1910 in Norway
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Incumbents
- Monarch â Haakon VII.[1]
- Prime Minister â Gunnar Knudsen (until 1 February); Wollert Konow
Events
- 15 February â Norsk Gjærde- og Metaldukfabrik is established.[3]
- 30 April â The Parliament passes a resolution about universal suffrage for women in municipal elections.[4]
- 29 May â Nationalforeningen mot tuberkulose founded.[4]
- 13 July â The railway line KirkenesâBjørnevatn opened.
- 30 July â First ascent of Stetind, by Bryn, Rubenson and Schjelderup.[2]
- 1 August â First ascent of Svolværgeita, by Bryn, Rubenson and Schjelderup.[5]
- 3 August â First ascent of Trakta, by Bryn, Rubenson and Schjelderup.[6]
- 15 September â Norwegian Institute of Technology (Norges Tekniske Høgskole, (NTH)) is opened in Trondheim.[4]
- 4 December â The railway line from Flisa to Elverum opened.[4]
- Municipal and county elections are held throughout the country.
- Bøkfjord Lighthouse is established at the mouth of Bøkfjorden, outside Kirkenes.[7]
Popular culture
Sports
- 26 March â The sports club Grane SK (now: Bærum SK) is founded
- 29 May â The sports club Stenkjær FK founded[8]
- 2 July â Norges Rigsforbund for Idræt is founded.[4]
Full date unknown
- Eidsvold TF founded
- Hornindal IL founded
- Mjøndalen IF founded
- Stjørdal IL founded
- IL Varden founded
- Vestfossen IF founded
Music
Film
Literature
- 5 April â First issue of the newspaper Fjordenes Tidende.[9]
- 5 May â First issue of the newspaper Tidens Tegn.[10]
- Full date unknown
- The periodical Kunst og Kultur established.[11]
- The Olav Duun novel Nøkksjøliga (The Slope by Nøkk Lake) was published.
- The Knut Hamsund play Livet i Vold (In the Grip of Life), was published.
Notable births
- 10 January â Kitty Petrine Fredriksen, politician (died 2003)[14]
- 11 January â Trygve Bratteli, twice Prime Minister of Norway (died 1984)[12]
- 14 January â Chris Bruusgaard, midwife (died 2000)
- 18 January â Jens Henrik Nordlie, military officer (died 1996)[15]
- 18 January â Oddmund Hoel, politician (died 1983).[16]
- 22 January â Petter Mørch Koren, politician (died 2004)[17]
- 25 January â Alf Brodal, professor of anatomy (died 1988)[18]
- 1 February (in Great Britain) â Birger Tvedt, physician (died 2002)[19]
- 4 February â Asbjørn Lindhjem, politician (died 1994)[20]
- 6 February â Gunnar Syverstad, resistance member (died 1945).[21]
- 9 February â Rønnaug Alten, actress (died 2001)[22]
- 14 February â Leif Juster, comedian, singer and actor (died 1995)[23]
- 15 February â Odd Granlund, media personality (died 1982)
- 18 February â Randi Monsen, illustrator (died 1997)[24]
- 24 February â Parelius Hjalmar Bang Berntsen, politician (died 1995).[25]
- 1 March â Torgeir Svendsen, politician (died 1981)[26]
- 13 March â Sverre Nordby, football goalkeeper (died 1978)
- 15 March â Rolf Johannessen, football defender (died 1965)
- 20 March â Edmund Fjærvoll, politician (died 1975).[27]
- 20 March â Borghild Rud, illustrator (died 1999)[28]
- 27 March â Ludvig Olai Botnen, politician (died 1987)[29]
- 29 March â Ingrid Semmingsen, historian (died 1995)[30]
- 16 April â Jens Haugland, politician and Minister (died 1991)[31]
- 19 April â Magdalon Monsen, soccer player and Olympic bronze medallist (died 1953)[32]
- 22 April â Lars L'Abée-Lund, police (died 1991)[33]
- 27 April â Johan Melander, banker (died 1989)[34]
- 28 April â Ã smund Sveen, writer (died 1963)[35]
- 3 May â Sigbjørn Bernhoft Osa, folk musician, fiddler (died 1990)[36]
- 9 May â Lorentz Brinch, barrister, military officer, resistance member and politician (died 1953)[37][38]
- 14 May â Sverre Holm, sociologist (died 1996)[39]
- 15 May â Onar Onarheim, businessperson (died 1988)[40]
- 28 May â Helga Dagsland, nurse educator (died 2003).[41]
- 2 June â Per Hurum, sculptor (died 1989)[42]
- 3 June â Christian Hartmann, composer (died 1985)[43]
- 12 June â Finn Brudevold, odontologist (died 2006)
- 14 June â Erling Engan, politician (died 1982)[44]
- 19 June â Lilli Gjerløw, archivist (died 1998)[45]
- 21 June â Ole Martin Ystgaard, dairy leader (died 1970)
- 23 June â Arthur Mørch Hansson, diplomat (d. 1969)[46][47]
- 26 June â Ole Otto Paus, general and diplomat (died 2003)[48][49]
- 4 July â Erling Viksjø, architect (died 1971)[50]
- 9 July â Torrey Mosvold, entrepreneur (died 1995)[51]
- 27 July â Per Fossum, alpine skier (died 2004)[52]
- 27 July â Lorentz Nitter, physician (died 1997)[53]
- 31 July â Svein Helling, sports shooter (died 1978).[54]
- 7 August â Ingeborg Lyche, civil servant (died 1990)[55]
- 11 August â Sigmund Selberg, mathematician (died 1994)[56]
- 11 August â Arne Selberg, engineer (died 1989)[57]
- 26 August â Finn Halse, writer (died 1980)[58]
- 13 September â Olav Mosebekk, artist (died 2001)[59]
- 30 September â Osvald Harjo, resistance member (died 1993)[60]
- 7 October â Halfdan Gran Olsen, rower (died 1971)[61]
- 12 October â Ferdinand Finne, artist (died 1999)[62]
- 13 October â Claes Gill, author, poet and actor (died 1973)[63]
- 13 October â Magnar Isaksen, footballer (died 1979)[64]
- 24 October â Sverre Marstrander, archaeologist (died 1986)[65][66]
- 26 October (in Madagascar) â Alex Johnson, clergyman (died 1989)[67]
- 5 November â Eigil Helland-Hansen, travel agent (died 1997)
- 7 November â Bjarne Daniel Solli, politician (died 1989)[68]
- 9 November â Bernhard Paus, orthopedic surgeon and Freemason Grand Master (died 1999).[69][70]
- 12 November â Arvid Johansen, politician (died 1996)[71]
- 14 November â Jens Book-Jenssen, singer, revue artist and theatre director (died 1999)[13]
- 21 November â Erik Braadland, diplomat and politician (died 1988)[72]
- 1 December (in Copenhagen) â Per Palle Storm, sculptor (died 1994)[73]
- 12 December â Aslaug LÃ¥stad Lygre, poet (died 1966)[74]
- 13 December â Leif J. Wilhelmsen, philologist and politician (died 1976)
- 16 December â Ivar Johansen, bobsledder (died 1984)[75]
- 18 December â Edvard Magnus Edvardsen, politician (died 2000)[76]
- 21 December â Ole J. Malm, physician (died 2005)[77]
- 26 December â Roar Hauglid, art historian (died 2001)[78]
- 27 December â Karl Olsen, civil servant (died 1999)[79]
- 30 December â Erling Nilsen, boxer (died 1984)[80]
Full date unknown
- Ole Arntzen, Businessman and Milorg leader (died 1973)[81]
Notable deaths
- 8 January â Christian Fürst, architect (born 1860)
- 8 February â Hans Jæger, writer, philosopher and anarchist political activist (born 1854).[83]
- 24 February â John Anderson, Norwegian-American publisher (born 1836).[84]
- 7 April â Theodor Nilsen Stousland, politician (born 1842).[85]
- 26 April â Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, writer and the 1903 Nobel Prize in Literature laureate (born 1832).[82]
- 20 May â Oscar Wergeland, painter (born 1844).[86]
- 2 July (in Germany) â Elias Sunde, politician and Minister (born 1851).[87]
- 19 July â Carl August Gulbranson, businessperson and politician (born 1831)
- 30 August â Viggo Ullmann, educator and politician (born 1848).[88]
- 16 September John Utheim, teacher and politician (born 1847)
- 24 October â Toini Topelius, Finnish journalist who settled in Norway (born 1854)
- 25 October â Lorentz Henrik Müller Segelcke, politician and Minister (born 1829).[89]
- 9 November â Hans Larsen Saakvitne, farmer, bailiff and politician (born 1839)
- 15 November â Emil Schreiner, philologist and educator (born 1831).[90]
- 11 December â Lars Olsen Skrefsrud, missionary and language researcher in India (born 1840).[91]
- 19 December â Anders Daae, prison director (born 1838)
- 19 December U. V. Koren, Norwegian-American author, theologian and church leader (born 1826)
- 24 December Gudbrand Gregersen de Saág, Norwegian-Hungarian bridge engineer, architect and member of the Hungarian nobility (born 1824).[92]
- 29 December â Henrik Thrap-Meyer, architect (born 1833).[93]
Full date unknown
- Axel Nicolai Herlofson, fraudster (born 1845)
- Johan Vaaler, inventor (born 1866).[94]
