1916 in Norway
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Incumbents
- Monarch â Haakon VII.[1]
Events
- 15â16 January: The Bergen fire of 1916.[2]
- Municipal and county elections are held throughout the country.
Popular culture
Notable births
- 2 January â Joseph Grimeland, sculptor (died 2002).[3]
- 7 January â Gunnar Jakobsen, politician (died 1992)
- 15 January â Sigrid Utkilen, politician (died 2006)
- 24 January â Erik Heiberg, sailor and Olympic silver medallist (died 1996).[4]
- 14 February â Reidar Kvaal, military officer (died 2016).[5][6]
- 15 February â Thorleif Kristensen, politician (died 1997)
- 16 February â Torgeir Andersen, politician (died 1991)
- 1 March â Arvid Hansen, resistance member, executed (died 1945)
- 13 March â Frithjof Clausen, wrestler (died 1998).[7]
- 17 March â Hans Hjelle, politician (died 2008)
- 20 March â Magnus Andersen, politician and minister (died 1994)
- 28 March â Charles Oluf Herlofson, naval officer (died 1984).[8]
- 8 April â Victor Borg, physician, novelist, playwright and script writer (died 1996).[9]
- 12 April â Finn Lied, military researcher, politician and minister (died 2014)
- 29 April â Lars Korvald, politician and Prime Minister of Norway (died 2006)
- 4 May â Ole Borge, jurist and resistance member (died 1995)
- 7 May â Eigil Olaf Liane, politician (died 1994)
- 5 June â Torstein Eckhoff, civil servant and professor of law (died 1993)
- 5 June â Jan Iversen, politician (died 1999)
- 13 June â Dagfinn MannsÃ¥ker, archivist and historian (died 1994)
- 14 June â Odd Starheim, resistance fighter and SOE agent (died 1943).[10]
- 20 June â Reidar Alveberg, bobsledder (died 2004)
- 22 June â Bjarne Kjørberg, politician (died 1969)
- 29 June â Thor Fossum, politician (died 1993)
- 17 August â Eivind Skabo, sprint canoer and Olympic bronze medallist (died 2006)
- 22 August â Ole Bergesen, politician (died 1965)
- 24 August â Sigmund P. Haave, politician (died 2001)
- 30 August â Oskar Edøy, politician (died 2008)
- 7 September â Tore Gjelsvik, geologist (died 2006).[11]
- 12 September â Rolf Andersen, politician (died 1990)
- 18 September â Thomas Byberg, speed skater and Olympic silver medallist (died 1998)
- 24 September â Olav Gjærevoll, botanist, politician and minister (died 1994)
- 10 October â KÃ¥re Holt, author (died 1997)
- 21 October â Ottar Grønvik, philologist and runology scholar (died 2008)
- 15 November â Greta Gynt, singer, dancer and actress (died 2000)
- 9 December â Claus Egil Feyling, politician (died 1989)
- 21 December â Knut Rumohr, painter (died 2002).[12]
Full date unknown
- Trygve Bjørgo, educator and poet (died 1997)
- Knut Blom, judge (died 1996)
- Bjørvik Jacobsen, trapper/hunter and author (d. c2000)
- Tor Jonsson, author and journalist (died 1951)
- Sivert Andreas Nielsen, civil servant, banker and politician (died 2004)
Notable deaths
- 10 April â Ole Bornemann Bull, ophthalmologist (born 1842)
- 14 April â Gina Krog, suffragist (born 1847).[13]
- 12 September â Henrik Mohn, meteorologist (born 1835)
- 1 October â Carl Otto Løvenskiold, naval officer, politician and land owner (born 1839).[14]
Full date unknown
- Nils Henrik Bruun, engineer (born 1832)
- Endre Johannes Cleven, settler in Canada (born 1874)
- Ole Herman Johannes Krag, gun designer (born 1837)
- Yngvar Nielsen, historian and geographer (born 1843)
- Erik V. Vullum, politician and author (born 1850)
