1937 in Norway

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Centuries:

18th
19th
20th
21st

Decades:

1910s
1920s
1930s
1940s
1950s

Incumbents

Monarch - Haakon VII
Prime Minister - Johan Nygaardsvold (Labour Party)

Events

29 May - Stavanger Airport, Sola is opened by King Haakon VII
Municipal and county elections are held throughout the country.
A flash flood destroys 20 houses in Simadalen, Sogn og Fjordane. No lives are lost.^[1]

Notable births

4 January - Harald Barlie, Greco-Roman wrestler
4 January - Ole Kristian Grimnes, historian
4 January - Per Tresselt, diplomat
11 February - Ola Teigen, politician (died 1970)
17 February - Bjørn Wiik, physicist (died 1999)
18 February - Halle Jørn Hanssen, television correspondent, development aid administrator and politician
21 February - Harald V, King of Norway
22 February - Bjarte Eikeset, jurist and politician
23 March - Per Olav Wiken, sailor and Olympic silver medallist
13 April - Berge Furre, historian, theologian and politician
15 April - Johan J. Jakobsen, politician and Minister
18 April - Arne Alsåker Spilde, politician
21 April - Henrik Jahre, politician
11 May - Per Brunvand, newspaper editor
24 May - Fredrik Torp, architect
2 June - Geir Kjetsaa, professor of Russian literary history, translator and author (died 2008)
28 June - Odd Bergh, triple jumper and long jumper
4 July - Queen Sonja of Norway
29 July - Pål Bang-Hansen, actor, film producer, film critic and television personality
3 August - Gudrun Waadeland, actress and theatre director
20 August - Kjell Hovik, pole vaulter
4 September - Per Risvik, politician
6 September - Tom Veierød, civil servant
13 September - Alv Gjestvang, speed skater and Olympic silver medallist
14 September - Dag C. Weberg, politician
18 September - Per Flatberg, environmentalist and pharmacist
24 September - Børre Knudsen, Lutheran minister and pro-life activist
26 September - Aud Blattmann, politician
16 October - Reidar Hjermstad, cross country skier
17 October - Svein Johannessen, chess player, became Norway's second International Master (died 2007)
31 October – Per Øien, flutist (died 2016).^[2]
14 November - Bjørn Bang Andersen, shot putter
23 November - Turi Widerøe, Norway's first female air transport pilot
29 November - Johan Jørgen Holst, politician and Minister (died 1994)
1 December - Bodolf Hareide, politician
3 December - Willy Rasmussen, javelin thrower
8 December - Arne Næss, Jr., businessman and mountaineer (died 2004)
23 December - Arne Larsen, Nordic combined skier and World Champion
24 December - Ola Wærhaug, biathlete, Olympic silver medallist and World Champion
29 December - Hjalmar Inge Sunde, military officer
31 December - Bjørn Rønningen, children's writer

Full date unknown

Jan Balstad, politician and Minister
Knut Boye, civil economist (died 2008)^[3]
Ronald Bye, politician and Minister
Øyvind Gustavsen, civil servant
Einfrid Halvorsen, politician
Knut Hartvig Johannson, businessperson
Arild Nyquist, novelist, poet, children's writer and musician (died 2004)
Oddrunn Pettersen, politician and Minister (died 2002)
Gudmund Restad, politician and Minister
Wenche Frogn Sellæg, politician and Minister

Notable deaths

Harald Stormoen

7 January - Hjalmar Nygaard, boxer (born 1900)
19 July - Sigurd Asserson, civil servant (born 1882)
27 July - Hans Dahl, painter (born 1849)
27 October - Harald Pettersen, businessperson and politician (born 1869)
14 November - Harald Stormoen, actor (born 1872)
23 December - Nils Collett Vogt, poet (born 1864)

References

↑ "Simadalen og Sima kraftverk". Sogn og Fjordane County Municipality (in Norwegian). Retrieved 25 September 2014.
↑ Bjerkestrand, Nils E. "Per Øien". In Godal, Anne Marit. Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
↑ NHHs internavis Paraplyen: Knut Boye er død (Norwegian)

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