1961 in Norway

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Events in the year 1961 in Norway.

Incumbents

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

Events

• 12 January – Princess Astrid marries Johan Martin Ferner.
• March – Ingrid Bjerkås, ordained as first female minister in the Church of Norway
• 15 April – The Socialist People's Party was founded.
• 9 August – Holtaheia Accident: A British passenger plane crashes in Strand. All 39 passengers aboard, including 34 children, are killed.
• 11 September – The 1961 Parliamentary election takes place.

Popular culture

Sports

Music

Main article: 1961 in Norwegian music

Film

Literature

Notable births

• 7 January – Irene Johansen, politician
• 11 January – Carl Morten Amundsen, dramaturg and theatre director
• 3 March – Anita Hegerland, singer
• 18 March – Ingvild Bryn, journalist and news anchor
• 18 March – Kyrre Nakkim, journalist
• 23 March – Jørgen Sigurd Lien, software developer
• 23 May – Pål Brekke, astrophysicist
• 12 August – Kristin Krohn Devold, politician
• 12 August – Ingrid Heggø, politician
• 29 August – Signy Fardal, magazine editor
• 6 September – Paul Waaktaar-Savoy, A-ha lead guitarist
• 19 December – Anne Kristine Linnestad, politician

Notable deaths

Olav Bjaaland was one of the first five men to reach the South Pole

• 23 January – Andreas Baalsrud, engineer (b. 1872)[1]
• 13 March – Lise Lindbæk, war correspondent (b. 1905)
• 27 March – Jacob Pedersen, track and field athlete (b. 1889)
• 2 April – Arne Torolf Strøm, politician (b. 1901)
• 26 April – Anna Sethne, educator (born 1872).[2]
• 2 May – Petter Jamvold, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (b. 1899)
• 24 May – Rachel Grepp, journalist and politician (b. 1879)[3]
• 7 June – Harald Gram, jurist, politician and genealogist (b. 1887)
• 8 June – Olav Bjaaland, ski champion and polar explorer (b. 1873)
• 9 June – Arnstein Arneberg, architect (b.1882)[4]
• 30 June – Lars Sverkeson Romundstad, politician (b. 1885)
• 14 August – Thomas Aas, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (b. 1887)
• 16 September – Johanne Samueline Pedersen, politician (b. 1887)
• 17 September – Henrik Ameln, jurist and politician (b. 1879)
• 25 September – Olav Gullvåg, playwright, novelist, poet and editor (b. 1885)[5]
• 3 October – Anne Grimdalen, sculptor (b. 1899)
• 17 October – Jens Olai Steffensen, politician (b. 1891)
• 9 November – Ferdinand Bie, long jumper and Olympic gold medallist (b. 1888).[6]
• 13 November – Herman Smitt Ingebretsen, politician (b. 1891)
• 21 November – Hjalmar Olai Storeide, politician (b. 1901)
• 22 November – Ole Hallesby, Lutheran neo-orthodox pietist (b. 1879)
• 4 December – Ingvar Wedervang, economist and statistician (b. 1891)
• 12 December – Hauk Aabel, comedian and actor (b. 1867)[7]
• 26 December – Kristofer Uppdal, poet and author (b. 1878)[8]

Full date unknown

• Haakon Hauan, politician and Minister (b.1871)
• Lars Høgvold, ski jumper (b.1888)
• Kristian Løken, military officer (b.1884)
• Niels Nielsen, sailor and Olympic silver medallist (b.1883)
• Vaadjuv Nyqvist, sailor and Olympic silver medallist (b.1902)
• Arnold Rørholt, military officer (b.1884)
• Olav Martinus Knutsen Steinnes, politician and Minister (b.1886)

See also

References

1. "Andreas Baalsrud". Merkantilt biografisk leksikon. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
2. Grankvist, Rolf. "Anna Sethne". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
3. "Grepp, Rachel" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Labour Party. Archived from the original on 19 September 2010. Retrieved 12 March 2009.
4. "Arnstein Arneberg, 79, architect dies". New York Times. 11 June 1960. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
5. "Gullvåg, Olav". Aschehoug og Gyldendals Store norske leksikon. Kunnskapsforlaget. 2007.
6. "Ferdinand Bie". SR/Olympic Sports. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 12 November 2012.
7. "Hauk Erlendson Aabel". Store Norske Leksikon. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
8. Downs, Sandra; Brian W. Downs (2 January 1966). Modern Norwegian Literature 1860-1918. Cambridge University Press. p. 204. ISBN 978-0-521-04854-5.

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