1961 in Norway

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Events in the year 1961 in Norway.

Incumbents

• Monarch - Olav V of Norway
• Prime Minister - Einar Gerhardsen (Labour Party)

Events

• 12 January - Princess Astrid marries Johan Martin Ferner.
• March - Ingrid Bjerkås, ordained as first female minister in the Church of Norway
• 15 April - The Socialist People's Party was founded.
• 9 August - Holtaheia disaster: A British passenger plane crashes in Strand. All 39 passengers aboard, including 34 children, are killed.
• 11 September - The 1961 Parliamentary election takes place.

Popular culture

Film

Main article: Norwegian films of the 1960s#1961

Notable births

• 7 January - Irene Johansen, politician
• 11 January - Carl Morten Amundsen, dramaturg and theatre director
• 3 March - Anita Hegerland, singer
• 18 March - Ingvild Bryn, journalist and news anchor
• 18 March - Kyrre Nakkim, journalist
• 23 March - Jørgen Sigurd Lien, software developer
• 12 August - Kristin Krohn Devold, politician
• 12 August - Ingrid Heggø, politician
• 29 August - Signy Fardal, magazine editor

Notable deaths

• 13 March - Lise Lindbæk, war correspondent (b.1905)
• 27 March - Jacob Pedersen, track and field athlete (b.1889)
• 2 April - Arne Torolf Strøm, politician (b.1901)
• 2 May - Petter Jamvold, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (b.1899)
• 7 June - Harald Gram, jurist, politician and genealogist (b.1887)
• 8 June - Olav Bjaaland, ski champion and polar explorer (b.1873)
• 30 June - Lars Sverkeson Romundstad, politician (b.1885)
• 14 August - Thomas Aas, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (b.1887)
• 16 September - Johanne Samueline Pedersen, politician (b.1887)
• 17 September - Henrik Ameln, jurist and politician (b.1879)
• 3 October - Anne Grimdalen, sculptor (b.1899)
• 17 October - Jens Olai Steffensen, politician (b.1891)
• 9 November - Ferdinand Bie, long jumper and Olympic gold medallist (b.1888)
• 13 November - Herman Smitt Ingebretsen, politician (b.1891)
• 21 November - Hjalmar Olai Storeide, politician (b.1901)
• 22 November - Ole Hallesby, Lutheran neo-orthodox pietist (b.1879)
• 4 December - Ingvar Wedervang, economist and statistician (b.1891)

Full date unknown

• Hauk Aabel, comedian and actor (b.1867)
• Arnstein Arneberg, architect (b.1882)
• Andreas Baalsrud, engineer (b.1872)
• Rachel Grepp, journalist and politician (b.1879)
• Olav Gullvåg, playwright, novelist, poet and editor (b.1885)
• Haakon Hauan, politician and Minister (b.1871)
• Lars Høgvold, ski jumper (b.1888)
• Niels Nielsen, sailor and Olympic silver medallist (b.1883)
• Vaadjuv Nyqvist, sailor and Olympic silver medallist (b.1902)
• Arnold Rørholt, military officer (b.1884)
• Olav Martinus Knutsen Steinnes, politician and Minister (b.1886)
• Kristofer Uppdal, poet and author (b.1878)