1930 in Norway

* 1929
* 1928
* 1927
*   *

|  | 1930

Norway |

* 1931
* 1932
* 1933
*   *

|
|
|

Centuries:|

* 18th
* 19th
* 20th
* 21st

Decades:|

* 1910s
* 1920s
* 1930s
* 1940s
* 1950s

See also:| List of years in Norway

Events in the year 1930 in Norway.

## Incumbents

[edit]

* Monarch – Haakon VII.[1]
* Prime Minister – Johan Ludwig Mowinckel

## Events

[edit]

* 12 November – Norway relinquishes its claim to the Sverdrup Islands.[2]
* Having established two years earlier, what is to become Norway's largest industrial park at Herøya outside Porsgrunn, Norsk Hydro opens up its first plant in this location.
* The 1930 Parliamentary election takes place.

## Popular culture

[edit]

### Sports

[edit]

Main article: 1930 in Norwegian football

### Music

[edit]

Main article: 1930 in Norwegian music

### Film

[edit]

Main article: Norwegian films of the 1930s § 1930

### Literature

[edit]

* The Knut Hamsund novel August Volume 1 & 2, was published.

## Notable births

[edit]

### January to June

[edit]

Annasif Døhlen

* 9 January – Tone Groven Holmboe, composer and teacher (died 2020)
* 12 January
* Per Andersen, neuroscientist (died 2020)
* Viking Mestad, banker and politician (died 2013)
* 28 January – Camilla Carlson, writer (died 1990).[3]
* 6 February – Rikard Olsvik, politician (died 2017)
* 7 February – Odd Selmer, journalist and writer (died 2024).[4]
* 30 March – Petter Fauchald, footballer (died 2013)
* 8 April – Kåre Lunden, historian (died 2013)
* 28 April – Paul Hilmar Jenson, philatelist (died 2004)
* 6 May – Kjell Bækkelund, pianist (died 2004)
* 10 May – Jens Bugge, judge (died 2014)
* 11 May – Elisabeth Granneman, actress, singer and songwriter (died 1992).[5]
* 29 May – Liv Stubberud, politician (died 1997)
* 21 June
* Arnor Njøs, soil researcher (died 2019)
* Trygve Reenskaug, computer scientist
* 23 June – Annasif Døhlen, sculptor (died 2021).[6]

### July to December

[edit]

Aase Foss Abrahamsen

* 4 July – Thea Knutzen, politician (died 2016)
* 9 July
* Elsa Lystad, actress.[7]
* Håkon Randal, politician (died 2012)
* 13 July – Roar Høyland, industrial designer (died 2022).[8]
* 7 August – Gunnar Ellefsen, politician (died 1997)
* 10 August – Axel Buch, politician (died 1998)
* 11 August – Arne Vinje Gunnerud, sculptor (died 2007).[9]
* 23 August – Rut Tellefsen, actress.[10]
* 27 August – Aase Foss Abrahamsen, children's writer (died 2023).[11]
* 7 September – Olav Sigurd Carlsen, politician (died 2013)
* 12 September – Gunder Gundersen, Nordic combined skier and sports official (died 2005)
* 16 October – Hans Andreas Ihlebæk, journalist (died 1993)
* 19 October – Vesla Vetlesen, politician and minister (died 2024).[12]
* 24 October – Johan Galtung, sociologist
* 30 October – Sjur Hopperstad, politician (died 2015)
* 20 November – Kjell Storvik, economist and former Governor of the Central Bank of Norway
* 24 November – Tor Halvorsen, trade unionist, politician and minister (died 1987)
* 18 December – Tor Hagfors, scientist, radio astronomer and radar expert (died 2007)
* 19 December – Knut Helle, historian and professor (died 2015).[13]
* 19 December – Hans Stenberg-Nilsen, jurist and Supreme Court attorney (died 2025).[14]
* 20 December – Jan Elgarøy, organist and composer (died 2018)
* 22 December – Per Bredesen, international soccer player (died 2022)
* 30 December – Sigfrid Mohn, politician (died 2015)

## Notable deaths

[edit]

Fridtjof Nansen

* 7 January – Jacob Breda Bull, author (born 1853)
* 10 February – Mons Monssen, sailor in the United States Navy who received the Medal of Honor (born 1867)
* 12 February – Oddmund Vik, politician (born 1858)
* 24 February – Christian Theodor Holtfodt, politician (born 1863)
* 2 March – Marta Sandal, singer (born 1878)[15]
* 14 April – Sigurd Ibsen, author and politician (born 1859)
* 13 May – Fridtjof Nansen, explorer, scientist and diplomat, awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1922 (born 1861)
* 5 October – Haaken L. Mathiesen, landowner and businessperson (born 1858)
* 14 October – Wilhelm Christian Magelssen, politician and Minister (born 1867)
* 26 November – Otto Sverdrup, Arctic scientist and explorer (born 1854)
* 9 December – Lauritz Christiansen, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (born 1867)
* 29 December – Oscar Borg, composer (born 1851)

### Full date unknown

[edit]

* Kristofer Kristofersson Hjeltnes, horticulturist and politician (born 1856)

## See also

[edit]

Portals:

* Norway
* History
* Lists

## References

[edit]

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. ^ Berton, Pierre. The Arctic Grail: The Quest for the North West Passage and the North Pole. Toronto: Random House of Canada Ltd., 1988, p. 629.
3. ^ Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Camilla Carlson". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 19 January 2025.
4. ^ Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Odd Selmer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
5. ^ Larsen, Svend Erik Løken. "Elisabeth Granneman". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 19 January 2025.
6. ^ Haverkamp, Frode Ernst. "Annasif Døhlen". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
7. ^ Larsen, Svend Erik Løken. "Elsa Lystad (norsk skuespiller)". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
8. ^ Linder, Mats. "Roar Høyland". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
9. ^ Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Arne Vinje Gunnerud". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
10. ^ Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Rut Tellefsen". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 19 January 2025.
11. ^ Birkeland, Tone. "Aase Foss Abrahamsen". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
12. ^ "Vetlesen, Vesla (1930-2024)". stortinget.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 26 August 2024.
13. ^ Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Knut Helle". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
14. ^ Schmidt, Nina (15 January 2025). "Advokat Hans Stenberg-Nilsen er død". Advokatbladet (in Norwegian). Retrieved 4 March 2025.
15. ^ Vanberg, Vidar. "Marta Sandal". Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 16 August 2024.

## External links

[edit]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1930 in Norway.

* v
* t
* e

Years in Norway (1905–present)

* Pre-1905
* 1905
* 1906
* 1907
* 1908
* 1909
* 1910
* 1911
* 1912
* 1913
* 1914
* 1915
* 1916
* 1917
* 1918
* 1919
* 1920
* 1921
* 1922
* 1923
* 1924
* 1925
* 1926
* 1927
* 1928
* 1929
* 1930
* 1931
* 1932
* 1933
* 1934
* 1935
* 1936
* 1937
* 1938
* 1939
* 1940
* 1941
* 1942
* 1943
* 1944
* 1945
* 1946
* 1947
* 1948
* 1949
* 1950
* 1951
* 1952
* 1953
* 1954
* 1955
* 1956
* 1957
* 1958
* 1959
* 1960
* 1961
* 1962
* 1963
* 1964
* 1965
* 1966
* 1967
* 1968
* 1969
* 1970
* 1971
* 1972
* 1973
* 1974
* 1975
* 1976
* 1977
* 1978
* 1979
* 1980
* 1981
* 1982
* 1983
* 1984
* 1985
* 1986
* 1987
* 1988
* 1989
* 1990
* 1991
* 1992
* 1993
* 1994
* 1995
* 1996
* 1997
* 1998
* 1999
* 2000

* 2001
* 2002
* 2003
* 2004
* 2005
* 2006
* 2007
* 2008
* 2009
* 2010
* 2011
* 2012
* 2013
* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* 2020
* 2021
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024
* 2025

* v
* t
* e

1930 in Europe

Sovereign states|

* Albania
* Andorra
*   *   * Austria
*   *   * Baden
*   *   *   * Belgium
*   *   * Bulgaria
*   *   *   *   * Czechoslovakia
*   * Denmark
*   *   * Estonia
*   * Finland
* France
*   * Germany
*   * Greece
*   *   * Hungary
* Iceland
* Ireland
* Italy
*   * Latvia
*   * Liechtenstein
* Lithuania
* Luxembourg
*   *   *   *   *   * Monaco
*   *   *   *   * Netherlands
*   * Norway
*   *   * Poland
* Portugal
* Prussia
* Romania
*   * San Marino
*   *   *   *   *   * Soviet Union
* Armenian SSR
* Azerbaijan SSR
* Byelorussian SSR
*     * Georgian SSR
* Kazakh SSR
*     *     *     * Russian SFSR
* Ukrainian SSR
* Spain
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* Turkey
*   * United Kingdom
*   * Vatican City
*   *   *   * Yugoslavia

Dependencies, colonies
and other territories

* Åland
* Cyprus
*   * Gibraltar
* Guernsey
* Isle of Man
* Jersey
* Malta

*[v]: View this template
*[t]: Discuss this template
*[e]: Edit this template