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Events in the year 1937 in Norway.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Haakon VII.
• Prime Minister – Johan Nygaardsvold (Labour Party)

Events

• 29 May – Stavanger Airport, Sola is opened by King Haakon VII
• Municipal and county elections are held throughout the country.
• A flash flood destroys 20 houses in the Sima Valley, Hordaland. No lives are lost.

Popular culture

Sports

Music

Film

Literature

Notable births

• 4 January – Harald Barlie, Greco-Roman wrestler (died 1995)
• 4 January – Ole Kristian Grimnes, historian
• 4 January – Per Tresselt, diplomat
• 11 February – Ola Teigen, politician (died 1970)
• 17 February – Bjørn Wiik, physicist (died 1999)
• 18 February – Halle Jørn Hanssen, television correspondent, development aid administrator and politician
• 21 February – Harald V, King of Norway
• 22 February – Bjarte Eikeset, jurist and politician
• 23 March – Per Olav Wiken, sailor and Olympic silver medallist (died 2011)
• 13 April – Berge Furre, historian, theologian and politician
• 15 April – Johan J. Jakobsen, politician and Minister (died 2016)
• 18 April – Arne Alsåker Spilde, politician (died 2018)
• 21 April – Henrik Jahre, politician
• 7 May – Gullow Gjeseth, Army officer (died 2017.
• 11 May – Per Brunvand, newspaper editor (died 2015)
• 24 May – Fredrik Torp, architect
• 2 June – Geir Kjetsaa, professor of Russian literary history, translator and author (died 2008)
• 28 June – Odd Bergh, triple jumper and long jumper (died 2023)
• 4 July – Queen Sonja of Norway
• 29 July – Pål Bang-Hansen, actor, film producer, film critic and television personality (died 2010)
• 3 August – Gudrun Waadeland, actress and theatre director (died 2020)
• 20 August – Kjell Hovik, pole vaulter
• 4 September – Per Risvik, politician
• 6 September – Tom Veierød, civil servant
• 13 September – Alv Gjestvang, speed skater and Olympic silver medallist (died 2016)
• 14 September – Dag C. Weberg, politician
• 18 September – Per Flatberg, environmentalist and pharmacist (died 2022)
• 24 September – Børre Knudsen, Lutheran minister and anti-abortion activist (died 2022)
• 26 September – Aud Blattmann, politician (died 2023)
• 16 October – Reidar Hjermstad, cross country skier
• 17 October – Svein Johannessen, chess player, became Norway's second International Master (died 2007)
• 21 October – Johan Fredrik Heyerdahl, publisher and secretary general (died 2021).
• 31 October – Per Øien, flutist (died 2016).
• 14 November – Bjørn Bang Andersen, shot putter
• 23 November – Turi Widerøe, Norway's first female air transport pilot
• 29 November – Johan Jørgen Holst, politician and Minister (died 1994)
• 1 December – Bodolf Hareide, politician
• 3 December – Willy Rasmussen, javelin thrower (died 2018)
• 8 December – Arne Næss, Jr., businessman and mountaineer (died 2004)
• 23 December – Arne Larsen, Nordic combined skier and World Champion
• 24 December – Ola Wærhaug, biathlete, Olympic silver medallist and World Champion
• 29 December – Hjalmar Inge Sunde, military officer
• 30 December – Einar Johan Rasmussen, ships engineer and ship owner.
• 31 December – Bjørn Rønningen, children's writer

Full date unknown

• Jan Balstad, politician and Minister
• Knut Boye, civil economist (died 2008)
• Ronald Bye, politician and Minister (died 2018)
• Nils Petter Faarlund, mountaineer.
• Øyvind Gustavsen, civil servant
• Einfrid Halvorsen, politician
• Knut Hartvig Johannson, businessperson
• Arild Nyquist, novelist, poet, children's writer and musician (died 2004)
• Oddrunn Pettersen, politician and Minister (died 2002)
• Gudmund Restad, politician and Minister (died 2021)
• Wenche Frogn Sellæg, politician and Minister

Notable deaths

• 7 January – Hjalmar Nygaard, boxer (born 1900)
• 19 July – Sigurd Asserson, civil servant (born 1882)
• 27 July – Hans Dahl, painter (born 1849)
• 27 October – Harald Pettersen, businessperson and politician (born 1869)
• 14 November – Harald Stormoen, actor (born 1872)
• 23 December – Nils Collett Vogt, poet (born 1864)

See also

• Norway
• History
• Lists

References

1. Grimnes, Ole Kristian; Dørum, Knut. "Haakon 7.". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
2. "Simadalen og Sima kraftverk". Sogn og Fjordane County Municipality (in Norwegian). Retrieved 25 September 2014.
3. Leraand, Dag. "Gullow Gjeseth". In Godal, Anne Marit (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 11 February 2017.
4. Arntzen, Jon Gunnar, ed. (1994). "Heyerdahl, Johan Fredrik". Hvem er hvem? (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget; Aschehoug; Gyldendal. p. 231. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
5. "Tidligere bokklubbredaktør Johan Fredrik Heyerdahl er død". abcnyheter.no (in Norwegian). NTB. 26 April 2021. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
6. Bjerkestrand, Nils E. "Per Øien". In Godal, Anne Marit (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
7. Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Einar Johan Rasmussen". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
8. NHHs internavis Paraplyen: Knut Boye er død Archived 2011-07-24 at the Wayback Machine (in Norwegian)
9. Askheim, Svein. "Nils Petter Faarlund". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 5 January 2023.

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