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Events in the year 1960 in Norway.
Incumbents
Events
- 1 May - The U-2 incident reveals that the United States uses Norwegian air bases as part of spying missions against the Soviet Union.
- 20 August - King Olav V declares television officially opened in Norway.
- 6 October - The Akershus University Hospital opens
- 1 November – Population Census: 3,591,234 inhabitants in Norway.
- 9 December - The Norwegian government decides, contrary to the advice of the Norwegian military leadership, that Norway will not acquire any nuclear weapons.
- NRK began its regular television broadcasts.
Popular culture
Film
Main article: Norwegian films of the 1960s § 1960
Notable births
Hanne Hegh in 2008
- 7 February - Ingunn Foss, politician
- 29 March - Sonja Mandt-Bartholsen, politician
- 27 April - Hanne Hegh, handball player.[1]
- 25 June - Randi Karlstrøm, politician
- 26 June - Rigmor Aasrud, politician
- 21 July - Brynjar Aa, dramatist
- 2 September - Kristin Halvorsen, politician and Minister
- 4 September - Ragnhild Aarflot Kalland, politician
- 18 September - Nils Petter Molvær, jazz trumpeter, composer and producer
- 18 December - Niels Christian Geelmuyden, journalist and writer
- 11 December - Frode Grytten, writer and journalist
Full date unknown
- Øystein Alme, author
- Per Bergersen, musician (died 1990)
Notable deaths
Sigurd Hoel in 1950
- 15 January - Carl Fredrik Holmboe, engineer (b.1882)
- 15 May - Rolf Jacobsen, boxer (b.1899)
- 22 May - Anders Tjøstolvsen Noddeland, politician (b.1885)
- 25 June - Carl Alfred Pedersen, gymnast and triple jumper (b.1882)
- 22 July - Hans Nordvik, rifle shooter and Olympic gold medallist (b.1880).[2]
- 29 July - Kristian Østervold, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (b.1885).[3]
- 14 October - Sigurd Hoel, author and publishing consultant (b.1890)
- 13 December - Christopher Hornsrud, politician and Prime Minister of Norway (b.1859)
- 13 December - Einar Jansen, historian, genealogist and archivist (b.1893)
- 17 December - Arne Sejersted, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (b.1877).[4]
- 18 December - Trygve Schjøtt, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (b.1882).[5]
- 28 December - Karl Eugen Hammerstedt, politician (b.1903)
Full date unknown
- Bodil Katharine Biørn, missionary known as Mother Katharine (b.1871)
- Eilert Falch-Lund, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (b.1875)
- Gunnar Kaasen, musher, delivered diphtheria antitoxin to Nome, Alaska in 1925, as the last leg of a dog sled relay that saved the city from an epidemic (b.1882)
- Gabriel Kielland, architect, painter and designer (b.1871)
- Jakob Nilsson Vik, politician and Minister (b.1882)
References
- ↑ "Hanne Hegh". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
- ↑ "Hans Nordvik". SR/Olympic Sports. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 12 November 2012.
- ↑ "Kristian Østervold". SR/Olympic Sports. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 12 November 2012.
- ↑ "Arne Sejersted". SR/Olympic Sports. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 12 November 2012.
- ↑ "Trygve Schjøtt". SR/Olympic Sports. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 12 November 2012.
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