1959 in Norway

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Events in the year 1959 in Norway.

Incumbents

• Monarch - Olav V of Norway
• Prime Minister - Einar Gerhardsen (Labour Party)

Events

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• 16 February - The Norwegian National Opera and Ballet holds its first performance in Folketeatret in Oslo.
• 26 June - The "Farmers' Party" (Bondepartiet) changes its name to the "Centre Party" (Senterpartiet).
• 19 July - Nikita Khrushchev cancels a planned visit to Norway, among others due to an alleged anti-Soviet press coverage.
• 29 December - The Norwegian government signs the EFTA free trade treaty. Norway becomes an EFTA member.
• Municipal and county elections are held throughout the country.

Popular culture

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Literature

• Harald Sverdrup, poet and children's writer, is awarded the Mads Wiel Nygaard's Endowment literary prize.^[1]

Notable births

• 28 April - Pia Borgli, actress
• 27 June - Thure Erik Lund, author
• 29 June - Harald Tveit Alvestrand, computer scientist
• 5 July - Synnøve Brenden Klemetrud, politician
• 8 July - Tom Egeland, author
• 27 August - Frode Fjellheim, Sami musician
• 29 September - Jon Fosse, author and dramatist
• 21 October - Åslaug Haga, politician and Minister

Notable deaths

• 21 March - Hartvig Caspar Christie, politician (born 1893)
• 17 May - Alf Grindrud, politician (born 1904)
• 16 June - Konrad Knudsen, painter, journalist and politician (born 1890)
• 3 July - Johan Bojer, novelist and dramatist (born 1872)
• 15 July - Peter Egge, writer (born 1869)
• 28 July - Roald Larsen, speed skater and Olympic silver medallist (born 1898)
• 5 September - Sigvald Hasund, researcher of agriculture, politician and Minister (born 1868)
• 21 November - Olav Meisdalshagen, politician and Minister (born 1903)

Full date unknown

• Eivind Berggrav, Lutheran bishop (born 1884)
• Sverre Grette, judge (born 1888)
• Kristian Hansson, jurist and civil servant (born 1895)
• Olaf Norli, bookseller and publisher (born 1861)
• Lars Slagsvold, veterinarian (born 1887)
• Sverre Kornelius Eilertsen Støstad, politician and Minister (born 1887)
• G. Unger Vetlesen, shipbuilder and philanthropist (born 1889)

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