1955 in Norway

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Events in the year 1955 in Norway.

Incumbents

• Monarch - Haakon VII of Norway
• Prime Minister - Oscar Torp (Labour Party) until 22 January, Einar Gerhardsen (Labour Party)

Events

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• 14 January - Prime Minister Oscar Torp resigned.
• 22 January – Gerhardsen's Third Cabinet was appointed.
• 3 December - Osvald Harjo returned to Norway after 13 years in Soviet prison camps.
• Municipal and county elections are held throughout the country.

Popular culture

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Sports

• Kristian Kristiansen, novelist, playwright, short story and children's writer, is awarded the Mads Wiel Nygaard's Endowment literary prize

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Film

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Notable births

• 2 March - Sven Mollekleiv, organizational leader
• 16 June - Grete Faremo, former politician and businessperson
• 5 August - Lise Christoffersen, politician
• 7 August - Vigdis Hjulstad Belbo, politician
• 10 August - Kari Henriksen, politician
• 16 August - Åse Lill Kimestad, politician
• 16 December - Kari Økland, politician

Notable deaths

• 16 January - Asbjørn Halvorsen, international soccer player and general secretary of the Norwegian Football Association (born 1898)
• 16 February - Einar Osland, politician (born 1886)
• 2 May - Torkell Vinje, politician (born 1879)
• 1 June - F. Melius Christiansen, violinist and choral conductor (born 1871)
• 2 June - Haaken Hasberg Gran, botanist (born 1870)
• 28 June - Haakon Lind, boxer (born 1906)
• 6 July - Alfred Ingvald Næss, speed skater (born 1877)
• 11 July - Christian S. Oftedal, politician (born 1907)
• 4 September - Christen Gran Bøgh, jurist, tourism promoter and theatre critic (born 1876)
• 11 September - Einar Liberg, rifle shooter and Olympic gold medallist (born 1873)

Full date unknown

• Anders Fjelstad, politician (born 1879)
• Einar Frogner, politician and Minister (born 1893)
• Karl Hovelsen, Nordic skier (born 1877)
• Ferdinand Schjelderup, mountaineer, Supreme Court Justice and resistance member (born 1886)
• Haakon Shetelig, archaeologist (born 1877)
• Andreas Tostrup Urbye, politician and Minister (born 1869)

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