1924 in Norway

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Centuries: 18th 19th 20th 21st

Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s

Events in the year 1924 in Norway.

Incumbents

Monarch - Haakon VII

Events

The 1924 Parliamentary election takes place.

Kringkastningselskapet A/S was founded. This was the predecessor to the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation, established in 1933

Notable births

5 January - Ottar Dahl, historian and historiographer

17 January - Bjørn Gundersen, high jumper

18 January - Gudrun Tandberg Høykoll, politician

24 January - Gunnar Thorleif Hvashovd, politician (died 2001)

21 January - Arne Nilsen, politician and Minister

27 January - Knut Hoem, politician and Minister (died 1987)

3 February - Ivar Ramstad, discus thrower (died 2009)

3 February - Johan Syrstad, politician

5 February - Viktor Olsen, marathon runner

5 February - Thor Støre, politician (died 2001)

9 February - Andreas Hagen, newspaper editor

13 February - Arne Tjersland, politician

19 February - Borghild Niskin, alpine skier

23 February - Per G. Schøyen, diplomat

28 February - Oddvar Vormeland, educationalist and civil servant

2 March - Arne Sandnes, politician

5 March - Johan Østby, politician (died 2005)

11 March - Sverre Oddvar Andresen, politician (died 1994)

30 March - Reidar Berg, bobsledder

7 April - Espen Skjønberg, actor

10 April - Erik Himle, civil servant, politician and Minister (died 2008)

19 April - Mary Eide, politician

19 April - Gunnar Garbo, journalist, politician and ambassador

20 April - Sverre Johan Juvik, politician

22 April - Thorbjørn Svenssen, international soccer player

26 April - Finn Isaksen, politician and Minister (died 1987)

10 May - Anders Hveem, bobsledder (died 2005)

11 May - Lars Ketil Strand, forester and professor

20 May - Odd Abrahamsen, poet (died 2001)

23 May – Ragnar Halvorsen, businessperson.

1 June - Willy Ovesen, civil servant

3 June - Ingrid Espelid Hovig, television chef and cookery writer

8 June - Gunnar Brøvig, politician (died 1965)

8 June - Dagfinn Vårvik, politician and Minister

26 June - Birger Leirud, high jumper (died 1999)

30 June - Mattis Mathiesen, photographer and film director

4 July – Julius Paltiel, Holocaust survivor (died 2008)

11 July - Eleonore Bjartveit, politician and Minister (died 2002)

15 July - Lars Aspeflaten, politician

22 July - Signe Marie Stray Ryssdal, politician and Supreme Court lawyer

14 August - Sverre Fehn, architect (died 2009)

15 August - Jo Benkow, politician and writer and former President of the Parliament

19 August - Karl Egil Aubert, mathematician (died 1990)

25 August – Ingvald Ulveseth, politician (died 2008)

31 August - Thor Pedersen, rower and Olympic bronze medallist (died 2008)

1 September – Christian Fredrik Borchgrevink, physician.

2 September - Egil Bergsland, politician (died 2007)

18 September - Sverre Helland, politician (died 2007)

27 September - Magnar Estenstad, cross country skier and double Olympic medallist (died 2004)

27 September - Kolbjørn Stordrange, politician (died 2004)

3 October - Nils Retterstøl, professor of psychiatry (died 2008)

18 October - Egil Hovland, composer

19 November - Knut Steen, sculptor

8 December - Hans Haga, agrarian leader (died 2008)

21 December - Tove Pihl, educator and politician (died 1987)

Notable deaths

14 January - Arne Garborg, writer (born 1851)

19 January - Christian Skredsvig, painter and writer (born 1854)

3 February - Axel Christian Zetlitz Kielland, civil servant and diplomat (born 1853)

4 February - Nordal Wille, botanist (born 1858)

11 February - Olav Nygard, poet (born 1884)

4 March - Leif Erichsen, sailor and Olympic silver medallist (born 1888)

3 April - Anders Krogvig, librarian, writer, literary consultant and critic (born 1880)

21 May - Hans Gabriel Nissen Buck, physician and politician (born 1848)

22 May - Herbjørn Gausta, artist (born 1854)

21 May - Paul Andreas Jetmundsen Aklestad, politician (born 1837)

August - Sofus Arctander, politician and Minister (born 1845)

29 September Ragna Vilhelmine Nielsen, pedagogue and feminist (born 1845)

10 October – Edvard Liljedahl, politician and Minister (born 1845)

8 December - Carl Anton Larsen, mariner and Antarctic explorer (born 1860)

Full date unknown

Karl Anton Sanderød, politician (born 1855)

References

1924 in Norway Wikipedia

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