1937 in Norway
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Events in the year 1937 in Norway.
Incumbents
Events
- 29 May - Stavanger Airport, Sola is opened by King Haakon VII
- Municipal and county elections are held throughout the country.
- A flash flood destroys 20 houses in Simadalen, Sogn og Fjordane. No lives are lost.[1]
Notable births
- 4 January - Harald Barlie, Greco-Roman wrestler
- 4 January - Ole Kristian Grimnes, historian
- 4 January - Per Tresselt, diplomat
- 11 February - Ola Teigen, politician (died 1970)
- 17 February - Bjørn Wiik, physicist (died 1999)
- 18 February - Halle Jørn Hanssen, television correspondent, development aid administrator and politician
- 21 February - Harald V, King of Norway
- 22 February - Bjarte Eikeset, jurist and politician
- 23 March - Per Olav Wiken, sailor and Olympic silver medallist
- 13 April - Berge Furre, historian, theologian and politician
- 15 April - Johan J. Jakobsen, politician and Minister
- 18 April - Arne Alsåker Spilde, politician
- 21 April - Henrik Jahre, politician
- 11 May - Per Brunvand, newspaper editor
- 24 May - Fredrik Torp, architect
- 2 June - Geir Kjetsaa, professor of Russian literary history, translator and author (died 2008)
- 28 June - Odd Bergh, triple jumper and long jumper
- 4 July - Queen Sonja of Norway
- 29 July - Pål Bang-Hansen, actor, film producer, film critic and television personality
- 3 August - Gudrun Waadeland, actress and theatre director
- 20 August - Kjell Hovik, pole vaulter
- 4 September - Per Risvik, politician
- 6 September - Tom Veierød, civil servant
- 13 September - Alv Gjestvang, speed skater and Olympic silver medallist
- 14 September - Dag C. Weberg, politician
- 18 September - Per Flatberg, environmentalist and pharmacist
- 24 September - Børre Knudsen, Lutheran minister and pro-life activist
- 26 September - Aud Blattmann, politician
- 16 October - Reidar Hjermstad, cross country skier
- 17 October - Svein Johannessen, chess player, became Norway's second International Master (died 2007)
- 31 October – Per Øien, flutist (died 2016).[2]
- 14 November - Bjørn Bang Andersen, shot putter
- 23 November - Turi Widerøe, Norway's first female air transport pilot
- 29 November - Johan Jørgen Holst, politician and Minister (died 1994)
- 1 December - Bodolf Hareide, politician
- 3 December - Willy Rasmussen, javelin thrower
- 8 December - Arne Næss, Jr., businessman and mountaineer (died 2004)
- 23 December - Arne Larsen, Nordic combined skier and World Champion
- 24 December - Ola Wærhaug, biathlete, Olympic silver medallist and World Champion
- 29 December - Hjalmar Inge Sunde, military officer
- 31 December - Bjørn Rønningen, children's writer
Full date unknown
- Jan Balstad, politician and Minister
- Knut Boye, civil economist (died 2008)[3]
- Ronald Bye, politician and Minister
- Øyvind Gustavsen, civil servant
- Einfrid Halvorsen, politician
- Knut Hartvig Johannson, businessperson
- Arild Nyquist, novelist, poet, children's writer and musician (died 2004)
- Oddrunn Pettersen, politician and Minister (died 2002)
- Gudmund Restad, politician and Minister
- Wenche Frogn Sellæg, politician and Minister
Notable deaths
- 7 January - Hjalmar Nygaard, boxer (born 1900)
- 19 July - Sigurd Asserson, civil servant (born 1882)
- 27 July - Hans Dahl, painter (born 1849)
- 27 October - Harald Pettersen, businessperson and politician (born 1869)
- 14 November - Harald Stormoen, actor (born 1872)
- 23 December - Nils Collett Vogt, poet (born 1864)
References
- ^ "Simadalen og Sima kraftverk". Sogn og Fjordane County Municipality (in Norwegian). Retrieved 25 September 2014.
- ^ Bjerkestrand, Nils E. "Per Øien". In Godal, Anne Marit (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
- ^ NHHs internavis Paraplyen: Knut Boye er død Template:No icon
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