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Decades: 1890s • 1900s • 1910s • 1920s • 1930s Centuries: 18th • 19th • 20th • 21st See also: 1917 in Norwegian football Other events of 1917 List of years in Norway

Incumbents

• King of Norway - Haakon VII of Norway

Events

• Bratsbergbanen railway line began traffic between Eidanger and Notodden. The line was closed in 2001.

Arts and literature

Sport

• 2 April - Lillestrøm SK football club is founded after the merger of two local football clubs.
• 19 May - Rosenborg BK football club is founded.

Births

January to March

• 20 January - Gunnar Bøe, economist and politician (d.1989)
• 1 February - Tor Aspengren, trade unionist (d.2004)
• 2 March - Haakon Tranberg, sprinter (d.1991)
• 6 March - Paul Svarstad, politician (d.1998)

April to June

• 5 May - Aage Eriksen, wrestler and Olympic silver medallist (d.1998)
• 16 May - Arne Røgden, bobsledder (d.2002)
• 17 May - Ragnvald Winjum, jurist and politician (d.1965)
• 25 May - Brynjulv Sjetne, politician (d.1976)
• 2 June - Sverre Bratland, military leader (d.2002)
• 14 June - Atle Selberg, mathematician (d.2007)
• 15 June - Einfrid Perstølen, psychiatrist and language proponent

July to September

• 3 July - Brita Collett Paus, humanitarian leader and founder of Fransiskushjelpen (d.1998)
• 18 July - Harald Nikolai Brøvig, politician
• 23 July - Knut Brynildsen, international soccer player (d.1986)
• 12 August - Ebba Haslund, novelist, short story writer, playwright, essayist, children's writer, literary critic, radio speaker and politician
• 13 August - Lulla Einrid Fossland, politician
• 3 September - Bjarne Hanssen, politician
• 23 September - Knut Haugland, resistance fighter and explorer
• 26 September - Åslaug Linge Sunde, politician

October to December

• 3 October - Odd Lundberg, speed skater and Olympic silver medallist (d.1983)
• 7 October - Godtfred Holmvang, decathlete and skier (d.2006)
• 16 October - Aasmund Brynildsen, essayist, biographer, magazine editor and publishing house consultant (d.1974)
• 26 October - Kaare Steel Groos, politician (d.1994)
• 5 November - Jens Evensen, lawyer, judge, politician and Minister (d.2004)
• 30 November - Arne Konrad Eldegard, banker and politician
• 13 December - Jan Baalsrud, resistance member (d.1988)
• 15 December - Gregers Gram, resistance fighter and saboteur (d.1944)
• 19 December - Olaf Dufseth, Nordic combined and cross-country skier
• 23 December - Eivind Sværen, shot putter (d.1986)

Full date unknown

• Eivind Erichsen, economist and civil servant (d.2005)
• Gudmund Harlem, politician and Minister (d.1988)
• Odd Hovdenak, civil servant
• Olav Harald Jensen, economist (d.1991)
• Fredrik Mellbye, physician and chief medical officer (d.1999)
• Tor Ørvig, paleontologist (d.1994)

Deaths

• 26 January - Oluf Iversen, politician (b.1847)
• 1 February - Georg Andreas Bull, architect and chief building inspector (b.1829)
• 17 March - Cæsar Peter Møller Boeck, dermatologist (b.1845)
• 15 June - Kristian Birkeland, scientist (b.1867)
• 18 June - Oscar Ambrosius Castberg, painter and sculptor (b.1846)
• 19 June - Johan Gerhard Theodor Ameln, politician (b.1838)
• 4 August - Kristian Birch-Reichenwald Aars, academic (b.1868)

Full date unknown

• Olaus Arvesen, educator and politician (b.1830)
• Jørgen Brunchorst, politician and Minister (b.1862)
• Hans Konrad Foosnæs, politician and Minister (b.1846)
• Haagen Krog Steffens, historian, archivist and genealogist (b.1873)
• Anders Sveaas, businessperson and consul (b.1840)
• Georg August Thilesen, politician and Minister (b.1837)
• Aasmund Halvorsen Vinje, politician and Minister (b.1851)