1926 in Norway

Incumbents

• Monarch – Haakon VII.

Events

• May 11–14 – Roald Amundsen makes the first airship flight over the North Pole. The Norge leaves Spitsbergen and arrives in Teller, Alaska three days later.
• September – Abraham Berge, as the only Norwegian Prime Minister ever is impeached. The charge was withholding information relating to the government rescue of a bank threatened by bankruptcy. He was, however, acquitted in 1927, along with the six ministers who stood trial alongside him.
• 26 September – Ullevaal Stadion opens.
• 18 October – 1926 Norwegian continued prohibition referendum.
• Aasa Helgesen becomes the first female mayor in Norway.

Popular culture

Sports

• Ivar Ballangrud was Men's All-round Champion.

Notable births

• 1 January – Rolf Fjeldvær, politician
• 5 January – Harald Maartmann, cross-country skier.
• 18 February – Alf Næsheim, illustrator
• 25 February – Eva Bergh, actress
• 1 March – Erik Bye, journalist, artist and radio and television personality
• 1 March – Per Stavem, shot putter and discus thrower
• 2 March – Christian Erlandsen, physician and politician
• 15 March – Lauritz Bernhard Sirevaag, politician
• 16 March – Else Granheim, librarian and civil servant
• 2 April – Kolbjørn Hauge, writer.
• 11 April – Joralf Gjerstad, self-proclaimed healer
• 22 April – Finn Gustavsen, politician
• 24 April – Johannes Moe, engineer and research administrator.
• 3 May – Jorunn Kirkenær, ballet dancer and choreographer
• 7 May – Arne Skarpsno, philanthropist
• 10 May – Ola O. Røssum, politician
• 19 May – Arne Christiansen, judge
• 20 May – Jens Marcussen, politician
• 10 June – Arnold Eidslott, poet
• 10 June – Knut T. Giæver, publisher.
• 18 June – Sverre Stenersen, Nordic combined skier, Olympic gold medallist and World Champion
• 29 June – Karl Sverre Klevstad, politician
• 8 July – Harald Kråkenes, rower and Olympic bronze medallist
• 15 July – Otto Lyng, politician
• 18 July – Ernst Larsen, steeplechase athlete and Olympic bronze medallist
• 8 August – Gunnar Aksnes, chemist
• 16 August – Eivind Hjelmtveit, cultural administrator
• 17 August – Hakon Barfod, sailor and double Olympic gold medallist
• 23 August – Borghild Røyseland, politician.
• 27 August – Kristen Nygaard, mathematician, computer programming language pioneer and politician
• 6 September – Ola Thorleif Ruud, politician
• 6 September – Kirsten Sørlie, actress and stage director
• 19 October – Arne Bendiksen, singer, composer and producer
• 23 October – Kåre Dæhlen, diplomat
• 30 October – Hans Torgersen, politician
• 20 November – Asbjørn Haugstvedt, politician
• 21 November – Odd Børretzen, author, illustrator, translator and vocalist
• 24 November – Toralv Maurstad, actor and theatre director
• 6 December – Marie Takvam, author and actor
• 14 December – Kristian Halse, politician
• 20 December – Tor Brustad, biophysicist.

Full date unknown

• Anfinn Lund, civil servant and politician
• Sigmund Mjelve, writer
• Christian Norberg-Schulz, architect, architectural historian and theorist
• Arne Rettedal, politician and Minister
• Hans Skjervheim, philosopher

Notable deaths

• 13 January – Mathilde Schjøtt, writer, literary critic, biographer and feminist.
• 11 February – Inga Houge, actress
• 1 April – Harald Bjerke, businessperson
• 9 May – Nicoline Hambro, politician and women's rights pioneer.
• 23 May – Peter W. K. Bøckman, Sr., bishop and theologian
• 8 August – Jens Zetlitz Monrad Kielland, architect
• 9 September – Anton Jörgen Andersen, composer
• 18 November – Peter Harboe Castberg, banker
• 24 December – Johan Castberg, jurist and politician

Full date unknown

• Torger Holtsmark, farmer and politician
• Peter Olrog Schjøtt, philologist and politician