[edit] Incumbents [edit] Events [edit] Arts and literature [edit] Births [edit] January to March - 5 January - Ottar Dahl, historian and historiographer
- 17 January - Bjørn Gundersen, high jumper
- 18 January - Gudrun Tandberg Høykoll, politician
- 24 January - Gunnar Thorleif Hvashovd, politician (d.2001)
- 27 January - Knut Hoem, politician and Minister (d.1987)
- 3 February - Ivar Ramstad, discus thrower (d.2009)
- 3 February - Johan Syrstad, politician
- 5 February - Viktor Olsen, marathon runner
- 5 February - Thor Støre, politician (d.2001)
- 9 February - Andreas Hagen, newspaper editor
- 13 February - Arne Tjersland, politician
- 19 February - Borghild Niskin, alpine skier
- 23 February - Per G. Schøyen, diplomat
- 28 February - Oddvar Vormeland, educationalist and civil servant
- 2 March - Arne Sandnes, politician
- 5 March - Johan Østby, politician (d.2005)
- 11 March - Sverre Oddvar Andresen, politician (d.1994)
- 30 March - Reidar Berg, bobsledder
[edit] April to June - 7 April - Espen Skjønberg, actor
- 10 April - Erik Himle, civil servant, politician and Minister (d.2008)
- 19 April - Mary Eide, politician
- 19 April - Gunnar Garbo, journalist, politician and ambassador
- 20 April - Sverre Johan Juvik, politician
- 22 April - Thorbjørn Svenssen, international soccer player
- 10 May - Anders Hveem, bobsledder (d.2005)
- 11 May - Lars Ketil Strand, forester and professor
- 1 June - Willy Ovesen, civil servant
 Ingrid Espelid Hovig in jury of Bocuse d'Or Europe 2008 in Stavanger. [edit] July to September - 4 July – Julius Paltiel, Holocaust survivor (d.2008)[1]
- 11 July - Eleonore Bjartveit, politician and Minister (d.2002)
- 15 July - Lars Aspeflaten, politician
- 22 July - Signe Marie Stray Ryssdal, politician and Supreme Court lawyer
- 14 August - Sverre Fehn, architect (d.2009)
- 15 August - Jo Benkow, politician and writer and former President of the Parliament
- 25 August – Ingvald Ulveseth, politician (d.2008)[2]
- 31 August - Thor Pedersen, rower and Olympic bronze medallist (d.2008)
- 2 September - Egil Bergsland, politician (d.2007)
- 18 September - Sverre Helland, politician (d.2007)
- 27 September - Magnar Estenstad, cross country skier and double Olympic medallist (d.2004)
- 27 September - Kolbjørn Stordrange, politician (d.2004)
[edit] October to December  Knut Steen. Photo: Nina Aldin Thune [edit] Full date unknown [edit] Deaths - 14 January - Arne Garborg, writer (b.1851)
- 3 February - Axel Christian Zetlitz Kielland, civil servant and diplomat (b.1853)
- 4 February - Nordal Wille, botanist (b.1858)
- 11 February - Olav Nygard, poet (b.1884)
- 4 March - Leif Erichsen, sailor and Olympic silver medallist (b.1888)
- 3 April - Anders Krogvig, librarian, writer, literary consultant and critic (b.1880)
- 21 May - Hans Gabriel Nissen Buck, physician and politician (b.1848)
- 22 May - Herbjørn Gausta, artist (b.1854)
- 10 October – Edvard A. Liljedahl, politician and Minister (b.1845)
- 8 December - Carl Anton Larsen, mariner and Antarctic explorer (b.1860)
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