1949 in Norway

These events took place in the year 1949 in Norway.

← 1948 1947 1946 1949 in Norway → 1950 1951 1952
Centuries:	18th 19th 20th 21st
Decades:	1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s
See also:	List of years in Norway

Incumbents

• Monarch – Haakon VII.^[1]
• Prime Minister – Einar Gerhardsen (Labour Party)

Events

• October 10 – The 1949 Parliamentary election takes place.
• November 20 – Hurum air disaster: an Aero Holland Douglas DC-3 crashes near Hurum, Norway, killing 34 of the 35 on board, including 26 Jewish children from Tunisia on their way to Norway, as an intermediary stop before immigrating to Israel.

Popular culture

Sports

Main article: 1949 in Norwegian football

• Martin Stokken, cross country skier and athlete, is awarded the Egebergs Ærespris for excellence in more than one sport, and the Norwegian Sportsperson of the Year.

Music

Main article: 1949 in Norwegian music

Film

Main article: Norwegian films of the 1940s § 1949

Literature

• The Knut Hamsund novel Paa gjengrodde Stier (On Overgrown Paths), was published.

Notable births

Bente Erichsen

Hæge Follegg Pedersen

Inger Lise Rypdal

• 7 January – Bente Erichsen, culture director
• 25 January – Margaret Skjelbred, writer.^[2]
• 7 February – Oddvar Einarson, film director
• 22 March – Geirr Lystrup, musician and writer (died 2025).^[3]
• 2 April – Per Husby, jazz musician and orchestra leader
• 10 April – Ingolf Håkon Teigene, journalist and editor (died 2007)
• 29 April – Hæge Follegg Pedersen, children's writer.^[4]
• 3 May – Esben Esther Pirelli Benestad, doctor and sexologist
• 14 May – Sverre Årnes, novelist
• 19 May – Inga Kvalbukt, politician
• 30 May
  • Bjørn T. Grydeland, civil servant and diplomat
  • Ove Thorsheim, Norwegian diplomat
• 15 June – Erling Folkvord, politician (died 2024).^[5]
• 20 June – Synnøve Korssjøen, goldsmith, jewellery designer.^[6]
• 8 July – Jan Elvheim, politician (died 2019)
• 2 September – Knut Borge, journalist and entertainer (died 2017).^[7]
• 30 September – Lars Klevstrand, singer, guitarist, and composer.^[8]
• 8 November – Clement Endresen, judge
• 10 November – Aud Gaundal, politician
• 18 November – Sverre Diesen, military officer and Chief of Defence of Norway
• 18 November – Knut Magne Flølo, politician.^[9]
• 30 November – Petter Henriksen, musician and publisher.^[10]
• 6 December – Bjørn Hvinden, sociologist^[11]
• 9 December – Anne Enger, politician
• 14 December – Inger Lise Rypdal, singer and actress

Notable deaths

Sigrid Undset

Ragnhild Kaarbø

• 25 January – Leon Aurdal, painter (born 1890).^[12]
• 5 February – Rudolf Elias Peersen, politician and Minister (born 1868)
• 14 February – Lise Stauri, educator (born 1882).^[13]
• 21 February – Anders Beer Wilse, photographer (born 1865)
• 2 June – Gudbrand Bernhardsen Tandberg, politician (born 1903)
• 10 June – Sigrid Undset, novelist, awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1928 (born 1882)
• 12 July – Kirsten Utheim Toverud, pediatrician (born 1890).^[14]
• 13 July – Nils Tveit, politician (born 1876)
• 15 July – Erik Solem, judge (born 1877)
• 8 August – Eivind Kristoffer Eriksen, politician (born 1893)
• 20 August – Ragnhild Kaarbø, painter (born 1889).^[15]
• 8 October – Erik Ørvig, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (born 1895)
• 4 December – Ivar Lykke, politician and Prime Minister of Norway (born 1872)
• 22 December – Ole Reistad, military officer and pentathlete (born 1898).^[16]

See also