# 1911 in Norway

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Events in the year 1911 in Norway.

## Incumbents

* Monarch – Haakon VII.

## Events

* 14 December – Roald Amundsen's Norwegian expedition becomes the first to reach the South Pole.
* Norsk Hydro's second plant opens at Rjukan, four years after its first plant at Notodden.
* Amundsen (at left) and companions at Polheim, South Pole, December 1911.

## Popular culture
### Sports

* 19 June – Molde FK football club is founded.

### Literature

* The Olav Duun novel Gamal jord (Old Soil) was published.

## Births
### January to March

* 1 January – Håkon Melberg, linguist (died 1990)
* 11 January – Harald Heide Steen, actor (died 1980)
* 12 January – Halvor J. Sandsdalen, farmer, journalist, poet, novelist, playwright and children's writer (died 1998).
* 16 January – Arne Tuft, cross country skier (died 1989)
* 20 January – Andreas Wormdahl, politician (died 2001)
* 28 January – Sverre Engen, skier, ski coach, ski area manager and film-maker in America (died 2001)
* 31 January – Rigmor Frimannslund Holmsen, ethnologist (died 2006).
* 12 February – Charles Mathiesen, speed skater and Olympic gold medallist (died 1994)
* 21 February – Erling Fjellbirkeland, research administrator (died 1986).
* 3 March – Kristian Henriksen, international soccer player, coach (died 2004)
* 5 March – Nils Eriksen, international soccer player and Olympic bronze medallist (died 1975)

### April to June

* 6 April – Per Tønder, politician (died 2015)
* 10 April – Kåre Christiansen, bobsledder (died 1964)
* 13 April – Thorstein Treholt, politician and Minister (died 1993)
* 14 April – Astrid Løken, entomologist (died 2008)
* 20 April – Reidar Andersen, ski jumper and Olympic bronze medallist (died 1991)
* 25 April – Hans Beck, ski jumper and Olympic silver medallist (died 1996)
* 18 May – Ole Myrvoll, professor in economy, politician and Minister (died 1988)
* 19 May – Petter Pettersson, Jr., politician (died 1984)
* 24 May – Egil Storbekken, folk musician (died 2002).
* 26 May – Randi Brænne, actress (died 2004).
* 27 May – Torolf Elster, newspaper and radio journalist, magazine editor, novelist, crime writer and short story writer (died 2006)
* 3 June – Olav Økern, cross country skier and Olympic bronze medallist (died 2000)

### July to September

* 6 July – Odd Rasdal, long-distance runner (died 1985)
* 13 July – Torvald Kvinlaug, politician (died 1977)
* 18 July – Claus Marius Neergaard, politician (died 1990)
* 22 August – Edvard Hambro, politician and 25th President of the United Nations General Assembly (died 1977)
* 23 August – Birger Ruud, ski jumper, twice Olympic gold medallist and three time World Champion (died 1998)
* 25 August – Ragnar Haugen, boxer (died 1964)
* 10 September – Frithjof Ulleberg, soccer player and Olympic bronze medallist (died 1993)
* 12 September – Bjørn Fraser, naval and aviation officer (died 1993)
* 15 September – Karsten Solheim, golf club designer and businessman in America (died 2000)
* 20 September – Oddleif Fagerheim, politician (died 1999)
* 22 September – Inge Einarsen Bartnes, politician (died 1988)
* 23 September – Herman Hebler, printmaker and graphic artist (died 2007)
* 28 September – Nils Sønnevik, politician (died 1988)

### October to December

* 1 October – Harald Sandvik, military officer (died 1992)
* 12 October – Johannes Lislerud, politician (died 1989)
* 15 October – Margith Johanne Munkebye, politician (died 2000)
* 2 November – Guri Johannessen, politician (died 1972)
* 6 November – Harald Nicolai Samuelsberg, politician (died 1986)
* 9 November – Ebba Lodden, politician (died 1997)
* 19 November – Harry Haraldsen, speed skater (died 1966)
* 13 December – Trygve Haavelmo, economist, awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (died 1999)
* 29 December – Alf Martinsen, soccer player and Olympic bronze medallist (died 1988)

### Full date unknown

* Henriette Bie Lorentzen, humanist, peace activist, feminist and editor (died 2001)
* Leif Iversen, politician (died 1989)
* Reidar Fauske Sognnaes, Dean of Harvard School of Dental Medicine, forensic scientist (died 1984)

## Deaths

* 4 January – Oscar Nissen, physician, newspaper editor and politician (born 1843)
* 15 January – Rosa Asmundsen, actress and singer (born 1846)
* 30 March – Sven Oftedal, helped found the Lutheran Free Church (born 1844)
* 14 June – Johan Svendsen, composer, conductor and violinist (born 1840)
* 2 September – Isak Kobro Collett, politician (born 1867)
* 30 October – Ulrik Frederik Christian Arneberg, politician (born 1829)
* 13 November – Cecilie Thoresen Krog, woman’s rights pioneer (born 1858).
* 5 December – Sofie Borchgrevink, educator (born 1846).
* 7 December – Marie Wexelsen, writer (born 1832).

### Full date unknown

* Nils Christian Egede Hertzberg, politician and Minister (born 1827)
* Hans Møller, politician, consul and businessperson (born 1830)
* Harald Smedal, politician and Minister (born 1859)