1931 in Norway
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Events in the year 1931 in Norway.
Incumbents
- Monarch - Haakon VII
- Prime Minister - Peder Kolstad
Events
- 27 June – Norway occupied and claimed parts of the then-uninhabited eastern Greenland (also called Erik the Red's Land), claiming that it constituted terra nullius.
- Municipal and county elections are held throughout the country.
Notable births
- 10 January - Olaf B. Bjørnstad, ski jumper
- 27 January - Sissel Lange-Nielsen, writer, literary critic, and journalist
- 31 January - Ole Gabriel Ueland, politician
- 22 February - Georg Johannesen, author and professor of rhetoric (died 2005)
- 4 March - Ludvig Hope Faye, politician
- 23 March - Kjell Knudsen, politician
- 2 April - Åslaug Grinde, politician
- 5 April - Peter R. Holm, poet, author and translator
- 11 April - Olav Marås, politician
- 26 April - Øyvind Bjorvatn, politician
- 26 April - Ola Mikal Heide, botanist
- 27 April - Vera Louise Holmøy, judge
- 28 April - Karen Sogn, politician
- 9 May - Erik Dammann, author and environmentalist
- 19 May – Leif Raa, illustrator (died 2003).[1][2]
- 5 June - Einar Magnussen, economist and politician (died 2004)
- 18 June - Eigil Nansen, human rights activist
- 20 June - Arne Nordheim, composer
- 8 July - Thorvald Stoltenberg, politician and Minister
- 24 July - Sverre Holm, actor (died 2005)
- 5 September - Torstein Slungård, politician
- 1 October - Tore Haugen, politician
- 6 October - Johan M. Nyland, politician (died 2007)
- 11 October - Bjørn Slettan, historian
- 12 October - Ole-Johan Dahl, computer scientist (died 2002)
- 6 November - Bjartmar Gjerde, politician
- 30 November - Knut Myhre, politician
- 7 December - Bjørg Lødøen, painter, graphic artist and composer
Full date unknown
- Ole Knapp, politician and Minister
- Yngvar Løchen, sociologist (died 1998)
- Selmer Nilsen, fisherman who spied for the KGB (died 1991)
- Alf Nordvang, actor and theatre director (died 2007)
Notable deaths
- 31 March - Knute Rockne, American football player and coach (born 1888)
- 23 April - Nils P. Haugen, a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin (born 1849)
- 14 August - Olav Johan Sopp, mycologist (born 1860)
- 1 September - Anders Andersen, politician (born 1846)
- 5 November - Ole Edvart Rølvaag, novelist and professor in America (born 1876)
- 11 November - Marie Hauge, painter (born 1864)
- 17 December - Hans Nilsen Hauge, priest, politician and Minister (born 1853)
Full date unknown
- Sophus Christian Munk Aars, civil servant and writer (born 1841)
- Axel Holst, professor of hygiene and bacteriology (born 1860)
- Johan Aschehoug Kiær, paleontologist and geologist (born 1869)
- Thorleif Frederik Schjelderup, businessperson (born 1859)
References
- ↑ Reisegg, Øyvind. "Leif Raa". In Godal, Anne Marit. Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
- ↑ Graff, Finn; Mannila, Leena; Smit, Toril M, eds. (1984). Norske Avistegnere (in Norwegian). Oslo: J. M. Stenersens Forlag. pp. 106–111, 230. ISBN 82-7201-035-6.
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