1955 in Norway

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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.

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

Haaken Hasberg Gran photographed by fellow student Carl Størmer outside the University in the 1890s

16 January – Asbjørn Halvorsen, international soccer player and general secretary of the Norwegian Football Association (born 1898)
16 February – Einar Osland, politician (born 1886)
2 May – Torkell Vinje, politician (born 1879)
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).^[2]
17 October – Charles Mackenzie Bruff, forensic chemist (born 1887).^[3]

↑ Godal, Anne Marit (ed.). "Marit Breivik". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
↑ "Einar Liberg". SR/Olympic Sports. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 12 November 2012.
↑ Jørgensen, Jørn-Kr. "Charles M Bruff". In Helle, Knut. Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 25 January 2014.

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