# 1908 in Norway

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Events in the year 1908 in Norway.

## Incumbents

* Monarch – Haakon VII.

## Popular culture
### Sports

* 26 September – SK Brann football club is founded.
* Football Association of Norway joins FIFA.

### Literature

* The Knut Hamsund novels Benoni and Rosa: Af Student Parelius' Papirer, was published.
* The Olav Duun novel Marjane was published.

## Births
### January to March

* 22 January – Kåre Hatten, cross-country skier (died 1983).
* 3 February – Ragna Johanne Forsberg, politician (died 1984)
* 3 February – Oddbjørn Hagen, skier, Olympic gold medallist and World Champion (died 1983)
* 4 February – Ellisiv Steen, literary scholar (d. 2001).
* 26 February – Einar Hovdhaugen, politician (died 1996)
* 15 March – Sverre Kolterud, Nordic combined skier (died 1996)
* 17 March – Oscar Christian Gundersen, politician and Minister (died 1991)
* 28 March – Hans Engnestangen, speed skater and World Champion (died 2003)

### April to June

* 9 April – Odd Bang-Hansen, novelist and children's writer (died 1984)
* 10 April – Oskar Steinvik, politician (died 1975)
* 21 April – Nic. Stang, art historian and writer (died 1971)
* 24 April – Jonas Enge, politician (died 1981)
* 9 May – Lars Mathias Hille Esmark, civil servant and business person in the tourist industry (died 1998).
* 2 June – Michael Staksrud, speed skater and World Champion (died 1940)
* 6 June – Bjarne Eilif Thorvik, politician (died 1972)
* 19 June – Leo Tallaksen, politician (died 1983)
* 21 June – Erik Brofoss, economist, politician and Minister (died 1979)
* 28 June – Nini Haslund Gleditsch, political activist and advocate for peace (died 1996).
* 28 June – Olav Reiersøl, statistician and econometrician (died 2001)
* 29 June – Arne Berge, priest.
* 30 June – Thor Myklebust, politician (died 1989)

### July to September

* 1 August – Gidsken Jakobsen, aviation pioneer (died 1990)
* 6 August – Arthur Klæbo, journalist (died 1985).
* 13 August – Nils Kristen Jacobsen, politician (died 1993)
* 17 August – Harald Selås, politician (died 1986)
* 18 August – Olav H. Hauge, poet (died 1994)
* 19 August – Birger Haug, high jumper (died 1981)
* 22 August – Synnøve Lie, speed skater (died 1980)
* 2 September – Olaf Hoffsbakken, Nordic skier, Olympic silver medallist and World Champion (died 1986).
* 23 September – Oscar Olsen, politician (died 2004)
* 24 September – Hans Borgen, politician (died 1983)

### October to December

* 19 October – Geirr Tveitt, composer and pianist (died 1981)
* 4 November – Olaf Fredrik Watnebryn, politician (died 1977)
* 1 December – Torstein Olav Kuvaas, politician (died 1996)
* 8 December – Synnøve Anker Aurdal, textile artist (died 2000).
* 31 December – Carl Fredrik Wisløff, theologian and Christian preacher (died 2004)

### Full date unknown

* Reidar Carlsen, politician and Minister (died 1987)
* Helmer Dahl, engineer (died 1999)
* Jens E. Ekornes, businessperson (died 1976)
* Nils Johan Rud, novelist, short story writer and magazine editor (died 1993)
* Rolf Ingvar Semmingsen, civil servant (died 1979)
* Oskar Skogly, politician and Minister (died 1988)

## Deaths

* 28 January – Ragnhild Jølsen, author (born 1875)
* 13 April – Aasta Hansteen, painter, writer, and early feminist (born 1824)
* 2 June – Aimar August Sørenssen, politician and Minister (born 1823)
* 5 July – Jonas Lie, novelist (born 1833)
* 2 August – Jørgen Breder Faye, banker and politician (born 1823)
* 22 October – Esther Edler, actress (born 1884)
* 27 November – Knud Bergslien, painter and teacher (born 1827)

### Full date unknown

* Lars Christian Dahll, politician and Minister (born 1823)
* Einar Løchen, jurist and politician (born 1850)