1922 in Norway
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Incumbents
- Monarch â Haakon VII.[1]
Events
- 8 January â The Social Democratic Youth League of Norway is founded.
- 30 November â The establishment of Norwegian government-owned alcoholic beverage retailer "Vinmonopolet".
- Fridtjof Nansen is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his work as a League of Nations High Commissioner.
- Municipal and county elections are held throughout the country.
Popular culture
Sports
- Ole Reistad, pentathlete, is awarded the Egebergs Ãrespris for achievements in multiple sports.
Music
Film
Literature
- The Olav Duun novel I ungdommen (Odin Grows Up) from the work Juvikfolket (The People of Juvik, 1918â23), was published.
Notable births
- 6 January â Finn Mortensen, composer, critic and educator (died 1983)
- 15 January â Eva Bull Holte, painter and printmaker (died 1993).[2]
- 20 January â Bjørn Endreson, actor, stage producer and theatre director (died 1998)
- 25 January
- Just Faaland, political economist (died 2017)
- KÃ¥re Tveter, painter (died 2012)
- 2 February â Sigbjørn Hølmebakk, author (died 1981)
- 11 February â Svenn Stray, politician and Minister (died 2012)
- 13 February â Jørgen Sønstebø, politician (died 2013)
- 10 March â Dagmar Lahlum, resistance member and agent (died 1999)
- 15 March â Kristoffer Lepsøe, rower and Olympic bronze medallist (died 2006).[3]
- 8 April â Odd Steinar Holøs, politician (died 2001)
- 14 April â Viking Olver Eriksen, nuclear physicist (died 2014)
- 30 April â Frank Olsen, resistance member, executed (died 1945)
- 16 May â Norveig Karlsen, gymnast (died 1993).[4]
- 18 May â Gerda Boyesen, founder of Biodynamic Psychology (died 2005)
- 23 May â Edith Ranum, crime fiction writer (died 2002).[5]
- 29 May â Edith Roger, dancer, choreographer and stage director.[6] (died 2023)
- 7 June â Vilhelm Aubert, sociologist (died 1988)
- 10 June â Edvard Hagerup Bull, composer (died 2012)
- 10 June â Erling Danielsen, politician (died 2010)
- 13 June â Gunnar Konsmo, speed skater (died 1996)
- 14 June â Sven Olsen, politician (died 2001)
- 26 June â Reidun Andersson, politician (died 1992)
- 28 June â Jostein Goksøyr, microbiologist (died 2000)
- 6 July â Thorolf Rafto, human rights activist and professor in Economic History (died 1986)
- 7 July â Reidar Torp, Norwegian military officer (died 2017)
- 8 July â Torodd Hauer, speed skater (died 2010)
- 17 July â Olina Storsand, politician (died 2021)
- 24 July â Per Hansson, journalist and writer (died 1982).[7]
- 26 July â Johan Trondsen, politician (died 2018)
- 27 July â Ambjørg Sælthun, politician (died 2012)
- 7 September â Bodil Aakre, jurist and politician (died 2008)
- 28 September â Liv Dommersnes, actress and reciter of poetry (died 2014)
- 2 October â Hallvard Rieber-Mohn, writer and Dominican priest (died 1982).[8]
- 8 October â Erik Diesen, revue writer and radio and television personality (died 1999).[9]
- 8 October â Helge Stormorken, veterinarian and physician (died 2019)
- 20 October â Kjell Bloch Sandved, author, lecturer and nature photographer.[10] (died 2015)
- 4 November â Reidar Due, politician (died 2021)
- 12 November â Knut Ãstby, sprint canoer and Olympic silver medallist (died 2010)
- 13 November â Aud Schønemann, actress (died 2006)
- 22 November â Aksel Jacobsen Bogdanoff, communist (died 1971)
- 22 December â Odd Wang Sørensen, international soccer player (died 2004)
- 28 December â Ragnar Christiansen, politician and Minister (died 1994)
Deaths
- 7 January â Jørg Tofte Jebsen, physicist (born 1888)
- 23 January â Stephan Sinding, sculptor (born 1846)
- 6 February â Kyrre Grepp, politician (born 1879)[11]
- 14 February â Magnus Halvorsen, politician (born 1853)
- 22 February â Frithjof Olsen, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist (born 1882)
- 7 March â Axel Thue, mathematician (born 1863)
- 10 March â Anton Johan Rønneberg, politician (born 1856)
- 3 April â Aasulv Olsen Bryggesaa, politician and Minister (born 1866)
- 18 April â Hjalmar Welhaven, architect, palace manager, and sportsman (born 1850)
- 5 May â Carl Sofus Lumholtz, discoverer and ethnographer (born 1851)[12]
- 13 June â Fredrik Stang Lund, politician and Minister (born 1859)
- 21 August â Jørgen Løvland, politician and Prime Minister of Norway (born 1848)
- 5 September â Alvilde Prydz, novelist (born 1846)
- 7 September â Hans G. Jensen, tailor, trade unionist and politician (born 1856)
- 27 October â Hans Henrik Reusch, geologist (born 1852)[13][14]
- 25 December â Jørgen Christian Knudsen, ship-owner and politician (born 1843)
