Events in the year 1960 in Norway.
Incumbents Monarch – Olav V. Prime Minister – Einar Gerhardsen (Labour Party)
Events 1 May – The U-2 incident reveals that the United States uses Norwegian air bases as part of spying missions against the Soviet Union. 20 August – King Olav V declares television officially opened in Norway. 6 October – The Akershus University Hospital opens 1 November – Population Census: 3,591,234 inhabitants in Norway. 9 December – The Norwegian government decides, contrary to the advice of the Norwegian military leadership, that Norway will not acquire any nuclear weapons. NRK began its regular television broadcasts.
Popular culture Sports 1960 in Norwegian football Norway at the 1960 Summer Olympics Norway at the 1960 Winter Olympics
Music
Film Struggle for Eagle Peak (Venner), starring Alf Malland
Literature Jens Bjørneboe - Den onde hyrde
Television
Notable births January to June
17 January – Vivian Knarvik Bugge, politician. 7 February – Ingunn Foss, politician 2 March – Svein Stølen, chemist. 10 March – Agnete Haaland, actress and theatre director. 19 March – Hanne Woods, curler. 21 March – Gunn Nyborg, footballer. 29 March Sonja Mandt-Bartholsen, politician. Jo Nesbø, novelist and musician.Jo Nesbø (b. 1960) 4 April – Brit Volden, orienteering competitor. 8 April – Jørn Sigurd Maurud, jurist and civil servant. 27 April – Hanne Hegh, handball player. 25 June – Randi Karlstrøm, politician 26 June – Rigmor Aasrud, politician
July to December
16 July – Trond Abrahamsen, ice hockey player. 17 July – Toril Marie Øie, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Norway. 21 July – Brynjar Aa, dramatist 27 July – Sverre Løken, rower. 2 August – Joar Vaadal, footballer. 10 August – Øystein Alme, author 2 September – Kristin Halvorsen, politician and Minister 2 September – Ida Hjort Kraby, civil servant. 2 September – Vetle Lid Larssen, journalist and novelist. 4 September – Ragnhild Aarflot Kalland, politician 18 September – Nils Petter Molvær, jazz trumpeter, composer and producer 1 October – Per Bergersen, musician (died 1990) 26 October – Arne Berggren, writer and musician. 18 December – Niels Christian Geelmuyden, journalist and writer 11 December – Frode Grytten, writer and journalist 20 December – Morten Haga Lunde, air force general.
Notable deaths
15 January – Carl Fredrik Holmboe, engineer (b. 1882) 2 February – Eilert Falch-Lund, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (b. 1875) 15 May – Rolf Jacobsen, boxer (b. 1899) 22 May – Anders Tjøstolvsen Noddeland, politician (b. 1885) 25 June – Carl Alfred Pedersen, gymnast and triple jumper (b. 1882) 22 July Bodil Katharine Biørn, missionary known as Mother Katharine (b. 1871) Hans Nordvik, rifle shooter and Olympic gold medallist (b. 1880). 29 July – Kristian Østervold, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (b. 1885). 29 July – Carl Wilhelm Rubenson, mountaineer (born 1885 in Sweden). 12 September – Jakob Nilsson Vik, politician and Minister (b. 1882) 28 September – Gabriel Kielland, architect, painter and designer (b. 1871) 14 October – Sigurd Hoel, author and publishing consultant (b. 1890) 27 November – Gunnar Kaasen, musher, delivered diphtheria antitoxin to Nome, Alaska in 1925, as the last leg of a dog sled relay that saved the city from an epidemic (b. 1882) 13 December – Christopher Hornsrud, politician and Prime Minister of Norway (b. 1859) 13 December – Einar Jansen, historian, genealogist and archivist (b. 1893) 17 December – Arne Sejersted, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (b.1877). 18 December – Trygve Schjøtt, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (b.1882). 28 December – Karl Eugen Hammerstedt, politician (b.1903)
Full date missing Birger Gotaas, journalist (b. 1883).
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