Events in the year 1924 in Norway.

Incumbents

Events

* The 1924 Parliamentary election takes place. * Kringkastningselskapet A/S was founded. This was the predecessor to the

Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation NRK, an abbreviation of the Norwegian ''Norsk Rikskringkasting AS'', generally expressed in English as the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation, is the Norwegian government-owned radio and television public broadcasting company, and the largest ...

, established in 1933 *

Geitungen Lighthouse Geitungen Lighthouse ( no, Geitungen fyr) is a coastal lighthouse in the municipality of Karmøy in Rogaland county, Norway. The lighthouse is located on a small island about off the southern tip of the main island of Karmøy. The entrance t ...

is established. *

Munck Cranes The company Munck Cranes (Sverre Munck A/S) was founded on 25 October 1924 by Mr. Sverre Munck. He was educated as an electrical engineer at the University of Trondheim, Norway. The company initially started as a trading company with products ran ...

company is founded. * Ny Tid begins publishing.List of publications
in BIBSYS *

Salhus Church Salhus Church ( no, Salhus kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Bergen Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the Salhus neighborhood in the city of Bergen. It is the church for the Salhus parish which is part of ...

is completed.

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Notable births

January

5 January Events Pre-1600 *1477 – Battle of Nancy: Charles the Bold is defeated and killed in a conflict with René II, Duke of Lorraine; Burgundy subsequently becomes part of France. 1601–1900 *1675 – Battle of Colmar: The French arm ...

–

Ottar Dahl Ottar Dahl (5 January 1924 – 4 April 2011) was a Norwegian historian and historiographer. Dahl was born in Nannestad. He took the dr. philos. degree in 1957, worked at the University of Oslo as a scholarship holder from 1957, ''docent'' from 19 ...

, historian and historiographer (died 2011) *

17 January Events Pre-1600 *38 BC – Octavian divorces his wife Scribonia and marries Livia Drusilla, ending the fragile peace between the Second Triumvirate and Sextus Pompey. * 1362 – Saint Marcellus' flood kills at least 25,000 people on ...

– Bjørn Gundersen, high jumper (died 2002) * 18 January –

Gudrun Tandberg Høykoll Gudrun Tandberg Høykoll (18 January 1924 – 17 May 2005) was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party. She served as a deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament The Storting ( no, Stortinget ) (lit. the Great Thing) is the supre ...

, politician (died 2005) *

24 January Events Pre-1600 * 41 – Claudius is proclaimed Roman emperor by the Praetorian Guard after they assassinate the previous emperor, his nephew Caligula. * 914 – Start of the First Fatimid invasion of Egypt. *1438 – The Counc ...

–

Gunnar Thorleif Hvashovd Gunnar Thorleif Hvashovd (born 24 January 1924 in Kongsberg, died 12 October 2001) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Buskerud in 1969, and was re-elected on two occasions. He had prev ...

, politician (died

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 ...

) *

21 January Events Pre-1600 * 763 – Following the Battle of Bakhamra between Alids and Abbasids near Kufa, the Alid rebellion ends with the death of Ibrahim, brother of Isa ibn Musa. *1525 – The Swiss Anabaptist Movement is founded when Conra ...

–

Arne Nilsen Arne Nilsen (21 January 1924 – 16 April 2020) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He was Minister of Local Government from 1978 to 1979, as well as Minister of Social Affairs from 1979 to 1981. He was also President of the Odelst ...

, politician and minister (died 2020) *

27 January Events Pre-1600 * 98 – Trajan succeeds his adoptive father Nerva as Roman emperor; under his rule the Roman Empire will reach its maximum extent. * 945 – The co-emperors Stephen and Constantine are overthrown and forced to b ...

– Knut Hoem, politician and minister (died

1987 File:1987 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The MS Herald of Free Enterprise capsizes after leaving the Port of Zeebrugge in Belgium, killing 193; Northwest Airlines Flight 255 crashes after takeoff from Detroit Metropolitan Airport, k ...

)

February

3 February Events Pre-1600 * 1112 – Ramon Berenguer III, Count of Barcelona, and Douce I, Countess of Provence, marry, uniting the fortunes of those two states. *1451 – Sultan Mehmed II inherits the throne of the Ottoman Empire. *1488 – ...

–

Ivar Ramstad Ivar Ramstad (3 February 1924 – 26 April 2009) was a Norwegian discus thrower. He worked as a farmer at the farm Nygjerdet, between Røra and Straumen, and also had a career in Gjensidige. His brother Jon Ramstad was mayor of Levanger. Hi ...

, discus thrower (died

2009 File:2009 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The vertical stabilizer of Air France Flight 447 is pulled out from the Atlantic Ocean; Barack Obama becomes the first African American to become President of the United States; 2009 Iran ...

) *

–

Johan Syrstad Johan Syrstad (3 February 1924 – 16 December 2019) was a Norwegian politician for the Centre Party. He was born in Meldal as a son of Ivar Syrstad (1893–1973) and Johanna Syrstadeng (1898–1999). He attended folk high school from 1941 to 194 ...

, politician (died 2019) *

5 February Events Pre-1600 * 62 – Earthquake in Pompeii, Italy. * 1576 – Henry of Navarre abjures Catholicism at Tours and rejoins the Protestant forces in the French Wars of Religion. * 1597 – A group of early Japanese Christians ar ...

–

Viktor Olsen Viktor Olaf Olsen (5 February 1924 – 21 April 2023) was a Norwegian long-distance runner who specialized in the marathon race. He finished sixteenth at the Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's marathon, 1952 Summer Olympics, ninth at t ...

, marathon runner (died

2023 Events Predicted and scheduled events * January 1 ** In the United States, books, films, and other works published in 1927 will enter the public domain, assuming there are no changes made to copyright law. ** Croatia will adopt the eu ...

) *

– Thor Støre, politician (died

) * 9 February – Andreas Hagen, newspaper editor (died 2011) *

13 February Events Pre-1600 * 962 – Emperor Otto I and Pope John XII co-sign the ''Diploma Ottonianum'', recognizing John as ruler of Rome. *1322 – The central tower of Ely Cathedral falls on the night of 12th–13th. *1462 – The ...

– Arne Tjersland, politician (died 2015) * 16 February – Haaken Christensen, art historian, art collector and gallerist (died 2008). *

19 February Events Pre-1600 * 197 – Emperor Septimius Severus defeats usurper Clodius Albinus in the Battle of Lugdunum, the bloodiest battle between Roman armies. * 356 – The anti-paganism policy of Constantius II forbids the worship of pa ...

–

Borghild Niskin Borghild Niskin (19 February 1924 – 18 January 2013)"Skiløperen Borghild Nis ...

, alpine skier (died 2013) *

23 February Events Pre-1600 * 303 – Roman emperor Diocletian orders the destruction of the Christian church in Nicomedia, beginning eight years of Diocletianic Persecution. * 532 – Byzantine emperor Justinian I lays the foundation stone of a ...

– Per G. Schøyen, diplomat (died

2017 File:2017 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The War Against ISIS at the Battle of Mosul (2016-2017); aftermath of the Manchester Arena bombing; The Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017 ("Great American Eclipse"); North Korea tests a ser ...

) *

28 February Events Pre-1600 *202 BC – Liu Bang is enthroned as the Emperor of China, beginning four centuries of rule by the Han dynasty. * 870 – The Fourth Council of Constantinople closes. *1525 – Aztec king Cuauhtémoc is executed on ...

–

Oddvar Vormeland Oddvar Vormeland (28 February 1924 – 30 August 2013) was a Norwegian educationalist and civil servant. He was born in Hof i Solør as a son of folk high school manager Ola Vormeland and his wife Gyda, née Hval. In 1949 he married Sigrun Røed, ...

, educationalist and civil servant (died 2013)

March

2 March Events Pre-1600 * 537 – Siege of Rome: The Ostrogoth army under king Vitiges begins the siege of the capital. Belisarius conducts a delaying action outside the Flaminian Gate; he and a detachment of his ''bucellarii'' are almost cut of ...

– Arne Sandnes, politician (died 2016) * 5 March –

Johan Østby Johan Østby (5 March 1924 – 20 February 2005) was a Norwegian politician for the Centre Party, and journalist. He was born in Trysil. He was member of the Norwegian Parliament Stortinget from Hedmark for 12 years, from 1965 to 1977. � ...

, politician (died

2005 File:2005 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf of Mexico; the Funeral of Pope John Paul II is held in Vatican City; "Me at the zoo", the first video ever to be uploaded to YouTube; Eris was discovered in ...

) *

11 March Events Pre-1600 * 222 – Roman emperor Elagabalus is murdered alongside his mother, Julia Soaemias. He is replaced by his 14-year old cousin, Severus Alexander. * 843 – Triumph of Orthodoxy: Empress Theodora II restores the venerat ...

–

Sverre Oddvar Andresen Sverre Oddvar Andresen (11 March 1924 – 12 December 1994) was a Norwegian politician for the Norwegian Labour Party. He was born in Oslo. He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Buskerud in 1965, but was not re-elected in 1969. A ...

, politician (died

1994 File:1994 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1994 Winter Olympics are held in Lillehammer, Norway; The Kaiser Permanente building after the 1994 Northridge earthquake; A model of the MS Estonia, which Sinking of the MS Estonia, sank in ...

) *

23 March Events Pre-1600 *1400 – The Trần dynasty of Vietnam is deposed, after one hundred and seventy-five years of rule, by Hồ Quý Ly, a court official. *1540 – Waltham Abbey is surrendered to King Henry VIII of England; the last rel ...

–

Bjørn G. Andersen Bjørn Grothaug Andersen (23 March 1924 in Norway, 1924, in Stavanger, Norway – 12 January 2012 in Norway, 2012, in Asker, Norway) was a Norwegians, Norwegian professor of Quaternary geology and glaciology who made foundational contributio ...

, geologist and academic (died

2012 File:2012 Events Collage V3.png, From left, clockwise: The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia lies capsized after the Costa Concordia disaster; Damage to Casino Pier in Seaside Heights, New Jersey as a result of Hurricane Sandy; People gather ...

) *

30 March Events Pre-1600 * 598 – Balkan Campaign: The Avars lift the siege at the Byzantine stronghold of Tomis. Their leader Bayan I retreats north of the Danube River after the Avaro- Slavic hordes are decimated by the plague. *1282 – ...

–

Reidar Berg Reidar Berg (March 30, 1924 – February 16, 2018) was a Norwegian bobsledder who competed in the late 1940s. At the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz St. Moritz (also german: Sankt Moritz, rm, , it, San Maurizio, french: Saint-Moritz) i ...

, bobsledder (died 2018)

April

* 7 April – Espen Skjønberg, actor (died

2022 File:2022 collage V1.png, Clockwise, from top left: Road junction at Yamato-Saidaiji Station several hours after the assassination of Shinzo Abe; 2022 Sri Lankan protests, Anti-government protest in Sri Lanka in front of the Presidential Secretari ...

) *

10 April Events Pre-1600 * 428 – Nestorius becomes the Patriarch of Constantinople. * 837 – Halley's Comet makes its closest approach to Earth at a distance equal to 0.0342 AU (5.1 million kilometres/3.2 million miles). *1407 ...

– Erik Himle, civil servant, politician and Minister (died

2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...

) *

19 April Events Pre-1600 * AD 65 – The freedman Milichus betrays Piso's plot to kill the Emperor Nero and all the conspirators are arrested. * 531 – Battle of Callinicum: A Byzantine army under Belisarius is defeated by the Persians a ...

Mary Eide Mary Eide (19 April 1924 – 18 July 2013) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. She served as an MP from 1977 to 1989. Career She was a daughter of engineer Peder Adolf Fosnæs (1881–1952) and housewife Elise Marie Larsen (1886–1 ...

, politician (died 2013) ** Gunnar Garbo, journalist, politician and ambassador (died 2016) *

20 April Events Pre-1600 *1303 – The Sapienza University of Rome is instituted by a bull of Pope Boniface VIII. 1601–1900 * 1653 – Oliver Cromwell dissolves England's Rump Parliament. * 1657 – English Admiral Robert Blake destroys ...

–

Sverre Johan Juvik Sverre Johan Juvik (20 April 1922 – 26 May 2015) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Sogn og Fjordane in 1969, and was re-elected on one occasion. On the local level he was a member ...

, politician (died 2015) *

22 April Events Pre-1600 *1500 – Portuguese navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral lands in Brazil. * 1519 – Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés establishes a settlement at Veracruz, Mexico. * 1529 – Treaty of Zaragoza divides the eastern h ...

–

Thorbjørn Svenssen Ole Thorbjørn Svenssen (22 April 1924 – 8 January 2011) was a Norwegian footballer, who played a then record 104 international games for Norway, and captained the side 93 times. He was one of the first footballers who played 100 international ...

, international soccer player (died 2011) *

26 April Events Pre-1600 * 1336 – Francesco Petrarca (Petrarch) ascends Mont Ventoux. *1348 – Czech king Karel IV founds the Charles University in Prague, which was later named after him and was the first university in Central Europe. * 1 ...

–

Finn Isaksen Finn Trond Isaksen (26 April 1924 – 29 September 1987) was a Norwegian politician for the Centre Party who served as Minister of Agriculture An agriculture ministry (also called an) agriculture department, agriculture board, agriculture ...

, politician and Minister (died

)

May

10 May Events Pre-1600 *28 BC – A sunspot is observed by Han dynasty astronomers during the reign of Emperor Cheng of Han, one of the earliest dated sunspot observations in China. *1291 – Scottish nobles recognize the authority of Edward ...

–

Anders Hveem Anders Hveem (May 10, 1924 – February 2, 2005) was a Norwegian bobsledder who competed in the 1950s. He finished 13th in the four-man event at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo Oslo ( , , or ; sma, Oslove) is the capital and most po ...

, bobsledder (died

) *

11 May Events 1601–1900 *1812 – Prime Minister Spencer Perceval is assassinated by John Bellingham in the lobby of the British House of Commons. *1813 – William Lawson, Gregory Blaxland and William Wentworth discover a route across th ...

– Lars Ketil Strand, forester and professor (died 2020) * 20 May – Odd Abrahamsen, poet (died

) *

23 May Events Pre-1600 *1430 – Joan of Arc is captured at the Siege of Compiègne by troops from the Burgundian faction. *1498 – Girolamo Savonarola is burned at the stake in Florence, Italy. *1533 – The marriage of King Henry VIII ...

–

Ragnar Halvorsen Ragnar Halvorsen (23 May 1924 – 15 February 2019)Death announcement, ''Aftenposten'' 20 February 2019, p. 29. was a Norwegian businessman and organizational leader. Halvorsen was born in Fredrikstad to Alf Ragnvald Halvorsen and Ellen Fredr ...

, businessperson (died 2019)

June

* 1 June –

Willy Ovesen Willy Ovesen (1 June 1924 – 3 January 2015) was a Norwegian civil servant. He was born in Sørreisa Municipality, graduated with the cand.jur. degree and worked in the Norwegian Tax Administration from 1956. He was promoted to county tax direct ...

, civil servant (died 2015) *

3 June Events Pre-1600 * 350 – The Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, proclaims himself Roman emperor, entering Rome at the head of a group of gladiators. * 713 – The Byzantine emperor Philippicus is blinded, depose ...

– Ingrid Espelid Hovig, television chef and cookery writer (died 2018) *

8 June Events Pre-1600 * 218 – Battle of Antioch: With the support of the Syrian legions, Elagabalus defeats the forces of emperor Macrinus. * 452 – Attila leads a Hun army in the invasion of Italy, devastating the northern provinces ...

–

Gunnar Brøvig Gunnar Brøvig (8 June 1924– 7 October 1965) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He served as a deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament from Vest-Agder Vest-Agder (; "West Agder") was one of 18 counties (''fylker'') i ...

, 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 ...

) *

–

Dagfinn Vårvik Dagfinn Vårvik (8 June 1924 – 25 March 2018) was a Norwegian politician for the Centre Party. He was born in Leinstrand. From August to September 1963 he was Minister of Finance during the short-lived centre-right cabinet Lyng. He was ...

, politician and Minister (died

2018 File:2018 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in PyeongChang, South Korea; Protests erupt following the Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi; March for Our Lives protests take place across the United ...

) *

26 June Events Pre-1600 * 4 – Augustus adopts Tiberius. * 221 – Roman emperor Elagabalus adopts his cousin Alexander Severus as his heir and receives the title of Caesar. * 363 – Roman emperor Julian is killed during the retreat f ...

–

Birger Leirud Birger Leirud (26 June 1924 – 10 February 1999) was a Norwegian high jumper. He represented Leirsund IL. At the 1948 Summer Olympics he finished thirteenth in the high jump final with a jump of 1.80 metres. At the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1 ...

, high jumper (died

1999 File:1999 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The funeral procession of King Hussein of Jordan in Amman; the 1999 İzmit earthquake kills over 17,000 people in Turkey; the Columbine High School massacre, one of the first major school shootin ...

) *

30 June Events Pre-1600 * 296 – Pope Marcellinus begins his papacy. * 763 – The Byzantine army of emperor Constantine V defeats the Bulgarian forces in the Battle of Anchialus. * 1422 – Battle of Arbedo between the duke of Milan an ...

–

Mattis Mathiesen Mattis Leonid Rakov Alexevitch Mathiesen (30 June 1924 – 9 October 2010) was a Norwegian photographer and film director. He hailed from Ålesund. His grandfather was a Russian immigrant. Mathiesen stayed in the United Kingdom during the Second ...

, photographer and film director (died 2010)

July

4 July Events Pre-1600 *362 BC – Battle of Mantinea: The Thebans, led by Epaminondas, defeated the Spartans. * 414 – Emperor Theodosius II, age 13, yields power to his older sister Aelia Pulcheria, who reigned as regent and proclaime ...

–

Julius Paltiel Julius Paltiel (4 July 1924 – 7 March 2008) was one of the 26 Norwegian Jews who returned from Auschwitz. For their efforts in telling about the atrocities in the Nazi extermination camps, both Paltiel and his widow were awarded St. Olav's M ...

, Holocaust survivor (died

) *

11 July Events Pre-1600 * 472 – After being besieged in Rome by his own generals, Western Roman Emperor Anthemius is captured in St. Peter's Basilica and put to death. * 813 – Byzantine emperor Michael I, under threat by conspiracies, abdi ...

– Eleonore Bjartveit, politician and Minister (died

2002 File:2002 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 2002 Winter Olympics are held in Salt Lake City; Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and her daughter Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon die; East Timor gains East Timor independence, indepe ...

) *

15 July Events Pre-1600 * 484 BC – Dedication of the Temple of Castor and Pollux in ancient Rome * 70 – First Jewish–Roman War: Titus and his armies breach the walls of Jerusalem. (17th of Tammuz in the Hebrew calendar). * 756 – A ...

– Lars Aspeflaten, politician (died 2010) *

22 July Events Pre-1600 * 838 – Battle of Anzen: The Byzantine emperor Theophilos suffers a heavy defeat by the Abbasids. * 1099 – First Crusade: Godfrey of Bouillon is elected the first Defender of the Holy Sepulchre of The Kingdom of ...

– Signe Marie Stray Ryssdal, politician and

Supreme Court A supreme court is the highest court within the hierarchy of courts in most legal jurisdictions. Other descriptions for such courts include court of last resort, apex court, and high (or final) court of appeal. Broadly speaking, the decisions of ...

lawyer (died 2019)

August

14 August Events Pre-1600 * 74 BC – A group of officials, led by the Western Han minister Huo Guang, present articles of impeachment against the new emperor, Liu He, to the imperial regent, Empress Dowager Shangguan. The articles, enumerating t ...

Sverre Fehn Sverre Fehn (14 August 1924 – 23 February 2009) was a Norwegian architect. Life Fehn was born at Kongsberg in Buskerud, Norway. He was the son of John Tryggve Fehn (1894–1981) and Sigrid Johnsen (1895–1985). He received his architectu ...

, architect (died

) ** Bernt H. Lund, civil servant, diplomat and politician. *

15 August Events Pre-1600 * 636 – Arab–Byzantine wars: The Battle of Yarmouk between the Byzantine Empire and the Rashidun Caliphate begins. * 717 – Arab–Byzantine wars: Maslama ibn Abd al-Malik begins the Second Arab Siege of Const ...

– Jo Benkow, politician and writer and President of the Parliament (died 2013) *

19 August Events Pre-1600 *295 BC – The first temple to Venus, the Roman goddess of love, beauty and fertility, is dedicated by Quintus Fabius Maximus Gurges during the Third Samnite War. * 43 BC – Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus, later know ...

–

Karl Egil Aubert Karl Egil Aubert (19 August 1924 – 21 October 1990) was a Norwegian mathematician. Karl Aubert was born in Christiania (now Oslo), Norway. He was the brother of sociologist Vilhelm Aubert. He studied at the University of Oslo and took his ...

, mathematician (died

1990 File:1990 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1990 FIFA World Cup is played in Italy; The Human Genome Project is launched; Voyager I takes the famous Pale Blue Dot image- speaking on the fragility of Humankind, humanity on Earth, Astroph ...

) *

25 August Events Pre-1600 * 19 – The Roman general Germanicus dies near Antioch. He was convinced that the mysterious illness that ended in his death was a result of poisoning by the Syrian governor Gnaeus Calpurnius Piso, whom he had ordered to ...

–

Ingvald Ulveseth Ingvald Johan Ulveseth (born 25 August 1924 in Fjell, died 14 March 2008) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. In 1964, during the third cabinet Gerhardsen, he was appointed state secretary in the Ministry of Local Government and ...

, politician (died

) * 31 August –

Thor Pedersen Thor Pedersen (born 14 June 1945) is former member of Folketinget. He was representing the Liberal party, Venstre. He was Finance Minister from 27 November 2001 to 23 November 2007 as part of the Cabinets of Anders Fogh Rasmussen I and II. He ...

, rower and Olympic bronze medallist (died

)

September

1 September Events Pre-1600 * 1145 – The main altar of Lund Cathedral, at the time seat of the archiepiscopal see of all the Nordic countries, is consecrated. * 1173 – The widow Stamira sacrifices herself in order to raise the siege of Ancon ...

– Christian Fredrik Borchgrevink, physician. *

2 September Events Pre-1600 *44 BC – Pharaoh Cleopatra VII of Egypt declares her son co-ruler as Ptolemy XV Caesarion. * 44 BC – Cicero launches the first of his ''Philippicae'' (oratorical attacks) on Mark Antony. He will make 14 of them ...

– Egil Bergsland, politician (died

2007 File:2007 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Steve Jobs unveils Apple's first iPhone; TAM Airlines Flight 3054 overruns a runway and crashes into a gas station, killing almost 200 people; Former Pakistani Prime Minister of Pakistan, Pr ...

) *

18 September Events Pre-1600 * 96 – Domitian, who has been conducting a reign of terror for the past three years, is assassinated as a result of a plot by his wife Domitia and two Praetorian prefects. * 96 – Nerva is proclaimed Roman empero ...

–

Sverre Helland Sverre Helland (18 September 1924, in Hamre – 31 December 2007) was a Norwegian politician for the Centre Party. He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Hordaland in 1969, and was re-elected on three occasions. He had previously serve ...

, politician (died

) *

27 September Events Pre-1600 *1066 – William the Conqueror and his army set sail from the mouth of the Somme river, beginning the Norman conquest of England. *1331 – The Battle of Płowce is fought, between the Kingdom of Poland and the Teutoni ...

–

Magnar Estenstad Magnar Estenstad (27 September 1924 – 13 May 2004) was a Norwegian cross-country skier. In 1952 he won the 50 km event at the Holmenkollen ski festival The Holmenkollen Ski Festival ( no, Holmenkollen skifestival or ) is a traditional annual N ...

, cross country skier and double Olympic medallist (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 ...

) *

– Kolbjørn Stordrange, politician (died

)

October

3 October Events Pre-1600 *2457 BC – Gaecheonjeol, Hwanung (환웅) purportedly descended from heaven. South Korea's National Foundation Day. *52 BC – Gallic Wars: Vercingetorix, leader of the Gauls, surrenders to the Romans under Julius Cae ...

– Nils Retterstøl, professor of psychiatry (died

) *

18 October Events Pre-1600 * 33 – Heartbroken by the deaths of her sons Nero and Drusus, and banished to the island of Pandateria by Tiberius, Agrippina the Elder dies of self-inflicted starvation. * 320 – Pappus of Alexandria, Greek philos ...

–

Egil Hovland Egil Hovland (October 18, 1924 – February 5, 2013) was a Norwegian composer. Hovland was born in Råde. He studied at the Oslo conservatory with Arild Sandvold and Bjarne Brustad, in Copenhagen with Vagn Holmboe, at Tanglewood with Aaron ...

, composer (died 2013)

November

19 November Events Pre-1600 * 461 – Libius Severus is declared emperor of the Western Roman Empire. The real power is in the hands of the ''magister militum'' Ricimer. * 636 – The Rashidun Caliphate defeats the Sasanian Empire at the Battle o ...

– Knut Steen, sculptor (died 2011)

December

* 8 December –

Hans Haga Hans Haga (8 December 1924 – 22 June 2008) was a Norwegian agrarian leader. He spent most of his career in the Norwegian Agrarian Association. He was first hired as a secretary for the county chapter in Oppland in 1952, and became press consult ...

, agrarian leader (died

) *

21 December Events Pre-1600 *AD 69 – The Roman Senate declares Vespasian emperor of Rome, the last in the Year of the Four Emperors. *1124 – Pope Honorius II is consecrated, having been elected after the controversial dethroning of Pope Celes ...

–

Tove Pihl Tove Agnethe Pihl (21 December 1924 – 20 January 1987) was a Norwegian educator and politician for the Labour Party. She was born in Kristiania as the daughter of professor in medicine Otto Lous Mohr and the noted activist Tove Mohr. Her m ...

, educator and politician (died

)

Notable deaths

*14 January – Arne Garborg, writer (born 1851) *19 January – Christian Skredsvig, painter and writer (born 1854) *3 February –

Axel Christian Zetlitz Kielland Axel Christian Zetlitz Kielland (14 October 1853 – 3 February 1924) was a Norwegian civil servant and Ministry of Foreign Affairs mandarin. Family He was born in Stavanger to Jacob Kielland and Thora Margrethe (1827–1902), née Bendz. His gr ...

, civil servant and diplomat (born 1853) *4 February –

Nordal Wille Johan Nordal Fischer Wille (28 October 1858 – 4 February 1924) was a Norwegian botanist. He was a professor at the Royal Frederick University from 1893 to his death, founded the laboratory at the University Botanical Garden and co-founded the N ...

, botanist (born 1858) *11 February –

Olav Nygard Olav Nygard (10 July 1884, Modalen – 11 February 1924) was a Norwegian poet from Modalen in Hordaland. Nygard is now considered one of the most important Norwegian authors of his time, but was, however, not especially acknowledged while alive. ...

, poet (born 1884) *4 March – Leif Erichsen, sailor and Olympic silver medallist (born 1888) *3 April – Anders Krogvig, librarian, writer, literary consultant and critic (born 1880) *11 April –

Minda Ramm Minda Mathea Olava Ramm (27 December 1859 – 11 April 1924) was a Norwegian novelist, translator and literary critic. Early life Ramm was born in Sogndal, to Vally Marie Caroline Juell and parish priest Jens Ludvig Carl Olsen. While being a st ...

, novelist, translator and literary critic (born

1859 Events January–March * January 21 – José Mariano Salas (1797–1867) becomes Conservative interim President of Mexico. * January 24 ( O. S.) – Wallachia and Moldavia are united under Alexandru Ioan Cuza (Romania since 1866, final u ...

). *21 May – Hans Gabriel Nissen Buck, physician and politician (born 1848) *22 May –

Herbjørn Gausta Herbjørn Nilson Gaustå also Herbjorn Gausta (June 16, 1854 – May 22, 1924) was an American artist who is best known for his landscapes, portraits, and scenes from rural settings. He left an early record of immigrant life in his portraits and ...

, artist (born 1854) *21 May – Paul Andreas Jetmundsen Aklestad, politician (born 1837) *18 July –

Anton Aure Anton Magnus Aure (15 January 1884 – 18 July 1924) was a Norwegian schoolteacher, bibliographer and book collector. Personal life Aure was born in Fræna to farmer Jakob Sivertson Aure and Beret Pedersdatter Orten. In 1911 he married Hallgerd ...

, bibliographer (born 1884). *August – Sofus Arctander, politician and Minister (born 1845) *29 September Ragna Vilhelmine Nielsen, pedagogue and feminist (born 1845) *10 October –

Edvard Liljedahl Edvard Apolloniussen Liljedahl (6 August 1845, in Vik - 10 October 1924) was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party. He was a member of the Council of State Division in Stockholm in 1889, and Minister of Education and Church Affairs in 1912- ...

, politician and Minister (born 1845) *8 December – Carl Anton Larsen, mariner and

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