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Events in the year 1963 in Norway.
Incumbents
[edit]- Monarch – Olav V
- Prime Minister – Einar Gerhardsen (Labour Party) until 28 August, John Lyng (Conservative Party) until 25 September, Einar Gerhardsen (Labour Party)
Events
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- 21 March – MS Høegh Aronde 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 Harvey Aluminum 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
[edit]Sports
[edit]Football (No Data Given)
Music
[edit]Top songs of 1963 in Norway
[edit]- Arne Bendiksen - "Jeg vil ha en blå ballong"
- Cliff Richard - "Summer Holiday"
- Ned Miller - "From a Jack to a King"
- Cliff Richard - "Lucky Lips"
- Elvis Presley - "(You're the) Devil in Disguise"
- Kyu Sakamoto - "Sukiyaki"
- Wenche Myhre - "Gi meg en cowboy til mann"
- Bobby Bare - "Detroit City"
- Cliff Richard - "Don't Talk to Him"
Film
[edit]Om Tilla, by Arne Skouen
Literature
[edit]- 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
[edit]January
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- 4 January – May-Britt Moser, neuroscientist and winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.[1]
- 7 January – Georg Andersen, shot putter.[2]
- 14 January – Steffen Kverneland, comics artist.[3]
- 15 January – Erling Kagge, adventurer and publisher.[4]
- 23 January – Rune Gulliksen, ice hockey player.[5]
- 30 January – Terje Holtet Larsen, journalist and author.[6]
February
[edit]- 3 February
- Jørn Andersen, footballer.[7]
- Kathrine Bomstad, swimmer.[8]
- Liv Heløe, actress and playwright.[9]
- 5 February – Jan Kvalheim, beach volleyball player.[10]
- 8 February – Siri A. Meling, politician.[11]
March
[edit]- 14 March – Lisbeth Berg-Hansen, politician.[12]
April
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- 10 April – Rune Christiansen, poet and novelist
- 14 April – Gunvor Eldegard, politician
- 15 April – Mette Wikborg, civil servant.[13]
- 20 April
- Pål Hembre, sport shooter.[14]
- Christopher Nielsen, comics artist.[15]
- 21 April – Lars Monsen, adventurer and journalist.[16]
- 28 April
- Amund Djuve, journalist and newspaper editor.[17]
- Beate Grimsrud, writer (died 2020).[18]
- 28 April – Henrik Hellstenius, composer and musicologist
May
[edit]- 4 May – Jørgen Salsten, ice hockey player.[19]
- 16 May – Carl Erik Johannessen, sailor.[20]
- 26 May – Merethe Lindstrøm, writer.[21]
June
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- 4 June
- Elin Brodin, novelist.[22]
- Solveig Kringlebotn, operatic soprano.[23]
- 10 June – Kristin Vinje, chemist and politician.[24]
- 20 June
- Viel Bjerkeset Andersen, artist
- Anne Jahren, cross-country skier.[25]
July
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- 2 July – Christl Kvam, nurse, economist, trade unionist, civil servant, and politician.[26]
- 4 July – Heidi Støre, footballer.[27]
- 6 July – Rolf Terje Klungland, politician.[28]
- 7 July – Geir Karlstad, speed skater.[29]
- 27 July – Lars Bjønness, competition rower.[30]
August
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- 8 August – Christian Tybring-Gjedde, politician.[31]
- 9 August – Arne Hjeltnes, writer, television personality, and politician.[32]
- 27 August – Kirsti Leirtrø, politician.[33]
- 29 August – Hilde Frafjord Johnson, politician
September
[edit]- 16 September – Vidar Kleppe, politician.[34]
- 22 September – Lisa Scheibert, rower.[35]
October
[edit]- 5 October – Ronni Le Tekrø, guitarist (TNT)
- 18 October – Sigvart Dagsland, singer, pianist and composer
November
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- 17 November
- Einar Hålien, newspaper editor.[36]
- Roy Waage, politician.[37]
- 19 November – Geir Jørgen Bekkevold, politician.[38]
- 30 November – Einar Gausel, chess player.[39]
December
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- 5 December – Ingrid Bjørnov, singer, songwriter, keyboard player, composer and text writer.[40]
- 12 December – Arve Seland, footballer.[41]
- 25 December – Øystein Fevang, singer and choir conductor.[42]
- 27 December – Sigrid Brattabø Handegard, politician
Full date unknown
[edit]- Synnøve Eriksen, novelist
- Ole Amund Gjersvik, jazz musician.[43]
- Geir Gulliksen, writer and publisher.[44]
Notable deaths
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- 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).[45]
- 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).[46]
- 10 April – Ottar Gjermundshaug, Nordic combined skier (b.1925)
- 11 April
- Thorleif Holbye, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (b.1883)
- Arvid Gram Paulsen, jazz musician and composer (b. 1922)
- 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)
- 14 July – Rasmus Hatledal, topographer and military officer (b.1885)
- 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).[47]
- 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).[48]
- 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]References
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- ^ Holbæk-Hanssen, Hilde. "Solveig Kringlebotn". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
- ^ Tvedt, Knut Are. "Kristin Vinje". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
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- ^ Holen, Øyvind. "Arne Hjeltnes". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
- ^ Tvedt, Knut Are. "Kirsti Leirtrø". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
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- ^ "Lisa Scheibert". olympedia.org. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
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