# 1953 in Norway

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Events in the year 1953 in Norway.

## Incumbents

* Monarch – Haakon VII
* Prime Minister – Oscar Torp (Labour Party)

## Events

* 1 June –The first Bergen International Festival opens.
* 16 July – Parliament voted to move the main base for the Navy from Horten to Bergen.
* 11 September – The Norwegian Consumer Council established
* 12 October – The 1953 Parliamentary election takes place.
* 15 November – Four men suspected of spying for the Soviet Union were arrested in Kirkenes.
* The Norwegian Academy for Language and Literature (Det Norske Akademi for Sprog og Litteratur) is founded.

## Notable births

* 6 January – Jon Eberson, jazz guitarist
* 10 February – Aud Folkestad, politician
* 18 February – Erling Aksdal, jazz pianist
* 6 March – Jan Kjærstad, author
* 8 March – Kristin Ørmen Johnsen, politician.
* 21 March – Per Inge Torkelsen, humorist (died 2021).
* 13 April – Tom Olstad, jazz drummer
* 24 April – Nina Bjerkedal, civil servant
* 24 April – Øyvind Sandberg, film director
* 8 May – May Hansen, politician
* 12 May – Odd Riisnæs, jazz saxophonist
* 20 May – John Arne Markussen, journalist and newspaper editor.
* 2 June – Vidar Johansen, jazz saxophonist
* 25 June – Svein Tindberg, actor.
* 30 June – Ståle Wikshåland, musicologist (died 2017).
* 13 July – Sigurd Ulveseth, jazz upright bassist
* 15 July – Even Pellerud, football coach.
* 27 July – Hildegunn Eggen, actress.
* 19 September – Olav Berstad, diplomat
* 21 September – Lars Saabye Christensen, author
* 7 November – Erik Balke, jazz saxophonist
* 22 November – Stein Erik Lunde, novelist, children's writer, biographer and textbook writer.
* 7 December – Arne Nævra, photographer and politician, member of the Storting.

### Full date unknown

* Erik Blücher, political activist
* Nils Lid Hjort, statistician and professor
* Per Hannevold, principal bassoonist of the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
* Elisabeth Kværne, folk musician (died 2024).

## Notable deaths

* 11 January – Hans Aanrud, author, poet and playwright (born 1863)
* 31 January – Fanny Schnelle, politician, women's rights advocate, teacher and humanitarian (born 1866)
* 9 March – Ole Iversen, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist (born 1884)
* 2 April – Halfdan Hansen, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (born 1883)
* 20 May – Lorentz Brinch, barrister, military officer, resistance member and politician (born 1910).
* 18 June – Thomas Thorstensen, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (born 1880)
* 24 June – Jentoft Jensen, politician (born 1901)
* 12 July – Otto Olsen, rifle shooter and Olympic gold medallist (born 1884)
* 18 July – Ole Jensen Rong, politician (born 1885)
* 4 September – Magdalon Monsen, soccer player and Olympic bronze medallist (born 1910).
* 12 September – Sigrid Boo, author (born 1898)
* 11 November – Marie Karsten, interior designer (born 1872).
* 9 December – Issay Dobrowen, composer and conductor (born 27 February 1891).

### Full date unknown

* Solveig Haugan, stage and movie actress (born 1901)
* Kristen Holbø, painter and illustrator (born 1869)
* Johan Martin Holst, surgeon and military doctor (born 1892).
* Christian Pierre Mathiesen, politician and Minister (born 1870)
* Jonas Pedersen, politician (born 1871)
* Marius Nygaard Smith-Petersen, physician and orthopaedic surgeon in America (born 1886)
* Alfred Trønsdal, politician (born 1896)
* Eirik Vandvik, professor in literature (born 1904)