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Incumbents

• King of Norway - Haakon VII of Norway
• Prime Minister of Norway - Johan Nygaardsvold (in exile in London, until May)

Events

• 8 February - Karl Marthinsen was assassinated.
• 9 February - several people were executed as reprisal of Marthinsen's death, among others Jon Vislie, Kaare Sundby and Haakon Sæthre
• 7 May - Knut Hamsun released his obituary of Adolf Hitler.
• 8 May - The occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany ended as German forces agreed to an unconditional surrender.
• 8 May - Grini concentration camp was liberated, only to be used later for treason suspects under the name Ilebu.
• 8 May - Josef Terboven and Wilhelm Rediess committed suicide.
• 9 May - Vidkun Quisling was arrested.
• 11 May - Sverre Riisnæs gave up his entrenchment at Skallum farm. Jonas Lie died during the entrenchment.
• 13 May - Heinrich Fehlis was arrested and committed suicide.
• 14 May - Henry Rinnan was arrested.
• 31 May - Government returned from exile in London.
• 6 June - King Haakon VII of Norway returned to Norway.
• 14 June - Knut Hamsun was apprehended.
• 20 June - Paal Berg gave up plans to form a broad, non-partisan coalition government.
• 25 June - Prime Minister Johan Nygaardsvold resigned as Haakon VII appointed Einar Gerhardsen to head an interim government composed of all political parties.
• 17 August - Reidar Haaland was executed.
• 24 October - Vidkun Quisling was executed.
• November - Norwegian parliamentary election, 1945 and local elections were held.
• 24 December - Henry Rinnan escaped from prison, only to be apprehended later.
• IG Farben was the largest stock-holder in Norsk Hydro. The two companies first formed a business partnership in 1927.
• The newspaper Verdens Gang was founded.

Arts and literature

Births

January to March

• 9 January - Liv Gjølstad, judge
• 10 February - Espen Haavardsholm, novelist, poet, biographer and essayist
• 26 February - Marta Kristen, actress
• 27 February - Odd Fossengen, motorcycle speedway rider

Sylfest Lomheim

• 11 March - Sylfest Lomheim, philologist and director of the Norwegian Language Council, Språkrådet
• 20 March - Erling Brandsnes, politician
• 26 March - Steinar Bastesen, politician

April to June

• 1 April - Per Kværne, tibetologist and art historian

Ernst Oddvar Baasland
Kirkens informasjonstjeneste

• 3 April - Ernst Oddvar Baasland, bishop
• 16 April - Britt Karin Larsen, poet and author
• 25 April - Ranja Hauglid, politician
• 25 April - Arne Kvalheim, long-distance runner
• 27 April - Kirsti Strøm Bull, professor of law
• 2 May - Tore Linné Eriksen, historian
• 12 May - Tormod Haugen, author (d.2008)
• 16 May - Ingeborg Sorensen, model
• 24 May - Eva Bugge, diplomat
• 2 June - Kolbjørn Almlid, businessperson and politician
• 17 June – Inge Thun, footballer (d.2008)^[1]
• 18 June - Jostein Helge Bernhardsen, diplomat

July to September

• 4 July - Steinar Amundsen, sprint canoer, Olympic gold medallist and World Champion
• 18 July - Magnar Lussand, politician
• 23 July - Knut Brustad, middle distance runner
• 24 July - Gunnar Halvorsen, politician
• 17 August - Arild Hiim, politician
• 16 September - Dag Frøland, comedian and revue artist (d. 2010)
• 20 September - Torkild Brakstad, international soccer player and coach
• 23 September - Bjørgulv Froyn, politician
• 25 September - Knut Eggum Johansen, civil servant

October to December

• 1 October - Britt Fredriksen, model
• 1 October - Jan Fuglset, soccer player
• 8 October - Kjersti Graver, jurist and Norwegian Consumer Ombudsman (d.2009)
• 20 October - Trond Kverno, composer

Arild Andersen

• 27 October - Arild Andersen, bass player
• 27 October - Ellen Bergli, politician
• 27 October - Kjell Hovda, biathlete
• 31 October - Tove Bull, linguist

Svein Fjellheim in June 2007.

• 1 November - Svein Fjellheim, trade unionist and politician
• 6 November - Odd Iversen, international soccer player
• 15 November - Anni-Frid Lyngstad, singer, former ABBA member
• 7 December - Liv Lindeland, model and actress
• 17 December - Odd Karsten Tveit, journalist, writer and economist
• 27 December - Tor Berger Jørgensen, bishop

Full date unknown

• Ranveig Frøiland, politician

Bjorn Tore Godal.

• Bjørn Tore Godal, politician and Minister
• Paal-Helge Haugen, poet, novelist, dramatist and children's writer
• Turid Hundstad, civil servant
• Liv Køltzow, novelist, playwright, biographer and essayist
• Odd F. Lindberg, freelance journalist, Arctic explorer and film maker
• Sverre Lodgaard, political scientist and politician
• Geir Lundestad, author and educator

Deaths

January to March

• 9 January - Jan Østervold, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (b.1876)
• 11 January - Nils Uhlin Hansen, long jumper and resistance member (b.1919)
• 5 February - Ludvik Buland, trade unionist (b.1893)
• 8 February - Karl Marthinsen, commander of Statspolitiet and Sikkerhetspolitiet in Norway during the Nazi occupation (b.1896)
• 9 February - Kaare Sundby, engineer, resistance member, executed (b.1905)
• 9 February - Jon Vislie, lawyer, executed as a reprisal (b.1896)
• 13 February - Adolf Bogstad, resistance member, executed (b.1920)
• 13 February - Arvid Hansen, resistance member, executed (b.1916)
• 5 March - Per Lie, labour activist (b.1907)
• 11 March - Leif Tronstad, scientist, intelligence officer and military organizer (b.1903)
• 17 March - Henry Gundersen, resistance member, executed (b.1920)
• 17 March - Kåre Olafsen, resistance member, executed (b.1920)
• 17 March - Frank Olsen, resistance member, executed (b.1922)

April to June

• 30 April - Worm Hirsch Darre-Jenssen, engineer, politician and Minister (b.1870)
• 7 May - Christian Albrecht Jakhelln, businessperson and politician (b.1863)
• 8 May - Josef Terboven, Reichskommissar during the German military occupation of Norway, suidice (b.1898)
• 11 May - Jonas Lie, politician and Minister, collaborator (b.1899)
• 27 June - Kai Holst, resistance fighter (b.1913)

July to December

• 17 August - Reidar Haaland, police officer and collaborator, executed (b.1919)
• 24 October - Vidkun Quisling, army officer, politician and Minister-President of Norway, executed (b.1887)
• 16 September - Oluf Wesmann-Kjær, rifle shooter (b.1874)
• 1 November - Olaf Sæther, rifle shooter and Olympic gold medallist (b.1872)
• 20 November - Jacob Thorkelson, elected official, naval officer and medical doctor in America (b.1876)

Full date unknown

• Marcus Olaus Bøckmann, priest and theologian (b.1849)
• Gerdt Henrik Meyer Bruun, politician and Minister (b.1873)
• Leif Grung, architect (b.1894)
• Katti Anker Møller, feminist, children's rights advocate and pioneer of reproductive rights (b.1868)
• Anton Frederik Winter Jakhelln Prytz, politician (b.1878)
• Bjørn Talén, opera singer (b.1890)

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