1953 in Norway

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Centuries:

18th
19th
20th
21st

Decades:

1930s
1940s
1950s
1960s
1970s

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.

Popular culture

Film

Main article: Norwegian films of the 1950s § 1953

Notable births

Stein Erik Lunde

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

Hans Aanrud

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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