1911 in Norway
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{{Year in Norway|1911}}
Events in the year 1911 in Norway.
Incumbents
- Monarch – Haakon VII.{{cite encyclopedia|title=Haakon 7. |first1=Ole Kristian |last1=Grimnes |author1-link=Ole Kristian Grimnes |first2=Knut |last2=Dørum |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Haakon_7. |language=no |access-date=19 January 2024}}
Events
- 14 December – Roald Amundsen's Norwegian expedition becomes the first to reach the South Pole.
- Norsk Hydro's second plant opens at Rjukan, four years after its first plant at Notodden.
File:Aan de Zuidpool - p1913-160.jpg|Amundsen (at left) and companions at Polheim, South Pole, December 1911.
Popular culture
=Sports=
{{Main|1911 in Norwegian football}}
- 19 June – Molde FK football club is founded.
= Music =
{{Main|1911 in Norwegian music}}
=Film=
{{Main|List of Norwegian films before 1930#1910s}}
=Literature=
- The Olav Duun novel Gamal jord (Old Soil) was published.
Births
=January to March=
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- 1 January – Håkon Melberg, linguist (died 1990)
- 11 January – Harald Heide Steen, actor (died 1980)
- 12 January – Halvor J. Sandsdalen, farmer, journalist, poet, novelist, playwright and children's writer (died 1998).{{cite encyclopedia |title=Halvor J Sandsdalen |encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon|first=Dag |last=Aanderaa |authorlink= |editor=Helle, Knut |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo |url=http://www.snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Halvor_J_Sandsdalen/utdypning |language=Norwegian|accessdate=22 April 2013}}
- 16 January – Arne Tuft, cross country skier (died 1989)
- 20 January – Andreas Wormdahl, politician (died 2001)
- 28 January – Sverre Engen, skier, ski coach, ski area manager and film-maker in America (died 2001)
- 31 January – Rigmor Frimannslund Holmsen, ethnologist (died 2006).{{cite encyclopedia |title=Rigmor Frimannslund Holmsen |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Rigmor_Frimannslund_Holmsen |language=no | accessdate=1 January 2023}}
- 12 February – Charles Mathiesen, speed skater and Olympic gold medallist (died 1994){{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/charles-mathiesen-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417191840/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/charles-mathiesen-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Charles Mathiesen |publisher=Sports Reference LLC |work=SR/Olympic Sports |accessdate=12 November 2012}}
- 21 February – Erling Fjellbirkeland, research administrator (died 1986).{{cite encyclopedia |title=Erling Fjellbirkeland |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Erling_Fjellbirkeland |language=no | accessdate=2 January 2023}}
- 3 March – Kristian Henriksen, international soccer player, coach (died 2004)
- 5 March – Nils Eriksen, international soccer player and Olympic bronze medallist (died 1975){{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/er/nils-eriksen-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418002218/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/er/nils-eriksen-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Nils Eriksen |publisher=Sports Reference LLC |work=SR/Olympic Sports |accessdate=14 November 2012}}
=April to June=
- 6 April – Per Tønder, politician (died 2015)
- 10 April – Kåre Christiansen, bobsledder (died 1964)
- 13 April – Thorstein Treholt, politician and Minister (died 1993)
- 14 April – Astrid Løken, entomologist (died 2008)
- 20 April – Reidar Andersen, ski jumper and Olympic bronze medallist (died 1991){{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/an/reidar-andersen-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417192339/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/an/reidar-andersen-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Reidar Andersen |publisher=Sports Reference LLC |work=SR/Olympic Sports |accessdate=14 November 2012}}
- 25 April – Hans Beck, ski jumper and Olympic silver medallist (died 1996){{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/be/hans-beck-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417062123/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/be/hans-beck-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Hans Beck |publisher=Sports Reference LLC |work=SR/Olympic Sports |accessdate=14 November 2012}}
- 18 May – Ole Myrvoll, professor in economy, politician and Minister (died 1988)
- 19 May – Petter Pettersson, Jr., politician (died 1984)
- 24 May – Egil Storbekken, folk musician (died 2002).{{cite encyclopedia|title=Egil Storbekken |first=Bjørn |last=Aksdal |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Egil_Storbekken |language=no |access-date=23 January 2025}}
- 26 May – Randi Brænne, actress (died 2004).{{cite encyclopedia|title=Randi Brænne |first= |last= |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik | editor-link= |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Randi_Brænne|language=no |accessdate=7 October 2024}}
- 27 May – Torolf Elster, newspaper and radio journalist, magazine editor, novelist, crime writer and short story writer (died 2006)
- 3 June – Olav Økern, cross country skier and Olympic bronze medallist (died 2000){{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ok/olav-okern-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418033106/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ok/olav-okern-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Olav Økern |publisher=Sports Reference LLC |work=SR/Olympic Sports |accessdate=14 November 2012}}
=July to September=
- 6 July – Odd Rasdal, long-distance runner (died 1985)
- 13 July – Torvald Kvinlaug, politician (died 1977)
- 18 July – Claus Marius Neergaard, politician (died 1990)
- 22 August – Edvard Hambro, politician and 25th President of the United Nations General Assembly (died 1977)
- 23 August – Birger Ruud, ski jumper, twice Olympic gold medallist and three time World Champion (died 1998){{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ru/birger-ruud-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417062031/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ru/birger-ruud-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Birger Ruud |publisher=Sports Reference LLC |work=SR/Olympic Sports |accessdate=14 November 2012}}
- 25 August – Ragnar Haugen, boxer (died 1964)
- 10 September – Frithjof Ulleberg, soccer player and Olympic bronze medallist (died 1993){{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ul/frithjof-ulleberg-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418002228/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ul/frithjof-ulleberg-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Frithjof Ulleberg |publisher=Sports Reference LLC |work=SR/Olympic Sports |accessdate=14 November 2012}}
- 12 September – Bjørn Fraser, naval and aviation officer{{cite encyclopedia|year=1973|title=Fraser, Bjørn |encyclopedia=Hvem er hvem?|editor=Steenstrup, Bjørn|publisher=Aschehoug|location=Oslo|url=https://runeberg.org/hvemerhvem/1973/0161.html|page=161|language=Norwegian|access-date=26 October 2013}} (died 1993)
- 15 September – Karsten Solheim, golf club designer and businessman in America (died 2000)
- 20 September – Oddleif Fagerheim, politician (died 1999)
- 22 September – Inge Einarsen Bartnes, politician (died 1988)
- 23 September – Herman Hebler, printmaker and graphic artist (died 2007)
- 28 September – Nils Sønnevik, politician (died 1988)
=October to December=
- 1 October – Harald Sandvik, military officer{{cite encyclopedia|year=1973|title=Sandvik, Harald |encyclopedia=Hvem er hvem?|editor=Steenstrup, Bjørn|publisher=Aschehoug|location=Oslo|url=https://runeberg.org/hvemerhvem/1973/0483.html|page=483|language=Norwegian|access-date=23 April 2013}} (died 1992)
- 12 October – Johannes Lislerud, politician (died 1989)
- 15 October – Margith Johanne Munkebye, politician (died 2000)
- 2 November – Guri Johannessen, politician (died 1972)
- 6 November – Harald Nicolai Samuelsberg, politician (died 1986)
- 9 November – Ebba Lodden, politician (died 1997)
- 19 November – Harry Haraldsen, speed skater (died 1966)
- 13 December – Trygve Haavelmo, economist, awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (died 1999)
- 29 December – Alf Martinsen, soccer player and Olympic bronze medallist (died 1988){{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/alf-martinsen-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418002214/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/alf-martinsen-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Alf Martinsen |publisher=Sports Reference LLC |work=SR/Olympic Sports |accessdate=14 November 2012}}
=Full date unknown=
- Henriette Bie Lorentzen, humanist, peace activist, feminist and editor (died 2001)
- Leif Iversen, politician (died 1989)
- Reidar Fauske Sognnaes, Dean of Harvard School of Dental Medicine, forensic scientist (died 1984)
Deaths
- 4 January – Oscar Nissen, physician, newspaper editor and politician (born 1843)
- 15 January – Rosa Asmundsen, actress and singer (born 1846){{cite book|last1=Jensson|first1=Liv |title=Biografisk skuespillerleksikon : norske, danske og svenske skuespillere på norske scener særlig på 1800-tallet|date=1981|publisher=Universitetsforl|isbn=8200056228 |page=18|url=https://www.nb.no/items/URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2013042906062?page=19|language=no}}
- 30 March – Sven Oftedal, helped found the Lutheran Free Church (born 1844)
- 14 June – Johan Svendsen, composer, conductor and violinist (born 1840)
- 2 September – Isak Kobro Collett, politician (born 1867)
- 30 October – Ulrik Frederik Christian Arneberg, politician (born 1829)
- 13 November – Cecilie Thoresen Krog, woman’s rights pioneer (born 1858).{{cite encyclopedia|title=Cecilie Thoresen Krog |first1=Aslaug |last1=Moksnes |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Cecilie_Thoresen_Krog |language=no |access-date=6 January 2024}}
- 5 December – Sofie Borchgrevink, educator (born 1846).{{cite encyclopedia|title=Sofie Borchgrevink |first= |last= |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Sofie_Borchgrevink|language=no | access-date=5 March 2024 }}
- 7 December – Marie Wexelsen, writer (born 1832).{{cite encyclopedia|title=Marie Wexelsen |first1= |last1= |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Marie_Wexelsen |language=no |access-date=13 January 2024}}
=Full date unknown=
- Nils Christian Egede Hertzberg, politician and Minister (born 1827)
- Hans Møller, politician, consul and businessperson (born 1830)
- Harald Smedal, politician and Minister (born 1859)
See also
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References
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