1962 in Norway

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Events in the year 1962 in Norway.

Incumbents

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

Events

• Phillips Petroleum apply for exploration rights in the Norwegian North Sea, offering a high fee. The Norwegian authorities decide to involve multiple companies in exploration. ^[1]

• 7 June – The Nordland Line between Trondheim and Bodø was opened.
• 21 October – Hurtigruten passenger ship MS Sanct Svithun running between Bergen and Kirkenes goes in the northbound Hurtigruten, sank during a stormy night after running aground off her normal course, resulting in the deaths of 41 while 48 survived the event.
• 5 November – 21 workers were killed in a mine accident in the Kongsfjorden in Svalbard.
• 21 December – Rondane National Park is established as Norway's first national park.

Popular culture

Music

Main article: 1962 in Norwegian music

Film

Main article: Norwegian films of the 1960s § 1962

Notable births

January

Svein Nyhus

• 13 January – Tor Heiestad, sport shooter. ^[2]
• 19 January – Erling Landsværk, sailor. ^[3]
• 23 January
  • Egil Nyhus, illustrator and editorial cartoonist. ^[4]
  • Svein Nyhus, illustrator and children's writer. ^[5]
• 25 January – Kari Kjønaas Kjos, politician. ^[6]
• 28 January – Brit Bildøen, writer. ^[7]

February

Thomas Hylland Eriksen

• 4 February – Håvard Syvertsen, writer. ^{[8] [9]}
• 6 February – Thomas Hylland Eriksen, social anthropologist (died 2024). ^[10]
• 12 February – Stig-Arne Gunnestad, curler. ^[11]
• 20 February – Marius Voigt, ice hockey player. ^[12]
• 25 February – Elin Ørjasæter, organizational leader, children's writer, columnist, and non-fiction writer. ^[13]
• 26 February – Bent Svele, handball player, coach and sports reporter. ^{[14] [15]}

March

• 2 March – Tom Nordlie, football coach. ^[16]
• 5 March – Håvard Tveite, orienteering competitor (died 2021). ^[17]
• 11 March – Kjell Berg, curler. ^[18]
• 14 March – Vetle Vinje, competition rower. ^[19]
• 19 March – Jenny Ellaug Følling, politician. ^[20]
• 27 March – Espen Thorsen, rower. ^[21]
• 30 March – Marianne S. Bjorøy, politician. ^[22]

April

Edvard Moser

• 5 April –
  • Bente Engesland, magazine editor
  • Arild Monsen, cross-country skier. ^[23]
• 19 April
  • Pål Trulsen, curler. ^[24]
  • Trine Trulsen Vågberg, curler. ^[25]
• 22 April – Anne Aasheim, editor (died 2016). ^[26]
• 25 April – Ole Edvard Antonsen, trumpeter. ^[27]
• 27 April – Edvard Moser, professor of psychology and neuroscience. ^[28]
• 29 April – Henning Kramer Dahl, poet, essayist and translator (died 2017). ^[29]

May

Gro Dahle

• 4 May
  • Eli Arnstad, politician. ^[30]
  • Marit Arnstad, lawyer and politician
• 10 May – Arne Lyngstad, politician (died 2019). ^[31]
• 15 May – Gro Dahle, poet and writer
• 18 May – Alf van der Hagen, journalist and newspaper editor. ^[32]
• 21 May – Hege Storhaug, journalist and writer. ^[33]
• 31 May – Børge Ousland, adventurer. ^[34]

June

Marie Simonsen

• 1 June – Marie Simonsen, journalist and editor. ^[35]
• 6 June – Tor Arne Bell Ljunggren, politician. ^[36]
• 12 June – Petter Skarheim, civil servant. ^[37]
• 17 June – Øystein Stray Spetalen, businessman and investor. ^[38]
• 24 June – Kristian Seip, mathematician. ^[39]
• 26 June – Morten Skogstad, glam metal singer
• 27 June – Alf Bakken, politician. ^[40]
• 30 June – Lars Lillo-Stenberg, singer, songwriter and guitarist. ^[41]

July

Heidi Greni

• 1 July – Aase Simonsen, politician. ^[42]
• 2 July – Christl Kvam, trade unionist. ^[43]
• 3 July – Heidi Greni, politician. ^[44]
• 7 July – Ellen Sofie Olsvik, orienteering competitor. ^[45]
• 10 July – Trond Helleland, politician. ^[46]
• 16 July – Gøran Sørloth, footballer. ^[47]
• 24 July
  • Frank Evensen, judoka. ^[48]
  • Anne Brit Skjæveland, heptathlete. ^[49]
• 25 July – Nils Ove Hellvik, footballer. ^[50]

August

Vidar Benjaminsen

• 14 August – Per Elvestuen, illustrator. ^[51]
• 18 August – Vidar Benjaminsen, ski orienteering competitor. ^[52]
• 23 August – Tore Hattrem, diplomat and politician. ^[53]
• 29 August – Idar Kreutzer, businessperson. ^[54]

September

• 2 September – Knut Leo Abrahamsen, Nordic combined skier. ^[55]
• 4 September – Margunn Ebbesen, politician. ^[56]
• 24 September – Ørjan Løvdal, ice hockey player and coach. ^[57]
• 29 September – Odd Harald Hovland, politician. ^[58]
• 30 September – Christian Syse, diplomat and civil servant. ^[59]

October

Eli Telhaug

• 5 October – Eli Telhaug, civil servant. ^[60]
• 8 October – Mona Høvring, writer. ^[61]
• 12 October – Jonny Halberg, author and dramatist
• 13 October – Hans Petter Blad, writer. ^[62]
• 15 October – Morten Abel, singer and songwriter. ^[63]
• 16 October
  • Elisabeth Aspaker, politician
  • Helge Lund, businessperson
• 28 October – Erik Thorstvedt, footballer. ^[64]
• 30 October – Heidi Sundal, handball player. ^[65]

November

Turid Birkeland

• 1 November
  • Magne Furuholmen, keyboardist and artist
  • Bjarne Håkon Hanssen, politician. ^[66]
  • Lars Helle, journalist and newspaper editor. ^[67]
• 3 November – Yngve Slyngstad, former CEO of Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM). ^[68]
• 5 November – Turid Birkeland, politician and cultural executive (died 2015). ^[69]
• 9 November – Mette Bergmann, discus thrower. ^[70]
• 26 November – Gisken Armand, actress. ^[71]
• 28 November – Jon Rønningen, wrestler. ^[72]
• 29 November – Petter Stordalen, businessperson. ^[73]

December

• 8 December – Olaf Kamfjord, jazz musician. ^[74]
• 11 December – Ulrich Møller, footballer. ^[75]
• 18 December – Dorthe Skappel, television personality and former model

Full date missing

• Ola Braanaas, fish farmer. ^[76]
• Liv Holmefjord, civil servant
• Ørnulf Seippel, sociologist

Notable deaths

Johannes Gerckens Bassøe

• 24 February – Per Skou, international soccer player (b.1891)
• 11 April – Axel Revold, painter (born 1887). ^[77]
• 22 April – Anders Johanneson Bøyum, politician (b.1890)
• 8 May – Alfred Madsen, editor, trade unionist and politician (b.1888)
• 5 June – Hans Eidnes, politician (b.1887)
• 11 June – Sveinung O. Flaaten, politician (b.1898)
• 30 July – Johannes Gerckens Bassøe, jurist and civil servant (b.1878)
• 1 August – Olaf Sørensen, politician (b.1892)
• 12 August – Vibeke Lunde, sailor (b.1921). ^[78]
• 10 October – Trygve Gulbranssen, novelist (b.1894)
• 29 October – Einar Gundersen, footballer (b.1896)
• 23 November – Jacob Prytz, goldsmith and designer (born 1886). ^[79]
• 7 December – Kirsten Flagstad, opera singer (b.1895)
• 17 December – Jens Schive, journalist and diplomat (b.1900)
• 21 December – Asbjørn Bodahl, gymnast (b.1896)
• 30 December – Olav Bruvik, politician (b.1912)

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