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Events in the year 1947 in Norway.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Haakon VII
• Prime Minister – Einar Gerhardsen (Labour Party)

Events

• 7 August – Thor Heyerdahl's balsa wood raft, the Kon-Tiki, smashes into the reef at Raroia in the Tuamotu Islands after a 101-day, 4,300-mile journey across the Pacific Ocean, proving that pre-historic peoples could have traveled from South America.
• 28 August – Kvitbjørn disaster: A flying boat of type Short Sandringham named "Kvitbjørn" crashes into a mountain near Lødingen in Norway; all 35 on board (28 passengers and 7 crew) perish.
• Owned by Norsk Hydro between 1912 and 1918, the artificial fertilizer production at Glomfjord is leased back to Hydro by the Norwegian government. This activity is today^[update] Yara International. Hydro also buys the power plant.
• Municipal and county elections are held throughout the country.

Popular culture

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Sports

Music

Film

Literature

• The Norwegian Writers for Children association (Norske Barne- og Ungdomsbokforfattere) is founded.
• Nils Johan Rud, novelist, short story writer and magazine editor, is awarded the Gyldendal's Endowment literature prize for the first time

Notable births

January

• 2 January – Hans Gjeisar Kjæstad, politician
• 19 January – Frank Aarebrot, political economist (died 2017).
• 20 January – Dag Jostein Fjærvoll, politician (died 2021).
• 24 January – Øystein Sunde, folk singer and guitarist

February

• 4 February – Halvor Hagen, American football player
• 9 February – Ole Paus, singer, author and poet
• 14 February – Marit Nybakk, politician
• 20 February – Torstein Dahle, politician and economist
• 27 February – Johan Elsness, politician

March

• 2 March – Steinar Pedersen, politician
• 4 March – Jan Garbarek, saxophonist
• 5 March
  • Jørg Willy Bronebakk, diplomat
  • Lorents Lorentsen, civil servant
  • Ola Didrik Saugstad, pediatrician and professor
• 7 March – Laila Riksaasen Dahl, bishop
• 12 March
  • Erling Lars Dale, educationalist (died 2011)
  • Arne Sortevik, politician
• 15 March – Henning Skumsvoll, politician
• 16 March – Erling Lae, politician
• 28 March – Hanne Aga, poet (died 2019).^[1][2]
• 29 March – Aage Kvalbein, cellist and professor of cello
• 30 March – Torbjørn Digernes, physicist and professor

April

• 4 April – Inger Smuk, politician
• 9 April – Olav Steinar Namtvedt, politician
• 11 April – Kristen Fløgstad, triple jumper and long jumper
• 21 April – Inge Hansen, businessperson
• 22 April – Anne Brit Stråtveit, politician
• 23 April – Hugo Parr, physicist.^[3]
• 26 April – Sverre Leiro, businessperson
• 30 April – Finn Kalvik, singer and composer

May

• 6 May – Odd Aalen, statistician and professor
• 9 May – Frank Stubb Micaelsen, poet and novelist (d. 2013).^[4]
• 12 May – Tore Eriksen, economist and civil servant
• 16 May
  • Kari Gjesteby, politician
  • Tom Thoresen, politician

June

• 8 June – Jan Otto Fredagsvik, politician
• 10 June – Finn Jarle Sæle, newspaper editor.^[5]
• 11 June – Svein Erik Bakke, entrepreneur (died 2006).
• 14 June – Karen Margrethe Kuvaas, politician
• 23 June – Thor Hansen, professional poker player (died 2018).
• 27 June – Tron Øgrim, journalist, author and politician (died 2007).
• 28 June – Bjørn Simensen, culture administrator and former journalist

July

• 3 July
  • Rolf Erling Andersen, politician (died 2021)
  • Grethe Kausland, singer, performer and actress (died 2007).^[6]
• 5 July
  • Astrid Bekkenes, politician
  • Sigurd Frisvold, Chief of Defence (died 2022)
• 18 July – Berit Unn Johansen, figure skater.^[7]
• 24 July – Svein Rennemo, businessperson
• 26 July – Kristian Helland, politician
• 28 July – Kjell Øvergård, politician

August

• 4 August – Halvar Hansen, politician
• 12 August – Ole Henrik Magga, linguist and politician
• 20 August – Per Ravn Omdal, president of the Norwegian Football Association
• 23 August – Terje Rypdal, guitarist and composer

September

• 1 September – Jan Jakob Tønseth, author, poet and translator
• 3 September – Kjell Magne Bondevik, Prime Minister (died 2018)
• 12 September – Bjørn Floberg, actor
• 19 September – Knut Karlberg, veterinarian
• 21 September – Åge Tovan, politician
• 23 September – Morten Strand, soccer player and politician
• 24 September – Erik Hivju, actor
• 25 September – Torhild Staahlen, operatic mezzo-soprano
• 27 September – Svein Kvia, international soccer player (died 2005).
• 28 September – Gustav Lorentzen, singer-songwriter (died 2010).

October

• 10 October – Håkon Helgøy, politician
• 11 October – Sigmund Kroslid, politician
• 14 October – Per Otto Furuseth, handball player, coach and administrator.^[8]
• 19 October – Gunnar Staalesen, writer
• 26 October – Eli Hagen, secretary.^[9]
• 31 October – Gunhild Elise Øyangen, politician

November

• 3 November – Tor Svendsberget, biathlete.^[10]
• 5 November – Eyvind Skeie, priest and author
• 18 November – Øyvind Stene, engineer and businessperson
• 19 November – Finn Tveter, rower, Olympic silver medallist and jurist (died 2018).
• 22 November – Terje Rød-Larsen, diplomat and sociologist
• 24 November – Eva Lundgren, feminist scholar and sociologist

December

• 5 December – Jørgen Kosmo, politician (died 2017).
• 18 December
  • Einar Olav Skogholt, politician
  • Sten Stensen, speed skater and Olympic gold medallist
• 29 December – Odd-Arne Jacobsen, musician

Full date unknown

• Håvard Kjærstad, businessperson
• An-Magritt Jensen, sociologist
• Kai Paulsen, journalist, photographer and computer collector (died 2002)
• Johan Vold, businessperson

Notable deaths

• 1 January – Paul Benjamin Vogt, politician (born 1863)
• 12 February – Ragnhild Kåta, first deaf-blind person in Norway to receive proper schooling (born 1873)
• 10 March – Ole Wehus, Nazi collaborator and torturer, executed (born 1909)
• 8 April – Olaf Frydenlund, rifle shooter and Olympic silver medallist (born 1862)
• 22 April – Einar Dønnum, Nazi collaborator, executed (born 1897)
• 30 April – Yngvar Bryn, track and field athlete and pairs figure skater (born 1881)
• 24 May – Øistein Schirmer, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (born 1879)
• 28 June – Per Steenberg, organist and composer (born 1870)^[11]
• 1 August – Harald Natvig, rifle shooter and Olympic gold medallist (born 1872).^[12]
• 15 September – Øistein Jakobsen, politician (born 1907)
• 15 October – John Johansen, sprinter (born 1883)
• 18 October – Johan Cappelen, jurist and politician (born 1889)
• 21 October
  • Torger Baardseth, bookseller and publisher (born 1875)
  • Per Larssen, politician (born 1881)
• 23 October – Sigurd Christiansen, novelist and playwright (born 1891)
• 3 November – Embrik Strand, arachnologist (born 1876)
• 20 November – Magnus Nilssen, politician (born 1871)

Full date unknown

• Per Lysne, Rosemaling artist (born 1880)

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