1953 in Norway

Incumbents

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

Events

• 1 June –The first Bergen International Festival opens.
• 16 July – Parliament voted to move the main base for the Navy from Horten to Bergen.
• 11 September – The Norwegian Consumer Council established
• 12 October – The 1953 Parliamentary election takes place.
• 15 November – Four men suspected of spying for the Soviet Union were arrested in Kirkenes.
• The Norwegian Academy for Language and Literature (Det Norske Akademi for Sprog og Litteratur) is founded.

Popular culture

Sports

Main article: 1953 in sports

Music

Main article: 1953 in Norwegian music

Film

Main article: Norwegian films of the 1950s#1953

Literature

Main article: 1953 in literature

Notable births

• 6 January – Jon Eberson, jazz guitarist
• 10 February – Aud Folkestad, politician
• 18 February – Erling Aksdal, jazz pianist
• 6 March – Jan Kjærstad, author
• 8 March – Kristin Ørmen Johnsen, politician.
• 21 March – Per Inge Torkelsen, humorist (died 2021).
• 13 April – Tom Olstad, jazz drummer
• 24 April – Nina Bjerkedal, civil servant
• 24 April – Øyvind Sandberg, film director
• 8 May – May Hansen, politician
• 12 May – Odd Riisnæs, jazz saxophonist
• 20 May – John Arne Markussen, journalist and newspaper editor.
• 2 June – Vidar Johansen, jazz saxophonist
• 25 June – Svein Tindberg, actor.
• 30 June – Ståle Wikshåland, musicologist (died 2017).
• 13 July – Sigurd Ulveseth, jazz upright bassist
• 15 July – Even Pellerud, football coach.
• 27 July – Hildegunn Eggen, actress.
• 19 September – Olav Berstad, diplomat
• 21 September – Lars Saabye Christensen, author
• 23 September – Åge Hareide, footballer (died 2025).
• 7 November – Erik Balke, jazz saxophonist
• 22 November – Stein Erik Lunde, novelist, children's writer, biographer and textbook writer.
• 7 December – Arne Nævra, photographer and politician, member of the Storting.

Full date unknown

• Erik Blücher, political activist
• Nils Lid Hjort, statistician and professor
• Per Hannevold, principal bassoonist of the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
• Elisabeth Kværne, folk musician (died 2024).

Notable deaths

• 11 January – Hans Aanrud, author, poet and playwright (born 1863)
• 31 January – Fanny Schnelle, politician, women's rights advocate, teacher and humanitarian (born 1866)
• 9 March – Ole Iversen, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist (born 1884)
• 2 April – Halfdan Hansen, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (born 1883)
• 20 May – Lorentz Brinch, barrister, military officer, resistance member and politician (born 1910).
• 18 June – Thomas Thorstensen, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (born 1880)
• 24 June – Jentoft Jensen, politician (born 1901)
• 12 July – Otto Olsen, rifle shooter and Olympic gold medallist (born 1884)
• 18 July – Ole Jensen Rong, politician (born 1885)
• 4 September – Magdalon Monsen, soccer player and Olympic bronze medallist (born 1910).
• 12 September – Sigrid Boo, author (born 1898)
• 11 November – Marie Karsten, interior designer (born 1872).
• 9 December – Issay Dobrowen, composer and conductor (born 27 February 1891).

Full date unknown

• Solveig Haugan, stage and movie actress (born 1901)
• Kristen Holbø, painter and illustrator (born 1869)
• Johan Martin Holst, surgeon and military doctor (born 1892).
• Christian Pierre Mathiesen, politician and Minister (born 1870)
• Jonas Pedersen, politician (born 1871)
• Marius Nygaard Smith-Petersen, physician and orthopaedic surgeon in America (born 1886)
• Alfred Trønsdal, politician (born 1896)
• Eirik Vandvik, professor in literature (born 1904)

References

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