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Events in the year 1930 in Norway.
Incumbents
[edit]Events
[edit]- 12 November – Norway relinquishes its claim to the Sverdrup Islands.[2]
- 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.
Popular culture
[edit]Sports
[edit]Music
[edit]Film
[edit]Literature
[edit]- The Knut Hamsund novel August Volume 1 & 2, was published.
Notable births
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- 9 January – Tone Groven Holmboe, composer and teacher (died 2020)
- 12 January
- Per Andersen, neuroscientist (died 2020)
- Viking Mestad, banker and politician (died 2013)
- 6 February – Rikard Olsvik, politician (died 2017)
- 7 February – Odd Selmer, journalist and writer (died 2024).[3]
- 30 March – Petter Fauchald, footballer (died 2013)
- 8 April – Kåre Lunden, historian (died 2013)
- 28 April – Paul Hilmar Jenson, philatelist (died 2004)
- 6 May – Kjell Bækkelund, pianist (died 2004)
- 10 May – Jens Bugge, judge (died 2014)
- 29 May – Liv Stubberud, politician (died 1997)
- 21 June
- Arnor Njøs, soil researcher (died 2019)
- Trygve Reenskaug, computer scientist
- 23 June – Annasif Døhlen, sculptor (died 2021).[4]
- 4 July – Thea Knutzen, politician (died 2016)
- 9 July
- Elsa Lystad, actress.[5]
- Håkon Randal, politician (died 2012)
- 7 August – Gunnar Ellefsen, politician (died 1997)
- 10 August – Axel Buch, politician (died 1998)
- 11 August – Arne Vinje Gunnerud, sculptor (died 2007).[6]
- 27 August – Aase Foss Abrahamsen, children's writer (died 2023).[7]
- 7 September – Olav Sigurd Carlsen, politician (died 2013)
- 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 (died 2015)
- 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 (died 2015).[8]
- 20 December – Jan Elgarøy, organist and composer (died 2018)
- 22 December – Per Bredesen, international soccer player (died 2022)
- 30 December – Sigfrid Mohn, politician (died 2015)
Notable deaths
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- 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
[edit]- Kristofer Kristofersson Hjeltnes, horticulturist and politician (born 1856)
See also
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References
[edit]- ^ Grimnes, Ole Kristian; Dørum, Knut. "Haakon 7.". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
- ^ Berton, Pierre. The Arctic Grail: The Quest for the North West Passage and the North Pole. Toronto: Random House of Canada Ltd., 1988, p. 629.
- ^ Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Odd Selmer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
- ^ Haverkamp, Frode Ernst. "Annasif Døhlen". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
- ^ Larsen, Svend Erik Løken. "Elsa Lystad (norsk skuespiller)". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
- ^ Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Arne Vinje Gunnerud". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
- ^ Birkeland, Tone. "Aase Foss Abrahamsen". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
- ^ Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Knut Helle". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 1 September 2022.