1951 in Norway

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Events in the year 1951 in Norway.

Incumbents

• Monarch - Haakon VII of Norway
• Prime Minister - Einar Gerhardsen (Labour Party) until 9 November, Oscar Torp (Labour Party)

Events

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• 19 November – Torp's Cabinet was appointed.
• Norsk Hydro opens a PVC plant at Herøya.
• Municipal and county elections are held throughout the country.

Popular culture

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Sports

Music

Film

Literature

• Gunvor Hofmo, writer and poet, is awarded the Gyldendal's Endowment literature prize for the first time.

Notable births

• 23 January - Dan Børge Akerø, television personality
• 1 February - Ellen Horn, actress, politician and Minister
• 19 March - Vegard Bye, politician
• 29 March - Elisabeth Røbekk Nørve, politician
• 13 April - Kaci Kullmann Five, politician and Minister
• 13 May - Wenche Lyngholm, politician
• 5 June - Sigrun Eng, politician
• 25 July - Hans O. Felix, trade unionist
• 13 August - Barry Gjerde, translator and voice actor
• 7 September - Kari Lise Holmberg, politician
• 2 November - John Olav Egeland, journalist and editor
• 8 November - Heidi Larssen, politician
• 2 December - Anne Berit Andersen, politician
• 15 December - Bente Angell-Hansen, diplomat
• 17 December - Sylvi Graham, politician
• 30 December - Trond Fevolden, civil servant

Full date unknown

• Berit Oskal Eira, politician
• Stein Kåre Kristiansen, journalist

Notable deaths

• 21 January - Erik Ramstad, one of the founders of Minot, North Dakota (born 1860)
• 23 March - Johan Henrik Wiers-Jenssen, newspaper columnist and theatre director (born 1897)
• 24 March - Anton Djupvik, politician (born 1881)
• 6 April - Halfdan Cleve, composer (born 1879)
• 9 April - Vilhelm Bjerknes, physicist and meteorologist (born 1862)
• 4 June - Lauritz Wigand-Larsen, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist (born 1895)
• 4 July - Anton Berge, agronomist and politician (born 1892)
• 6 October - Olav Kringen, newspaper editor (born 1867)
• 28 November - Nils Opdahl, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (born 1882)
• 18 December - Arthur Olsen, boxer (died 1900)

Full date unknown

• Anton Johnson Brandt, veterinarian (born 1893)
• Conrad Christensen, gymnast and Olympic bronze medallist (born 1882)
• Tor Jonsson, author and journalist (born 1916)
• Ivar Larsen Kirkeby-Garstad, politician and Minister (born 1877)
• Lars Olai Meling, politician and Minister (born 1876)
• Gustav Smedal, jurist and irredentist activist (born 1888)

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