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1954 in Norway

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Events in the year 1954 in Norway.

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

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• 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.

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

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

• 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

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

• 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]

• Rasmus Olsen Langeland, politician and Minister (born 1873)
• Per Berg Lund, politician and Minister (born 1878)
• Torjus Værland, politician and Minister (born 1868)

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