# 1915 in Norway

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Events in the year 1915 in Norway.

## Incumbents

* Monarch – Haakon VII.

## Events

* 20 May - The Bastøy Boys' Home Insurrection.
* 21 October - The 1915 Parliamentary election takes place.
* The present Lindesnes Lighthouse was built.

## Popular culture
### Literature

* The Knut Hamsund novel Segelfoss By Volume 1 & 2 (Segelfoss Town), was published.
* The Olav Duun novel Harald was published.

## Notable births

* 16 January – Aase Bjerkholt, politician (died 2012)
* 19 January – Håkon Kyllingmark, politician and minister (died 2003)
* 25 January – Sverre L. Mo, politician (died 2002)
* 31 January – Andreas Zeier Cappelen, politician (died 2008).
* 3 February – Henki Kolstad, actor (died 2008).
* 14 February – Idar Norstrand, civil servant and politician (died 1986)
* 8 March – Odd Hilt, sculptor (died 1986).
* 9 March – Kåre Grøndahl Hagem, politician (died 2008)
* 13 March – Eva Scheer, journalist, literary critic, translator and author (died 1999).
* 22 March – Erling Asbjørn Kongshaug, rifle shooter, Olympic gold medallist and multiple World Champion (died 1993)
* 28 March – Odd Vigestad, politician (died 1999)
* 31 March – Bergfrid Fjose, politician and minister (died 2004)
* 21 April – Oddmund Myklebust, politician and minister (died 1972)
* 8 May – Arvid Fladmoe, composer and conductor (died 1993)
* 10 May – Kristian Lien, politician (died 1996)
* 12 May – Olav Askvik, politician (died 2011)
* 15 May – Jens Christian Hauge, resistance member and politician (died 2006)
* 5 June – John Engh, architect (died 1996)
* 5 June – Hilmar Myhra, ski jumper (died 2013)
* 8 June – Knut Haus, politician (died 2006)
* 23 June – Jens Bolling, actor and theatre director (died 1992)
* 1 July – Rolf Hauge, army officer (died 1989)
* 2 July – Georg Krog, speed skater and Olympic silver medallist (died 1991)
* 9 July – Arvid Storsveen, intelligence officer (died 1943)
* 23 July – Olai Ingemar Eikeland, politician (died 2003)
* 15 August – Per Sonerud, politician (died 1993)
* 16 August – Odd Lien, newspaper editor and politician (died 2002)
* 19 August – Erling Kaas, pole vaulter (died 1996)
* 29 August – Einar Tufte-Johnsen, aviation officer (d. 1985).
* 3 September – Knut Nystedt, composer (died 2014)
* 24 September – Knut Schmidt-Nielsen, comparative physiologist (died 2007)
* 30 September – Wilhelm Bøe, organizational leader (died 1980).
* 17 October – Alfred Hauge, novelist, poet and historian (died 1986)
* 22 October – Per Karstensen, politician (died 2010)
* 6 November – Olav Berkaak, novelist (died 1980).
* 11 November – Carl Fredrik Engelstad, writer, playwright, journalist, translator and theatre director (died 1996)
* 29 November – Erik Stai, high jumper (died 2004)
* 9 December – Arnt Eliassen, meteorologist (died 2000)
* 13 December – Magne Skodvin, historian (died 2004)
* 15 December – Odd Aukrust, economist (died 2008).
* 31 December – Olaf Knudson, politician (died 1996)

### Full date missing

* Alf-Jørgen Aas, painter (died 1981)
* Astrid Hjertenæs Andersen, poet and travel writer (died 1985)
* Johan Hambro, journalist (died 1993)
* Rein Henriksen, lawyer and industrialist (died 1994)
* Johan Berthin Holte, businessperson (died 2002)
* Agnar Mykle, author (died 1994)
* Rasmus Nordbø, politician and minister (died 1983)

## Notable deaths

* 29 January – Ole Andres Olsen, Seventh-day Adventist minister and administrator (born 1845)
* 15 April – Christian Andreas Irgens, politician (born 1833)
* 28 April – Vilhelmine Ullmann, proponent for women's rights (born 1816).
* 31 May – Lars Holst, journalist, newspaper editor and politician (born 1848).
* 28 July – Christopher Knudsen, priest, politician and minister (born 1843)
* 12 August – Haakon Ditlev Lowzow, military officer, politician and minister (born 1854)

### Full date unknown

* Knud Knudsen, photographer (born 1832)
* Henrik Nissen, architect (born 1848)
* Christian Wilhelm Engel Bredal Olssøn, politician and minister (born 1844)
* Karl Ditlev Rygh, archaeologist and politician (born 1839)