1960 in Norway explained

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

Sports

• 1960 in Norwegian football
• Norway at the 1960 Summer Olympics
• Norway at the 1960 Winter Olympics

Music

See main article: 1960 in Norwegian music.

Film

• Struggle for Eagle Peak (Venner), starring Alf Malland^[1]

Literature

• Jens Bjørneboe - Den onde hyrde^[2]

Television

See main article: 1960 in Norwegian television.

Notable births

• 17 January – Vivian Knarvik Bugge, politician.^[3]
• 7 February – Ingunn Foss, politician
• 2 March – Svein Stølen, chemist.^[4]
• 10 March – Agnete Haaland, actress and theatre director.^[5]
• 19 March – Hanne Woods, curler.^[6]
• 21 March – Gunn Nyborg, footballer.^[7]
• 29 March – Sonja Mandt-Bartholsen, politician
• 4 April – Brit Volden, orienteering competitor.^[8]
• 8 April – Jørn Sigurd Maurud, jurist and civil servant.^[9]
• 27 April – Hanne Hegh, handball player.^[10]
• 25 June – Randi Karlstrøm, politician
• 26 June – Rigmor Aasrud, politician
• 16 July – Trond Abrahamsen, ice hockey player.^[11]
• 17 July – Toril Marie Øie, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Norway.^[12]
• 21 July – Brynjar Aa, dramatist
• 27 July – Sverre Løken, rower.^[13]
• 2 August – Joar Vaadal, footballer.^[14]
• 10 August – Øystein Alme, author
• 2 September – Kristin Halvorsen, politician and Minister
• 2 September – Ida Hjort Kraby, civil servant.^[15]
• 2 September – Vetle Lid Larssen, journalist and novelist.^[16]
• 4 September – Ragnhild Aarflot Kalland, politician
• 18 September – Nils Petter Molvær, jazz trumpeter, composer and producer
• 1 October – Per Bergersen, musician (died 1990)
• 26 October – Arne Berggren, writer and musician.^[17]
• 18 December – Niels Christian Geelmuyden, journalist and writer
• 11 December – Frode Grytten, writer and journalist

Notable deaths

• 15 January – Carl Fredrik Holmboe, engineer (b. 1882)
• 2 February – Eilert Falch-Lund, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (b. 1875)^[18]
• 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
  • Bodil Katharine Biørn, missionary known as Mother Katharine (b. 1871)
  • Hans Nordvik, rifle shooter and Olympic gold medallist (b. 1880).^[19]
• 29 July – Kristian Østervold, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (b. 1885).^[20]
• 29 July – Carl Wilhelm Rubenson, mountaineer (born 1885 in Sweden).^{[21] [22]}
• 12 September – Jakob Nilsson Vik, politician and Minister (b. 1882)
• 28 September – Gabriel Kielland, architect, painter and designer (b. 1871)
• 14 October – Sigurd Hoel, author and publishing consultant (b. 1890)
• 27 November – 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)
• 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).^[23]
• 18 December – Trygve Schjøtt, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (b.1882).^[24]
• 28 December – Karl Eugen Hammerstedt, politician (b.1903)

Full date missing

• Birger Gotaas, journalist (b. 1883).^[25]

Notes and References

1. Book: Films and Filming. 1959. Hansom Books. 31.
2. Book: Alan Goble. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. 8 September 2011. Walter de Gruyter. 978-3-11-095194-3. 987.
3. Web site: Bugge, Vivian Knarvik (1960-) . stortinget.no . no . 23 January 2023.
4. Encyclopedia: Svein Stølen . Bjørn . Pedersen . Bjørn Pedersen . . Bolstad . Erik . Norsk nettleksikon . Oslo . no . 28 October 2021.
5. Encyclopedia: Agnete Gullestad Haaland . Lillian . Bikset . . Bolstad . Erik . Norsk nettleksikon . Oslo . no . 24 October 2021.
6. Web site: Hanne Pettersen-Woods . olympedia.org . 4 November 2021.
7. Encyclopedia: Gunn Lisbeth Nyborg. Jan . Holm . . Bolstad . Erik . Norsk nettleksikon . Oslo . no . 23 January 2023.
8. Encyclopedia: Brit Volden . Rolf . Bryhn . . Bolstad . Erik . Norsk nettleksikon . Oslo . no . 25 October 2021.
9. Web site: Jørn Sigurd Maurud blir ny riksadvokat . 11 October 2019 . regjeringen.no . Norwegian . 30 October 2019.
10. Web site: Hanne Hegh . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418034753/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/he/hanne-hegh-1.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . 2 May 2015 . sports-reference.com.
11. Web site: Trond Abrahamsen . olympedia.org . 29 October 2021.
12. Encyclopedia: Toril Marie Øie . Vibeke . Lauritsen . . Bolstad . Erik . Norsk nettleksikon . Oslo . no . 23 January 2023.
13. Web site: Sverre Løken . olympedia.org . 31 October 2021.
14. Web site: Joar Vaadal . olympedia.org . 30 October 2021.
15. Encyclopedia: Ida Hjort Kraby . . Bolstad . Erik . Norsk nettleksikon . Oslo . no . 12 March 2023.
16. Encyclopedia: Vetle Lid Larssen . . Bolstad . Erik . Norsk nettleksikon . Oslo . no . 27 October 2021.
17. Encyclopedia: Arne Berggren . Petra . Helgesen . . Bolstad . Erik . Norsk nettleksikon . Oslo . no . 12 March 2023.
18. Eilert Falch-Lund. 25 November 2011. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20121216145937/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/fa/eilert-falch-lund-1.html. 16 December 2012.
19. Web site: Hans Nordvik . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417235907/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/no/hans-nordvik-1.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports Reference LLC . SR/Olympic Sports . 12 November 2012.
20. Web site: Kristian Østervold . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418035054/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/os/kristian-ostervold-1.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . Sports Reference LLC . SR/Olympic Sports . 12 November 2012.
21. Encyclopedia: 1930. Rubenson, Carl Wilhelm . . Hjalmar Steenstrup . Steenstrup . Hjalmar . Aschehoug. Oslo . 354. Norwegian. 3 February 2019.
22. Encyclopedia: Carl Wilhelm Rubenson . . Bolstad . Erik . Norsk nettleksikon . Oslo . Norwegian . 3 February 2019.
23. Web site: Arne Sejersted . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418035106/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/se/arne-sejersted-1.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . Sports Reference LLC . SR/Olympic Sports . 12 November 2012.
24. Web site: Trygve Schjøtt . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418035057/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sc/trygve-schjott-1.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . Sports Reference LLC . SR/Olympic Sports . 12 November 2012.
25. Encyclopedia: Karl Birger Vodahl Gotaas . . Godal . Anne Marit . Anne Marit Godal . Norsk nettleksikon . Oslo . Norwegian . 12 September 2016 .