Events in the year 1949 in Norway.
Popular culture
Literature
- The Knut Hamsund novel Paa gjengrodde Stier (On Overgrown Paths), was published.
Notable births
- 7 January – Bente Erichsen, culture director
- 7 February – Oddvar Einarson, film director
- 2 April – Per Husby, jazz musician and orchestra leader
- 10 April – Ingolf Håkon Teigene, journalist and editor (died 2007)
- 29 April – Hæge Follegg Pedersen, children's writer.[1]
- 3 May – Esben Esther Pirelli Benestad, doctor and sexologist
- 14 May – Sverre Årnes, novelist
- 19 May – Inga Kvalbukt, politician
- 30 May – Bjørn T. Grydeland, civil servant and diplomat
- 20 June – Synnøve Korssjøen, goldsmith, jewellry designer.[2]
- 8 November – Clement Endresen, judge
- 10 November – Aud Gaundal, politician
- 18 November – Sverre Diesen, military officer and Chief of Defence of Norway
- 18 November – Knut Magne Flølo, politician
- 9 December – Anne Enger, politician
- 14 December – Inger Lise Rypdal, singer and actress
Notable deaths
- 25 January – Leon Aurdal, painter (born 1890).[3]
- 5 February – Rudolf Elias Peersen, politician and Minister (born 1868)
- 14 February – Lise Stauri, educator (born 1882).[4]
- 21 February – Anders Beer Wilse, photographer (born 1865)
- 2 June – Gudbrand Bernhardsen Tandberg, politician (born 1903)
- 10 June – Sigrid Undset, novelist, awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1928 (born 1882)
- 13 July – Nils Tveit, politician (born 1876)
- 15 July – Erik Solem, judge (born 1877)
- 8 August – Eivind Kristoffer Eriksen, politician (born 1893)
- 8 October – Erik Ørvig, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (born 1895)
- 4 December – Ivar Lykke, politician and Prime Minister of Norway (born 1872)
- 22 December – Ole Reistad, military officer and pentathlete (born 1898).[5]
