1952 in Norway

Events in the year 1952 in Norway.

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7 January – 15 people are killed in a mine explosion in Svalbard.
14–25 February – 1952 Winter Olympics are held in Oslo.^[2]
Around April 4 five Norwegian seal hunting vessels went down in a storm in the West Ice. The West Ice accidents claimed 78 lives in total.
24 November – Folketeatret (lit. The People's Theatre) opened in Oslo.

Olaf Barda, chess player, becomes the first Norwegian to be awarded the title of International Master

1 January – Aksel Nærstad, political activist and advisor (died 2022).^[3]^[4]
25 January – Inga Balstad, politician
11 March – Vigdis Giltun, politician
6 March – Nils Johan Ringdal, author and historian (died 2008)^[5]
28 March – Espen Salberg, ballroom dancer
15 April – Ragnar Hovland, novelist, essayist, poet, and writer of children's books.^[6]
25 April – Ketil Bjørnstad, pianist and composer
2 May – Gunda Johansen, politician
13 May – Lars Amund Vaage, author and playwright
19 May – Guri Ingebrigtsen, politician (died 2020)
19 June – Sidsel Endresen, jazz singer
25 June – Radka Toneff, jazz singer (died 1982)^[7]
27 June – Asle Amundsen, politician
10 July – Kari Husøy, politician
18 July – Per Petterson, novelist
27 July – Torfinn Bjarkøy, civil servant
4 August – Karsten Klepsvik, diplomat (died 2025).^[8]
8 August – Jostein Gaarder, author
11 August – Finn Sletten, jazz drummer
19 August – Lillian Müller, model and actress
9 September – Per Jørgensen, jazz trumpeter
18 September – Gunn Olsen, politician
23 September – Unni Holmen, artistic gymnast.^[9]
25 October – Helen Fløisand, politician
25 October – Tove Nilsen, writer.^[10]
8 November – Carl Haakon Waadeland, musicologist and drummer
11 November – Ole Robert Sunde, writer.^[11]
18 November – Gerd Janne Kristoffersen, politician
28 November – Ole Thomsen, jazz guitarist
16 December – Jon Laukvik, organist

11 February – Ola Torstensen Lyngstad, politician (born 1894)
14 February – Johan Clementz, boxer (born 1894)
19 February – Knut Hamsun, author, Nobel Prize in Literature laureate (born 1859)
13 March – Johan Nygaardsvold, politician and Prime Minister of Norway (born 1879)
20 April – Sigurd Maseng, diplomat (born 1894)
14 May – Carl Julius Alvin Westerlund, politician (born 1885)
13 June – Andreas Brecke, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (born 1879)
3 August – Even Ulving, painter (born 1863).^[12]
26 September – Aslak Nilsen, politician (born 1898).^[13]
28 September – Ingvald Tøndel, politician (born 1887)
14 November – Aldor Ingebrigtsen, politician (born 1888)
14 December – Fartein Valen, composer and musical theorist (born 1887)