Incumbents

Monarch – Haakon VII
Prime Minister – Oscar Torp (Labour Party)

Events

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Bear Island accident. Photo by Per Harald Olsen

28 March – Bear Island accident: A Royal Norwegian Air Force seaplane crashed on the Bear Island. The plane had a crew of 8 men and one passenger. One of the crew members survived the accident.
5 April – Crown Princess Martha, wife of Crown Prince Olav dies, age 53.
3 May – Asbjørn Sunde and Erling Nordby were convicted for treason and espionage in favour of the Soviet Union.
State-owned Årdal og Sunndal Verk begins construction on the Sunndal plant.

Anniversaries

100 years since the opening of Norway's first railway line.

Popular culture

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Sports

Martin Stokken, cross country skier and athlete, is awarded the Holmenkollen medal, Norway's highest skiing award.
Football Association of Norway joins UEFA.

Music

Main article: 1954 in Norwegian music

Film

Main article: Norwegian films of the 1950s § 1954

Literature

Notable births

12 January – Jan-Olav Ingvaldsen, politician (died 2021).^[1]^[2]
27 January – Leif Holger Larsen, diplomat (died 2015).^[3]
29 January – Vera Lysklætt, politician.^[4]
8 February – Per Thomas Andersen, literary historian and novelist.^[5]
16 February – Viggo Hagstrøm, legal scholar (died 2013).^[6]
18 February – Helen Bjørnøy, Lutheran minister and politician.^[7]
15 March – Unni Steinsmo, chemical engineer.^[8]
17 March – Bjørn Eidsvåg, singer, songwriter and Lutheran minister
25 March – Grete Berget, politician and Minister (died 2017).^[9]
3 April – Mille-Marie Treschow, landlord and businessperson (died 2018).^[10]
7 April – Geir Myhre, ice hockey player (died 2016).^[11]
16 April – Ingun Brechan, sport rower.^[12]
26 April – Toril Førland, alpine skier.^[13]
28 April – Gunn Berit Gjerde, politician
10 July – Wenche Andersen, chef
18 August – Egil Johansen, orienteering competitor.^[14]
28 August – Torgeir Schjerven, author and poet
5 September – Per Knut Aaland, cross country skier
20 September – Arne Blix, journalist
23 September – Idar Lind, novelist, crime fiction writer, songwriter and playwright.^[15]
1 October – Tone Pahle, sport rower.^[16]
7 October – Kjell Grandhagen, military officer (died 2019).^[17]
17 October – Hans Kristian Hogsnes, politician (died 2010).^[18]
20 October – Terje Moe Gustavsen, politician (died 2019).^[19]
6 November – Karin Fossum, author
15 November – Arne A. Jensen, media and corporate executive (died 2020).^[20]
25 November – Kristin Moe, politician
27 November – Elisabeth Berge, businessperson and civil servant (died 2020).^[21]
15 December – Kine Hellebust, singer, actress, children's writer, non-fiction writer and playwright.^[22]
21 December – Grethe Fossli, politician

Full date unknown

Jan Bugge-Mahrt, diplomat
Bente Haukland Næss, politician
Harald Thon, orienteering competitor (died 2019).^[23]

Notable deaths

21 January – Per Reidarson, composer and music critic (born 1879)^[24]
31 January – Christian Fredrik Monsen, politician (born 1878)
8 March – Leiv Heggstad, educator, linguist and translator (born 1879).^[25]
5 April – Crown Princess Martha, royal (born 1901)
10 April – Oscar Mathisen, speed skater (born 1888)
28 April – Knud Leonard Knudsen, gymnast and Olympic gold-medallist (born 1879)
25 May – Snefrid Eriksmoen, politician (born 1894)
25 May – Albert Helgerud, rifle shooter and Olympic gold medallist (born 1876).^[26]
4 June – Wilhelm Keilhau, historian and economist (born 1888).^[27]
7 June – Sigurd Smebye, gymnast and Olympic bronze medallist (born 1886)
4 July – Wilhelm Blystad, track and field athlete (born 1881)
27 July – Jacob Tullin Thams, Olympian skier (born 1889)
29 July – Knut Johannes Hougen, politician and Minister (born 1854)^[28]
14 August – Fredrik Ludvig Konow, politician and Minister (born 1864)^[29]