1919 in Norway

← 1918 1917 1916 1919 in Norway → 1920 1921 1922
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See also:	List of years in Norway

Events in the year 1919 in Norway.

Incumbents

• Monarch - Haakon VII

Events

• Production of zinc begins in Glomfjord at the state-owned industrial plant.
• Municipal and county elections are held throughout the country.

Births

Laila Schou Nilsen won the downhill event at the 1936 Olympics.

January to March

• 14 January – Harry Hansen, politician (died 2003)
• 17 January – Per Bergsland, Royal Air Force pilot and prisoner of war (died 1992)
• 31 January – Claus Helberg, resistance fighter and mountain guide (died 2003)
• 11 February – Erland Steenberg, politician
• 15 February – Asbjørn Herteig, archeologist (died 2006).^[1]
• 2 March – Carl Mortensen, sailor and Olympic silver medallist (died 2005)
• 5 March – Helge Seip, politician (died 2004)
• 17 March – Erik Rinde, jurist and pioneer of social sciences in Norway (died 1994)
• 18 March – Laila Schou Nilsen, speed skater, alpine skier and tennis player (died 1998)

April to June

• 1 April – Olav Brænden, pharmacist (died 1989).^[2]
• 13 April – Nils Reinhardt Christensen, film director and screenwriter (died 1990)
• 14 April – Bjarne Berg-Sæther, politician
• 19 April – Asbjørn Lillås, politician (died 1983)
• 21 April – Kristian Fougner, engineer and resistance member (died 2012).^[3]
• 25 April – Finn Helgesen, speed skater and Olympic gold medallist
• 6 May – Nils Uhlin Hansen, long jumper and resistance member (died 1945)
• 18 May – Ottar Landfald, politician
• 6 June – Rita Haugerud, politician
• 29 June – Johannes Heggland, author and politician (died 2008)^[4]

July to September

• 14 July – Arnold Dyrdahl, bobsledder (died 1973)
• 3 August – Thor Gystad, politician (died 2007)
• 3 August – Ola M. Hestenes, politician (died 2008)
• 4 August – Engly Lie, politician (died 2001)
• 9 August – Liv Andersen, politician (died 1997)
• 13 August – Børre Falkum-Hansen, sailor and Olympic silver medallist (died 2006)
• 25 August – Alf Nordhus, barrister (died 1997).^[5]
• 30 August – Joachim Rønneberg, resistance fighter and broadcaster
• 15 September – Eilert Dahl, Nordic skier (died 2004)
• 30 September – Olav O. Nomeland, politician (died 1986)

October to December

• 26 October – Knut Andreas Knudsen, politician (died 2001)
• 29 November – Aksel Fossen, politician
• 11 December – Elsa Skjerven, politician and Minister (died 2005)
• 22 December – Bjarne Orten, civil servant
• 27 December – Gunnar Alf Larsen, politician (died 2003)

Full date unknown

• Odd Chr. Gøthe, civil servant and politician (died 2002)
• Reidar Haaland, police officer and collaborator, executed (died 1945)
• Finn Hødnebø, philologist (died 2007)
• Odd Narud, businessperson (died 2000)
• Olav Nordrå, writer (died 1994)
• Asbjørn Ruud, ski jumper and World Champion (died 1986)
• Aage Samuelsen, evangelist, singer and composer (died 1987)
• Victor Sparre, visual artist (died 2008)^[6]
• Jakob Sverdrup, historian (died 1997)

Deaths

• 4 March - Sigurd Mathisen, speed skater and world champion (born 1884)
• 22 May - Jens Ludvig Andersen Aars, politician (born 1852)

Full date unknown

• Carl Wilhelm Bøckmann Barth, painter (born 1847)
• Alf Collett, writer (born 1844)
• Ole Falck Ebbell, architect (born 1839)
• Cathinka Guldberg, Norway's first nurse (born 1840)
• Gulbrand Hagen, newspaper editor and writer in America (born 1864)
• Anders Nicolai Kiær, statistician (born 1838)
• Oscar Sigvald Julius Strugstad, politician and Minister (born 1851)

References

1. Øye, Ingvild. "Asbjørn Herteig". In Helle, Knut. Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
2. Waaler, Tor. "Olav Johan Brænden". In Godal, Anne Marit. Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
3. Bassøe, Bjarne, ed. (1961). "Fougner, Kristian". Ingeniørmatrikkelen: norske sivilingeniører 1901–55 med tillegg (in Norwegian). Oslo: Teknisk ukeblad. p. 138.
4. (Norwegian) "Johannes Heggland er død " – Dagsavisen Retrieved on February 1, 2008
5. Stanghelle. "Alf Nordhus". In Helle, Knut. Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
6. Larsen, Mona (2008-03-17). "Billedkunstner Victor Sparre er død". Dagsavisen (in Norwegian). Oslo, Norway. Retrieved 2008-10-05.

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