1955 in Norway
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Events in the year 1955 in Norway.
Incumbents
- Monarch - Haakon VII
- Prime Minister - Oscar Torp (Labour Party) until 22 January, Einar Gerhardsen (Labour Party)
Events
- 14 January - Prime Minister Oscar Torp resigned.
- 22 January – Gerhardsen's Third Cabinet was appointed.
- 3 December - Osvald Harjo returned to Norway after 13 years in Soviet prison camps.
- Municipal and county elections are held throughout the country.
Popular culture
Sports
- Kristian Kristiansen, novelist, playwright, short story and children's writer, is awarded the Mads Wiel Nygaard's Endowment literary prize
Literature
- Jonas, novel by Jens Bjørneboe
Notable births
- 2 March - Sven Mollekleiv, organizational leader
- 16 June - Grete Faremo, former politician and businessperson
- 5 August - Lise Christoffersen, politician
- 7 August - Vigdis Hjulstad Belbo, politician
- 10 August - Kari Henriksen, politician
- 16 August - Åse Lill Kimestad, politician
- 16 December - Kari Økland, politician
Notable deaths
Haaken Hasberg Gran photographed by fellow student Carl Størmer outside the University in the 1890s
- 16 January - Asbjørn Halvorsen, international soccer player and general secretary of the Norwegian Football Association (born 1898)
- 16 February - Einar Osland, politician (born 1886)
- 2 May - Torkell Vinje, politician (born 1879)
- 1 June - F. Melius Christiansen, violinist and choral conductor (born 1871)
- 2 June - Haaken Hasberg Gran, botanist (born 1870)
- 28 June - Haakon Lind, boxer (born 1906)
- 6 July - Alfred Næss, speed skater (born 1877)
- 11 July - Christian S. Oftedal, politician (born 1907)
- 4 September - Christen Gran Bøgh, jurist, tourism promoter and theatre critic (born 1876)
- 9 September - Einar Liberg, rifle shooter and Olympic gold medallist (born 1873).[1]
- 17 October - Charles Mackenzie Bruff, forensic chemist (born 1887).[2]
Full date unknown
- Anders Fjelstad, politician (born 1879)
- Einar Frogner, politician and Minister (born 1893)
- Karl Hovelsen, Nordic skier (born 1877)
- Ferdinand Schjelderup, mountaineer, Supreme Court Justice and resistance member (born 1886)
- Haakon Shetelig, archaeologist (born 1877)
- Andreas Tostrup Urbye, politician and Minister (born 1869)
References
- ↑ "Einar Liberg". SR/Olympic Sports. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 12 November 2012.
- ↑ Jørgensen, Jørn-Kr. "Charles M Bruff". In Helle, Knut. Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 25 January 2014.
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