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1930 in Norway

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Centuries:
  
18th 19th 20th 21st

1930 in Norway

Decades:
  
1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s

Events in the year 1930 in Norway.

Contents

Incumbents

  • Monarch - Haakon VII

    • Events

  • 12 November - Norway relinquishes its claim to the Sverdrup Islands.
  • Having established two years earlier, what is to become Norway's largest industrial park at Herøya outside Porsgrunn, Norsk Hydro opens up its first plant in this location.
  • The 1930 Parliamentary election takes place.

    • Notable births

  • 9 January - Tone Groven Holmboe, composer and teacher
  • 12 January - Per Andersen, neuroscientist
  • 12 January - Viking Mestad, banker and politician
  • 6 February - Rikard Olsvik, politician
  • 8 April - Kåre Lunden, historian
  • 28 April - Paul Hilmar Jenson, philatelist (died 2004)
  • 6 May - Kjell Bækkelund, pianist (died 2004)
  • 10 May - Jens Bugge, judge
  • 29 May - Liv Stubberud, politician (died 1997)
  • 21 June - Arnor Njøs, soil researcher
  • 21 June - Trygve Reenskaug, computer scientist
  • 4 July - Thea Knutzen, politician
  • 9 July - Håkon Randal, politician
  • 7 August - Gunnar Ellefsen, politician (died 1997)
  • 10 August - Axel Buch, politician (died 1998)
  • 7 September - Olav Sigurd Carlsen, politician
  • 12 September - Gunder Gundersen, Nordic combined skier and sports official (died 2005)
  • 16 October - Hans Andreas Ihlebæk, journalist (died 1993)
  • 19 October - Vesla Vetlesen, politician and Minister
  • 24 October - Johan Galtung, sociologist
  • 30 October - Sjur Hopperstad, politician
  • 20 November - Kjell Storvik, economist and former Governor of the Central Bank of Norway
  • 24 November - Tor Halvorsen, trade unionist, politician and Minister (died 1987)
  • 18 December - Tor Hagfors, scientist, radio astronomer and radar expert (died 2007)
  • 19 December - Knut Helle, historian and professor
  • 20 December - Jan Elgarøy, organist and composer
  • 22 December - Per Bredesen, international soccer player
  • 30 December - Sigfrid Mohn, politician

    • Notable deaths

  • 7 January - Jacob Breda Bull, author (born 1853)
  • 10 February - Mons Monssen, sailor in the United States Navy who received the Medal of Honor (born 1867)
  • 12 February - Oddmund Vik, politician (born 1858)
  • 24 February - Christian Theodor Holtfodt, politician (born 1863)
  • 14 April - Sigurd Ibsen, author and politician (born 1859)
  • 13 May - Fridtjof Nansen, explorer, scientist and diplomat, awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1922 (born 1861)
  • 5 October - Haaken L. Mathiesen, landowner and businessperson (born 1858)
  • 14 October - Wilhelm Christian Magelssen, politician and Minister (born 1867)
  • 26 November - Otto Sverdrup, Arctic scientist and explorer (born 1854)
  • 9 December - Lauritz Christiansen, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (born 1867)
  • 29 December - Oscar Borg, composer (born 1851)

    • Full date unknown

  • Kristofer Kristofersson Hjeltnes, horticulturist and politician (born 1856)

    • References

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