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1929 in Norway

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Centuries:
  
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1929 in Norway

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

Events in the year 1929 in Norway.

Contents

Incumbents

  • Monarch – Haakon VII

    • Events

  • 8 May – Norway annexed the volcanic island Jan Mayen located in the Arctic Ocean.

    • Notable births

  • 1 January – Fredrik Olsen, shipping magnate
  • 3 January – Grethe Rytter Hasle, planktologist
  • 17 January – Jan Rasmus Skåre, judge
  • 3 February - Arvid Johanson, politician and Minister
  • 10 February – Hallgeir Brenden, cross country skier and double Olympic gold medallist (died 2007)
  • 10 February – Einar W. Sissener, businessperson (died 2008)
  • 26 February – Bjørn Skau, politician and Minister
  • 4 March – Fredrik Hagemann, geologist and public servant
  • 5 April – Ivar Giaever, physicist, shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1973
  • 19 April – Guttorm Berge, alpine skier and Olympic bronze medallist (died 2004)
  • 20 April – Knut S. Heier, geochemist (died 2008)
  • 6 May – Jorun Askersrud, cross country skier and athlete
  • 7 May – Arnsten Samuelstuen, ski jumper
  • 10 May – Audun Boysen, middle distance runner and Olympic bronze medallist (died 2000)
  • 10 May – John Gjerde, politician
  • 28 or 29 May – Dag Frogner, painter and scenographer.
  • 31 May – Halvdan Ljøsne, painter (died 2006)
  • 11 June – Per Almar Aas, politician
  • 24 June – Oddvar Barlie, sports wrestler (died 2017).
  • 1 July – Sigurd Berge, composer (died 2002)
  • 8 July – Gunnar Block Watne, engineer and businessperson, introduced prefabricated houses in Norway.
  • 18 July – Kai Ekanger, politician
  • 26 August – Willy Arne Wold, politician (died 1996)
  • 24 September – Kåre Rønning, politician (died 1990)
  • 30 September – Kjell Askildsen, writer
  • 30 September – Helga Gitmark, politician (died 2008)
  • 19 October – Thorbjørn Kultorp, politician (died 2004)
  • 22 October – Tore Sinding-Larsen, judge
  • 30 November – Leif Haraldseth, trade unionist, politician and Minister
  • 13 December - Lars Skytøen, politician and Minister
  • 14 December – Magne Lerheim, politician (died 1994)
  • 24 December – Sverre Wilberg, actor (died 1996)

    • Full date unknown

  • Øystein Elgarøy, astronomer (died 1998)
  • Nils Peder Langvand, judge (died 2002)
  • Gunnar Solum, politician (died 2008)

    • Notable deaths

  • 6 January – August Herman Halvorsen, politician (born 1866)
  • 22 February – Gunnar Heiberg, playwright (born 1857)
  • 23 March – Rudolf Nilsen, poet and journalist (born 1901)
  • 24 May – Just Bing Ebbesen, priest and politician (born 1847)
  • 8 June – Ole Larsen Skattebøl, judge and politician (born 1844)
  • 9 July – Hans Andersen Foss, author, newspaper editor and temperance leader in America (born 1851)
  • 1 August – Gregers Winther Wulfsberg Gram, jurist and politician (born 1846)
  • 12 September – Olaf Hovdenak, long distance runner (born 1891)
  • 3 November – Olav Aukrust, poet and teacher (born 1883)
  • 19 November – Torleiv Hannaas, philologist (born 1874)
  • 14 December – Sigurd Jørgensen, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (born 1887)

    • Full date unknown

  • Mads Gram, physician (born 1875)
  • Nils Otto Hesselberg, politician (born 1844)
  • Christian Holtermann Knudsen, typographer, newspaper editor, publisher, trade unionist and politician (born 1845)
  • Oscar Ludvig Stoud Platou, jurist and professor (born 1845)

    • References

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