1930 in Norway
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Incumbents
Events
- 12 November â Norway relinquishes its claim to the Sverdrup Islands.[2]
- Having established two years earlier, what is to become Norway's largest industrial park at Herøya outside Porsgrunn, Norsk Hydro opens up its first plant in this location.
- The 1930 Parliamentary election takes place.
Popular culture
Notable births
January to June

- 9 January â Tone Groven Holmboe, composer and teacher (died 2020)
- 12 January
- Per Andersen, neuroscientist (died 2020)
- Viking Mestad, banker and politician (died 2013)
- 28 January â Camilla Carlson, writer (died 1990).[3]
- 6 February â Rikard Olsvik, politician (died 2017)
- 7 February â Odd Selmer, journalist and writer (died 2024).[4]
- 30 March â Petter Fauchald, footballer (died 2013)
- 8 April â KÃ¥re Lunden, historian (died 2013)
- 28 April â Paul Hilmar Jenson, philatelist (died 2004)
- 6 May â Kjell Bækkelund, pianist (died 2004)
- 10 May â Jens Bugge, judge (died 2014)
- 11 May â Elisabeth Granneman, actress, singer and songwriter (died 1992).[5]
- 29 May â Liv Stubberud, politician (died 1997)
- 21 June
- Arnor Njøs, soil researcher (died 2019)
- Trygve Reenskaug, computer scientist
- 23 June â Annasif Døhlen, sculptor (died 2021).[6]
July to December

- 4 July â Thea Knutzen, politician (died 2016)
- 9 July
- Elsa Lystad, actress (died 2023).[7]
- HÃ¥kon Randal, politician (died 2012)
- 13 July â Roar Høyland, industrial designer (died 2022).[8]
- 7 August â Gunnar Ellefsen, politician (died 1997)
- 10 August â Axel Buch, politician (died 1998)
- 11 August â Arne Vinje Gunnerud, sculptor (died 2007).[9]
- 23 August â Rut Tellefsen, actress.[10]
- 27 August â Aase Foss Abrahamsen, children's writer (died 2023).[11]
- 7 September â Olav Sigurd Carlsen, politician (died 2013)
- 12 September â Gunder Gundersen, Nordic combined skier and sports official (died 2005)
- 16 October â Hans Andreas Ihlebæk, journalist (died 1993)
- 19 October â Vesla Vetlesen, politician and minister (died 2024).[12]
- 24 October â Johan Galtung, sociologist
- 30 October â Sjur Hopperstad, politician (died 2015)
- 20 November â Kjell Storvik, economist and former Governor of the Central Bank of Norway
- 24 November â Tor Halvorsen, trade unionist, politician and minister (died 1987)
- 18 December â Tor Hagfors, scientist, radio astronomer and radar expert (died 2007)
- 19 December â Knut Helle, historian and professor (died 2015).[13]
- 19 December â Hans Stenberg-Nilsen, jurist and Supreme Court attorney (died 2025).[14]
- 20 December â Jan Elgarøy, organist and composer (died 2018)
- 22 December â Per Bredesen, international soccer player (died 2022)
- 30 December â Sigfrid Mohn, politician (died 2015)
Notable deaths

- 7 January â Jacob Breda Bull, author (born 1853)
- 10 February â Mons Monssen, sailor in the United States Navy who received the Medal of Honor (born 1867)
- 12 February â Oddmund Vik, politician (born 1858)
- 24 February â Christian Theodor Holtfodt, politician (born 1863)
- 2 March â Marta Sandal, singer (born 1878)[15]
- 14 April â Sigurd Ibsen, author and politician (born 1859)
- 13 May â Fridtjof Nansen, explorer, scientist and diplomat, awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1922 (born 1861)
- 5 October â Haaken L. Mathiesen, landowner and businessperson (born 1858)
- 14 October â Wilhelm Christian Magelssen, politician and Minister (born 1867)
- 26 November â Otto Sverdrup, Arctic scientist and explorer (born 1854)
- 9 December â Lauritz Christiansen, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (born 1867)
- 29 December â Oscar Borg, composer (born 1851)
Full date unknown
- Kristofer Kristofersson Hjeltnes, horticulturist and politician (born 1856)
