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1919 in Norway

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Centuries:
  
18th 19th 20th 21st

1919 in Norway

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

Events in the year 1919 in Norway.

Contents

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.

    • 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).
  • 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).
  • 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).
  • 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)

    • 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).
  • 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)
  • 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

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