1915 in Norway
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Incumbents
- Monarch â Haakon VII.[1]
Events
- 20 May - The Bastøy Boys' Home Insurrection.
- 21 October - The 1915 Parliamentary election takes place.
- The present Lindesnes Lighthouse was built.
Popular culture
Sports
Music
Film
Literature
- The Knut Hamsund novel Segelfoss By Volume 1 & 2 (Segelfoss Town), was published.
- The Olav Duun novel Harald was published.
Notable births
- 16 January â Aase Bjerkholt, politician (died 2012)
- 19 January â HÃ¥kon Kyllingmark, politician and minister (died 2003)
- 25 January â Sverre L. Mo, politician (died 2002)
- 31 January â Andreas Zeier Cappelen, politician (died 2008).[2]
- 3 February â Henki Kolstad, actor (died 2008).[3]
- 14 February â Idar Norstrand, civil servant and politician (died 1986)
- 8 March â Odd Hilt, sculptor (died 1986).[4]
- 9 March â KÃ¥re Grøndahl Hagem, politician (died 2008)
- 13 March â Eva Scheer, journalist, literary critic, translator and author (died 1999).[5]
- 22 March â Erling Asbjørn Kongshaug, rifle shooter, Olympic gold medallist and multiple World Champion (died 1993)
- 28 March â Odd Vigestad, politician (died 1999)
- 31 March â Bergfrid Fjose, politician and minister (died 2004)
- 21 April â Oddmund Myklebust, politician and minister (died 1972)
- 8 May â Arvid Fladmoe, composer and conductor (died 1993)
- 10 May â Kristian Lien, politician (died 1996)
- 12 May â Olav Askvik, politician (died 2011)
- 15 May â Jens Christian Hauge, resistance member and politician (died 2006)
- 5 June â John Engh, architect (died 1996)
- 5 June â Hilmar Myhra, ski jumper (died 2013)
- 8 June â Knut Haus, politician (died 2006)
- 23 June â Jens Bolling, actor and theatre director (died 1992)
- 1 July â Rolf Hauge, army officer (died 1989)
- 2 July â Georg Krog, speed skater and Olympic silver medallist (died 1991)
- 9 July â Arvid Storsveen, intelligence officer (died 1943)
- 23 July â Olai Ingemar Eikeland, politician (died 2003)
- 15 August â Per Sonerud, politician (died 1993)
- 16 August â Odd Lien, newspaper editor and politician (died 2002)
- 19 August â Erling Kaas, pole vaulter (died 1996)
- 29 August â Einar Tufte-Johnsen, aviation officer (d. 1985).[6]
- 3 September â Knut Nystedt, composer (died 2014)
- 24 September â Knut Schmidt-Nielsen, comparative physiologist (died 2007)
- 30 September â Wilhelm Bøe, organizational leader (died 1980).[7]
- 17 October â Alfred Hauge, novelist, poet and historian (died 1986)
- 22 October â Per Karstensen, politician (died 2010)
- 6 November â Olav Berkaak, novelist (died 1980).[8]
- 11 November â Carl Fredrik Engelstad, writer, playwright, journalist, translator and theatre director (died 1996)
- 29 November â Erik Stai, high jumper (died 2004)
- 9 December â Arnt Eliassen, meteorologist (died 2000)
- 13 December â Magne Skodvin, historian (died 2004)
- 15 December â Odd Aukrust, economist (died 2008).[9]
- 31 December â Olaf Knudson, politician (died 1996)
Full date missing
- Alf-Jørgen Aas, painter (died 1981)
- Astrid Hjertenæs Andersen, poet and travel writer (died 1985)
- Johan Hambro, journalist (died 1993)
- Rein Henriksen, lawyer and industrialist (died 1994)
- Johan Berthin Holte, businessperson (died 2002)
- Agnar Mykle, author (died 1994)
- Rasmus Nordbø, politician and minister (died 1983)
Notable deaths
- 29 January â Ole Andres Olsen, Seventh-day Adventist minister and administrator (born 1845)
- 15 April â Christian Andreas Irgens, politician (born 1833)
- 28 April â Vilhelmine Ullmann, proponent for women's rights (born 1816).[10]
- 31 May â Lars Holst, journalist, newspaper editor and politician (born 1848).[11]
- 28 July â Christopher Knudsen, priest, politician and minister (born 1843)
- 12 August â Haakon Ditlev Lowzow, military officer, politician and minister (born 1854)
Full date unknown
- Knud Knudsen, photographer (born 1832)
- Henrik Nissen, architect (born 1848)
- Christian Wilhelm Engel Bredal Olssøn, politician and minister (born 1844)
- Karl Ditlev Rygh, archaeologist and politician (born 1839)
