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[edit] Incumbents

• King of Norway - Haakon VII of Norway

[edit] Events

• 7 August - Thor Heyerdahl's balsa wood raft, the Kon-Tiki, smashes into the reef at Raroia in the Tuamotu Islands after a 101 day, 4,300 mile journey across the Pacific Ocean, proving that pre-historic peoples could have traveled from South America.
• Owned by Norsk Hydro between 1912 and 1918, the artificial fertilizer production at Glomfjord is leased back to Hydro by the Norwegian government. This activity is today^[update] Yara International. Hydro also buys the power plant.

[edit] Arts and literature

• The Norwegian Writers for Children association (Norske Barne- og Ungdomsbokforfattere) is founded.
• Nils Johan Rud, novelist, short story writer and magazine editor, is awarded the Gyldendal's Endowment literature prize for the first time

[edit] Births

Jan Garbarek live

[edit] January to March

• 2 January - Hans Gjeisar Kjæstad, politician
• 19 January - Frank Aarebrot, political economist
• 24 January - Øystein Sunde, folk singer and guitarist
• 4 February - Halvor Hagen, American football player
• 9 February - Ole Paus, singer, author and poet
• 14 February - Marit Nybakk, politician
• 20 February - Torstein Dahle, politician and economist
• 27 February - Johan Elsness, politician
• 2 March - Steinar Pedersen, politician
• 4 March - Jan Garbarek, saxophonist
• 5 March - Jørg Willy Bronebakk, diplomat
• 5 March - Lorents Lorentsen, civil servant
• 5 March - Ola Didrik Saugstad, pediatrician and professor

Laila Riksaasen Dahl
Photo: Kirkens informasjonstjeneste

• 7 March - Laila Riksaasen Dahl, bishop
• 12 March - Erling Lars Dale, educationalist
• 12 March - Arne Sortevik, politician
• 15 March - Henning Skumsvoll, politician
• 16 March - Erling Lae, politician
• 30 March - Torbjørn Digernes, physicist and professor

[edit] April to June

• 4 April - Inger Smuk, politician
• 9 April - Olav Steinar Namtvedt, politician

Thor Hansen at the EPT Monte Carlo (Grand Final) in 2008

• 11 April - Kristen Fløgstad, triple jumper and long jumper
• 22 April - Anne Brit Stråtveit, politician
• 30 April - Finn Kalvik, singer and composer
• 12 May - Tore Eriksen, economist and civil servant
• 16 May - Tom Thoresen, politician
• 8 June - Jan Otto Fredagsvik, politician
• 11 June - Svein Erik Bakke, entrepreneur (d.2006)
• 14 June - Karen Margrethe Kuvaas, politician
• 23 June - Thor Hansen, professional poker player
• 27 June - Tron Øgrim, journalist, author and politician (d.2007)
• 28 June - Bjørn Simensen, culture administrator and former journalist

[edit] July to September

• 3 July - Rolf Erling Andersen, politician
• 5 July - Astrid Bekkenes, politician
• 5 July - Sigurd Frisvold, general and former Chief of Defence of Norway
• 28 July - Kjell Øvergård, politician
• 4 August - Halvar Hansen, politician
• 12 August - Ole Henrik Magga, Sámi linguist and politician
• 20 August - Per Ravn Omdal, former president of the Norwegian Football Association
• 23 August - Terje Rypdal, guitarist and composer
• 1 September - Jan Jakob Tønseth, author, poet and translator

Kjell Magne Bondevik

• 3 September - Kjell Magne Bondevik, Lutheran minister, politician and Prime Minister of Norway
• 12 September - Bjørn Floberg, actor
• 19 September - Knut Karlberg, veterinarian
• 21 September - Åge Tovan, politician
• 23 September - Morten Strand, soccer player and politician
• 24 September - Erik Hivju, actor
• 25 September - Torhild Staahlen, operatic mezzo-soprano
• 27 September - Svein Kvia, international soccer player (d.2005)
• 28 September - Gustav Lorentzen, singer-songwriter

[edit] October to December

• 10 October - Håkon Helgøy, politician
• 11 October - Sigmund Kroslid, politician
• 19 October - Gunnar Staalesen, writer
• 31 October - Gunhild Elise Øyangen, politician and Minister
• 3 November - Tor Svendsberget, biathlete
• 5 November - Eyvind Skeie, priest and author
• 11 November - Surrey Marshe, model

Odd-Arne Jacobsen live in Russia

• 18 November - Øyvind Stene, engineer and businessperson
• 19 November - Finn Tveter, rower, Olympic silver medallist and jurist
• 22 November - Terje Rød-Larsen, diplomat and sociologist
• 24 November - Eva Lundgren, feminist scholar and sociologist
• 5 December - Jørgen Kosmo, politician and Minister
• 18 December - Einar Olav Skogholt, politician
• 18 December - Sten Stensen, speed skater and Olympic gold medallist
• 29 December - Odd-Arne Jacobsen, musician

[edit] Full date unknown

• Odd Aalen, statistician and professor
• Dag Jostein Fjærvoll, politician
• Kari Gjesteby, politician and Minister
• Inge K. Hansen, businessperson
• Kristian Helland, politician
• Håvard Kjærstad, businessperson
• Aage Kvalbein, cellist and professor of cello
• Sverre Leiro, businessperson
• Kai Paulsen, journalist, photographer and computer collector (d.2002)
• Svein Rennemo, businessperson
• Johan Vold, businessperson

[edit] Deaths

[edit] January to June

• 12 February - Ragnhild Kåta, first deafblind person in Norway to receive proper schooling (b.1873)
• 8 April - Olaf Frydenlund, rifle shooter and Olympic silver medallist (b.1862)
• 22 April - Einar Dønnum, Nazi collaborator, executed (b.1897)
• 30 April - Yngvar Bryn, track and field athlete and pairs figure skater (b.1881)
• 24 May - Øistein Schirmer, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (b.1879)

[edit] July to December

• 1 August - Harald Natvig, rifle shooter and Olympic gold medallist (b.1872)
• 15 September - Øistein Jakobsen, politician (b.1907)
• 15 October - John Johansen, sprinter (b.1883)
• 23 October - Sigurd Christiansen, novelist and playwright (b.1891)

[edit] Full date unknown

• Torger Baardseth, bookseller and publisher (b.1875)
• Johan Cappelen, jurist and politician (b.1889)
• Per Larssen, politician and Minister (b.1881)
• Per Lysne, Rosemaling artist (b.1880)
• Magnus Nilssen, politician and Minister (b.1871)
• Embrik Strand, arachnologist (b.1876)
• Paul Benjamin Vogt, politician and Minister (b.1863)