# 1922 in Norway

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Events in the year 1922 in Norway.

## Incumbents

* Monarch – Haakon VII.

## Events

* 8 January – The Social Democratic Youth League of Norway is founded.
* 30 November – The establishment of Norwegian government-owned alcoholic beverage retailer "Vinmonopolet".
* Fridtjof Nansen is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his work as a League of Nations High Commissioner.
* Municipal and county elections are held throughout the country.

## Popular culture
### Sports

* Ole Reistad, pentathlete, is awarded the Egebergs Ærespris for achievements in multiple sports.

### Literature

* The Olav Duun novel I ungdommen (Odin Grows Up) from the work Juvikfolket (The People of Juvik, 1918–23), was published.

## Notable births

* 6 January – Finn Mortensen, composer, critic and educator (died 1983)
* 15 January – Eva Bull Holte, painter and printmaker (died 1993).
* 20 January – Bjørn Endreson, actor, stage producer and theatre director (died 1998)
* 25 January
** Just Faaland, political economist (died 2017)
** Kåre Tveter, painter (died 2012)
* 2 February – Sigbjørn Hølmebakk, author (died 1981)
* 11 February – Svenn Stray, politician and Minister (died 2012)
* 13 February – Jørgen Sønstebø, politician (died 2013)
* 10 March – Dagmar Lahlum, resistance member and agent (died 1999)
* 15 March – Kristoffer Lepsøe, rower and Olympic bronze medallist (died 2006).
* 8 April – Odd Steinar Holøs, politician (died 2001)
* 14 April – Viking Olver Eriksen, nuclear physicist (died 2014)
* 30 April – Frank Olsen, resistance member, executed (died 1945)
* 16 May – Norveig Karlsen, gymnast (died 1993).
* 18 May – Gerda Boyesen, founder of Biodynamic Psychology (died 2005)
* 23 May – Edith Ranum, crime fiction writer (died 2002).
* 29 May – Edith Roger, dancer, choreographer and stage director. (died 2023)
* 7 June – Vilhelm Aubert, sociologist (died 1988)
* 10 June – Edvard Hagerup Bull, composer (died 2012)
* 10 June – Erling Danielsen, politician (died 2010)
* 13 June – Gunnar Konsmo, speed skater (died 1996)
* 14 June – Sven Olsen, politician (died 2001)
* 26 June – Reidun Andersson, politician (died 1992)
* 28 June – Jostein Goksøyr, microbiologist (died 2000)
* 6 July – Thorolf Rafto, human rights activist and professor in Economic History (died 1986)
* 7 July – Reidar Torp, Norwegian military officer (died 2017)
* 8 July – Torodd Hauer, speed skater (died 2010)
* 17 July – Olina Storsand, politician (died 2021)
* 24 July – Per Hansson, journalist and writer (died 1982).
* 26 July – Johan Trondsen, politician (died 2018)
* 27 July – Ambjørg Sælthun, politician (died 2012)
* 7 September – Bodil Aakre, jurist and politician (died 2008)
* 28 September – Liv Dommersnes, actress and reciter of poetry (died 2014)
* 2 October – Hallvard Rieber-Mohn, writer and Dominican priest (died 1982).
* 8 October – Erik Diesen, revue writer and radio and television personality (died 1999).
* 8 October – Helge Stormorken, veterinarian and physician (died 2019)
* 20 October – Kjell Bloch Sandved, author, lecturer and nature photographer. (died 2015)
* 4 November – Reidar Due, politician (died 2021)
* 12 November – Knut Østby, sprint canoer and Olympic silver medallist (died 2010)
* 13 November – Aud Schønemann, actress (died 2006)
* 22 November – Aksel Jacobsen Bogdanoff, communist (died 1971)
* 22 December – Odd Wang Sørensen, international soccer player (died 2004)
* 28 December – Ragnar Christiansen, politician and Minister (died 1994)

## Deaths

* 7 January – Jørg Tofte Jebsen, physicist (born 1888)
* 23 January – Stephan Sinding, sculptor (born 1846)
* 6 February – Kyrre Grepp, politician (born 1879)
* 14 February – Magnus Halvorsen, politician (born 1853)
* 22 February – Frithjof Olsen, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist (born 1882)
* 7 March – Axel Thue, mathematician (born 1863)
* 10 March – Anton Johan Rønneberg, politician (born 1856)
* 3 April – Aasulv Olsen Bryggesaa, politician and Minister (born 1866)
* 18 April – Hjalmar Welhaven, architect, palace manager, and sportsman (born 1850)
* 5 May – Carl Sofus Lumholtz, discoverer and ethnographer (born 1851)
* 13 June – Fredrik Stang Lund, politician and Minister (born 1859)
* 21 August – Jørgen Løvland, politician and Prime Minister of Norway (born 1848)
* 5 September – Alvilde Prydz, novelist (born 1846)
* 7 September – Hans G. Jensen, tailor, trade unionist and politician (born 1856)
* 27 October – Hans Henrik Reusch, geologist (born 1852)
* 25 December – Jørgen Christian Knudsen, ship-owner and politician (born 1843)