1920 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}}

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• 9 February – The League of Nations gives the islands of Spitsbergen to Norway.
• 17–19 June – The Centre Party was founded.
• Aalesund ship is discovered embedded in the earth south of Ålesund.

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• Helge Løvland, won the Olympic gold medal in the decathlon.

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• Knut Hamsund was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for the novel Markens Grøde (Growth of the Soil, 1917).{{cite web | url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1920/index.html | title=The Nobel Prize in Literature 1920 | publisher=Nobelprize.org | date= | accessdate=2017-04-13}}
• The Knut Hamsund novel Konerne ved Vandposten Volume 1 & 2 (The Women at the Pump), was published.
• The third Sigrid Undset for the trilogy of Kristin Lavransdatter was published.
• The Olav Duun novel Storbybryllope (The Big Wedding) from the work Juvikfolket (The People of Juvik, 1918–23), was published.

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• 2 January – Anne-Sofie Østvedt, resistance leader (died 2009)
• 7 January – Anders Bratholm, jurist and professor of jurisprudence (died 2010)
• 10 January – Rut Brandt, writer and second wife of the German Chancellor Willy Brandt (died 2006)
• 11 January – Ole Henrik Moe, pianist, art historian and art critic (died 2013).{{cite encyclopedia|title=Ole Henrik Moe |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik | editor-link= |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Ole_Henrik_Moe |language=no |access-date=20 July 2021}}
• 14 January – Helge Rognlien, politician and Minister (died 2001)
• 19 January – Kåre Olafsen, resistance member, executed (died 1945)
• 20 January – Thorleif Schjelderup, ski jumper, Olympic bronze medallist and author (died 2006)
• 27 January – Gudmund Saxrud, civil servant and diplomat (died 2003)

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• 4 February – Ole J. Kleppa, physical chemist (died 2007)
• 8 February – Sverre Farstad, speed skater and Olympic gold medallist (died 1978)
• 15 February – Anne-Catharina Vestly, children's author (died 2008){{Cite news|first=Anders |last=Hedeman |title=Anne-Cath. Vestly er død |date=December 15, 2008 |url=http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/iriks/article2824292.ece |work=Aftenposten |accessdate=2008-12-15 |language=Norwegian |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081219234330/http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/iriks/article2824292.ece |archivedate=December 19, 2008 }}
• 16 February – Karsten Andersen, conductor (died 1997).{{cite encyclopedia|title=Karsten Andersen |first=Trond Olav |last=Svendsen |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik | editor-link= |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Karsten_Andersen |language=no |access-date=31 March 2023}}
• 17 February – Ivo Caprino, film director and writer (died 2001)
• 21 February – Per Øisang, journalist and radio and television presenter (died 1967)

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• 3 March – Henry Gundersen, resistance member, executed (died 1945)
• 10 March – Finn Ferner, sailor and Olympic silver medallist (died 2001).{{cite web |title=Finn Ferner |url= https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/61995 |website=olympedia.org |access-date=31 December 2023 }}
• 11 March – Kåre Kristiansen, politician (died 2005)
• 19 March – Kjell Aukrust, author, poet and artist (died 2002){{cite encyclopedia |title=Kjell Aukrust |encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon |first1=Finn |last1=Jor |authorlink1=Finn Jor |editor-link=Knut Helle |editor-last=Helle |editor-first=Knut |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo|url=https://nbl.snl.no/Kjell_Aukrust |language=Norwegian |accessdate= 1 January 2020}}
• 21 March – Trygve Moe, politician (died 1998)
• 23 March – Lorentz Eldjarn, biochemist and medical doctor (died 2007){{cite encyclopedia|title=Lorentz Eldjarn |encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon|first=Lars |last=Walløe |author-link=Lars Walløe |authorlink= |editor=Helle, Knut |editor-link=Knut Helle |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo |url=http://nbl.snl.no/Lorentz_Eldjarn/utdypning |language=Norwegian |accessdate=17 June 2013}}
• 27 March – Maren-Sofie Røstvig, literary historian (died 2014).{{cite encyclopedia|title=Maren-Sofie Røstvig |first=Kristian |last=Smidt |author-link=Kristian Smidt |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik | editor-link= |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Maren-Sofie_Røstvig |language=no |access-date=29 March 2023}}
• 29 March – Hans Methlie Michelsen, judge (died 2014)

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• 4 April – Dagfinn Grønoset, author (died 2008){{Cite news|author=Banken, Jan Roger |title=Så det store i det små |url=http://www.lokal-avisa.no/artikkel.asp?ArtID=146332 |work=Lokalavisa Sør-Østerdal |accessdate=22 November 2008 |language=Norwegian |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724181258/http://www.lokal-avisa.no/artikkel.asp?ArtID=146332 |archivedate=24 July 2011 }}
• 8 April – Kristian Asdahl, politician (died 2000)
• 9 April – Otto Nes, television manager (died 2014){{cite encyclopedia|title=Otto Nes |encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon|first=Hans Fredrik |last=Dahl |author-link=Hans Fredrik Dahl |editor=Helle, Knut |editor-link=Knut Helle |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo |url=http://nbl.snl.no/Otto_Nes/utdypning |language=Norwegian |accessdate=21 June 2013}}
• 10 April – Jakob Aano, politician (died 2016)
• 12 April – Audun Hetland, illustrator (died 1998){{cite encyclopedia|title=Audun Hetland |encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon|first=Alf H |last=Madsen |authorlink= |editor=Helle, Knut |editor-link=Knut Helle |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo |url=http://www.snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Audun_Hetland/utdypning |language=Norwegian |accessdate=26 December 2014}}
• 19 April – Ragnar Ulstein, journalist, writer and resistance member (died 2019).{{cite encyclopedia|title=Ragnar Ulstein |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik | editor-link= |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Ragnar_Ulstein |language=no |access-date=17 July 2021}}
• 22 April – Adolf Bogstad, resistance member, executed (died 1945)
• 28 April – Egil Endresen, jurist and politician (died 1992)

• 7 May – Einar Wøhni, politician (died 1987)
• 10 May – Olaf Kortner, politician (died 1998)
• 11 May − Per Jorsett, sports reporter (died 2019){{cite encyclopedia|year=|title=Per Jorsett |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|editor-first=Erik |editor-last=Bolstad |first= |last= |publisher= |location= |url=http://www.snl.no/Per_Jorsett |language=Norwegian|accessdate=22 February 2019}}
• 29 May – Bjarne Aagard Strøm, politician (died 2008)

• 1 June – Alexander Pihl, medical scientist (died 2009).{{cite encyclopedia|title=Alexander Pihl |first1= |last1= |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Alexander_Pihl |language=no |access-date=3 January 2024}}
• 6 June – Tormod Førland, chemist (died 1995).{{cite encyclopedia|title=Tormod Førland |first=Bjørn |last=Pedersen |authorlink=Bjørn Pedersen |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik | editor-link= |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Tormod_Førland |language=no |access-date=18 June 2021}}
• 14 June – Ivar Mathisen, sprint canoer and Olympic silver medallist (died 2008)
• 30 June – Hans Kristian Seip, forester (died 2012)

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• 2 July – Lars T. Platou, electrical engineer and politician (died 2003)
• 6 July – Carl Nesjar, painter, sculptor and printmaker (died 2015).{{cite encyclopedia|title=Carl Nesjar |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik | editor-link= |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Carl_Nesjar |language=no |access-date=5 April 2023}}
• 9 July – Ragnhild Magerøy, novelist and essayist (died 2010).{{cite encyclopedia|title=Ragnhild Magerøy |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik | editor-link= |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Ragnhild_Magerøy |language=no |access-date=14 July 2021}}
• 13 July – Jens Christian Magnus, military officer and politician (died 2017){{cite web|url=https://wang.vareminnesider.no/memorial_page_ads.php?order_id=522261&set_site_id=12&cat=Ad&sign=759c329fc062953932e89a3681a38c62|title=Jens Christian Magnus |publisher=Wang|accessdate=18 January 2017}}
• 15 July – Gudmund Grytøyr, politician (died 2001)
• 21 July – Gunnar Thoresen, international soccer player (died 2017)
• 21 July – Harald Warholm, politician (died 1967)
• 22 July – Ingvar Bakken, politician (died 1982)
• 25 July – Merete Skavlan, actress, theatre instructor and director (died 2018){{cite encyclopedia|year=|title=Merete Skavlan |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|editor-first=Erik |editor-last=Bolstad |first= |last= |publisher= |location= |url=http://www.snl.no/Merete_Skavlan |language=Norwegian|accessdate=22 February 2019}}
• 27 July – Olaf Poulsen, speed skater and president of the International Skating Union (died 2008)
• 31 July – Per Hysing-Dahl, politician (died 1989)

• 3 August – Jonas Brunvoll Jr., opera singer and actor (died 1982).{{cite encyclopedia|title=Jonas Brunvoll |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik | editor-link= |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Jonas_Brunvoll |language=no |access-date=30 March 2023}}
• 9 August
• Kjeld Langeland, politician (died 1973)
• Tormod Skagestad, writer, actor and theatre director (died 1997).{{cite encyclopedia|title=Tormod Skagestad |first=Alfred |last=Fidjestøl |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik | editor-link= |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Tormod_Skagestad |language=no |access-date=6 April 2023}}

• 6 September – Sigurd Helle, topographer and explorer (died 2013).{{cite encyclopedia|title=Sigurd Gunnarson Helle |first=Susan |last=Barr |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik | editor-link= |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Sigurd_Gunnarson_Helle |language=no |access-date=31 March 2023}}
• 20 September – Rolf Kirkvaag, journalist and radio and television personality (died 2003)

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• 6 October – Edvard Beyer, literary historian, literary critic and professor (died 2003)
• 9 October
• Jens Bjørneboe, writer (died 1976)
• Jens Boyesen, diplomat and politician (died 1996)
• 24 October – Per Saugstad, psychologist and professor (died 2010)
• 26 October – Anne Valen Hestetun, politician (died 2009)

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• 3 November
• Guttorm Hansen, writer and politician (died 2009)
• Gerhard Knoop, stage producer and theatre director (died 2009).{{cite encyclopedia |title=Gerhard H Knoop |encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon|first=Merete |last=Skavlan |authorlink=Merete Skavlan |editor=Helle, Knut |editor-link=Knut Helle |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo|url=https://nbl.snl.no/Gerhard_H_Knoop |language=Norwegian|accessdate=6 February 2018}}
• 26 November – Sven Oluf Sørensen, physicist (died 2017).{{cite encyclopedia|title=Sven Oluf Sørensen |first=Øyvind |last=Grøn |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik | editor-link= |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Sven_Oluf_Sørensen |language=no |access-date=2 April 2023}}
• 27 November – Johannes Bråten, politician (died 1997)
• 29 November – Eva Børresen, ceramist (died 2022).{{cite encyclopedia|title=Eva Børresen |first=Mats |last=Linder |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Eva_Børresen |language=no |access-date=31 December 2023}}

• 5 December – Hallvard Eika, politician and Minister (died 1989)
• 8 December – Ivar Martinsen, speed skater (died 2018)
• 12 December – Tollef Landsverk, judge and civil servant (died 1988)
• 19 December – Trygve Brudevold, bobsledder (died 2021)
• 20 December – Ludvig Eikaas, painter, sculptor and printmaker (died 2010).{{cite encyclopedia|title=Ludvig Eikaas |first=Frode Ernst |last=Haverkamp |first2=Jon |last2=Grepstad |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik | editor-link= |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Ludvig_Eikaas |language=no |access-date=2 April 2023}}

• Sverre Bergh, spy in Nazi Germany during World War II (died 2006)
• Bjarte Birkeland, literary researcher (died 2000)
• Jens-Halvard Bratz, businessman, politician and Minister (died 2005)
• Rolf Arthur Hansen, politician and minister (died 2006)
• Simen Skjønsberg, journalist and writer (died 1993)

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• 24 January – Hagbard Berner, lawyer, politician and newspaper editor (born 1839).{{cite encyclopedia|title=Hagbard Berner |first=Sindre |last=Hovdenakk |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik | editor-link= |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Hagbard_Berner |language=no |access-date=5 April 2023}}
• 3 April – Fernanda Nissen, journalist, literary critic, theatre critic, politician and feminist pioneer (born 1862)
• 18 May – Johan Henrik Paasche Thorne, businessperson and politician (born 1843)
• 17 July – Christopher Bruun, Norwegian priest and educator.

• Anders Bergene, businessperson (born 1855)
• Oskar Fredriksen, speed skater (born 1872)
• Knut Gunnarsson Helland, Hardanger fiddle maker (born 1880)
• Baard Iversen, businessperson and politician (born 1836)
• Olaj Olsen, jurist and politician (born 1851)
• Steinar Schjøtt, philologist and lexicographer (born 1844)
• Andreas Lauritz Thune, engineer and businessman (born 1848)

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