page_title: 1947 in Norway
section_title: Notable births
hierarchical_section_title: 1947 in Norway / Notable births
context_page_description: Events in the year 1947 in Norway.
context_section_description: 1 January – Paul Benjamin Vogt, politician and Minister (born 1863)
  2 January – Hans Gjeisar Kjæstad, politician
  19 January – Frank Aarebrot, political economist
  20 January – Dag Jostein Fjærvoll, politician
  24 January – Øystein Sunde, folk singer and guitarist
  4 February – Halvor Hagen, American football player
  9 February – Ole Paus, singer, author and poet
  14 February – Marit Nybakk, politician
  20 February – Torstein Dahle, politician and economist
  27 February – Johan Elsness, politician
  2 March – Steinar Pedersen, politician
  4 March – Jan Garbarek, saxophonist
  5 March
  Jørg Willy Bronebakk, diplomat
  Lorents Lorentsen, civil servant
  Ola Didrik Saugstad, pediatrician and professor
  7 March – Laila Riksaasen Dahl, bishop
  12 March
  Erling Lars Dale, educationalist
  Arne Sortevik, politician
  15 March – Henning Skumsvoll, politician
  16 March – Erling Lae, politician
  28 March – Hanne Aga, poet (died 2019).
  29 March – Aage Kvalbein, cellist and professor of cello
  30 March – Torbjørn Digernes, physicist and professor
  4 April – Inger Smuk, politician
  9 April – Olav Steinar Namtvedt, politician
  11 April – Kristen Fløgstad, triple jumper and long jumper
  21 April – Inge Hansen, businessperson
  22 April – Anne Brit Stråtveit, politician
  26 April – Sverre Leiro, businessperson
  30 April – Finn Kalvik, singer and composer
  6 May – Odd Aalen, statistician and professor
  9 May – Frank Stubb Micaelsen, poet and novelist (d. 2013).
  12 May – Tore Eriksen, economist and civil servant
  16 May
  Kari Gjesteby, politician and Minister
  Tom Thoresen, politician
  8 June – Jan Otto Fredagsvik, politician
  11 June – Svein Erik Bakke, entrepreneur (died 2006)
  14 June – Karen Margrethe Kuvaas, politician
  23 June – Thor Hansen, professional poker player (died 2018)
  27 June – Tron Øgrim, journalist, author and politician (died 2007)
  28 June – Bjørn Simensen, culture administrator and former journalist
  3 July – Rolf Erling Andersen, politician
  5 July
  Astrid Bekkenes, politician
  Sigurd Frisvold, general and former Chief of Defence of Norway
  24 July – Svein Rennemo, businessperson
  26 July – Kristian Helland, politician
  28 July – Kjell Øvergård, politician
  4 August – Halvar Hansen, politician
  12 August – Ole Henrik Magga, Sámi linguist and politician
  20 August – Per Ravn Omdal, former president of the Norwegian Football Association
  23 August – Terje Rypdal, guitarist and composer
  1 September – Jan Jakob Tønseth, author, poet and translator
  3 September – Kjell Magne Bondevik, Lutheran minister, politician and Prime Minister of Norway
  12 September – Bjørn Floberg, actor
  19 September – Knut Karlberg, veterinarian
  21 September – Åge Tovan, politician
  23 September – Morten Strand, soccer player and politician
  24 September – Erik Hivju, actor
  25 September – Torhild Staahlen, operatic mezzo-soprano
  27 September – Svein Kvia, international soccer player (died 2005)
  28 September – Gustav Lorentzen, singer-songwriter (died 2010)
  10 October – Håkon Helgøy, politician
  11 October – Sigmund Kroslid, politician
  14 October Per Otto Furuseth, handball player, coach and administrator.
  19 October – Gunnar Staalesen, writer
  31 October – Gunhild Elise Øyangen, politician and Minister
  3 November – Tor Svendsberget, biathlete
  5 November – Eyvind Skeie, priest and author
  11 November – Surrey Marshe, model
  18 November – Øyvind Stene, engineer and businessperson
  19 November – Finn Tveter, rower, Olympic silver medallist and jurist
  22 November – Terje Rød-Larsen, diplomat and sociologist
  24 November – Eva Lundgren, feminist scholar and sociologist
  5 December – Jørgen Kosmo, politician and Minister
  18 December
  Einar Olav Skogholt, politician
  Sten Stensen, speed skater and Olympic gold medallist
  29 December – Odd-Arne Jacobsen, musician
caption: Gunnar Staalesen
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