1920 in Norway

Incumbents

• Monarch – Haakon VII.

Events

• 9 February – The League of Nations gives the islands of Spitsbergen to Norway.
• 17–19 June – The Centre Party was founded.
• The Aalesund ship is discovered embedded in the earth south of Ålesund.

Popular culture

Sports

• Helge Løvland, won the Olympic gold medal in the decathlon.

Literature

• Knut Hamsund was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for the novel Markens Grøde.
• The Knut Hamsund novel Konerne ved Vandposten Volume 1 & 2, was published.
• The third Sigrid Undset for the trilogy of Kristin Lavransdatter was published.
• The Olav Duun novel Storbybryllope from the work Juvikfolket, was published.

Notable births

January

• 2 January – Anne-Sofie Østvedt, resistance leader
• 7 January – Anders Bratholm, jurist and professor of jurisprudence
• 10 January – Rut Brandt, writer and second wife of the German Chancellor Willy Brandt
• 11 January – Ole Henrik Moe, pianist, art historian and art critic.
• 14 January – Helge Rognlien, politician and Minister
• 19 January – Kåre Olafsen, resistance member, executed
• 20 January – Thorleif Schjelderup, ski jumper, Olympic bronze medallist and author
• 27 January – Gudmund Saxrud, civil servant and diplomat

February

• 4 February – Ole J. Kleppa, physical chemist
• 8 February – Sverre Farstad, speed skater and Olympic gold medallist
• 15 February – Anne-Catharina Vestly, children's author
• 16 February – Karsten Andersen, conductor.
• 17 February – Ivo Caprino, film director and writer
• 21 February – Per Øisang, journalist and radio and television presenter

March

• 3 March – Henry Gundersen, resistance member, executed
• 10 March – Finn Ferner, sailor and Olympic silver medallist.
• 11 March – Kåre Kristiansen, politician
• 19 March – Kjell Aukrust, author, poet and artist
• 21 March – Trygve Moe, politician
• 23 March – Lorentz Eldjarn, biochemist and medical doctor
• 27 March – Maren-Sofie Røstvig, literary historian.
• 29 March – Hans Methlie Michelsen, judge

April

• 4 April – Dagfinn Grønoset, author
• 8 April – Kristian Asdahl, politician
• 9 April – Otto Nes, television manager
• 10 April – Jakob Aano, politician
• 12 April – Audun Hetland, illustrator
• 19 April – Ragnar Ulstein, journalist, writer and resistance member.
• 22 April – Adolf Bogstad, resistance member, executed
• 28 April – Egil Endresen, jurist and politician

May

• 7 May – Einar Wøhni, politician
• 10 May – Olaf Kortner, politician
• 11 May − Per Jorsett, sports reporter
• 29 May – Bjarne Aagard Strøm, politician

June

• 1 June – Alexander Pihl, medical scientist.
• 6 June – Tormod Førland, chemist.
• 14 June – Ivar Mathisen, sprint canoer and Olympic silver medallist
• 29 June – Tom Blohm, footballer.
• 30 June – Hans Kristian Seip, forester

July

• 2 July – Lars T. Platou, electrical engineer and politician
• 6 July – Carl Nesjar, painter, sculptor and printmaker.
• 9 July – Ragnhild Magerøy, novelist and essayist.
• 13 July – Jens Christian Magnus, military officer and politician
• 15 July – Gudmund Grytøyr, politician
• 21 July – Gunnar Thoresen, international soccer player
• 21 July – Harald Warholm, politician
• 22 July – Ingvar Bakken, politician
• 25 July – Merete Skavlan, actress, theatre instructor and director
• 27 July – Olaf Poulsen, speed skater and president of the International Skating Union
• 31 July – Per Hysing-Dahl, politician

August

• 3 August – Jonas Brunvoll Jr., opera singer and actor.
• 9 August
• * Kjeld Langeland, politician
• * Tormod Skagestad, writer, actor and theatre director.

September

• 6 September – Sigurd Helle, topographer and explorer.
• 20 September – Rolf Kirkvaag, journalist and radio and television personality

October

• 6 October – Edvard Beyer, literary historian, literary critic and professor
• 9 October
• * Jens Bjørneboe, writer
• * Jens Boyesen, diplomat and politician
• 24 October – Per Saugstad, psychologist and professor
• 26 October – Anne Valen Hestetun, politician

November

• 3 November
• * Guttorm Hansen, writer and politician
• * Gerhard Knoop, stage producer and theatre director.
• 26 November – Sven Oluf Sørensen, physicist.
• 27 November – Johannes Bråten, politician
• 29 November – Eva Børresen, ceramist.

December

• 5 December – Hallvard Eika, politician and Minister
• 8 December – Ivar Martinsen, speed skater
• 12 December – Tollef Landsverk, judge and civil servant
• 19 December – Trygve Brudevold, bobsledder
• 20 December – Ludvig Eikaas, painter, sculptor and printmaker.

Full date missing

• Sverre Bergh, spy in Nazi Germany during World War II
• Bjarte Birkeland, literary researcher
• Jens-Halvard Bratz, businessman, politician and Minister
• Rolf Arthur Hansen, politician and minister
• Simen Skjønsberg, journalist and writer

Notable deaths

• 24 January – Hagbard Berner, lawyer, politician and newspaper editor.
• 3 April – Fernanda Nissen, journalist, literary critic, theatre critic, politician and feminist pioneer
• 18 May – Johan Henrik Paasche Thorne, businessperson and politician
• 17 July – Christopher Bruun, Norwegian priest and educator.

Full date unknown

• Anders Bergene, businessperson
• Oskar Fredriksen, speed skater
• Knut Gunnarsson Helland, Hardanger fiddle maker
• Baard Iversen, businessperson and politician
• Olaj Olsen, jurist and politician
• Steinar Schjøtt, philologist and lexicographer
• Andreas Lauritz Thune, engineer and businessman