1930 in Norway explained

Events in the year 1930 in Norway.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Haakon VII.^[1]
• Prime Minister – Johan Ludwig Mowinckel

Events

• 12 November – Norway relinquishes its claim to the Sverdrup Islands.^[2]
• Having established two years earlier, what is to become Norway's largest industrial park at Herøya outside Porsgrunn, Norsk Hydro opens up its first plant in this location.
• The 1930 Parliamentary election takes place.

Popular culture

Sports

See main article: 1930 in Norwegian football.

Music

See main article: 1930 in Norwegian music.

Literature

• The Knut Hamsund novel August Volume 1 & 2, was published.

Notable births

• 9 January – Tone Groven Holmboe, composer and teacher (died 2020)
• 12 January
  • Per Andersen, neuroscientist (died 2020)
  • Viking Mestad, banker and politician (died 2013)
• 6 February – Rikard Olsvik, politician (died 2017)
• 7 February – Odd Selmer, journalist and writer (died 2024).^[3]
• 30 March – Petter Fauchald, footballer (died 2013)
• 8 April – Kåre Lunden, historian (died 2013)
• 28 April – Paul Hilmar Jenson, philatelist (died 2004)
• 6 May – Kjell Bækkelund, pianist (died 2004)
• 10 May – Jens Bugge, judge (died 2014)
• 29 May – Liv Stubberud, politician (died 1997)
• 21 June
  • Arnor Njøs, soil researcher (died 2019)
  • Trygve Reenskaug, computer scientist
• 23 June – Annasif Døhlen, sculptor (died 2021).^[4]
• 4 July – Thea Knutzen, politician (died 2016)
• 9 July
  • Elsa Lystad, actress.^[5]
  • Håkon Randal, politician (died 2012)
• 7 August – Gunnar Ellefsen, politician (died 1997)
• 10 August – Axel Buch, politician (died 1998)
• 11 August – Arne Vinje Gunnerud, sculptor (died 2007).^[6]
• 27 August – Aase Foss Abrahamsen, children's writer (died 2023).^[7]
• 7 September – Olav Sigurd Carlsen, politician (died 2013)
• 12 September – Gunder Gundersen, Nordic combined skier and sports official (died 2005)
• 16 October – Hans Andreas Ihlebæk, journalist (died 1993)
• 19 October – Vesla Vetlesen, politician and minister
• 24 October – Johan Galtung, sociologist
• 30 October – Sjur Hopperstad, politician (died 2015)
• 20 November – Kjell Storvik, economist and former Governor of the Central Bank of Norway
• 24 November – Tor Halvorsen, trade unionist, politician and minister (died 1987)
• 18 December – Tor Hagfors, scientist, radio astronomer and radar expert (died 2007)
• 19 December – Knut Helle, historian and professor (died 2015).^[8]
• 20 December – Jan Elgarøy, organist and composer (died 2018)
• 22 December – Per Bredesen, international soccer player (died 2022)
• 30 December – Sigfrid Mohn, politician (died 2015)

Notable deaths

• 7 January – Jacob Breda Bull, author (born 1853)
• 10 February – Mons Monssen, sailor in the United States Navy who received the Medal of Honor (born 1867)
• 12 February – Oddmund Vik, politician (born 1858)
• 24 February – Christian Theodor Holtfodt, politician (born 1863)
• 2 March – Marta Sandal, singer (born 1878)^[9]
• 14 April – Sigurd Ibsen, author and politician (born 1859)
• 13 May – Fridtjof Nansen, explorer, scientist and diplomat, awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1922 (born 1861)
• 5 October – Haaken L. Mathiesen, landowner and businessperson (born 1858)
• 14 October – Wilhelm Christian Magelssen, politician and Minister (born 1867)
• 26 November – Otto Sverdrup, Arctic scientist and explorer (born 1854)
• 9 December – Lauritz Christiansen, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (born 1867)
• 29 December – Oscar Borg, composer (born 1851)

Full date unknown

• Kristofer Kristofersson Hjeltnes, horticulturist and politician (born 1856)

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. Berton, Pierre. The Arctic Grail: The Quest for the North West Passage and the North Pole. Toronto: Random House of Canada Ltd., 1988, p. 629.
3. Encyclopedia: Odd Selmer . . Bolstad . Erik . Norsk nettleksikon . Oslo . no . 29 June 2024.
4. Encyclopedia: Annasif Døhlen . Frode Ernst . Haverkamp . . Bolstad . Erik . Norsk nettleksikon . Oslo . no . 18 June 2021.
5. Encyclopedia: Elsa Lystad (norsk skuespiller) . Svend Erik Løken . Larsen . . Bolstad . Erik . Norsk nettleksikon . Oslo . no . 3 July 2021.
6. Encyclopedia: Arne Vinje Gunnerud . . Bolstad . Erik . Norsk nettleksikon . Oslo . no . 23 June 2021.
7. Encyclopedia: Aase Foss Abrahamsen . Norsk biografisk leksikon. Tone . Birkeland . Helle, Knut. Kunnskapsforlaget . Oslo . Norwegian . 13 October 2017.
8. Encyclopedia: Knut Helle . . Bolstad . Erik . Norsk nettleksikon . Oslo . no . 1 September 2022.
9. Encyclopedia: Vanberg. Vidar. Marta Sandal. . Kunnskapsforlaget. Oslo. no. 16 August 2024.