1931 in Norway

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Events in the year 1931 in Norway.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Haakon VII
• Prime Minister – Peder Kolstad

Events

• 8 June – The Menstad conflict.
• 27 June – Norway occupied and claimed parts of the then-uninhabited eastern Greenland (also called Erik the Red's Land), claiming that it constituted terra nullius.
• Municipal and county elections are held throughout the country.

Popular culture

Sports

Main article: 1931 in Norwegian football

Music

Main article: 1931 in Norwegian music

Film

Literature

Notable births

Thorvald Stoltenberg

• 10 January – Olaf B. Bjørnstad, ski jumper (died 2013).[1]
• 27 January – Sissel Lange-Nielsen, writer, literary critic, and journalist
• 31 January – Ole Gabriel Ueland, politician (died 2009).[2]
• 22 February – Georg Johannesen, author and professor of rhetoric (died 2005)
• 4 March – Ludvig Hope Faye, politician (died 2017).[3]
• 12 March – Knut Bohwim, film director (died 2020).[4]
• 23 March – Kjell Knudsen, politician
• 2 April – Åslaug Grinde, politician
• 5 April – Peter R. Holm, poet, author and translator
• 11 April – Olav Marås, politician
• 26 April – Øyvind Bjorvatn, politician
• 26 April – Ola Mikal Heide, botanist
• 27 April – Vera Louise Holmøy, judge
• 28 April – Karen Sogn, politician
• 9 May – Erik Dammann, author and environmentalist
• 19 May – Leif Raa, illustrator (died 2003).[5][6]
• 25 May - Selmer Nilsen, fisherman who spied for the KGB (died 1991)
• 31 May - Yngvar Løchen, sociologist (died 1998)
• 5 June - Einar Magnussen, economist and politician (died 2004)
• 18 June - Eigil Nansen, human rights activist
• 20 June – Arne Nordheim, composer
• 8 July – Thorvald Stoltenberg, politician and Minister (died 2018).[7]
• 24 July – Sverre Holm, actor (died 2005)
• 25 August – Sven Ivar Dysthe, furniture designer (died 2020).[8]
• 5 September – Torstein Slungård, politician
• 1 October – Tore Haugen, politician
• 6 October – Johan M. Nyland, politician (died 2007)
• 11 October – Bjørn Slettan, historian
• 12 October – Ole-Johan Dahl, computer scientist (died 2002)
• 6 November – Bjartmar Gjerde, politician
• 8 November – Ole Knapp, politician and Minister
• 23 November – Karin Stoltenberg, geneticist, politician (died 2012).[9]
• 30 November – Knut Myhre, politician
• 7 December – Bjørg Lødøen, painter, graphic artist and composer
• 15 December – Alf Nordvang, actor and theatre director (died 2007)

Notable deaths

Olav Johan Sopp

• 31 March – Knute Rockne, American football player and coach (born 1888)
• 23 April – Nils P. Haugen, a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin (born 1849)
• 26 April – Axel Holst, professor of hygiene and bacteriology (born 1860)
• 14 August – Olav Johan Sopp, mycologist (born 1860)
• 1 September – Anders Andersen, politician (born 1846)
• 27 September – Thorleif Frederik Schjelderup, businessperson (born 1859)
• 5 November – Ole Edvart Rølvaag, novelist and professor in America (born 1876)
• 11 November – Marie Hauge, painter (born 1864)
• 17 December – Hans Nilsen Hauge, priest, politician and Minister (born 1853)

Full date unknown

• Sophus Christian Munk Aars, civil servant and writer (born 1841)
• Johan Aschehoug Kiær, paleontologist and geologist (born 1869)

See also

References

1. Death notice in Aftenposten Archived 2013-11-11 at the Wayback Machine
2. "Ole Gabriel Ueland" (in Norwegian). Storting. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
3. "Faye, Ludvig H. (1931-2017)" (in Norwegian). Storting. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
4. Svendsen, Trond Olav. "Knut Bohwim". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Retrieved 11 July 2020.
5. Reisegg, Øyvind. "Leif Raa". In Godal, Anne Marit (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
6. Graff, Finn; Mannila, Leena; Smit, Toril M, eds. (1984). Norske Avistegnere (in Norwegian). Oslo: J. M. Stenersens Forlag. pp. 106–111, 230. ISBN 82-7201-035-6.
7. "Thorvald Stoltenberg". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Retrieved 14 July 2018.
8. Linder, Mats. "Sven Ivar Dysthe". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
9. "Utformet en ny familiepolitikk" (in Norwegian). Government.no. 17 October 2012. Retrieved 13 July 2018.

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