Events in the year 1949 in Norway.

Incumbents

* Monarch – Haakon VII * Prime Minister – Einar Gerhardsen ( Labour Party)

Events

* October 10 – The 1949 Parliamentary election takes place. * November 20 –

Hurum air disaster The Hurum air disaster was an Aero Holland plane crash in Hurum southwest of Oslo, Norway when a Douglas DC-3 which was carrying Jewish children from Tunisia who were to transit through Norway while immigrating to Israel crashed as it was appr ...

: an Aero Holland

Douglas DC-3 The Douglas DC-3 is a propeller-driven airliner manufactured by Douglas Aircraft Company, which had a lasting effect on the airline industry in the 1930s to 1940s and World War II. It was developed as a larger, improved 14-bed sleeper version ...

crashes near Hurum, Norway, killing 34 of the 35 on board, including 26 Jewish children from Tunisia on their way to Norway, as an intermediary stop before immigrating to Israel.

Popular culture

Sports

* Martin Stokken, cross country skier and athlete, is awarded the Egebergs Ærespris for excellence in more than one sport, and the

Norwegian Sportsperson of the Year Norwegian, Norwayan, or Norsk may refer to: *Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe *Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway *Demographics of Norway *The Norwegian language, including the ...

Music

Film

Literature

* The

Knut Hamsund Knut Hamsun (4 August 1859 – 19 February 1952) was a Norwegian writer who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1920. Hamsun's work spans more than 70 years and shows variation with regard to consciousness, subject, perspective a ...

novel ''Paa gjengrodde Stier'' (''On Overgrown Paths''), was published.

Notable births

*7 January –

Bente Erichsen Bente Erichsen (born 7 January 1949) is a Norwegian culture director and the current (and inaugural) Director of the Nobel Peace Center. A former journalist and commercials producer, Erichsen started her career as feature film producer in 1979. B ...

, culture director *7 February –

Oddvar Einarson Oddvar Einarson (born 7 February 1949) is a Norwegian movie director. He made his debut with the film '' Time i nyttelære'' in 1967 and has since directed a number of films, some of the best known being: '' Kampen om Mardøla'' (1972), '' Prognose ...

, film director *2 April – Per Husby, jazz musician and orchestra leader *10 April –

Ingolf Håkon Teigene Ingolf Håkon Teigene (10 April 1949 – 12 June 2007) was a Norwegian journalist. Teigene hailed from Hareid. He started his career as a journalist, and was editor-in-chief of ''Ny Tid'' from 1982 to 1986, at that time a newspaper owned by the ...

, journalist and editor (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 ...

) *29 April –

Hæge Follegg Pedersen Hæge Follegg Pedersen (born 29 April 1949) is a Norwegian writer for children and young adults. She resides in Skien, Telemark, where she grew up. She made her literary debut in 1984 with the children's book ''Under en grønn himmel''. Her n ...

, children's writer. *3 May – Esben Esther Pirelli Benestad, doctor and sexologist *14 May – Sverre Årnes, novelist *19 May –

Inga Kvalbukt Inga Kvalbukt (born 19 May 1949 in Alstahaug) is a Norwegian politician for the Centre Party. She was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Nordland in 1993, but was not re-elected in 1997. She had previously served in the position of deputy ...

, politician *30 May **

Bjørn T. Grydeland Bjørn Trygve Grydeland (born 30 May 1949) is a Norwegian civil servant and diplomat. He graduated as cand.polit. from the University of Oslo in 1979. He was deputy under-secretary of State in the Office of the Prime Minister from 1988 to 1992, ...

, civil servant and diplomat **

Ove Thorsheim Ove Thorsheim (born 30 May 1949) is a Norwegian diplomat. Thorsheim holds a cand.philol. Thorsheim began for the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1979. He was the Norwegian ambassador to Australia from 2000 to 2005 and South Africa from ...

, Norwegian diplomat *20 June –

Synnøve Korssjøen Synnøve Korssjøen (born 20 June 1949) is a Norwegian goldsmith. She was born in Røros to Petter Korssjøen and Solveig Sommer, and resides in Trondheim. She studied at the Norwegian National Academy of Craft and Art Industry from 1967 to 1970 ...

, goldsmith, jewellery designer. *30 September – Lars Klevstrand, singer, guitarist, and composer. *8 November –

Clement Endresen Clement Endresen (born 8 November 1949) is a Norwegian judge. He was born in Stavanger as the son of politician and judge Egil Endresen. He graduated as cand.jur. from the University of Oslo in 1974, and then worked as lecturer there from 1975 to ...

, judge *10 November – Aud Gaundal, politician *18 November – Sverre Diesen, military officer and Chief of Defence of Norway *18 November – Knut Magne Flølo, politician *30 November –

Petter Henriksen Petter Henriksen (born 30 November 1949) is a Norwegian musician and publisher. Personal life Henriksen was born in Brooklyn on 30 November 1949, and graduated with a degree in music from the University of Oslo. Musical career Henriksen was a ...

, musician and publisher. *6 December – Bjørn Hvinden, sociologist *9 December – Anne Enger, politician *14 December – Inger Lise Rypdal, singer and actress

Notable deaths

*25 January – Leon Aurdal, painter (born 1890 in Norway, 1890). *5 February – Rudolf Elias Peersen, politician and Minister (born 1868 in Norway, 1868) *14 February – Lise Stauri, educator (born 1882 in Norway, 1882). *21 February – Anders Beer Wilse, photographer (born 1865 in Norway, 1865) *2 June – Gudbrand Bernhardsen Tandberg, politician (born 1903 in Norway, 1903) *10 June – Sigrid Undset, novelist, awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1928 (born 1882 in Norway, 1882) *12 July – Kirsten Utheim Toverud, pediatrician (born 1890 in Norway, 1890). *13 July – Nils Tveit, politician (born 1876 in Norway, 1876) *15 July – Erik Solem, judge (born 1877 in Norway, 1877) *8 August – Eivind Kristoffer Eriksen, politician (born 1893 in Norway, 1893) *8 October – Erik Ørvig, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (born 1895 in Norway, 1895) *4 December – Ivar Lykke (politician), Ivar Lykke, politician and Prime Minister of Norway (born 1872 in Norway, 1872) *22 December – Ole Reistad, military officer and pentathlete (born 1898 in Norway, 1898).

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