1963 in Norway

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Events in the year 1963 in Norway.

Incumbents

• Monarch - Olav V
• Prime Minister - Einar Gerhardsen (Labour Party) until 28 August, John Lyng (Conservative Party) until 25 September, Einar Gerhardsen (Labour Party)

Events

The Munch Museum was opened

• 21 March - MS Høegh Aronde sank near Morocco during a voyage from Sassandra to Valencia, resulting in the deaths of 15 of the 28 Norwegian crew members.
• 1 July - Work begins to build Tromsø Airport
• 28 August – Lyng's Cabinet was appointed.
• 25 September – Gerhardsen's Fourth Cabinet was appointed.
• Norsk Hydro in cooperation with Harvey Aluminum starts Alnor, a plant at Karmøy to produce aluminium
• Municipal and county elections are held throughout the country.
• The Munch Museum was opened, 100 years after Edvard Munch's birth.

Popular culture

Film

Literature

• Stein Mehren, poet, novelist, essayist and playwright, is awarded the Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature and the Mads Wiel Nygaards Endowment for Mot en verden av lys.

Notable births

• 10 April - Rune Christiansen, poet and novelist
• 14 April - Gunvor Eldegard, politician
• 28 April - Henrik Hellstenius, composer and musicologist
• 20 June – Viel Bjerkeset Andersen, artist
• 29 August - Hilde Frafjord Johnson, politician
• 18 October - Sigvart Dagsland, singer, pianist and composer
• 27 December - Sigrid Brattabø Handegard, politician

Full date unknown

• Synnøve Eriksen, novelist

Notable deaths

Kjeld Stub Irgens

• 15 January - Bertel Flaten, politician (b.1900)
• 1 February - Hermann Helgesen, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist (b.1889)
• 6 March - Ole Øisang, newspaper editor and politician (b.1893)
• 7 March - Joachim Holst-Jensen, film actor (b.1880)
• 8 March – Per Askim, naval officer (b.1881).^[1]
• 13 March - Edvin Paulsen, gymnast and Olympic bronze medallist (b.1889)
• 23 March - Thoralf Skolem, mathematician (b.1887)
• 24 March - Peder Holt, politician (b.1899)
• 28 March - Tollef Tollefsen, rower and Olympic bronze medallist (b.1885)
• 1 April – Agnes Mowinckel, actress and stage producer (b.1875).^[2]
• 10 April - Ottar Gjermundshaug, Nordic combined skier (b.1925)
• 11 April - Thorleif Holbye, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (b.1883)
• 13 June - Olav Bjørnstad, rower and Olympic bronze medallist (b.1882)
• 14 June - Olav Hindahl, trade unionist and politician (b.1892)
• 17 June - Eugen Lunde, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (b.1887)
• 20 June - Erling Vinne, triple jumper (b.1892)
• 30 June - Erling Aastad, long jumper and sprinter (b.1898)
• 11 July - Paal Kaasen, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (b.1883)
• 27 July - Trygve Bøyesen, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist (b.1886)
• 2 August - Thorstein Johansen, rifle shooter and Olympic gold medallist (b.1888)
• 18 September - Karl Johan Edvardsen, politician (b.1883)
• 20 September - Thorleiv Røhn, military officer, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (b.1881)
• 27 September - Svein Olsen Øraker, politician (b.1886)
• 2 November - Per Gulbrandsen, rower and Olympic bronze medallist (b.1897)
• 18 November - Astrid Skare, politician (b.1891)
• 1 December - Jacob Erstad, gymnast (b.1898)
• 16 December - Anton Beinset, journalist, newspaper editor, short story writer, crime fiction writer and politician (born 1894).^[3]
• 19 December - Ingolf Rød, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (b.1889)
• 27 December - Sigvard Sivertsen, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (b.1881)

Full date unknown

• Nils Selmer Hauff, bookseller (b.1882)
• Hjalmar Holand, historian (b.1872)
• Kjeld Stub Irgens, sea captain and collaborator minister (b.1879)
• Lars Knutsen, shipowner (b.1884)
• Magnus Olsen, linguist and professor of Norse philology (b.1878)
• Ulrik Olsen, politician and Minister (b.1885)
• Didrik Arup Seip, linguist and professor (b.1884)

References

1. Kristiansen, Tom. "Per Askim". In Helle, Knut. Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
2. Losnedahl, Kari Gaarder. "Agnes Mowinckel". In Helle, Knut. Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 5 November 2012.
3. Helle, Knut (ed.). "Anton Beinset". Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 22 March 2014.

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