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1937 in Norway
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Incumbents
Events
Popular culture
Sports
Music
Film
Literature
Notable births
Full date unknown
Notable deaths
See also
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Events in the year
1937 in
Norway
.
Incumbents
Monarch
–
Haakon VII
.
[
1
]
Prime Minister
–
Johan Nygaardsvold
(
Labour Party
)
Events
29 May –
Stavanger Airport, Sola
is opened by King Haakon VII
Municipal and county elections
are held throughout the country.
A flash flood destroys 20 houses in the
Sima Valley
,
Hordaland
. No lives are lost.
[
2
]
Popular culture
Sports
Main article:
1937 in Norwegian football
Music
Main article:
1937 in Norwegian music
Film
Main article:
Norwegian films of the 1930s §
1937
Literature
Notable births
Harald V of Norway
Queen Sonja of Norway
Johan Fredrik Heyerdahl
4 January –
Harald Barlie
, Greco-Roman wrestler (died 1995)
4 January –
Ole Kristian Grimnes
, historian
4 January –
Per Tresselt
, diplomat
9 January –
Arne Malmedal
, painter, illustrator and printmaker (died
2018
).
[
3
]
11 February –
Ola Teigen
, politician (died
1970
)
17 February –
Bjørn Wiik
, physicist (died
1999
)
18 February –
Halle Jørn Hanssen
, television correspondent, development aid administrator and politician
21 February –
Harald V
,
King of Norway
22 February –
Bjarte Eikeset
, jurist and politician
23 March –
Per Olav Wiken
, sailor and Olympic silver medallist (died 2011)
13 April –
Berge Furre
, historian, theologian and politician
15 April –
Johan J. Jakobsen
, politician and Minister (died 2016)
18 April –
Arne Alsåker Spilde
, politician (died 2018)
21 April –
Henrik Jahre
, politician
7 May –
Gullow Gjeseth
, Army officer (died
2017
.
[
4
]
11 May –
Per Brunvand
, newspaper editor (died 2015)
24 May –
Fredrik Torp
, architect
2 June –
Geir Kjetsaa
, professor of
Russian
literary history, translator and author (died
2008
)
28 June –
Odd Bergh
, triple jumper and long jumper (died 2023)
4 July –
Queen Sonja of Norway
29 July –
Pål Bang-Hansen
, actor, film producer, film critic and television personality (died 2010)
3 August –
Gudrun Waadeland
, actress and theatre director (died 2020)
20 August –
Kjell Hovik
, pole vaulter
4 September –
Per Risvik
, politician
6 September –
Tom Veierød
, civil servant
13 September –
Alv Gjestvang
, speed skater and Olympic silver medallist (died 2016)
14 September –
Dag C. Weberg
, politician
18 September –
Per Flatberg
, environmentalist and pharmacist (died 2022)
24 September –
Børre Knudsen
, Lutheran minister and anti-abortion activist (died 2022)
26 September –
Aud Blattmann
, politician (died 2023)
16 October –
Reidar Hjermstad
, cross country skier
17 October –
Svein Johannessen
, chess player, became Norway's second
International Master
(died
2007
)
21 October –
Johan Fredrik Heyerdahl
, publisher and secretary general (died 2021).
[
5
]
[
6
]
31 October –
Per Øien
, flutist (died
2016
).
[
7
]
14 November –
Bjørn Bang Andersen
, shot putter
23 November –
Turi Widerøe
, Norway's first female air transport pilot
29 November –
Johan Jørgen Holst
, politician and Minister (died
1994
)
1 December –
Bodolf Hareide
, politician
3 December –
Willy Rasmussen
, javelin thrower (died 2018)
8 December –
Arne Næss, Jr.
, businessman and mountaineer (died
2004
)
23 December –
Arne Larsen
, Nordic combined skier and World Champion
24 December –
Ola Wærhaug
, biathlete, Olympic silver medallist and World Champion
29 December –
Hjalmar Inge Sunde
, military officer
30 December –
Einar Johan Rasmussen
, ships engineer and ship owner.
[
8
]
31 December –
Bjørn Rønningen
, children's writer
Full date unknown
Jan Balstad
, politician and Minister
Knut Boye
,
civil economist
(died 2008)
[
9
]
Ronald Bye
, politician and Minister (died 2018)
Nils Petter Faarlund
, mountaineer.
[
10
]
Øyvind Gustavsen
, civil servant
Einfrid Halvorsen
, politician
Knut Hartvig Johannson
, businessperson
Arild Nyquist
, novelist, poet, children's writer and musician (died 2004)
Oddrunn Pettersen
, politician and Minister (died
2002
)
Gudmund Restad
, politician and Minister (died 2021)
Wenche Frogn Sellæg
, politician and Minister
Notable deaths
Harald Stormoen
7 January –
Hjalmar Nygaard
, boxer (born
1900
)
4 May –
Gina Oselio
, opera singer (born
1858
).
[
11
]
19 July –
Sigurd Asserson
, civil servant (born
1882
)
27 July –
Hans Dahl
, painter (born
1849
)
27 October –
Harald Pettersen
, businessperson and politician (born
1869
)
14 November – Harald Stormoen, actor (born
1872
)
23 December –
Nils Collett Vogt
, poet (born
1864
)
See also
Portals
:
Norway
History
Lists
References
↑
Grimnes, Ole Kristian
; Dørum, Knut.
"Haakon 7."
. In Bolstad, Erik (ed.).
Store norske leksikon
(in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon
. Retrieved
10 February
2024
.
↑
"Simadalen og Sima kraftverk"
.
Sogn og Fjordane County Municipality
(in Norwegian)
. Retrieved
25 September
2014
.
↑
Bolstad, Erik (ed.).
"Arne Malmedal"
.
Store norske leksikon
(in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon
. Retrieved
3 March
2025
.
↑
Leraand, Dag.
"Gullow Gjeseth"
. In
Godal, Anne Marit
(ed.).
Store norske leksikon
(in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon
. Retrieved
11 February
2017
.
↑
Arntzen, Jon Gunnar
, ed. (1994).
"Heyerdahl, Johan Fredrik"
.
Hvem er hvem?
(in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget; Aschehoug; Gyldendal. p.
231
. Retrieved
30 April
2021
.
↑
"Tidligere bokklubbredaktør Johan Fredrik Heyerdahl er død"
.
abcnyheter.no
(in Norwegian). NTB. 26 April 2021
. Retrieved
30 April
2021
.
↑
Bjerkestrand, Nils E.
"Per Øien"
. In
Godal, Anne Marit
(ed.).
Store norske leksikon
(in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon
. Retrieved
20 June
2016
.
↑
Bolstad, Erik (ed.).
"Einar Johan Rasmussen"
.
Store norske leksikon
(in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon
. Retrieved
11 April
2017
.
↑
NHHs internavis
Paraplyen
: Knut Boye er død
Archived
2011-07-24 at the
Wayback Machine
(in Norwegian)
↑
Askheim, Svein.
"Nils Petter Faarlund"
. In Bolstad, Erik (ed.).
Store norske leksikon
(in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon
. Retrieved
5 January
2023
.
↑
Haavet, Inger Elisabeth.
"Gina Oselio"
. In
Helle, Knut
(ed.).
Norsk biografisk leksikon
(in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget
. Retrieved
2 April
2025
.
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