1903 in Norway
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Events in the year 1903 in Norway.
Incumbents
Events
- 16 June â Roald Amundsen commences the first east-west navigation of the Northwest Passage by leaving Oslo, Norway.
- 10 August â The Oseberg ship, a well-preserved Viking ship from the 9th century, was discovered in a large burial mound at the Oseberg farm near Tønsberg in the Vestfold county.
- 22 October â Francis Hagerup succeeded Otto Blehr as Prime Minister of Norway
- The 1903 Parliamentary election takes place.
Popular culture
Sports
- 31 Januaryâ6 February â The Nordic Games take place in Kristiania.[2]
- 7 April â Fredrikstad FK (FFK) is founded.
Music
- Edvard Grieg, in Paris, became the first Norwegian to make gramophone records.
Film
Literature
Births
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- 5 January â Kirsten Hansteen, politician and Minister, first female member of cabinet in Norway (died 1974).[3]
- 19 January â Dyre Vaa, sculptor and painter (died 1980).[4]
- 29 January â Olav Rytter, newspaper editor, radio personality, foreign correspondent, philologist and translator (died 1992)
- 3 February â Johan Strand Johansen, politician and Minister (died 1970)
- 25 February â Olav Kjetilson Nylund, politician (died 1957)
- 15 March â Svale Solheim, folklorist (died 1971).[5]
- 17 March â Olav Meisdalshagen, politician and Minister (died 1959)
- 27 March â Leif Tronstad, scientist, intelligence officer and military organizer (died 1945).[6]
- 28 March â Hans Kristian Bromstad, politician (died 1971)
- 24 April â Anders Platou Wyller, philologist and humanist (died 1940)
- 27 April â Tor Skjønsberg, resistance leader, politician and Minister (died 1993)
- 28 April â Egil Rasmussen, author, literature critic and musician (died 1964)
- 2 May â Ãivin Fjeldstad, conductor and violinist (died 1983)
- 19 May â Karl Eugen Hammerstedt, politician (died 1960)
- 24 May â Gudbrand Bernhardsen Tandberg, politician (died 1949)
- 26 May â Sverre Helgesen, high jumper (died 1981)
- 1 June â Hans Vogt, linguist (died 1986)
- 3 June â Tobias Gedde-Dahl, physician (died 1994).[7]
- 10 June â Ferdinand Strøm, dentist and a pioneer in developing forensic dentistry in Norway (died 1990).[8]
- 14 June â Nils Helgheim, politician (died 1982)
- 17 June â Halvor Bunkholt, politician (died 1978)
- 25 June â Kai Knudsen, politician (died 1977)
- 26 June â Iver Johan UnsgÃ¥rd, politician (died 1993)
- 2 July â Olav V, King of Norway (died 1991)
- 4 July â Hans Jacob Ustvedt, medical doctor and broadcasting administrator (died 1982)
- 12 July â Haldis Tjernsberg, politician (died 1972)
- 31 July â Sigmund Skard, poet, essayist and professor of literature (died 1995)
- 11 August â Arnvid Vasbotten, jurist, Nazi civil servant and politician (died 1995).[9]
- 17 August â Bjarne Amdahl, pianist, composer and orchestra conductor (died 1968).[10]
- 17 August â Kittill Kristoffersen Berg, politician (died 1983)
- 17 August â Olav Sunde, javelin thrower and Olympic bronze medallist (died 1985)
- 29 August â Ole Stenen, Nordic skier, Olympic silver medallist and World Champion (died 1975)
- 15 September â Trygve Braarud, botanist (died 1985)
- 23 September â Egil Sundt, civil servant (died 1950).[11]
- 24 September â Andreas Martinius Andersen, civil servant.[12]
- 15 October â Erik Anker, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (died 1994)
- 30 October â Leif Rustad, cellist and radio pioneer (died 1976).[13]
- 7 November â StÃ¥le Kyllingstad, sculptor (died 1987).[14]
- 20 November â Leif Skagnæs, Nordic combined skier
- 24 November â Sverre Bernhard Nybø, politician (died 1976)
- 27 November â Karen Grønn-Hagen, politician and Minister (died 1982)
- 27 November â Lars Onsager, physical chemist and theoretical physicist, winner of the 1968 Nobel Prize in Chemistry (died 1976)
- 30 November â Einar Ãstvedt, historian and educator (died 1980).[15]
- 6 December â Kristian Hovde, cross country skier (died 1969)
- 15 December â Georg Braathe, long distance runner (died 1968)
Notable deaths
- 4 January â Christian Fredrik Sissenèr, property owner and politician (born 1849)
- 20 March â Carl Anton Bjerknes, mathematician and physicist (born 1825)
- 22 June â Torbjørg Utne, hotelier (born 1812).[16]
- 17 August â Hans Gude, painter (born 1825)
- 28 August â Hans Hein Theodor Nysom, politician (born 1845)
- 10 October â Jacob Thurmann Ihlen, politician (born 1833)
- 12 October â Olaus Alvestad, educator and newspaper editor (born 1866)
- 27 October â Erika Nissen, pianist (born 1845)
