Events in the year 1932 in

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the ...

Incumbents

Monarch A monarch is a head of stateWebster's II New College DictionarMonarch Houghton Mifflin. Boston. 2001. p. 707. for life or until abdication, and therefore the head of state of a monarchy. A monarch may exercise the highest authority and power i ...

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Haakon VII Haakon VII (; born Prince Carl of Denmark; 3 August 187221 September 1957) was the King of Norway from November 1905 until his death in September 1957. Originally a Danish prince, he was born in Copenhagen as the son of the future Frederick ...

Prime Minister A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister i ...

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Peder Kolstad Peder Ludvik Kolstad (28 November 1878 – 5 March 1932) was a Norwegian politician from the Agrarian Party. He was the 19th prime minister of Norway from 1931 until his death in 1932. Early life and education Born to a farmer's family in Bo ...

, until death in March then

Jens Hundseid Jens Valentinsen Hundseid (6 May 1883 – 2 April 1965) was a Norwegian politician from the Agrarian Party. He was a member of the Norwegian parliament from 1924 to 1940 and the 20th prime minister of Norway from 1932 to 1933. Hundseid felt f ...

Events

*12 July – Norway annexes

King Frederick VI Coast King Frederick VI Coast ( da, Kong Frederik VI Kyst) is a major geographic division of Greenland. It comprises the coastal area of Southeastern Greenland in Sermersooq and Kujalleq municipalities fronting the Irminger Sea of the North Atlantic ...

Greenland Greenland ( kl, Kalaallit Nunaat, ; da, Grønland, ) is an island country in North America that is part of the Kingdom of Denmark. It is located between the Arctic and Atlantic oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Greenland i ...

Popular culture

Sports

Music

Film

Literature

Births

January to March

*7 January –

Tormod Knutsen Tormod Kåre Knutsen (7 January 1932 – 23 February 2021) was a Norwegian Nordic combined skier, who won the Nordic combined event at the 1964 Winter Olympics, and came second at the 1960 Winter Olympics. He won four national championships, a ...

, Nordic combined skier and Olympic gold medallist (died

2021 File:2021 collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: the James Webb Space Telescope was launched in 2021; Protesters in Yangon, Myanmar following the coup d'état; A civil demonstration against the October 2021 coup in Sudan; Crowd shortly after t ...

). *11 January – Arne Barhaugen, Nordic combined skier (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 January – Knut Korsæth, educator, sports official and politician (died 2022) *20 January – Alv Jakob Fostervoll, politician and Minister (died 2015) *20 January –

Finn Alnæs Finn Alnæs (20 January 1932 – 3 November 1991) was a Norwegian novelist. He was born in Bærum. He made his literary debut with the novel ''Koloss'' (1963). Alnæs was awarded the Norwegian Booksellers' Prize and the Norwegian Critics Pr ...

, novelist (died

1991 File:1991 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Boris Yeltsin, elected as Russia's first president, waves the new flag of Russia after the 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt, orchestrated by Soviet hardliners; Mount Pinatubo erupts in the Phi ...

). *12 February – **

Princess Astrid of Norway Princess Astrid, Mrs. Ferner (Astrid Maud Ingeborg; born 12 February 1932) is the second daughter of King Olav V and his wife, Princess Märtha of Sweden. She is the older sister of King Harald V of Norway and younger sister of the late Pri ...

Axel Jensen Axel Buchardt Jensen (12 February 1932 – 13 February 2003) was a Norwegian author. From 1957 until 2002, he published both fiction and non-fiction texts which include novels, poems, essays, a biography, and manuscripts for cartoons and animated ...

, author and poet (died 2003) ** Kristian Lund, military officer, engineer and politician (died 2012). *1 March –

Kåre Berg Kåre Ingmar Berg, MD (1 March 1932 – 24 January 2009) was a Norwegian professor in medical genetics, physician-in-chief and well-cited researcher. Education and positions Kåre Berg was born in Hammerfest. He graduated as MD in 1957 and dr.me ...

, professor in medical genetics (died 2009) *4 March –

Sigurd Jansen Sigurd Jansen (born 4 March 1932) is a Norwegian composer, pianist and conductor. Biography Sigurd Alf Jansen was born in Horten, in Vestfold county, Norway. He studied classical music at the Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo. He was a teacher o ...

, composer, pianist and conductor *8 March – Per Høybråten, politician (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 humanity on Earth, astrophysicist ...

) *15 March – Sølvi Sogner, historian (died 2017).

April to June

*2 April – Hroar Elvenes, speed skater (died 2014) *30 April – Kjell Hanssen, politician (died 2014) *5 May –

Børt-Erik Thoresen Børt-Erik Thoresen (5 May 1932 – 10 April 2011) was a Norwegian television host and folk singer. He hosted musical programmes for the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation from 1968 to the late 1980s. He also released several records. Thoresen wa ...

, television host and folk singer (died 2011) *8 May – Astrid Murberg Martinsen, politician (died 1991) *11 May – Ingrid Schjelderup, politician *31 May – Astrid Folstad, actress (died 2009) *4 June – Torstein Tynning, politician (died

2000 File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United States presidential election; Heads of state meet for the Millennium Summit; The International Space Station in its infant form as seen from S ...

) *5 June –

Helga Haugen Helga Haugen (born 5 June 1932 in Bamble) is a Norwegian politician for the Christian Democratic Party. She was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Aust-Agder in 1985, and was re-elected on one occasion. She had previously served in the posi ...

, politician *12 June –

Per Ditlev-Simonsen Per Ditlev-Simonsen (born 12 June 1932) is a Norwegian politician. He was the mayor of Oslo, representing the Conservative Party, from 1995 to 2007. He stepped down on 23 August 2007 following the Swiss bank-account scandal. Ditlev-Simonsen wa ...

, politician and Minister *13 June – Kari Risvik, translator (died

). *19 June – Karstein Hansen, politician *22 June –

Dagfinn Føllesdal Dagfinn Føllesdal (born 22 June 1932) is a Norwegian-American philosopher. He is the Clarence Irving Lewis Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at Stanford University, and professor emeritus at the University of Oslo. Biography and career Følles ...

, professor of philosophy *22 June – Ove Kristian Sundberg, church musician, musicologist and historian of ideas (died

2019 File:2019 collage v1.png, From top left, clockwise: Hong Kong protests turn to widespread riots and civil disobedience; House of Representatives votes to adopt articles of impeachment against Donald Trump; CRISPR gene editing first used to experim ...

July to September

*24 July – Ruth Ryste, politician *26 July – Knut Bjørnsen, sports commentator and journalist (died

) *4 August – Olav Angell, poet, novelist and translator (died 2018) *6 August –

Kjartan Slettemark Kjartan Slettemark (6 August 1932, Naustdal, Norway – 13 December 2008, Stockholm, Sweden) was a Norwegian- Swedish artist. Career He first made a name for himself as an artist with a collage he placed in front of the Parliament of Norway ...

, artist (died

). *8 August – Leif Arne Heløe, politician and Minister *26 August – Asgeir Dølplads, ski jumper *30 August –

Ottar Brox Ottar Brox (30 August 1932 – 16 February 2024) was a Norwegian authority in social science and a politician for the Socialist Left Party (Norway), Socialist Left Party. He was professor of sociology at the University of Tromsø from 1972 to 198 ...

, social scientist and politician *6 September – Arve Hans Otterlei, politician

October to December

*3 October – Bengt Calmeyer, journalist and novelist. *5 October – Kari Rasmussen, singer and actress (died

). *7 October – Helge Stalsberg, physician *8 October –

Per Theodor Haugen Per Theodor Haugen (8 October 1932 – 14 October 2018) was a Norwegian actor. Haugen was theater manager at Oslo Nye Teater from 1985 to 1988. Haugen was born at Kongsberg. He was the son of Trygve Haugen (1897–1943) and his wife Hjørdis ...

, actor (died 2018) *12 November –

Magne Lystad Magne Lystad (12 November 1932, in Kongsvinger – 21 January 1999, in Oslo) was a Norwegian orienteering competitor. Magne Lystad won the first ever European championships in orienteering in 1962, and finished second in the team relay. He becam ...

, orienteering champion (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 shoot ...

) *12 December –

Asbjørn Jordahl Asbjørn Reidar Jordahl (born 12 December 1932) is a Norwegian journalist and a politician for the Labour Party. Jordahl worked for the newspaper Tidens Krav in Kristiansund from 1959 to 1967. He represented Møre og Romsdal in the Norwegian Par ...

, politician and Minister *16 December –

Kjell Heggelund Kjell Heggelund (16 December 1932 – 8 February 2017) was a Norwegian literary researcher, lecturer, editor, manager, poet, translator and literary critic. Personal life Heggelund was born in Hamar. His parents were Kristian Heggelund and Ka ...

, literary researcher, lecturer, editor, poet, translator and literary critic (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 s ...

). *26 December – Oluf Skarpnes, jurist (died

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Deaths

*5 March –

, politician and

Prime Minister of Norway The prime minister of Norway ( no, statsminister, which directly translates to "minister of state") is the head of government and chief executive of Norway. The prime minister and Cabinet (consisting of all the most senior government department ...

(born

1878 Events January–March * January 5 – Russo-Turkish War – Battle of Shipka Pass IV: Russian and Bulgarian forces defeat the Ottoman Empire. * January 9 – Umberto I becomes King of Italy. * January 17 – Bat ...

) *17 March – Georg Brustad, gymnast and Olympic bronze medallist (born

1892 Events January–March * January 1 – Ellis Island begins accommodating immigrants to the United States. * February 1 - The historic Enterprise Bar and Grill was established in Rico, Colorado. * February 27 – Rudolf Diesel applies fo ...

) *5 April –

Kristian Friis Petersen Kristian Friis Petersen (17 September 1867 – 5 April 1932) was the Norwegian Minister of Social Affairs 1914–1916 and Minister of Trade 1916–1919. Kristian became a student from Ålesund Latin School in 1886. In 1891 he attended a Candidat ...

, politician and Minister (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 ...

) *19 April –

Lars Oftedal Lars Oftedal (3 January 1877 – 19 April 1932) was a Norwegian attorney and newspaper editor. Biography Oftedal was born in Stavanger in Rogaland, Norway. He was the son of parish priest Lars Oftedal (1838–1900) and his wife Olava Ma ...

, politician and Minister (born

1877 Events January–March * January 1 – Queen Victoria is proclaimed ''Empress of India'' by the ''Royal Titles Act 1876'', introduced by Benjamin Disraeli, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom . * January 8 – Great ...

) *28 May – Ejnar Torgensen, sailor and Olympic silver medallist (born

1900 As of March 1 ( O.S. February 17), when the Julian calendar acknowledged a leap day and the Gregorian calendar did not, the Julian calendar fell one day further behind, bringing the difference to 13 days until February 28 ( O.S. February 15), 2 ...

) *26 August –

Edvard Bull, Sr. Edvard Bull (4 December 1881 – 26 August 1932) was a Norwegian historian and politician for the Labour Party. He took the doctorate in 1912 and became a professor at the University of Kristiania in 1917, and is known for writings on a broad r ...

, historian and politician (born

1881 Events January–March * January 1– 24 – Siege of Geok Tepe: Russian troops under General Mikhail Skobelev defeat the Turkomans. * January 13 – War of the Pacific – Battle of San Juan and Chorrillos: The ...

) *16 December –

Albert Gran Albert Gran (August 4, 1862 – December 16, 1932) was a Norwegian-born American stage and film actor. He is most associated with his appearance in drama and light comedy films. Biography Albert Gran was born in Bergen, Norway. He was the s ...

, actor (born 1862) *24 December –

Eyvind Alnæs Eyvind Alnæs (29 April 1872 – 24 December 1932) was a Norwegian composer, pianist, organist and choir director. Personal life Alnæs was born in Fredrikstad, as the son of headmaster Johannes Jørgen Lauritz Alnæs (1835–1916) and Elise Ma ...

, composer, pianist, organist and choir director (born

1872 Events January–March * January 12 – Yohannes IV is crowned Emperor of Ethiopia in Axum, the first ruler crowned in that city in over 500 years. * February 2 – The government of the United Kingdom buys a number of forts on ...

)

Full date unknown

Simon Christian Hammer Simon Christian Hammer (19 December 1866 – 18 March 1932) was a Norwegian writer and journalist. Life He was born in Arendal in the county of Aust-Agder, Norway. He became editor-in-chief of '' Stavangeren'' in 1893, and later worked at '' ...

, writer and journalist (born

1866 Events January–March * January 1 ** Fisk University, a historically black university, is established in Nashville, Tennessee. ** The last issue of the abolitionist magazine '' The Liberator'' is published. * January 6 – Ottoman t ...

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