1960 in Norway

← 1959 1958 1957 1960 in Norway → 1961 1962 1963
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Decades:	1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s
See also:	List of years in Norway

Events in the year 1960 in Norway.

Incumbents

• Monarch - Olav V
• Prime Minister - Einar Gerhardsen (Labour Party)

Events

• 1 May - The U-2 incident reveals that the United States uses Norwegian air bases as part of spying missions against the Soviet Union.
• 20 August - King Olav V declares television officially opened in Norway.
• 6 October - The Akershus University Hospital opens
• 1 November – Population Census: 3,591,234 inhabitants in Norway.
• 9 December - The Norwegian government decides, contrary to the advice of the Norwegian military leadership, that Norway will not acquire any nuclear weapons.
• NRK began its regular television broadcasts.

Popular culture

Film

Notable births

Hanne Hegh in 2008

• 7 February - Ingunn Foss, politician
• 29 March - Sonja Mandt-Bartholsen, politician
• 27 April - Hanne Hegh, handball player.^[1]
• 25 June - Randi Karlstrøm, politician
• 26 June - Rigmor Aasrud, politician
• 21 July - Brynjar Aa, dramatist
• 2 September - Kristin Halvorsen, politician and Minister
• 4 September - Ragnhild Aarflot Kalland, politician
• 18 September - Nils Petter Molvær, jazz trumpeter, composer and producer
• 18 December - Niels Christian Geelmuyden, journalist and writer
• 11 December - Frode Grytten, writer and journalist

Full date unknown

• Øystein Alme, author
• Per Bergersen, musician (died 1990)

Notable deaths

Sigurd Hoel in 1950

• 15 January - Carl Fredrik Holmboe, engineer (b.1882)
• 15 May - Rolf Jacobsen, boxer (b.1899)
• 22 May - Anders Tjøstolvsen Noddeland, politician (b.1885)
• 25 June - Carl Alfred Pedersen, gymnast and triple jumper (b.1882)
• 22 July - Hans Nordvik, rifle shooter and Olympic gold medallist (b.1880).^[2]
• 29 July - Kristian Østervold, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (b.1885).^[3]
• 14 October - Sigurd Hoel, author and publishing consultant (b.1890)
• 13 December - Christopher Hornsrud, politician and Prime Minister of Norway (b.1859)
• 13 December - Einar Jansen, historian, genealogist and archivist (b.1893)
• 17 December - Arne Sejersted, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (b.1877).^[4]
• 18 December - Trygve Schjøtt, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (b.1882).^[5]
• 28 December - Karl Eugen Hammerstedt, politician (b.1903)

Full date missing

• Bodil Katharine Biørn, missionary known as Mother Katharine (b.1871)
• Eilert Falch-Lund, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (b.1875)
• Birger Gotaas, journalist (b. 1883).^[6]
• Gunnar Kaasen, musher, delivered diphtheria antitoxin to Nome, Alaska in 1925, as the last leg of a dog sled relay that saved the city from an epidemic (b.1882)
• Gabriel Kielland, architect, painter and designer (b.1871)
• Jakob Nilsson Vik, politician and Minister (b.1882)

References

1. "Hanne Hegh". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
2. "Hans Nordvik". SR/Olympic Sports. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 12 November 2012.
3. "Kristian Østervold". SR/Olympic Sports. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 12 November 2012.
4. "Arne Sejersted". SR/Olympic Sports. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 12 November 2012.
5. "Trygve Schjøtt". SR/Olympic Sports. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 12 November 2012.
6. Godal, Anne Marit (ed.). "Karl Birger Vodahl Gotaas". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 12 September 2016.

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