1955 in Norway
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- Monarch – Haakon VII.[1]
- Regent – Olav after July, following injury to King due to fall
- Prime Minister – Oscar Torp (Labour Party) until 22 January, Einar Gerhardsen (Labour Party)
Events
- 14 January – Prime Minister Oscar Torp resigned.
- 22 January – Gerhardsen's Third Cabinet was appointed.
- 3 December – Osvald Harjo returned to Norway after 13 years in Soviet prison camps.
- Municipal and county elections are held throughout the country.
Popular culture
Sports
- Kristian Kristiansen, novelist, playwright, short story and children's writer, is awarded the Mads Wiel Nygaard's Endowment literary prize
Music
Film
Literature
- Jonas, novel by Jens Bjørneboe
Notable births
- 4 January – Bror Yngve Rahm, politician
- 2 March – Sven Mollekleiv, organizational leader
- 10 April – Marit Breivik, handball player and coach.[2]
- 18 May - Reidar Johansen, politician
- 8 June – Merete Armand, actress (died 2017).[3]
- 16 June – Grete Faremo, former politician and businessperson
- 18 July – Hilde Grythe, actress.[4]
- 30 July – Gunnar Pettersen, handball player and coach.[5]
- 5 August – Lise Christoffersen, politician
- 7 August – Vigdis Hjulstad Belbo, politician
- 10 August – Kari Henriksen, politician
- 16 August – Åse Lill Kimestad, politician
- 30 November – Berit Kjøll, corporate officer and sports administrator.[6]
- 15 December – Ingalill Olsen, schoolteacher and politician.[7]
- 16 December – Kari Økland, politician
Full date missing
- Gerd Kvale, psychologist
Notable deaths
- 16 January – Asbjørn Halvorsen, international soccer player and general secretary of the Norwegian Football Association (born 1898)
- 25 January – Hans Peter Elisa Lødrup, journalist, newspaper editor, non-fiction writer and politician (born 1885).[8]
- 16 February – Einar Osland, politician (born 1886)
- 2 May – Torkell Vinje, politician (born 1879)
- 6 May – Barbra Ring, writer (born 1870).[9]
- 1 June – F. Melius Christiansen, violinist and choral conductor (born 1871)
- 2 June – Haaken Hasberg Gran, botanist (born 1870)
- 28 June – Haakon Lind, boxer (born 1906)
- 6 July – Alfred Næss, speed skater (born 1877)
- 10 July – Einar Frogner, politician and Minister (born 1893)
- 11 July – Christian S. Oftedal, politician (born 1907)
- 19 July – Tordis Halvorsen, actress (born 1884)[10]
- 22 July – Haakon Shetelig, archaeologist (born 1877)
- 30 July – Ferdinand Schjelderup, mountaineer, Supreme Court Justice and resistance member (born 1886)
- 4 September – Christen Gran Bøgh, jurist, tourism promoter and theatre critic (born 1876)
- 9 September – Einar Liberg, rifle shooter and Olympic gold medallist (born 1873).[11]
- 17 October – Charles Mackenzie Bruff, forensic chemist (born 1887).[12]
Full date unknown
- Anders Fjelstad, politician (born 1879)
- Karl Hovelsen, Nordic skier (born 1877)
- Andreas Tostrup Urbye, politician and Minister (born 1869)
