1916 in Norway

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See also:	List of years in Norway

Events in the year 1916 in Norway.

Incumbents

• Monarch - Haakon VII

Events

• Municipal and county elections are held throughout the country.

Notable births

• 7 January - Gunnar Jakobsen, politician (died 1992)
• 15 January - Sigrid Utkilen, politician (died 2006)
• 24 January - Erik Heiberg, sailor and Olympic silver medallist (died 1996).^[1]
• 14 February – Reidar Kvaal, military officer (died 2016).^[2][3]
• 15 February - Thorleif Kristensen, politician (died 1997)
• 16 February - Torgeir Andersen, politician (died 1991)
• 1 March - Arvid Hansen, resistance member, executed (died 1945)
• 17 March - Hans Hjelle, politician
• 20 March - Magnus Andersen, politician and Minister (died 1994)
• 28 March – Charles Oluf Herlofson, naval officer (died 1984).^[4]
• 12 April - Finn Lied, military researcher, politician and Minister
• 29 April - Lars Korvald, politician and Prime Minister of Norway (died 2006)
• 4 May - Ole Borge, jurist and resistance member (died 1995)
• 7 May - Eigil Olaf Liane, politician (died 1994)
• 5 June - Torstein Eckhoff, civil servant and professor of law (died 1993)
• 5 June - Jan Iversen, politician (died 1999)
• 13 June - Dagfinn Mannsåker, archivist and historian (died 1994)
• 14 June - Odd Starheim, resistance fighter and SOE agent (died 1943)
• 20 June - Reidar Alveberg, bobsledder (died 2004)
• 22 June - Bjarne Kjørberg, politician (died 1969)
• 29 June - Thor Fossum, politician (died 1993)
• 17 August - Eivind Skabo, sprint canoer and Olympic bronze medallist (died 2006)
• 22 August - Ole Bergesen, politician (died 1965)
• 24 August - Sigmund P. Haave, politician (died 2001)
• 30 August - Oskar Edøy, politician (died 2008)
• 12 September - Rolf Andersen, politician (died 1990)
• 18 September - Thomas Byberg, speed skater and Olympic silver medallist (died 1998)
• 24 September - Olav Gjærevoll, botanist, politician and Minister (died 1994)
• 10 October - Kåre Holt, author (died 1997)
• 21 October - Ottar Grønvik, philologist and runology scholar (died 2008)
• 15 November - Greta Gynt, singer, dancer and actress (died 2000)
• 9 December - Claus Egil Feyling, politician (died 1989)

Full date unknown

• Trygve Bjørgo, educator and poet (died 1997)
• Knut Blom, judge (died 1996)
• Bjørvik Jacobsen, trapper/hunter and author (d. c2000)
• Tor Jonsson, author and journalist (died 1951)
• Sivert Andreas Nielsen, civil servant, banker and politician (died 2004)

Notable deaths

Yngvar Nielsen

• 10 April - Ole Bornemann Bull, ophthalmologist (born 1842)
• 12 September - Henrik Mohn, meteorologist (born 1835)
• 1 October - Carl Otto Løvenskiold, naval officer, politician and land owner (born 1839).^[5]

Full date unknown

• Nils Henrik Bruun, engineer (born 1832)
• Endre Johannes Cleven, settler in Canada (born 1874)
• Ole Herman Johannes Krag, gun designer (born 1837)
• Yngvar Nielsen, historian and geographer (born 1843)
• Erik V. Vullum, politician and author (born 1850)

References

1. "Erik Heiberg". SR/Olympic Sports. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 12 November 2012.
2. Steenstrup, Bjørn, ed. (1973). "Kvaal, Reidar". Hvem er hvem? (in Norwegian). Oslo: Aschehoug. p. 325. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
3. Ward, Geoffrey K. (23 June 2016). "Nekrolog: Reidar Kvaal. Offiseren, hedersmannen og vennen generalløytnant Reidar Kvaal døde 17 juni". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). Retrieved 9 July 2016.
4. Steenstrup, Bjørn, ed. (1973). "Herlofson, Charles Oluf". Hvem er hvem? (in Norwegian). Oslo: Aschehoug. p. 237. Retrieved 11 September 2015.
5. Bratberg, Terje. "Carl Otto Løvenskiold". In Helle, Knut. Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 26 November 2014.

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