Events in the year 1929 in Norway.
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- 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]
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- 1 January – Fredrik Olsen, shipping magnate
- 3 January – Grethe Rytter Hasle, planktologist (died 2013)
- 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)
- 10 February – Einar W. Sissener, businessperson (died 2008)
- 26 February – Bjørn Skau, politician and minister (died 2013)
- 4 March – Fredrik Hagemann, geologist and public servant (died 2019).[4][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)
- 10 May – John Gjerde, politician (died 2005)
- 28 or 29 May – Dag Frogner, painter and scenographer (died 2015).[6][7]
- 31 May – Halvdan Ljøsne, painter (died 2006)
- 11 June – Per Almar Aas, politician (died 2014)
- 24 June – Oddvar Barlie, sports wrestler (died 2017).[8][9]
- 1 July – Sigurd Berge, composer (died 2002)
- 8 July – Gunnar Block Watne, engineer and businessperson, introduced prefabricated houses in Norway (died 2016).[10]
- 13 July – Svein Ellingsen, visual artist and hymnist (died 2020)[11]
- 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)
- 30 September – Helga Gitmark, politician (died 2008)[12]
- 18 October – Inger Sitter, painter and printmaker (died 2015).[13]
- 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)
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- Øystein Elgarøy, astronomer (died 1998)
- Nils Peder Langvand, judge (died 2002)
- Gunnar Solum, politician (died 2008)[14]
Notable deaths edit
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- 6 January – August Herman Halvorsen, politician (born 1866)
- 22 February – Gunnar Heiberg, playwright (born 1857).[15]
- 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).[16]
- 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)
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- 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)
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Grimnes, Ole Kristian; Dørum, Knut. "Haakon 7.". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
- ^ "King Olav and Crown Princess Märtha". www.royalcourt.no. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
- ^ O'Neill, Blaine (10 April 2010). "Norwegian seamen organize general strike, 1921". Swarthmore. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
- ^ "Fredrik Hagemann". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
- ^ "En uredd og faglig sterk oljepioner er død". Stavanger Aftenblad (in Norwegian). Retrieved 3 November 2019.
- ^ Lyche, Lise. "Dag Frogner". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
- ^ Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Dag Frogner". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
- ^ "Oddvar Barlie". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
- ^ "Oddvar Barlie's obituary" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 18 January 2017.
- ^ Bore, Thor Bjarne. "Gunnar Block Watne". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 12 July 2014.
- ^ Aasmundtveit, Anne Kristin. "Svein Ellingsen". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
- ^ Obituary (in Norwegian)
- ^ Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Inger Sitter". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
- ^ Manka, Stian (11 June 2008). "Gunnar Solum er død". Trønder-Avisa (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 16 January 2009. Retrieved 18 June 2008.
- ^ Nettum, Rolf Nyboe. "Gunnar Heiberg". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
- ^ Mardal, Magnus A. "Gregers Winther Wulfsberg Gram". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
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