1925 in Norway

Sports

Music

Film

Literature

January to March

• 7 January – Ragnar Larsen, international soccer player, manager and journalist (died 1982)
• 14 January – Tor Oftedal, politician (died 1980)
• 29 January – Ottar Gjermundshaug, Nordic combined skier (died 1963)
• 2 February – Arne Brun Lie, resistance member and author (died 2010)
• 20 February – Hans-Jørgen Holman, musicologist and educationalist (died 1986)
• 27 February – Edvin Landsem, cross country skier (died 2004)
• 4 March – Randi Thorvaldsen, speed skater (died 2011).^[2]
• 6 March – Klara Berg, politician (died 2011)
• 14 March – Reidar Hirsti, newspaper editor and politician (died 2001)

April to June

• 6 April – Margit Hansen-Krone, politician
• 13 April – Ingebrigt Davik, children's writer (died 1991).^[3]
• 23 April – Sverre Ingolf Haugli, speed skater and Olympic bronze medallist (died 1986)
• 24 April – Egil A. Wyller, philosopher and historian of ideas (died 2021).^[4]
• 28 April – Anne-Olaug Ingeborgrud, politician (died 2003)
• 28 April – Eskild Jensen, civil servant and politician (died 2013)
• 1 May – Bergljot Hobæk Haff, novelist (died 2016)
• 6 May – Harriet Andreassen, labour activist, politician and Minister (died 1997)
• 23 May – Oscar Reynert Olsen, illustrator, painter, graphical artist and lecturer^[5][6]
• 30 May – Rolf Bækkelund, violinist and conductor (died 2024).^[7]
• 30 May – Haakon Bjørklid, illustrator, painter, animator and printmaker (died 2020).^[8]
• 7 June – Leif Jørgen Aune, economist, politician and minister (died 2019)
• 18 June – Arnold Weiberg-Aurdal, politician (died 2016)
• 19 June – Halvor Bjellaanes, politician (died 1985)

July to September

• 5 July – Olaf Øen, politician (died 2009)
• 28 July – Haldis Havrøy, politician (died 2000)
• 1 August – Gunnar Haugan, actor (died 2009)
• 2 August – Jakob Kjersem, long-distance runner (died 2009)
• 9 August – Anna Hannevik, Salvation Army commissioner (died 2025)^[9]
• 12 August – Andreas FrivÃ¥g, politician (died 1991)
• 13 September – Erik Grønseth, social scientist and sociologist (died 2005)
• 8 August – Astri Riddervold, chemist and ethnologist, educator, cook and writer (died 2019)^[10]
• 21 August – Odd Strand, civil servant (died 2008)
• 21 September – Konrad B. Knutsen, civil servant (died 2012)
• 27 September – Arne Sandnes, politician (died 2006)

October to December

• 1 October – Finn Carling, novelist, playwright, poet and essayist (died 2004)
• 4 October – Åge Rønning, writer and journalist (died 1991)^[11]
• 7 October – Peder P. Næsheim, politician (died 1969)
• 26 October – Anne Gullestad, actress and theatre director (died 1998)
• 2 November – Olav Sandvik, veterinarian (died 2010)
• 4 November – Egil TveterÃ¥s, encyclopedist (died 2021).^[12]
• 11 November – Tor Sørnes, engineer and inventor (died 2017)
• 18 November – Vegard Vigerust, writer (died 2020)^[13]
• 23 November – Eva Ramm, psychologist and writer (died 2026)^[14]
• 29 November – Liv Paulsen, sprinter and shot putter (died 2001)
• 30 November – Sverre Strandli, hammer thrower and European Champion (died 1985)
• 30 December – Andreas Ugland, shipowner^[15] (died 2019)

Full date unknown

• Kjell Holler, politician and minister (died 2000)
• Hermod SkÃ¥nland, economist (died 2011)
• Weiert Velle, veterinarian (died 2007)

January to June

• 18 February – August Schønemann, singer, actor and comedian (born 1891).^[16]
• 3 March – Alf Pedersen, boxer (born 1904)
• 22 March – Nils Claus Ihlen, engineer, politician and Minister (born 1855)
• 7 April – Gerhard Gran, literary historian, professor, magazine editor, essayist and biographer (born 1856)
• 1 June – Jonas Schanche Kielland, jurist and politician (born 1863)
• 29 June – Christian Michelsen, shipping magnate, politician and Prime Minister of Norway (born 1857)

July to December

• 4 August – Hans Christian Albert Hansen, politician (born 1847)
• 23 September – Karl Gether Bomhoff, pharmacist, politician and Governor of the Central Bank of Norway (born 1842).^[17]
• 16 October – Christian Krohg, painter, illustrator, author and journalist (born 1852)
• 15 December – Hjalmar Strømme, boxer (born 1900)
• December – Nils Waltersen Aasen, arms inventor (born 1877)

Full date unknown

• Fredrik Rosing Bull, inventor/designer of improved punched card machines (born 1882)
• Hjalmar Christensen, writer (born 1869)
• Barthold Hansteen Cranner, botanist (born 1867)
• Olaf Nordhagen, architect, engineer and artist (born 1883)
• Anton Thorkildsen Omholt, politician and Minister (born 1861)
• Johan Kristian Skougaard, military officer and politician (born 1847)