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1952 in Norway

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1952 in Norway

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Events in the year 1952 in Norway.

Incumbents

  • Monarch – Haakon VII.
  • Prime Minister – Oscar Torp (Labour Party)

Events

The "Oslo flag" used during the closing ceremonies of the 1952 Winter Games
  • 7 January – 15 people are killed in a mine explosion in Svalbard.
  • 14–25 February – 1952 Winter Olympics are held in Oslo.
  • Around April 4 five Norwegian seal hunting vessels went down in a storm in the West Ice. The West Ice accidents claimed 78 lives in total.
  • 24 November – Folketeatret (lit. The People's Theatre) opened in Oslo.

Notable births

  • 1 January – Aksel Nærstad, political activist and advisor (died 2022).
  • 25 January – Inga Balstad, politician
  • 11 March – Vigdis Giltun, politician
  • 6 March – Nils Johan Ringdal, author and historian (died 2008)
  • 28 March – Espen Salberg, ballroom dancer
  • 15 April – Ragnar Hovland, novelist, essayist, poet, and writer of children's books.
  • 25 April – Ketil Bjørnstad, pianist and composer
  • 2 May – Gunda Johansen, politician
  • 13 May – Lars Amund Vaage, author and playwright
  • 19 May – Guri Ingebrigtsen, politician (died 2020)
  • 19 June – Sidsel Endresen, jazz singer
  • 25 June – Radka Toneff, jazz singer (died 1982)
  • 27 June – Asle Amundsen, politician
  • 10 July – Kari Husøy, politician
  • 18 July – Per Petterson, novelist
  • 27 July – Torfinn Bjarkøy, civil servant
  • 4 August – Karsten Klepsvik, diplomat (died 2025).
  • 8 August – Jostein Gaarder, author
  • 11 August – Finn Sletten, jazz drummer
  • 19 August – Lillian Müller, model and actress
  • 9 September – Per Jørgensen, jazz trumpeter
  • 18 September – Gunn Olsen, politician
  • 23 September – Unni Holmen, artistic gymnast.
  • 25 October – Helen Fløisand, politician
  • 25 October – Tove Nilsen, writer.
  • 8 November – Carl Haakon Waadeland, musicologist and drummer
  • 11 November – Ole Robert Sunde, writer.
  • 18 November – Gerd Janne Kristoffersen, politician
  • 28 November – Ole Thomsen, jazz guitarist
  • 16 December – Jon Laukvik, organist

Full date unknown

  • Anne-Lise Bakken, politician and Minister
  • Magnus Takvam, journalist

Notable deaths

[[Knut Hamsun
  • 11 February – Ola Torstensen Lyngstad, politician (born 1894)
  • 14 February – Johan Clementz, boxer (born 1894)
  • 19 February – Knut Hamsun, author, Nobel Prize in Literature laureate (born 1859)
  • 13 March – Johan Nygaardsvold, politician and Prime Minister of Norway (born 1879)
  • 20 April – Sigurd Maseng, diplomat (born 1894)
  • 14 May – Carl Julius Alvin Westerlund, politician (born 1885)
  • 13 June – Andreas Brecke, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (born 1879)
  • 3 August – Even Ulving, painter (born 1863).
  • 26 September – Aslak Nilsen, politician (born 1898).
  • 28 September – Ingvald Tøndel, politician (born 1887)
  • 14 November – Aldor Ingebrigtsen, politician (born 1888)
  • 14 December – Fartein Valen, composer and musical theorist (born 1887)

Full date unknown

  • Einar Borch, landowner and politician (born 1870).
  • Adam Egede-Nissen, politician (born 1868)
  • Christian Wegner Haaland, ship-owner and politician (born 1892)
  • Knut Liestøl, politician and Minister (born 1881)
  • William Martin Nygaard, publisher and politician (born 1865)

References

References

  1. "Haakon 7.". Norsk nettleksikon.
  2. "Olympedia – 1952 Winter Olympics Overview".
  3. (1994). "Nærstad, Aksel". Kunnskapsforlaget; Aschehoug; Gyldendal.
  4. (25 October 2022). "Tidligere RV-leder Aksel Nærstad er død".
  5. [http://www.vg.no/rampelys/artikkel.php?artid=526169 Verdens Gang] (in Norwegian)
  6. "Ragnar Hovland". Norsk nettleksikon.
  7. Halvorsen, Tore. "Radka Toneff". Kunnskapsforlaget.
  8. "Karsten Klepsvik". Norsk nettleksikon.
  9. Bryhn, Rolf. "Unni Holmen". Norsk nettleksikon.
  10. "Tove Nilsen". Norsk nettleksikon.
  11. Drangsholt, Janne Stigen. "Ole Robert Sunde". Norsk nettleksikon.
  12. "Even Ulving". Norsk nettleksikon.
  13. "Biografier. Aslak Nilsen".
  14. "Einar Gram Borch". Norsk nettleksikon.
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