1954 in Norway

Events in the year 1954 in Norway.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Haakon VII.
• Prime Minister – Oscar Torp (Labour Party)

Events

• 28 March – Bear Island accident: A Royal Norwegian Air Force seaplane crashed on the Bear Island. The plane had a crew of 8 men and one passenger. One of the crew members survived the accident.
• 5 April – Crown Princess Martha, wife of Crown Prince Olav dies, age 53.
• 3 May – Asbjørn Sunde and Erling Nordby were convicted for treason and espionage in favour of the Soviet Union.
• State-owned Årdal og Sunndal Verk begins construction on a plant in Sunndal Municipality.

Anniversaries

• 100 years since the opening of Norway's first railway line.

Sports

• Martin Stokken, cross country skier and athlete, is awarded the Holmenkollen medal, Norway's highest skiing award.
• Football Association of Norway joins UEFA.

Music

Film

Literature

Notable births

January–March

• 9 January – Thorvald Steen, writer and government scholar
• 12 January – Jan-Olav Ingvaldsen, politician (d. 2021).
• 27 January – Leif Holger Larsen, diplomat (died 2015).
• 29 January – Vera Lysklætt, politician.
• 30 January – Thomas Ebbesen, Franco-Norwegian physical chemist and professor at the University of Strasbourg in France
• 8 February – Per Thomas Andersen, literary historian and novelist (died 2023).
• 16 February – Viggo Hagstrøm, legal scholar (died 2013).
• 18 February – Helen Bjørnøy, Lutheran minister and politician.
• 15 March – Unni Steinsmo, chemical engineer.
• 17 March – Bjørn EidsvÃ¥g, singer, songwriter and Lutheran minister
• 25 March – Grete Berget, politician and Minister (died 2017).

April–June

• 3 April – Mille-Marie Treschow, landlord and businessperson (died 2018).
• 7 April – Geir Myhre, ice hockey player (died 2016).
• 16 April – Ingun Brechan, sport rower.
• 26 April – Toril Førland, alpine skier.
• 28 April – Gunn Berit Gjerde, politician
• 3 May – , film director and model
• 31 May – Arne Larsen Økland, retired footballer
• 1 June – Hanne Heuch, ceramist

July–September

• 10 July – Wenche Andersen, chef
• 26 July – , illustrator and cartoonist
• 3 August – Chris Tvedt, crime fiction writer.
• 18 August – Egil Johansen, orienteering competitor.
• 28 August – Torgeir Schjerven, author and poet
• 5 September – Per Knut Aaland, cross country skier
• 20 September – Arne Blix, journalist
• 23 September – Idar Lind, novelist, crime fiction writer, songwriter and playwright.

October–December

• 1 October – Tone Pahle, sport rower.
• 7 October – Kjell Grandhagen, military officer (died 2019).
• 17 October
• Hans Kristian Hogsnes, politician (d. 2010).
• Øystein Sørensen, historian
• 20 October – Terje Moe Gustavsen, politician (died 2019).
• 6 November – Karin Fossum, author
• 15 November – Arne A. Jensen, media and corporate executive (died 2020).
• 25 November – Kristin Moe, politician
• 27 November – Elisabeth Berge, businessperson and civil servant (died 2020).
• 15 December – Kine Hellebust, singer, actress, children's writer, non-fiction writer and playwright.
• 21 December – Grethe Fossli, politician
• 26 December – Roy Jacobsen, writer (d. 2025)

Full date unknown

• Jan Bugge-Mahrt, diplomat
• Bente Haukland Næss, politician
• Harald Thon, orienteering competitor (died 2019).

Notable deaths

• 21 January – Per Reidarson, composer and music critic (born 1879)
• 31 January – Christian Fredrik Monsen, politician (born 1878)
• 8 March – Leiv Heggstad, educator, linguist and translator (born 1879).
• 5 April – Crown Princess Martha, royal (born 1901)
• 10 April – Oscar Mathisen, speed skater (born 1888)
• 28 April – Knud Leonard Knudsen, gymnast and Olympic gold-medallist (born 1879)
• 25 May – Snefrid Eriksmoen, politician (born 1894)
• 25 May – Albert Helgerud, rifle shooter and Olympic gold medallist (born 1876).
• 4 June – Wilhelm Keilhau, historian and economist (born 1888).
• 7 June – Sigurd Smebye, gymnast and Olympic bronze medallist (born 1886)
• 4 July – Wilhelm Blystad, track and field athlete (born 1881)
• 27 July – Jacob Tullin Thams, Olympian skier (born 1889)
• 29 July – Knut Johannes Hougen, politician and Minister (born 1854)
• 14 August – Fredrik Ludvig Konow, politician and Minister (born 1864)

Full date unknown

• Rasmus Olsen Langeland, politician and Minister (born 1873)
• Per Berg Lund, politician and Minister (born 1878)
• Torjus Værland, politician and Minister (born 1868)

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