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Decades: 1930s • 1940s • 1950s • 1960s • 1970s Centuries: 18th • 19th • 20th • 21st See also: 1958 in Norwegian football Other events of 1958 List of years in Norway

Incumbents

• King of Norway - Olav V of Norway

Events

Arts and literature

• Harald Sverdrup, poet and children's writer, is awarded the Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature for his poetry, Sankt Elms ild.^[1]
• Astrid Tollefsen, poet, is awarded the Gyldendal's Endowment literature prize.

Births

• 4 February - Kjell Ola Dahl, writer
• 19 June - Siri Bjerke, politician
• 30 October - Gunn Marit Helgesen, politician
• 24 November - Randi Hansen, pop singer
• 15 December - Christopher Hjort, typographer and graphical designer

Full date unknown

• Nils Carl Aspenberg, historian, author and businessperson
• Peter M. Haugan, scientist and Director of the Geophysical Institute, University of Bergen
• Liv Signe Navarsete, politician and Minister
• Eugene Ejike Obiora, died during police arrest (d.2006)

Deaths

January to June

• 21 January - Sven Nielsen, politician (b.1883)
• 22 February - Thorleif Petersen, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (b.1884)
• 25 February - Ole Sørensen, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (b.1883)
• 18 March - Sigve Lie, sailor and twice Olympic gold medallist (b.1906)
• 19 March - Hellmer Hermandsen, rifle shooter and Olympic silver medallist (b.1871)
• 19 April - Andreas Strand, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist (b.1889)
• 20 June - Ingvald Haugen, trade unionist and politician (b.1894)

July to December

• 16 July - Birger Eriksen, military officer (b.1875)
• 2 September - Paul Tjøstolsen Sunde, politician (b.1896)
• 11 September - Dorthea Dahl, writer in America (b.1881)
• 18 September - Olaf Gulbransson, artist, painter and designer (b.1873)
• 10 December - Hans Næss, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (b.1886)
• 25 December - Yngvar Fredriksen, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (b.1887)

Full date unknown

• Torgeir Anderssen-Rysst, politician and Minister (b.1888)
• Per Bakken, Nordic skier (b.1882)
• Nils Bertelsen, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (b.1879)
• Theodor Bull, businessperson and genealogist (b.1870)
• Arnfinn Heje, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (b.1887)
• Gunnar Larsen, journalist, writer and translator (b.1900)
• Birger Øivind Meidell, politician (b.1882)
• Olav Berntsen Oksvik, politician and Minister (b.1887)

References