway-Incumbents:*King of Norway - Haakon VII of Norway*Prime Minister of Norway - Christian Michelsen-Events:* June 14 – Norway adopts female suffrage.* Norsk Hydro, having been founded in 1905, opens up its first plant at Notodden....
) - 4 September - 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 (b.18761876 in Norway-January to June:*8 January - Nils Tveit, politician *23 March - Nils Erik Flakstad, businessperson and politician *22 April - Ole Edvart Rølvaag, novelist and professor in America *9 May - Johan Arndt, politician...
) - 11 September - Einar LibergEinar LibergEinar Liberg was a Norwegian rifle shooter who competed in the early 20th century. He won the gold medal with the Norwegian free rifle team at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, and four years later at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm he won the silver medal with the free rifle team...
, rifle shooter and Olympic gold medallist (b.18731873 in Norway-Births:*5 March - Olav Bjaaland, ski champion and polar explorer *9 March - Yngvar Sonnichsen, Norwegian-American artist and painter *11 March - Arnold Holmboe, politician and Minister...
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- Anders FjelstadAnders FjelstadAnders Fjelstad was a Norwegian politician for the Centre Party, then called Bondepartiet . He was consultative councillor of state 1940-1943 in the exile Nygaardsvold's Cabinet.-References:...
, politician (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...
) - Einar FrognerEinar FrognerEinar Frogner was the leader of the Norwegian Centre Party 1948-1954, and Minister of Agriculture in 1945 in the Unification Cabinet of Einar Gerhardsen. Frogner was a farmer by profession.-References:...
, politician and Minister (b.18931893 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...
) - Karl HovelsenKarl HovelsenKarl Hovelsen was a Norwegian Nordic skier. Howelsen Hill Ski Area at Steamboat Ski Resort in Steamboat Springs, Colorado was named in his honor.-Biography:...
, Nordic skier (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...
) - Ferdinand SchjelderupFerdinand SchjelderupFerdinand Schjelderup was a Norwegian mountaineer, Supreme Court Justice and resistance member during the German occupation of Norway.-Personal life:He was born in Kristiania as the son of Thorleif Frederik Schjelderup and Inga Berven...
, mountaineer, Supreme Court Justice and resistance member (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...
) - Haakon SheteligHaakon SheteligHaakon Shetelig was a Norwegian archaeologist, historian and museum director. He was a pioneer in archaeology known for his study of art from the Viking Age in Norway...
, archaeologist (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...
) - Andreas Tostrup UrbyeAndreas Tostrup UrbyeAndreas Tostrup Urbye was the Norwegian Minister of Labour 1913-1916 and 1916-1917....
, politician and Minister (b.18691869 in Norway-January to June:*18 February - Johan Hjort, fisheries scientist, marine zoologist and oceanographer *23 March - Waldemar Ager, newspaperman and author in America *1 April - Peter Egge, writer *11 April - Gustav Vigeland, sculptor...
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