1929 in Norway
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Incumbents
- Monarch â Haakon VII.[1]
Events
- 21 March - Crown Prince Olav (later King Olav) married his cousin, Princess Märtha of Sweden.[2]
- 8 May
- Norway annexed the volcanic island Jan Mayen located in the Arctic Ocean.
- Seamen organize a general strike in opposition to proposed wage cuts.[3]
Popular culture
Sports
Music
Film
Notable births
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- 1 January â Fredrik Olsen, shipping magnate
- 3 January â Grethe Rytter Hasle, planktologist (died 2013)
- 9 January â HÃ¥kon Bleken, painter and graphic artist (died 2025)
- 17 January â Jan Rasmus SkÃ¥re, judge (died 2018)
- 3 February â Arvid Johanson, politician and minister (died 2013)
- 10 February
- Hallgeir Brenden, cross country skier and double Olympic gold medallist (died 2007)
- Einar W. Sissener, businessperson (died 2008)
- 16 February â Thorstein Rittun, painter, illustrator and ceramist (died 2018).[4]
- 26 February â Bjørn Skau, politician and minister (died 2013)
- 4 March â Fredrik Hagemann, geologist and public servant (died 2019).[5]
- 5 April â Ivar Giaever, physicist, shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1973
- 19 April â Guttorm Berge, alpine skier and Olympic bronze medallist (died 2004)
- 20 April â Knut S. Heier, geochemist (died 2008)
- 6 May â Jorun Askersrud, cross country skier and athlete (died 2012)
- 7 May â Arnsten Samuelstuen, ski jumper (died 2012)
- 10 May
- Audun Boysen, middle-distance runner and Olympic bronze medallist (died 2000)
- John Gjerde, politician (died 2005)
- 28 or 29 May â Dag Frogner, painter and scenographer (died 2015).[6]
- 31 May â Halvdan Ljøsne, painter (died 2006)
- 11 June â Per Almar Aas, politician (died 2014)
- 24 June â Oddvar Barlie, sports wrestler (died 2017).[7]
- 1 July â Sigurd Berge, composer (died 2002)
- 8 July â Gunnar Block Watne, engineer and businessperson, introduced prefabricated houses in Norway (died 2016).[8]
- 8 July â Finn Hald, ceramist (died 2010).[9]
- 13 July â Svein Ellingsen, visual artist and hymnist (died 2020)[10]
- 18 July â Kai Ekanger, politician (died 2018)
- 26 August â Willy Arne Wold, politician (died 1996)
- 24 September â KÃ¥re Rønning, politician (died 1990)
- 30 September
- Kjell Askildsen, writer (died 2021)
- Helga Gitmark, politician (died 2008)[11]
- 18 October â Inger Sitter, painter and printmaker (died 2015).[12]
- 19 October â Thorbjørn Kultorp, politician (died 2004)
- 22 October â Tore Sinding-Larsen, judge (died 2013)
- 30 November â Leif Haraldseth, trade unionist, politician and minister (died 2019)
- 13 December â Lars Skytøen, politician and minister (died 2016)
- 14 December â Magne Lerheim, politician (died 1994)
- 24 December â Sverre Wilberg, actor (died 1996)
Full date unknown
- Ãystein Elgarøy, astronomer (died 1998)
- Nils Peder Langvand, judge (died 2002)
- Gunnar Solum, politician (died 2008)[13]
Notable deaths
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- 6 January â August Herman Halvorsen, politician (born 1866)
- 22 February â Gunnar Heiberg, playwright (born 1857).[14]
- 23 March â Rudolf Nilsen, poet and journalist (born 1901)
- 2 May â Anders Svor, sculptor (born 1864)
- 24 May â Just Bing Ebbesen, priest and politician (born 1847)
- 8 June â Ole Larsen Skattebøl, judge and politician (born 1844)
- 9 July â Hans Andersen Foss, author, newspaper editor and temperance leader in America (born 1851)
- 1 August â Gregers Winther Wulfsberg Gram, jurist and politician (born 1846).[15]
- 12 September â Olaf Hovdenak, long-distance runner (born 1891)
- 3 November â Olav Aukrust, poet and teacher (born 1883)
- 19 November â Torleiv Hannaas, philologist (born 1874)
- 14 December â Sigurd Jørgensen, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (born 1887)
Full date unknown
- Mads Gram, physician (born 1875)
- Nils Otto Hesselberg, politician (born 1844)
- Christian Holtermann Knudsen, typographer, newspaper editor, publisher, trade unionist and politician (born 1845)
- Oscar Ludvig Stoud Platou, jurist and professor (born 1845)
- Valborg Seeberg, writer (born 1851)[16]
