1931 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=10 February 2024}}
• Prime Minister – Johan Ludwig Mowinckel until 12 May, then Peder Kolstad

• 8 June – The Menstad conflict.
• 27 June – Norway occupied and claimed parts of the then-uninhabited eastern Greenland (also called Erik the Red's Land), claiming that it constituted terra nullius.
• Municipal and county elections are held throughout the country.

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• 3 January – Jan Økland, limnologist.{{cite encyclopedia|year=|title=Jan Økland|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|editor=|publisher=|location=|url=http://www.snl.no/Jan_Økland|language=no|accessdate=23 December 2024}}
• 10 January – Olaf B. Bjørnstad, ski jumper (died 2013).[http://tux.aftenposten.no/personalia/paperadsobi/347173.pdf Death notice in Aftenposten] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111110951/http://tux.aftenposten.no/personalia/paperadsobi/347173.pdf |date=2013-11-11 |url-status=dead }}
• 26 January – Jon Gjønnes, physicist (died 2021).{{cite encyclopedia|title=Jon Gjønnes |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/Jon_Gjønnes |language=no |access-date=29 April 2021}}
• 27 January – Sissel Lange-Nielsen, writer, literary critic, and journalist
• 30 January – Arnfinn Johs. Stein, politician (died 2024).{{cite web |title=Stein, Arnfinn Johs. (1931–2024)

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• 31 January – Ole Gabriel Ueland, politician (died 2009).{{stortingetbio|OLUE|Ole Gabriel Ueland|access-date= 11 July 2020}}
• 22 February – Georg Johannesen, author and professor of rhetoric (died 2005)
• 2 March – Halvdan Furholt, folk musician (died 2024).{{cite encyclopedia |title=Halvdan Furholt |first=Vibeke |last=Lauritsen |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Halvdan_Furholt |language=no | access-date=27 June 2024}}{{Cite web |title=Heidersmedlem Halvdan Furholt har gått bort |url=https://www.folkorg.no/heidersmedlem-halvdan-furholt-har-gaatt-bort.6665143-608946.html |website=folkorg.no |date=2 May 2024 |access-date=27 June 2024 |language=no}}
• 4 March – Ludvig Hope Faye, politician (died 2017).{{stortingetbio|LHF|Faye, Ludvig H. (1931-2017)|access-date= 11 July 2020}}
• 12 March – Knut Bohwim, film director (died 2020).{{cite encyclopedia|year=|title=Knut Bohwim|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |first=Trond Olav |last=Svendsen |editor=|publisher=|location=|url=http://www.snl.no/Knut_Bohwim|language=Norwegian|access-date=11 July 2020}}
• 23 March – Kjell Knudsen, politician (died 2022)
• 2 April – Åslaug Grinde, politician (died 2019)
• 5 April – Peter R. Holm, poet, author and translator
• 11 April – Olav Marås, politician
• 24 April – Eva Seeberg, journalist and writer (died 2019).{{cite encyclopedia|title=Eva Seeberg |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik | editor-link= |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Eva_Seeberg |language=no |access-date=26 May 2021}}
• 26 April – Øyvind Bjorvatn, politician (died 2015)
• 26 April – Ola Mikal Heide, botanist
• 27 April – Vera Louise Holmøy, judge
• 28 April – Karen Sogn, politician (died 2013)
• 9 May – Erik Dammann, author and environmentalist
• 19 May – Leif Raa, illustrator (died 2003).{{cite encyclopedia|title=Leif Raa |first=Øyvind |last=Reisegg |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-last=Godal | editor-first=Anne Marit | editor-link=Anne Marit Godal |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=http://www.snl.no/Leif_Raa |language=Norwegian|access-date=27 December 2014}}{{cite book |title=Norske Avistegnere |editor-last1=Graff | editor-first1=Finn | editor-link1=Finn Graff |editor-last2=Mannila |editor-first2=Leena |editor-last3=Smit|editor-first3=Toril M|publisher=J. M. Stenersens Forlag |location=Oslo |pages=106–111, 230 |language=Norwegian|year=1984 |isbn=82-7201-035-6}}
• 25 May - Selmer Nilsen, spy (died 1991)
• 31 May - Yngvar Løchen, sociologist (died 1998)
• 5 June - Einar Magnussen, economist and politician (died 2004)
• 18 June - Eigil Nansen, human rights activist (died 2017)
• 20 June – Arne Nordheim, composer (died 2010)
• 8 July – Thorvald Stoltenberg, politician and Minister (died 2018).{{cite encyclopedia|title=Thorvald Stoltenberg|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|url=https://snl.no/Thorvald_Stoltenberg|language=Norwegian|access-date=14 July 2018}}
• 24 July – Sverre Holm, actor (died 2005)
• 8 August – Halvor Bergan, theologian (died 2015).{{cite encyclopedia|title=Halvor Bergan |first=Hallgeir |last=Elstad |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik | editor-link= |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Halvor_Bergan |language=no |access-date=21 June 2021}}
• 25 August – Sven Ivar Dysthe, furniture designer (died 2020).{{cite encyclopedia|title=Sven Ivar Dysthe |first=Mats |last=Linder |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Sven_Ivar_Dysthe |language=Norwegian |access-date=5 June 2019}}
• 5 September – Torstein Slungård, politician (died 2009)
• 1 October – Tore Haugen, politician
• 6 October – Johan M. Nyland, politician (died 2007)
• 11 October – Bjørn Slettan, historian (died 2014)
• 12 October – Ole-Johan Dahl, computer scientist (died 2002)
• 6 November – Bjartmar Gjerde, politician (died 2009)
• 8 November – Ole Knapp, politician and Minister (died 2015)
• 23 November – Karin Stoltenberg, geneticist, politician (died 2012).{{cite news |title=Utformet en ny familiepolitikk |url= http://www.regjeringen.no/nb/dep/bld/aktuelt/nyheter/2012/utformet-en-ny-familiepolitikk.html?id=705176 |publisher=Government.no |date= 2012-10-17|access-date=13 July 2018 |language= Norwegian}}
• 30 November – Knut Myhre, politician (died 2003)
• 7 December – Bjørg Lødøen, painter, graphic artist and composer (died 2009)
• 15 December – Alf Nordvang, actor and theatre director (died 2007)

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• 20 January – Margrethe Munthe, childten’s writer and songwriter (born 1860).{{cite encyclopedia|title=Margrethe Munthe |first= |last= |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Margrethe_Munthe |language=no|access-date=7 February 2024}}
• 31 March – Knute Rockne, American football player and coach (born 1888)
• 11 April – Sophus Aars, civil servant and writer (born 1841).{{cite book|last1=Sommerfeldt|first1=W. P.|title=Avdøde norske forfattere fra tiden efter 1921|date=1939 |page=2|url=https://www.nb.no/items/3b1b709d79eee3728363161feb4cd08c?page=7|language=no}}
• 23 April – Nils P. Haugen, a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin (born 1849)
• 26 April – Axel Holst, professor of hygiene and bacteriology (born 1860)
• 14 August – Olav Johan Sopp, mycologist (born 1860).{{cite encyclopedia|title=Olav Johan Sopp |first=Per-Øivind |last=Sandberg |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Olav_Johan_Sopp |language=no|access-date=7 February 2024}}
• 18 August – Konrad Dahl, writer and priest (born 1843).{{cite web|title=Konrad Neumann Hjelm Dahl |url=https://snl.no/Konrad_Neumann_Hjelm_Dahl |website=Store Norske Lesikon|language=no}}
• 1 September – Anders Andersen, politician (born 1846)
• 27 September – Thorleif Frederik Schjelderup, businessperson (born 1859)
• 5 November – Ole Edvart Rølvaag, novelist and professor in America (born 1876)
• 11 November – Marie Hauge, painter (born 1864)
• 17 December – Hans Nilsen Hauge, priest, politician and Minister (born 1853)

• Johan Aschehoug Kiær, paleontologist and geologist (born 1869)

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