1916 in Norway explained

Events in the year 1916 in Norway.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Haakon VII.^[1]

Events

• Municipal and county elections are held throughout the country.

Popular culture

Sports

See main article: 1916 in Norwegian football.

Music

See main article: 1916 in Norwegian music.

Literature

• The Olav Duun novel Norwegian: Det gode samvite (Good Conscience) was published.

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)^[2]
• 14 February – Reidar Kvaal, military officer (died 2016)^{[3] [4]}
• 15 February – Thorleif Kristensen, politician (died 1997)
• 16 February – Torgeir Andersen, politician (died 1991)
• 1 March – Arvid Hansen, resistance member, executed (died 1945)
• 13 March  - Frithjof Clausen, wrestler (died 1998).^[5]
• 17 March – Hans Hjelle, politician (died 2008)
• 20 March – Magnus Andersen, politician and minister (died 1994)
• 28 March – Charles Oluf Herlofson, naval officer (died 1984)^[6]
• 8 April – Victor Borg, physician, novelist, playwright and script writer (died 1996).^[7]
• 12 April – Finn Lied, military researcher, politician and minister (died 2014)
• 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)
• 14 April – Gina Krog, suffragist (born 1847).^[8]
• 12 September – Henrik Mohn, meteorologist (born 1835)
• 1 October – Carl Otto Løvenskiold, naval officer, politician and land owner (born 1839).^[9]

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)

Notes and References

1. Encyclopedia: Haakon 7. . Ole Kristian . Grimnes . Ole Kristian Grimnes . Knut . Dørum . . Bolstad . Erik . Norsk nettleksikon . Oslo . no . 19 January 2024.
2. Web site: Erik Heiberg . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418034304/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/he/erik-heiberg-1.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . Sports Reference LLC . SR/Olympic Sports . 12 November 2012.
3. Encyclopedia: 1973. Kvaal, Reidar. Hvem er hvem?. Steenstrup, Bjørn. Aschehoug. Oslo. 325. Norwegian. 9 July 2016.
4. News: Nekrolog: Reidar Kvaal. Offiseren, hedersmannen og vennen generalløytnant Reidar Kvaal døde 17 juni . Geoffrey K. . Ward . 23 June 2016. Aftenposten. 9 July 2016. Norwegian.
5. Encyclopedia: Frithjof Clausen . Ove . Gundersen . . Bolstad . Erik . Norsk nettleksikon . Oslo . no . 14 February 2024.
6. Encyclopedia: 1973. Herlofson, Charles Oluf . Hvem er hvem?. Steenstrup, Bjørn. Aschehoug. Oslo. 237 . Norwegian. 11 September 2015.
7. Encyclopedia: Victor Borg . . Bolstad . Erik . Norsk nettleksikon . Oslo . Norwegian . 21 November 2020.
8. Encyclopedia: Gina Krog . Aslaug . Moksnes . . Bolstad . Erik . Norsk nettleksikon . Oslo . no . 6 January 2024.
9. Encyclopedia: Carl Otto Løvenskiold . Norsk biografisk leksikon. Terje . Bratberg . Helle, Knut . Knut Helle . Kunnskapsforlaget . Oslo. Norwegian. 26 November 2014.