1929 in Norway

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Events in the year 1929 in Norway.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Haakon VII. ^[1]

Events

Norway annexed the volcanic island Jan Mayen

• 21 March - Crown Prince Olav (later King Olav) married his cousin, Princess Märtha of Sweden. ^[2]

• 8 May
  • Norway annexed the volcanic island Jan Mayen located in the Arctic Ocean.
  • Seamen organize a general strike in opposition to proposed wage cuts. ^[3]

Popular culture

Sports

Main article: 1929 in Norwegian football

Music

Main article: 1929 in Norwegian music

Film

Main article: List of Norwegian films before 1930 § 1920s

Notable births

Hallgeir Brenden

Inger Sitter

• 1 January – Fredrik Olsen, shipping magnate
• 3 January – Grethe Rytter Hasle, planktologist (died 2013)
• 9 January – Håkon Bleken, painter and graphic artist (died 2025)
• 17 January – Jan Rasmus Skåre, judge (died 2018)
• 3 February – Arvid Johanson, politician and minister (died 2013)
• 10 February
  • Hallgeir Brenden, cross country skier and double Olympic gold medallist (died 2007)
  • Einar W. Sissener, businessperson (died 2008)
• 16 February – Thorstein Rittun, painter, illustrator and ceramist (died 2018). ^[4]
• 26 February – Bjørn Skau, politician and minister (died 2013)
• 4 March – Fredrik Hagemann, geologist and public servant (died 2019). ^[5]
• 5 April – Ivar Giaever, physicist, shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1973
• 19 April – Guttorm Berge, alpine skier and Olympic bronze medallist (died 2004)
• 20 April – Knut S. Heier, geochemist (died 2008)
• 6 May – Jorun Askersrud, cross country skier and athlete (died 2012)
• 7 May – Arnsten Samuelstuen, ski jumper (died 2012)
• 10 May
  • Audun Boysen, middle-distance runner and Olympic bronze medallist (died 2000)
  • John Gjerde, politician (died 2005)
• 28 or 29 May – Dag Frogner, painter and scenographer (died 2015). ^[6]
• 31 May – Halvdan Ljøsne, painter (died 2006)
• 11 June – Per Almar Aas, politician (died 2014)
• 24 June – Oddvar Barlie, sports wrestler (died 2017). ^[7]
• 1 July – Sigurd Berge, composer (died 2002)
• 8 July – Gunnar Block Watne, engineer and businessperson, introduced prefabricated houses in Norway (died 2016). ^[8]
• 13 July – Svein Ellingsen, visual artist and hymnist (died 2020) ^[9]
• 18 July – Kai Ekanger, politician (died 2018)
• 26 August – Willy Arne Wold, politician (died 1996)
• 24 September – Kåre Rønning, politician (died 1990)
• 30 September
  • Kjell Askildsen, writer (died 2021)
  • Helga Gitmark, politician (died 2008) ^[10]
• 18 October – Inger Sitter, painter and printmaker (died 2015). ^[11]
• 19 October – Thorbjørn Kultorp, politician (died 2004)
• 22 October – Tore Sinding-Larsen, judge (died 2013)
• 30 November – Leif Haraldseth, trade unionist, politician and minister (died 2019)
• 13 December – Lars Skytøen, politician and minister (died 2016)
• 14 December – Magne Lerheim, politician (died 1994)
• 24 December – Sverre Wilberg, actor (died 1996)

Full date unknown

• Øystein Elgarøy, astronomer (died 1998)
• Nils Peder Langvand, judge (died 2002)
• Gunnar Solum, politician (died 2008) ^[12]

Notable deaths

Christian Holtermann Knudsen

Gerhard Munthe

• 6 January – August Herman Halvorsen, politician (born 1866)
• 22 February – Gunnar Heiberg, playwright (born 1857). ^[13]
• 23 March – Rudolf Nilsen, poet and journalist (born 1901)
• 2 May – Anders Svor, sculptor (born 1864)
• 24 May – Just Bing Ebbesen, priest and politician (born 1847)
• 8 June – Ole Larsen Skattebøl, judge and politician (born 1844)
• 9 July – Hans Andersen Foss, author, newspaper editor and temperance leader in America (born 1851)
• 1 August – Gregers Winther Wulfsberg Gram, jurist and politician (born 1846). ^[14]
• 12 September – Olaf Hovdenak, long-distance runner (born 1891)
• 3 November – Olav Aukrust, poet and teacher (born 1883)
• 19 November – Torleiv Hannaas, philologist (born 1874)
• 14 December – Sigurd Jørgensen, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (born 1887)

Full date unknown

• Mads Gram, physician (born 1875)
• Nils Otto Hesselberg, politician (born 1844)
• Christian Holtermann Knudsen, typographer, newspaper editor, publisher, trade unionist and politician (born 1845)
• Oscar Ludvig Stoud Platou, jurist and professor (born 1845)
• Valborg Seeberg, writer (born 1851) ^[15]

References

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10. Obituary (in Norwegian)
11. Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Inger Sitter". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
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13. Nettum, Rolf Nyboe. "Gunnar Heiberg". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget . Retrieved 11 April 2018.
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15. Dette skrev kvinner : bibliografi over norske kvinnelige forfattere med debut før 1931 (in Norwegian). Oslo: Skolen. 1984. pp. 196–197. ISBN   8257900109.