1919 in Norway

Sports

• Helge Løvland, track and field athlete and gymnast; becomes the second to receive the Egebergs Ærespris, an award presented to Norwegian athletes who excel at two (or more) different sports.

Music

Film

Literature

• The Olav Duun novel I Blinda (The Blind Man) from the work Juvikfolket (The People of Juvik, 1918–23), was published.

January to March

• 14 January – Harry Hansen, politician (died 2003)
• 17 January – Per Bergsland, Royal Air Force pilot and prisoner of war (died 1992)
• 31 January – Claus Helberg, resistance fighter and mountain guide (died 2003)
• 4 February – Marta Schumann, writer (died 1994).^[2]
• 11 February – Erland Steenberg, politician (died 2009)
• 15 February – Asbjørn Herteig, archeologist (died 2006).^[3]
• 2 March – Carl Mortensen, sailor and Olympic silver medallist (died 2005)
• 5 March – Helge Seip, politician (died 2004)
• 17 March – Erik Rinde, jurist and pioneer of social sciences in Norway (died 1994)
• 18 March – Laila Schou Nilsen, speed skater, alpine skier and tennis player (died 1998)

April to June

• 1 April – Olav Brænden, pharmacist (died 1989)^[4]
• 13 April – Nils Reinhardt Christensen, film director and screenwriter (died 1990)
• 14 April – Bjarne Berg-Sæther, politician (died 2009)
• 19 April – Asbjørn LillÃ¥s, politician (died 1983)
• 21 April – Kristian Fougner, engineer and resistance member (died 2012)^[5]
• 25 April – Finn Helgesen, speed skater and Olympic gold medallist (died 2011)
• 6 May – Nils Uhlin Hansen, long jumper and resistance member (died 1945)
• 18 May – Ottar Landfald, politician (died 2009)
• 24 May – Einar Brusevold, politician (died 2005).^[6]
• 6 June – Rita Haugerud, politician (died 2014)
• 29 June – Johannes Heggland, author and politician (died 2008)^[7]

July to September

• 14 July – Arnold Dyrdahl, bobsledder (died 1973)
• 3 August – Thor Gystad, politician (died 2007)
• 3 August – Ola M. Hestenes, politician (died 2008)
• 4 August – Engly Lie, politician (died 2001)
• 9 August – Liv Andersen, politician (died 1997)
• 13 August – Børre Falkum-Hansen, sailor and Olympic silver medalist (died 2006)
• 25 August – Alf Nordhus, barrister (died 1997)^[8]
• 27 August – Bjørn Rørholt, engineer, military officer and resistance member (died 1993).^[9]
• 30 August – Joachim Rønneberg, resistance fighter and broadcaster (died 2018)
• 15 September – Eilert Dahl, Nordic skier (died 2004)
• 30 September – Olav O. Nomeland, politician (died 1986)

October to December

• 26 October – Knut Andreas Knudsen, politician (died 2001)
• 4 November – Per Olav Baarnaas, race walker (died 2004).^[10]
• 29 November – Aksel Fossen, politician (died 2009)
• 11 December – Elsa Skjerven, politician and minister (died 2005)
• 22 December – Bjarne Orten, civil servant (died 2011)
• 27 December – Gunnar Alf Larsen, politician (died 2003)

Full date unknown

• Odd Chr. Gøthe, civil servant and politician (died 2002)
• Reidar Haaland, police officer and collaborator, executed (died 1945)
• Finn Hødnebø, philologist (died 2007)
• Odd Narud, businessperson (died 2000)
• Olav NordrÃ¥, writer (died 1994)
• Asbjørn Ruud, ski jumper and World Champion (died 1986)
• Aage Samuelsen, evangelist, singer and composer (died 1987)
• Victor Sparre, visual artist (died 2008)^[11]
• Jakob Sverdrup, historian (died 1997)