1901 in Norway
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Events in the year 1901 in Norway.
Incumbents
Events
- 12 August â 2/3 of the town of Farsund burns down.[2]
- The Temperance Party was founded.
Popular culture
Sports
Music
Film
Literature
Births

January to March
- 9 January â Bjarne Lyngstad, politician and Minister (died 1971)
- 16 January â Narve Bonna, ski jumper and Olympic silver medallist (died 1976)
- 16 January â Hans Karolus Ommedal, politician (died 1984)
- 26 January â Alf Konningen, alpine skier (died 1978)
- 30 January â Eldrid Erdal, politician (died 1997)
- 21 February â Tore Foss, singer, actor and theatre director (died 1968).[3]
- 11 March â Kjell Bondevik, politician and Minister (died 1983)
- 17 March â Arnt Njargel, politician (died 1985)
- 25 March â Harry Lundeberg, merchant seaman and labour leader in America (died 1957)
April to June
- 10 April â Tønnes Oksefjell, politician (died 1976)
- 23 April â Tore Segelcke, actress (died 1979)
- 1 May â Jentoft Jensen, politician (died 1953)
- 3 May â Kjell Gjøstein Aabrek, politician (died 1967)
- 8 May â Ingrid BjerkÃ¥s, first female minister in the Church of Norway (died 1980)
- 11 May â Axel Strøm, physician (died 1985).[4]
- 18 May â Sigrun Berg, weaver and textile designer (died 1982).[5]
- 23 May â Kristoffer Nilsen, boxer (died 1975)
- 4 June â Kolbjørn Fjeld, librarian and publisher (died 1978).[6]
- 7 June â Nils Ebbessøn Astrup, ship owner (died 1972).[7]
- 19 June â Ãyvinn Ãi, military officer (died 1940)
July to September
- 8 July â Sigurd Lersbryggen, politician (died 1980)
- 9 July â Jørgen Mathiesen, landowner and businessperson (died 1993)
- 14 July â HÃ¥rek Ludvig Hansen, politician (died 1996)
- 14 July â Haakon Sløgedal, politician (died 1979)
- 17 July â Finn Berstad, international soccer player (died 1982)
- 6 August â Anders Sæterøy, politician (died 1991)
- 10 August â Hjalmar Olai Storeide, politician (died 1961)
- 14 August â HÃ¥kon Bryhn, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (died 1968)
- 16 August â Olav Kielland, composer and conductor (died 1985)
- 27 August â Liv Tomter, politician (died 1978)
- 31 August â Helge Jakobsen, politician (died 1996)
- 5 September â Erling Dekke Næss, shipowner and businessman (died 1993)
- 6 September â Henrik Friis Robberstad, politician (died 1978)
- 11 September â Torkell Tande, politician (died 2001)
- 22 September â Brynhild Berge, diver (died 1975)
October to December
- 1 October â Arne Torolf Strøm, politician (died 1972)
- 2 October â Egil Halmøy, politician (died 1984)
- 4 October â Egil Werner Erichsen, politician (died 2000)
- 6 October â Aslak Brekke, folksinger (died 1978)
- 8 October â Eivind Groven, composer and music-theorist (died 1977)
- 2 November â Erling Ãsterberg, police officer (died 1981).[8]
- 18 November â Einar Nilsen, boxer (died 1980)
- 24 November â Reidar Ãdegaard, cross country skier and Olympic bronze medallist (died 1972)
- 4 December â Julla Sæthern, barrister, feminist, politician (died 1981).[9]
- 6 December â Odd Nansen, architect, author and humanitarian (died 1973)
- 24 December â Tordis Maurstad, actress (died 1997).[10]
- 26 December â Olav Hordvik, politician (died 1979)
- 31 December â John Schjelderup Giæver, author and polar researcher (died 1970)
Full date unknown
- Per Arneberg, poet, prosaist and translator (died 1981)
- Erik Kristen-Johanssen, jurist and theatre director (died 1976)
- Gulbrand Lunde, politician (died 1942)
- Rudolf Nilsen, poet and journalist (died 1929)
- Bjarne Slapgard, educator and author (died 1997)
- Solveig Haugan, stage and movie actress (died 1953)
Deaths
- 31 January â Peter Andreas Blix, architect and engineer (born 1831)
- 9 May â Andreas Leigh Aabel, physician and poet (born 1830)
- 3 July â Lorenz Juhl Vogt, politician (born 1825)
Full date unknown
- Ole Peter Petersen, founder of Methodism in Norway and co-founder of Norwegian and Danish Methodism in the United States (born 1822)
