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Events in the year 1960 in Norway.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Olav V
• Prime Minister – Einar Gerhardsen (Labour Party)

Events

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• 1 May – The U-2 incident reveals that the United States uses Norwegian air bases as part of spying missions against the Soviet Union.
• 20 August – King Olav V declares television officially opened in Norway.
• 6 October – The Akershus University Hospital opens
• 1 November – Population Census: 3,591,234 inhabitants in Norway.
• 9 December – The Norwegian government decides, contrary to the advice of the Norwegian military leadership, that Norway will not acquire any nuclear weapons.
• NRK began its regular television broadcasts.

Popular culture

Sports

• 1960 in Norwegian football
• Norway at the 1960 Summer Olympics
• Norway at the 1960 Winter Olympics

Music

Film

• Struggle for Eagle Peak (Venner), starring Alf Malland

Literature

• Jens Bjørneboe - Den onde hyrde

Television

Notable births

• 17 January – Vivian Knarvik Bugge, politician.
• 7 February – Ingunn Foss, politician
• 2 March – Svein Stølen, chemist.
• 10 March – Agnete Haaland, actress and theatre director.
• 19 March – Hanne Woods, curler.
• 21 March – Gunn Nyborg, footballer.
• 29 March – Sonja Mandt-Bartholsen, politician
• 4 April – Brit Volden, orienteering competitor.
• 8 April – Jørn Sigurd Maurud, jurist and civil servant.
• 27 April – Hanne Hegh, handball player.
• 25 June – Randi Karlstrøm, politician
• 26 June – Rigmor Aasrud, politician
• 16 July – Trond Abrahamsen, ice hockey player.
• 17 July – Toril Marie Øie, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Norway.
• 21 July – Brynjar Aa, dramatist
• 27 July – Sverre Løken, rower.
• 2 August – Joar Vaadal, footballer.
• 10 August – Øystein Alme, author
• 2 September – Kristin Halvorsen, politician and Minister
• 2 September – Ida Hjort Kraby, civil servant.
• 2 September – Vetle Lid Larssen, journalist and novelist.
• 4 September – Ragnhild Aarflot Kalland, politician
• 18 September – Nils Petter Molvær, jazz trumpeter, composer and producer
• 1 October – Per Bergersen, musician (died 1990)
• 26 October – Arne Berggren, writer and musician.
• 18 December – Niels Christian Geelmuyden, journalist and writer
• 11 December – Frode Grytten, writer and journalist

Notable deaths

• 15 January – Carl Fredrik Holmboe, engineer (b. 1882)
• 2 February – Eilert Falch-Lund, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (b. 1875)
• 15 May – Rolf Jacobsen, boxer (b. 1899)
• 22 May – Anders Tjøstolvsen Noddeland, politician (b. 1885)
• 25 June – Carl Alfred Pedersen, gymnast and triple jumper (b. 1882)
• 22 July
  • Bodil Katharine Biørn, missionary known as Mother Katharine (b. 1871)
  • Hans Nordvik, rifle shooter and Olympic gold medallist (b. 1880).
• 29 July – Kristian Østervold, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (b. 1885).
• 29 July – Carl Wilhelm Rubenson, mountaineer (born 1885 in Sweden).
• 12 September – Jakob Nilsson Vik, politician and Minister (b. 1882)
• 28 September – Gabriel Kielland, architect, painter and designer (b. 1871)
• 14 October – Sigurd Hoel, author and publishing consultant (b. 1890)
• 27 November – Gunnar Kaasen, musher, delivered diphtheria antitoxin to Nome, Alaska in 1925, as the last leg of a dog sled relay that saved the city from an epidemic (b. 1882)
• 13 December – Christopher Hornsrud, politician and Prime Minister of Norway (b. 1859)
• 13 December – Einar Jansen, historian, genealogist and archivist (b. 1893)
• 17 December – Arne Sejersted, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (b.1877).
• 18 December – Trygve Schjøtt, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (b.1882).
• 28 December – Karl Eugen Hammerstedt, politician (b.1903)

Full date missing

• Birger Gotaas, journalist (b. 1883).

See also

• Norway
• History
• Lists

References

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2. Alan Goble (8 September 2011). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. p. 987. ISBN 978-3-11-095194-3.
3. "Bugge, Vivian Knarvik (1960-)". stortinget.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 23 January 2023.
4. Pedersen, Bjørn. "Svein Stølen". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
5. Bikset, Lillian. "Agnete Gullestad Haaland". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
6. "Hanne Pettersen-Woods". olympedia.org. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
7. Holm, Jan. "Gunn Lisbeth Nyborg". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
8. Bryhn, Rolf. "Brit Volden". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
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22. Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Carl Wilhelm Rubenson". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
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