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Decades: 1950s • 1960s • 1970s • 1980s • 1990s Centuries: 18th • 19th • 20th • 21st See also: 1973 in Norwegian football Other events of 1973 List of years in Norway

Incumbents

• King of Norway - Olav V of Norway
• Prime Minister of Norway - Lars Korvald (until 16 October)
• Prime Minister of Norway - Trygve Bratteli

Events

• Norwegian parliamentary election is held

Arts and literature

• Aasmund Brynildsen, essayist, biographer and magazine editor, is awarded the Riksmål Society Literature Prize^[1]

Births

• 29 January - Lena Jensen, politician
• 5 March - Eva Kristin Hansen, politician
• 18 April - Trude Marstein, author
• 24 October - Laila Gustavsen, politician

Deaths

January to March

• 24 January - Ivar Asbjørn Følling, physician (b.1888)
• 25 January - Kjeld Langeland, politician (b.1920)
• 31 January - Ragnar Anton Kittil Frisch, economist and Nobel Prize laureate (b.1895)
• 31 March - Søren Hans Smith Sørensen, ship-owner and politician (b.1885)

April to June

• 13 April - Ola Olsen, politician (b.1891)
• 21 April - Johan Jentoft Johansen, politician (b.1906)
• 30 April - Torgeir Andreas Berge, politician (b.1897)
• 30 April - Ivar Kristiansen Hognestad, politician (b.1888)
• 30 May - Jørgen Andersen, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist (b.1886)
• 10 June - Leif Næss, rower and Olympic bronze medallist (b.1923)
• 11 June - Claes Gill, author, poet and actor (b.1910)
• 27 June - Odd Nansen, architect, author and humanitarian (b.1901)
• 30 June - Peter Kjeldseth Moe, politician (b.1909)

July to September

• 8 August - Henrik Nielsen, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist (b.1886)
• 4 September - Martha Frederikke Johannessen, politician (b.1907)
• 4 September - Elise Ottesen-Jensen, sex educator, journalist and anarchist agitator (b.1886)
• 14 September - Arne Sæter, politician (b.1913)
• 24 September - Johan Støa, politician (b.1913)

October to December

• 17 October - Bernt Balchen, polar and aviation pioneer in America (b.1899)
• 21 October - Conrad Carlsrud, gymnast, track and field athlete and Olympic silver medallist (b.1884)
• 21 October - Arnold Dyrdahl, bobsledder (b.1919)
• 10 December - Per Fokstad, teacher, politician and intellectual (b.1890)
• 17 December - Toralv Kollin Markussen, politician (b.1895)

Full date unknown

• Nils Christoffer Bøckman, military officer and businessperson (b.1880)
• Mikkjel Fønhus, writer (b.1894)
• Eugen Johansen, horse rider and Olympic silver medallist (b.1892)
• Emil Løvlien, forest worker, trade unionist and politician (b.1899)
• Arthur Qvist, horse rider and Olympic silver medallist (b.1896)
• Henny Skjønberg, actress and stage director (b.1886)
• Astrid Tollefsen, poet (b.1897)

References