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Events in the year 1917 in Norway.
*26 January – Oluf Iversen, politician (born
Incumbents
* Monarch – Haakon VIIEvents
* TheBratsberg Line
The Bratsberg Line ( no, Bratsbergbanen) is a railway line between Eidanger and Notodden in Vestfold og Telemark county, Norway. It opened in 1917, connecting the Tinnos Line, the Sørland Line and the Vestfold Line; allowing Norsk Hydro to tran ...
began rail traffic between Eidanger and Notodden. The line was closed in 2001
The September 11 attacks against the United States by Al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror, were a defining event of 2001. The United States led a Participants in ...
.
Popular culture
Sports
*2 April – Lillestrøm SK football club is founded after the merger of two local football clubs. *19 May –Rosenborg BK
Rosenborg Ballklub, commonly referred to simply as Rosenborg () or RBK, is a Norwegian professional football club from Trondheim that plays in Eliteserien. The club has won a record 26 league titles, a shared record 12 Norwegian Football Cup ti ...
football club is founded.
Music
Film
Literature
*The Knut Hamsun novel ''Markens Grøde'' Volume 1 & 2 ( Growth of the Soil, was published. * The Olav Duun novel ''På Lyngsøya'' (''At Heather Island''), was published. *The Mikkjel Fønhus debut novel '' Skoggangsmand'' (''Outlaw''), was published.Notable births
*20 January –Gunnar Bøe
Gunnar Bøe (20 January 1917 – 9 December 1989) was a Norwegian economist and politician for the Labour Party.
Personal life
He was born in Bergen to Gunnar Olaf Bøe (1878–1959) and Ragnhild Sæthre (1883–1974). In 1940, he married Ragnhi ...
, economist and politician (died 1989
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*1 February – Tor Aspengren
Ivar Tor Aspengren (1 February 1917 – 23 June 2004) was a Norwegian laborer, trade unionist and politician for the Labour Party. He led the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions from 1969 to 1977.
He was born in Nydalen, Aker as a son of ...
, trade unionist (died 2004
2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO).
Events January
* January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 6 ...
)
*2 March – Haakon Tranberg
Haakon Werner Tranberg (2 March 1917 – 24 April 1991) was a Norwegian sprinter who specialized in the 100 and 200 metres. He represented Kristiansands IF.
He won silver medals in 100 m and 200 m at the 1946 European Championships. He never part ...
, sprinter (died 1991
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)
*6 March – Paul Svarstad
Paul Svarstad (6 March 1917 – 3 April 1998) was a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party.
He was born in Innvik.
He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Sogn og Fjordane in 1965, and was re-elected on one occasion.
Svars ...
, politician (died 1998
1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''.
Events January
* January 6 – The '' Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently ...
)
*5 May – Aage Eriksen
Aage Ingvar Eriksen (5 May 1917 in Notodden 17 June 1998 in Notodden, Telemark) was a Norway, Norwegian wrestling, wrestler and Olympic medalist in Greco-Roman wrestling.
Olympics
Eriksen competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London where he ...
, wrestler and Olympic silver medallist (died 1998
1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''.
Events January
* January 6 – The '' Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently ...
)
*12 May – Johan Berg, military officer (died 1981)
*16 May – Arne Røgden, bobsledder (died 2002
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*17 May – Ragnvald Winjum
Ragnvald Terum Winjum (17 May 1917 – 4 January 1965) was a Norwegian jurist and politician for the Liberal Party.
A cand.jur. by education (1949), Winjum settled down in Aurland in 1953, working as a farmer and attorney. In 1960 he became the m ...
, jurist and politician (died 1965
Events January–February
* January 14 – The Prime Minister of Northern Ireland and the Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland meet for the first time in 43 years.
* January 20
** Lyndon B. Johnson is Second inauguration of Lyndo ...
)
*25 May – Brynjulv Sjetne, politician (died 1976
Events January
* January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force.
* January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea.
* January 11 – The 1976 Phila ...
)
*2 June – Sverre Bratland
Sverre Bratland (2 June 1917 – 29 April 2002) was a Norwegian military leader.
Biography
He grew up at a farm in Utskarpen in Rana, and took his military education in Harstad at the Norwegian 6th Division Under-Officers' Training School. He ...
, military leader (died 2002
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)
*14 June – Atle Selberg, mathematician (died 2007
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)
*15 June – Einfrid Perstølen
Einfrid Perstølen (15 June 1917 – 7 January 2017) was a Norwegian psychiatrist and language proponent. Life
She was born in Ã…l, and was a specialist in child psychiatry. She was an assisting chief physician in Oslo from 1961 to 1972, and the ...
, psychiatrist and language proponent (died 2017
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*3 July – Brita Collett Paus, humanitarian leader and founder of Fransiskushjelpen
Fransiskushjelpen is a Catholic charitable organisation in Norway, founded in by Brita Collett Paus in 1956. Its administration headquarters are in Oslo, at St. Hallvard's Church and Monastery.
The organisation, connected to the Franciscan orde ...
(died 1998
1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''.
Events January
* January 6 – The '' Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently ...
)
*18 July – Harald Nikolai Brøvig, politician (died 2010)
*23 July – Knut Brynildsen, international soccer player (died 1986
The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations.
Events January
* January 1
** Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles.
**Spain and Portugal ente ...
)
*27 July – Guy Krohg
Guy Krohg (27 July 1917 – 19 October 2002) was a Norwegian painter, illustrator and scenographer. He was born in Kristiania, the son of painter Per Krohg and grandson of Christian Krohg and Oda Krohg. He was married to Lilian Smith from 1940 ...
, painter, illustrator and scenographer (died 2002).
*12 August – Ebba Haslund, novelist, short story writer, playwright, essayist, children's writer, literary critic, radio speaker and politician (died 2009)
*13 August – Lulla Einrid Fossland, politician (died 2009)
*3 September – Bjarne Hanssen, politician (died 2014)
*23 September – Knut Haugland, resistance fighter and explorer (died 2009)
*26 September – Åslaug Linge Sunde
Åslaug Linge Sunde (26 September 1917 – 3 August 2006) was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party.
She served as a deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament from Møre og Romsdal during the term 1977–1981. In total she met ...
, politician (died 2006)
*3 October – Odd Lundberg
Odd Harald Lundberg (3 October 1917 – 7 March 1983) was a speed skater from Norway.
Lundberg became World Allround Champion in Helsinki in 1948, finished third in Oslo in 1949, and second in Eskilstuna in 1950. He also won a competition in B ...
, speed skater and Olympic silver medallist (died 1983
The year 1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call.
Events January
* January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to Internet protocol suite, TCP/IP is officially completed (this is consid ...
)
*7 October – Godtfred Holmvang
Godtfred Holmvang (7 October 1917 – 19 February 2006) was a Norwegian decathlete and skier. He represented IL Tyrving.
He won the 1946 European Championships and finished tenth at the 1948 Summer Olympics. He became Norwegian decathlon champi ...
, decathlete and skier (died 2006
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*16 October – Aasmund Brynildsen
Aasmund Brynildsen (16 October 1917 – 19 June 1974) was a Norwegian essayist, biographer, magazine editor and publishing house consultant.
Personal life
Brynildsen was born at Tjøme to shipmaster Lars Christian Holm Brynildsen and Li ...
, essayist, biographer, magazine editor and publishing house consultant (died 1974
Major events in 1974 include the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis and the resignation of United States President Richard Nixon following the Watergate scandal. In the Middle East, the aftermath of the 1973 Yom Kippur War determined politics; f ...
)
*26 October – Kaare Steel Groos
Kaare Steel Groos (26 October 1917 – 20 February 1994) is a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party.
He was born in Grimstad.
He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Vest-Agder in 1958, but was not re-elected in 1961.
Groo ...
, politician (died 1994
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*5 November – Jens Evensen, lawyer, judge, politician and Minister (died 2004
2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO).
Events January
* January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 6 ...
)
*18 November – Ragnar Kvam, journalist, novelist, translator and literary critic (died 2006
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)
*30 November – Arne Konrad Eldegard, banker and politician (died 2018
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*5 December – Wenche Foss, actress (died 2011
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*13 December – Jan Baalsrud
Jan Sigurd Baalsrud, MBE (13 December 1917 – 30 December 1988) was a commando in the Norwegian resistance trained by the British during World War II.
Biography
Early life
Jan Baalsrud was born in Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway and moved wi ...
, resistance member (died 1988
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)
*15 December – Gregers Gram, resistance fighter and saboteur (died 1944
Events
Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix.
January
* January 2 – WWII:
** Free French General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny is appointed to command French Army B, part of the Sixth United States Army Group in Nor ...
)
*19 December – Olaf Dufseth
Olav Dufseth (December 19, 1917 – September 22, 2009) was a Norway, Norwegian nordic combined and Cross-country skiing (sport), cross-country skier who competed in the 1940s.
Dufseth finished eighth in the Nordic combined at the 1948 Winte ...
, Nordic combined and cross-country skier (died 2009)
*23 December – Eivind Sværen, shot putter (died 1986
The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations.
Events January
* January 1
** Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles.
**Spain and Portugal ente ...
)
Full date unknown
* Eivind Erichsen, economist and civil servant (died2005
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* Gudmund Harlem, politician and Minister (died 1988
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)
*Odd Hovdenak Odd A. Hovdenak (January 13, 1917 – November 20 1982) was a Norwegian civil servant. Between 1959 and 1974 he was director of the Trondheim Tramway.
Educated in business administration, Hovdenak worked in the city administration in Trondheim from ...
, civil servant (died 1982)
*Olav Harald Jensen
Olav Harald Jensen (1917–1991) was a Norwegian economist.
He was educated in business administration, and was hired in 1955 as a lecturer at the Norwegian School of Economics (NHH). He was a professor at Ã…bo Akademi University from 1958, before ...
, economist (died 1991
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)
*Fredrik Mellbye
Fredrik Mellbye (15 February 1917 – 4 January 1999) was a Norwegian physician.
He was the brother of judge Jens Christian Mellbye. He served as chief medical officer in Tromsø from 1946 to 1952, national chief physician for hygiene in the Nor ...
, physician and chief medical officer (died 1999
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*Tor Ørvig
Tor Ørvig (27 September 1916 – 27 February 1994) was a Norwegian-born Swedish paleontologist who explored the histology of early vertebrates. He was professor at the Swedish Museum of Natural History in Stockholm and member of the Royal S ...
, paleontologist (died 1994
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Notable deaths
*26 January – Oluf Iversen, politician (born 1847
Events
January–March
* January 4 – Samuel Colt sells his first revolver pistol to the U.S. government.
* January 13 – The Treaty of Cahuenga ends fighting in the Mexican–American War in California.
* January 16 – John C. Frémont ...
)
*1 February – Georg Andreas Bull, architect and chief building inspector (born 1829
Events
January–March
* January 19 – August Klingemann's adaptation of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's ''Faust'' premieres in Braunschweig.
* February 27 – Battle of Tarqui: Troops of Gran Colombia and Peru battle to a draw.
* March ...
)
*17 March – Cæsar Peter Møller Boeck
Cæsar Peter Møller Boeck (28 September 1845 – 17 March 1917) was a Norwegian dermatologist born in Lier, Norway. He was a nephew to dermatologist Carl Wilhelm Boeck (1808-1875) and zoologist Christian Peder Bianco Boeck (1798-1877).
In 187 ...
, dermatologist (born 1845
Events
January–March
* January 10 – Elizabeth Barrett receives a love letter from the younger poet Robert Browning; on May 20, they meet for the first time in London. She begins writing her ''Sonnets from the Portuguese''.
* January 23 ...
)
*16 May – Ole Olsen Malm
Ole Olsen Malm (14 March 1854 – 16 May 1917) was a Norwegian physician, veterinarian, civil servant and politician.
Personal life
Malm was born on 14 March 1854 in Stavanger, to tailor Knud Olsen and Bertha Olene Qvie. He changed his name t ...
, physician, veterinarian, civil servant and politician (b. 1854
Events
January–March
* January 4 – The McDonald Islands are discovered by Captain William McDonald aboard the ''Samarang''.
* January 6 – The fictional detective Sherlock Holmes is perhaps born.
* January 9 – The Teut ...
).
*15 June – Kristian Birkeland, scientist (born 1867
Events
January–March
* January 1 – The Covington–Cincinnati Suspension Bridge opens between Cincinnati, Ohio, and Covington, Kentucky, in the United States, becoming the longest single-span bridge in the world. It was renamed a ...
)
*18 June – Oscar Ambrosius Castberg
Oscar Ambrosius Castberg (30 September 1846 – 18 June 1917) was a Norwegian painter and sculptor.
Bkiography
He was born at Bygland in Aust-Agder, Norway . His father, physician Tycho Fredrik Edvard Castberg, was the oldest living son of pri ...
, painter and sculptor (born 1846
Events
January–March
* January 5 – The United States House of Representatives votes to stop sharing the Oregon Country with the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, United Kingdom.
* January 13 – The Milan–Venice railway' ...
)
*19 June – Johan Gerhard Theodor Ameln, politician (born 1838
Events
January–March
* January 10 – A fire destroys Lloyd's Coffee House and the Royal Exchange in London.
* January 11 – At Morristown, New Jersey, Samuel Morse, Alfred Vail and Leonard Gale give the first public demonstration o ...
)
*4 August – Kristian Birch-Reichenwald Aars
Kristian Birch-Reichenwald Aars (25 September 1868 – 4 August 1917) was a Norwegian academic. Originally educated as a theologian, he soon switched to philosophy and psychology.
Personal life
He was born in Christiania as a son of educator J ...
, academic (born 1868
Events
January–March
* January 2 – British Expedition to Abyssinia: Robert Napier leads an expedition to free captive British officials and missionaries.
* January 3 – The 15-year-old Mutsuhito, Emperor Meiji of Jap ...
)
Full date unknown
*Olaus Arvesen
Olaus Arvesen (26 September 1830 – 1 July 1917) was a Norwegian educator and politician for the Liberal Party.
He was born in Onsøy. He graduated as cand.theol. in 1862, and was influenced by the pastor and educator N. F. S. Grundtvig. While ...
, educator and politician (born 1830
It is known in European history as a rather tumultuous year with the Revolutions of 1830 in France, Belgium, Poland, Switzerland and Italy.
Events January–March
* January 11 – LaGrange College (later the University of North Alabama) b ...
)
*Jørgen Brunchorst
Jørgen Brunchorst (10 August 1862 – 19 May 1917) was a Norwegian natural scientist, politician and diplomat.
Biography
Brunchorst was born in Bergen, the son of ship builder and – captain Christian Ege Brunchorst (1835–64) and his wife Em ...
, politician and Minister (born 1862
Events
January–March
* January 1 – The United Kingdom annexes Lagos Island, in modern-day Nigeria.
* January 6 – French intervention in Mexico: French, Spanish and British forces arrive in Veracruz, Mexico.
* January ...
)
*Hans Konrad Foosnæs
Hans Konrad Henriksen Foosnæs (2 February 1846 – 30 July 1917) was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party. He served as Minister of Agriculture from 1908 to 1910.
Personal life
He was born in Namdalseid. He was the grandson of politic ...
, politician and Minister (born 1846
Events
January–March
* January 5 – The United States House of Representatives votes to stop sharing the Oregon Country with the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, United Kingdom.
* January 13 – The Milan–Venice railway' ...
)
* Haagen Krog Steffens, historian, archivist and genealogist (born 1873
Events
January–March
* January 1
** Japan adopts the Gregorian calendar.
** The California Penal Code goes into effect.
* January 17 – American Indian Wars: Modoc War: First Battle of the Stronghold – Modoc Indians defeat ...
)
*Anders Sveaas
Anders Sveaas (November 27 1840 – August 24 1917) was a Norway, Norwegian businessperson and consulate. He was the founder of the Kistefos Wood Pulp Mill in Jevnaker, Norway.
Biography
Anders Sveaas was born on November 27th, 1840 on the Haug ...
, businessperson and consul (born 1840
Events
January–March
* January 3 – One of the predecessor papers of the ''Herald Sun'' of Melbourne, Australia, ''The Port Phillip Herald'', is founded.
* January 10 – Uniform Penny Post is introduced in the United Kingdom.
* Janua ...
)
*Georg August Thilesen
Georg August Thilesen (20 December 1837 - 20 December 1917) was the Norwegian lawyer and elected official. He served as mayor of Drammen 1883–1884, Minister of the Interior 1888-1889 and 1898–1899, member of the Council of State Division in ...
, politician and Minister (born 1837
Events
January–March
* January 1 – The destructive Galilee earthquake causes 6,000–7,000 casualties in Ottoman Syria.
* January 26 – Michigan becomes the 26th state admitted to the United States.
* February – Charles Dickens's ...
)
* Aasmund Halvorsen Vinje, politician and Minister (born 1851
Events
January–March
* January 11 – Hong Xiuquan officially begins the Taiping Rebellion.
* January 15 – Christian Female College, modern-day Columbia College, receives its charter from the Missouri General Assembly.
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)
See also
References
External links
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