1931 in Norway
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Events in the year 1931 in Norway.
Incumbents[]
- Monarch – Haakon VII
- Prime Minister – Peder Kolstad
Events[]
- 8 June – The Menstad conflict.
- 27 June – Norway occupied and claimed parts of the then-uninhabited eastern Greenland (also called Erik the Red's Land), claiming that it constituted terra nullius.
- Municipal and county elections are held throughout the country.
Popular culture[]
Sports[]
Music[]
Film[]
Literature[]
Notable births[]
Thorvald Stoltenberg
- 10 January – Olaf B. Bjørnstad, ski jumper (died 2013).[1]
- 26 January – Jon Gjønnes, physicist (died 2021).[2]
- 27 January – Sissel Lange-Nielsen, writer, literary critic, and journalist
- 31 January – Ole Gabriel Ueland, politician (died 2009).[3]
- 22 February – Georg Johannesen, author and professor of rhetoric (died 2005)
- 4 March – Ludvig Hope Faye, politician (died 2017).[4]
- 12 March – Knut Bohwim, film director (died 2020).[5]
- 23 March – Kjell Knudsen, politician
- 2 April – Åslaug Grinde, politician
- 5 April – Peter R. Holm, poet, author and translator
- 11 April – Olav Marås, politician
- 24 April – Eva Seeberg, journalist and writer (died 2019).[6]
- 26 April – Øyvind Bjorvatn, politician
- 26 April – Ola Mikal Heide, botanist
- 27 April – Vera Louise Holmøy, judge
- 28 April – Karen Sogn, politician
- 9 May – Erik Dammann, author and environmentalist
- 19 May – Leif Raa, illustrator (died 2003).[7][8]
- 25 May - Selmer Nilsen, fisherman who spied for the KGB (died 1991)
- 31 May - Yngvar Løchen, sociologist (died 1998)
- 5 June - Einar Magnussen, economist and politician (died 2004)
- 18 June - Eigil Nansen, human rights activist
- 20 June – Arne Nordheim, composer
- 8 July – Thorvald Stoltenberg, politician and Minister (died 2018).[9]
- 24 July – Sverre Holm, actor (died 2005)
- 8 August – Halvor Bergan, theologian (died 2015).[10]
- 25 August – Sven Ivar Dysthe, furniture designer (died 2020).[11]
- 5 September – Torstein Slungård, politician
- 1 October – Tore Haugen, politician
- 6 October – Johan M. Nyland, politician (died 2007)
- 11 October – Bjørn Slettan, historian
- 12 October – Ole-Johan Dahl, computer scientist (died 2002)
- 6 November – Bjartmar Gjerde, politician
- 8 November – Ole Knapp, politician and Minister
- 23 November – Karin Stoltenberg, geneticist, politician (died 2012).[12]
- 30 November – Knut Myhre, politician
- 7 December – Bjørg Lødøen, painter, graphic artist and composer
- 15 December – Alf Nordvang, actor and theatre director (died 2007)
Notable deaths[]
Olav Johan Sopp
- 31 March – Knute Rockne, American football player and coach (born 1888)
- 23 April – Nils P. Haugen, a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin (born 1849)
- 26 April – Axel Holst, professor of hygiene and bacteriology (born 1860)
- 14 August – Olav Johan Sopp, mycologist (born 1860)
- 1 September – Anders Andersen, politician (born 1846)
- 27 September – Thorleif Frederik Schjelderup, businessperson (born 1859)
- 5 November – Ole Edvart Rølvaag, novelist and professor in America (born 1876)
- 11 November – Marie Hauge, painter (born 1864)
- 17 December – Hans Nilsen Hauge, priest, politician and Minister (born 1853)
Full date unknown[]
- Sophus Christian Munk Aars, civil servant and writer (born 1841)
- Johan Aschehoug Kiær, paleontologist and geologist (born 1869)
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Death notice in Aftenposten Archived 2013-11-11 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Pedersen, Bjørn. "Jon Gjønnes". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
- ^ "Ole Gabriel Ueland" (in Norwegian). Storting. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
- ^ "Faye, Ludvig H. (1931-2017)" (in Norwegian). Storting. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
- ^ Svendsen, Trond Olav. "Knut Bohwim". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Retrieved 11 July 2020.
- ^ Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Eva Seeberg". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
- ^ Reisegg, Øyvind. "Leif Raa". In Godal, Anne Marit (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
- ^ Graff, Finn; Mannila, Leena; Smit, Toril M, eds. (1984). Norske Avistegnere (in Norwegian). Oslo: J. M. Stenersens Forlag. pp. 106–111, 230. ISBN 82-7201-035-6.
- ^ "Thorvald Stoltenberg". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Retrieved 14 July 2018.
- ^ Elstad, Hallgeir. "Halvor Bergan". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
- ^ Linder, Mats. "Sven Ivar Dysthe". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
- ^ "Utformet en ny familiepolitikk" (in Norwegian). Government.no. 17 October 2012. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
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