Incumbents Monarch – Haakon VII. Prime Minister – Gunnar Knudsen (until 1 February); Wollert Konow

Events

15 February – Norsk Gjærde- og Metaldukfabrik is established. 30 April – The Parliament passes a resolution about universal suffrage for women in municipal elections. 29 May – Nationalforeningen mot tuberkulose founded. 13 July – The railway line Kirkenes–Bjørnevatn opened. 30 July – First ascent of Stetind, by Bryn, Rubenson and Schjelderup. 1 August – First ascent of Svolværgeita, by Bryn, Rubenson and Schjelderup. 3 August – First ascent of Trakta, by Bryn, Rubenson and Schjelderup. 15 September – Norwegian Institute of Technology (Norges Tekniske Høgskole, (NTH)) is opened in Trondheim. 4 December – The railway line from Flisa to Elverum opened. Municipal and county elections are held throughout the country. Bøkfjord Lighthouse is established at the mouth of Bøkfjorden, outside Kirkenes.

Popular culture

Sports

26 March – The sports club Grane SK (now: Bærum SK) is founded 29 May – The sports club Stenkjær FK founded 2 July – Norges Rigsforbund for Idræt is founded.

Full date unknown Eidsvold TF founded Hornindal IL founded Mjøndalen IF founded Stjørdal IL founded IL Varden founded Vestfossen IF founded

Music

Film

Literature 5 April – First issue of the newspaper Fjordenes Tidende. 5 May – First issue of the newspaper Tidens Tegn.

Full date unknown The periodical Kunst og Kultur established. The Olav Duun novel Nøkksjøliga (The Slope by Nøkk Lake) was published. The Knut Hamsund play Livet i Vold (In the Grip of Life), was published.

Notable births

10 January – Kitty Petrine Fredriksen, politician (died 2003) 11 January – Trygve Bratteli, twice Prime Minister of Norway (died 1984) 14 January – Chris Bruusgaard, midwife (died 2000) 18 January – Jens Henrik Nordlie, military officer (died 1996) 18 January – Oddmund Hoel, politician (died 1983). 22 January – Petter Mørch Koren, politician (died 2004) 25 January – Alf Brodal, professor of anatomy (died 1988) 1 February (in Great Britain) – Birger Tvedt, physician (died 2002) 4 February – Asbjørn Lindhjem, politician (died 1994) 6 February – Gunnar Syverstad, resistance member (died 1945). 9 February – Rønnaug Alten, actress (died 2001) 14 February – Leif Juster, comedian, singer and actor (died 1995) 15 February – Odd Granlund, media personality (died 1982) 18 February – Randi Monsen, illustrator (died 1997) 24 February – Parelius Hjalmar Bang Berntsen, politician (died 1995). 1 March – Torgeir Svendsen, politician (died 1981) 13 March – Sverre Nordby, football goalkeeper (died 1978) 15 March – Rolf Johannessen, football defender (died 1965) 20 March – Edmund Fjærvoll, politician (died 1975). 20 March – Borghild Rud, illustrator (died 1999) 27 March – Ludvig Olai Botnen, politician (died 1987) 29 March – Ingrid Semmingsen, historian (died 1995) 16 April – Jens Haugland, politician and Minister (died 1991) 19 April – Magdalon Monsen, soccer player and Olympic bronze medallist (died 1953) 22 April – Lars L'Abée-Lund, police (died 1991) 27 April – Johan Melander, banker (died 1989) 28 April – Åsmund Sveen, writer (died 1963) 3 May – Sigbjørn Bernhoft Osa, folk musician, fiddler (died 1990) 9 May – Lorentz Brinch, barrister, military officer, resistance member and politician (died 1953) 14 May – Sverre Holm, sociologist (died 1996) 15 May – Onar Onarheim, businessperson (died 1988) 28 May – Helga Dagsland, nurse educator (died 2003). 2 June – Per Hurum, sculptor (died 1989) 3 June – Christian Hartmann, composer (died 1985) 12 June – Finn Brudevold, odontologist (died 2006) 14 June – Erling Engan, politician (died 1982) 19 June – Lilli Gjerløw, archivist (died 1998) 21 June – Ole Martin Ystgaard, dairy leader (died 1970) 23 June – Arthur Mørch Hansson, diplomat (d. 1969) 26 June – Ole Otto Paus, general and diplomat (died 2003) 4 July – Erling Viksjø, architect (died 1971) 9 July – Torrey Mosvold, entrepreneur (died 1995) 27 July – Per Fossum, alpine skier (died 2004) 27 July – Lorentz Nitter, physician (died 1997) 31 July – Svein Helling, sports shooter (died 1978). 7 August – Ingeborg Lyche, civil servant (died 1990) 11 August – Sigmund Selberg, mathematician (died 1994) 11 August – Arne Selberg, engineer (died 1989) 26 August – Finn Halse, writer (died 1980) 13 September – Olav Mosebekk, artist (died 2001) 30 September – Osvald Harjo, resistance member (died 1993) 7 October – Halfdan Gran Olsen, rower (died 1971) 12 October – Ferdinand Finne, artist (died 1999) 13 October – Claes Gill, author, poet and actor (died 1973) 13 October – Magnar Isaksen, footballer (died 1979) 24 October – Sverre Marstrander, archaeologist (died 1986) 26 October (in Madagascar) – Alex Johnson, clergyman (died 1989) 5 November – Eigil Helland-Hansen, travel agent (died 1997) 7 November – Bjarne Daniel Solli, politician (died 1989) 9 November – Bernhard Paus, orthopedic surgeon and Freemason Grand Master (died 1999). 12 November – Arvid Johansen, politician (died 1996) 14 November – Jens Book-Jenssen, singer, revue artist and theatre director (died 1999) 21 November – Erik Braadland, diplomat and politician (died 1988) 1 December (in Copenhagen) – Per Palle Storm, sculptor (died 1994) 12 December – Aslaug Låstad Lygre, poet (died 1966) 13 December – Leif J. Wilhelmsen, philologist and politician (died 1976) 16 December – Ivar Johansen, bobsledder (died 1984) 18 December – Edvard Magnus Edvardsen, politician (died 2000) 21 December – Ole J. Malm, physician (died 2005) 26 December – Roar Hauglid, art historian (died 2001) 27 December – Karl Olsen, civil servant (died 1999) 30 December – Erling Nilsen, boxer (died 1984)

Full date unknown Ole Arntzen, Businessman and Milorg leader (died 1973)

Notable deaths

8 January – Christian Fürst, architect (born 1860) 8 February – Hans Jæger, writer, philosopher and anarchist political activist (born 1854). 24 February – John Anderson, Norwegian-American publisher (born 1836). 7 April – Theodor Nilsen Stousland, politician (born 1842). 26 April – Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, writer and the 1903 Nobel Prize in Literature laureate (born 1832). 20 May – Oscar Wergeland, painter (born 1844). 2 July (in Germany) – Elias Sunde, politician and Minister (born 1851). 19 July – Carl August Gulbranson, businessperson and politician (born 1831) 30 August – Viggo Ullmann, educator and politician (born 1848). 16 September John Utheim, teacher and politician (born 1847) 24 October – Toini Topelius, Finnish journalist who settled in Norway (born 1854) 25 October – Lorentz Henrik Müller Segelcke, politician and Minister (born 1829). 9 November – Hans Larsen Saakvitne, farmer, bailiff and politician (born 1839) 15 November – Emil Schreiner, philologist and educator (born 1831). 11 December – Lars Olsen Skrefsrud, missionary and language researcher in India (born 1840). 19 December – Anders Daae, prison director (born 1838) 19 December U. V. Koren, Norwegian-American author, theologian and church leader (born 1826) 24 December Gudbrand Gregersen de Saág, Norwegian-Hungarian bridge engineer, architect and member of the Hungarian nobility (born 1824). 29 December – Henrik Thrap-Meyer, architect (born 1833).

Full date unknown Axel Nicolai Herlofson, fraudster (born 1845) Johan Vaaler, inventor (born 1866).

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