These events took place in the year 1949 in Norway.
Incumbents
Events
Popular culture
Sports
Music
Film
Literature
- The Knut Hamsund novel Paa gjengrodde Stier (On Overgrown Paths), was published.
Notable births
- 7 January â Bente Erichsen, culture director
- 25 January â Margaret Skjelbred, writer.
- 7 February â Oddvar Einarson, film director
- 22 March â Geirr Lystrup, musician and writer (died 2025).
- 2 April â Per Husby, jazz musician and orchestra leader
- 10 April â Ingolf HÃÂ¥kon Teigene, journalist and editor (died 2007)
- 29 April â Hæge Follegg Pedersen, children's writer.
- 3 May â Esben Esther Pirelli Benestad, doctor and sexologist
- 14 May â Sverre ÃÂ
rnes, novelist
- 19 May â Inga Kvalbukt, politician
- 30 May
- Bjørn T. Grydeland, civil servant and diplomat
- Ove Thorsheim, Norwegian diplomat
- 15 June â Erling Folkvord, politician (died 2024).
- 20 June â Synnøve Korssjøen, goldsmith, jewellery designer.
- 8 July â Jan Elvheim, politician (died 2019)
- 2 September â Knut Borge, journalist and entertainer (died 2017).
- 30 September â Lars Klevstrand, singer, guitarist, and composer.
- 8 November â Clement Endresen, judge
- 10 November â Aud Gaundal, politician
- 18 November â Sverre Diesen, military officer and Chief of Defence of Norway
- 18 November â Knut Magne Flølo, politician.
- 30 November â Petter Henriksen, musician and publisher.
- 6 December â Bjørn Hvinden, sociologist
- 9 December â Anne Enger, politician
- 14 December â Inger Lise Rypdal, singer and actress
Notable deaths
- 25 January â Leon Aurdal, painter (born 1890).
- 5 February â Rudolf Elias Peersen, politician and Minister (born 1868)
- 14 February â Lise Stauri, educator (born 1882).
- 21 February â Anders Beer Wilse, photographer (born 1865)
- 2 June â Gudbrand Bernhardsen Tandberg, politician (born 1903)
- 10 June â Sigrid Undset, novelist, awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1928 (born 1882)
- 12 July â Kirsten Utheim Toverud, pediatrician (born 1890).
- 13 July â Nils Tveit, politician (born 1876)
- 15 July â Erik Solem, judge (born 1877)
- 8 August â Eivind Kristoffer Eriksen, politician (born 1893)
- 20 August â Ragnhild Kaarbø, painter (born 1889).
- 8 October â Erik ÃÂrvig, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (born 1895)
- 4 December â Ivar Lykke, politician and Prime Minister of Norway (born 1872)
- 22 December â Ole Reistad, military officer and pentathlete (born 1898).
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