1930 in Norway

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Centuries:

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Decades:

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Incumbents

Monarch - Haakon VII

Events

12 November - Norway relinquishes its claim to the Sverdrup Islands.^[1]
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
12 January - Viking Mestad, banker and politician
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
21 June - Trygve Reenskaug, computer scientist
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)
16 October - Hans Andreas Ihlebæk, journalist (died 1993)
19 October - Vesla Vetlesen, politician and Minister
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)
18 December - Tor Hagfors, scientist, radio astronomer and radar expert (died 2007)
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

Notable deaths

Fridtjof Nansen

7 January - Jacob Breda Bull, author (born 1853)
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)
24 February - Christian Theodor Holtfodt, politician (born 1863)
14 April - Sigurd Ibsen, author and politician (born 1859)
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)
14 October - Wilhelm Christian Magelssen, politician and Minister (born 1867)
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

Kristofer Kristofersson Hjeltnes, horticulturist and politician (born 1856)

References

↑ Berton, Pierre. The Arctic Grail: The Quest for the North West Passage and the North Pole. Toronto: Random House of Canada Ltd., 1988, p. 629.

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