1963 in Norway

Incumbents

• Monarch – Olav V
• Prime Minister – Einar Gerhardsen (Labour Party) until 28 August, John Lyng (Conservative Party) until 25 September, Einar Gerhardsen (Labour Party)

Events

• Norway proclaims sovereignty over its continental shelf, establishing state ownership of natural resources, and only the government can award exploration licenses.

• 21 March – MS Høegh Aronde sank near Morocco during a voyage from Sassandra to Valencia, resulting in the deaths of 15 of the 28 Norwegian crew members.

• 1 July – Work begins to build Tromsø Airport

• 28 August – Lyng's Cabinet was appointed.

• 25 September – Gerhardsen's Fourth Cabinet was appointed.

• Norsk Hydro in cooperation with Harvey Aluminum starts Alnor, a plant at Karmøy to produce aluminium

• Municipal and county elections are held throughout the country.

• The Munch Museum was opened, 100 years after Edvard Munch's birth.

Popular culture

Music

Top songs of 1963 in Norway

1. Arne Bendiksen - "Jeg vil ha en blå ballong"
2. Cliff Richard - "Summer Holiday"
3. Ned Miller - "From a Jack to a King"
4. Cliff Richard - "Lucky Lips"
5. Elvis Presley - "(You're the) Devil in Disguise"
6. Kyu Sakamoto - "Sukiyaki"
7. Wenche Myhre - "Gi meg en cowboy til mann"
8. Bobby Bare - "Detroit City"
9. Cliff Richard - "Don't Talk to Him" Main article: 1963 in Norwegian music

Film

Om Tilla, by Arne Skouen

Literature

• Stein Mehren, poet, novelist, essayist and playwright, is awarded the Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature and the Mads Wiel Nygaards Endowment for Mot en verden av lys.

Notable births

January

• 4 January – May-Britt Moser, neuroscientist and winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
• 7 January – Georg Andersen, shot putter.
• 14 January – Steffen Kverneland, comics artist.
• 15 January – Erling Kagge, adventurer and publisher.
• 23 January – Rune Gulliksen, ice hockey player.
• 30 January – Terje Holtet Larsen, journalist and author.

February

• 3 February
  • Jørn Andersen, footballer.
  • Kathrine Bomstad, swimmer.
  • Liv Heløe, actress and playwright.
• 5 February – Jan Kvalheim, beach volleyball player.
• 8 February – Siri A. Meling, politician.

March

• 14 March – Lisbeth Berg-Hansen, politician.

April

• 10 April – Rune Christiansen, poet and novelist
• 14 April – Gunvor Eldegard, politician
• 15 April – Mette Wikborg, civil servant.
• 20 April
  • Pål Hembre, sport shooter.
  • Christopher Nielsen, comics artist.
• 21 April – Lars Monsen, adventurer and journalist.
• 28 April
  • Amund Djuve, journalist and newspaper editor.
  • Beate Grimsrud, writer (died 2020).
• 28 April – Henrik Hellstenius, composer and musicologist

May

• 4 May – Jørgen Salsten, ice hockey player.
• 16 May – Carl Erik Johannessen, sailor.
• 26 May – Merethe Lindstrøm, writer.

June

• 4 June
  • Elin Brodin, novelist.
  • Solveig Kringlebotn, operatic soprano.
• 10 June – Kristin Vinje, chemist and politician.
• 20 June
  • Viel Bjerkeset Andersen, artist
  • Anne Jahren, cross-country skier.

July

• 4 July – Heidi Støre, footballer.
• 6 July – Rolf Terje Klungland, politician.
• 7 July – Geir Karlstad, speed skater.
• 27 July – Lars Bjønness, competition rower.

August

• 8 August – Christian Tybring-Gjedde, politician.
• 9 August – Arne Hjeltnes, writer, television personality, and politician.
• 27 August – Kirsti Leirtrø, politician.
• 29 August – Hilde Frafjord Johnson, politician

September

• 16 September – Vidar Kleppe, politician.
• 22 September – Lisa Scheibert, rower.

October

• 5 October – Ronni Le Tekrø, guitarist (TNT)
• 18 October – Sigvart Dagsland, singer, pianist and composer

November

• 17 November
  • Einar Hålien, newspaper editor.
  • Roy Waage, politician.
• 19 November – Geir Jørgen Bekkevold, politician.
• 30 November – Einar Gausel, chess player.

December

• 5 December – Ingrid Bjørnov, singer, songwriter, keyboard player, composer and text writer.
• 12 December – Arve Seland, footballer.
• 25 December – Øystein Fevang, singer and choir conductor.
• 27 December – Sigrid Brattabø Handegard, politician

Full date unknown

• Synnøve Eriksen, novelist
• Ole Amund Gjersvik, jazz musician.
• Geir Gulliksen, writer and publisher.

Notable deaths

• 15 January – Bertel Flaten, politician (b.1900)
• 1 February – Hermann Helgesen, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist (b.1889)
• 6 March – Ole Øisang, newspaper editor and politician (b.1893)
• 7 March – Joachim Holst-Jensen, film actor (b.1880)
• 8 March – Per Askim, naval officer (b.1881).
• 13 March – Edvin Paulsen, gymnast and Olympic bronze medallist (b.1889)
• 23 March – Thoralf Skolem, mathematician (b.1887)
• 24 March – Peder Holt, politician (b.1899)
• 28 March – Tollef Tollefsen, rower and Olympic bronze medallist (b.1885)
• 1 April – Agnes Mowinckel, actress and stage producer (b.1875).
• 10 April – Ottar Gjermundshaug, Nordic combined skier (b.1925)
• 11 April
  • Thorleif Holbye, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (b.1883)
  • Arvid Gram Paulsen, jazz musician and composer (b. 1922)
• 13 June – Olav Bjørnstad, rower and Olympic bronze medallist (b.1882)
• 14 June – Olav Hindahl, trade unionist and politician (b.1892)
• 17 June – Eugen Lunde, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (b.1887)
• 20 June – Erling Vinne, triple jumper (b.1892)
• 30 June – Erling Aastad, long jumper and sprinter (b.1898)
• 11 July – Paal Kaasen, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (b.1883)
• 14 July – Rasmus Hatledal, topographer and military officer (b.1885)
• 27 July – Trygve Bøyesen, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist (b.1886)
• 2 August – Thorstein Johansen, rifle shooter and Olympic gold medallist (b.1888)
• 7 August – Knut Markhus, educator and politician (b. 1878).
• 18 September – Karl Johan Edvardsen, politician (b.1883)
• 20 September – Thorleiv Røhn, military officer, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (b.1881)
• 27 September – Svein Olsen Øraker, politician (b.1886)
• 2 November – Per Gulbrandsen, rower and Olympic bronze medallist (b.1897)
• 18 November – Astrid Skare, politician (b.1891)
• 1 December – Jacob Erstad, gymnast (b.1898)
• 16 December – Anton Beinset, journalist, newspaper editor, short story writer, crime fiction writer and politician (born 1894).
• 19 December – Ingolf Rød, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (b.1889)
• 27 December – Sigvard Sivertsen, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (b.1881)

Full date unknown

• Nils Selmer Hauff, bookseller (b.1882)
• Hjalmar Holand, historian (b.1872)
• Kjeld Stub Irgens, sea captain and collaborator minister (b.1879)
• Lars Knutsen, shipowner (b.1884)
• Magnus Olsen, linguist and professor of Norse philology (b.1878)
• Ulrik Olsen, politician and Minister (b.1885)
• Didrik Arup Seip, linguist and professor (b.1884)

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