1908 in Norway

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See also:	List of years in Norway

Events in the year 1908 in Norway.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Haakon VII

Popular culture

Sports

• 26 September – SK Brann football club is founded.
• Football Association of Norway joins FIFA.

Music

Film

Literature

• The Knut Hamsund novels Benoni and Rosa: Af Student Parelius' Papirer, was pupblished.
• The Olav Duun novel Marjane was published.

Births

Synnøve Anker Aurdal

January to March

• 22 January – Kåre Hatten, cross-country skier (died 1983).^[1]
• 3 February – Ragna Johanne Forsberg, politician (died 1984)
• 3 February – Oddbjørn Hagen, skier, Olympic gold medallist and World Champion (died 1983)
• 26 February – Einar Hovdhaugen, politician (died 1996)
• 15 March – Sverre Kolterud, Nordic combined skier (died 1996)
• 17 March – Oscar Christian Gundersen, politician and Minister (died 1991)
• 28 March – Hans Engnestangen, speed skater and World Champion (died 2003)

April to June

• 9 April – Odd Bang-Hansen, novelist and children's writer (died 1984)
• 10 April – Oskar Steinvik, politician (died 1975)
• 21 April – Nic. Stang, art historian and writer (died 1971)
• 24 April – Jonas Enge, politician (died 1981)
• 9 May – Lars Mathias Hille Esmark, civil servant and business person in the tourist industry (died 1998).^[2]
• 2 June – Michael Staksrud, speed skater and World Champion (died 1940)
• 6 June – Bjarne Eilif Thorvik, politician (died 1972)
• 19 June – Leo Tallaksen, politician (died 1983)
• 21 June – Erik Brofoss, economist, politician and Minister (died 1979)
• 28 June – Olav Reiersøl, statistician and econometrician (died 2001)
• 30 June – Thor Myklebust, politician (died 1989)

July to September

• 1 August – Gidsken Jakobsen, aviation pioneer (died 1990)
• 6 August – Arthur Klæbo, journalist (died 1985).^[3]
• 13 August – Nils Kristen Jacobsen, politician (died 1993)
• 17 August – Harald Selås, politician (died 1986)
• 18 August – Olav H. Hauge, poet (died 1994)
• 19 August – Birger Haug, high jumper (died 1981)
• 22 August – Synnøve Lie, speed skater (died 1980)
• 2 September – Olaf Hoffsbakken, Nordic skier, Olympic silver medallist and World Champion (died 1986).^[4]
• 23 September – Oscar Olsen, politician (died 2004)
• 24 September – Hans Borgen, politician (died 1983)

October to December

• 19 October – Geirr Tveitt, composer and pianist (died 1981)
• 4 November – Olaf Fredrik Watnebryn, politician (died 1977)
• 1 December – Torstein Olav Kuvaas, politician (died 1996)
• 8 December – Synnøve Anker Aurdal, textile artist (died 2000).^[5]
• 31 December – Carl Fredrik Wisløff, theologian and Christian preacher (died 2004)

Full date unknown

• Reidar Carlsen, politician and Minister (died 1987)
• Helmer Dahl, engineer (died 1999)
• Jens E. Ekornes, businessperson (died 1976)
• Nils Johan Rud, novelist, short story writer and magazine editor (died 1993)
• Rolf Ingvar Semmingsen, civil servant (died 1979)
• Oskar Skogly, politician and Minister (died 1988)

Deaths

Knud Bergslien

• 28 January – Ragnhild Jølsen, author (born 1875)
• 13 April – Aasta Hansteen, painter, writer, and early feminist (born 1824)
• 2 June – Aimar August Sørenssen, politician and Minister (born 1823)
• 5 July – Jonas Lie, novelist (born 1833)
• 2 August – Jørgen Breder Faye, banker and politician (born 1823)
• 27 November – Knud Bergslien, painter and teacher (born 1827)

Full date unknown

• Lars Christian Dahll, politician and Minister (born 1823)
• Einar Løchen, jurist and politician (born 1850)

References

External links

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