1952 in Norway

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The "Oslo flag" used during the closing ceremonies of the 1952 Winter Games

7 January – 15 died in a mine explosion in Svalbard.
14–25 February – 1952 Winter Olympics are held in Oslo.
Around April 4 five Norwegian seal hunting vessels went down in a storm in the West Ice. The West Ice accidents claimed 78 lives in total.
24 November - Folketeatret (lit. The People's Theatre) opened in Oslo.

Olaf Barda, chess player, becomes the first Norwegian to be awarded the title of International Master

11 February - Ola Torstensen Lyngstad, politician (born 1894)
14 February - Johan Clementz, boxer (born 1894)
19 February - Knut Hamsun, author, Nobel Prize in Literature laureate (born 1859)
13 March - Johan Nygaardsvold, politician and Prime Minister of Norway (born 1879)
20 April - Sigurd Maseng, diplomat (born 1894)
14 May - Carl Julius Alvin Westerlund, politician (born 1885)
13 June - Andreas Brecke, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (born 1879)
28 September - Ingvald Tøndel, politician (born 1887)
14 November - Aldor Ingebrigtsen, politician (born 1888)
14 December - Fartein Valen, composer and musical theorist (born 1887)

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