1953 in Norway

Events in the year 1953 in Norway.

Incumbents

1 June –The first Bergen International Festival opens.
16 July – Parliament voted to move the main base for the Navy from Horten to Bergen.
11 September – The Norwegian Consumer Council established
12 October – The 1953 Parliamentary election takes place.
15 November – Four men suspected of spying for the Soviet Union were arrested in Kirkenes.
The Norwegian Academy for Language and Literature (Det Norske Akademi for Sprog og Litteratur) is founded.

6 January – Jon Eberson, jazz guitarist
10 February – Aud Folkestad, politician
18 February – Erling Aksdal, jazz pianist
6 March – Jan Kjærstad, author
13 April Tom Olstad, jazz drummer
24 April – Nina Bjerkedal, civil servant
24 April – Øyvind Sandberg, film director
8 May – May Hansen, politician
12 May – Odd Riisnæs, jazz saxophonist
2 June Vidar Johansen, jazz saxophonist
30 June Ståle Wikshåland, musicologist
13 July – Sigurd Ulveseth, jazz upright bassist
19 September – Olav Berstad, diplomat
21 September – Lars Saabye Christensen, author
7 November – Erik Balke, jazz saxophonist
7 December – Arne Nævra, photographer and politician, member of the Storting.[1]

Erik Blücher, political activist
Nils Lid Hjort, statistician and professor
Per Hannevold, principal bassoonist of the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
Stein Erik Lunde, novelist, children's writer, biographer and textbook writer.[2]

11 January – Hans Aanrud, author, poet and playwright (born 1863)
9 March – Ole Iversen, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist (born 1884)
2 April – Halfdan Hansen, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (born 1883)
18 June – Thomas Thorstensen, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (born 1880)
24 June – Jentoft Jensen, politician (born 1901)
12 July – Otto Olsen, rifle shooter and Olympic gold medallist (born 1884)
18 July – Ole Jensen Rong, politician (born 1885)
4 September – Magdalon Monsen, soccer player and Olympic bronze medallist (born 1910)[3]
12 September – Sigrid Boo, author (born 1898)
9 December – Issay Dobrowen, composer and conductor (born 27 February 1891).[4]

Solveig Haugan, stage and movie actress (born 1901)
Kristen Holbø, painter and illustrator (born 1869)
Christian Pierre Mathiesen, politician and Minister (born 1870)
Jonas Pedersen, politician (born 1871)
Marius Nygaard Smith-Petersen, physician and orthopaedic surgeon in America (born 1886)
Alfred Trønsdal, politician (born 1896)
Eirik Vandvik, professor in literature (born 1904)

"Nævra, Arne". stortinget.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2 October 2017.
Godal, Anne Marit (ed.). "Stein Erik Lunde". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
"Magdalon Monsen". SR/Olympic Sports. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 4 November 2012.
"Issay Dobrowen". Store Norske Leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. 14 February 2009. Retrieved 25 March 2017.

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