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Centuries:

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Decades:

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1900s
1910s
1920s
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Incumbents

Monarch - Haakon VII

Events

Production of zinc begins in Glomfjord at the state-owned industrial plant.
Municipal and county elections are held throughout the country.

Births

Laila Schou Nilsen won the downhill event at the 1936 Olympics.

January to March

14 January – Harry Hansen, politician (died 2003)
17 January – Per Bergsland, Royal Air Force pilot and prisoner of war (died 1992)
31 January – Claus Helberg, resistance fighter and mountain guide (died 2003)
11 February – Erland Steenberg, politician
15 February – Asbjørn Herteig, archeologist (died 2006).^[1]
2 March – Carl Mortensen, sailor and Olympic silver medallist (died 2005)
5 March – Helge Seip, politician (died 2004)
17 March – Erik Rinde, jurist and pioneer of social sciences in Norway (died 1994)
18 March – Laila Schou Nilsen, speed skater, alpine skier and tennis player (died 1998)

April to June

1 April – Olav Brænden, pharmacist (died 1989).^[2]
13 April – Nils Reinhardt Christensen, film director and screenwriter (died 1990)
14 April – Bjarne Berg-Sæther, politician
19 April – Asbjørn Lillås, politician (died 1983)
21 April – Kristian Fougner, engineer and resistance member (died 2012).^[3]
25 April – Finn Helgesen, speed skater and Olympic gold medallist
6 May – Nils Uhlin Hansen, long jumper and resistance member (died 1945)
18 May – Ottar Landfald, politician
6 June – Rita Haugerud, politician
29 June – Johannes Heggland, author and politician (died 2008)^[4]

July to September

14 July – Arnold Dyrdahl, bobsledder (died 1973)
3 August – Thor Gystad, politician (died 2007)
3 August – Ola M. Hestenes, politician (died 2008)
4 August – Engly Lie, politician (died 2001)
9 August – Liv Andersen, politician (died 1997)
13 August – Børre Falkum-Hansen, sailor and Olympic silver medallist (died 2006)
25 August – Alf Nordhus, barrister (died 1997).^[5]
30 August – Joachim Rønneberg, resistance fighter and broadcaster
15 September – Eilert Dahl, Nordic skier (died 2004)
30 September – Olav O. Nomeland, politician (died 1986)

October to December

26 October – Knut Andreas Knudsen, politician (died 2001)
29 November – Aksel Fossen, politician
11 December – Elsa Skjerven, politician and Minister (died 2005)
22 December – Bjarne Orten, civil servant
27 December – Gunnar Alf Larsen, politician (died 2003)

Full date unknown

Odd Chr. Gøthe, civil servant and politician (died 2002)
Reidar Haaland, police officer and collaborator, executed (died 1945)
Finn Hødnebø, philologist (died 2007)
Odd Narud, businessperson (died 2000)
Olav Nordrå, writer (died 1994)
Asbjørn Ruud, ski jumper and World Champion (died 1986)
Aage Samuelsen, evangelist, singer and composer (died 1987)
Victor Sparre, visual artist (died 2008)^[6]
Jakob Sverdrup, historian (died 1997)

Deaths

4 March - Sigurd Mathisen, speed skater and world champion (born 1884)
22 May - Jens Ludvig Andersen Aars, politician (born 1852)

Full date unknown

Carl Wilhelm Bøckmann Barth, painter (born 1847)
Alf Collett, writer (born 1844)
Ole Falck Ebbell, architect (born 1839)
Cathinka Guldberg, Norway's first nurse (born 1840)
Gulbrand Hagen, newspaper editor and writer in America (born 1864)
Anders Nicolai Kiær, statistician (born 1838)
Oscar Sigvald Julius Strugstad, politician and Minister (born 1851)

References

↑ Øye, Ingvild. "Asbjørn Herteig". In Helle, Knut. Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
↑ Waaler, Tor. "Olav Johan Brænden". In Godal, Anne Marit. Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
↑ Bassøe, Bjarne, ed. (1961). "Fougner, Kristian". Ingeniørmatrikkelen: norske sivilingeniører 1901–55 med tillegg (in Norwegian). Oslo: Teknisk ukeblad. p. 138.
↑ (Norwegian) "Johannes Heggland er død " – Dagsavisen Retrieved on February 1, 2008
↑ Stanghelle. "Alf Nordhus". In Helle, Knut. Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
↑ Larsen, Mona (2008-03-17). "Billedkunstner Victor Sparre er død". Dagsavisen (in Norwegian) (Oslo, Norway). Retrieved 2008-10-05.

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