1960 in Norway

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See also:	List of years in Norway

Events in the year 1960 in Norway.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Olav V
• Prime Minister – Einar Gerhardsen (Labour Party)

Events

• 1 May – The U-2 incident reveals that the United States uses Norwegian air bases as part of spying missions against the Soviet Union.
• 20 August – King Olav V declares television officially opened in Norway.
• 6 October – The Akershus University Hospital opens
• 1 November – Population Census: 3,591,234 inhabitants in Norway.
• 9 December – The Norwegian government decides, contrary to the advice of the Norwegian military leadership, that Norway will not acquire any nuclear weapons.
• NRK began its regular television broadcasts.

Popular culture

Sports

• 1960 in Norwegian football
• Norway at the 1960 Summer Olympics
• Norway at the 1960 Winter Olympics

Music

Main article: 1960 in Norwegian music

Film

• Struggle for Eagle Peak (Venner), starring Alf Malland ^[1]

Main article: Norwegian films of the 1960s § 1960

Literature

• Jens Bjørneboe - Den onde hyrde ^[2]

Television

Main article: 1960 in Norwegian television

Notable births

January to June

Hanne Hegh in 2008

• 17 January – Vivian Knarvik Bugge, politician. ^[3]
• 7 February – Ingunn Foss, politician
• 2 March – Svein Stølen, chemist. ^[4]
• 10 March – Agnete Haaland, actress and theatre director. ^[5]
• 19 March – Hanne Woods, curler. ^[6]
• 21 March – Gunn Nyborg, footballer. ^[7]
• 29 March – Sonja Mandt-Bartholsen, politician
• 4 April – Brit Volden, orienteering competitor. ^[8]
• 8 April – Jørn Sigurd Maurud, jurist and civil servant. ^[9]
• 27 April – Hanne Hegh, handball player. ^[10]
• 25 June – Randi Karlstrøm, politician
• 26 June – Rigmor Aasrud, politician

July to December

Kristin Halvorsen

• 16 July – Trond Abrahamsen, ice hockey player. ^[11]
• 17 July – Toril Marie Øie, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Norway. ^[12]
• 21 July – Brynjar Aa, dramatist
• 27 July – Sverre Løken, rower. ^[13]
• 2 August – Joar Vaadal, footballer. ^[14]
• 10 August – Øystein Alme, author
• 2 September – Kristin Halvorsen, politician and Minister
• 2 September – Ida Hjort Kraby, civil servant. ^[15]
• 2 September – Vetle Lid Larssen, journalist and novelist. ^[16]
• 4 September – Ragnhild Aarflot Kalland, politician
• 18 September – Nils Petter Molvær, jazz trumpeter, composer and producer
• 1 October – Per Bergersen, musician (died 1990)
• 26 October – Arne Berggren, writer and musician. ^[17]
• 18 December – Niels Christian Geelmuyden, journalist and writer
• 11 December – Frode Grytten, writer and journalist
• 20 December – Morten Haga Lunde, air force general. ^[18]

Notable deaths

Sigurd Hoel in 1950

• 15 January – Carl Fredrik Holmboe, engineer (b. 1882)
• 2 February – Eilert Falch-Lund, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (b. 1875) ^[19]
• 15 May – Rolf Jacobsen, boxer (b. 1899)
• 22 May – Anders Tjøstolvsen Noddeland, politician (b. 1885)
• 25 June – Carl Alfred Pedersen, gymnast and triple jumper (b. 1882)
• 22 July
  • Bodil Katharine Biørn, missionary known as Mother Katharine (b. 1871)
  • Hans Nordvik, rifle shooter and Olympic gold medallist (b. 1880). ^[20]
• 29 July – Kristian Østervold, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (b. 1885). ^[21]
• 29 July – Carl Wilhelm Rubenson, mountaineer (born 1885 in Sweden). ^{[22] [23]}
• 12 September – Jakob Nilsson Vik, politician and Minister (b. 1882)
• 28 September – Gabriel Kielland, architect, painter and designer (b. 1871)
• 14 October – Sigurd Hoel, author and publishing consultant (b. 1890)
• 27 November – Gunnar Kaasen, musher, delivered diphtheria antitoxin to Nome, Alaska in 1925, as the last leg of a dog sled relay that saved the city from an epidemic (b. 1882)
• 13 December – Christopher Hornsrud, politician and Prime Minister of Norway (b. 1859)
• 13 December – Einar Jansen, historian, genealogist and archivist (b. 1893)
• 17 December – Arne Sejersted, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (b.1877). ^[24]
• 18 December – Trygve Schjøtt, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (b.1882). ^[25]
• 28 December – Karl Eugen Hammerstedt, politician (b.1903)

Full date missing

• Birger Gotaas, journalist (b. 1883). ^[26]

References

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2. Alan Goble (8 September 2011). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. p. 987. ISBN   978-3-11-095194-3.
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22. Steenstrup, Hjalmar, ed. (1930). "Rubenson, Carl Wilhelm". Hvem er hvem? (in Norwegian). Oslo: Aschehoug. p. 354. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
23. Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Carl Wilhelm Rubenson". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
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