# 1937 in Norway

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Events in the year 1937 in Norway.

## Incumbents

* Monarch – Haakon VII.
* Prime Minister – Johan Nygaardsvold (Labour Party)

## Events

* 29 May – Stavanger Airport, Sola is opened by King Haakon VII
* Municipal and county elections are held throughout the country.
* A flash flood destroys 20 houses in the Sima Valley, Hordaland. No lives are lost.

## Notable births

* 4 January – Harald Barlie, Greco-Roman wrestler (died 1995)
* 4 January – Ole Kristian Grimnes, historian
* 4 January – Per Tresselt, diplomat
* 9 January – Arne Malmedal, painter, illustrator and printmaker (died 2018).
* 11 February – Ola Teigen, politician (died 1970)
* 17 February – Bjørn Wiik, physicist (died 1999)
* 18 February – Halle Jørn Hanssen, television correspondent, development aid administrator and politician
* 21 February – Harald V, King of Norway
* 22 February – Bjarte Eikeset, jurist and politician
* 23 March – Per Olav Wiken, sailor and Olympic silver medallist (died 2011)
* 13 April – Berge Furre, historian, theologian and politician
* 15 April – Johan J. Jakobsen, politician and Minister (died 2016)
* 18 April – Arne Alsåker Spilde, politician (died 2018)
* 21 April – Henrik Jahre, politician
* 7 May – Gullow Gjeseth, Army officer (died 2017.
* 11 May – Per Brunvand, newspaper editor (died 2015)
* 24 May – Fredrik Torp, architect
* 2 June – Geir Kjetsaa, professor of Russian literary history, translator and author (died 2008)
* 28 June – Odd Bergh, triple jumper and long jumper (died 2023)
* 4 July – Queen Sonja of Norway
* 29 July – Pål Bang-Hansen, actor, film producer, film critic and television personality (died 2010)
* 3 August – Gudrun Waadeland, actress and theatre director (died 2020)
* 20 August – Kjell Hovik, pole vaulter
* 4 September – Per Risvik, politician
* 6 September – Tom Veierød, civil servant
* 13 September – Alv Gjestvang, speed skater and Olympic silver medallist (died 2016)
* 14 September – Dag C. Weberg, politician
* 18 September – Per Flatberg, environmentalist and pharmacist (died 2022)
* 24 September – Børre Knudsen, Lutheran minister and anti-abortion activist (died 2022)
* 26 September – Aud Blattmann, politician (died 2023)
* 16 October – Reidar Hjermstad, cross country skier
* 17 October – Svein Johannessen, chess player, became Norway's second International Master (died 2007)
* 21 October – Johan Fredrik Heyerdahl, publisher and secretary general (died 2021).
* 31 October – Per Øien, flutist (died 2016).
* 14 November – Bjørn Bang Andersen, shot putter
* 23 November – Turi Widerøe, Norway's first female air transport pilot
* 29 November – Johan Jørgen Holst, politician and Minister (died 1994)
* 1 December – Bodolf Hareide, politician
* 3 December – Willy Rasmussen, javelin thrower (died 2018)
* 8 December – Arne Næss, Jr., businessman and mountaineer (died 2004)
* 23 December – Arne Larsen, Nordic combined skier and World Champion
* 24 December – Ola Wærhaug, biathlete, Olympic silver medallist and World Champion
* 29 December – Hjalmar Inge Sunde, military officer
* 30 December – Einar Johan Rasmussen, ships engineer and ship owner.
* 31 December – Bjørn Rønningen, children's writer

### Full date unknown

* Jan Balstad, politician and Minister
* Knut Boye, civil economist (died 2008)
* Ronald Bye, politician and Minister (died 2018)
* Nils Petter Faarlund, mountaineer.
* Øyvind Gustavsen, civil servant
* Einfrid Halvorsen, politician
* Knut Hartvig Johannson, businessperson
* Arild Nyquist, novelist, poet, children's writer and musician (died 2004)
* Oddrunn Pettersen, politician and Minister (died 2002)
* Gudmund Restad, politician and Minister (died 2021)
* Wenche Frogn Sellæg, politician and Minister

## Notable deaths

* 7 January – Hjalmar Nygaard, boxer (born 1900)
* 19 July – Sigurd Asserson, civil servant (born 1882)
* 27 July – Hans Dahl, painter (born 1849)
* 27 October – Harald Pettersen, businessperson and politician (born 1869)
* 14 November – Harald Stormoen, actor (born 1872)
* 23 December – Nils Collett Vogt, poet (born 1864)