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Events in the year 1960 in Norway.
Incumbents
- Monarch – Olav V
- Prime Minister – Einar Gerhardsen (Labour Party)
Events
- 1 May – The U-2 incident reveals that the United States uses Norwegian air bases as part of spying missions against the Soviet Union.
- 20 August – King Olav V declares television officially opened in Norway.
- 6 October – The Akershus University Hospital opens
- 1 November – Population Census: 3,591,234 inhabitants in Norway.
- 9 December – The Norwegian government decides, contrary to the advice of the Norwegian military leadership, that Norway will not acquire any nuclear weapons.
- NRK began its regular television broadcasts.
Popular culture
Sports
Music
Film
- Struggle for Eagle Peak (Venner), starring Alf Malland[1]
Literature
- Jens Bjørneboe - Den onde hyrde[2]
Television
Notable births
Hanne Hegh in 2008
- 7 February – Ingunn Foss, politician
- 29 March – Sonja Mandt-Bartholsen, politician
- 8 April – Jørn Sigurd Maurud, jurist and civil servant.[3]
- 27 April – Hanne Hegh, handball player.[4]
- 25 June – Randi Karlstrøm, politician
- 26 June – Rigmor Aasrud, politician
- 21 July – Brynjar Aa, dramatist
- 10 August – Øystein Alme, author
- 2 September – Kristin Halvorsen, politician and Minister
- 4 September – Ragnhild Aarflot Kalland, politician
- 18 September – Nils Petter Molvær, jazz trumpeter, composer and producer
- 1 October – Per Bergersen, musician (died 1990)
- 18 December – Niels Christian Geelmuyden, journalist and writer
- 11 December – Frode Grytten, writer and journalist
Notable deaths
Sigurd Hoel in 1950
- 15 January – Carl Fredrik Holmboe, engineer (b. 1882)
- 2 February – Eilert Falch-Lund, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (b. 1875)[5]
- 15 May – Rolf Jacobsen, boxer (b. 1899)
- 22 May – Anders Tjøstolvsen Noddeland, politician (b. 1885)
- 25 June – Carl Alfred Pedersen, gymnast and triple jumper (b. 1882)
- 22 July
- Bodil Katharine Biørn, missionary known as Mother Katharine (b. 1871)
- Hans Nordvik, rifle shooter and Olympic gold medallist (b. 1880).[6]
- 29 July – Kristian Østervold, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (b. 1885).[7]
- 29 July – Carl Wilhelm Rubenson, mountaineer (born 1885 in Sweden).[8][9]
- 12 September – Jakob Nilsson Vik, politician and Minister (b. 1882)
- 28 September – Gabriel Kielland, architect, painter and designer (b. 1871)
- 14 October – Sigurd Hoel, author and publishing consultant (b. 1890)
- 27 November – Gunnar Kaasen, musher, delivered diphtheria antitoxin to Nome, Alaska in 1925, as the last leg of a dog sled relay that saved the city from an epidemic (b. 1882)
- 13 December – Christopher Hornsrud, politician and Prime Minister of Norway (b. 1859)
- 13 December – Einar Jansen, historian, genealogist and archivist (b. 1893)
- 17 December – Arne Sejersted, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (b.1877).[10]
- 18 December – Trygve Schjøtt, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (b.1882).[11]
- 28 December – Karl Eugen Hammerstedt, politician (b.1903)
Full date missing
- Birger Gotaas, journalist (b. 1883).[12]
References
- Films and Filming. Hansom Books. 1959. p. 31.
- Alan Goble (8 September 2011). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. p. 987. ISBN 978-3-11-095194-3.
- "Jørn Sigurd Maurud blir ny riksadvokat". regjeringen.no (in Norwegian). 11 October 2019. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
- "Hanne Hegh". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Eilert Falch-Lund". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 16 December 2012. Retrieved 25 November 2011.
- "Hans Nordvik". SR/Olympic Sports. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 12 November 2012.
- "Kristian Østervold". SR/Olympic Sports. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 12 November 2012.
- Steenstrup, Hjalmar, ed. (1930). "Rubenson, Carl Wilhelm". Hvem er hvem? (in Norwegian). Oslo: Aschehoug. p. 354. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
- Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Carl Wilhelm Rubenson". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
- "Arne Sejersted". SR/Olympic Sports. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 12 November 2012.
- "Trygve Schjøtt". SR/Olympic Sports. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 12 November 2012.
- Godal, Anne Marit (ed.). "Karl Birger Vodahl Gotaas". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
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