1907 in Norway
Events in the year 1907 in Norway.
Incumbents
Events
- 14 June – Norway adopts female suffrage in parliamentary elections.
- Norsk Hydro, having been founded in 1905, opens up its first plant in Notodden Municipality.
- Municipal and county elections are held throughout the country.
- The construction of the Bergen Line is completed.
Popular culture
Literature
- The first Olav Duun novel Løglege skruvar og anna folk was published.
Notable births
- 5 January – Sunniva Hakestad Møller, politician
- 9 January – Haakon Hansen, boxer
- 14 January – Christian S. Oftedal, politician
- 16 January – Arne Skaare, politician
- 4 February – Eva Lund Haugen, author and editor in America
- 5 February – Birgit Dalland, politician
- 24 February – Karl Valdemar Westerlund, politician
- 27 February – Øistein Jakobsen, politician
- 2 March – Kai Fjell, painter, printmaker and scenographer
- 8 March – Rolf Jacobsen, writer
- 13 March – Ingvald Bjerke, boxer
- 16 March – Hans Kleppen, ski jumper and Olympic bronze medallist
- 19 March – Arthur Olsen II, boxer
- 29 March – Berte Rognerud, politician
- 3 April – Lars Breie, jurist, auditor and politician
- 10 April – Aase Lionæs, politician
- 16 April - Axel Proet Høst, lawyer and sports executive.
- 5 May – Haakon Hansen, politician
- 18 May – Lars Amandus Aasgard, politician
- 20 May – Per Lie, labour activist
- 27 May – Carl Falck, businessman
- 28 June – Odd Bull, air force officer, Chief of Air Staff
- 31 July – Sigurd Vestad, cross country skier
- 10 August – Ragnvald Marensius Gundersen, politician
- 16 August – Edvard Natvig, decathlete
- 22 August – Einar Normann Rasmussen, politician
- 25 August – Wilhelm Engel Bredal, politician
- 13 September – Oskar Slaaen, politician
- 18 October – Einar Høigård, educator.
- 19 October – Kristian Birger Gundersen, politician
- 26 October – Martha Frederikke Johannessen, politician
- 14 November – Kåre Norum, educator.
- 19 November – Gunnar Halle, engineer and military officer.
- 25 December – Kristian Johansson, ski jumper and World Champion
- 30 December – Sigmund Ruud, ski jumper, Olympic silver medallist and World Champion.
Full date unknown
- Gerda Grepp, war correspondent
- Ørnulf Bast, sculptor
- Per Bratland, newspaper editor
- Thorbjørn Feyling, ceramist and designer
- Nils Langhelle, politician and Minister
- Knut Tjønneland, politician
- Olav Torpp, traffic engineer and civil servant
Notable deaths
- 19 April – Ole Vollan, educator, editor and politician
- 3 May – Georg Sverdrup, theologian and educator
- 4 June – Agathe Backer Grøndahl, pianist and composer.
- 8 July – Sophus Bugge, philologist
- 4 September – Edvard Grieg, composer and pianist
- 5 September – Adolf Østbye, revue artist, made the first Norwegian gramophone record
- 11 September – Hans Georg Jacob Stang, politician and Minister
Full date unknown
- Hans Hagerup Krag, engineer
- Hans Georg Jacob Stang, politician and Prime Minister