1975 in Norway

← 1974 1973 1972 1975 in Norway → 1976 1977 1978
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Events in the year 1975 in Norway.

Incumbents

• Monarch - Olav V
• Prime Minister - Trygve Bratteli (Labour Party)

Events

• 1 January - Advertising of alcohol and tobacco products are prohibited.
• NRK started television broadcasts in color.
• Municipal and county elections are held throughout the country.

Popular culture

Film

Literature

• Stein Mehren, poet, novelist, essayist and playwright, is awarded the Riksmål Society Literature Prize.

Notable births

Cecilie Leganger

• 9 January – Rolf Bae, mountaineer (d.2008)^[1]
• 12 March – Cecilie Leganger, handball player.^[2]
• 25 March – Lisa Stokke, singer and actress
• 8 May – Anna Ceselie Brustad Moe, politician
• 25 July – Håvard Ellefsen, also known as Mortiis, black metal musician
• 7 August – Gaahl (Kristian Eivind Espedal), black metal musician

Full date unknown

• Frode Haltli, accordion player

Notable deaths

Kristian Welhaven

• 15 January - Edmund Fjærvoll, politician (b.1910)
• 15 January - Håkon Tønsager, rower (b.1890)
• 28 January - Ola Raknes, psychoanalyst and philologist (b.1887)
• 1 February - Martin Smeby, politician (b.1891)
• 5 February - Kristian Fjerdingen, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (b.1884).^[3]
• 22 February - Brynhild Berge, diver (b.1901)
• 14 March - Oddvar Sponberg, race walker (b.1914)
• 12 April - Alf Andersen, ski jumper and Olympic gold medallist (b.1906)
• 16 April - Oscar Larsen, middle distance runner (b.1887)
• 23 April - Ole Stenen, Nordic skier, Olympic silver medallist and World Champion (b.1903).^[4]
• 29 April - Torleiv Corneliussen, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (b.1890)
• 5 May - Nils Eriksen, international soccer player and Olympic bronze medallist (b.1911)
• 15 May - Einar Iveland, politician (b.1892)
• 5 June - Ivar Skjånes, politician (b.1888)
• 11 June - Karl Lunde, politician (b.1892)
• 3 July - Arne Halse, athlete and Olympic silver medallist (b.1887)
• 24 July - Frithjof Andersen, wrestler and Olympic bronze medallist (b.1893).^[5]
• 27 July - Kristian Welhaven, chief of the Oslo police force 1927-1954 (b.1883)
• 10 August – Andreas Backer, journalist and organizational leader (born 1895).^[6]
• 14 August - Einar Normann Rasmussen, politician (b.1907)
• 18 August - Odd Lindbäck-Larsen, military officer and war historian (b.1897)
• 24 August - Oskar Steinvik, politician (b.1908)
• 26 August - Olaf Holtedahl, geologist (b.1885)
• 6 September - Kristoffer Nilsen, boxer (b.1901)
• 8 October - Frithjof Sælen, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (b.1892)
• 11 October - Henry Karlsen, politician (b.1912)
• 12 October - Peder Kjellberg, boxer (b.1902)
• 26 December - Salve Andreas Salvesen, politician (b.1909)

Full date unknown

• Kornelius Bergsvik, politician (b.1889)
• Thor Bjørklund, carpenter and inventor of the cheese slicer (b.1889)
• Thorleif Christoffersen, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (b.1900)
• Johan Faye, sailor and Olympic silver medallist (b.1889)
• Peder Furubotn, cabinetmaker and politician (b.1890)
• Johan Peter Holtsmark, physicist (b.1894)
• Rolf Kiær, hydrographer (b.1897)
• Egil Offenberg, politician and Minister (b.1899)
• Toralv Øksnevad, politician, journalist, newspaper editor and radio personality (b.1891)
• Bjart Ording, horse rider and Olympic silver medallist (b.1898)
• Øystein Olsen Ravner, politician (b.1893)
• Aimée Sommerfelt, author (b.1892)

References

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