1960 in Norway

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Centuries:	18th 19th 20th 21st
Decades:	1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s
See also:	List of years in Norway

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

Music

Main article: 1960 in Norwegian music

Film

Main article: Norwegian films of the 1960s § 1960

Television

Main article: 1960 in Norwegian television

Notable births

Hanne Hegh in 2008

• 7 February – Ingunn Foss, politician
• 29 March – Sonja Mandt-Bartholsen, politician
• 27 April – Hanne Hegh, handball player.
• 25 June – Randi Karlstrøm, politician
• 26 June – Rigmor Aasrud, politician
• 21 July – Brynjar Aa, dramatist
• 2 September – Kristin Halvorsen, politician and Minister
• 4 September – Ragnhild Aarflot Kalland, politician
• 18 September – Nils Petter Molvær, jazz trumpeter, composer and producer
• 18 December – Niels Christian Geelmuyden, journalist and writer
• 11 December – Frode Grytten, writer and journalist

Full date unknown

• Øystein Alme, author
• Per Bergersen, musician (died 1990)

Notable deaths

Sigurd Hoel in 1950

• 15 January – Carl Fredrik Holmboe, engineer (b.1882)
• 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 – Hans Nordvik, rifle shooter and Olympic gold medallist (b.1880).
• 29 July – Kristian Østervold, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (b.1885).
• 14 October – Sigurd Hoel, author and publishing consultant (b.1890)
• 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).
• 18 December – Trygve Schjøtt, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (b.1882).
• 28 December – Karl Eugen Hammerstedt, politician (b.1903)

Full date missing

• Bodil Katharine Biørn, missionary known as Mother Katharine (b.1871)
• Eilert Falch-Lund, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (b.1875)
• Birger Gotaas, journalist (b. 1883).
• 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)
• Gabriel Kielland, architect, painter and designer (b.1871)
• Jakob Nilsson Vik, politician and Minister (b.1882)