Incumbents

Monarch – Haakon VII
Prime Minister – Johan Nygaardsvold (Labour Party)

Events

29 May – Stavanger Airport, Sola is opened by King Haakon VII
Municipal and county elections are held throughout the country.
A flash flood destroys 20 houses in the Sima Valley, Hordaland. No lives are lost.^[1]

Popular culture

Literature

Notable births

4 January – Harald Barlie, Greco-Roman wrestler (died 1995)
4 January – Ole Kristian Grimnes, historian
4 January – Per Tresselt, diplomat
11 February – Ola Teigen, politician (died 1970)
17 February – Bjørn Wiik, physicist (died 1999)
18 February – Halle Jørn Hanssen, television correspondent, development aid administrator and politician
21 February – Harald V, King of Norway
22 February – Bjarte Eikeset, jurist and politician
23 March – Per Olav Wiken, sailor and Olympic silver medallist (died 2011)
13 April – Berge Furre, historian, theologian and politician
15 April – Johan J. Jakobsen, politician and Minister (died 2016)
18 April – Arne Alsåker Spilde, politician (died 2018)
21 April – Henrik Jahre, politician
7 May – Gullow Gjeseth, Army officer (died 2017.^[2]
11 May – Per Brunvand, newspaper editor (died 2015)
24 May – Fredrik Torp, architect
2 June – Geir Kjetsaa, professor of Russian literary history, translator and author (died 2008)
28 June – Odd Bergh, triple jumper and long jumper (died 2023)
4 July – Queen Sonja of Norway
29 July – Pål Bang-Hansen, actor, film producer, film critic and television personality (died 2010)
3 August – Gudrun Waadeland, actress and theatre director (died 2020)
20 August – Kjell Hovik, pole vaulter
4 September – Per Risvik, politician
6 September – Tom Veierød, civil servant
13 September – Alv Gjestvang, speed skater and Olympic silver medallist (died 2016)
14 September – Dag C. Weberg, politician
18 September – Per Flatberg, environmentalist and pharmacist (died 2022)
24 September – Børre Knudsen, Lutheran minister and anti-abortion activist (died 2022)
26 September – Aud Blattmann, politician (died 2023)
16 October – Reidar Hjermstad, cross country skier
17 October – Svein Johannessen, chess player, became Norway's second International Master (died 2007)
21 October – Johan Fredrik Heyerdahl, publisher and secretary general (died 2021).^[3]^[4]
31 October – Per Øien, flutist (died 2016).^[5]
14 November – Bjørn Bang Andersen, shot putter
23 November – Turi Widerøe, Norway's first female air transport pilot
29 November – Johan Jørgen Holst, politician and Minister (died 1994)
1 December – Bodolf Hareide, politician
3 December – Willy Rasmussen, javelin thrower (died 2018)
8 December – Arne Næss, Jr., businessman and mountaineer (died 2004)
23 December – Arne Larsen, Nordic combined skier and World Champion
24 December – Ola Wærhaug, biathlete, Olympic silver medallist and World Champion
29 December – Hjalmar Inge Sunde, military officer
30 December – Einar Johan Rasmussen, ships engineer and ship owner.^[6]
31 December – Bjørn Rønningen, children's writer