1919 in Norway

Events in the year 1919 in Norway.

Incumbents

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.

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

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

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 (died 2009)
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)

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 (died 2009)
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 (died 2011)
6 May – Nils Uhlin Hansen, long jumper and resistance member (died 1945)
18 May – Ottar Landfald, politician (died 2009)
6 June – Rita Haugerud, politician (died 2014)
29 June – Johannes Heggland, author and politician (died 2008)[4]

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)[5]
27 August – Bjørn Rørholt, engineer, military officer and resistance member (died 1993).[6]
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)

12 January – Carl Wilhelm Bøckmann Barth, painter (born 1847).[8]
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)

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