1922 in Norway

Events in the year 1922 in Norway.

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Centuries:	18th 19th 20th 21st
Decades:	1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s
See also:	List of years in Norway

Incumbents

• Monarch – Haakon VII.^[1]

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

Main article: 1922 in Norwegian football

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

Music

Main article: 1922 in Norwegian music

Film

Main article: List of Norwegian films before 1930 § 1920s

Literature

• The Olav Duun novel I ungdommen (Odin Grows Up) from the work Juvikfolket (The People of Juvik, 1918–23), was published.

Notable births

• 6 January – Finn Mortensen, composer, critic and educator (died 1983)
• 15 January – Eva Bull Holte, painter and printmaker (died 1993).^[2]
• 20 January – Bjørn Endreson, actor, stage producer and theatre director (died 1998)
• 25 January
  • Just Faaland, political economist (died 2017)
  • Kåre Tveter, painter (died 2012)
• 2 February – Sigbjørn Hølmebakk, author (died 1981)
• 11 February – Svenn Stray, politician and Minister (died 2012)
• 13 February – Jørgen Sønstebø, politician (died 2013)
• 10 March – Dagmar Lahlum, resistance member and agent (died 1999)
• 15 March – Kristoffer Lepsøe, rower and Olympic bronze medallist (died 2006).^[3]
• 8 April – Odd Steinar Holøs, politician (died 2001)
• 14 April – Viking Olver Eriksen, nuclear physicist (died 2014)
• 30 April – Frank Olsen, resistance member, executed (died 1945)
• 16 May – Norveig Karlsen, gymnast (died 1993).^[4]
• 18 May – Gerda Boyesen, founder of Biodynamic Psychology (died 2005)
• 23 May – Edith Ranum, crime fiction writer (died 2002).^[5]
• 29 May – Edith Roger, dancer, choreographer and stage director.^[6] (died 2023)
• 7 June – Vilhelm Aubert, sociologist (died 1988)
• 10 June – Edvard Hagerup Bull, composer (died 2012)
• 10 June – Erling Danielsen, politician (died 2010)
• 13 June – Gunnar Konsmo, speed skater (died 1996)
• 14 June – Sven Olsen, politician (died 2001)
• 26 June – Reidun Andersson, politician (died 1992)
• 28 June – Jostein Goksøyr, microbiologist (died 2000)
• 6 July – Thorolf Rafto, human rights activist and professor in Economic History (died 1986)
• 7 July – Reidar Torp, Norwegian military officer (died 2017)
• 8 July – Torodd Hauer, speed skater (died 2010)
• 17 July – Olina Storsand, politician (died 2021)
• 24 July – Per Hansson, journalist and writer (died 1982).^[7]
• 26 July – Johan Trondsen, politician (died 2018)
• 27 July – Ambjørg Sælthun, politician (died 2012)
• 7 September – Bodil Aakre, jurist and politician (died 2008)
• 28 September – Liv Dommersnes, actress and reciter of poetry (died 2014)
• 2 October – Hallvard Rieber-Mohn, writer and Dominican priest (died 1982).^[8]
• 8 October – Erik Diesen, revue writer and radio and television personality (died 1999).^[9]
• 8 October – Helge Stormorken, veterinarian and physician (died 2019)
• 20 October – Kjell Bloch Sandved, author, lecturer and nature photographer.^[10] (died 2015)
• 4 November – Reidar Due, politician (died 2021)
• 12 November – Knut Østby, sprint canoer and Olympic silver medallist (died 2010)
• 13 November – Aud Schønemann, actress (died 2006)
• 22 November – Aksel Jacobsen Bogdanoff, communist (died 1971)
• 22 December – Odd Wang Sørensen, international soccer player (died 2004)
• 28 December – Ragnar Christiansen, politician and Minister (died 1994)

Deaths

Hjalmar Welhaven

Thorvald Lammers

• 7 January – Jørg Tofte Jebsen, physicist (born 1888)
• 23 January – Stephan Sinding, sculptor (born 1846)
• 6 February – Kyrre Grepp, politician (born 1879)^[11]
• 14 February – Magnus Halvorsen, politician (born 1853)
• 22 February – Frithjof Olsen, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist (born 1882)
• 7 March – Axel Thue, mathematician (born 1863)
• 10 March – Anton Johan Rønneberg, politician (born 1856)
• 3 April – Aasulv Olsen Bryggesaa, politician and Minister (born 1866)
• 18 April – Hjalmar Welhaven, architect, palace manager, and sportsman (born 1850)
• 5 May – Carl Sofus Lumholtz, discoverer and ethnographer (born 1851)^[12]
• 13 June – Fredrik Stang Lund, politician and Minister (born 1859)
• 21 August – Jørgen Løvland, politician and Prime Minister of Norway (born 1848)
• 5 September – Alvilde Prydz, novelist (born 1846)
• 7 September – Hans G. Jensen, tailor, trade unionist and politician (born 1856)
• 27 October – Hans Henrik Reusch, geologist (born 1852)^[13][14]
• 25 December – Jørgen Christian Knudsen, ship-owner and politician (born 1843)

See also