1901 in Norway

Events in the year 1901 in Norway.

Incumbents

• Prime Minister of Norway: Johannes Steen

Events

Arts and literature

Births

January to March

• 9 January - Bjarne Lyngstad, politician and Minister (d.1971)
• 16 January - Narve Bonna, ski jumper and Olympic silver medallist (d.1976)
• 16 January - Hans Karolus Ommedal, politician (d.1984)
• 26 January - Alf Konningen, alpine skier (d.1978)
• 30 January - Eldrid Erdal, politician (d.1997)
• 11 March - Kjell Bondevik, politician and Minister (d.1983)
• 17 March - Arnt Njargel, politician (d.1985)
• 25 March - Harry Lundeberg, merchant seaman and labour leader in America (d.1957)

April to June

• 10 April - Tønnes Oksefjell, politician (d.1976)
• 23 April - Tore Segelcke, actress (d.1979)
• 1 May - Jentoft Jensen, politician (d.1953)
• 3 May - Kjell Gjøstein Aabrek, politician (d.1967)
• 8 May - Ingrid Bjerkås, first female minister in the Church of Norway (d.1980)
• 23 May - Kristoffer Nilsen, boxer (d.1975)
• 19 June - Øyvinn Øi, military officer (d.1940)

July to September

• 8 July - Sigurd Lersbryggen, politician (d.1980)
• 9 July - Jørgen Mathiesen, landowner and businessperson (d.1993)
• 14 July - Hårek Ludvig Hansen, politician (d.1996)
• 14 July - Haakon Sløgedal, politician (d.1979)
• 17 July - Finn Berstad, international soccer player (d.1982)
• 6 August - Anders Sæterøy, politician (d.1991)
• 10 August - Hjalmar Olai Storeide, politician (d.1961)
• 14 August - Håkon Bryhn, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (d.1968)
• 16 August - Olav Kielland, composer and conductor (d.1985)
• 27 August - Liv Tomter, politician (d.1978)
• 31 August - Helge Jakobsen, politician (d.1996)
• 5 September - Erling Dekke Næss, shipowner and businessman (d.1993)
• 6 September - Henrik Friis Robberstad, politician (d.1978)
• 11 September - Torkell Tande, politician (d.2001)
• 22 September - Brynhild Berge, diver (d.1975)

October to December

• 1 October - Arne Torolf Strøm, politician (d.1972)
• 2 October - Egil Halmøy, politician (d.1984)
• 4 October - Egil Werner Erichsen, politician (d.2000)
• 6 October - Aslak Brekke, folksinger (d.1978)
• 8 October - Eivind Groven, composer and music-theorist (d.1977)
• 18 November - Einar Nilsen, boxer (d.1980)
• 24 November - Reidar Ødegaard, cross country skier and Olympic bronze medallist (d.1972)
• 6 December - Odd Nansen, architect, author and humanitarian (d.1973)
• 26 December - Olav Hordvik, politician (d.1979)
• 31 December - John Schjelderup Giæver, author and polar researcher (d.1970)

Full date unknown

• Per Arneberg, poet, prosaist and translator (d.1981)
• Erik Kristen-Johanssen, jurist and theatre director (d.1976)
• Gulbrand Lunde, politician (d.1942)
• Rudolf Nilsen, poet and journalist (d.1929)
• Bjarne Slapgard, educator and author (d.1997)
• Solveig Haugan, stage and movie actress (d.1953)

Deaths

• 31 January - Peter Andreas Blix, architect and engineer (b.1831)
• 9 May - Andreas Leigh Aabel, physician and poet (b.1830)
• 3 July - Lorenz Juhl Vogt, politician (b.1825)

Full date unknown

• Ole Peter Petersen, founder of Methodism in Norway and co-founder of Norwegian and Danish Methodism in the United States (b.1822)