1919 in Norway

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See also:| List of years in Norway

Events in the year 1919 in Norway.

## Incumbents

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* Monarch – Haakon VII.[1]

## Events

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* 5–6 October - 1919 Norwegian prohibition referendum.
* Municipal and county elections are held throughout the country.
* Production of zinc begins in Glomfjord at the state-owned industrial plant.

## Popular culture

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### Sports

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Main article: 1919 in Norwegian football

* Helge Løvland, track and field athlete and gymnast; becomes the second to receive the Egebergs Ærespris, an award presented to Norwegian athletes who excel at two (or more) different sports.

### Music

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Main article: 1919 in Norwegian music

### Film

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Main article: List of Norwegian films before 1930 § 1910s

### Literature

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* The Olav Duun novel I Blinda (The Blind Man) from the work Juvikfolket (The People of Juvik, 1918–23), was published.

## Births

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

### January to March

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* 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)
* 4 February – Marta Schumann, writer (died 1994).[2]
* 11 February – Erland Steenberg, politician (died 2009)
* 15 February – Asbjørn Herteig, archeologist (died 2006).[3]
* 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

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* 1 April – Olav Brænden, pharmacist (died 1989)[4]
* 13 April – Nils Reinhardt Christensen, film director and screenwriter (died 1990)
* 14 April – Bjarne Berg-Sæther, politician (died 2009)
* 19 April – Asbjørn Lillås, politician (died 1983)
* 21 April – Kristian Fougner, engineer and resistance member (died 2012)[5]
* 25 April – Finn Helgesen, speed skater and Olympic gold medallist (died 2011)
* 6 May – Nils Uhlin Hansen, long jumper and resistance member (died 1945)
* 18 May – Ottar Landfald, politician (died 2009)
* 24 May – Einar Brusevold, politician (died 2005).[6]
* 6 June – Rita Haugerud, politician (died 2014)
* 29 June – Johannes Heggland, author and politician (died 2008)[7]

### July to September

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* 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 medalist (died 2006)
* 25 August – Alf Nordhus, barrister (died 1997)[8]
* 27 August – Bjørn Rørholt, engineer, military officer and resistance member (died 1993).[9]
* 30 August – Joachim Rønneberg, resistance fighter and broadcaster (died 2018)
* 15 September – Eilert Dahl, Nordic skier (died 2004)
* 30 September – Olav O. Nomeland, politician (died 1986)

### October to December

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* 26 October – Knut Andreas Knudsen, politician (died 2001)
* 4 November – Per Olav Baarnaas, race walker (died 2004).[10]
* 29 November – Aksel Fossen, politician (died 2009)
* 11 December – Elsa Skjerven, politician and minister (died 2005)
* 22 December – Bjarne Orten, civil servant (died 2011)
* 27 December – Gunnar Alf Larsen, politician (died 2003)

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* 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)[11]
* Jakob Sverdrup, historian (died 1997)

## Deaths

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* 12 January – Carl Wilhelm Bøckmann Barth, painter (born 1847).[12]
* 25 February – Gulbrand Hagen, newspaper editor and writer in America (born 1864)
* 4 March – Sigurd Mathisen, speed skater and world champion (born 1884)
* 16 April – Anders Nicolai Kiær, statistician (born 1838)
* 22 May – Jens Ludvig Andersen Aars, politician (born 1852)
* 12 June – Alf Collett, writer (born 1844)
* 29 June – Ole Falck Ebbell, architect (born 1839)
* 12 August – Oscar Sigvald Julius Strugstad, politician and Minister (born 1851)
* 22 October – Cathinka Guldberg, Norway's first nurse (born 1840)

## See also

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Portals:

* Norway
* History
* Lists

## References

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1. ^ Grimnes, Ole Kristian; Dørum, Knut. "Haakon 7.". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
2. ^ Klungsøyr, Anne Berit. "Marta Schumann". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
3. ^ Øye, Ingvild. "Asbjørn Herteig". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
4. ^ Waaler, Tor. "Olav Johan Brænden". In Godal, Anne Marit (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
5. ^ Bassøe, Bjarne, ed. (1961). "Fougner, Kristian". Ingeniørmatrikkelen: norske sivilingeniører 1901–55 med tillegg (in Norwegian). Oslo: Teknisk ukeblad. p. 138.
6. ^ "Brusevold, Einar (1919-2005)" (in Norwegian). Storting. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
7. ^ (in Norwegian) "Johannes Heggland er død " Archived 2008-03-29 at the Wayback Machine – Dagsavisen Retrieved on February 1, 2008
8. ^ Stanghelle. "Alf Nordhus". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
9. ^ Arntzen, Jon Gunnar. "Bjørn Rørholt". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
10. ^ "Per Olav Baarnaas". olympedia.org. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
11. ^ Larsen, Mona (17 March 2008). "Billedkunstner Victor Sparre er død". Dagsavisen (in Norwegian). Oslo, Norway. Archived from the original on 28 April 2023. Retrieved 5 October 2008.
12. ^ Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Carl Wilhelm Bøckmann Barth". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 5 November 2019.

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