# 1901 in Norway

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Events in the year 1901 in Norway.

## Incumbents

* Monarch: Oscar II.
* Prime Minister: Johannes Steen

## Events

* 12 August – 2/3 of the town of Farsund burns down.

## Births
### January to March

* 9 January – Bjarne Lyngstad, politician and Minister (died 1971)
* 16 January – Narve Bonna, ski jumper and Olympic silver medallist (died 1976)
* 16 January – Hans Karolus Ommedal, politician (died 1984)
* 26 January – Alf Konningen, alpine skier (died 1978)
* 30 January – Eldrid Erdal, politician (died 1997)
* 21 February – Tore Foss, singer, actor and theatre director (died 1968).
* 11 March – Kjell Bondevik, politician and Minister (died 1983)
* 17 March – Arnt Njargel, politician (died 1985)
* 25 March – Harry Lundeberg, merchant seaman and labour leader in America (died 1957)

### April to June

* 10 April – Tønnes Oksefjell, politician (died 1976)
* 23 April – Tore Segelcke, actress (died 1979)
* 1 May – Jentoft Jensen, politician (died 1953)
* 3 May – Kjell Gjøstein Aabrek, politician (died 1967)
* 8 May – Ingrid Bjerkås, first female minister in the Church of Norway (died 1980)
* 11 May – Axel Strøm, physician (died 1985).
* 18 May – Sigrun Berg, weaver and textile designer (died 1982).
* 23 May – Kristoffer Nilsen, boxer (died 1975)
* 4 June – Kolbjørn Fjeld, librarian and publisher (died 1978).
* 7 June – Nils Ebbessøn Astrup, ship owner (died 1972).
* 19 June – Øyvinn Øi, military officer (died 1940)

### July to September

* 8 July – Sigurd Lersbryggen, politician (died 1980)
* 9 July – Jørgen Mathiesen, landowner and businessperson (died 1993)
* 14 July – Hårek Ludvig Hansen, politician (died 1996)
* 14 July – Haakon Sløgedal, politician (died 1979)
* 17 July – Finn Berstad, international soccer player (died 1982)
* 6 August – Anders Sæterøy, politician (died 1991)
* 10 August – Hjalmar Olai Storeide, politician (died 1961)
* 14 August – Håkon Bryhn, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (died 1968)
* 16 August – Olav Kielland, composer and conductor (died 1985)
* 27 August – Liv Tomter, politician (died 1978)
* 31 August – Helge Jakobsen, politician (died 1996)
* 5 September – Erling Dekke Næss, shipowner and businessman (died 1993)
* 6 September – Henrik Friis Robberstad, politician (died 1978)
* 11 September – Torkell Tande, politician (died 2001)
* 22 September – Brynhild Berge, diver (died 1975)

### October to December

* 1 October – Arne Torolf Strøm, politician (died 1972)
* 2 October – Egil Halmøy, politician (died 1984)
* 4 October – Egil Werner Erichsen, politician (died 2000)
* 6 October – Aslak Brekke, folksinger (died 1978)
* 8 October – Eivind Groven, composer and music-theorist (died 1977)
* 18 November – Einar Nilsen, boxer (died 1980)
* 24 November – Reidar Ødegaard, cross country skier and Olympic bronze medallist (died 1972)
* 6 December – Odd Nansen, architect, author and humanitarian (died 1973)
* 26 December – Olav Hordvik, politician (died 1979)
* 31 December – John Schjelderup Giæver, author and polar researcher (died 1970)

### Full date unknown

* Per Arneberg, poet, prosaist and translator (died 1981)
* Erik Kristen-Johanssen, jurist and theatre director (died 1976)
* Gulbrand Lunde, politician (died 1942)
* Rudolf Nilsen, poet and journalist (died 1929)
* Bjarne Slapgard, educator and author (died 1997)
* Solveig Haugan, stage and movie actress (died 1953)

## Deaths

* 31 January – Peter Andreas Blix, architect and engineer (born 1831)
* 9 May – Andreas Leigh Aabel, physician and poet (born 1830)
* 3 July – Lorenz Juhl Vogt, politician (born 1825)

### Full date unknown

* Ole Peter Petersen, founder of Methodism in Norway and co-founder of Norwegian and Danish Methodism in the United States (born 1822)