1954 in Norway
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Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Year in region [[Category:Expression error: Unexpected < operator. in Norway| ]] [[Category:Years of the Script error: No such module "Ordinal". century in Norway|1954 in Norway]] Events in the year 1954 in Norway.
Incumbents
Events
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- 28 March – Bear Island accident: A Royal Norwegian Air Force seaplane crashed on the Bear Island. The plane had a crew of 8 men and one passenger. One of the crew members survived the accident.
- 5 April – Crown Princess Martha, wife of Crown Prince Olav dies, age 53.
- 3 May – Asbjørn Sunde and Erling Nordby were convicted for treason and espionage in favour of the Soviet Union.
- State-owned Årdal og Sunndal Verk begins construction on a plant in Sunndal Municipality.
Anniversaries
- 100 years since the opening of Norway's first railway line.
Popular culture
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Sports
- Martin Stokken, cross country skier and athlete, is awarded the Holmenkollen medal, Norway's highest skiing award.
- Football Association of Norway joins UEFA.
Music
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Film
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Literature
Notable births
- 12 January – Jan-Olav Ingvaldsen, politician (died 2021).[2][3]
- 27 January – Leif Holger Larsen, diplomat (died 2015).[4]
- 29 January – Vera Lysklætt, politician.[5]
- 8 February – Per Thomas Andersen, literary historian and novelist (died 2023).[6]
- 16 February – Viggo Hagstrøm, legal scholar (died 2013).[7]
- 18 February – Helen Bjørnøy, Lutheran minister and politician.[8]
- 15 March – Unni Steinsmo, chemical engineer.[9]
- 17 March – Bjørn Eidsvåg, singer, songwriter and Lutheran minister
- 25 March – Grete Berget, politician and Minister (died 2017).[10]
- 3 April – Mille-Marie Treschow, landlord and businessperson (died 2018).[11]
- 7 April – Geir Myhre, ice hockey player (died 2016).[12]
- 16 April – Ingun Brechan, sport rower.[13]
- 26 April – Toril Førland, alpine skier.[14]
- 28 April – Gunn Berit Gjerde, politician
- 10 July – Wenche Andersen, chef
- 3 August – Chris Tvedt, crime fiction writer.[15]
- 18 August – Egil Johansen, orienteering competitor.[16]
- 28 August – Torgeir Schjerven, author and poet
- 5 September – Per Knut Aaland, cross country skier
- 20 September – Arne Blix, journalist
- 23 September – Idar Lind, novelist, crime fiction writer, songwriter and playwright.[17]
- 1 October – Tone Pahle, sport rower.[18]
- 7 October – Kjell Grandhagen, military officer (died 2019).[19]
- 17 October – Hans Kristian Hogsnes, politician (died 2010).[20]
- 20 October – Terje Moe Gustavsen, politician (died 2019).[21]
- 6 November – Karin Fossum, author
- 15 November – Arne A. Jensen, media and corporate executive (died 2020).[22]
- 25 November – Kristin Moe, politician
- 27 November – Elisabeth Berge, businessperson and civil servant (died 2020).[23]
- 15 December – Kine Hellebust, singer, actress, children's writer, non-fiction writer and playwright.[24]
- 21 December – Grethe Fossli, politician
Full date unknown
- Jan Bugge-Mahrt, diplomat
- Bente Haukland Næss, politician
- Harald Thon, orienteering competitor (died 2019).[25]
Notable deaths
- 21 January – Per Reidarson, composer and music critic (born 1879)[26]
- 31 January – Christian Fredrik Monsen, politician (born 1878)
- 8 March – Leiv Heggstad, educator, linguist and translator (born 1879).[27]
- 5 April – Crown Princess Martha, royal (born 1901)
- 10 April – Oscar Mathisen, speed skater (born 1888)
- 28 April – Knud Leonard Knudsen, gymnast and Olympic gold-medallist (born 1879)
- 25 May – Snefrid Eriksmoen, politician (born 1894)
- 25 May – Albert Helgerud, rifle shooter and Olympic gold medallist (born 1876).[28]
- 4 June – Wilhelm Keilhau, historian and economist (born 1888).[29]
- 7 June – Sigurd Smebye, gymnast and Olympic bronze medallist (born 1886)
- 4 July – Wilhelm Blystad, track and field athlete (born 1881)
- 27 July – Jacob Tullin Thams, Olympian skier (born 1889)
- 29 July – Knut Johannes Hougen, politician and Minister (born 1854)[30]
- 14 August – Fredrik Ludvig Konow, politician and Minister (born 1864)[31]
Full date unknown
- Rasmus Olsen Langeland, politician and Minister (born 1873)
- Per Berg Lund, politician and Minister (born 1878)
- Torjus Værland, politician and Minister (born 1868)
See also
References
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