1903 in Norway

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See also:| 1903 in Sweden
List of years in Norway

Events in the year 1903 in Norway.

## Incumbents

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* Monarch: Oscar II.[1]
* Prime Minister: Otto Blehr, then Francis Hagerup

## Events

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The Oseberg ship was discovered.

* 31 January–6 February – The Nordic Games take place in Kristiania.[2]
* 7 April – Fredrikstad Football Club (FFK) is founded
* 16 June – Roald Amundsen commences the first east-west navigation of the Northwest Passage by leaving Oslo, Norway.
* 10 August – The Oseberg ship, a well-preserved Viking ship from the 9th century, was discovered in a large burial mound at the Oseberg farm near Tønsberg in the Vestfold county.
* 22 October – Francis Hagerup succeeded Otto Blehr as Prime Minister of Norway
* The 1903 Parliamentary election takes place.
* Edvard Grieg, in Paris, became the first Norwegian to make gramophone records

## Popular culture

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### Sports

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Main article: 1903 in Norwegian football

### Music

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Main article: 1903 in Norwegian music

### Film

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Main article: List of Norwegian films before 1930 § 1900s

### Literature

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## Births

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Dyre Vaa Leif Tronstad

* 5 January – Kirsten Hansteen, politician and Minister, first female member of cabinet in Norway (died 1974).[3]
* 19 January – Dyre Vaa, sculptor and painter (died 1980).[4]
* 29 January – Olav Rytter, newspaper editor, radio personality, foreign correspondent, philologist and translator (died 1992)
* 3 February – Johan Strand Johansen, politician and Minister (died 1970)
* 25 February – Olav Kjetilson Nylund, politician (died 1957)
* 17 March – Olav Meisdalshagen, politician and Minister (died 1959)
* 27 March – Leif Tronstad, scientist, intelligence officer and military organizer (died 1945).[5]
* 28 March – Hans Kristian Bromstad, politician (died 1971)
* 24 April – Anders Platou Wyller, philologist and humanist (died 1940)
* 27 April – Tor Skjønsberg, resistance leader, politician and Minister (died 1993)
* 28 April – Egil Rasmussen, author, literature critic and musician (died 1964)
* 2 May – Øivin Fjeldstad, conductor and violinist (died 1983)
* 19 May – Karl Eugen Hammerstedt, politician (died 1960)
* 24 May – Gudbrand Bernhardsen Tandberg, politician (died 1949)
* 26 May – Sverre Helgesen, high jumper (died 1981)
* 1 June – Hans Vogt, linguist (died 1986)
* 3 June – Tobias Gedde-Dahl, physician (died 1994).[6]
* 10 June – Ferdinand Strøm, dentist and a pioneer in developing forensic dentistry in Norway (died 1990).[7]
* 14 June – Nils Helgheim, politician (died 1982)
* 17 June – Halvor Bunkholt, politician (died 1978)
* 25 June – Kai Knudsen, politician (died 1977)
* 26 June – Iver Johan Unsgård, politician (died 1993)
* 2 July – Olav V, King of Norway (died 1991)
* 4 July – Hans Jacob Ustvedt, medical doctor and broadcasting administrator (died 1982)
* 12 July – Haldis Tjernsberg, politician (died 1972)
* 31 July – Sigmund Skard, poet, essayist and professor of literature (died 1995)
* 11 August – Arnvid Vasbotten, jurist, Nazi civil servant and politician (died 1995).[8]
* 17 August – Bjarne Amdahl, pianist, composer and orchestra conductor (died 1968).[9]
* 17 August – Kittill Kristoffersen Berg, politician (died 1983)
* 17 August – Olav Sunde, javelin thrower and Olympic bronze medallist (died 1985)
* 29 August – Ole Stenen, Nordic skier, Olympic silver medallist and World Champion (died 1975)
* 15 September – Trygve Braarud, botanist (died 1985)
* 23 September – Egil Sundt, civil servant (died 1950).[10]
* 24 September – Andreas Martinius Andersen, civil servant.[11]
* 15 October – Erik Anker, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (died 1994)
* 30 October – Leif Rustad, cellist and radio pioneer (died 1976).[12]
* 7 November – Ståle Kyllingstad, sculptor (died 1987).[13]
* 20 November – Leif Skagnæs, Nordic combined skier
* 24 November – Sverre Bernhard Nybø, politician (died 1976)
* 27 November – Karen Grønn-Hagen, politician and Minister (died 1982)
* 27 November – Lars Onsager, physical chemist and theoretical physicist, winner of the 1968 Nobel Prize in Chemistry (died 1976)
* 30 November – Einar Østvedt, historian and educator (died 1980).[14]
* 6 December – Kristian Hovde, cross country skier (died 1969)
* 15 December – Georg Braathe, long distance runner (died 1968)

## Notable deaths

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Hans Gude

* 4 January – Christian Fredrik Sissenèr, property owner and politician (born 1849)
* 20 March – Carl Anton Bjerknes, mathematician and physicist (born 1825)
* 22 June – Torbjørg Utne, hotelier (born 1812).[15]
* 17 August – Hans Gude, painter (born 1825)
* 28 August – Hans Hein Theodor Nysom, politician (born 1845)
* 10 October – Jacob Thurmann Ihlen, politician (born 1833)
* 12 October – Olaus Alvestad, educator and newspaper editor (born 1866)
* 27 October – Erika Nissen, pianist (born 1845)

## References

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1. ^ Bratberg, Terje; Mardal, Magnus A. "Oscar 2.". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
2. ^ Bell, Daniel (2003). Encyclopedia of international games. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Co. p. 473\. ISBN 0-7864-1026-4.
3. ^ Tvedt, Knut Are. "Kirsten Hansteen". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
4. ^ Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Dyre Vaa". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
5. ^ Pedersen, Bjørn. "Leif Tronstad". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
6. ^ Hjort, Peter F. "Tobias Gedde-Dahl". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
7. ^ Stenvik, Reidun. "Ferdinand Strøm". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
8. ^ Sæveraas, Torgeir Ekerholt; Skodvin, Magne. "Arnvid Vasbotten". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 7 January 2025.
9. ^ Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Bjarne Amdahl". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
10. ^ Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Egil Sundt". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 9 February 2025.
11. ^ Steenstrup, Bjørn, ed. (1973). "Andersen, Andreas Martinius". Hvem er hvem? (in Norwegian). Oslo: Aschehoug. p. 18. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
12. ^ Arntzen, Jon Gunnar. "Leif Rustad". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
13. ^ Thue, Sigrid Rømcke. "Ståle Kyllingstad". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
14. ^ Aanderaa, Dag. "Einar Østvedt". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
15. ^ Lauritzen, Per Roger. "Torbjørg Utne". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 11 February 2024.

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