1957 in Norway

← 1956 1955 1954 1957 in Norway → 1958 1959 1960
Centuries:	18th 19th 20th 21st
Decades:	1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s
See also:	List of years in Norway

Events in the year 1957 in Norway.

Incumbents

• Monarch - Haakon VII - until his death on September 21, then Olav V
• Prime Minister - Einar Gerhardsen (Labour Party)

Events

• 16 March - The Kongsberg Silver Mines closes.
• 21 March - The Soviet Union threatened to use nuclear weapons if foreign military bases were established in Norway.
• 21 September - King Haakon VII dies
• 7 October - The 1957 Parliamentary election takes place.
• 16 December - During a NATO meeting in Paris, Prime Minister Einar Gerhardsen declares that Norway will not allow nuclear weapons or foreign bases on Norwegian soil.

Popular culture

Film

Literature

• Fuglane, novel by Tarjei Vesaas

Notable births

• 10 February - Hallvard Flatland, television presenter
• 20 April - Kristin Clemet, politician and Minister
• 10 July - Iselin Alme, singer and actress

Full date unknown

• Leonard Borgzinner, essayist, political philosopher, science fiction author, illustrator and fanzine editor (died 1990
• Freddy Fjellheim, author

Notable deaths

Haakon VII of Norway

• 28 January - Harry Lundeberg, merchant seaman and labour leader in America (born 1901)
• 29 March - Laurits Grønland, politician (born 1887)
• 24 May - Rasmus Pettersen, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (born 1877)
• 29 July - Arnold Carl Johansen, politician (born 1898)
• 13 August - Carl Størmer, mathematician and physicist (born 1874)
• 21 August - Henrik Østervold, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (born 1878).^[1]
• 21 August - Harald Sverdrup, oceanographer and meteorologist (born 1888)
• 7 September - Bjørn Helland-Hansen, oceanographer (born 1877)
• 21 September - Haakon VII of Norway, King of Norway (born 1872)
• 1 November - Olav Kjetilson Nylund, politician (born 1903)

Full date unknown

• Anders Beggerud, civil servant (born 1894)
• Gustav Berg-Jæger, journalist and Nazi collaborator (born 1884)
• Olaf Bjerke, trade unionist and politician (born 1893)
• Just Knud Qvigstad, politician and Minister (born 1853)

References

External links

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