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Decades: 1920s • 1930s • 1940s • 1950s • 1960s Centuries: 18th • 19th • 20th • 21st See also: 1949 in Norwegian football Other events of 1949 List of years in Norway

Incumbents

• King of Norway - Haakon VII of Norway

Events

Arts and literature

• Finn Carling, novelist, playwright, poet and essayist, makes his literary debut with Broen (two short stories and a one-act play).

Sport

• Martin Stokken, cross country skier and athlete, is awarded the Egebergs Ærespris for excellence in more than one sport, and the Norwegian Sportsperson of the Year.

Births

January to June

• 7 January - Bente Erichsen, culture director
• 2 April - Per Husby, jazz musician and orchestra leader
• 10 April - Ingolf Håkon Teigene, journalist and editor (d.2007)
• 3 May - Esben Esther Pirelli Benestad, doctor and sexologist
• 19 May - Inga Kvalbukt, politician
• 30 May - Bjørn T. Grydeland, civil servant and diplomat

July to December

• 8 November - Clement Endresen, judge
• 10 November - Aud Gaundal, politician
• 18 November - Sverre Diesen, military officer and Chief of Defence of Norway
• 9 December - Anne Enger, politician
• 14 December - Inger Lise Rypdal, singer and actress

Full date unknown

• Sverre Årnes, novelist
• Oddvar Einarson, film director

Deaths

January to June

• 21 February - Anders Beer Wilse, photographer (b.1865)
• 2 June - Gudbrand Bernhardsen Tandberg, politician (b.1903)
• 10 June - Sigrid Undset, novelist, awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1928 (b.1882)

July to December

• 13 July - Nils Tveit, politician (b.1876)
• 8 August - Eivind Kristoffer Eriksen, politician (b.1893)
• 8 October - Erik Ørvig, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (b.1895)
• 4 December - Ivar Lykke, politician and Prime Minister of Norway (b.1872)
• 22 December - Ole Reistad, military officer and pentathlete (b.1898)

Full date unknown

• Eugen Ingebretsen, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (b.1884)
• Rudolf Elias Peersen, politician and Minister (b.1868)
• Erik Solem, judge (b.1877)