1942 in Norway

Incumbents

Government in Exile (in London)

Monarch - Haakon VII

Prime Minister - Johan Nygaardsvold (Labour Party)

German Military Governor

Reichskommissar in Norway - Josef Terboven

German Puppet Government in Oslo

Minister-President – Vidkun Quisling (National Unification) - inducted on 1 February

Events

1 February - Vidkun Quisling is appointed as the Minister-President of Norway by the German occupiers despite strong opposition.

12 February - Vidkun Quisling meets Adolf Hitler.

13 March - Vidkun Quisling restored the so-called "Jewish paragraph" of the Norwegian Constitution which forbade Jews to enter or settle in Norway (This paragraph was originally abolished on July 21, 1851). This paragraph was in force until 1945. Quisling was convicted after the war on illegal amendment of the Constitution.

15 April - About 500 Norwegian teachers are sent to forced labour in Kirkenes.

30 April - German forces destroy the entire Norwegian fishing village of Telavåg as a retaliation action after having discovered four days earlier that two men from the Linge company were being hidden in the village.

25 September - Allied bombers tried to bomb the Victoria Terrasse building in Oslo, which was used as the Gestapo headquarters, but missed the target and instead hit civilian targets. 4 civilians are killed.

6 October - Martial law is declared in Trondheim: During this time, 34 Norwegians were murdered by extrajudicial execution.

21 October - The German prisoner ship Palatia is sunk off Lindesnes by a Royal New Zealand Air Force torpedo bomber, in the second deadliest ship disaster in Norwegian history

26 October - All Jewish men in Norway over 15 are arrested; all Jewish property is ordered confiscated. See the Holocaust in Norway for more.

17 September - The prime minister Vidkun Quisling reintroduces the death penalty

24 November - All Norwegian Jewish women and children are arrested.

26 November - 548 Norwegian Jewish men, women and children are transported on the ship SS Donau to Stettin. And from there they were later taken by train to Auschwitz concentration camp. Only eight of those deported on the SS Donau survived.

Notable births

2 January – Jens Petter Ekornes, businessperson (died 2008)

9 January - Per Haddal, journalist, film critic and writer

19 January - Knut O. Aarethun, politician

24 January - Nils Bjørnflaten, politician

24 January - Olav Nilsen, international soccer player

30 January - Kåre Gjønnes, politician and Minister

2 February - Trygve Bornø, international soccer player

5 February - Oddny Aleksandersen, politician and Minister

9 February - Peder Lunde, Jr., sailor and Olympic gold medallist

12 February - Finn Arild Hvistendahl, businessperson

18 February - Bernt Oftestad, historian and theologian

21 February - Anders C. Sjaastad, politician and Minister

28 February - Alf Ivar Samuelsen, politician

7 March - Ivar Eriksen, speed skater and Olympic silver medallist

8 March - Håkon Fimland, hurdler and politician

10 March - Einar Steensnæs, politician and Minister

12 March - Karin Lian, politician

28 March - Stig Berge, orienteer and World Champion

28 March - Pål Tyldum, cross country skier and double Olympic gold medallist

31 March - Hans Jacob Biørn Lian, diplomat

1 April - Jan Fredrik Christiansen, trumpeter

2 April - Torgeir Kvalvaag, journalist

22 April - Egil "Drillo" Olsen, international soccer player and coach

6 May - Svein-Erik Stiansen, speed skater

6 June - Ingrid Piltingsrud, politician

9 June - Egil Myklebust, businessperson and lawyer

11 June - Per Willy Guttormsen, speed skater

15 June - Bjørg Andersen, handball player.

18 June - Knut Grøholt, civil servant

13 July - Sigrid Sundby, speed skater (died 1977)

16 July - Jens Ulltveit-Moe, businessperson

23 July – Sverre Asmervik, psychologist, novelist and non-fiction writer.

7 August - Sverre Bagge, historian

9 August - Odd Flattum, sports official and politician

11 August - Tove Kari Viken, politician

12 August - Eldrid Nordbø, politician and Minister

22 August - Finn Fuglestad, historian

28 August - Sigurd Manneråk, politician (died 2003)

28 August - Tor Berntin Næss, diplomat

5 September - Björn Haugan, operatic lyric tenor

9 September - Ulf Guttormsen, politician

13 September - Bjørg Hope Galtung, politician

20 September - Einar M. Bull, diplomat

24 September - Leif Lund, politician (died 2004)

25 September – Ragnar Pedersen, illustrator ("Joker"), magazine editor and revue writer (died 2007).

29 September - Kirsten Reitan, politician

6 November - Tora Aasland, politician and Minister

12 November

Aud Inger Aure, politician and Minister

Sissel Lie, author, playwright and professor

14 November - Are Næss, physician and politician

15 November - Ivar Østberg, politician

16 November - Hans Olav Sørensen, ski jumper

19 November - Berit Kvæven, politician

24 November - Erling Walderhaug, politician

26 November - Jan Stenerud, American football placekicker

6 December - Herbjørg Wassmo, author

8 December - Eyvind W. Wang, politician

13 December - Arne Treholt, politician and diplomat convicted of high treason and espionage on behalf of the Soviet Union and Iraq

19 December - Brit Hoel, politician

20 December - Odd Martinsen, cross country skier, Olympic gold medallist and World Champion

21 December - Ivar Langen, professor of Mechanical Engineering

23 December - Grynet Molvig, actress and singer

31 December - Bendik Rugaas, politician and Minister

Full date unknown

John Kristen Skogan, political scientist and politician

Notable deaths

16 January - Henry Wilhelm Kristiansen, newspaper editor and politician (born 1902)

19 January - Sven Aarrestad, writer, politician and leader in the Norwegian temperance movement (born 1850)

19 January - Martin Ulvestad, Norwegian-American historian and author (born 1865)

29 January - Wictor Esbensen, mariner and explorer (born 1881)

10 February - Jørgen Bjørnstad, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist (born 1894)

10 February - Ola Thommessen, newspaper editor (born 1851)

22 February - Rolf Jacobsen, jurist, politician and Minister (born 1865)

28 February - Arne Mortensen, rower and Olympic bronze medallist (born 1900)

4 March - Johannes Stubberud, newspaper editor (born 1891)

7 March - Ole Monsen Mjelde, politician and Minister (born 1865)

24 March - Karenus Kristofer Thinn, judge (born 1850)

20 April - Helga Estby, noted for her walk across the United States during 1896 (born 1860)

13 May - Einar Sverdrup, mining engineer and businessman (born 1895)

14 May - Bjørn Bjørnson, actor and theatre director (born 1859)

20 May - Nini Roll Anker, novelist and playwright (born 1873)

23 May - Sten Abel, sailor and Olympic silver medallist (born 1872)

27 June - Jens Thiis, art historian, conservator and museum director (born 1870)

15 July - Ragnvald A. Nestos, governor of the U.S. state of North Dakota (born 1877)

21 July - Nils Olaf Hovdenak, politician and Minister (born 1854)

6 October - Harald Langhelle, newspaper editor and politician (born 1890)

26 October - Gulbrand Lunde, politician (born 1901)

5 December - Adolf Indrebø, politician (born 1884)

Full date unknown

Alfred Evensen, musician (born 1883)

Niels Thorshaug, veterinarian (born 1875)