1961 in Norway

Events in the year 1961 in Norway.

Incumbents

12 January – Princess Astrid marries Johan Martin Ferner.
March – Ingrid Bjerkås, ordained as first female minister in the Church of Norway
15 April – The Socialist People's Party was founded.
9 August – Holtaheia Accident: A British passenger plane crashes in Strand. All 39 passengers aboard, including 34 children, are killed.
11 September – The 1961 Parliamentary election takes place.

Olav Bjaaland was one of the first five men to reach the South Pole

13 March – Lise Lindbæk, war correspondent (b.1905)
27 March – Jacob Pedersen, track and field athlete (b.1889)
2 April – Arne Torolf Strøm, politician (b.1901)
26 April – Anna Sethne, educator (born 1872).^[1]
2 May – Petter Jamvold, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (b.1899)
7 June – Harald Gram, jurist, politician and genealogist (b.1887)
8 June – Olav Bjaaland, ski champion and polar explorer (b.1873)
30 June – Lars Sverkeson Romundstad, politician (b.1885)
14 August – Thomas Aas, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (b.1887)
16 September – Johanne Samueline Pedersen, politician (b.1887)
17 September – Henrik Ameln, jurist and politician (b.1879)
3 October – Anne Grimdalen, sculptor (b.1899)
17 October – Jens Olai Steffensen, politician (b.1891)
9 November – Ferdinand Bie, long jumper and Olympic gold medallist (b.1888).^[2]
13 November – Herman Smitt Ingebretsen, politician (b.1891)
21 November – Hjalmar Olai Storeide, politician (b.1901)
22 November – Ole Hallesby, Lutheran neo-orthodox pietist (b.1879)
4 December – Ingvar Wedervang, economist and statistician (b.1891)

↑ Grankvist, Rolf. "Anna Sethne". In Helle, Knut. Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
↑ "Ferdinand Bie". SR/Olympic Sports. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 12 November 2012.

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