1916 in Norway
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Events in the year 1916 in Norway.
Incumbents
Events
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- Municipal and county elections are held throughout the country.
Arts and literature
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Notable births
- 7 January - Gunnar Jakobsen, politician (died 1992)
- 15 January - Sigrid Utkilen, politician (died 2006)
- 24 January - Erik Heiberg, sailor and Olympic silver medallist (died 1996).[1]
- 14 February – Reidar Kvaal, military officer (died 2016).[2][3]
- 15 February - Thorleif Kristensen, politician (died 1997)
- 16 February - Torgeir Andersen, politician (died 1991)
- 1 March - Arvid Hansen, resistance member, executed (died 1945)
- 17 March - Hans Hjelle, politician
- 20 March - Magnus Andersen, politician and Minister (died 1994)
- 28 March – Charles Oluf Herlofson, naval officer (died 1984).[4]
- 12 April - Finn Lied, military researcher, politician and Minister
- 29 April - Lars Korvald, politician and Prime Minister of Norway (died 2006)
- 4 May - Ole Borge, jurist and resistance member (died 1995)
- 7 May - Eigil Olaf Liane, politician (died 1994)
- 5 June - Torstein Eckhoff, civil servant and professor of law (died 1993)
- 5 June - Jan Iversen, politician (died 1999)
- 13 June - Dagfinn Mannsåker, archivist and historian (died 1994)
- 14 June - Odd Starheim, resistance fighter and SOE agent (died 1943)
- 20 June - Reidar Alveberg, bobsledder (died 2004)
- 22 June - Bjarne Kjørberg, politician (died 1969)
- 29 June - Thor Fossum, politician (died 1993)
- 17 August - Eivind Skabo, sprint canoer and Olympic bronze medallist (died 2006)
- 22 August - Ole Bergesen, politician (died 1965)
- 24 August - Sigmund P. Haave, politician (died 2001)
- 30 August - Oskar Edøy, politician (died 2008)
- 12 September - Rolf Andersen, politician (died 1990)
- 18 September - Thomas Byberg, speed skater and Olympic silver medallist (died 1998)
- 24 September - Olav Gjærevoll, botanist, politician and Minister (died 1994)
- 10 October - Kåre Holt, author (died 1997)
- 21 October - Ottar Grønvik, philologist and runology scholar (died 2008)
- 15 November - Greta Gynt, singer, dancer and actress (died 2000)
- 9 December - Claus Egil Feyling, politician (died 1989)
Full date unknown
- Trygve Bjørgo, educator and poet (died 1997)
- Knut Blom, judge (died 1996)
- Bjørvik Jacobsen, trapper/hunter and author (d. c2000)
- Tor Jonsson, author and journalist (died 1951)
- Sivert Andreas Nielsen, civil servant, banker and politician (died 2004)
Notable deaths
- 10 April - Ole Bornemann Bull, ophthalmologist (born 1842)
- 12 September - Henrik Mohn, meteorologist (born 1835)
- 1 October - Carl Otto Løvenskiold, naval officer, politician and land owner (born 1839).[5]
Full date unknown
- Nils Henrik Bruun, engineer (born 1832)
- Endre Johannes Cleven, settler in Canada (born 1874)
- Ole Herman Johannes Krag, gun designer (born 1837)
- Yngvar Nielsen, historian and geographer (born 1843)
- Erik V. Vullum, politician and author (born 1850)
References
- ^ "Erik Heiberg". SR/Olympic Sports. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 12 November 2012.
- ^ Steenstrup, Bjørn, ed. (1973). "Kvaal, Reidar". Hvem er hvem? (in Norwegian). Oslo: Aschehoug. p. 325. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
- ^ Ward, Geoffrey K. (23 June 2016). "Nekrolog: Reidar Kvaal. Offiseren, hedersmannen og vennen generalløytnant Reidar Kvaal døde 17 juni". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). Retrieved 9 July 2016.
- ^ Steenstrup, Bjørn, ed. (1973). "Herlofson, Charles Oluf". Hvem er hvem? (in Norwegian). Oslo: Aschehoug. p. 237. Retrieved 11 September 2015.
- ^ Bratberg, Terje. "Carl Otto Løvenskiold". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
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