# 1919 in Norway

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Events in the year 1919 in Norway.

## Incumbents

* Monarch – Haakon VII.

## Events

* 5–6 October - 1919 Norwegian prohibition referendum.
* Municipal and county elections are held throughout the country.
* Production of zinc begins in Glomfjord at the state-owned industrial plant.

## Popular culture
### Sports

* Helge Løvland, track and field athlete and gymnast; becomes the second 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 Blinda (The Blind Man) from the work Juvikfolket (The People of Juvik, 1918–23), was published.

## Births
### January to March

* 14 January – Harry Hansen, politician (died 2003)
* 17 January – Per Bergsland, Royal Air Force pilot and prisoner of war (died 1992)
* 31 January – Claus Helberg, resistance fighter and mountain guide (died 2003)
* 4 February – Marta Schumann, writer (died 1994).
* 11 February – Erland Steenberg, politician (died 2009)
* 15 February – Asbjørn Herteig, archeologist (died 2006).
* 2 March – Carl Mortensen, sailor and Olympic silver medallist (died 2005)
* 5 March – Helge Seip, politician (died 2004)
* 17 March – Erik Rinde, jurist and pioneer of social sciences in Norway (died 1994)
* 18 March – Laila Schou Nilsen, speed skater, alpine skier and tennis player (died 1998)

### April to June

* 1 April – Olav Brænden, pharmacist (died 1989)
* 13 April – Nils Reinhardt Christensen, film director and screenwriter (died 1990)
* 14 April – Bjarne Berg-Sæther, politician (died 2009)
* 19 April – Asbjørn Lillås, politician (died 1983)
* 21 April – Kristian Fougner, engineer and resistance member (died 2012)
* 25 April – Finn Helgesen, speed skater and Olympic gold medallist (died 2011)
* 6 May – Nils Uhlin Hansen, long jumper and resistance member (died 1945)
* 18 May – Ottar Landfald, politician (died 2009)
* 24 May – Einar Brusevold, politician (died 2005).
* 6 June – Rita Haugerud, politician (died 2014)
* 29 June – Johannes Heggland, author and politician (died 2008)

### July to September

* 14 July – Arnold Dyrdahl, bobsledder (died 1973)
* 3 August – Thor Gystad, politician (died 2007)
* 3 August – Ola M. Hestenes, politician (died 2008)
* 4 August – Engly Lie, politician (died 2001)
* 9 August – Liv Andersen, politician (died 1997)
* 13 August – Børre Falkum-Hansen, sailor and Olympic silver medalist (died 2006)
* 25 August – Alf Nordhus, barrister (died 1997)
* 27 August – Bjørn Rørholt, engineer, military officer and resistance member (died 1993).
* 30 August – Joachim Rønneberg, resistance fighter and broadcaster (died 2018)
* 15 September – Eilert Dahl, Nordic skier (died 2004)
* 30 September – Olav O. Nomeland, politician (died 1986)

### October to December

* 26 October – Knut Andreas Knudsen, politician (died 2001)
* 4 November – Per Olav Baarnaas, race walker (died 2004).
* 29 November – Aksel Fossen, politician (died 2009)
* 11 December – Elsa Skjerven, politician and minister (died 2005)
* 22 December – Bjarne Orten, civil servant (died 2011)
* 27 December – Gunnar Alf Larsen, politician (died 2003)

### Full date unknown

* Odd Chr. Gøthe, civil servant and politician (died 2002)
* Reidar Haaland, police officer and collaborator, executed (died 1945)
* Finn Hødnebø, philologist (died 2007)
* Odd Narud, businessperson (died 2000)
* Olav Nordrå, writer (died 1994)
* Asbjørn Ruud, ski jumper and World Champion (died 1986)
* Aage Samuelsen, evangelist, singer and composer (died 1987)
* Victor Sparre, visual artist (died 2008)
* Jakob Sverdrup, historian (died 1997)

## Deaths

* 12 January – Carl Wilhelm Bøckmann Barth, painter (born 1847).
* 25 February – Gulbrand Hagen, newspaper editor and writer in America (born 1864)
* 4 March – Sigurd Mathisen, speed skater and world champion (born 1884)
* 16 April – Anders Nicolai Kiær, statistician (born 1838)
* 22 May – Jens Ludvig Andersen Aars, politician (born 1852)
* 12 June – Alf Collett, writer (born 1844)
* 29 June – Ole Falck Ebbell, architect (born 1839)
* 12 August – Oscar Sigvald Julius Strugstad, politician and Minister (born 1851)
* 22 October – Cathinka Guldberg, Norway's first nurse (born 1840)