1931 in Norway
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Incumbents
- Monarch â Haakon VII.[1]
- Prime Minister â Johan Ludwig Mowinckel until 12 May, then Peder Kolstad
Events
- 8 June â The Menstad conflict.
- 27 June â Norway occupied and claimed parts of the then-uninhabited eastern Greenland (also called Erik the Red's Land), claiming that it constituted terra nullius.
- Municipal and county elections are held throughout the country.
Popular culture
Sports
Music
Film
Literature
Notable births
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- 3 January â Jan Ãkland, limnologist.[2]
- 10 January â Olaf B. Bjørnstad, ski jumper (died 2013).[3]
- 26 January â Jon Gjønnes, physicist (died 2021).[4]
- 27 January â Sissel Lange-Nielsen, writer, literary critic, and journalist (died 2023).[5]
- 30 January â Arnfinn Johs. Stein, politician (died 2024).[6]
- 31 January â Ole Gabriel Ueland, politician (died 2009).[7]
- 22 February â Georg Johannesen, author and professor of rhetoric (died 2005)
- 2 March â Halvdan Furholt, folk musician (died 2024).[8][9]
- 4 March â Ludvig Hope Faye, politician (died 2017).[10]
- 12 March â Knut Bohwim, film director (died 2020).[11]
- 23 March â Kjell Knudsen, politician (died 2022)
- 2 April â Ã slaug Grinde, politician (died 2019)
- 5 April â Peter R. Holm, poet, author and translator
- 11 April â Olav MarÃ¥s, politician
- 24 April â Eva Seeberg, journalist and writer (died 2019).[12]
- 26 April â Ãyvind Bjorvatn, politician (died 2015)
- 26 April â Ola Mikal Heide, botanist
- 27 April â Vera Louise Holmøy, judge
- 28 April â Karen Sogn, politician (died 2013)
- 9 May â Erik Dammann, author and environmentalist
- 19 May â Leif Raa, illustrator (died 2003).[13][14]
- 25 May - Selmer Nilsen, spy (died 1991)
- 31 May - Yngvar Løchen, sociologist (died 1998)
- 5 June - Einar Magnussen, economist and politician (died 2004)
- 18 June - Eigil Nansen, human rights activist (died 2017)
- 20 June â Arne Nordheim, composer (died 2010)
- 8 July â Thorvald Stoltenberg, politician and Minister (died 2018).[15]
- 24 July â Sverre Holm, actor (died 2005)
- 8 August â Halvor Bergan, theologian (died 2015).[16]
- 25 August â Sven Ivar Dysthe, furniture designer (died 2020).[17]
- 5 September â Torstein SlungÃ¥rd, politician (died 2009)
- 1 October â Tore Haugen, politician
- 6 October â Johan M. Nyland, politician (died 2007)
- 11 October â Bjørn Slettan, historian (died 2014)
- 12 October â Ole-Johan Dahl, computer scientist (died 2002)
- 6 November â Bjartmar Gjerde, politician (died 2009)
- 8 November â Ole Knapp, politician and Minister (died 2015)
- 23 November â Karin Stoltenberg, geneticist, politician (died 2012).[18]
- 30 November â Knut Myhre, politician (died 2003)
- 7 December â Bjørg Lødøen, painter, graphic artist and composer (died 2009)
- 15 December â Alf Nordvang, actor and theatre director (died 2007)
Notable deaths
- 20 January â Margrethe Munthe, childtenâs writer and songwriter (born 1860).[19]
- 31 March â Knute Rockne, American football player and coach (born 1888)
- 11 April â Sophus Aars, civil servant and writer (born 1841).[20]
- 23 April â Nils P. Haugen, a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin (born 1849)
- 26 April â Axel Holst, professor of hygiene and bacteriology (born 1860)
- 14 August â Olav Johan Sopp, mycologist (born 1860).[21]
- 18 August â Konrad Dahl, writer and priest (born 1843).[22]
- 1 September â Anders Andersen, politician (born 1846)
- 27 September â Thorleif Frederik Schjelderup, businessperson (born 1859)
- 5 November â Ole Edvart Rølvaag, novelist and professor in America (born 1876)
- 11 November â Marie Hauge, painter (born 1864)
- 17 December â Hans Nilsen Hauge, priest, politician and Minister (born 1853)
Full date unknown
- Johan Aschehoug Kiær, paleontologist and geologist (born 1869)
