# 1921 in Norway

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Events in the year 1921 in Norway.

## Incumbents

* Monarch – Haakon VII.

## Events

* 6 May – A general strike begins in Norway.
* 17 September – the Dovre Line was opened.
* 18 September – Nidareid train disaster on the Trondhjem-Størenbanen railway line. Six people were killed in this, the first serious passenger train accident in Norway
* The 1921 Parliamentary election takes place.

## Popular culture
### Sports

* Harald Strøm, speedskater and football player, becomes the third to receive the Egebergs Ærespris, an award presented to Norwegian athletes who excel at two (or more) different sports.

### Literature

* The Olav Duun novel I eventyret (Odin in Fairyland) from the work Juvikfolket (The People of Juvik, 1918–23), was published.

## Notable births

* 3 January – Mosse Jørgensen, school principal and non-fiction writer (died 2009).
* 5 January – Odd Højdahl, trade unionist, politician and Minister (died 1994)
* 6 January – Hans Aardal, politician (died 1995)
* 15 January – Kristian Ottosen, writer and public servant (died 2006)
* 4 February – Valter Gabrielsen, politician (died 1999)
* 27 February – Eigil Gullvåg, newspaper editor and politician (died 1991)
* 9 March – Wanda Hjort Heger, social worker (died 2017)
* 21 March – Vibeke Lunde, sailor and Olympic silver medallist (died 1962).
* 24 March – Kjell Stormoen, actor, scenographer and theatre director (died 2010)
* 25 March – Fredrik Jensen, decorated soldier in the German Waffen SS (died 2011)
* 27 March – Vidkunn Hveding, politician and Minister (died 2001)
* 5 April – Jan Dahm, resistance member (died 2013).
* 6 April – Erland Asdahl, politician (died 1988)
* 7 April – Erling Sandene, judge and civil servant (died 2015)
* 9 April – Asbjørn Antoni Holm, politician (died 2001)
* 23 April – Ola H. Kveli, politician (died 2003)
* 9 May – Sverre Moen, politician (died 1987)
* 14 May – Arve Opsahl, film and stage actor, singer and stand-up comedian (died 2007)
* 16 May – Odd With, politician (died 2006)
* 27 May – Thor Lund, politician (died 1999)
* 5 June – Rolf Gjermundsen, politician (died 1994)
* 11 June – Einar Hole Moxnes, politician and Minister (died 2006)
* 15 June – Harald Sverre Olsen, politician (died 2020)
* 27 June – Frank Weylert, actor and singer (died 2007)
* 30 June – Gunvor Hofmo, writer and poet (died 1995)
* 10 July – Eva Kløvstad, resistance leader (died 2014)
* 11 July – Petter Hugsted, ski jumper and Olympic gold medallist (died 2000)
* 13 July – Carl Monssen, rower and Olympic bronze medallist (died 1992)
* 17 July – Knut Thomassen, actor and theatre director (died 2002).
* 15 August – Nils Christensen, aviator and aircraft engineer (died 2017)
* 27 August – Babbis Friis-Baastad, children's writer (died 1970).
* 23 September – Annemarie Lorentzen, politician and Minister (died 2008)
* 28 September – Åge Ramberg, politician (died 1991)
* 8 October – Odd Mæhlum, javelin thrower (died 2011)
* 10 October – Gunnar Thoresen, bobsledder (died 1972)
* 17 October – Edel Hætta Eriksen, schoolteacher and politician (died 2023).
* 11 November – Trygve Olsen, politician (died 1979)
* 15 November – Thorleif Olsen, footballer (died 1996).
* 27 November – Aud Alvær, politician (died 2000)
* 28 November – Olav Hagen, cross country skier and Olympic bronze medallist (died 2013)
* 24 December – Birger Dannevig, journalist and historian (died 1998).
* 25 December – Gunnar S. Gundersen, painter (died 1983)

## Notable deaths

* 8 February – Francis Hagerup, lawyer, diplomat, politician and twice Prime Minister of Norway (born 1853)
* 25 February – Elizabeth Fedde, Lutheran Deaconess who established the Norwegian Relief Society (born 1850)
* 4 May – Waldemar Hansteen, architect (born 1857)
* 22 June – Gjert Holsen, politician (born 1855)
* 21 July – Lars Kristian Abrahamsen, politician and Minister (born 1855)
* 25 July – Peder Nilsen, politician and Minister (born 1846)
* 19 September – Erik Glosimodt, architect (born 1881)

### Full date unknown

* Nils S. Dvergsdal, politician (born 1842)