1914 in Norway

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Events in the year 1914 in Norway.

Incumbents

• Monarch - Haakon VII
• Prime Minister - Gunnar Knudsen

Arts and literature

• Vaaren, novel by Sigrid Undset.^[1][2]

Sport

• 25 June - Aalesunds FK football club is founded

Births

Alf Prøysen

• 4 January – Fredrik Stabel, illustrator and satirical writer (died 2001).^[3]
• 31 January – Hans Martin Gulbrandsen, canoeist (died 1979)
• 4 February – Tore Holthe, rear admiral (died 1973)
• 3 March – Håkon Johnsen, politician (died 1991)
• 7 March – Knut Bergsland, linguist (died 1998)
• 7 March – Arne Jensen, banker
• 18 March – Trygve Haugeland, politician and Minister (died 1998)
• 20 March – Lilly Bølviken, judge (died 2011)
• 9 April – Ottar Fjærvoll, politician (died 1995)
• 28 April – Johan Møller Warmedal, politician (died 1988)
• 29 April – Erling Evensen, cross country skier and Olympic bronze medallist (died 1998).^[4]
• 26 May – Edel Eckblad, actress (died 1994)
• 2 June – Alfred Thommesen, ship owner and politician (died 1988)
• 13 June – Olav Aase, politician (died 1992)
• 16 June – Otto Dahl, politician (died 1978)
• 17 June – Halvor Thorbjørn Hjertvik, politician (died 1995)
• 26 June – Arnfinn Severin Roald, politician (died 1983)
• 30 June – Magnar Hellebust, politician (died 2008)
• 5 July – Toralf Westermoen, engineer, pioneer for the development of high speed craft (died 1986)
• 6 July – Inga Lovise Tusvik, politician (died 1992)
• 23 July – Reidar Kvammen, international soccer player (died 1998)
• 23 July – Alf Prøysen, writer and musician (died 1970)
• 9 August – Leif Hamre, military officer and children's writer (died 2007).^[5]
• 18 August – Oddvar Sponberg, race walker (died 1975)
• 24 August – Rolf Holmberg, soccer player and Olympic bronze medallist (died 1979)
• 24 August – Ivar Iversen, canoeist (died 2012)
• 30 September – Bjarne Flem, politician (died 1999)
• 6 October – Thor Heyerdahl, ethnographer and adventurer (died 2002)
• 27 October – Rolv Ryssdal, judge (died 1998)

Full date unknown

• Undis Blikken, female speed skating pioneer and World Champion (died 1992)
• Sigurd Engelstad, genealogist and archivist (died 2006)
• Arnholdt Kongsgaard, ski jumper (died 1991)
• Gotfred Kvifte, physicist (died 1997)
• Jens Christian Mellbye, judge (died 1993)
• Gunnar Randers, physicist (died 1992)
• Øistein Strømnæs, intelligence officer (died 1980)
• Anne Margrethe Strømsheim, resistance member (died 2008)

Deaths

• 21 January - Theodor Kittelsen, artist (born 1857)
• 19 April - Frederik Collett, painter (born 1839)
• 11 September - Edvard Larsen, triple jumper and Olympic bronze medallist (born 1881)
• 1 October - Kitty Lange Kielland, painter (born 1843)
• 30 October - Johan Christopher Brun, pharmacist and politician (born 1838)

Full date unknown

• Niels Stockfleth Darre Eckhoff, architect (born 1831)

References

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