1917 in Norway

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Events in the year 1917 in Norway .

Incumbents

• Monarch – Haakon VII. ^[1]

Events

• The Bratsberg Line began rail traffic between Eidanger and Notodden. The line was closed in 2001.

Popular culture

Sports

Main article: 1917 in Norwegian football

• 2 April – Lillestrøm SK football club is founded after the merger of two local football clubs.
• 19 May – Rosenborg BK football club is founded.

Music

Main article: 1917 in Norwegian music

Film

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

Literature

• The Knut Hamsun novel Markens Grøde Volume 1 & 2 (Growth of the Soil, was published.
• The Olav Duun novel På Lyngsøya (At Heather Island), was published.
• The Mikkjel Fønhus debut novel Skoggangsmand (Outlaw), was published.

Notable births

Tor Aspengren

Ebba Haslund

Wenche Foss

• 5 January – Bernt Bjørkø, painter (died 1992) ^[2]
• 15 January – Hampus Huldt-Nystrøm, pianist and musicologist (died 1995) ^[3]
• 19 January – Arnfinn Kvithyll, politician (died 2002) ^[4]
• 20 January – Gunnar Bøe, economist and politician (died 1989) ^[5]
• 21 January – Kjeld Rasmussen, sculptor (died 1999) ^[6]
• 24 January – Alf Malland, actor (died 1997) ^[7]
• 28 January – Eivind Erichsen, economist and civil servant (died 2005) ^[8]

• 1 February – Tor Aspengren, trade unionist (died 2004) ^[9]
• 9 February – Ada Madssen, sculptor (died 2009) ^[10]
• 15 February – Fredrik Mellbye, physician (died 1999) ^[11]
• 15 February – Torolf Smedvig, ship-owner (died 1977) ^[12]
• 18 February – Eva Gustavson, singer (died 2009) ^[13]
• 19 February – Karl Trasti, politician (died 1976) ^[14]
• 23 February – Erling Sverdrup, statistician (died 1994) ^[15]

• 2 March – Haakon Tranberg, sprinter (died 1991) ^[16]
• 4 March – Georg Kristiansen, military officer and diplomat (died 2003) ^[17]
• 6 March – Paul Svarstad, politician (died 1998) ^[18]
• 8 March – Harald Skjervold, agronomer (died 1995) ^[19]
• 18 March – Rita Drangsholt, singer (died 2012). ^[20]
• 21 March – Egil Weiglin, painter (died 1997) ^[21]
• 26 March – Idar Ingebrigtsen  [ no ], painter (died 2004) ^[22]
• 27 March – Leif Holbæk-Hanssen, economist (died 1991) ^[23]

• 2 April – Reidar Myhre, educationalist (died 2005) ^[24]
• 6 April – Tit Mohr  [ no ], artist (died 2008) ^[25]
• 9 April – Ole Jacob Bangstad, major general and sports official (died 2010) ^[26]
• 10 April – Fanny Natvig, textile artist (died 1970) ^[27]
• 11 April – Bjørn Cook, wrestler (died 2003) ^[28]
• 20 April – Eva Prytz, singer (died 1987) ^[29]
• 26 April – Liv Hassel, textile artist (died 1989) ^[30]

• 1 May – Aud Gustad, politician (died 2000) ^[31]
• 2 May – Sverre Hartmann, historian (died 2003) ^[32]
• 5 May – Aage Eriksen, wrestler (died 1998) ^[33]
• 5 May – Lauritz Opstad, museum director (died 2003) ^[34]
• 12 May – Johan Berg, military officer ^[35] (died 1981)
• 15 May – Jan Didriksen, jurist (died 1989) ^[36]
• 15 May – Daniel Haakonsen, literary historian (died 1989) ^[37]
• 15 May – Guthorm Kavli, art historian (died 1995) ^[38]
• 15 May – Harald Risberg, painter (died 1996) ^[39]
• 16 May – Arne Røgden, bobsledder (died 2002)
• 17 May – Ragnvald Winjum, jurist and politician (died 1965)
• 25 May – Brynjulv Sjetne, politician (died 1976)

• 2 June – Sverre Bratland, military leader (died 2002) ^[40]
• 13 June – Peter Krag Helland-Hansen, architect (died 1984) ^[41]
• 14 June – Atle Selberg, mathematician (died 2007) ^[42]
• 15 June – Einfrid Perstølen, psychiatrist and Nynorsk proponent (died 2017) ^[43]
• 16 June – Odd Solumsmoen, writer (died 1986) ^[44]
• 19 June – Karl Victor Hall, physician (died 2001) ^[45]
• 27 June – Wilhelm Mohr, aviator (died 2016) ^[46]
• 28 June – Reidar Johan Berle  [ no ], illustrator (died 1997) ^[47]
• 28 June – Grete Prytz Kittelsen, designer (died 2010) ^[48]

• 1 July – Milada Blekastad, writer and literary historian (died 2003; born in Prague) ^[49]
• 3 July – Brita Collett Paus, humanitarian leader (died 1998) ^[50]
• 12 July – Erling Erland, politician (died 1988) ^[51]
• 15 July – Reidar Liaklev, speed skater (died 2006) ^[52]
• 18 July – Harald Nikolai Brøvig, politician (died 2010) ^[53]
• 21 July – Jon Ekeland, sculptor (died 1986) ^[54]
• 22 July – Lothar Lindtner, actor (died 2005) ^[55]
• 22 July – Torbjørn Navelsaker, television engineer (died 1976) ^[56]
• 23 July – Knut Brynildsen, footballer (died 1986)
• 24 July – Gudmund Harlem, politician (died 1988) ^[57]
• 24 July – Simon Slåttvik, skier (died 2001) ^[58]
• 27 July – Guy Krohg, painter, illustrator and scenographer (died 2002). ^[59]
• 28 July – Gunnar Haarberg, television presenter (died 2009) ^[60]

• 2 August – Andreas Grimsø, politician (died 2004) ^[61]
• 4 August – Torvald Moseid, textile artist (died 2000) ^[62]
• 12 August – Ebba Haslund, writer and politician (died 2009; born in the US) ^[63]
• 13 August – Lulla Einrid Fossland, politician (died 2009) ^[64]
• 14 August – Anton Helmersberg, painter (died 1993) ^[65]
• 17 August – Kåre Rodahl, physician (died 2008) ^[66]
• 26 August – Gisle Straume, actor (died 1988) ^[67]

• 3 September – Bjarne Hanssen, politician (died 2014)
• 3 September – Oddmund Ljone, writer (died 1985) ^[68]
• 5 September – Rolf Vik, zoologist (died 1999) ^[69]
• 9 September – Maj Sønstevold, composer (died 1996; born in Sweden) ^[70]
• 14 September – Sigurd Aalefjær, engineer (died 1991; born in the US) ^[71]
• 23 September – Knut Haugland, resistance fighter and explorer (died 2009) ^[72]
• 26 September – Åslaug Linge Sunde, politician (died 2006)

• 3 October – Odd Lundberg, speed skater (died 1983)
• 7 October – Godtfred Holmvang, decathlete and skier (died 2006)
• 16 October – Aasmund Brynildsen, writer (died 1974)
• 26 October – Kaare Steel Groos, politician (died 1994) ^[73]
• 5 November – Jens Evensen, lawyer, judge and politician (died 2004)
• 18 November – Ragnar Kvam, journalist, novelist, translator and literary critic (died 2006) ^[74]
• 30 November – Arne Konrad Eldegard, banker and politician (died 2018) ^[75]

• 5 December – Wenche Foss, actress (died 2011)
• 13 December – Jan Baalsrud, resistance member (died 1988)
• 15 December – Gregers Gram, resistance fighter and saboteur (died 1944)
• 19 December – Olaf Dufseth, Nordic combined and cross-country skier (died 2009)
• 23 December – Eivind Sværen, shot putter (died 1986)

Full date unknown

• Odd Hovdenak, civil servant (died 1982)
• Olav Harald Jensen, economist (died 1991)
• Tor Ørvig, paleontologist (died 1994)

Notable deaths

Georg Andreas Bull

• 7 January – Jørgen Alexander Knudtzon, linguist (born 1854) ^[76]
• 26 January – Oluf Iversen, politician (born 1847)
• 1 February – Georg Andreas Bull, architect and chief building inspector (born 1829)
• 6 March – Lorentz Dietrichson, art historian (born 1834) ^[77]
• 15 March – Kristofer Randers, writer (born 1851) ^[78]
• 17 March – Cæsar Peter Møller Boeck, dermatologist (born 1845) ^[79]
• 11 April – Rasmus Høydahl Ohme, marketer (born 1865) ^[80]
• 27 April – Christen Brun, bishop (born 1846) ^[81]
• 8 May – Gustaf Aspelin, businessperson (born 1857, died in Sweden) ^[82]
• 11 May – Andreas Bloch, caricaturist (born 1860) ^[83]
• 16 May – Ole Olsen Malm, physician, veterinarian, civil servant and politician (b. 1854). ^[84]
• 15 June – Kristian Birkeland, scientist (born 1867, died in Japan) ^[85]
• 18 June – Oscar Ambrosius Castberg, painter and sculptor (born 1846) ^[86]
• 19 June – Johan Gerhard Theodor Ameln, politician (born 1838)
• 1 July – Olaus Arvesen, educator and politician (born 1830) ^[87]
• 30 July – Hans Konrad Foosnæs, educator and politician (born 1846) ^[88]
• 4 August – Kristian Birch-Reichenwald Aars, academic (born 1868) ^[89]
• 11 September – Thora Hansson, actress and theatre director (born 1848) ^[90]
• 20 September – Einar Sundt, businessman, writer and publisher (born 1854). ^[91]

Full date unknown

• Jørgen Brunchorst, politician (born 1862)
• Haagen Krog Steffens, historian, archivist and genealogist (born 1873)
• Anders Sveaas, businessperson and consul (born 1840)
• Georg August Thilesen, politician (born 1837)
• Aasmund Halvorsen Vinje, politician (born 1851)

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