1931 in Norway

Incumbents

• Monarch – Haakon VII.
• Prime Minister – Johan Ludwig Mowinckel until 12 May, then Peder Kolstad

Events

• 8 June – The Menstad conflict.
• 27 June – Norway occupied and claimed parts of the then-uninhabited eastern Greenland (also called Erik the Red's Land), claiming that it constituted terra nullius.
• Municipal and county elections are held throughout the country.

Popular culture

Sports

Main article: 1931 in Norwegian football

Music

Main article: 1931 in Norwegian music

Film

Main article: Norwegian films of the 1930s#1931

Literature

Notable births

• 3 January – Jan Økland, limnologist.
• 10 January – Olaf B. Bjørnstad, ski jumper (died 2013).
• 26 January – Jon Gjønnes, physicist (died 2021).
• 27 January – Sissel Lange-Nielsen, writer, literary critic, and journalist
• 30 January – Arnfinn Johs. Stein, politician (died 2024).{{cite web |title=Stein, Arnfinn Johs. (1931–2024)
• 31 January – Ole Gabriel Ueland, politician (died 2009).
• 22 February – Georg Johannesen, author and professor of rhetoric (died 2005)
• 2 March – Halvdan Furholt, folk musician (died 2024).
• 4 March – Ludvig Hope Faye, politician (died 2017).
• 12 March – Knut Bohwim, film director (died 2020).
• 23 March – Kjell Knudsen, politician (died 2022)
• 2 April – Åslaug Grinde, politician (died 2019)
• 5 April – Peter R. Holm, poet, author and translator
• 11 April – Olav Marås, politician
• 24 April – Eva Seeberg, journalist and writer (died 2019).
• 26 April – Øyvind Bjorvatn, politician (died 2015)
• 26 April – Ola Mikal Heide, botanist
• 27 April – Vera Louise Holmøy, judge
• 28 April – Karen Sogn, politician (died 2013)
• 9 May – Erik Dammann, author and environmentalist
• 19 May – Leif Raa, illustrator (died 2003).
• 25 May - Selmer Nilsen, spy (died 1991)
• 31 May - Yngvar Løchen, sociologist (died 1998)
• 5 June - Einar Magnussen, economist and politician (died 2004)
• 18 June - Eigil Nansen, human rights activist (died 2017)
• 20 June – Arne Nordheim, composer (died 2010)
• 8 July – Thorvald Stoltenberg, politician and Minister (died 2018).
• 24 July – Sverre Holm, actor (died 2005)
• 8 August – Halvor Bergan, theologian (died 2015).
• 25 August – Sven Ivar Dysthe, furniture designer (died 2020).
• 5 September – Torstein Slungård, politician (died 2009)
• 1 October – Tore Haugen, politician
• 6 October – Johan M. Nyland, politician (died 2007)
• 11 October – Bjørn Slettan, historian (died 2014)
• 12 October – Ole-Johan Dahl, computer scientist (died 2002)
• 6 November – Bjartmar Gjerde, politician (died 2009)
• 8 November – Ole Knapp, politician and Minister (died 2015)
• 23 November – Karin Stoltenberg, geneticist, politician (died 2012).
• 30 November – Knut Myhre, politician (died 2003)
• 7 December – Bjørg Lødøen, painter, graphic artist and composer (died 2009)
• 15 December – Alf Nordvang, actor and theatre director (died 2007)

Notable deaths

• 20 January – Margrethe Munthe, childten’s writer and songwriter (born 1860).
• 31 March – Knute Rockne, American football player and coach (born 1888)
• 11 April – Sophus Aars, civil servant and writer (born 1841).
• 23 April – Nils P. Haugen, a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin (born 1849)
• 26 April – Axel Holst, professor of hygiene and bacteriology (born 1860)
• 14 August – Olav Johan Sopp, mycologist (born 1860).
• 18 August – Konrad Dahl, writer and priest (born 1843).
• 1 September – Anders Andersen, politician (born 1846)
• 27 September – Thorleif Frederik Schjelderup, businessperson (born 1859)
• 5 November – Ole Edvart Rølvaag, novelist and professor in America (born 1876)
• 11 November – Marie Hauge, painter (born 1864)
• 17 December – Hans Nilsen Hauge, priest, politician and Minister (born 1853)

Full date unknown

• Johan Aschehoug Kiær, paleontologist and geologist (born 1869)

References

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