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Decades: 1900s • 1910s • 1920s • 1930s • 1940s Centuries: 18th • 19th • 20th • 21st See also: 1920 in Norwegian football Other events of 1920 List of years in Norway

Incumbents

• King of Norway - Haakon VII of Norway

Events

• 9 February - The League of Nations gives Spitsbergen to Norway.
• Aalesund ship is discovered embedded in the earth south of Ålesund.

Arts and literature

Births

January to March

• 2 January - Anne-Sofie Østvedt, resistance leader
• 7 January - Anders Bratholm, jurist and professor of jurisprudence
• 10 January - Rut Brandt, writer and second wife of the German Chancellor Willy Brandt (d.2006)
• 14 January - Helge Rognlien, politician and Minister (d.2001)
• 19 January - Kåre Olafsen, resistance member, executed (d.1945)
• 20 January - Thorleif Schjelderup, ski jumper, Olympic bronze medallist and author (d.2006)
• 27 January - Gudmund Saxrud, civil servant and diplomat
• 4 February - Ole J. Kleppa, physical chemist (d.2007)
• 8 February - Sverre Farstad, speed skater and Olympic gold medallist (d.1978)
• 15 February – Anne-Catharina Vestly, children's author (d.2008)^[1]
• 17 February - Ivo Caprino, film director and writer (d.2001)
• 21 February - Per Øisang, journalist and radio and television presenter (d.1967)
• 3 March - Henry Gundersen, resistance member, executed (d.1945)
• 10 March - Finn Ferner, sailor and Olympic silver medallist (d.2001)
• 11 March - Kåre Kristiansen, politician (d.2005)
• 19 March - Kjell Aukrust, author, poet and artist (d.2002)
• 21 March - Trygve Moe, politician (d.1998)
• 29 March - Hans Methlie Michelsen, judge

April to June

• 4 April – Dagfinn Grønoset, author (d.2008)^[2]
• 8 April - Kristian Asdahl, politician (d.2000)
• 10 April - Jakob Aano, politician
• 22 April - Adolf Bogstad, resistance member, executed (d.1945)
• 28 April - Egil Endresen, jurist and politician (d.1992)
• 7 May - Einar Wøhni, politician (d.1987)
• 10 May - Olaf Kortner, politician (d.1998)
• 29 May - Bjarne Aagard Strøm, politician
• 14 June - Ivar Mathisen, sprint canoer and Olympic silver medallist
• 30 June - Hans Kristian Seip, forester

July to September

• 2 July - Lars T. Platou, electrical engineer and politician (d.2003)
• 15 July - Gudmund Grytøyr, politician (d.2001)
• 21 July - Gunnar Thoresen, international soccer player
• 21 July - Harald Warholm, politician (d.1967)
• 22 July - Ingvar Bakken, politician (d.1982)
• 25 July - Merete Skavlan, actress, theatre instructor and director
• 27 July - Olaf Poulsen, speed skater and president of the International Skating Union (d.2008)
• 31 July - Per Hysing-Dahl, politician (d.1989)
• 9 August - Kjeld Langeland, politician (d.1973)
• 20 September - Rolf Kirkvaag, journalist and radio and television personality (d.2003)

October to December

• 6 October - Edvard Beyer, literary historian, literary critic and professor (d.2003)
• 9 October - Jens Bjørneboe, writer (d.1976)
• 9 October - Jens Boyesen, diplomat and politician (d.1996)
• 24 October - Per Saugstad, psychologist and professor
• 26 October - Anne Valen Hestetun, politician
• 3 November - Guttorm Hansen, writer and politician (d.2009)
• 27 November - Johannes Bråten, politician (d.1997)
• 5 December - Hallvard Eika, politician and Minister (d.1989)
• 8 December - Ivar Martinsen, speed skater
• 12 December - Tollef Landsverk, judge and civil servant (d.1988)
• 19 December - Trygve Brudevold, bobsledder

Full date unknown

• Sverre Bergh, spy in Nazi Germany during World War II (d.2006)
• Bjarte Birkeland, literary researcher (d.2000)
• Jens-Halvard Bratz, businessman, politician and Minister (d.2005)
• Rolf Arthur Hansen, politician and Minister
• Simen Skjønsberg, journalist and writer (d.1993)

Deaths

• 3 April - Fernanda Nissen, journalist, literary critic, theatre critic, politician and feminist pioneer (b.1862)
• 18 May - Johan Henrik Paasche Thorne, businessperson and politician (b.1843)

Full date unknown

• Anders Bergene, businessperson (b.1855)
• Oskar Fredriksen, speed skater (b.1872)
• Knut Gunnarsson Helland, Hardanger fiddle maker (b.1880)
• Baard Iversen, businessperson and politician (b.1836)
• Olaj Olsen, jurist and politician (b.1851)
• Steinar Schjøtt, philologist and lexicographer (b.1844)
• Andreas Lauritz Thune, engineer and businessman (b.1848)

References