1917 in Norway
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Incumbents
- Monarch â Haakon VII.[1]
Events
- The Bratsberg Line began rail traffic between Eidanger and Notodden. The line was closed in 2001.
- 29 October â Deputy member of Parliament Sara Christie becomes the second woman to take a seat in the Parliament of Norway.[2]
Popular culture
Sports
- 2 April â Lillestrøm SK is founded after the merger of two local football clubs.
- 19 May â Rosenborg BK is founded.
Music
- 24 October 1917 â the Norwegian Society of Composers was founded.[3]
Film
Literature
- The Knut Hamsun novel Markens Grøde Volume 1 & 2 (Growth of the Soil, was published.
- The Olav Duun novel På Lyngsøya (At Heather Island), was published.
- The Mikkjel Fønhus debut novel Skoggangsmand (Outlaw), was published.
Anniversaries
- 14 October â 100 years since the birth of Marcus Thrane.[4]
Notable births
- 5 January â Bernt Bjørkø, painter (died 1992)[5]
- 15 January â Hampus Huldt-Nystrøm, pianist and musicologist (died 1995)[6]
- 19 January â Arnfinn Kvithyll, politician (died 2002)[7]
- 20 January â Gunnar Bøe, economist and politician (died 1989)[8]
- 21 January â Kjeld Rasmussen, sculptor (died 1999)[9]
- 24 January â Alf Malland, actor (died 1997)[10]
- 28 January â Eivind Erichsen, economist and civil servant (died 2005)[11]
- 1 February â Tor Aspengren, trade unionist (died 2004)[12]
- 9 February â Ada Madssen, sculptor (died 2009)[13]
- 15 February â Fredrik Mellbye, physician (died 1999)[14]
- 15 February â Torolf Smedvig, ship-owner (died 1977)[15]
- 18 February â Eva Gustavson, singer (died 2009)[16]
- 19 February â Karl Trasti, politician (died 1976)[17]
- 23 February â Erling Sverdrup, statistician (died 1994)[18]
- 2 March â Haakon Tranberg, sprinter (died 1991)[19]
- 4 March â Georg Kristiansen, military officer and diplomat (died 2003)[20]
- 6 March â Paul Svarstad, politician (died 1998)[21]
- 8 March â Harald Skjervold, agronomer (died 1995)[22]
- 18 March â Rita Drangsholt, singer (died 2012).[23]
- 21 March â Egil Weiglin, painter (died 1997)[24]
- 26 March â Idar Ingebrigtsen, painter (died 2004)[25]
- 27 March â Leif Holbæk-Hanssen, economist (died 1991)[26]
- 2 April â Reidar Myhre, educationalist (died 2005)[27]
- 6 April â Tit Mohr, artist (died 2008)[28]
- 9 April â Ole Jacob Bangstad, major general and sports official (died 2010)[29]
- 10 April â Fanny Natvig, textile artist (died 1970)[30]
- 11 April â Bjørn Cook, wrestler (died 2003)[31]
- 20 April â Eva Prytz, singer (died 1987)[32]
- 26 April â Liv Hassel, textile artist (died 1989)[33]
- 1 May â Aud Gustad, politician (died 2000)[34]
- 2 May â Sverre Hartmann, historian (died 2003)[35]
- 5 May â Aage Eriksen, wrestler (died 1998)[36]
- 5 May â Lauritz Opstad, museum director (died 2003)[37]
- 12 May â Johan Berg, military officer[38] (died 1981)
- 15 May â Jan Didriksen, jurist (died 1989)[39]
- 15 May â Daniel Haakonsen, literary historian (died 1989)[40]
- 15 May â Guthorm Kavli, art historian (died 1995)[41]
- 15 May â Harald Risberg, painter (died 1996)[42]
- 16 May â Arne Røgden, bobsledder (died 2002)
- 17 May â Ragnvald Winjum, jurist and politician (died 1965)
- 25 May â Brynjulv Sjetne, politician (died 1976)
- 2 June â Sverre Bratland, military leader (died 2002)[43]
- 13 June â Peter Krag Helland-Hansen, architect (died 1984)[44]
- 14 June â Atle Selberg, mathematician (died 2007)[45]
- 15 June â Einfrid Perstølen, psychiatrist and Nynorsk proponent (died 2017)[46]
- 16 June â Odd Solumsmoen, writer (died 1986)[47]
- 19 June â Karl Victor Hall, physician (died 2001)[48]
- 27 June â Wilhelm Mohr, aviator (died 2016)[49]
- 28 June â Reidar Johan Berle, illustrator (died 1997)[50]
- 28 June â Grete Prytz Kittelsen, designer (died 2010)[51]
- 1 July â Milada Blekastad, writer and literary historian (died 2003; born in Prague)[52]
- 3 July â Brita Collett Paus, humanitarian leader (died 1998)[53]
- 12 July â Erling Erland, politician (died 1988)[54]
- 15 July â Reidar Liaklev, speed skater (died 2006)[55]
- 18 July â Harald Nikolai Brøvig, politician (died 2010)[56]
- 21 July â Jon Ekeland, sculptor (died 1986)[57]
- 22 July â Lothar Lindtner, actor (died 2005)[58]
- 22 July â Torbjørn Navelsaker, television engineer (died 1976)[59]
- 23 July â Knut Brynildsen, footballer (died 1986)
- 24 July â Gudmund Harlem, politician (died 1988)[60]
- 24 July â Simon SlÃ¥ttvik, skier (died 2001)[61]
- 27 July â Guy Krohg, painter, illustrator and scenographer (died 2002).[62]
- 28 July â Gunnar Haarberg, television presenter (died 2009)[63]
- 2 August â Andreas Grimsø, politician (died 2004)[64]
- 4 August â Torvald Moseid, textile artist (died 2000)[65]
- 12 August â Ebba Haslund, writer and politician (died 2009; born in the US)[66]
- 13 August â Lulla Einrid Fossland, politician (died 2009)[67]
- 14 August â Anton Helmersberg, painter (died 1993)[68]
- 17 August â KÃ¥re Rodahl, physician (died 2008)[69]
- 26 August â Gisle Straume, actor (died 1988)[70]
- 3 September â Bjarne Hanssen, politician (died 2014)
- 3 September â Oddmund Ljone, writer (died 1985)[71]
- 5 September â Rolf Vik, zoologist (died 1999)[72]
- 9 September â Maj Sønstevold, composer (died 1996; born in Sweden)[73]
- 14 September â Sigurd Aalefjær, engineer (died 1991; born in the US)[74]
- 23 September â Knut Haugland, resistance fighter and explorer (died 2009)[75]
- 26 September â Ã slaug Linge Sunde, politician (died 2006)[76]
- 3 October â Richard Fredrik Kjelstrup, clarinetist (died 1996)[77]
- 3 October â Odd Lundberg, speed skater (died 1983)[78]
- 7 October â Godtfred Holmvang, decathlete and skier (died 2006)[79]
- 16 October â Aasmund Brynildsen, writer (died 1974)[80]
- 22 October â Kathrine Johnsen, radio presenter (died 2002)[81]
- 25 October â Torbjørn Afdal, furniture designer (died 1999)[82]
- 26 October â Kaare Steel Groos, politician (died 1994)[83]
- 5 November â Jens Evensen, lawyer, judge and politician (died 2004)[84]
- 8 November â Rolf Solem, police chief (died 2011)[85]
- 12 November â Arne Taraldsen, illustrator (died 1989)[86]
- 18 November â Ragnar Kvam, journalist, novelist, translator and literary critic (died 2006)[87]
- 29 November â Nicolai Johansen, football administrator (died 1999)[88]
- 29 November â Annalise Convad, painter (died 2011; born in Denmark)[89]
- 30 November â Arne Konrad Eldegard, banker and politician (died 2018)[90]
- 5 December â Wenche Foss, actress (died 2011)[91]
- 8 December â Hans Holtedahl, geologist (died 2001)[92]
- 13 December â Jan Baalsrud, resistance member (died 1988)[93]
- 13 December â Werner Christie, aviator (died 2004)[94]
- 15 December â Gregers Gram, resistance member (died 1944)[95]
- 19 December â Olaf Dufseth, skier (died 2009)
- 22 December â Hans Brimi, folk musician (died 1998)[96]
- 23 December â Eivind Sværen, shot putter (died 1986)
- 24 December â Frithjof Sælen, writer (died 2004)[97]
Full date missing
- Odd Hovdenak, civil servant (died 1982)
- Olav Harald Jensen, economist (died 1991)
- Tor Ãrvig, paleontologist (died 1994)
Notable deaths
- 7 January â Jørgen Alexander Knudtzon, linguist (born 1854)[98]
- 26 January â Oluf Iversen, politician (born 1847)
- 1 February â Georg Andreas Bull, architect and chief building inspector (born 1829)
- 6 March â Lorentz Dietrichson, art historian (born 1834)[99]
- 15 March â Kristofer Randers, writer (born 1851)[100]
- 17 March â Cæsar Peter Møller Boeck, dermatologist (born 1845)[101]
- 11 April â Rasmus Høydahl Ohme, marketer (born 1865)[102]
- 27 April â Christen Brun, bishop (born 1846)[103]
- 8 May â Gustaf Aspelin, businessperson (born 1857, died in Sweden)[104]
- 9 May â Haagen Krog Steffens, historian, archivist and genealogist (born 1873)[105]
- 11 May â Andreas Bloch, caricaturist (born 1860)[106]
- 16 May â Ole Olsen Malm, physician, veterinarian, civil servant and politician (b. 1854).[107]
- 19 May â Jørgen Brunchorst, politician (born 1862; died in Italy)[108]
- 15 June â Kristian Birkeland, scientist (born 1867; died in Japan)[109]
- 18 June â Oscar Ambrosius Castberg, painter and sculptor (born 1846)[110]
- 19 June â Johan Gerhard Theodor Ameln, politician (born 1838)
- 1 July â Olaus Arvesen, educator and politician (born 1830)[111]
- 30 July â Hans Konrad Foosnæs, educator and politician (born 1846)[112]
- 4 August â Kristian Birch-Reichenwald Aars, academic (born 1868)[113]
- 11 September â Thora Hansson, actress and theatre director (born 1848)[114]
- 20 September â Einar Sundt, businessman, writer and publisher (born 1854).[115]
- 10 October â Johannes Ylvisaker, theologian (born 1845; died in the US)[116]
- 11 October â Carl Frithjof Smith, painter (born 1859; died in Germany)[117]
- 25 October â Johannes Grimelund, painter (born 1842; died in France)[118]
- 17 November â Kristofer Janson, author (born 1841; died in Denmark)[119]
- 3 December â Sigrid Bølling, painter (born 1852; died in Denmark)[120]
- 4 December â Aasmund Halvorsen Vinje, politician (born 1851)[121]
- 21 December â Halvor Emil Heyerdahl, engineer (born 1840)[122]
Full date missing
- Anders Sveaas, businessperson and consul (born 1840)
- Georg August Thilesen, politician (born 1837)
