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1916 in Norway

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Centuries:
  
18th 19th 20th 21st

1916 in Norway

Decades:
  
1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s

Events in the year 1916 in Norway.

Contents

Incumbents

  • Monarch - Haakon VII
  • Events

  • Municipal and county elections are held throughout the country.
  • Notable births

  • 7 January - Gunnar Jakobsen, politician (died 1992)
  • 15 January - Sigrid Utkilen, politician (died 2006)
  • 24 January - Erik Heiberg, sailor and Olympic silver medallist (died 1996).
  • 14 February – Reidar Kvaal, military officer (died 2016).
  • 15 February - Thorleif Kristensen, politician (died 1997)
  • 16 February - Torgeir Andersen, politician (died 1991)
  • 1 March - Arvid Hansen, resistance member, executed (died 1945)
  • 17 March - Hans Hjelle, politician
  • 20 March - Magnus Andersen, politician and Minister (died 1994)
  • 28 March – Charles Oluf Herlofson, naval officer (died 1984).
  • 12 April - Finn Lied, military researcher, politician and Minister
  • 29 April - Lars Korvald, politician and Prime Minister of Norway (died 2006)
  • 4 May - Ole Borge, jurist and resistance member (died 1995)
  • 7 May - Eigil Olaf Liane, politician (died 1994)
  • 5 June - Torstein Eckhoff, civil servant and professor of law (died 1993)
  • 5 June - Jan Iversen, politician (died 1999)
  • 13 June - Dagfinn Mannsåker, archivist and historian (died 1994)
  • 14 June - Odd Starheim, resistance fighter and SOE agent (died 1943)
  • 20 June - Reidar Alveberg, bobsledder (died 2004)
  • 22 June - Bjarne Kjørberg, politician (died 1969)
  • 29 June - Thor Fossum, politician (died 1993)
  • 17 August - Eivind Skabo, sprint canoer and Olympic bronze medallist (died 2006)
  • 22 August - Ole Bergesen, politician (died 1965)
  • 24 August - Sigmund P. Haave, politician (died 2001)
  • 30 August - Oskar Edøy, politician (died 2008)
  • 12 September - Rolf Andersen, politician (died 1990)
  • 18 September - Thomas Byberg, speed skater and Olympic silver medallist (died 1998)
  • 24 September - Olav Gjærevoll, botanist, politician and Minister (died 1994)
  • 10 October - Kåre Holt, author (died 1997)
  • 21 October - Ottar Grønvik, philologist and runology scholar (died 2008)
  • 15 November - Greta Gynt, singer, dancer and actress (died 2000)
  • 9 December - Claus Egil Feyling, politician (died 1989)
  • Full date unknown

  • Trygve Bjørgo, educator and poet (died 1997)
  • Knut Blom, judge (died 1996)
  • Bjørvik Jacobsen, trapper/hunter and author (d. c2000)
  • Tor Jonsson, author and journalist (died 1951)
  • Sivert Andreas Nielsen, civil servant, banker and politician (died 2004)
  • Notable deaths

  • 10 April - Ole Bornemann Bull, ophthalmologist (born 1842)
  • 12 September - Henrik Mohn, meteorologist (born 1835)
  • 1 October - Carl Otto Løvenskiold, naval officer, politician and land owner (born 1839).
  • Full date unknown

  • Nils Henrik Bruun, engineer (born 1832)
  • Endre Johannes Cleven, settler in Canada (born 1874)
  • Ole Herman Johannes Krag, gun designer (born 1837)
  • Yngvar Nielsen, historian and geographer (born 1843)
  • Erik V. Vullum, politician and author (born 1850)
  • References

    1916 in Norway Wikipedia