1937 in Norway

←

1937
in
Norway

→

Centuries:

18th
19th
20th
21st

Decades:

1910s
1920s
1930s
1940s
1950s

Incumbents

Monarch - Haakon VII
Prime Minister - Johan Nygaardsvold (Labour Party)

Events

29 May - Stavanger Airport, Sola is opened by King Haakon VII
Municipal and county elections are held throughout the country.
A flash flood destroys 20 houses in Simadalen, Sogn og Fjordane. No lives are lost.^[1]

Notable births

4 January - Harald Barlie, Greco-Roman wrestler
4 January - Ole Kristian Grimnes, historian
4 January - Per Tresselt, diplomat
11 February - Ola Teigen, politician (died 1970)
17 February - Bjørn Wiik, physicist (died 1999)
18 February - Halle Jørn Hanssen, television correspondent, development aid administrator and politician
21 February - Harald V, King of Norway
22 February - Bjarte Eikeset, jurist and politician
23 March - Per Olav Wiken, sailor and Olympic silver medallist
13 April - Berge Furre, historian, theologian and politician
15 April - Johan J. Jakobsen, politician and Minister
18 April - Arne Alsåker Spilde, politician
21 April - Henrik Jahre, politician
11 May - Per Brunvand, newspaper editor
24 May - Fredrik Torp, architect
2 June - Geir Kjetsaa, professor of Russian literary history, translator and author (died 2008)
28 June - Odd Bergh, triple jumper and long jumper
4 July - Queen Sonja of Norway
29 July - Pål Bang-Hansen, actor, film producer, film critic and television personality
3 August - Gudrun Waadeland, actress and theatre director
20 August - Kjell Hovik, pole vaulter
4 September - Per Risvik, politician
6 September - Tom Veierød, civil servant
13 September - Alv Gjestvang, speed skater and Olympic silver medallist
14 September - Dag C. Weberg, politician
18 September - Per Flatberg, environmentalist and pharmacist
24 September - Børre Knudsen, Lutheran minister and pro-life activist
26 September - Aud Blattmann, politician
16 October - Reidar Hjermstad, cross country skier
17 October - Svein Johannessen, chess player, became Norway's second International Master (died 2007)
14 November - Bjørn Bang Andersen, shot putter
23 November - Turi Widerøe, Norway's first female air transport pilot
29 November - Johan Jørgen Holst, politician and Minister (died 1994)
1 December - Bodolf Hareide, politician
3 December - Willy Rasmussen, javelin thrower
8 December - Arne Næss, Jr., businessman and mountaineer (died 2004)
23 December - Arne Larsen, Nordic combined skier and World Champion
24 December - Ola Wærhaug, biathlete, Olympic silver medallist and World Champion
29 December - Hjalmar Inge Sunde, military officer
31 December - Bjørn Rønningen, children's writer

Full date unknown

Jan Balstad, politician and Minister
Knut Boye, civil economist (died 2008)^[2]
Ronald Bye, politician and Minister
Øyvind Gustavsen, civil servant
Einfrid Halvorsen, politician
Knut Hartvig Johannson, businessperson
Arild Nyquist, novelist, poet, children's writer and musician (died 2004)
Oddrunn Pettersen, politician and Minister (died 2002)
Gudmund Restad, politician and Minister
Wenche Frogn Sellæg, politician and Minister

Notable deaths

Harald Stormoen

7 January - Hjalmar Nygaard, boxer (born 1900)
19 July - Sigurd Asserson, civil servant (born 1882)
14 November - Harald Stormoen, actor (born 1872)

Full date unknown

Hans Dahl, painter (born 1849)
Nils Collett Vogt, poet (born 1864)

References

↑ "Simadalen og Sima kraftverk". Sogn og Fjordane County Municipality (in Norwegian). Retrieved 25 September 2014.
↑ NHHs internavis Paraplyen: Knut Boye er død (Norwegian)

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1937 in Norway.

Independent monarchy of Norway (1905–present)

1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015