1931 in Norway

← 1930 1929 1928 1931 in Norway → 1932 1933 1934
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See also:	List of years in Norway

Events in the year 1931 in Norway.

Incumbents

• Monarch - Haakon VII
• Prime Minister - Peder Kolstad

Events

• 27 June – Norway occupied and claimed parts of the then-uninhabited eastern Greenland (also called Erik the Red's Land), claiming that it constituted terra nullius.
• Municipal and county elections are held throughout the country.

Notable births

• 10 January - Olaf B. Bjørnstad, ski jumper
• 27 January - Sissel Lange-Nielsen, writer, literary critic, and journalist
• 31 January - Ole Gabriel Ueland, politician
• 22 February - Georg Johannesen, author and professor of rhetoric (died 2005)
• 4 March - Ludvig Hope Faye, politician
• 23 March - Kjell Knudsen, politician
• 2 April - Åslaug Grinde, politician
• 5 April - Peter R. Holm, poet, author and translator
• 11 April - Olav Marås, politician
• 26 April - Øyvind Bjorvatn, politician
• 26 April - Ola Mikal Heide, botanist
• 27 April - Vera Louise Holmøy, judge
• 28 April - Karen Sogn, politician
• 9 May - Erik Dammann, author and environmentalist
• 19 May – Leif Raa, illustrator (died 2003).^[1][2]
• 25 May - Selmer Nilsen, fisherman who spied for the KGB (died 1991)
• 31 May - Yngvar Løchen, sociologist (died 1998)
• 5 June - Einar Magnussen, economist and politician (died 2004)
• 18 June - Eigil Nansen, human rights activist
• 20 June - Arne Nordheim, composer
• 8 July - Thorvald Stoltenberg, politician and Minister
• 24 July - Sverre Holm, actor (died 2005)
• 5 September - Torstein Slungård, politician
• 1 October - Tore Haugen, politician
• 6 October - Johan M. Nyland, politician (died 2007)
• 11 October - Bjørn Slettan, historian
• 12 October - Ole-Johan Dahl, computer scientist (died 2002)
• 6 November - Bjartmar Gjerde, politician
• 8 November - Ole Knapp, politician and Minister
• 30 November - Knut Myhre, politician
• 7 December - Bjørg Lødøen, painter, graphic artist and composer
• 15 December - Alf Nordvang, actor and theatre director (died 2007)

Notable deaths

Olav Johan Sopp

• 31 March - Knute Rockne, American football player and coach (born 1888)
• 23 April - Nils P. Haugen, a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin (born 1849)
• 26 April - Axel Holst, professor of hygiene and bacteriology (born 1860)
• 14 August - Olav Johan Sopp, mycologist (born 1860)
• 1 September - Anders Andersen, politician (born 1846)
• 27 September - Thorleif Frederik Schjelderup, businessperson (born 1859)
• 5 November - Ole Edvart Rølvaag, novelist and professor in America (born 1876)
• 11 November - Marie Hauge, painter (born 1864)
• 17 December - Hans Nilsen Hauge, priest, politician and Minister (born 1853)

Full date unknown

• Sophus Christian Munk Aars, civil servant and writer (born 1841)
• Johan Aschehoug Kiær, paleontologist and geologist (born 1869)

References

1. Reisegg, Øyvind. "Leif Raa". In Godal, Anne Marit. Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
2. Graff, Finn; Mannila, Leena; Smit, Toril M, eds. (1984). Norske Avistegnere (in Norwegian). Oslo: J. M. Stenersens Forlag. pp. 106–111, 230. ISBN 82-7201-035-6.

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