1911 in Norway

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See also:	List of years in Norway

Events in the year 1911 in Norway .

Incumbents

• Monarch – Haakon VII. ^[1]

Events

• 14 December – Roald Amundsen's Norwegian expedition becomes the first to reach the South Pole.
• Norsk Hydro's second plant opens at Rjukan, four years after its first plant at Notodden.

• 
  Amundsen (at left) and companions at Polheim, South Pole, December 1911.

Popular culture

Sports

Main article: 1911 in Norwegian football

• 19 June – Molde FK football club is founded.

Music

Main article: 1911 in Norwegian music

Film

Main article: List of Norwegian films before 1930 § 1910s

Literature

• The Olav Duun novel Gamal jord (Old Soil) was published.

Births

January to March

• 1 January – Håkon Melberg, linguist (died 1990)
• 11 January – Harald Heide Steen, actor (died 1980)
• 12 January – Halvor J. Sandsdalen, farmer, journalist, poet, novelist, playwright and children's writer (died 1998). ^[2]
• 16 January – Arne Tuft, cross country skier (died 1989)
• 20 January – Andreas Wormdahl, politician (died 2001)
• 28 January – Sverre Engen, skier, ski coach, ski area manager and film-maker in America (died 2001)
• 31 January – Rigmor Frimannslund Holmsen, ethnologist (died 2006). ^[3]
• 12 February – Charles Mathiesen, speed skater and Olympic gold medallist (died 1994) ^[4]
• 21 February – Erling Fjellbirkeland, research administrator (died 1986). ^[5]
• 3 March – Kristian Henriksen, international soccer player, coach (died 2004)
• 5 March – Nils Eriksen, international soccer player and Olympic bronze medallist (died 1975) ^[6]

April to June

• 6 April – Per Tønder, politician (died 2015)
• 10 April – Kåre Christiansen, bobsledder (died 1964)
• 13 April – Thorstein Treholt, politician and Minister (died 1993)
• 14 April – Astrid Løken, entomologist (died 2008)
• 20 April – Reidar Andersen, ski jumper and Olympic bronze medallist (died 1991) ^[7]
• 25 April – Hans Beck, ski jumper and Olympic silver medallist (died 1996) ^[8]
• 18 May – Ole Myrvoll, professor in economy, politician and Minister (died 1988)
• 19 May – Petter Pettersson, Jr., politician (died 1984)
• 27 May – Torolf Elster, newspaper and radio journalist, magazine editor, novelist, crime writer and short story writer (died 2006)
• 3 June – Olav Økern, cross country skier and Olympic bronze medallist (died 2000) ^[9]

July to September

• 6 July – Odd Rasdal, long-distance runner (died 1985)
• 13 July – Torvald Kvinlaug, politician (died 1977)
• 18 July – Claus Marius Neergaard, politician (died 1990)
• 22 August – Edvard Hambro, politician and 25th President of the United Nations General Assembly (died 1977)
• 23 August – Birger Ruud, ski jumper, twice Olympic gold medallist and three time World Champion (died 1998) ^[10]
• 25 August – Ragnar Haugen, boxer (died 1964)
• 10 September – Frithjof Ulleberg, soccer player and Olympic bronze medallist (died 1993) ^[11]
• 12 September – Bjørn Fraser, naval and aviation officer ^[12] (died 1993)
• 15 September – Karsten Solheim, golf club designer and businessman in America (died 2000)
• 20 September – Oddleif Fagerheim, politician (died 1999)
• 22 September – Inge Einarsen Bartnes, politician (died 1988)
• 23 September – Herman Hebler, printmaker and graphic artist (died 2007)
• 28 September – Nils Sønnevik, politician (died 1988)

October to December

• 1 October – Harald Sandvik, military officer ^[13] (died 1992)
• 12 October – Johannes Lislerud, politician (died 1989)
• 15 October – Margith Johanne Munkebye, politician (died 2000)
• 2 November – Guri Johannessen, politician (died 1972)
• 6 November – Harald Nicolai Samuelsberg, politician (died 1986)
• 9 November – Ebba Lodden, politician (died 1997)
• 19 November – Harry Haraldsen, speed skater (died 1966)
• 13 December – Trygve Haavelmo, economist, awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (died 1999)
• 29 December – Alf Martinsen, soccer player and Olympic bronze medallist (died 1988) ^[14]

Full date unknown

• Henriette Bie Lorentzen, humanist, peace activist, feminist and editor (died 2001)
• Leif Iversen, politician (died 1989)
• Reidar Fauske Sognnaes, Dean of Harvard School of Dental Medicine, forensic scientist (died 1984)

Deaths

• 4 January – Oscar Nissen, physician, newspaper editor and politician (born 1843)
• 30 March – Sven Oftedal, helped found the Lutheran Free Church (born 1844)
• 14 June – Johan Svendsen, composer, conductor and violinist (born 1840)
• 2 September – Isak Kobro Collett, politician (born 1867)
• 30 October – Ulrik Frederik Christian Arneberg, politician (born 1829)
• 13 November – Cecilie Thoresen Krog, woman’s rights pioneer (born 1858). ^[15]
• 5 December – Sofie Borchgrevink, educator (born 1846). ^[16]
• 7 December – Marie Wexelsen, writer (born 1832). ^[17]

Full date unknown

• Nils Christian Egede Hertzberg, politician and Minister (born 1827)
• Hans Møller, politician, consul and businessperson (born 1830)
• Harald Smedal, politician and Minister (born 1859)

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