1930 in Norway
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Events in the year 1930 in Norway.
Incumbents
- Monarch - Haakon VII
Events
- 12 November - Norway relinquishes its claim to the Sverdrup Islands.
- Having established two years earlier, what is to become Norway's largest industrial park at Herøya outside Porsgrunn, Norsk Hydro opens up its first plant in this location.
- The 1930 Parliamentary election takes place.
Notable births
- 9 January - Tone Groven Holmboe, composer and teacher
- 12 January - Per Andersen, neuroscientist
- 6 February - Rikard Olsvik, politician
- 8 April - Kåre Lunden, historian
- 28 April - Paul Hilmar Jenson, philatelist (died 2004)
- 6 May - Kjell Bækkelund, pianist (died 2004)
- 10 May - Jens Bugge, judge
- 29 May - Liv Stubberud, politician (died 1997)
- 21 June - Arnor Njøs, soil researcher
- 4 July - Thea Knutzen, politician
- 9 July - Håkon Randal, politician
- 7 August - Gunnar Ellefsen, politician (died 1997)
- 10 August - Axel Buch, politician (died 1998)
- 7 September - Olav Sigurd Carlsen, politician
- 12 September - Gunder Gundersen, Nordic combined skier and sports official (died 2005)
- 24 October - Johan Galtung, sociologist
- 30 October - Sjur Hopperstad, politician
- 20 November - Kjell Storvik, economist and former Governor of the Central Bank of Norway
- 24 November - Tor Halvorsen, trade unionist, politician and Minister (died 1987)
- 19 December - Knut Helle, historian and professor
- 20 December - Jan Elgarøy, organist and composer
- 22 December - Per Bredesen, international soccer player
- 30 December - Sigfrid Mohn, politician
Full date unknown
- Tor Hagfors, scientist, radio astronomer and radar expert (died 2007)
- Hans Andreas Ihlebæk, journalist (died 1993)
- Viking Mestad, banker and politician
- Trygve Reenskaug, computer scientist
- Vesla Gunvor Vetlesen, politician and Minister
Notable deaths
- 10 February - Mons Monssen, sailor in the United States Navy who received the Medal of Honor (born 1867)
- 12 February - Oddmund Vik, politician (born 1858)
- 13 May - Fridtjof Nansen, explorer, scientist and diplomat, awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1922 (born 1861)
- 5 October - Haaken L. Mathiesen, landowner and businessperson (born 1858)
- 26 November - Otto Sverdrup, Arctic scientist and explorer (born 1854)
- 9 December - Lauritz Christiansen, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (born 1867)
- 29 December - Oscar Borg, composer (born 1851)
Full date unknown
- Jacob Breda Bull, author (born 1853)
- Kristofer Kristofersson Hjeltnes, horticulturist and politician (born 1856)
- Christian Theodor Holtfodt, politician (born 1863)
- Sigurd Ibsen, author and politician (born 1859)
- Wilhelm Christian Magelssen, politician and Minister (born 1867)
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