1929 in Norway

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See also:	List of years in Norway

Events in the year 1929 in Norway.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Haakon VII

Events

Norway annexed the volcanic island Jan Mayen

• 8 May – Norway annexed the volcanic island Jan Mayen located in the Arctic Ocean.

Notable births

• 1 January – Fredrik Olsen, shipping magnate
• 3 January – Grethe Rytter Hasle, planktologist
• 17 January – Jan Rasmus Skåre, judge
• 3 February - Arvid Johanson, politician and Minister
• 10 February – Hallgeir Brenden, cross country skier and double Olympic gold medallist (died 2007)
• 10 February – Einar W. Sissener, businessperson (died 2008)
• 26 February – Bjørn Skau, politician and Minister
• 4 March – Fredrik Hagemann, geologist and public servant
• 5 April – Ivar Giaever, physicist, shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1973
• 19 April – Guttorm Berge, alpine skier and Olympic bronze medallist (died 2004)
• 20 April – Knut S. Heier, geochemist (died 2008)
• 6 May – Jorun Askersrud, cross country skier and athlete
• 7 May – Arnsten Samuelstuen, ski jumper
• 10 May – Audun Boysen, middle distance runner and Olympic bronze medallist (died 2000)
• 10 May – John Gjerde, politician
• 28 or 29 May – Dag Frogner, painter and scenographer.^[1]
• 31 May – Halvdan Ljøsne, painter (died 2006)
• 11 June – Per Almar Aas, politician
• 1 July – Sigurd Berge, composer (died 2002)
• 8 July – Gunnar Block Watne, engineer and businessperson, introduced prefabricated houses in Norway.^[2]
• 18 July – Kai Ekanger, politician
• 26 August – Willy Arne Wold, politician (died 1996)
• 24 September – Kåre Rønning, politician (died 1990)
• 30 September – Kjell Askildsen, writer
• 30 September – Helga Gitmark, politician (died 2008)^[3]
• 19 October – Thorbjørn Kultorp, politician (died 2004)
• 22 October – Tore Sinding-Larsen, judge
• 30 November – Leif Haraldseth, trade unionist, politician and Minister
• 13 December - Lars Skytøen, politician and Minister
• 14 December – Magne Lerheim, politician (died 1994)
• 24 December – Sverre Wilberg, actor (died 1996)

Full date unknown

• Øystein Elgarøy, astronomer (died 1998)
• Nils Peder Langvand, judge (died 2002)
• Gunnar Solum, politician (died 2008)^[4]

Notable deaths

Christian Holtermann Knudsen

Gerhard Munthe

• 6 January – August Herman Halvorsen, politician (born 1866)
• 22 February – Gunnar Heiberg, playwright (born 1857)
• 23 March – Rudolf Nilsen, poet and journalist (born 1901)
• 24 May – Just Bing Ebbesen, priest and politician (born 1847)
• 8 June – Ole Larsen Skattebøl, judge and politician (born 1844)
• 9 July – Hans Andersen Foss, author, newspaper editor and temperance leader in America (born 1851)
• 1 August – Gregers Winther Wulfsberg Gram, jurist and politician (born 1846)
• 12 September – Olaf Hovdenak, long distance runner (born 1891)
• 3 November – Olav Aukrust, poet and teacher (born 1883)
• 19 November – Torleiv Hannaas, philologist (born 1874)
• 14 December – Sigurd Jørgensen, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (born 1887)

Full date unknown

• Mads Gram, physician (born 1875)
• Nils Otto Hesselberg, politician (born 1844)
• Christian Holtermann Knudsen, typographer, newspaper editor, publisher, trade unionist and politician (born 1845)
• Oscar Ludvig Stoud Platou, jurist and professor (born 1845)

References

1. Lyche, Lise. "Dag Frogner". In Helle, Knut. Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
2. Bore, Thor Bjarne. "Gunnar Block Watne". In Helle, Knut. Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 12 July 2014.
3. Obituary (Norwegian)
4. Manka, Stian (11 June 2008). "Gunnar Solum er død". Trønder-Avisa (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 16 January 2009. Retrieved 18 June 2008.

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