1947 in Norway

Incumbents

Monarch - Haakon VII

Prime Minister - Einar Gerhardsen (Labour Party)

Events

7 August - Thor Heyerdahl's balsa wood raft, the Kon-Tiki, smashes into the reef at Raroia in the Tuamotu Islands after a 101-day, 4,300-mile journey across the Pacific Ocean, proving that pre-historic peoples could have traveled from South America.

28 August - Kvitbjørn disaster: A flying boat of type Short Sandringham named "Kvitbjørn" crashes into a mountain near Lødingen in Norway; all 35 on board (28 passengers and 7 crew) perish.

Owned by Norsk Hydro between 1912 and 1918, the artificial fertilizer production at Glomfjord is leased back to Hydro by the Norwegian government. This activity is today Yara International. Hydro also buys the power plant.

Municipal and county elections are held throughout the country.

Literature

The Norwegian Writers for Children association (Norske Barne- og Ungdomsbokforfattere) is founded.

Nils Johan Rud, novelist, short story writer and magazine editor, is awarded the Gyldendal's Endowment literature prize for the first time

Notable births

1 January - Paul Benjamin Vogt, politician and Minister (born 1863)

2 January - Hans Gjeisar Kjæstad, politician

19 January - Frank Aarebrot, political economist

20 January - Dag Jostein Fjærvoll, politician

24 January - Øystein Sunde, folk singer and guitarist

4 February - Halvor Hagen, American football player

9 February - Ole Paus, singer, author and poet

14 February - Marit Nybakk, politician

20 February - Torstein Dahle, politician and economist

27 February - Johan Elsness, politician

2 March - Steinar Pedersen, politician

4 March - Jan Garbarek, saxophonist

5 March

Jørg Willy Bronebakk, diplomat

Lorents Lorentsen, civil servant

Ola Didrik Saugstad, pediatrician and professor

7 March - Laila Riksaasen Dahl, bishop

12 March

Erling Lars Dale, educationalist

Arne Sortevik, politician

15 March - Henning Skumsvoll, politician

16 March - Erling Lae, politician

29 March - Aage Kvalbein, cellist and professor of cello

30 March - Torbjørn Digernes, physicist and professor

4 April - Inger Smuk, politician

9 April - Olav Steinar Namtvedt, politician

11 April - Kristen Fløgstad, triple jumper and long jumper

21 April - Inge Hansen, businessperson

22 April - Anne Brit Stråtveit, politician

26 April - Sverre Leiro, businessperson

30 April - Finn Kalvik, singer and composer

6 May - Odd Aalen, statistician and professor

9 May – Frank Stubb Micaelsen, poet and novelist (d. 2013).

12 May - Tore Eriksen, economist and civil servant

16 May

Kari Gjesteby, politician and Minister

Tom Thoresen, politician

8 June - Jan Otto Fredagsvik, politician

11 June - Svein Erik Bakke, entrepreneur (died 2006)

14 June - Karen Margrethe Kuvaas, politician

23 June - Thor Hansen, professional poker player

27 June - Tron Øgrim, journalist, author and politician (died 2007)

28 June - Bjørn Simensen, culture administrator and former journalist

3 July - Rolf Erling Andersen, politician

5 July

Astrid Bekkenes, politician

Sigurd Frisvold, general and former Chief of Defence of Norway

24 July - Svein Rennemo, businessperson

26 July - Kristian Helland, politician

28 July - Kjell Øvergård, politician

4 August - Halvar Hansen, politician

12 August - Ole Henrik Magga, Sámi linguist and politician

20 August - Per Ravn Omdal, former president of the Norwegian Football Association

23 August - Terje Rypdal, guitarist and composer

1 September - Jan Jakob Tønseth, author, poet and translator

3 September - Kjell Magne Bondevik, Lutheran minister, politician and Prime Minister of Norway

12 September - Bjørn Floberg, actor

19 September - Knut Karlberg, veterinarian

21 September - Åge Tovan, politician

23 September - Morten Strand, soccer player and politician

24 September - Erik Hivju, actor

25 September - Torhild Staahlen, operatic mezzo-soprano

27 September - Svein Kvia, international soccer player (died 2005)

28 September - Gustav Lorentzen, singer-songwriter (died 2010)

10 October - Håkon Helgøy, politician

11 October - Sigmund Kroslid, politician

19 October - Gunnar Staalesen, writer

31 October - Gunhild Elise Øyangen, politician and Minister

3 November - Tor Svendsberget, biathlete

5 November - Eyvind Skeie, priest and author

11 November - Surrey Marshe, model

18 November - Øyvind Stene, engineer and businessperson

19 November - Finn Tveter, rower, Olympic silver medallist and jurist

22 November - Terje Rød-Larsen, diplomat and sociologist

24 November - Eva Lundgren, feminist scholar and sociologist

5 December - Jørgen Kosmo, politician and Minister

18 December

Einar Olav Skogholt, politician

Sten Stensen, speed skater and Olympic gold medallist

29 December - Odd-Arne Jacobsen, musician

Full date unknown

Håvard Kjærstad, businessperson

Kai Paulsen, journalist, photographer and computer collector (died 2002)

Johan Vold, businessperson

Notable deaths

12 February - Ragnhild Kåta, first deafblind person in Norway to receive proper schooling (born 1873)

10 March - Ole Wehus, Nazi collaborator and torturist, executed (born 1909)

8 April - Olaf Frydenlund, rifle shooter and Olympic silver medallist (born 1862)

22 April - Einar Dønnum, Nazi collaborator, executed (born 1897)

30 April - Yngvar Bryn, track and field athlete and pairs figure skater (born 1881)

24 May - Øistein Schirmer, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (born 1879)

1 August - Harald Natvig, rifle shooter and Olympic gold medallist (born 1872).

15 September - Øistein Jakobsen, politician (born 1907)

15 October - John Johansen, sprinter (born 1883)

18 October - Johan Cappelen, jurist and politician (born 1889)

21 October

Torger Baardseth, bookseller and publisher (born 1875)

Per Larssen, politician and Minister (born 1881)

23 October - Sigurd Christiansen, novelist and playwright (born 1891)

3 November - Embrik Strand, arachnologist (born 1876)

20 November - Magnus Nilssen, politician and Minister (born 1871)

Full date unknown

Per Lysne, Rosemaling artist (born 1880)