1903 in Norway

Incumbents

• Monarch: Oscar II.
• Prime Minister: Otto Blehr, then Francis Hagerup

Events

• 16 June – Roald Amundsen commences the first east-west navigation of the Northwest Passage by leaving Oslo, Norway.
• 10 August – The Oseberg ship, a well-preserved Viking ship from the 9th century, was discovered in a large burial mound at the Oseberg farm near Tønsberg in the Vestfold county.
• 22 October – Francis Hagerup succeeded Otto Blehr as Prime Minister of Norway
• The 1903 Parliamentary election takes place.

Popular culture

Sports

Main article: 1903 in Norwegian football

• 31 January–6 February – The Nordic Games take place in Kristiania.
• 7 April – Fredrikstad FK (FFK) is founded.

Music

Main article: 1903 in Norwegian music

• Edvard Grieg, in Paris, became the first Norwegian to make gramophone records.

Film

Main article: List of Norwegian films before 1930#1900s

Literature

Births

• 5 January – Kirsten Hansteen, politician and Minister, first female member of cabinet in Norway (died 1974).
• 19 January – Dyre Vaa, sculptor and painter (died 1980).
• 29 January – Olav Rytter, newspaper editor, radio personality, foreign correspondent, philologist and translator (died 1992)
• 3 February – Johan Strand Johansen, politician and Minister (died 1970)
• 25 February – Olav Kjetilson Nylund, politician (died 1957)
• 15 March – Svale Solheim, folklorist (died 1971).
• 17 March – Olav Meisdalshagen, politician and Minister (died 1959)
• 27 March – Leif Tronstad, scientist, intelligence officer and military organizer (died 1945).
• 28 March – Hans Kristian Bromstad, politician (died 1971)
• 24 April – Anders Platou Wyller, philologist and humanist (died 1940)
• 27 April – Tor Skjønsberg, resistance leader, politician and Minister (died 1993)
• 28 April – Egil Rasmussen, author, literature critic and musician (died 1964)
• 2 May – Øivin Fjeldstad, conductor and violinist (died 1983)
• 19 May – Karl Eugen Hammerstedt, politician (died 1960)
• 24 May – Gudbrand Bernhardsen Tandberg, politician (died 1949)
• 26 May – Sverre Helgesen, high jumper (died 1981)
• 1 June – Hans Vogt, linguist (died 1986)
• 3 June – Tobias Gedde-Dahl, physician (died 1994).
• 10 June – Ferdinand Strøm, dentist and a pioneer in developing forensic dentistry in Norway (died 1990).
• 14 June – Nils Helgheim, politician (died 1982)
• 17 June – Halvor Bunkholt, politician (died 1978)
• 25 June – Kai Knudsen, politician (died 1977)
• 26 June – Iver Johan Unsgård, politician (died 1993)
• 2 July – Olav V, King of Norway (died 1991)
• 4 July – Hans Jacob Ustvedt, medical doctor and broadcasting administrator (died 1982)
• 12 July – Haldis Tjernsberg, politician (died 1972)
• 31 July – Sigmund Skard, poet, essayist and professor of literature (died 1995)
• 11 August – Arnvid Vasbotten, jurist, Nazi civil servant and politician (died 1995).
• 17 August – Bjarne Amdahl, pianist, composer and orchestra conductor (died 1968).
• 17 August – Kittill Kristoffersen Berg, politician (died 1983)
• 17 August – Olav Sunde, javelin thrower and Olympic bronze medallist (died 1985)
• 29 August – Ole Stenen, Nordic skier, Olympic silver medallist and World Champion (died 1975)
• 15 September – Trygve Braarud, botanist (died 1985)
• 23 September – Egil Sundt, civil servant (died 1950).
• 24 September – Andreas Martinius Andersen, civil servant.
• 15 October – Erik Anker, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (died 1994)
• 30 October – Leif Rustad, cellist and radio pioneer (died 1976).
• 7 November – Ståle Kyllingstad, sculptor (died 1987).
• 20 November – Leif Skagnæs, Nordic combined skier
• 24 November – Sverre Bernhard Nybø, politician (died 1976)
• 27 November – Karen Grønn-Hagen, politician and Minister (died 1982)
• 27 November – Lars Onsager, physical chemist and theoretical physicist, winner of the 1968 Nobel Prize in Chemistry (died 1976)
• 30 November – Einar Østvedt, historian and educator (died 1980).
• 6 December – Kristian Hovde, cross country skier (died 1969)
• 15 December – Georg Braathe, long distance runner (died 1968)

Notable deaths

• 4 January – Christian Fredrik Sissenèr, property owner and politician (born 1849)
• 20 March – Carl Anton Bjerknes, mathematician and physicist (born 1825)
• 22 June – Torbjørg Utne, hotelier (born 1812).
• 17 August – Hans Gude, painter (born 1825)
• 28 August – Hans Hein Theodor Nysom, politician (born 1845)
• 10 October – Jacob Thurmann Ihlen, politician (born 1833)
• 12 October – Olaus Alvestad, educator and newspaper editor (born 1866)
• 27 October – Erika Nissen, pianist (born 1845)

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