1953 in Norway

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Events in the year 1953 in Norway.

Contents 1 Incumbents 2 Events 3 Popular culture 3.1 Sports 3.2 Music 3.3 Film 3.4 Literature 4 Notable births 4.1 Full date unknown 5 Notable deaths 5.1 Full date unknown 6 External links

Incumbents

• Monarch - Haakon VII of Norway
• Prime Minister - Oscar Torp (Labour Party)

Events

• 1 June –The first Bergen International Festival opens.
• 16 July – Parliament voted to move the main base for the Navy from Horten to Bergen.
• 11 September - The Norwegian Consumer Council established
• 12 October – The 1953 Parliamentary election takes place.
• 15 November – Four men suspected of spying for the Soviet Union were arrested in Kirkenes.
• The Norwegian Academy for Language and Literature (Det Norske Akademi for Sprog og Litteratur) is founded.

Popular culture

Sports

Music

Film

Literature

Notable births

• 10 February - Aud Folkestad, politician
• 6 March - Jan Kjærstad, author
• 24 April - Nina Bjerkedal, civil servant
• 24 April - Øyvind Sandberg, film director
• 8 May - May Hansen, politician
• 19 September - Olav Berstad, diplomat
• 21 September - Lars Saabye Christensen, author

Full date unknown

• Erik Blücher, political activist
• Nils Lid Hjort, statistician and professor

Notable deaths

• 11 January - Hans Aanrud, author, poet and playwright (b.1863)
• 9 March - Ole Iversen, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist (b.1884)
• 2 April - Halfdan Hansen, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (b.1883)
• 18 June - Thomas Thorstensen, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (b.1880)
• 24 June - Jentoft Jensen, politician (b.1901)
• 12 July - Otto Olsen, rifle shooter and Olympic gold medallist (b.1884)
• 18 July - Ole Jensen Rong, politician (b.1885)
• 4 September - Magdalon Monsen, soccer player and Olympic bronze medallist (b.1910)

Full date unknown

• Solveig Haugan, stage and movie actress (b.1901)
• Kristen Holbø, painter and illustrator (b.1869)
• Christian Pierre Mathiesen, politician and Minister (b.1870)
• Jonas Pedersen, politician (b.1871)
• Marius Nygaard Smith-Petersen, physician and orthopaedic surgeon in America (b.1886)
• Alfred Trønsdal, politician (b.1896)
• Eirik Vandvik, professor in literature (b.1904)

External links

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