1901 in Norway

Events in the year 1901 in Norway.

Incumbents

Events

12 August - 2/3 of the town of Farsund burns down.
The Temperance Party was founded.

Births

January to March

9 January – Bjarne Lyngstad, politician and Minister
16 January – Narve Bonna, ski jumper and Olympic silver medallist
16 January – Hans Karolus Ommedal, politician
26 January – Alf Konningen, alpine skier
30 January – Eldrid Erdal, politician
21 February – Tore Foss, singer, actor and theatre director.
11 March – Kjell Bondevik, politician and Minister
17 March – Arnt Njargel, politician
25 March – Harry Lundeberg, merchant seaman and labour leader in America

April to June

10 April – Tønnes Oksefjell, politician
23 April – Tore Segelcke, actress
1 May – Jentoft Jensen, politician
3 May – Kjell Gjøstein Aabrek, politician
8 May – Ingrid Bjerkås, first female minister in the Church of Norway
11 May – Axel Strøm, physician.
18 May – Sigrun Berg, weaver and textile designer.
23 May – Kristoffer Nilsen, boxer
4 June – Kolbjørn Fjeld, librarian and publisher.
7 June – Nils Ebbessøn Astrup, ship owner.
19 June – Øyvinn Øi, military officer

July to September

8 July – Sigurd Lersbryggen, politician
9 July – Jørgen Mathiesen, landowner and businessperson
14 July – Hårek Ludvig Hansen, politician
14 July – Haakon Sløgedal, politician
17 July – Finn Berstad, international soccer player
6 August – Anders Sæterøy, politician
10 August – Hjalmar Olai Storeide, politician
14 August – Håkon Bryhn, sailor and Olympic gold medallist
16 August – Olav Kielland, composer and conductor
27 August – Liv Tomter, politician
31 August – Helge Jakobsen, politician
5 September – Erling Dekke Næss, shipowner and businessman
6 September – Henrik Friis Robberstad, politician
11 September – Torkell Tande, politician
22 September – Brynhild Berge, diver

October to December

1 October – Arne Torolf Strøm, politician
2 October – Egil Halmøy, politician
4 October – Egil Werner Erichsen, politician
6 October – Aslak Brekke, folksinger
8 October – Eivind Groven, composer and music-theorist
2 November – Erling Østerberg, police officer.
18 November – Einar Nilsen, boxer
24 November – Reidar Ødegaard, cross country skier and Olympic bronze medallist
4 December – Julla Sæthern, barrister, feminist, politician.
6 December – Odd Nansen, architect, author and humanitarian
24 December – Tordis Maurstad, actress.
26 December – Olav Hordvik, politician
31 December – John Schjelderup Giæver, author and polar researcher

Full date unknown

Per Arneberg, poet, prosaist and translator
Erik Kristen-Johanssen, jurist and theatre director
Gulbrand Lunde, politician
Rudolf Nilsen, poet and journalist
Bjarne Slapgard, educator and author
Solveig Haugan, stage and movie actress

Deaths

31 January – Peter Andreas Blix, architect and engineer
9 May – Andreas Leigh Aabel, physician and poet
3 July – Lorenz Juhl Vogt, politician

Full date unknown

Ole Peter Petersen, founder of Methodism in Norway and co-founder of Norwegian and Danish Methodism in the United States