[edit] Incumbents [edit] Events [edit] Arts and literature [edit] Births [edit] January to March - 12 February - Tor Obrestad, novelist, poet and documentary writer
[edit] April to June - 6 April - Arne Solli, general and Chief of Defence of Norway
- 7 April - Oddbjørn Engvold, astronomer
- 11 April - Hans Jacob Hansteen, architect
- 12 April - Rolf Bendiksen, politician
- 8 May - Lucie Paus Falck, politician
- 26 May - Inger Lise Gjørv, politician
- 29 May - Karsten Alnæs, historian, writer and journalist
- 3 June - Turid Dørumsgaard Varsi, politician
- 15 June - Roger Gudmundseth, politician
Marit Tingelstad in 2005. Photo: Kirkens Informasjonstjeneste [edit] July to September [edit] October to December - 11 October - Arvid Jacobsen, newspaper editor
- 12 October - Bjørn Hansen, news presenter and correspondent
- 27 October - Jan Martin Larsen, cartographer, orienteer and politician
- 11 November - Fredrik Heffermehl, jurist, writer and translator
- 15 November – Aril Edvardsen, evangelical preacher and missionary (d.2008)[1]
- 23 November - Arvid Vatle, physician
- 27 November - Ragnar Tveiten, biathlete and double World Champion
- 2 December - Reidar Grønhaug, social anthropologist (d.2005)
- 9 December - Astrid Marie Nistad, politician
- 11 December - Asbjørn Bjørnset, politician
Liv Ullmann at Cannes in 2000. [edit] Full date unknown - Knut Th. Gleditsch, sports commentator (d.2001)
- Geir Grung, diplomat (d.2005)
- Kjell Henriksen, scientist (d.1996)
- Kåre Kivijärvi, photographer (d.1991)
- Ove Liavaag, civil servant (d.2007)
- Lars Gunnar Lie, politician and Minister
- Thor Listau, politician and Minister
- Jostein Nerbøvik, historian (d.2004)
- Agnar Sandmo, economist and professor
- Lars Walløe, physical chemist
[edit] Deaths [edit] January to June [edit] July to December - 15 September - Adolph Gundersen, Norwegian American medical doctor, founder of Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center (b.1865)
- 18 September - Erik Rotheim, chemical engineer and inventor of the aerosol spray can (b.1898)
- 25 September - Paul Olaf Bodding, missionary, linguist and folklorist (b.1865)
- 16 October - Nils Yngvar Ustvedt, medical doctor and politician (b.1868)
- 23 November - Erik Werenskiold, painter and illustrator (b.1855)
- 11 December - Christian Lous Lange, historian, teacher and political scientist, shared the Nobel Peace Prize in 1921 (b.1869)
- 12 December - Holger Sinding-Larsen, architect (b.1869)
[edit] Full date unknown [edit] References |