1952 in Norway

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Events in the year 1952 in Norway .

Incumbents

• Monarch – Haakon VII
• Prime Minister – Oscar Torp (Labour Party)

Events

The "Oslo flag" used during the closing ceremonies of the 1952 Winter Games

• 7 January – 15 people are killed in a mine explosion in Svalbard.
• 14–25 February – 1952 Winter Olympics are held in Oslo. ^[1]
• Around April 4 five Norwegian seal hunting vessels went down in a storm in the West Ice. The West Ice accidents claimed 78 lives in total.
• 24 November – Folketeatret (lit. The People's Theatre) opened in Oslo.

Popular culture

Sports

Main article: 1952 in Norwegian football

• Olaf Barda, chess player, becomes the first Norwegian to be awarded the title of International Master

Music

Main article: 1952 in Norwegian music

Film

Main article: Norwegian films of the 1950s § 1952

• 20 March – Thor Heyerdahl received the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature at the 24th Academy Awards for the Kon-Tiki film.

Notable births

• 1 January – Aksel Nærstad, political activist and advisor (died 2022). ^{[2] [3]}
• 25 January – Inga Balstad, politician
• 11 March – Vigdis Giltun, politician
• 6 March – Nils Johan Ringdal, author and historian (died 2008) ^[4]
• 15 April – Ragnar Hovland, novelist, essayist, poet, and writer of children's books. ^[5]
• 25 April – Ketil Bjørnstad, pianist and composer
• 2 May – Gunda Johansen, politician
• 13 May – Lars Amund Vaage, author and playwright
• 19 May – Guri Ingebrigtsen, politician (died 2020)
• 19 June – Sidsel Endresen, jazz singer
• 25 June – Radka Toneff, jazz singer (died 1982)
• 27 June – Asle Amundsen, politician
• 10 July – Kari Husøy, politician
• 18 July – Per Petterson, novelist
• 27 July – Torfinn Bjarkøy, civil servant
• 4 August – Karsten Klepsvik, diplomat (died 2025). ^[6]
• 8 August – Jostein Gaarder, author
• 11 August – Finn Sletten, jazz drummer
• 19 August – Lillian Müller, model and actress
• 9 September – Per Jørgensen, jazz trumpeter
• 18 September – Gunn Olsen, politician
• 23 September – Unni Holmen, artistic gymnast. ^[7]
• 25 October – Helen Fløisand, politician
• 25 October – Tove Nilsen, writer. ^[8]
• 8 November – Carl Haakon Waadeland, musicologist and drummer
• 11 November – Ole Robert Sunde, writer. ^[9]
• 18 November – Gerd Janne Kristoffersen, politician
• 28 November – Ole Thomsen, jazz guitarist
• 16 December – Jon Laukvik, organist

Full date unknown

• Anne-Lise Bakken, politician and Minister
• Magnus Takvam, journalist

Notable deaths

Knut Hamsun

• 11 February – Ola Torstensen Lyngstad, politician (born 1894)
• 14 February – Johan Clementz, boxer (born 1894)
• 19 February – Knut Hamsun, author, Nobel Prize in Literature laureate (born 1859)
• 13 March – Johan Nygaardsvold, politician and Prime Minister of Norway (born 1879)
• 20 April – Sigurd Maseng, diplomat (born 1894)
• 14 May – Carl Julius Alvin Westerlund, politician (born 1885)
• 13 June – Andreas Brecke, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (born 1879)
• 3 August – Even Ulving, painter (born 1863). ^[10]
• 26 September – Aslak Nilsen, politician (born 1898). ^[11]
• 28 September – Ingvald Tøndel, politician (born 1887)
• 14 November – Aldor Ingebrigtsen, politician (born 1888)
• 14 December – Fartein Valen, composer and musical theorist (born 1887)

Full date unknown

• Einar Borch, landowner and politician (born 1870). ^[12]
• Adam Egede-Nissen, politician (born 1868)
• Christian Wegner Haaland, ship-owner and politician (born 1892)
• Knut Liestøl, politician and Minister (born 1881)
• William Martin Nygaard, publisher and politician (born 1865)

References

1. "Olympedia – 1952 Winter Olympics Overview". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
2. Arntzen, Jon Gunnar, ed. (1994). "Nærstad, Aksel". Hvem er hvem? (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget; Aschehoug; Gyldendal. p. 413. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
3. "Tidligere RV-leder Aksel Nærstad er død". nrk.no (in Norwegian). 25 October 2022.
4. Verdens Gang (in Norwegian)
5. Herzog, Ingvild Christine; Karlsvik, Mette. "Ragnar Hovland". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
6. Lundbo, Sten; Bech, Jon. "Karsten Klepsvik". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
7. Bryhn, Rolf. "Unni Holmen". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
8. Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Tove Nilsen". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
9. Drangsholt, Janne Stigen. "Ole Robert Sunde". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
10. Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Even Ulving". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
11. "Biografier. Aslak Nilsen". nsd.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 14 March 2021.
12. Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Einar Gram Borch". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 28 January 2018.