1929 in Norway

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See also:	List of years in Norway

Events in the year 1929 in Norway.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Haakon VII

Events

Norway annexed the volcanic island Jan Mayen

• 8 May – Norway annexed the volcanic island Jan Mayen located in the Arctic Ocean.

Popular culture

Sports

Music

Film

Notable births

• 1 January – Fredrik Olsen, shipping magnate
• 3 January – Grethe Rytter Hasle, planktologist (died 2013)
• 17 January – Jan Rasmus Skåre, judge
• 3 February – Arvid Johanson, politician and Minister
• 10 February – Hallgeir Brenden, cross country skier and double Olympic gold medallist (died 2007)
• 10 February – Einar W. Sissener, businessperson (died 2008)
• 26 February – Bjørn Skau, politician and Minister
• 4 March – Fredrik Hagemann, geologist and public servant (died 2019).[1][2]
• 5 April – Ivar Giaever, physicist, shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1973
• 19 April – Guttorm Berge, alpine skier and Olympic bronze medallist (died 2004)
• 20 April – Knut S. Heier, geochemist (died 2008)
• 6 May – Jorun Askersrud, cross country skier and athlete
• 7 May – Arnsten Samuelstuen, ski jumper
• 10 May – Audun Boysen, middle-distance runner and Olympic bronze medallist (died 2000)
• 10 May – John Gjerde, politician
• 28 or 29 May – Dag Frogner, painter and scenographer.[3]
• 31 May – Halvdan Ljøsne, painter (died 2006)
• 11 June – Per Almar Aas, politician
• 24 June – Oddvar Barlie, sports wrestler (died 2017).[4][5]
• 1 July – Sigurd Berge, composer (died 2002)
• 8 July – Gunnar Block Watne, engineer and businessperson, introduced prefabricated houses in Norway (died 2016).[6]
• 18 July – Kai Ekanger, politician
• 26 August – Willy Arne Wold, politician (died 1996)
• 24 September – Kåre Rønning, politician (died 1990)
• 30 September – Kjell Askildsen, writer
• 30 September – Helga Gitmark, politician (died 2008)[7]
• 19 October – Thorbjørn Kultorp, politician (died 2004)
• 22 October – Tore Sinding-Larsen, judge
• 30 November – Leif Haraldseth, trade unionist, politician and Minister
• 13 December – Lars Skytøen, politician and Minister
• 14 December – Magne Lerheim, politician (died 1994)
• 24 December – Sverre Wilberg, actor (died 1996)

Full date unknown

• Øystein Elgarøy, astronomer (died 1998)
• Nils Peder Langvand, judge (died 2002)
• Gunnar Solum, politician (died 2008)[8]

Notable deaths

Christian Holtermann Knudsen

Gerhard Munthe

• 6 January – August Herman Halvorsen, politician (born 1866)
• 22 February – Gunnar Heiberg, playwright (born 1857).[9]
• 23 March – Rudolf Nilsen, poet and journalist (born 1901)
• 2 May – Anders Svor, sculptor (born 1864)
• 24 May – Just Bing Ebbesen, priest and politician (born 1847)
• 8 June – Ole Larsen Skattebøl, judge and politician (born 1844)
• 9 July – Hans Andersen Foss, author, newspaper editor and temperance leader in America (born 1851)
• 1 August – Gregers Winther Wulfsberg Gram, jurist and politician (born 1846)
• 12 September – Olaf Hovdenak, long-distance runner (born 1891)
• 3 November – Olav Aukrust, poet and teacher (born 1883)
• 19 November – Torleiv Hannaas, philologist (born 1874)
• 14 December – Sigurd Jørgensen, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (born 1887)

Full date unknown

• Mads Gram, physician (born 1875)
• Nils Otto Hesselberg, politician (born 1844)
• Christian Holtermann Knudsen, typographer, newspaper editor, publisher, trade unionist and politician (born 1845)
• Oscar Ludvig Stoud Platou, jurist and professor (born 1845)

References

1. "Fredrik Hagemann". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
2. "En uredd og faglig sterk oljepioner er død". Stavanger Aftenblad (in Norwegian). Retrieved 3 November 2019.
3. Lyche, Lise. "Dag Frogner". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
4. "Oddvar Barlie". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
5. "Oddvar Barlie's obituary" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 18 January 2017.
6. Bore, Thor Bjarne. "Gunnar Block Watne". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 12 July 2014.
7. Obituary (in Norwegian)
8. Manka, Stian (11 June 2008). "Gunnar Solum er død". Trønder-Avisa (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 16 January 2009. Retrieved 18 June 2008.
9. Nettum, Rolf Nyboe. "Gunnar Heiberg". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 11 April 2018.

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