Incumbents

Events

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1 June –The first Bergen International Festival opens.^[1]
16 July – Parliament voted to move the main base for the Navy from Horten to Bergen.
11 September – The Norwegian Consumer Council established
12 October – The 1953 Parliamentary election takes place.
15 November – Four men suspected of spying for the Soviet Union were arrested in Kirkenes.
The Norwegian Academy for Language and Literature (Det Norske Akademi for Sprog og Litteratur) is founded.

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6 January – Jon Eberson, jazz guitarist
10 February – Aud Folkestad, politician
18 February – Erling Aksdal, jazz pianist
6 March – Jan Kjærstad, author
8 March – Kristin Ørmen Johnsen, politician.^[2]
21 March – Per Inge Torkelsen, humorist (died 2021).^[3]
13 April Tom Olstad, jazz drummer
24 April – Nina Bjerkedal, civil servant
24 April – Øyvind Sandberg, film director
8 May – May Hansen, politician
12 May – Odd Riisnæs, jazz saxophonist
2 June Vidar Johansen, jazz saxophonist
30 June Ståle Wikshåland, musicologist
13 July – Sigurd Ulveseth, jazz upright bassist
27 July – Hildegunn Eggen, actress.^[4]
19 September – Olav Berstad, diplomat
21 September – Lars Saabye Christensen, author
7 November – Erik Balke, jazz saxophonist
7 December – Arne Nævra, photographer and politician, member of the Storting.^[5]

Erik Blücher, political activist
Nils Lid Hjort, statistician and professor
Per Hannevold, principal bassoonist of the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
Stein Erik Lunde, novelist, children's writer, biographer and textbook writer.^[6]

11 January – Hans Aanrud, author, poet and playwright (born 1863)
31 January – Fanny Schnelle, politician, women's rights advocate, teacher and humanitarian (born 1866)
9 March – Ole Iversen, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist (born 1884)
2 April – Halfdan Hansen, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (born 1883)
20 May – Lorentz Brinch, barrister, military officer, resistance member and politician (born 1910).^[7]
18 June – Thomas Thorstensen, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (born 1880)
24 June – Jentoft Jensen, politician (born 1901)
12 July – Otto Olsen, rifle shooter and Olympic gold medallist (born 1884)
18 July – Ole Jensen Rong, politician (born 1885)
4 September – Magdalon Monsen, soccer player and Olympic bronze medallist (born 1910).^[8]
12 September – Sigrid Boo, author (born 1898)
11 November – Marie Karsten, interior designer (born 1872).^[9]
9 December – Issay Dobrowen, composer and conductor (born 27 February 1891).^[10]

Solveig Haugan, stage and movie actress (born 1901)
Kristen Holbø, painter and illustrator (born 1869)
Johan Martin Holst, surgeon and military doctor (born 1892).^[11]
Christian Pierre Mathiesen, politician and Minister (born 1870)
Jonas Pedersen, politician (born 1871)
Marius Nygaard Smith-Petersen, physician and orthopaedic surgeon in America (born 1886)
Alfred Trønsdal, politician (born 1896)
Eirik Vandvik, professor in literature (born 1904)