1961 in Norway
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Events in the year 1961 in Norway.
Incumbents
- Monarch – Olav V
- Prime Minister – Einar Gerhardsen (Labour Party)
Events
- 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.
Popular culture
Sports
Music
Film
Literature
Notable births
- 7 January – Irene Johansen, politician
- 11 January – Carl Morten Amundsen, dramaturg and theatre director
- 3 March – Anita Hegerland, singer
- 18 March – Ingvild Bryn, journalist and news anchor
- 18 March – Kyrre Nakkim, journalist
- 23 March – Jørgen Sigurd Lien, software developer
- 23 May – Pål Brekke, astrophysicist
- 12 August – Kristin Krohn Devold, politician
- 12 August – Ingrid Heggø, politician
- 29 August – Signy Fardal, magazine editor
- 6 September – Paul Waaktaar-Savoy, A-ha lead guitarist
- 19 December – Anne Kristine Linnestad, politician
Notable deaths
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Olav Bjaaland was one of the first five men to reach the South Pole
- 23 January – Andreas Baalsrud, engineer (b. 1872)[1]
- 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).[2]
- 2 May – Petter Jamvold, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (b. 1899)
- 24 May – Rachel Grepp, journalist and politician (b. 1879)[3]
- 7 June – Harald Gram, jurist, politician and genealogist (b. 1887)
- 8 June – Olav Bjaaland, ski champion and polar explorer (b. 1873)
- 9 June – Arnstein Arneberg, architect (b.1882)[4]
- 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)
- 25 September – Olav Gullvåg, playwright, novelist, poet and editor (b. 1885)[5]
- 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).[6]
- 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)
- 12 December – Hauk Aabel, comedian and actor (b. 1867)[7]
- 26 December – Kristofer Uppdal, poet and author (b. 1878)[8]
Full date unknown
- Haakon Hauan, politician and Minister (b.1871)
- Lars Høgvold, ski jumper (b.1888)
- Kristian Løken, military officer (b.1884)
- Niels Nielsen, sailor and Olympic silver medallist (b.1883)
- Vaadjuv Nyqvist, sailor and Olympic silver medallist (b.1902)
- Arnold Rørholt, military officer (b.1884)
- Olav Martinus Knutsen Steinnes, politician and Minister (b.1886)
See also
References
- "Andreas Baalsrud". Merkantilt biografisk leksikon. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
- Grankvist, Rolf. "Anna Sethne". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
- "Grepp, Rachel" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Labour Party. Archived from the original on 19 September 2010. Retrieved 12 March 2009.
- "Arnstein Arneberg, 79, architect dies". New York Times. 11 June 1960. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
- "Gullvåg, Olav". Aschehoug og Gyldendals Store norske leksikon. Kunnskapsforlaget. 2007.
- "Ferdinand Bie". SR/Olympic Sports. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 12 November 2012.
- "Hauk Erlendson Aabel". Store Norske Leksikon. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
- Downs, Sandra; Brian W. Downs (2 January 1966). Modern Norwegian Literature 1860-1918. Cambridge University Press. p. 204. ISBN 978-0-521-04854-5.
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