← 1913 1912 1911 1914 in Norway → 1915 1916 1917
Centuries:	18th 19th 20th 21st
Decades:	1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s
See also:	List of years in Norway

Events in the year 1914 in Norway.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Haakon VII.^[1]
• Prime Minister – Gunnar Knudsen

Events

• May 5 – November 11 – The Jubilee Exhibition (Jubilæumsutstillingen) is held at Kristiania, Norway, to mark the centennial of the country's Constitution.

Popular culture

Sports

• 25 June – Aalesunds FK football club was founded.

Music

Film

Literature

• Vaaren, novel by Sigrid Undset.^[2][3]
• The Olav Duun novel Tre venner (Three Friends) was published.

Births

• 4 January – Fredrik Stabel, illustrator and satirical writer (died 2001).^[4]
• 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 (died 2002)
• 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).^[5]
• 26 May – Edel Eckblad, actress (died 1994)
• 2 June – Alfred Thommesen, ship owner and politician (died 1988)
• 8 June – Kåre Siem, musician and writer (died 1986).^[6]
• 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)
• 11 July – Gøril Havrevold, actress (died 1992).^[7]
• 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).^[8]
• 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).^[9]
• 21 September – Else Hagen, visual artist (died 2010).^[10]
• 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)
• 3 February – Johannes Skar, educator and folklorist (b. 1837).^[11]
• 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)

See also

References

External links

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