1922 in Norway explained

Events in the year 1922 in Norway.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Haakon VII.^[1]

Events

• 8 January – The Social Democratic Youth League of Norway is founded.
• 30 November – The establishment of Norwegian government-owned alcoholic beverage retailer "Vinmonopolet".
• Fridtjof Nansen is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his work as a League of Nations High Commissioner.
• Municipal and county elections are held throughout the country.

Popular culture

Sports

See main article: 1922 in Norwegian football.

• Ole Reistad, pentathlete, is awarded the Egebergs Ærespris for achievements in multiple sports.

Music

See main article: 1922 in Norwegian music.

Literature

• The Olav Duun novel I ungdommen (Odin Grows Up) from the work Juvikfolket (The People of Juvik, 1918–23), was published.

Notable births

• 6 January – Finn Mortensen, composer, critic and educator (died 1983)
• 15 January – Eva Bull Holte, painter and printmaker (died 1993).^[2]
• 20 January – Bjørn Endreson, actor, stage producer and theatre director (died 1998)
• 25 January
  • Just Faaland, political economist (died 2017)
  • Kåre Tveter, painter (died 2012)
• 2 February – Sigbjørn Hølmebakk, author (died 1981)
• 11 February – Svenn Stray, politician and Minister (died 2012)
• 13 February – Jørgen Sønstebø, politician (died 2013)
• 10 March – Dagmar Lahlum, resistance member and agent (died 1999)
• 15 March – Kristoffer Lepsøe, rower and Olympic bronze medallist (died 2006).^[3]
• 8 April – Odd Steinar Holøs, politician (died 2001)
• 14 April – Viking Olver Eriksen, nuclear physicist (died 2014)
• 30 April – Frank Olsen, resistance member, executed (died 1945)
• 16 May – Norveig Karlsen, gymnast (died 1993).^[4]
• 18 May – Gerda Boyesen, founder of Biodynamic Psychology (died 2005)
• 29 May – Edith Roger, dancer, choreographer and stage director.^[5] (died 2023)
• 7 June – Vilhelm Aubert, sociologist (died 1988)
• 10 June – Edvard Hagerup Bull, composer (died 2012)
• 10 June – Erling Danielsen, politician (died 2010)
• 13 June – Gunnar Konsmo, speed skater (died 1996)
• 14 June – Sven Olsen, politician (died 2001)
• 26 June – Reidun Andersson, politician (died 1992)
• 28 June – Jostein Goksøyr, microbiologist (died 2000)
• 6 July – Thorolf Rafto, human rights activist and professor in Economic History (died 1986)
• 7 July – Reidar Torp, Norwegian military officer (died 2017)
• 8 July – Torodd Hauer, speed skater (died 2010)
• 17 July – Olina Storsand, politician (died 2021)
• 24 July – Per Hansson, journalist and writer (died 1982).^[6]
• 26 July – Johan Trondsen, politician (died 2018)
• 27 July – Ambjørg Sælthun, politician (died 2012)
• 7 September – Bodil Aakre, jurist and politician (died 2008)
• 28 September – Liv Dommersnes, actress and reciter of poetry (died 2014)
• 2 October – Hallvard Rieber-Mohn, writer and Dominican priest (died 1982).^[7]
• 8 October – Erik Diesen, revue writer and radio and television personality (died 1999).^[8]
• 8 October – Helge Stormorken, veterinarian and physician (died 2019)
• 20 October – Kjell Bloch Sandved, author, lecturer and nature photographer.^[9] (died 2015)
• 4 November – Reidar Due, politician (died 2021)
• 12 November – Knut Østby, sprint canoer and Olympic silver medallist (died 2010)
• 13 November – Aud Schønemann, actress (died 2006)
• 22 November – Aksel Jacobsen Bogdanoff, communist (died 1971)
• 22 December – Odd Wang Sørensen, international soccer player (died 2004)
• 28 December – Ragnar Christiansen, politician and Minister (died 1994)

Deaths

• 7 January – Jørg Tofte Jebsen, physicist (born 1888)
• 23 January – Stephan Sinding, sculptor (born 1846)
• 6 February – Kyrre Grepp, politician (born 1879)^[10]
• 14 February – Magnus Halvorsen, politician (born 1853)
• 22 February – Frithjof Olsen, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist (born 1882)
• 7 March – Axel Thue, mathematician (born 1863)
• 10 March – Anton Johan Rønneberg, politician (born 1856)
• 3 April – Aasulv Olsen Bryggesaa, politician and Minister (born 1866)
• 18 April – Hjalmar Welhaven, architect, palace manager, and sportsman (born 1850)
• 5 May – Carl Sofus Lumholtz, discoverer and ethnographer (born 1851)^[11]
• 13 June – Fredrik Stang Lund, politician and Minister (born 1859)
• 21 August – Jørgen Løvland, politician and Prime Minister of Norway (born 1848)
• 5 September – Alvilde Prydz, novelist (born 1846)
• 7 September – Hans G. Jensen, tailor, trade unionist and politician (born 1856)
• 27 October – Hans Henrik Reusch, geologist (born 1852)^{[12] [13]}
• 25 December – Jørgen Christian Knudsen, ship-owner and politician (born 1843)

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. Encyclopedia: Eva Bull Holte . . Bolstad . Erik . Norsk nettleksikon . Oslo . no . 28 December 2022.
3. Web site: Kristoffer Lepsøe . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418034308/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/le/kristoffer-lepsoe-1.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . Sports Reference LLC . SR/Olympic Sports . 7 January 2013.
4. Norveig Karlsen . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418034319/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ka/norveig-karlsen-1.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . 24 July 2019.
5. Encyclopedia: Edith Roger . . Bolstad . Erik . Norsk nettleksikon . Oslo . no . 14 July 2021.
6. Book: Who's who in Scandinavia. 1981. Who's who. 203.
7. Book: The Month. 1959. Simpkin, Marshall, and Company. 68.
8. Encyclopedia: Erik Diesen . Øyvind . Holen . Øyvind Holen . . Bolstad . Erik . Norsk nettleksikon . Oslo . no . 23 March 2023.
9. Web site: Kjell Sandved, photographer who found art in butterfly wings, dies at 93 . Schudel . Matt . . 2016-01-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160126122647/https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/kjell-sandved-photographer-who-found-art-in-butterfly-wings-dies-at-93/2016/01/16/07570dba-bc72-11e5-99f3-184bc379b12d_story.html . 2016-01-26 . live.
10. Book: Communistische Internationale. Toward the United Front: Proceedings of the Fourth Congress of the Communist International, 1922. 14 October 2011. BRILL. 90-04-20778-3. 1228.
11. Book: Tim Gallagher. Imperial Dreams: Tracking the Imperial Woodpecker Through the Wild Sierra Madre. 16 April 2013. Simon and Schuster. 978-1-4391-9153-8. 67.
12. Web site: Hans Henrik Reusch. Norsk biografisk leksikon. Inge Bryhni. 1 January 2017.
13. Web site: bokkunst – historikk . Store norske leksikon. Katrine Kalleklev. 1 January 2017.