1930 in Norway

Events in the year 1930 in Norway.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Haakon VII.
• Prime Minister – Johan Ludwig Mowinckel

Events

• 12 November – Norway relinquishes its claim to the Sverdrup Islands.
• 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

Music

Film

Literature

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

Notable births

January to June

• 9 January – Tone Groven Holmboe, composer and teacher (died 2020)
• 12 January
• Per Andersen, neuroscientist (died 2020)
• Viking Mestad, banker and politician (died 2013)
• 28 January – Camilla Carlson, writer (died 1990).
• 6 February – Rikard Olsvik, politician (died 2017)
• 7 February – Odd Selmer, journalist and writer (died 2024).
• 30 March – Petter Fauchald, footballer (died 2013)
• 8 April – KÃ¥re 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)
• 11 May – Elisabeth Granneman, actress, singer and songwriter (died 1992).
• 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).

July to December

• 4 July – Thea Knutzen, politician (died 2016)
• 9 July
• Elsa Lystad, actress (died 2023).
• HÃ¥kon Randal, politician (died 2012)
• 13 July – Roar Høyland, industrial designer (died 2022).
• 7 August – Gunnar Ellefsen, politician (died 1997)
• 10 August – Axel Buch, politician (died 1998)
• 11 August – Arne Vinje Gunnerud, sculptor (died 2007).
• 23 August – Rut Tellefsen, actress.
• 27 August – Aase Foss Abrahamsen, children's writer (died 2023).
• 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 (died 2024).
• 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).
• 19 December – Hans Stenberg-Nilsen, jurist and Supreme Court attorney (died 2025).
• 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)
• 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)

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