1961 in Norway

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Centuries:

18th
19th
20th
21st

Decades:

1940s
1950s
1960s
1970s
1980s

Incumbents

Monarch - Olav V
Prime Minister - Einar Gerhardsen (Labour Party)

Events

12 January - Princess Astrid marries Johan Martin Ferner.
March - Ingrid Bjerkås, ordained as first female minister in the Church of Norway
15 April - The Socialist People's Party was founded.
9 August - Holtaheia Accident: A British passenger plane crashes in Strand. All 39 passengers aboard, including 34 children, are killed.
11 September - The 1961 Parliamentary election takes place.

Popular culture

Film

Main article: Norwegian films of the 1960s § 1961

Notable births

7 January - Irene Johansen, politician
11 January - Carl Morten Amundsen, dramaturg and theatre director
3 March - Anita Hegerland, singer
18 March - Ingvild Bryn, journalist and news anchor
18 March - Kyrre Nakkim, journalist
23 March - Jørgen Sigurd Lien, software developer
23 May - Pål Brekke, astrophysicist
12 August - Kristin Krohn Devold, politician
12 August - Ingrid Heggø, politician
29 August - Signy Fardal, magazine editor
6 September - Paul Waaktaar-Savoy, A-ha lead guitarist

Notable deaths

Olav Bjaaland was one of the first five men to reach the South Pole

13 March - Lise Lindbæk, war correspondent (b.1905)
27 March - Jacob Pedersen, track and field athlete (b.1889)
2 April - Arne Torolf Strøm, politician (b.1901)
2 May - Petter Jamvold, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (b.1899)
7 June - Harald Gram, jurist, politician and genealogist (b.1887)
8 June - Olav Bjaaland, ski champion and polar explorer (b.1873)
30 June - Lars Sverkeson Romundstad, politician (b.1885)
14 August - Thomas Aas, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (b.1887)
16 September - Johanne Samueline Pedersen, politician (b.1887)
17 September - Henrik Ameln, jurist and politician (b.1879)
3 October - Anne Grimdalen, sculptor (b.1899)
17 October - Jens Olai Steffensen, politician (b.1891)
9 November - Ferdinand Bie, long jumper and Olympic gold medallist (b.1888).^[1]
13 November - Herman Smitt Ingebretsen, politician (b.1891)
21 November - Hjalmar Olai Storeide, politician (b.1901)
22 November - Ole Hallesby, Lutheran neo-orthodox pietist (b.1879)
4 December - Ingvar Wedervang, economist and statistician (b.1891)

Full date unknown

Hauk Aabel, comedian and actor (b.1867)
Arnstein Arneberg, architect (b.1882)
Andreas Baalsrud, engineer (b.1872)
Rachel Grepp, journalist and politician (b.1879)
Olav Gullvåg, playwright, novelist, poet and editor (b.1885)
Haakon Hauan, politician and Minister (b.1871)
Lars Høgvold, ski jumper (b.1888)
Kristian Løken, military officer (b.1884)
Niels Nielsen, sailor and Olympic silver medallist (b.1883)
Vaadjuv Nyqvist, sailor and Olympic silver medallist (b.1902)
Arnold Rørholt, military officer (b.1884)
Olav Martinus Knutsen Steinnes, politician and Minister (b.1886)
Kristofer Uppdal, poet and author (b.1878)

References

↑ "Ferdinand Bie". SR/Olympic Sports. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 12 November 2012.

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