1916 in Norway

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Events in the year 1916 in Norway.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Haakon VII. ^[1]

Events

• Municipal and county elections are held throughout the country.

Popular culture

Sports

Main article: 1916 in Norwegian football

Music

Main article: 1916 in Norwegian music

Film

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

Literature

• The Olav Duun novel Det gode samvite (Good Conscience) was published.

Notable births

• 2 January – Joseph Grimeland, sculptor (died 2002). ^[2]
• 7 January – Gunnar Jakobsen, politician (died 1992)
• 15 January – Sigrid Utkilen, politician (died 2006)
• 24 January – Erik Heiberg, sailor and Olympic silver medallist (died 1996). ^[3]
• 14 February – Reidar Kvaal, military officer (died 2016). ^{[4] [5]}
• 15 February – Thorleif Kristensen, politician (died 1997)
• 16 February – Torgeir Andersen, politician (died 1991)
• 1 March – Arvid Hansen, resistance member, executed (died 1945)
• 13 March – Frithjof Clausen, wrestler (died 1998). ^[6]
• 17 March – Hans Hjelle, politician (died 2008)
• 20 March – Magnus Andersen, politician and minister (died 1994)
• 28 March – Charles Oluf Herlofson, naval officer (died 1984). ^[7]
• 8 April – Victor Borg, physician, novelist, playwright and script writer (died 1996). ^[8]
• 12 April – Finn Lied, military researcher, politician and minister (died 2014)
• 29 April – Lars Korvald, politician and Prime Minister of Norway (died 2006)
• 4 May – Ole Borge, jurist and resistance member (died 1995)
• 7 May – Eigil Olaf Liane, politician (died 1994)
• 5 June – Torstein Eckhoff, civil servant and professor of law (died 1993)
• 5 June – Jan Iversen, politician (died 1999)
• 13 June – Dagfinn Mannsåker, archivist and historian (died 1994)
• 14 June – Odd Starheim, resistance fighter and SOE agent (died 1943). ^[9]
• 20 June – Reidar Alveberg, bobsledder (died 2004)
• 22 June – Bjarne Kjørberg, politician (died 1969)
• 29 June – Thor Fossum, politician (died 1993)
• 17 August – Eivind Skabo, sprint canoer and Olympic bronze medallist (died 2006)
• 22 August – Ole Bergesen, politician (died 1965)
• 24 August – Sigmund P. Haave, politician (died 2001)
• 30 August – Oskar Edøy, politician (died 2008)
• 7 September – Tore Gjelsvik, geologist (died 2006). ^[10]
• 12 September – Rolf Andersen, politician (died 1990)
• 18 September – Thomas Byberg, speed skater and Olympic silver medallist (died 1998)
• 24 September – Olav Gjærevoll, botanist, politician and minister (died 1994)
• 10 October – Kåre Holt, author (died 1997)
• 21 October – Ottar Grønvik, philologist and runology scholar (died 2008)
• 15 November – Greta Gynt, singer, dancer and actress (died 2000)
• 9 December – Claus Egil Feyling, politician (died 1989)
• 21 December – Knut Rumohr, painter (died 2002). ^[11]

Full date unknown

• Trygve Bjørgo, educator and poet (died 1997)
• Knut Blom, judge (died 1996)
• Bjørvik Jacobsen, trapper/hunter and author (d. c2000)
• Tor Jonsson, author and journalist (died 1951)
• Sivert Andreas Nielsen, civil servant, banker and politician (died 2004)

Notable deaths

Yngvar Nielsen

• 10 April – Ole Bornemann Bull, ophthalmologist (born 1842)
• 14 April – Gina Krog, suffragist (born 1847). ^[12]
• 12 September – Henrik Mohn, meteorologist (born 1835)
• 1 October – Carl Otto Løvenskiold, naval officer, politician and land owner (born 1839). ^[13]

Full date unknown

• Nils Henrik Bruun, engineer (born 1832)
• Endre Johannes Cleven, settler in Canada (born 1874)
• Ole Herman Johannes Krag, gun designer (born 1837)
• Yngvar Nielsen, historian and geographer (born 1843)
• Erik V. Vullum, politician and author (born 1850)

References

1. Grimnes, Ole Kristian; Dørum, Knut. "Haakon 7.". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
2. Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Joseph Grimeland". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
3. "Erik Heiberg". SR/Olympic Sports. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 12 November 2012.
4. Steenstrup, Bjørn, ed. (1973). "Kvaal, Reidar". Hvem er hvem? (in Norwegian). Oslo: Aschehoug. p. 325. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
5. Ward, Geoffrey K. (23 June 2016). "Nekrolog: Reidar Kvaal. Offiseren, hedersmannen og vennen generalløytnant Reidar Kvaal døde 17 juni". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). Retrieved 9 July 2016.
6. Gundersen, Ove. "Frithjof Clausen". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
7. Steenstrup, Bjørn, ed. (1973). "Herlofson, Charles Oluf". Hvem er hvem? (in Norwegian). Oslo: Aschehoug. p. 237. Retrieved 11 September 2015.
8. Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Victor Borg". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
9. Risnes, Birger. "Odd Kjeld Starheim". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 26 October 2024.
10. Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Tore Gjelsvik". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 26 October 2024.
11. Fremmelid, Anny Bo. "Knut Lindstrøm Rumohr". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
12. Moksnes, Aslaug. "Gina Krog". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
13. Bratberg, Terje. "Carl Otto Løvenskiold". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 26 November 2014.