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Incumbents

• King of Norway - Olav V of Norway
• Prime Minister of Norway - Trygve Bratteli

Events

Arts and literature

• Stein Mehren, poet, novelist, essayist and playwright, is awarded the Riksmål Society Literature Prize.

Births

• 9 January – Rolf Bae, mountaineer (d.2008)^[1]
• 25 March - Lisa Stokke, singer and actress
• 8 May - Anna Ceselie Brustad Moe, politician
• 25 July - Håvard Ellefsen, also known as Mortiis, black metal musician
• 7 August - Gaahl (Kristian Eivind Espedal), black metal musician

Full date unknown

• Frode Haltli, accordion player

Deaths

January to March

• 15 January - Edmund Fjærvoll, politician (b.1910)
• 15 January - Håkon Tønsager, rower (b.1890)
• 28 January - Ola Raknes, psychoanalyst and philologist (b.1887)
• 1 February - Martin Smeby, politician (b.1891)
• 5 February - Kristian Fjerdingen, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (b.1884)
• 22 February - Brynhild Berge, diver (b.1901)
• 14 March - Oddvar Sponberg, race walker (b.1914)

April to June

• 12 April - Alf Andersen, ski jumper and Olympic gold medallist (b.1906)
• 16 April - Oscar Larsen, middle distance runner (b.1887)
• 23 April - Ole Stenen, Nordic skier, Olympic silver medallist and World Champion (b.1903)
• 29 April - Torleiv Corneliussen, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (b.1890)
• 5 May - Nils Eriksen, international soccer player and Olympic bronze medallist (b.1911)
• 15 May - Einar Iveland, politician (b.1892)
• 5 June - Ivar Skjånes, politician (b.1888)
• 11 June - Karl Lunde, politician (b.1892)

July to September

• 3 July - Arne Halse, athlete and Olympic silver medallist (b.1887)
• 24 July - Frithjof Andersen, wrestler and Olympic bronze medallist (b.1893)
• 14 August - Einar Normann Rasmussen, politician (b.1907)
• 24 August - Oskar Steinvik, politician (b.1908)
• 26 August - Olaf Holtedahl, geologist (b.1885)
• 6 September - Kristoffer Nilsen, boxer (b.1901)

October to December

• 8 October - Frithjof Sælen, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (b.1892)
• 11 October - Henry Karlsen, politician (b.1912)
• 12 October - Peder Kjellberg, boxer (b.1902)
• 26 December - Salve Andreas Salvesen, politician (b.1909)

Full date unknown

• Kornelius Bergsvik, politician (b.1889)
• Thor Bjørklund, carpenter and inventor of the cheese slicer (b.1889)
• Thorleif Christoffersen, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (b.1900)
• Johan Faye, sailor and Olympic silver medallist (b.1889)
• Peder Furubotn, cabinetmaker and politician (b.1890)
• Johan Peter Holtsmark, physicist (b.1894)
• Rolf Kiær, hydrographer (b.1897)
• Egil Offenberg, politician and Minister (b.1899)
• Toralv Øksnevad, politician, journalist, newspaper editor and radio personality (b.1891)
• Bjart Ording, horse rider and Olympic silver medallist (b.1898)
• Øystein Olsen Ravner, politician (b.1893)
• Aimée Sommerfelt, author (b.1892)

References