1922 in Norway

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Events in the year 1922 in Norway.

Contents 1 Incumbents 2 Events 3 Sport 4 Notable births 4.1 Full date unknown 5 Deaths 5.1 Full date unknown 6 External links

Incumbents

• King of Norway - Haakon VII of Norway

Events

• 8 January - The Social Democratic Youth League of Norway is founded.
• 30 November - The establishment of Norwegian government-owned alcoholic beverage retailer "Vinmonopolet".
• Fridtjof Nansen is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his work as a League of Nations High Commissioner.
• Municipal and county elections are held throughout the country.

Sport

• Ole Reistad, pentathlete, is awarded the Egebergs Ærespris for achievements in multiple sports

Notable births

• 6 January - Finn Mortensen, composer, critic and educator (d.1983)
• 20 January - Bjørn Endreson, actor, stage producer and theatre director (d.1998)
• 11 February - Svenn Stray, politician and Minister
• 13 February - Jørgen Sønstebø, politician
• 15 March - Kristoffer Lepsøe, rower and Olympic bronze medallist (d.2006)
• 8 April - Odd Steinar Holøs, politician (d.2001)
• 14 April - Viking Olver Eriksen, nuclear physicist
• 30 April - Frank Olsen, resistance member, executed (d.1945)
• 18 May - Gerda Boyesen, founder of Biodynamic Psychology (d.2005)
• 7 June - Vilhelm Aubert, sociologist (d.1988)
• 10 June - Edvard Hagerup Bull, composer
• 10 June - Erling Danielsen, politician
• 13 June - Gunnar Konsmo, speed skater (d.1996)
• 14 June - Sven Olsen, politician (d.2001)
• 26 June - Reidun Andersson, politician (d.1992)
• 6 July - Thorolf Rafto, human rights activist and professor in Economic History (d.1986)
• 8 July - Torodd Hauer, speed skater
• 17 July - Olina Storsand, politician
• 26 July - Johan Trondsen, politician
• 27 July - Ambjørg Sælthun, politician
• 5 September - Alvilde Prydz, novelist (b. 1846 in Norway)
• 7 September - Bodil Aakre, jurist and politician (d.2008)
• 28 September - Liv Dommersnes, actress and reciter of poetry
• 8 October - Helge Stormorken, veterinarian and physician
• 4 November - Reidar Due, politician
• 12 November - Knut Østby, sprint canoer and Olympic silver medallist
• 13 November - Aud Schønemann, actress (d.2006)
• 22 December - Odd Wang Sørensen, international soccer player (d.2004)
• 28 December - Ragnar Christiansen, politician and Minister (d.1994)

Full date unknown

• Just Faaland, political economist
• Jostein Goksøyr, microbiologist (d.2000)
• Per Hansson, journalist and writer (d.1982)
• Sigbjørn Hølmebakk, author (d.1981)
• Dagmar Lahlum, resistance member and agent (d.1999)
• Hallvard Rieber-Mohn, writer and Dominican priest (d.1982)
• Kjell Bloch Sandved, author, lecturer and nature photographer

Deaths

• 23 January - Stephan Sinding, sculptor (b.1846)
• 22 February - Frithjof Olsen, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist (b.1882)
• 7 March - Axel Thue, mathematician (b.1863)
• 10 March - Anton Johan Rønneberg, politician (b.1856)
• 3 April - Aasulv Olsen Bryggesaa, politician and Minister (b.1866)
• 18 April - Hjalmar Welhaven, architect, palace manager, and sportsman (b.1850)
• 13 June - Fredrik Stang Lund, politician and Minister (b.1859)
• 21 August - Jørgen Løvland, politician and Prime Minister of Norway (b.1848)
• 7 September - Hans G. Jensen, tailor, trade unionist and politician (b.1856)

Full date unknown

• Samuel Balto, explorer and adventurer (b.1862)
• Kyrre Grepp, politician (b.1879)
• Johan Magnus Halvorsen, politician (b.1853)
• Jørg Tofte Jebsen, physicist (b.1888)
• Jørgen Christian Knudsen, ship-owner and politician (b.1843)
• Carl Sofus Lumholtz, discoverer and ethnographer (b.1851)
• Hans Henrik Reusch, geologist (b.1852)

External links

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