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1917 in Norway

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Centuries:
  
18th 19th 20th 21st

1917 in Norway

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

Events in the year 1917 in Norway.

Contents

Incumbents

  • Monarch - Haakon VII

    • Events

  • the Bratsberg Line began rail traffic between Eidanger and Notodden. The line was closed in 2001.

    • Sport

  • 2 April - Lillestrøm SK football club is founded after the merger of two local football clubs.
  • 19 May - Rosenborg BK football club is founded.

    • Notable births

  • 20 January - Gunnar Bøe, economist and politician (died 1989)
  • 1 February - Tor Aspengren, trade unionist (died 2004)
  • 2 March - Haakon Tranberg, sprinter (died 1991)
  • 6 March - Paul Svarstad, politician (died 1998)
  • 5 May - Aage Eriksen, wrestler and Olympic silver medallist (died 1998).
  • 12 May – Johan Berg, military officer.
  • 16 May - Arne Røgden, bobsledder (died 2002)
  • 17 May - Ragnvald Winjum, jurist and politician (died 1965)
  • 25 May - Brynjulv Sjetne, politician (died 1976)
  • 2 June - Sverre Bratland, military leader (died 2002)
  • 14 June - Atle Selberg, mathematician (died 2007)
  • 15 June - Einfrid Perstølen, psychiatrist and language proponent
  • 3 July - Brita Collett Paus, humanitarian leader and founder of Fransiskushjelpen (died 1998)
  • 18 July - Harald Nikolai Brøvig, politician (died 2010).
  • 23 July - Knut Brynildsen, international soccer player (died 1986)
  • 12 August - Ebba Haslund, novelist, short story writer, playwright, essayist, children's writer, literary critic, radio speaker and politician
  • 13 August - Lulla Einrid Fossland, politician
  • 3 September - Bjarne Hanssen, politician
  • 23 September - Knut Haugland, resistance fighter and explorer
  • 26 September - Åslaug Linge Sunde, politician
  • 3 October - Odd Lundberg, speed skater and Olympic silver medallist (died 1983)
  • 7 October - Godtfred Holmvang, decathlete and skier (died 2006)
  • 16 October - Aasmund Brynildsen, essayist, biographer, magazine editor and publishing house consultant (died 1974)
  • 26 October - Kaare Steel Groos, politician (died 1994)
  • 5 November - Jens Evensen, lawyer, judge, politician and Minister (died 2004)
  • 18 November - Ragnar Kvam, journalist, novelist, translator and literary critic (died 2006).
  • 30 November - Arne Konrad Eldegard, banker and politician
  • 5 December - Wenche Foss, actress (died 2011)
  • 13 December - Jan Baalsrud, resistance member (died 1988)
  • 15 December - Gregers Gram, resistance fighter and saboteur (died 1944)
  • 19 December - Olaf Dufseth, Nordic combined and cross-country skier
  • 23 December - Eivind Sværen, shot putter (died 1986)

    • Full date unknown

  • Eivind Erichsen, economist and civil servant (died 2005)
  • Gudmund Harlem, politician and Minister (died 1988)
  • Odd Hovdenak, civil servant
  • Olav Harald Jensen, economist (died 1991)
  • Fredrik Mellbye, physician and chief medical officer (died 1999)
  • Tor Ørvig, paleontologist (died 1994)

    • Notable deaths

  • 26 January - Oluf Iversen, politician (born 1847)
  • 1 February - Georg Andreas Bull, architect and chief building inspector (born 1829)
  • 17 March - Cæsar Peter Møller Boeck, dermatologist (born 1845)
  • 15 June - Kristian Birkeland, scientist (born 1867)
  • 18 June - Oscar Ambrosius Castberg, painter and sculptor (born 1846)
  • 19 June - Johan Gerhard Theodor Ameln, politician (born 1838)
  • 4 August - Kristian Birch-Reichenwald Aars, academic (born 1868)

    • Full date unknown

  • Olaus Arvesen, educator and politician (born 1830)
  • Jørgen Brunchorst, politician and Minister (born 1862)
  • Hans Konrad Foosnæs, politician and Minister (born 1846)
  • Haagen Krog Steffens, historian, archivist and genealogist (born 1873)
  • Anders Sveaas, businessperson and consul (born 1840)
  • Georg August Thilesen, politician and Minister (born 1837)
  • Aasmund Halvorsen Vinje, politician and Minister (born 1851)

    • References

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