1963 in Norway
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Events in the year 1963 in Norway.
Incumbents[]
- Monarch – Olav V
- Prime Minister – Einar Gerhardsen (Labour Party) until 28 August, John Lyng (Conservative Party) until 25 September, Einar Gerhardsen (Labour Party)
Events[]
- 21 March – sank near Morocco during a voyage from Sassandra to Valencia, resulting in the deaths of 15 of the 28 Norwegian crew members.[citation needed]
- 1 July – Work begins to build Tromsø Airport
- 28 August – Lyng's Cabinet was appointed.
- 25 September – Gerhardsen's Fourth Cabinet was appointed.
- Norsk Hydro in cooperation with starts Alnor, a plant at Karmøy to produce aluminium
- Municipal and county elections are held throughout the country.
- The Munch Museum was opened, 100 years after Edvard Munch's birth.
Popular culture[]
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Sports[]
Music[]
Film[]
Literature[]
- Stein Mehren, poet, novelist, essayist and playwright, is awarded the Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature and the Mads Wiel Nygaards Endowment for Mot en verden av lys.
Notable births[]
- 4 January – May-Britt Moser, neuroscientist and winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine[1]
- 15 January – Erling Kagge, adventurer and publisher.[2]
- 10 April – Rune Christiansen, poet and novelist
- 14 April – Gunvor Eldegard, politician
- 21 April – Lars Monsen, adventurer and journalist.[3]
- 28 April – Henrik Hellstenius, composer and musicologist
- 26 May – Merethe Lindstrøm, writer.[4]
- 4 June – Elin Brodin, novelist.[5]
- 20 June – Viel Bjerkeset Andersen, artist
- 4 July – Heidi Støre, footballer.[6]
- 29 August – Hilde Frafjord Johnson, politician
- 18 October – Sigvart Dagsland, singer, pianist and composer
- 5 December – Ingrid Bjørnov, singer, songwriter, keyboard player, composer and text writer.[7]
- 27 December – Sigrid Brattabø Handegard, politician
Full date unknown[]
- Synnøve Eriksen, novelist
Notable deaths[]
- 15 January – Bertel Flaten, politician (b.1900)
- 1 February – Hermann Helgesen, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist (b.1889)
- 6 March – Ole Øisang, newspaper editor and politician (b.1893)
- 7 March – Joachim Holst-Jensen, film actor (b.1880)
- 8 March – Per Askim, naval officer (b.1881).[8]
- 13 March – Edvin Paulsen, gymnast and Olympic bronze medallist (b.1889)
- 23 March – Thoralf Skolem, mathematician (b.1887)
- 24 March – Peder Holt, politician (b.1899)
- 28 March – Tollef Tollefsen, rower and Olympic bronze medallist (b.1885)
- 1 April – Agnes Mowinckel, actress and stage producer (b.1875).[9]
- 10 April – Ottar Gjermundshaug, Nordic combined skier (b.1925)
- 11 April – Thorleif Holbye, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (b.1883)
- 13 June – Olav Bjørnstad, rower and Olympic bronze medallist (b.1882)
- 14 June – Olav Hindahl, trade unionist and politician (b.1892)
- 17 June – Eugen Lunde, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (b.1887)
- 20 June – Erling Vinne, triple jumper (b.1892)
- 30 June – Erling Aastad, long jumper and sprinter (b.1898)
- 11 July – Paal Kaasen, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (b.1883)
- 27 July – Trygve Bøyesen, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist (b.1886)
- 2 August – Thorstein Johansen, rifle shooter and Olympic gold medallist (b.1888)
- 7 August – Knut Markhus, educator and politician (b. 1878).[10]
- 18 September – Karl Johan Edvardsen, politician (b.1883)
- 20 September – Thorleiv Røhn, military officer, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (b.1881)
- 27 September – Svein Olsen Øraker, politician (b.1886)
- 2 November – Per Gulbrandsen, rower and Olympic bronze medallist (b.1897)
- 18 November – Astrid Skare, politician (b.1891)
- 1 December – Jacob Erstad, gymnast (b.1898)
- 16 December – Anton Beinset, journalist, newspaper editor, short story writer, crime fiction writer and politician (born 1894).[11]
- 19 December – Ingolf Rød, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (b.1889)
- 27 December – Sigvard Sivertsen, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (b.1881)
Full date unknown[]
- Nils Selmer Hauff, bookseller (b.1882)
- Hjalmar Holand, historian (b.1872)
- Kjeld Stub Irgens, sea captain and collaborator minister (b.1879)
- Lars Knutsen, shipowner (b.1884)
- Magnus Olsen, linguist and professor of Norse philology (b.1878)
- Ulrik Olsen, politician and Minister (b.1885)
- Didrik Arup Seip, linguist and professor (b.1884)
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2014". NobelPrize.org. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
- ^ Barr, Susan. "Erling Kagge". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
- ^ Holen, Øyvind; Askheim, Svein. "Lars Monsen". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
- ^ Rottem, Øystein; Herzog, Ingvild Christine. "Merethe Lindstrøm". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
- ^ Moi, Morten; Herzog, Ingvild Christine. "Elin Brodin". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
- ^ Pedersen, Ole Petter; Holm, Jan. "Heidi Støre". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
- ^ Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Ingrid Bjørnov". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
- ^ Kristiansen, Tom. "Per Askim". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
- ^ Losnedahl, Kari Gaarder. "Agnes Mowinckel". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 5 November 2012.
- ^ Grepstad, Ottar (ed.). "Knut Markhus". Allkunne (in Norwegian). Nynorsk kultursentrum. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
- ^ Helle, Knut (ed.). "Anton Beinset". Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 22 March 2014.
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