Events in the year 1930 in Norway.
Notable births
- 9 January – Tone Groven Holmboe, composer and teacher
- 12 January – Per Andersen, neuroscientist
- 12 January – Viking Mestad, banker and politician
- 6 February – Rikard Olsvik, politician
- 8 April – Kåre Lunden, historian
- 28 April – Paul Hilmar Jenson, philatelist (died 2004)
- 6 May – Kjell Bækkelund, pianist (died 2004)
- 10 May – Jens Bugge, judge
- 29 May – Liv Stubberud, politician (died 1997)
- 21 June – Arnor Njøs, soil researcher
- 21 June – Trygve Reenskaug, computer scientist
- 4 July – Thea Knutzen, politician
- 9 July – Håkon Randal, politician
- 7 August – Gunnar Ellefsen, politician (died 1997)
- 10 August – Axel Buch, politician (died 1998)
- 27 August – Aase Foss Abrahamsen, children's writer.[2]
- 7 September – Olav Sigurd Carlsen, politician
- 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
- 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
- 20 December – Jan Elgarøy, organist and composer
- 22 December – Per Bredesen, international soccer player
- 30 December – Sigfrid Mohn, politician
Notable deaths
- 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)
