1914 in Norway
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Incumbents
- Monarch â Haakon VII.[1]
- Prime Minister â Gunnar Knudsen
Events
- May 5 â November 11 â The Jubilee Exhibition (Jubilæumsutstillingen) is held at Kristiania, Norway, to mark the centennial of the country's Constitution.
Popular culture
Sports
- 25 June â Aalesunds FK football club was founded.
Music
Film
Literature
- Vaaren, novel by Sigrid Undset.[2][3]
- The Olav Duun novel Tre venner (Three Friends) was published.
Births
- 4 January â Fredrik Stabel, illustrator and satirical writer (died 2001).[4]
- 31 January â Hans Martin Gulbrandsen, canoeist (died 1979)
- 4 February â Tore Holthe, rear admiral (died 1973)
- 3 March â HÃ¥kon Johnsen, politician (died 1991)
- 7 March â Knut Bergsland, linguist (died 1998)
- 7 March â Arne Jensen, banker (died 2002)
- 18 March â Trygve Haugeland, politician and Minister (died 1998)
- 20 March â Lilly Bølviken, judge (died 2011)
- 9 April â Ottar Fjærvoll, politician (died 1995)
- 28 April â Johan Møller Warmedal, politician (died 1988)
- 29 April â Erling Evensen, cross country skier and Olympic bronze medallist (died 1998).[5]
- 26 May â Edel Eckblad, actress (died 1994)
- 2 June â Alfred Thommesen, ship owner and politician (died 1988)
- 8 June â KÃ¥re Siem, musician and writer (died 1986).[6]
- 13 June â Olav Aase, politician (died 1992)
- 16 June â Otto Dahl, politician (died 1978)
- 17 June â Halvor Thorbjørn Hjertvik, politician (died 1995)
- 26 June â Arnfinn Severin Roald, politician (died 1983)
- 30 June â Magnar Hellebust, politician (died 2008)
- 5 July â Toralf Westermoen, engineer, pioneer for the development of high speed craft (died 1986)
- 6 July â Inga Lovise Tusvik, politician (died 1992)
- 11 July â Gøril Havrevold, actress (died 1992).[7]
- 23 July â Reidar Kvammen, international soccer player (died 1998)
- 23 July â Alf Prøysen, writer and musician (died 1970)
- 9 August â Leif Hamre, military officer and children's writer (died 2007).[8]
- 18 August â Oddvar Sponberg, race walker (died 1975)
- 24 August â Rolf Holmberg, soccer player and Olympic bronze medallist (died 1979)
- 24 August â Ivar Iversen, canoeist (died 2012).[9]
- 21 September â Else Hagen, visual artist (died 2010).[10]
- 30 September â Bjarne Flem, politician (died 1999)
- 6 October â Thor Heyerdahl, ethnographer and adventurer (died 2002)
- 27 October â Rolv Ryssdal, judge (died 1998)
- 15 November â NjÃ¥l Hole, chemical engineer and nuclear physicist.[11] (died 1988)
Full date unknown
- Undis Blikken, female speed skating pioneer and World Champion (died 1992)
- Sigurd Engelstad, genealogist and archivist (died 2006)
- Arnholdt Kongsgaard, ski jumper (died 1991)
- Gotfred Kvifte, physicist (died 1997)
- Jens Christian Mellbye, judge (died 1993)
- Gunnar Randers, physicist (died 1992)
- Ãistein Strømnæs, intelligence officer (died 1980)
- Anne Margrethe Strømsheim, resistance member (died 2008)
Deaths
- 21 January â Theodor Kittelsen, artist (born 1857)
- 3 February â Johannes Skar, educator and folklorist (b. 1837).[12]
- 19 April â Frederik Collett, painter (born 1839)
- 11 September â Edvard Larsen, triple jumper and Olympic bronze medallist (born 1881)
- 1 October â Kitty Lange Kielland, painter (born 1843)
- 30 October â Johan Christopher Brun, pharmacist and politician (born 1838)
Full date unknown
- Niels Stockfleth Darre Eckhoff, architect (born 1831)
