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Contents 1 Incumbents 2 Events 3 Arts and literature 4 Births 5 Deaths 5.1 January to March 5.2 April to June 5.3 July to September 5.4 October to December 5.5 Full date unknown 6 References

[edit] Incumbents

• King of Norway - Olav V of Norway
• Prime Minister of Norway - Per Borten (until 16 March), replaced by
• Prime Minister of Norway - Trygve Bratteli

[edit] Events

[edit] Arts and literature

• Per Arneberg, poet, prosaist and translator is awarded the Riksmål Society Literature Prize.^[1]
• Gunvor Hofmo, writer and poet, is awarded the Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature for Gjest på jorden (Guest on Earth).
• Stein Mehren, poet, novelist, essayist and playwright, is awarded the Dobloug Prize literature award.
• Arild Nyquist, novelist, poet, children's writer and musician, is awarded the Mads Wiel Nygaard's Endowment literary prize.^[2]

[edit] Births

• 3 April - Ingvild Vaggen Malvik, politician
• 6 April - Mona Grudt, model and 1990 Miss Universe
• 13 May - Espen Lind, songwriter, producer, singer, and multi-instrumentalist
• 28 June - Dagrun Eriksen, politician
• 18 October - Line Henriette Holten Hjemdal, politician
• 22 November - Geir Hartly Andreassen, cinematographer

[edit] Deaths

[edit] January to March

• 16 January - Halfdan Gran Olsen, rower and Olympic bronze medallist (b.1910)
• 29 January - Bjarne Guldager, sprinter (b.1897)
• 31 January - Gunnar Jahn, jurist, economist and politician (b.1883)
• 24 February - Hartvig Svendsen, politician (b.1902)
• 1 March - Harald Damsleth, cartoonist, illustrator and ad-man (b.1906)

[edit] April to June

• 1 April - Hans Svarstad, politician (b.1883)
• 2 May - Olaf Barda, chess player, first Norwegian International Master (b.1909)
• 24 May - Haakon Hansen, politician (b.1907)
• 2 June - Per Mathiesen, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (b.1885)
• 26 June - Halvor Birkeland, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (b.1894)

[edit] July to September

• 19 July - Hans Kristian Bromstad, politician (b.1903)
• 20 July - Olaf Ingebretsen, gymnast and Olympic bronze medallist (b.1892)
• 6 August - Finn Moe, politician (b.1902)
• 19 August - Arthur Sundt, politician (b.1899)
• 4 September - Bjarne Lyngstad, politician and Minister (b.1901)

[edit] October to December

• 5 October - Marit Hemstad, sprinter (b.1928)
• 5 October - Marit Øiseth, cross country skier (b.1928)
• 17 October - Leif Grøner, banker and politician (b.1884)
• 22 October - Håkon Ellingsen, rower and Olympic bronze medallist (b.1894)
• 18 November - Leif Bjorholt Burull, politician (b.1895)
• 10 December - Arne Langset, politician (b.1893)
• 12 December - Kristian Johan Bodøgaard, politician (b.1885)

[edit] Full date unknown

• Thorstein John Ohnstad Fretheim, politician (b.1886)
• Johs Haugerud, politician (b.1896)
• Nils Hønsvald, politician and Minister (b.1899)
• Nic. Stang, art historian and writer (b.1908)
• Julius Sundsvik, novelist and newspaper editor (b.1891)

[edit] References