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1955 in Norway

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Events in the year 1955 in Norway.

Incumbents[edit]

• Monarch – Haakon VII
• Regent – Olav after July, following injury to King due to fall
• Prime Minister – Oscar Torp (Labour Party) until 22 January, Einar Gerhardsen (Labour Party)

Events[edit]

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• 14 January – Prime Minister Oscar Torp resigned.
• 22 January – Gerhardsen's Third Cabinet was appointed.
• 3 December – Osvald Harjo returned to Norway after 13 years in Soviet prison camps.
• Municipal and county elections are held throughout the country.

Popular culture[edit]

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Sports[edit]

• Kristian Kristiansen, novelist, playwright, short story and children's writer, is awarded the Mads Wiel Nygaard's Endowment literary prize

Music[edit]

Film[edit]

Literature[edit]

• Jonas, novel by Jens Bjørneboe

Notable births[edit]

• 2 March – Sven Mollekleiv, organizational leader
• 10 April – Marit Breivik, handball player and coach.^[1]
• 16 June – Grete Faremo, former politician and businessperson
• 18 July – Hilde Grythe, actress.^[2]
• 30 July – Gunnar Pettersen, handball player and coach.^[3]
• 5 August – Lise Christoffersen, politician
• 7 August – Vigdis Hjulstad Belbo, politician
• 10 August – Kari Henriksen, politician
• 16 August – Åse Lill Kimestad, politician
• 30 November – Berit Kjøll, corporate officer and sports administrator.^[4]
• 16 December – Kari Økland, politician

Full date missing[edit]

• Gerd Kvale, psychologist

Notable deaths[edit]

• 16 January – Asbjørn Halvorsen, international soccer player and general secretary of the Norwegian Football Association (born 1898)
• 25 January – Hans Peter Elisa Lødrup, journalist, newspaper editor, non-fiction writer and politician (born 1885).^[5]
• 16 February – Einar Osland, politician (born 1886)
• 2 May – Torkell Vinje, politician (born 1879)
• 6 May – Barbra Ring, writer (born 1870).^[6]
• 1 June – F. Melius Christiansen, violinist and choral conductor (born 1871)
• 2 June – Haaken Hasberg Gran, botanist (born 1870)
• 28 June – Haakon Lind, boxer (born 1906)
• 6 July – Alfred Næss, speed skater (born 1877)
• 10 July – Einar Frogner, politician and Minister (born 1893)
• 11 July – Christian S. Oftedal, politician (born 1907)
• 22 July – Haakon Shetelig, archaeologist (born 1877)
• 30 July – Ferdinand Schjelderup, mountaineer, Supreme Court Justice and resistance member (born 1886)
• 4 September – Christen Gran Bøgh, jurist, tourism promoter and theatre critic (born 1876)
• 9 September – Einar Liberg, rifle shooter and Olympic gold medallist (born 1873).^[7]
• 17 October – Charles Mackenzie Bruff, forensic chemist (born 1887).^[8]

Full date unknown[edit]

• Anders Fjelstad, politician (born 1879)
• Karl Hovelsen, Nordic skier (born 1877)
• Andreas Tostrup Urbye, politician and Minister (born 1869)

See also[edit]

History

Lists

References[edit]

External links[edit]

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