1953 in Norway
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Events in the year 1953 in Norway.
Incumbents
- Monarch - Haakon VII
- 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.
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
- Stein Erik Lunde, novelist, children's writer, biograper and textbook writer.[1]
Notable deaths
- 11 January - Hans Aanrud, author, poet and playwright (born 1863)
- 9 March - Ole Iversen, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist (born 1884)
- 2 April - Halfdan Hansen, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (born 1883)
- 18 June - Thomas Thorstensen, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (born 1880)
- 24 June - Jentoft Jensen, politician (born 1901)
- 12 July - Otto Olsen, rifle shooter and Olympic gold medallist (born 1884)
- 18 July - Ole Jensen Rong, politician (born 1885)
- 4 September - Magdalon Monsen, soccer player and Olympic bronze medallist (born 1910).[2]
Full date unknown
- Solveig Haugan, stage and movie actress (born 1901)
- Kristen Holbø, painter and illustrator (born 1869)
- Christian Pierre Mathiesen, politician and Minister (born 1870)
- Jonas Pedersen, politician (born 1871)
- Marius Nygaard Smith-Petersen, physician and orthopaedic surgeon in America (born 1886)
- Alfred Trønsdal, politician (born 1896)
- Eirik Vandvik, professor in literature (born 1904)
References
- ↑ Godal, Anne Marit (ed.). "Stein Erik Lunde". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
- ↑ "Magdalon Monsen". SR/Olympic Sports. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 4 November 2012.
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