1903 in Norway
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Events in the year 1903 in Norway.
Incumbents
Events
- 31 January–6 February – The Nordic Games take place in Kristiania.[2]
- 7 April – Fredrikstad Football Club (FFK) is founded
- 16 June – Roald Amundsen commences the first east-west navigation of the Northwest Passage by leaving Oslo, Norway.
- 10 August – The Oseberg ship, a well-preserved Viking ship from the 9th century, was discovered in a large burial mound at the Oseberg farm near Tønsberg in the Vestfold county.
- 22 October – Francis Hagerup succeeded Otto Blehr as Prime Minister of Norway
- The 1903 Parliamentary election takes place.
- Edvard Grieg, in Paris, became the first Norwegian to make gramophone records
Popular culture
Sports
Music
Film
Literature
Births
- 5 January – Kirsten Hansteen, politician and Minister, first female member of cabinet in Norway (died 1974).[3]
- 19 January – Dyre Vaa, sculptor and painter (died 1980).[4]
- 29 January – Olav Rytter, newspaper editor, radio personality, foreign correspondent, philologist and translator (died 1992)
- 3 February – Johan Strand Johansen, politician and Minister (died 1970)
- 25 February – Olav Kjetilson Nylund, politician (died 1957)
- 17 March – Olav Meisdalshagen, politician and Minister (died 1959)
- 27 March – Leif Tronstad, scientist, intelligence officer and military organizer (died 1945).[5]
- 28 March – Hans Kristian Bromstad, politician (died 1971)
- 24 April – Anders Platou Wyller, philologist and humanist (died 1940)
- 27 April – Tor Skjønsberg, resistance leader, politician and Minister (died 1993)
- 28 April – Egil Rasmussen, author, literature critic and musician (died 1964)
- 2 May – Øivin Fjeldstad, conductor and violinist (died 1983)
- 19 May – Karl Eugen Hammerstedt, politician (died 1960)
- 24 May – Gudbrand Bernhardsen Tandberg, politician (died 1949)
- 26 May – Sverre Helgesen, high jumper (died 1981)
- 1 June – Hans Vogt, linguist (died 1986)
- 3 June – Tobias Gedde-Dahl, physician (died 1994).[6]
- 10 June – Ferdinand Strøm, dentist and a pioneer in developing forensic dentistry in Norway (died 1990).[7]
- 14 June – Nils Helgheim, politician (died 1982)
- 17 June – Halvor Bunkholt, politician (died 1978)
- 25 June – Kai Knudsen, politician (died 1977)
- 26 June – Iver Johan Unsgård, politician (died 1993)
- 2 July – Olav V, King of Norway (died 1991)
- 4 July – Hans Jacob Ustvedt, medical doctor and broadcasting administrator (died 1982)
- 12 July – Haldis Tjernsberg, politician (died 1972)
- 31 July – Sigmund Skard, poet, essayist and professor of literature (died 1995)
- 11 August – Arnvid Vasbotten, jurist, Nazi civil servant and politician (died 1995).[8]
- 17 August – Bjarne Amdahl, pianist, composer and orchestra conductor (died 1968).[9]
- 17 August – Kittill Kristoffersen Berg, politician (died 1983)
- 17 August – Olav Sunde, javelin thrower and Olympic bronze medallist (died 1985)
- 29 August – Ole Stenen, Nordic skier, Olympic silver medallist and World Champion (died 1975)
- 15 September – Trygve Braarud, botanist (died 1985)
- 23 September – Egil Sundt, civil servant (died 1950).[10]
- 24 September – Andreas Martinius Andersen, civil servant.[11]
- 15 October – Erik Anker, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (died 1994)
- 30 October – Leif Rustad, cellist and radio pioneer (died 1976).[12]
- 7 November – Ståle Kyllingstad, sculptor (died 1987).[13]
- 20 November – Leif Skagnæs, Nordic combined skier
- 24 November – Sverre Bernhard Nybø, politician (died 1976)
- 27 November – Karen Grønn-Hagen, politician and Minister (died 1982)
- 27 November – Lars Onsager, physical chemist and theoretical physicist, winner of the 1968 Nobel Prize in Chemistry (died 1976)
- 30 November – Einar Østvedt, historian and educator (died 1980).[14]
- 6 December – Kristian Hovde, cross country skier (died 1969)
- 15 December – Georg Braathe, long distance runner (died 1968)
Notable deaths
- 4 January – Christian Fredrik Sissenèr, property owner and politician (born 1849)
- 20 March – Carl Anton Bjerknes, mathematician and physicist (born 1825)
- 22 June – Torbjørg Utne, hotelier (born 1812).[15]
- 17 August – Hans Gude, painter (born 1825)
- 28 August – Hans Hein Theodor Nysom, politician (born 1845)
- 10 October – Jacob Thurmann Ihlen, politician (born 1833)
- 12 October – Olaus Alvestad, educator and newspaper editor (born 1866)
- 27 October – Erika Nissen, pianist (born 1845)
References
- ^ Bratberg, Terje; Mardal, Magnus A. "Oscar 2.". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
- ^ Bell, Daniel (2003). Encyclopedia of international games. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Co. p. 473. ISBN 0-7864-1026-4.
- ^ Tvedt, Knut Are. "Kirsten Hansteen". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
- ^ Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Dyre Vaa". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
- ^ Pedersen, Bjørn. "Leif Tronstad". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
- ^ Hjort, Peter F. "Tobias Gedde-Dahl". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
- ^ Stenvik, Reidun. "Ferdinand Strøm". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
- ^ Sæveraas, Torgeir Ekerholt; Skodvin, Magne. "Arnvid Vasbotten". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 7 January 2025.
- ^ Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Bjarne Amdahl". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
- ^ Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Egil Sundt". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 9 February 2025.
- ^ Steenstrup, Bjørn, ed. (1973). "Andersen, Andreas Martinius". Hvem er hvem? (in Norwegian). Oslo: Aschehoug. p. 18. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
- ^ Arntzen, Jon Gunnar. "Leif Rustad". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
- ^ Thue, Sigrid Rømcke. "Ståle Kyllingstad". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
- ^ Aanderaa, Dag. "Einar Østvedt". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
- ^ Lauritzen, Per Roger. "Torbjørg Utne". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 11 February 2024.