# 1930 in Norway

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Events in the year 1930 in Norway.

## Incumbents

* Monarch – Haakon VII.
* Prime Minister – Johan Ludwig Mowinckel

## Events

* 12 November – Norway relinquishes its claim to the Sverdrup Islands.
* Having established two years earlier, what is to become Norway's largest industrial park at Herøya outside Porsgrunn, Norsk Hydro opens up its first plant in this location.
* The 1930 Parliamentary election takes place.

## Popular culture
### Literature

* The Knut Hamsund novel August Volume 1 & 2, was published.

## Notable births
### January to June

* 9 January – Tone Groven Holmboe, composer and teacher (died 2020)
* 12 January
** Per Andersen, neuroscientist (died 2020)
** Viking Mestad, banker and politician (died 2013)
* 28 January – Camilla Carlson, writer (died 1990).
* 6 February – Rikard Olsvik, politician (died 2017)
* 7 February – Odd Selmer, journalist and writer (died 2024).
* 30 March – Petter Fauchald, footballer (died 2013)
* 8 April – Kåre Lunden, historian (died 2013)
* 28 April – Paul Hilmar Jenson, philatelist (died 2004)
* 6 May – Kjell Bækkelund, pianist (died 2004)
* 10 May – Jens Bugge, judge (died 2014)
* 11 May – Elisabeth Granneman, actress, singer and songwriter (died 1992).
* 29 May – Liv Stubberud, politician (died 1997)
* 21 June
** Arnor Njøs, soil researcher (died 2019)
** Trygve Reenskaug, computer scientist
* 23 June – Annasif Døhlen, sculptor (died 2021).

### July to December

* 4 July – Thea Knutzen, politician (died 2016)
* 9 July
** Elsa Lystad, actress.
** Håkon Randal, politician (died 2012)
* 13 July – Roar Høyland, industrial designer (died 2022).
* 7 August – Gunnar Ellefsen, politician (died 1997)
* 10 August – Axel Buch, politician (died 1998)
* 11 August – Arne Vinje Gunnerud, sculptor (died 2007).
* 23 August – Rut Tellefsen, actress.
* 27 August – Aase Foss Abrahamsen, children's writer (died 2023).
* 7 September – Olav Sigurd Carlsen, politician (died 2013)
* 12 September – Gunder Gundersen, Nordic combined skier and sports official (died 2005)
* 16 October – Hans Andreas Ihlebæk, journalist (died 1993)
* 19 October – Vesla Vetlesen, politician and minister (died 2024).
* 24 October – Johan Galtung, sociologist
* 30 October – Sjur Hopperstad, politician (died 2015)
* 20 November – Kjell Storvik, economist and former Governor of the Central Bank of Norway
* 24 November – Tor Halvorsen, trade unionist, politician and minister (died 1987)
* 18 December – Tor Hagfors, scientist, radio astronomer and radar expert (died 2007)
* 19 December – Knut Helle, historian and professor (died 2015).
* 19 December – Hans Stenberg-Nilsen, jurist and Supreme Court attorney (died 2025).
* 20 December – Jan Elgarøy, organist and composer (died 2018)
* 22 December – Per Bredesen, international soccer player (died 2022)
* 30 December – Sigfrid Mohn, politician (died 2015)

## Notable deaths

* 7 January – Jacob Breda Bull, author (born 1853)
* 10 February – Mons Monssen, sailor in the United States Navy who received the Medal of Honor (born 1867)
* 12 February – Oddmund Vik, politician (born 1858)
* 24 February – Christian Theodor Holtfodt, politician (born 1863)
* 2 March – Marta Sandal, singer (born 1878)
* 14 April – Sigurd Ibsen, author and politician (born 1859)
* 13 May – Fridtjof Nansen, explorer, scientist and diplomat, awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1922 (born 1861)
* 5 October – Haaken L. Mathiesen, landowner and businessperson (born 1858)
* 14 October – Wilhelm Christian Magelssen, politician and Minister (born 1867)
* 26 November – Otto Sverdrup, Arctic scientist and explorer (born 1854)
* 9 December – Lauritz Christiansen, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (born 1867)
* 29 December – Oscar Borg, composer (born 1851)

### Full date unknown

* Kristofer Kristofersson Hjeltnes, horticulturist and politician (born 1856)