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Events in the year 1955 in Norway.
Incumbents
[edit]- Monarch – Haakon VII
- Regent – Olav after July, following injury to King due to fall
- Prime Minister – Oscar Torp (Labour Party) until 22 January, Einar Gerhardsen (Labour Party)
Events
[edit]- 14 January – Prime Minister Oscar Torp resigned.
- 22 January – Gerhardsen's Third Cabinet was appointed.
- 3 December – Osvald Harjo returned to Norway after 13 years in Soviet prison camps.
- Municipal and county elections are held throughout the country.
Popular culture
[edit]Sports
[edit]- Kristian Kristiansen, novelist, playwright, short story and children's writer, is awarded the Mads Wiel Nygaard's Endowment literary prize
Music
[edit]Film
[edit]Literature
[edit]- Jonas, novel by Jens Bjørneboe
Notable births
[edit]
- 2 March – Sven Mollekleiv, organizational leader
- 10 April – Marit Breivik, handball player and coach.[1]
- 16 June – Grete Faremo, former politician and businessperson
- 18 July – Hilde Grythe, actress.[2]
- 30 July – Gunnar Pettersen, handball player and coach.[3]
- 5 August – Lise Christoffersen, politician
- 7 August – Vigdis Hjulstad Belbo, politician
- 10 August – Kari Henriksen, politician
- 16 August – Åse Lill Kimestad, politician
- 30 November – Berit Kjøll, corporate officer and sports administrator.[4]
- 16 December – Kari Økland, politician
Full date missing
[edit]- Gerd Kvale, psychologist
Notable deaths
[edit]
- 16 January – Asbjørn Halvorsen, international soccer player and general secretary of the Norwegian Football Association (born 1898)
- 25 January – Hans Peter Elisa Lødrup, journalist, newspaper editor, non-fiction writer and politician (born 1885).[5]
- 16 February – Einar Osland, politician (born 1886)
- 2 May – Torkell Vinje, politician (born 1879)
- 6 May – Barbra Ring, writer (born 1870).[6]
- 1 June – F. Melius Christiansen, violinist and choral conductor (born 1871)
- 2 June – Haaken Hasberg Gran, botanist (born 1870)
- 28 June – Haakon Lind, boxer (born 1906)
- 6 July – Alfred Næss, speed skater (born 1877)
- 10 July – Einar Frogner, politician and Minister (born 1893)
- 11 July – Christian S. Oftedal, politician (born 1907)
- 22 July – Haakon Shetelig, archaeologist (born 1877)
- 30 July – Ferdinand Schjelderup, mountaineer, Supreme Court Justice and resistance member (born 1886)
- 4 September – Christen Gran Bøgh, jurist, tourism promoter and theatre critic (born 1876)
- 9 September – Einar Liberg, rifle shooter and Olympic gold medallist (born 1873).[7]
- 17 October – Charles Mackenzie Bruff, forensic chemist (born 1887).[8]
Full date unknown
[edit]- Anders Fjelstad, politician (born 1879)
- Karl Hovelsen, Nordic skier (born 1877)
- Andreas Tostrup Urbye, politician and Minister (born 1869)
See also
[edit]
References
[edit]- ^ Godal, Anne Marit (ed.). "Marit Breivik". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
- ^ Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Hilde Grythe". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
- ^ Bryhn, Rolf. "Gunnar Pettersen". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
- ^ Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Berit Kjøll". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
- ^ "Lødrup, Hans Peter Elisa (1885-1955)". stortinget.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 25 May 2021.
- ^ Helgesen, Petra. "Barbra Ring". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
- ^ "Einar Liberg". SR/Olympic Sports. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 12 November 2012.
- ^ Jørgensen, Jørn-Kr. "Charles M Bruff". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 25 January 2014.