Events in the year 1931 in Norway.
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Incumbents
edit- Monarch – Haakon VII.[1]
- Prime Minister – Johan Ludwig Mowinckel until 12 May, then Peder Kolstad
Events
edit- 8 June – The Menstad conflict.
- 27 June – Norway occupied and claimed parts of the then-uninhabited eastern Greenland (also called Erik the Red's Land), claiming that it constituted terra nullius.
- Municipal and county elections are held throughout the country.
Popular culture
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editLiterature
editNotable births
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- 10 January – Olaf B. Bjørnstad, ski jumper (died 2013).[2]
- 26 January – Jon Gjønnes, physicist (died 2021).[3]
- 27 January – Sissel Lange-Nielsen, writer, literary critic, and journalist
- 30 January – Arnfinn Johs. Stein, politician (died 2024).[4]
- 31 January – Ole Gabriel Ueland, politician (died 2009).[5]
- 22 February – Georg Johannesen, author and professor of rhetoric (died 2005)
- 4 March – Ludvig Hope Faye, politician (died 2017).[6]
- 12 March – Knut Bohwim, film director (died 2020).[7]
- 23 March – Kjell Knudsen, politician (died 2022)
- 2 April – Åslaug Grinde, politician (died 2019)
- 5 April – Peter R. Holm, poet, author and translator
- 11 April – Olav Marås, politician
- 24 April – Eva Seeberg, journalist and writer (died 2019).[8]
- 26 April – Øyvind Bjorvatn, politician (died 2015)
- 26 April – Ola Mikal Heide, botanist
- 27 April – Vera Louise Holmøy, judge
- 28 April – Karen Sogn, politician (died 2013)
- 9 May – Erik Dammann, author and environmentalist
- 19 May – Leif Raa, illustrator (died 2003).[9][10]
- 25 May - Selmer Nilsen, fisherman who spied for the KGB (died 1991)
- 31 May - Yngvar Løchen, sociologist (died 1998)
- 5 June - Einar Magnussen, economist and politician (died 2004)
- 18 June - Eigil Nansen, human rights activist (died 2017)
- 20 June – Arne Nordheim, composer (died 2010)
- 8 July – Thorvald Stoltenberg, politician and Minister (died 2018).[11]
- 24 July – Sverre Holm, actor (died 2005)
- 8 August – Halvor Bergan, theologian (died 2015).[12]
- 25 August – Sven Ivar Dysthe, furniture designer (died 2020).[13]
- 5 September – Torstein Slungård, politician (died 2009)
- 1 October – Tore Haugen, politician
- 6 October – Johan M. Nyland, politician (died 2007)
- 11 October – Bjørn Slettan, historian (died 2014)
- 12 October – Ole-Johan Dahl, computer scientist (died 2002)
- 6 November – Bjartmar Gjerde, politician (died 2009)
- 8 November – Ole Knapp, politician and Minister (died 2015)
- 23 November – Karin Stoltenberg, geneticist, politician (died 2012).[14]
- 30 November – Knut Myhre, politician (died 2003)
- 7 December – Bjørg Lødøen, painter, graphic artist and composer (died 2009)
- 15 December – Alf Nordvang, actor and theatre director (died 2007)
Notable deaths
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- 20 January – Margrethe Munthe, childten’s writer and songwriter (born 1860).[15]
- 31 March – Knute Rockne, American football player and coach (born 1888)
- 23 April – Nils P. Haugen, a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin (born 1849)
- 26 April – Axel Holst, professor of hygiene and bacteriology (born 1860)
- 14 August – Olav Johan Sopp, mycologist (born 1860).[16]
- 1 September – Anders Andersen, politician (born 1846)
- 27 September – Thorleif Frederik Schjelderup, businessperson (born 1859)
- 5 November – Ole Edvart Rølvaag, novelist and professor in America (born 1876)
- 11 November – Marie Hauge, painter (born 1864)
- 17 December – Hans Nilsen Hauge, priest, politician and Minister (born 1853)
Full date unknown
edit- Sophus Christian Munk Aars, civil servant and writer (born 1841)
- Johan Aschehoug Kiær, paleontologist and geologist (born 1869)
See also
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References
edit- ^ Grimnes, Ole Kristian; Dørum, Knut. "Haakon 7.". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
- ^ Death notice in Aftenposten Archived 2013-11-11 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Pedersen, Bjørn. "Jon Gjønnes". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
- ^ "Stein, Arnfinn Johs. (1931–2024)". stortinget.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 15 May 2024.
- ^ "Ole Gabriel Ueland" (in Norwegian). Storting. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
- ^ "Faye, Ludvig H. (1931-2017)" (in Norwegian). Storting. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
- ^ Svendsen, Trond Olav. "Knut Bohwim". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Retrieved 11 July 2020.
- ^ Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Eva Seeberg". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
- ^ Reisegg, Øyvind. "Leif Raa". In Godal, Anne Marit (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
- ^ Graff, Finn; Mannila, Leena; Smit, Toril M, eds. (1984). Norske Avistegnere (in Norwegian). Oslo: J. M. Stenersens Forlag. pp. 106–111, 230. ISBN 82-7201-035-6.
- ^ "Thorvald Stoltenberg". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Retrieved 14 July 2018.
- ^ Elstad, Hallgeir. "Halvor Bergan". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
- ^ Linder, Mats. "Sven Ivar Dysthe". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
- ^ "Utformet en ny familiepolitikk" (in Norwegian). Government.no. 17 October 2012. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
- ^ Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Margrethe Munthe". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
- ^ Sandberg, Per-Øivind. "Olav Johan Sopp". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
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