1955 in Norway

Incumbents

• Monarch – Haakon VII.
• Regent – Olav after July, following injury to King due to fall
• Prime Minister – Oscar Torp (Labour Party) until 22 January, Einar Gerhardsen (Labour Party)

Events

• 14 January – Prime Minister Oscar Torp resigned.
• 22 January – Gerhardsen's Third Cabinet was appointed.
• 3 December – Osvald Harjo returned to Norway after 13 years in Soviet prison camps.
• Municipal and county elections are held throughout the country.

Popular culture

Sports

• Kristian Kristiansen, novelist, playwright, short story and children's writer, is awarded the Mads Wiel Nygaard's Endowment literary prize

Music

Main article: 1955 in Norwegian music

Film

Main article: Norwegian films of the 1950s#1955

Literature

• Jonas, novel by Jens Bjørneboe

Notable births

• 4 January – Bror Yngve Rahm, politician
• 2 March – Sven Mollekleiv, organizational leader
• 10 April – Marit Breivik, handball player and coach.
• 18 May - Reidar Johansen, politician
• 8 June – Merete Armand, actress (died 2017).
• 16 June – Grete Faremo, former politician and businessperson
• 18 July – Hilde Grythe, actress.
• 30 July – Gunnar Pettersen, handball player and coach.
• 5 August – Lise Christoffersen, politician
• 7 August – Vigdis Hjulstad Belbo, politician
• 10 August – Kari Henriksen, politician
• 16 August – Åse Lill Kimestad, politician
• 30 November – Berit Kjøll, corporate officer and sports administrator.
• 15 December – Ingalill Olsen, schoolteacher and politician.
• 16 December – Kari Økland, politician

Full date missing

• Gerd Kvale, psychologist

Notable deaths

• 16 January – Asbjørn Halvorsen, international soccer player and general secretary of the Norwegian Football Association (born 1898)
• 25 January – Hans Peter Elisa Lødrup, journalist, newspaper editor, non-fiction writer and politician (born 1885).
• 16 February – Einar Osland, politician (born 1886)
• 2 May – Torkell Vinje, politician (born 1879)
• 6 May – Barbra Ring, writer (born 1870).
• 1 June – F. Melius Christiansen, violinist and choral conductor (born 1871)
• 2 June – Haaken Hasberg Gran, botanist (born 1870)
• 28 June – Haakon Lind, boxer (born 1906)
• 6 July – Alfred Næss, speed skater (born 1877)
• 10 July – Einar Frogner, politician and Minister (born 1893)
• 11 July – Christian S. Oftedal, politician (born 1907)
• 19 July – Tordis Halvorsen, actress (born 1884)
• 22 July – Haakon Shetelig, archaeologist (born 1877)
• 30 July – Ferdinand Schjelderup, mountaineer, Supreme Court Justice and resistance member (born 1886)
• 4 September – Christen Gran Bøgh, jurist, tourism promoter and theatre critic (born 1876)
• 9 September – Einar Liberg, rifle shooter and Olympic gold medallist (born 1873).
• 17 October – Charles Mackenzie Bruff, forensic chemist (born 1887).

Full date unknown

• Anders Fjelstad, politician (born 1879)
• Karl Hovelsen, Nordic skier (born 1877)
• Andreas Tostrup Urbye, politician and Minister (born 1869)

References

References

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4. "Hilde Grythe". Kunnskapsforlaget.
5. Bryhn, Rolf. "Gunnar Pettersen". Norsk nettleksikon.
6. "Berit Kjøll". Norsk nettleksikon.
7. Lauritsen, Vibeke. "Ingalill Olsen". Norsk nettleksikon.
8. "Lødrup, Hans Peter Elisa (1885-1955)".
9. "Barbra Ring". Norsk nettleksikon.
10. "THE DESCENDANTS OF John Arbuthnot of Whitehill and Toddlehills".
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12. Jørgensen, Jørn-Kr. "Charles M Bruff". Kunnskapsforlaget.