1917 in Norway

• 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}}

• The Bratsberg Line began rail traffic between Eidanger and Notodden. The line was closed in 2001.

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• 2 April – Lillestrøm SK football club is founded after the merger of two local football clubs.
• 19 May – Rosenborg BK football club is founded.

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• The Knut Hamsun novel Markens Grøde Volume 1 & 2 (Growth of the Soil, was published.
• The Olav Duun novel På Lyngsøya (At Heather Island), was published.
• The Mikkjel Fønhus debut novel Skoggangsmand (Outlaw), was published.

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• 20 January – Gunnar Bøe, economist and politician (died 1989)
• 1 February – Tor Aspengren, trade unionist (died 2004)
• 2 March – Haakon Tranberg, sprinter (died 1991)
• 6 March – Paul Svarstad, politician (died 1998)
• 5 May – Aage Eriksen, wrestler and Olympic silver medallist (died 1998){{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/er/aage-eriksen-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418034259/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/er/aage-eriksen-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Aage Eriksen |publisher=Sports Reference LLC |work=SR/Olympic Sports |access-date=12 November 2012}}
• 12 May – Johan Berg, military officer{{cite encyclopedia|year=1973|title=Berg, Johan|encyclopedia=Hvem er hvem?|editor=Steenstrup, Bjørn|publisher=Aschehoug|location=Oslo |url=https://runeberg.org/hvemerhvem/1973/0046.html |page=46|language=no|access-date=7 September 2016}} (died 1981)
• 16 May – Arne Røgden, bobsledder (died 2002)
• 17 May – Ragnvald Winjum, jurist and politician (died 1965)
• 25 May – Brynjulv Sjetne, politician (died 1976)
• 2 June – Sverre Bratland, military leader (died 2002)
• 14 June – Atle Selberg, mathematician (died 2007)
• 15 June – Einfrid Perstølen, psychiatrist and language proponent (died 2017){{cite encyclopedia |title=Einfrid Perstølen |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Einfrid_Perst%C3%B8len |language=no |access-date=9 December 2017}}
• 3 July – Brita Collett Paus, humanitarian leader and founder of Fransiskushjelpen (died 1998)
• 18 July – Harald Nikolai Brøvig, politician (died 2010){{Stortingetbio|HAB_O|Brøvig, Harald Nikolai}}
• 23 July – Knut Brynildsen, international soccer player (died 1986)
• 27 July – Guy Krohg, painter, illustrator and scenographer (died 2002).{{cite encyclopedia|title=Guy Krohg |first=Anny Bo |last=Fremmelid |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik | editor-link= |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Guy_Krohg |language=no |access-date=23 April 2023}}
• 12 August – Ebba Haslund, novelist, short story writer, playwright, essayist, children's writer, literary critic, radio speaker and politician (died 2009)
• 13 August – Lulla Einrid Fossland, politician (died 2009)
• 3 September – Bjarne Hanssen, politician (died 2014)
• 23 September – Knut Haugland, resistance fighter and explorer (died 2009)
• 26 September – Åslaug Linge Sunde, politician (died 2006)
• 3 October – Odd Lundberg, speed skater and Olympic silver medallist (died 1983)
• 7 October – Godtfred Holmvang, decathlete and skier (died 2006)
• 16 October – Aasmund Brynildsen, essayist, biographer, magazine editor and publishing house consultant (died 1974)
• 26 October – Kaare Steel Groos, politician (died 1994)
• 5 November – Jens Evensen, lawyer, judge, politician and Minister (died 2004)
• 18 November – Ragnar Kvam, journalist, novelist, translator and literary critic (died 2006){{cite encyclopedia|title=Ragnar Kvam |encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon|first=Gudleiv |last=Forr |author-link=Gudleiv Forr |editor=Helle, Knut|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo |url=http://nbl.snl.no/Ragnar_Kvam/utdypning |language=no |access-date=19 January 2015}}
• 30 November – Arne Konrad Eldegard, banker and politician (died 2018)
• 5 December – Wenche Foss, actress (died 2011)
• 13 December – Jan Baalsrud, resistance member (died 1988)
• 15 December – Gregers Gram, resistance fighter and saboteur (died 1944)
• 19 December – Olaf Dufseth, Nordic combined and cross-country skier (died 2009)
• 23 December – Eivind Sværen, shot putter (died 1986)

• Eivind Erichsen, economist and civil servant (died 2005)
• Gudmund Harlem, politician and Minister (died 1988)
• Odd Hovdenak, civil servant (died 1982)
• Olav Harald Jensen, economist (died 1991)
• Fredrik Mellbye, physician and chief medical officer (died 1999)
• Tor Ørvig, paleontologist (died 1994)

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• 26 January – Oluf Iversen, politician (born 1847)
• 1 February – Georg Andreas Bull, architect and chief building inspector (born 1829)
• 17 March – Cæsar Peter Møller Boeck, dermatologist (born 1845)
• 16 May – Ole Olsen Malm, physician, veterinarian, civil servant and politician (b. 1854).{{cite encyclopedia|title=Ole Olsen Malm |encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon |first1=Weiert |last1=Velle |editor=Helle, Knut|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo |url=https://nbl.snl.no/Ole_Olsen_Malm | language=no |access-date=31 August 2020 }}
• 15 June – Kristian Birkeland, scientist (born 1867)
• 18 June – Oscar Ambrosius Castberg, painter and sculptor (born 1846)
• 19 June – Johan Gerhard Theodor Ameln, politician (born 1838)
• 4 August – Kristian Birch-Reichenwald Aars, academic (born 1868)
• 20 September – Einar Sundt, businessman, writer and publisher (born 1854).{{cite encyclopedia|title=Einar Sundt |first= |last= |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Einar_Sundt |language=no|access-date=12 February 2024}}

• Olaus Arvesen, educator and politician (born 1830)
• Jørgen Brunchorst, politician and Minister (born 1862)
• Hans Konrad Foosnæs, politician and Minister (born 1846)
• Haagen Krog Steffens, historian, archivist and genealogist (born 1873)
• Anders Sveaas, businessperson and consul (born 1840)
• Georg August Thilesen, politician and Minister (born 1837)
• Aasmund Halvorsen Vinje, politician and Minister (born 1851)

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