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1926 in Norway

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Centuries:
  
18th 19th 20th 21st

1926 in Norway

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

Events in the year 1926 in Norway.

Contents

Incumbents

  • Monarch - Haakon VII

    • Events

  • May 11–14 – Roald Amundsen makes the first airship flight over the North Pole. The Norge leaves Spitsbergen and arrives in Teller, Alaska three days later.

    • Notable births

  • 1 January - Rolf Fjeldvær, politician
  • 5 January - Harald Maartmann, cross-country skier
  • 18 February – Alf Næsheim, illustrator.
  • 25 February - Eva Bergh, actress
  • 1 March - Erik Bye, journalist, artist and radio and television personality (died 2004)
  • 1 March - Per Stavem, shot putter and discus thrower (died 2006)
  • 2 March - Christian Erlandsen, physician and politician
  • 15 March - Lauritz Bernhard Sirevaag, politician
  • 11 April - Joralf Gjerstad, self-proclaimed healer
  • 22 April - Finn Gustavsen, politician (died 2005)
  • 7 May – Arne Skarpsno, philanthropist (died 2008)
  • 10 May - Ola O. Røssum, politician
  • 19 May - Arne Christiansen, judge
  • 20 May - Jens Marcussen, politician (died 2007)
  • 10 June - Arnold Eidslott, poet
  • 18 June - Sverre Stenersen, Nordic combined skier, Olympic gold medallist and World Champion (died 2005)
  • 29 June - Karl Sverre Klevstad, politician
  • 8 July - Harald Kråkenes, rower and Olympic bronze medallist (died 2004)
  • 15 July - Otto Lyng, politician (died 2003)
  • 18 July - Ernst Larsen, steeplechase athlete and Olympic bronze medallist
  • 8 August - Gunnar Aksnes, chemist
  • 16 August - Eivind Hjelmtveit, cultural administrator
  • 17 August - Hakon Barfod, sailor and double Olympic gold medallist
  • 27 August - Kristen Nygaard, mathematician, computer programming language pioneer and politician (died 2002)
  • 6 September - Ola Thorleif Ruud, politician
  • 19 October – Arne Bendiksen, singer, composer and producer (died 2009).
  • 23 October - Kåre Dæhlen, diplomat
  • 30 October - Hans Torgersen, politician
  • 20 November – Asbjørn Haugstvedt, politician (died 2008)
  • 21 November - Odd Børretzen, author, illustrator, translator and vocalist
  • 24 November - Toralv Maurstad, actor and theatre director
  • 6 December – Marie Takvam, author and actor (died 2008)
  • 14 December - Kristian Halse, politician

    • Full date unknown

  • Anfinn Lund, civil servant and politician (died 2001)
  • Sigmund Mjelve, writer (died 1995)
  • Christian Norberg-Schulz, architect, architectural historian and theorist (died 2000)
  • Arne Rettedal, politician and Minister (died 2001)
  • Hans Skjervheim, philosopher (died 1999)

    • Notable deaths

  • 1 April - Harald Bjerke, businessperson (born 1860)
  • 23 May - Peter W. K. Bøckman, Sr., bishop and theologian (born 1851)
  • 8 August - Jens Zetlitz Monrad Kielland, architect (born 1866)
  • 9 September - Anton Jörgen Andersen, composer (born 1845)
  • 18 November - Peter Harboe Castberg, banker (born 1844)
  • 24 December - Johan Castberg, jurist and politician (born 1861)

    • Full date unknown

  • Torger Holtsmark, farmer and politician (born 1863)
  • Peter Olrog Schjøtt, philologist and politician (born 1833)

    • References

    1926 in Norway Wikipedia
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