1922 in Norway

Incumbents

• Monarch – Haakon VII.

Events

• 8 January – The Social Democratic Youth League of Norway is founded.
• 30 November – The establishment of Norwegian government-owned alcoholic beverage retailer "Vinmonopolet".
• Fridtjof Nansen is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his work as a League of Nations High Commissioner.
• Municipal and county elections are held throughout the country.

Popular culture

Sports

• Ole Reistad, pentathlete, is awarded the Egebergs Ærespris for achievements in multiple sports.

Literature

• The Olav Duun novel I ungdommen from the work Juvikfolket, was published.

Notable births

• 6 January – Finn Mortensen, composer, critic and educator
• 15 January – Eva Bull Holte, painter and printmaker.
• 20 January – Bjørn Endreson, actor, stage producer and theatre director
• 25 January
• *Just Faaland, political economist
• *Kåre Tveter, painter
• 2 February – Sigbjørn Hølmebakk, author
• 11 February – Svenn Stray, politician and Minister
• 13 February – Jørgen Sønstebø, politician
• 10 March – Dagmar Lahlum, resistance member and agent
• 15 March – Kristoffer Lepsøe, rower and Olympic bronze medallist.
• 8 April – Odd Steinar Holøs, politician
• 14 April – Viking Olver Eriksen, nuclear physicist
• 30 April – Frank Olsen, resistance member, executed
• 16 May – Norveig Karlsen, gymnast.
• 18 May – Gerda Boyesen, founder of Biodynamic Psychology
• 23 May – Edith Ranum, crime fiction writer.
• 29 May – Edith Roger, dancer, choreographer and stage director.
• 7 June – Vilhelm Aubert, sociologist
• 10 June – Edvard Hagerup Bull, composer
• 10 June – Erling Danielsen, politician
• 13 June – Gunnar Konsmo, speed skater
• 14 June – Sven Olsen, politician
• 26 June – Reidun Andersson, politician
• 28 June – Jostein Goksøyr, microbiologist
• 6 July – Thorolf Rafto, human rights activist and professor in Economic History
• 7 July – Reidar Torp, Norwegian military officer
• 8 July – Torodd Hauer, speed skater
• 17 July – Olina Storsand, politician
• 24 July – Per Hansson, journalist and writer.
• 26 July – Johan Trondsen, politician
• 27 July – Ambjørg Sælthun, politician
• 7 September – Bodil Aakre, jurist and politician
• 28 September – Liv Dommersnes, actress and reciter of poetry
• 2 October – Hallvard Rieber-Mohn, writer and Dominican priest.
• 8 October – Erik Diesen, revue writer and radio and television personality.
• 8 October – Helge Stormorken, veterinarian and physician
• 20 October – Kjell Bloch Sandved, author, lecturer and nature photographer.
• 4 November – Reidar Due, politician
• 12 November – Knut Østby, sprint canoer and Olympic silver medallist
• 13 November – Aud Schønemann, actress
• 22 November – Aksel Jacobsen Bogdanoff, communist
• 22 December – Odd Wang Sørensen, international soccer player
• 28 December – Ragnar Christiansen, politician and Minister

Deaths

• 7 January – Jørg Tofte Jebsen, physicist
• 23 January – Stephan Sinding, sculptor
• 6 February – Kyrre Grepp, politician
• 14 February – Magnus Halvorsen, politician
• 22 February – Frithjof Olsen, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist
• 7 March – Axel Thue, mathematician
• 10 March – Anton Johan Rønneberg, politician
• 3 April – Aasulv Olsen Bryggesaa, politician and Minister
• 18 April – Hjalmar Welhaven, architect, palace manager, and sportsman
• 5 May – Carl Sofus Lumholtz, discoverer and ethnographer
• 13 June – Fredrik Stang Lund, politician and Minister
• 21 August – Jørgen Løvland, politician and Prime Minister of Norway
• 5 September – Alvilde Prydz, novelist
• 7 September – Hans G. Jensen, tailor, trade unionist and politician
• 27 October – Hans Henrik Reusch, geologist
• 25 December – Jørgen Christian Knudsen, ship-owner and politician