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««« 1958 1957 1956 1955 1954	1959 in Norway	»»» 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964
Decades: 1930s • 1940s • 1950s • 1960s • 1970s Centuries: 18th • 19th • 20th • 21st See also: 1959 in Norwegian football Other events of 1959 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 Mads Wiel Nygaard's Endowment literary prize.^[1]

Births

• 28 April - Pia Borgli, actress
• 27 June - Thure Erik Lund, author
• 29 June - Harald Tveit Alvestrand, computer scientist
• 5 July - Synnøve Brenden Klemetrud, politician
• 8 July - Tom Egeland, author
• 27 August - Frode Fjellheim, Sami musician
• 29 September - Jon Fosse, author and dramatist
• 21 October - Åslaug Haga, politician and Minister

Deaths

• 21 March - Hartvig Caspar Christie, politician (b.1893)
• 17 May - Alf Grindrud, politician (b.1904)
• 16 June - Konrad Knudsen, painter, journalist and politician (b.1890)
• 3 July - Johan Bojer, novelist and dramatist (b.1872)
• 15 July - Peter Egge, writer (b.1869)
• 28 July - Roald Larsen, speed skater and Olympic silver medallist (b.1898)
• 5 September - Sigvald Hasund, researcher of agriculture, politician and Minister (b.1868)
• 21 November - Olav Meisdalshagen, politician and Minister (b.1903)

Full date unknown

• Eivind Berggrav, Lutheran bishop (b.1884)
• Sverre Grette, judge (b.1888)
• Kristian Hansson, jurist and civil servant (b.1895)
• Olaf Norli, bookseller and publisher (b.1861)
• Lars Slagsvold, veterinarian (b.1887)
• Sverre Kornelius Eilertsen Støstad, politician and Minister (b.1887)
• G. Unger Vetlesen, shipbuilder and philanthropist (b.1889)

References