Events in the year 1903 in Norway.
Incumbents
Events
Popular culture
Sports
Music
Film
Literature
Births
- 5 January â Kirsten Hansteen, politician and Minister, first female member of cabinet in Norway (died 1974).
- 19 January â Dyre Vaa, sculptor and painter (died 1980).
- 29 January â Olav Rytter, newspaper editor, radio personality, foreign correspondent, philologist and translator (died 1992)
- 3 February â Johan Strand Johansen, politician and Minister (died 1970)
- 25 February â Olav Kjetilson Nylund, politician (died 1957)
- 15 March â Svale Solheim, folklorist (died 1971).
- 17 March â Olav Meisdalshagen, politician and Minister (died 1959)
- 27 March â Leif Tronstad, scientist, intelligence officer and military organizer (died 1945).
- 28 March â Hans Kristian Bromstad, politician (died 1971)
- 24 April â Anders Platou Wyller, philologist and humanist (died 1940)
- 27 April â Tor Skjønsberg, resistance leader, politician and Minister (died 1993)
- 28 April â Egil Rasmussen, author, literature critic and musician (died 1964)
- 2 May â ÃÂivin Fjeldstad, conductor and violinist (died 1983)
- 19 May â Karl Eugen Hammerstedt, politician (died 1960)
- 24 May â Gudbrand Bernhardsen Tandberg, politician (died 1949)
- 26 May â Sverre Helgesen, high jumper (died 1981)
- 1 June â Hans Vogt, linguist (died 1986)
- 3 June â Tobias Gedde-Dahl, physician (died 1994).
- 10 June â Ferdinand Strøm, dentist and a pioneer in developing forensic dentistry in Norway (died 1990).
- 14 June â Nils Helgheim, politician (died 1982)
- 17 June â Halvor Bunkholt, politician (died 1978)
- 25 June â Kai Knudsen, politician (died 1977)
- 26 June â Iver Johan UnsgÃÂ¥rd, politician (died 1993)
- 2 July â Olav V, King of Norway (died 1991)
- 4 July â Hans Jacob Ustvedt, medical doctor and broadcasting administrator (died 1982)
- 12 July â Haldis Tjernsberg, politician (died 1972)
- 31 July â Sigmund Skard, poet, essayist and professor of literature (died 1995)
- 11 August â Arnvid Vasbotten, jurist, Nazi civil servant and politician (died 1995).
- 17 August â Bjarne Amdahl, pianist, composer and orchestra conductor (died 1968).
- 17 August â Kittill Kristoffersen Berg, politician (died 1983)
- 17 August â Olav Sunde, javelin thrower and Olympic bronze medallist (died 1985)
- 29 August â Ole Stenen, Nordic skier, Olympic silver medallist and World Champion (died 1975)
- 15 September â Trygve Braarud, botanist (died 1985)
- 23 September â Egil Sundt, civil servant (died 1950).
- 24 September â Andreas Martinius Andersen, civil servant.
- 15 October â Erik Anker, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (died 1994)
- 30 October â Leif Rustad, cellist and radio pioneer (died 1976).
- 7 November â StÃÂ¥le Kyllingstad, sculptor (died 1987).
- 20 November â Leif Skagnæs, Nordic combined skier
- 24 November â Sverre Bernhard Nybø, politician (died 1976)
- 27 November â Karen Grønn-Hagen, politician and Minister (died 1982)
- 27 November â Lars Onsager, physical chemist and theoretical physicist, winner of the 1968 Nobel Prize in Chemistry (died 1976)
- 30 November â Einar ÃÂstvedt, historian and educator (died 1980).
- 6 December â Kristian Hovde, cross country skier (died 1969)
- 15 December â Georg Braathe, long distance runner (died 1968)
Notable deaths
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