1914 in Norway

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Events in the year 1914 in Norway .

Incumbents

• Monarch – Haakon VII. ^[1]
• Prime Minister – Gunnar Knudsen

Events

Main article: 1914

• May 5 – November 11 – The Jubilee Exhibition (Jubilæumsutstillingen) is held at Kristiania, Norway, to mark the centennial of the country's Constitution.

Popular culture

Sports

Main article: 1914 in Norwegian football

• 25 June – Aalesunds FK football club was founded.

Music

Main article: 1914 in Norwegian music

Film

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

Literature

• Vaaren , novel by Sigrid Undset. ^{[2] [3]}
• The Olav Duun novel Tre venner (Three Friends) was published.

Births

Alf Prøysen

• 4 January – Fredrik Stabel, illustrator and satirical writer (died 2001). ^[4]
• 31 January – Hans Martin Gulbrandsen, canoeist (died 1979)
• 4 February – Tore Holthe, rear admiral (died 1973)
• 3 March – Håkon Johnsen, politician (died 1991)
• 7 March – Knut Bergsland, linguist (died 1998)
• 7 March – Arne Jensen, banker (died 2002)
• 18 March – Trygve Haugeland, politician and Minister (died 1998)
• 20 March – Lilly Bølviken, judge (died 2011)
• 9 April – Ottar Fjærvoll, politician (died 1995)
• 28 April – Johan Møller Warmedal, politician (died 1988)
• 29 April – Erling Evensen, cross country skier and Olympic bronze medallist (died 1998). ^[5]
• 26 May – Edel Eckblad, actress (died 1994)
• 2 June – Alfred Thommesen, ship owner and politician (died 1988)
• 8 June – Kåre Siem, musician and writer (died 1986). ^[6]
• 13 June – Olav Aase, politician (died 1992)
• 16 June – Otto Dahl, politician (died 1978)
• 17 June – Halvor Thorbjørn Hjertvik, politician (died 1995)
• 26 June – Arnfinn Severin Roald, politician (died 1983)
• 30 June – Magnar Hellebust, politician (died 2008)
• 5 July – Toralf Westermoen, engineer, pioneer for the development of high speed craft (died 1986)
• 6 July – Inga Lovise Tusvik, politician (died 1992)
• 11 July – Gøril Havrevold, actress (died 1992). ^[7]
• 23 July – Reidar Kvammen, international soccer player (died 1998)
• 23 July – Alf Prøysen, writer and musician (died 1970)
• 9 August – Leif Hamre, military officer and children's writer (died 2007). ^[8]
• 18 August – Oddvar Sponberg, race walker (died 1975)
• 24 August – Rolf Holmberg, soccer player and Olympic bronze medallist (died 1979)
• 24 August – Ivar Iversen, canoeist (died 2012). ^[9]
• 21 September – Else Hagen, visual artist (died 2010). ^[10]
• 30 September – Bjarne Flem, politician (died 1999)
• 6 October – Thor Heyerdahl, ethnographer and adventurer (died 2002)
• 27 October – Rolv Ryssdal, judge (died 1998)
• 15 November – Njål Hole, chemical engineer and nuclear physicist. ^[11] (died 1988)

Full date unknown

• Undis Blikken, female speed skating pioneer and World Champion (died 1992)
• Sigurd Engelstad, genealogist and archivist (died 2006)
• Arnholdt Kongsgaard, ski jumper (died 1991)
• Gotfred Kvifte, physicist (died 1997)
• Jens Christian Mellbye, judge (died 1993)
• Gunnar Randers, physicist (died 1992)
• Øistein Strømnæs, intelligence officer (died 1980)
• Anne Margrethe Strømsheim, resistance member (died 2008)

Deaths

Johannes Skar

• 21 January – Theodor Kittelsen, artist (born 1857)
• 3 February – Johannes Skar, educator and folklorist (b. 1837). ^[12]
• 19 April – Frederik Collett, painter (born 1839)
• 11 September – Edvard Larsen, triple jumper and Olympic bronze medallist (born 1881)
• 1 October – Kitty Lange Kielland, painter (born 1843)
• 30 October – Johan Christopher Brun, pharmacist and politician (born 1838)

Full date unknown

• Niels Stockfleth Darre Eckhoff, architect (born 1831)

References

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2. Dahl, Willy (1984). Norges litteratur (in Norwegian). Vol. 2. Oslo: Aschehoug. pp.  306–307. ISBN   82-03-10571-8.
3. Amdam, Per (1975). "En ny realisme. Historie og samtid". In Beyer, Edvard (ed.). Norges Litteraturhistorie (in Norwegian). Vol. 4. Oslo: Cappelen. pp. 420–421.
4. Øystå, Øystein. "Fredrik Stabel". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 28 January 2013.
5. "Erling Evensen". SR/Olympic Sports. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 12 November 2012.
6. Øystå, Øystein. "Kåre Siem". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
7. Bikset, Lillian. "Gøril Havrevold". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
8. Vold, Karin Beate. "Leif Hamre". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
9. "Olympedia – Ivar Iversen". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
10. Fremmerlid, Anny Bo. "Else Hagen". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
11. Steenstrup, Bjørn, ed. (1973). "Hole, Njål". Hvem er hvem? (in Norwegian). Oslo: Aschehoug. p. 247. Retrieved 27 February 2025.
12. Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Johannes Skar". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 6 November 2019.