Events in the year 1929 in Norway.
Events
- 8 May – Norway annexed the volcanic island Jan Mayen located in the Arctic Ocean.
Notable births
- 1 January – Fredrik Olsen, shipping magnate
- 3 January – Grethe Rytter Hasle, planktologist
- 17 January – Jan Rasmus Skåre, judge
- 3 February – Arvid Johanson, politician and Minister
- 10 February – Hallgeir Brenden, cross country skier and double Olympic gold medallist (died 2007)
- 10 February – Einar W. Sissener, businessperson (died 2008)
- 26 February – Bjørn Skau, politician and Minister
- 4 March – Fredrik Hagemann, geologist and public servant
- 5 April – Ivar Giaever, physicist, shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1973
- 19 April – Guttorm Berge, alpine skier and Olympic bronze medallist (died 2004)
- 20 April – Knut S. Heier, geochemist (died 2008)
- 6 May – Jorun Askersrud, cross country skier and athlete
- 7 May – Arnsten Samuelstuen, ski jumper
- 10 May – Audun Boysen, middle distance runner and Olympic bronze medallist (died 2000)
- 10 May – John Gjerde, politician
- 28 or 29 May – Dag Frogner, painter and scenographer.[1]
- 31 May – Halvdan Ljøsne, painter (died 2006)
- 11 June – Per Almar Aas, politician
- 24 June – Oddvar Barlie, sports wrestler (died 2017).[2][3]
- 1 July – Sigurd Berge, composer (died 2002)
- 8 July – Gunnar Block Watne, engineer and businessperson, introduced prefabricated houses in Norway.[4]
- 18 July – Kai Ekanger, politician
- 26 August – Willy Arne Wold, politician (died 1996)
- 24 September – Kåre Rønning, politician (died 1990)
- 30 September – Kjell Askildsen, writer
- 30 September – Helga Gitmark, politician (died 2008)[5]
- 19 October – Thorbjørn Kultorp, politician (died 2004)
- 22 October – Tore Sinding-Larsen, judge
- 30 November – Leif Haraldseth, trade unionist, politician and Minister
- 13 December – Lars Skytøen, politician and Minister
- 14 December – Magne Lerheim, politician (died 1994)
- 24 December – Sverre Wilberg, actor (died 1996)
Notable deaths
- 6 January – August Herman Halvorsen, politician (born 1866)
- 22 February – Gunnar Heiberg, playwright (born 1857).[7]
- 23 March – Rudolf Nilsen, poet and journalist (born 1901)
- 2 May – Anders Svor, sculptor (born 1864)
- 24 May – Just Bing Ebbesen, priest and politician (born 1847)
- 8 June – Ole Larsen Skattebøl, judge and politician (born 1844)
- 9 July – Hans Andersen Foss, author, newspaper editor and temperance leader in America (born 1851)
- 1 August – Gregers Winther Wulfsberg Gram, jurist and politician (born 1846)
- 12 September – Olaf Hovdenak, long distance runner (born 1891)
- 3 November – Olav Aukrust, poet and teacher (born 1883)
- 19 November – Torleiv Hannaas, philologist (born 1874)
- 14 December – Sigurd Jørgensen, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (born 1887)
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