1901 in Norway

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See also:	1901 in Sweden List of years in Norway

Events in the year 1901 in Norway.

Incumbents

• Monarch: Oscar II
• Prime Minister: Johannes Steen

Births

Eivind Groven

January to March

• 9 January - Bjarne Lyngstad, politician and Minister (died 1971)
• 16 January - Narve Bonna, ski jumper and Olympic silver medallist (died 1976)
• 16 January - Hans Karolus Ommedal, politician (died 1984)
• 26 January - Alf Konningen, alpine skier (died 1978)
• 30 January - Eldrid Erdal, politician (died 1997)
• 11 March - Kjell Bondevik, politician and Minister (died 1983)
• 17 March - Arnt Njargel, politician (died 1985)
• 25 March - Harry Lundeberg, merchant seaman and labour leader in America (died 1957)

April to June

• 10 April - Tønnes Oksefjell, politician (died 1976)
• 23 April - Tore Segelcke, actress (died 1979)
• 1 May - Jentoft Jensen, politician (died 1953)
• 3 May - Kjell Gjøstein Aabrek, politician (died 1967)
• 8 May - Ingrid Bjerkås, first female minister in the Church of Norway (died 1980)
• 11 May – Axel Strøm, physician (died 1985).^[1]
• 23 May - Kristoffer Nilsen, boxer (died 1975)
• 4 June – Kolbjørn Fjeld, librarian and publisher (died 1978).^[2]
• 19 June - Øyvinn Øi, military officer (died 1940)

July to September

• 8 July - Sigurd Lersbryggen, politician (died 1980)
• 9 July - Jørgen Mathiesen, landowner and businessperson (died 1993)
• 14 July - Hårek Ludvig Hansen, politician (died 1996)
• 14 July - Haakon Sløgedal, politician (died 1979)
• 17 July - Finn Berstad, international soccer player (died 1982)
• 6 August - Anders Sæterøy, politician (died 1991)
• 10 August - Hjalmar Olai Storeide, politician (died 1961)
• 14 August - Håkon Bryhn, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (died 1968)
• 16 August - Olav Kielland, composer and conductor (died 1985)
• 27 August - Liv Tomter, politician (died 1978)
• 31 August - Helge Jakobsen, politician (died 1996)
• 5 September - Erling Dekke Næss, shipowner and businessman (died 1993)
• 6 September - Henrik Friis Robberstad, politician (died 1978)
• 11 September - Torkell Tande, politician (died 2001)
• 22 September - Brynhild Berge, diver (died 1975)

October to December

• 1 October - Arne Torolf Strøm, politician (died 1972)
• 2 October - Egil Halmøy, politician (died 1984)
• 4 October - Egil Werner Erichsen, politician (died 2000)
• 6 October - Aslak Brekke, folksinger (died 1978)
• 8 October - Eivind Groven, composer and music-theorist (died 1977)
• 18 November - Einar Nilsen, boxer (died 1980)
• 24 November - Reidar Ødegaard, cross country skier and Olympic bronze medallist (died 1972)
• 6 December - Odd Nansen, architect, author and humanitarian (died 1973)
• 26 December - Olav Hordvik, politician (died 1979)
• 31 December - John Schjelderup Giæver, author and polar researcher (died 1970)

Full date unknown

• Per Arneberg, poet, prosaist and translator (died 1981)
• Erik Kristen-Johanssen, jurist and theatre director (died 1976)
• Gulbrand Lunde, politician (died 1942)
• Rudolf Nilsen, poet and journalist (died 1929)
• Bjarne Slapgard, educator and author (died 1997)
• Solveig Haugan, stage and movie actress (died 1953)

Deaths

• 31 January - Peter Andreas Blix, architect and engineer (born 1831)
• 9 May - Andreas Leigh Aabel, physician and poet (born 1830)
• 3 July - Lorenz Juhl Vogt, politician (born 1825)

Full date unknown

• Ole Peter Petersen, founder of Methodism in Norway and co-founder of Norwegian and Danish Methodism in the United States (born 1822)

References

1. Larsen, Øivind. "Axel Strøm". In Helle, Knut. Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 1 February 2013.
2. Tveterås, Egil. "Kolbjørn Fjeld". In Helle, Knut. Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 11 March 2013.