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Incumbents

• King of Norway - Haakon VII of Norway

Events

• 7 August - Thor Heyerdahl's balsa wood raft, the Kon-Tiki, smashes into the reef at Raroia in the Tuamotu Islands after a 101 day, 4,300 mile journey across the Pacific Ocean, proving that pre-historic peoples could have traveled from South America.
• Owned by Norsk Hydro between 1912 and 1918, the artificial fertilizer production at Glomfjord is leased back to Hydro by the Norwegian government. This activity is today Yara International. Hydro also buys the power plant.

Arts and literature

• The Norwegian Writers for Children association (Norske Barne- og Ungdomsbokforfattere) is founded.
• Nils Johan Rud, novelist, short story writer and magazine editor, is awarded the Gyldendal's Endowment literature prize for the first time

Births

Jan Garbarek live

January to March

• 2 January - Hans Gjeisar Kjæstad, politician
• 19 January - Frank Aarebrot, political economist
• 24 January - Øystein Sunde, folk singer and guitarist
• 4 February - Halvor Hagen, American football player
• 9 February - Ole Paus, singer, author and poet
• 14 February - Marit Nybakk, politician
• 20 February - Torstein Dahle, politician and economist
• 27 February - Johan Elsness, politician
• 2 March - Steinar Pedersen, politician
• 4 March - Jan Garbarek, saxophonist
• 5 March - Jørg Willy Bronebakk, diplomat
• 5 March - Lorents Lorentsen, civil servant
• 5 March - Ola Didrik Saugstad, pediatrician and professor

Laila Riksaasen Dahl
Photo: Kirkens informasjonstjeneste

• 7 March - Laila Riksaasen Dahl, bishop
• 12 March - Erling Lars Dale, educationalist
• 12 March - Arne Sortevik, politician
• 15 March - Henning Skumsvoll, politician
• 16 March - Erling Lae, politician
• 30 March - Torbjørn Digernes, physicist and professor

April to June

• 4 April - Inger Smuk, politician
• 9 April - Olav Steinar Namtvedt, politician

Thor Hansen at the EPT Monte Carlo (Grand Final) in 2008

• 11 April - Kristen Fløgstad, triple jumper and long jumper
• 22 April - Anne Brit Stråtveit, politician
• 30 April - Finn Kalvik, singer and composer
• 12 May - Tore Eriksen, economist and civil servant
• 16 May - Tom Thoresen, politician
• 8 June - Jan Otto Fredagsvik, politician
• 11 June - Svein Erik Bakke, entrepreneur (d.2006)
• 14 June - Karen Margrethe Kuvaas, politician
• 23 June - Thor Hansen, professional poker player
• 27 June - Tron Øgrim, journalist, author and politician (d.2007)
• 28 June - Bjørn Simensen, culture administrator and former journalist

July to September

• 3 July - Rolf Erling Andersen, politician
• 5 July - Astrid Bekkenes, politician
• 5 July - Sigurd Frisvold, general and former Chief of Defence of Norway
• 28 July - Kjell Øvergård, politician
• 4 August - Halvar Hansen, politician
• 12 August - Ole Henrik Magga, Sámi linguist and politician
• 20 August - Per Ravn Omdal, former president of the Norwegian Football Association
• 23 August - Terje Rypdal, guitarist and composer
• 1 September - Jan Jakob Tønseth, author, poet and translator

Kjell Magne Bondevik

• 3 September - Kjell Magne Bondevik, Lutheran minister, politician and Prime Minister of Norway
• 12 September - Bjørn Floberg, actor
• 19 September - Knut Karlberg, veterinarian
• 21 September - Åge Tovan, politician
• 23 September - Morten Strand, soccer player and politician
• 24 September - Erik Hivju, actor
• 25 September - Torhild Staahlen, operatic mezzo-soprano
• 27 September - Svein Kvia, international soccer player (d.2005)
• 28 September - Gustav Lorentzen, singer-songwriter

October to December

• 10 October - Håkon Helgøy, politician
• 11 October - Sigmund Kroslid, politician
• 19 October - Gunnar Staalesen, writer
• 31 October - Gunhild Elise Øyangen, politician and Minister
• 3 November - Tor Svendsberget, biathlete
• 5 November - Eyvind Skeie, priest and author
• 11 November - Surrey Marshe, model

Odd-Arne Jacobsen live in Russia

• 18 November - Øyvind Stene, engineer and businessperson
• 19 November - Finn Tveter, rower, Olympic silver medallist and jurist
• 22 November - Terje Rød-Larsen, diplomat and sociologist
• 24 November - Eva Lundgren, feminist scholar and sociologist
• 5 December - Jørgen Kosmo, politician and Minister
• 18 December - Einar Olav Skogholt, politician
• 18 December - Sten Stensen, speed skater and Olympic gold medallist
• 29 December - Odd-Arne Jacobsen, musician

Full date unknown

• Odd Aalen, statistician and professor
• Dag Jostein Fjærvoll, politician
• Kari Gjesteby, politician and Minister
• Inge K. Hansen, businessperson
• Kristian Helland, politician
• Håvard Kjærstad, businessperson
• Aage Kvalbein, cellist and professor of cello
• Sverre Leiro, businessperson
• Kai Paulsen, journalist, photographer and computer collector (d.2002)
• Svein Rennemo, businessperson
• Johan Vold, businessperson

Deaths

January to June

• 12 February - Ragnhild Kåta, first deafblind person in Norway to receive proper schooling (b.1873)
• 8 April - Olaf Frydenlund, rifle shooter and Olympic silver medallist (b.1862)
• 22 April - Einar Dønnum, Nazi collaborator, executed (b.1897)
• 30 April - Yngvar Bryn, track and field athlete and pairs figure skater (b.1881)
• 24 May - Øistein Schirmer, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (b.1879)

July to December

• 1 August - Harald Natvig, rifle shooter and Olympic gold medallist (b.1872)
• 15 September - Øistein Jakobsen, politician (b.1907)
• 15 October - John Johansen, sprinter (b.1883)
• 23 October - Sigurd Christiansen, novelist and playwright (b.1891)

Full date unknown

• Torger Baardseth, bookseller and publisher (b.1875)
• Johan Cappelen, jurist and politician (b.1889)
• Per Larssen, politician and Minister (b.1881)
• Per Lysne, Rosemaling artist (b.1880)
• Magnus Nilssen, politician and Minister (b.1871)
• Embrik Strand, arachnologist (b.1876)
• Paul Benjamin Vogt, politician and Minister (b.1863)