1929 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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• 21 March - Crown Prince Olav (later King Olav) married his cousin, Princess Märtha of Sweden.{{Cite web |title=King Olav and Crown Princess Märtha |url=http://www.royalcourt.no/seksjon.html?tid=102867&sek=102864 |access-date=2023-02-22 |website=www.royalcourt.no |language=en}}

• 8 May
• Norway annexed the volcanic island Jan Mayen located in the Arctic Ocean.
• Seamen organize a general strike in opposition to proposed wage cuts.{{Cite web |last=O'Neill |first=Blaine |date=10 April 2010 |title=Norwegian seamen organize general strike, 1921 |url=https://nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu/content/norwegian-seamen-organize-general-strike-1921 |access-date=11 April 2023 |website=Swarthmore}}

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• 1 January – Fredrik Olsen, shipping magnate
• 3 January – Grethe Rytter Hasle, planktologist (died 2013)
• 9 January – Håkon Bleken, painter and graphic artist (died 2025)
• 17 January – Jan Rasmus Skåre, judge (died 2018)
• 3 February – Arvid Johanson, politician and minister (died 2013)
• 10 February
• Hallgeir Brenden, cross country skier and double Olympic gold medallist (died 2007)
• Einar W. Sissener, businessperson (died 2008)
• 16 February – Thorstein Rittun, painter, illustrator and ceramist (died 2018).{{cite encyclopedia|title=Thorstein Rittun |first= |last= |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Thorstein_Rittun |language=no |access-date=5 March 2025}}
• 26 February – Bjørn Skau, politician and minister (died 2013)
• 4 March – Fredrik Hagemann, geologist and public servant (died 2019).{{cite encyclopedia |title=Fredrik Hagemann |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |url=https://snl.no/Fredrik_Hagemann |language=Norwegian|accessdate=3 November 2019}}
• 5 April – Ivar Giaever, physicist, shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1973
• 19 April – Guttorm Berge, alpine skier and Olympic bronze medallist (died 2004)
• 20 April – Knut S. Heier, geochemist (died 2008)
• 6 May – Jorun Askersrud, cross country skier and athlete (died 2012)
• 7 May – Arnsten Samuelstuen, ski jumper (died 2012)
• 10 May
• Audun Boysen, middle-distance runner and Olympic bronze medallist (died 2000)
• John Gjerde, politician (died 2005)
• 28 or 29 May – Dag Frogner, painter and scenographer (died 2015).{{cite encyclopedia |title=Dag Frogner |encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon|first=Lise |last=Lyche |editor=Helle, Knut |editor-link=Knut Helle |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo|url=https://nbl.snl.no/Dag_Frogner |language=Norwegian |accessdate=25 May 2015 }}
• 31 May – Halvdan Ljøsne, painter (died 2006)
• 11 June – Per Almar Aas, politician (died 2014)
• 24 June – Oddvar Barlie, sports wrestler (died 2017).{{cite web|title=Oddvar Barlie |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ba/oddvar-barlie-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418033902/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ba/oddvar-barlie-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |publisher=Sports Reference LLC |accessdate=18 January 2017}}
• 1 July – Sigurd Berge, composer (died 2002)
• 8 July – Gunnar Block Watne, engineer and businessperson, introduced prefabricated houses in Norway (died 2016).{{cite encyclopedia|title=Gunnar Block Watne |encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon|first=Thor Bjarne |last=Bore |authorlink=Thor Bjarne Bore|editor=Helle, Knut|editor-link=Knut Helle|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget|location=Oslo |url=http://www.snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Gunnar_Block_Watne/utdypning |language=Norwegian|accessdate=12 July 2014}}
• 13 July – Svein Ellingsen, visual artist and hymnist (died 2020){{cite encyclopedia|title=Svein Ellingsen |encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon|first=Anne Kristin |last=Aasmundtveit |authorlink= |editor=Helle, Knut|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo |url=https://nbl.snl.no/Svein_Ellingsen |language=Norwegian |accessdate=12 July 2016}}
• 18 July – Kai Ekanger, politician (died 2018)
• 26 August – Willy Arne Wold, politician (died 1996)
• 24 September – Kåre Rønning, politician (died 1990)
• 30 September
• Kjell Askildsen, writer (died 2021)
• Helga Gitmark, politician (died 2008)[http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/1.6162609 Obituary] {{in lang|no}}
• 18 October – Inger Sitter, painter and printmaker (died 2015).{{cite encyclopedia|title=Inger Sitter |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik | editor-link= |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Inger_Sitter |language=Norwegian |accessdate=3 July 2021}}
• 19 October – Thorbjørn Kultorp, politician (died 2004)
• 22 October – Tore Sinding-Larsen, judge (died 2013)
• 30 November – Leif Haraldseth, trade unionist, politician and minister (died 2019)
• 13 December – Lars Skytøen, politician and minister (died 2016)
• 14 December – Magne Lerheim, politician (died 1994)
• 24 December – Sverre Wilberg, actor (died 1996)

• Øystein Elgarøy, astronomer (died 1998)
• Nils Peder Langvand, judge (died 2002)
• Gunnar Solum, politician (died 2008){{Cite news|first=Stian |last=Manka |title=Gunnar Solum er død |work=Trønder-Avisa |url=http://www.t-a.no/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080611/NYHETER/901227403 |date=11 June 2008 |language=Norwegian |accessdate=18 June 2008 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090116070413/http://www.t-a.no/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20080611%2FNYHETER%2F901227403 |archivedate=16 January 2009 |url-status=dead }}

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• 6 January – August Herman Halvorsen, politician (born 1866)
• 22 February – Gunnar Heiberg, playwright (born 1857).{{cite encyclopedia|title=Gunnar Heiberg|encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon|first=Rolf Nyboe|last=Nettum|authorlink=Rolf Nyboe Nettum|editor=Helle, Knut|editor-link=Knut Helle|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget|location=Oslo|url=https://nbl.snl.no/Gunnar_Heiberg|language=Norwegian|accessdate=11 April 2018}}
• 23 March – Rudolf Nilsen, poet and journalist (born 1901)
• 2 May – Anders Svor, sculptor (born 1864)
• 24 May – Just Bing Ebbesen, priest and politician (born 1847)
• 8 June – Ole Larsen Skattebøl, judge and politician (born 1844)
• 9 July – Hans Andersen Foss, author, newspaper editor and temperance leader in America (born 1851)
• 1 August – Gregers Winther Wulfsberg Gram, jurist and politician (born 1846).{{cite encyclopedia|title=Gregers Winther Wulfsberg Gram |first=Magnus A. |last=Mardal |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Gregers_Winther_Wulfsberg_Gram_-_norsk_jurist |language=no |access-date=5 March 2024}}
• 12 September – Olaf Hovdenak, long-distance runner (born 1891)
• 3 November – Olav Aukrust, poet and teacher (born 1883)
• 19 November – Torleiv Hannaas, philologist (born 1874)
• 14 December – Sigurd Jørgensen, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (born 1887)

• Mads Gram, physician (born 1875)
• Nils Otto Hesselberg, politician (born 1844)
• Christian Holtermann Knudsen, typographer, newspaper editor, publisher, trade unionist and politician (born 1845)
• Oscar Ludvig Stoud Platou, jurist and professor (born 1845)
• Valborg Seeberg, writer (born 1851){{cite book|title=Dette skrev kvinner : bibliografi over norske kvinnelige forfattere med debut før 1931|date=1984|publisher=Skolen |location=Oslo|isbn=8257900109|pages=196-197|url=https://www.nb.no/items/URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2018021305039?page=199|language=no}}

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