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Decades: 1890s • 1900s • 1910s • 1920s • 1930s Centuries: 18th • 19th • 20th • 21st See also: 1911 in Norwegian football Other events of 1911 List of years in Norway

Incumbents

• King of Norway - Haakon VII of Norway

Events

• 14 December - Roald Amundsen's expedition reaches the South Pole
• Norsk Hydro's second plant opens at Rjukan, four years after its first plant at Notodden.

Arts and literature

Sport

• 19 June - Molde FK football club is founded.

Births

January to March

• 1 January - Håkon Melberg, linguist (d.1990)
• 11 January - Harald Heide Steen, actor (d.1980)
• 16 January - Arne Tuft, cross country skier (d.1989)
• 20 January - Andreas Wormdahl, politician (d.2001)
• 28 January - Sverre Engen, skier, ski coach, ski area manager and film-maker in America (d.2001)
• 12 February - Charles Mathiesen, speed skater and Olympic gold medallist (d.1994)
• 3 March - Kristian Henriksen, international soccer player, coach (d.2004)
• 5 March - Nils Eriksen, international soccer player and Olympic bronze medallist (d.1975)

April to June

• 6 April - Per Tønder, politician
• 10 April - Kåre Christiansen, bobsledder (d.1964)
• 13 April - Thorstein Treholt, politician and Minister (d.1993)
• 14 April - Astrid Løken, entomologist (d.2008)
• 20 April - Reidar Andersen, ski jumper and Olympic bronze medallist (d.1991)
• 25 April - Hans Beck, ski jumper and Olympic silver medallist (d.1996)
• 18 May - Ole Myrvoll, professor in economy, politician and Minister (d.1988)
• 19 May - Petter Pettersson, Jr., politician (d.1984)
• 27 May - Torolf Elster, newspaper and radio journalist, magazine editor, novelist, crime writer and short story writer (d.2006)
• 3 June - Olav Økern, cross country skier and Olympic bronze medallist (d.2000)

July to September

• 6 July - Odd Rasdal, long distance runner (d.1985)
• 13 July - Torvald Kvinlaug, politician (d.1977)
• 18 July - Claus Marius Neergaard, politician (d.1990)
• 22 August - Edvard Hambro, politician and 25th President of the United Nations General Assembly (d.1977)
• 23 August - Birger Ruud, ski jumper, twice Olympic gold medallist and three time World Champion (d.1998)
• 25 August - Ragnar Haugen, boxer (d.1964)
• 10 September - Frithjof Ulleberg, soccer player and Olympic bronze medallist (d.1993)
• 15 September - Karsten Solheim, golf club designer and businessman in America (d.2000)
• 20 September - Oddleif Fagerheim, politician (d.1999)
• 22 September - Inge Einarsen Bartnes, politician (d.1988)
• 23 September - Herman Hebler, printmaker and graphic artist (d.2007)
• 28 September - Nils Sønnevik, politician (d.1988)

October to December

• 12 October - Johannes Lislerud, politician (d.1989)
• 15 October - Margith Johanne Munkebye, politician (d.2000)
• 2 November - Guri Johannessen, politician (d.1972)
• 6 November - Harald Nicolai Samuelsberg, politician (d.1986)
• 9 November - Ebba Lodden, politician (d.1997)
• 19 November - Harry Haraldsen, speed skater (d.1966)
• 13 December - Trygve Haavelmo, economist, awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (d.1999)
• 29 December - Alf Martinsen, soccer player and Olympic bronze medallist (d.1988)

Full date unknown

• Henriette Bie Lorentzen, humanist, peace activist, feminist and editor (d.2001)
• Leif Iversen, politician (d.1989)
• Reidar Fauske Sognnaes, Dean of Harvard School of Dental Medicine, forensic scientist (d.1984)

Deaths

• 4 January - Oscar Nissen, physician, newspaper editor and politician (b.1843)
• 30 March - Sven Oftedal, helped found the Lutheran Free Church (b.1844)
• 14 June - Johan Svendsen, composer, conductor and violinist (b.1840)
• 2 September - Isak Kobro Collett, politician (b.1867)
• 30 October - Ulrik Frederik Christian Arneberg, politician (b.1829)

Full date unknown

• Nils Christian Egede Hertzberg, politician and Minister (b.1827)
• Hans Møller, politician, consul and businessperson (b.1830)
• Harald Smedal, politician and Minister (b.1859)