1938 in Norway

none May 2020 1938 Events in the year 1938 in Norway. Incumbents Monarch – Haakon VII.Haakon 7. Ole Kristian Grimnes Ole Kristian Grimnes Knut Dørum Store norske leksikon Bolstad Erik Norsk nettleksikon Oslo https://snl.no/Haakon_7. no 10 February 2024 Prime Minister – Johan Nygaardsvold (Labour Party) Events 14 January – Norway claims Queen Maud Land in Antarctica. 24 June – Parliament passes a law making compulsory national unemployment insurance operative for most wage earners.Hasselbalch Ole The Roots – the History of Nordic Labour Law https://www.scandinavianlaw.se/pdf/43-1.pdf 10 November 2025 Scandinavian Law 6-15 July – Évian Conference: The Norwegian delegation submitts multiple formal declarations on Jewish refugee and immigration law issues.2019-01-08 Norway https://evian1938.de/en/norway/ 2025-11-10 Évian Conference – Online-Exhibition en-US 20 November – Queen Maud of Norway dies Undated Construction starts on Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik The Norwegian Mining Museum is established.Norsk Bergverksmuseum Store norske leksikon Erik Bolstad Norsk nettleksikon Oslo https://snl.no/Norsk_Bergverksmuseum no 11 February 2024 thumb|right|Queen Maud's coffin at Akershus Castle, guarded by four Royal Guards. Popular culture Sports 1938 in Norwegian football Music 1938 in Norwegian music Film Norwegian films of the 1930s#1938 Literature d’Aulaires’ Book of Norwegian Folktales - first printed in 1938 Notable births January thumb |right |100 px | Anne Karin Elstad 2 January – Hans Herbjørnsrud, short story writer.Hans Herbjørnsrud Eivind Myklebust Store norske leksikon Bolstad Erik Norsk nettleksikon Oslo https://snl.no/Hans_Herbjørnsrud Norwegian 22 September 2022 9 January – Agnar Sandmo, economist and professor (died 2019). Agnar Sandmo Store norske leksikon Bolstad Erik Norsk nettleksikon Oslo https://snl.no/Agnar_Sandmo Norwegian 25 September 2022 10 January – Thor Bjarne Bore, newspaper editor and politician (died 2019). Thor Bjarne Bore Olav Garvik Olav Garvik Store norske leksikon Bolstad Erik Norsk nettleksikon Oslo https://snl.no/Thor_Bjarne_Bore Norwegian 25 September 2022 13 January – Kåre Rønnes, soccer player and coach 16 January – Helga Hernes, political scientist, diplomat and politician. Helga Hernes Store norske leksikon Bolstad Erik Norsk nettleksikon Oslo https://snl.no/Helga_Hernes Norwegian 25 September 2022 18 January – Rolf Ketil Bjørn, businessperson and politician (died 2008).Bjørn, Rolf Ketil (1938-2008) https://www.stortinget.no/no/Representanter-og-komiteer/Representantene/Representant/?perid=RKB stortinget.no no 26 September 2022 19 January – Anne Karin Elstad, author (died 2012).Anne Karin Elstad Espen Tørset Store norske leksikon Bolstad Erik Norsk nettleksikon Oslo https://snl.no/Anne_Karin_Elstad Norwegian 22 September 2022 23 January – Kari Buen, sculptor (died 2025).Kari Buen Norsk kunstnerleksikon Oslo https://nkl.snl.no/Kari_Buen no 20 November 2025 February thumb |right |100 px | Tor Obrestad thumb |right |100 px | Anita Thallaug 1 February – Kjell Henriksen, scientist (died 1996) 10 February – Raphael Høegh-Krohn, mathematician (died 1988).Raphael Høegh-Krohn Store norske leksikon Bolstad Erik Norsk nettleksikon Oslo https://snl.no/Raphael_Høegh-Krohn Norwegian 24 September 2022 Per Norvik, journalist and editor.Per Kristian Norvik Olav Garvik Olav Garvik Store norske leksikon Bolstad Erik Norsk nettleksikon Oslo https://snl.no/Per_Kristian_Norvik Norwegian 26 September 2022 12 February – Tor Obrestad, novelist, poet and documentary writer (died 2020).Tor Obrestad Øystein Rottem Øystein Rottem Hans H. Skei Hans H. Skei Store norske leksikon Bolstad Erik Norsk nettleksikon Oslo https://snl.no/Tor_Obrestad Norwegian 14 September 2022 14 February – Anita Thallaug, actress and singer (died 2023).Anita Thallaug Store norske leksikon Bolstad Erik Norsk nettleksikon Oslo https://snl.no/Anita_Thallaug Norwegian 22 September 2022 20 February – Inge Lønning, theologian, educator and politician (died 2013).Inge Lønning Nils Egede Bloch-Hoell Store norske leksikon Bolstad Erik Norsk nettleksikon Oslo https://snl.no/Inge_Lønning Norwegian 16 September 2022 24 February – Kristian Rambjør, businessman (died 2015).Kristian Rambjør Store norske leksikon Bolstad Erik Norsk nettleksikon Oslo https://snl.no/Kristian_Rambjør Norwegian 16 September 2022 27 February – Marie Brenden, educator and politician (died 2012).Brenden, Marie (1938-2012) https://www.stortinget.no/no/Representanter-og-komiteer/Representantene/Representant/?perid=MJB stortinget.no no 27 September 2022 Sverre Olaf Lie, pediatrician. (died 2023)Sverre Olaf Lie Store norske leksikon Bolstad Erik Norsk nettleksikon Oslo https://snl.no/Sverre_Olaf_Lie Norwegian 27 September 2022 March thumb |right |100 px | Egil Lillestøl 4 March – Magnar Lundemo, cross-country skier and track and field athlete (died 1987).Magnar Lundemo Rolf Bryhn Store norske leksikon Bolstad Erik Norsk nettleksikon Oslo https://snl.no/Magnar_Lundemo Norwegian 16 September 2022 19 March Egil Lillestøl, physicist. (died 2021)Egil Lillestøl Øyvind Grøn Store norske leksikon Bolstad Erik Norsk nettleksikon Oslo https://snl.no/Egil_Lillestøl Norwegian 17 September 2022 Marit Løvvig, politician.Løvvig, Marit (1938-) https://www.stortinget.no/no/Representanter-og-komiteer/Representantene/Representant/?perid=MAL%c3%98 stortinget.no no 26 September 2022 23 March – Berit Kullander, actress, dancer, and singer.Berit Kullander Store norske leksikon Bolstad Erik Norsk nettleksikon Oslo https://snl.no/Berit_Kullander Norwegian 16 September 2022 25 March – Kaare Aksnes, astrophysicist.Kaare Aksnes Oddbjørn Engvold Store norske leksikon Bolstad Erik Norsk nettleksikon Oslo https://snl.no/Kaare_Aksnes Norwegian 16 September 2022 29 March – Arne Lanes, weightlifter.Arne Lanes https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/56436 Olympedia 25 September 2022 Knut Mørkved, diplomat (died 2017).Knut Mørkved Jon Bech Store norske leksikon Bolstad Erik Norsk nettleksikon Oslo https://snl.no/Knut_Mørkved Norwegian 16 September 2022 April thumb |right |100 px | Ivar Medaas 4 April – Marit Økern, orienteering competitor.Marit Økern Jensen Rolf Bryhn Store norske leksikon Bolstad Erik Norsk nettleksikon Oslo https://www.snl.no/Marit_%C3%98kern_Jensen Norwegian 23 November 2020 5 April – Åge Storhaug, gymnast (died 2012).Åge Storhaug Rolf Bryhn Store norske leksikon Bolstad Erik Norsk nettleksikon Oslo https://snl.no/Åge_Storhaug Norwegian 24 August 2022 6 April – Arne Solli, general (died 2017). Arne Solli Dag Leraand Store norske leksikon Bolstad Erik Norsk nettleksikon Oslo https://snl.no/Arne_Solli Norwegian 26 September 2022 Janken Varden, stage director (died 2026).Janken Varden Store norske leksikon Bolstad Erik Norsk nettleksikon Oslo https://snl.no/Janken_Varden Norwegian 14 September 2022 7 April – Oddbjørn Engvold, astronomer. Oddbjørn Engvold Store norske leksikon Bolstad Erik Norsk nettleksikon Oslo https://snl.no/Oddbjørn_Engvold Norwegian 26 September 2022 9 April – Ivar Medaas, musician (died 2005).Ivar Medaas Arild Torvund Olsen Store norske leksikon Bolstad Erik Norsk nettleksikon Oslo https://snl.no/Ivar_Medaas Norwegian 16 September 2022 11 April – Hans Jacob Hansteen, architect. Hans Jacob Hansteen Ketil Kiran Store norske leksikon Bolstad Erik Norsk nettleksikon Oslo https://snl.no/Hans_Jacob_Hansteen Norwegian 26 September 2022 12 April – Rolf Bendiksen, politician.Bendiksen, Rolf (1938-) https://www.stortinget.no/no/Representanter-og-komiteer/Representantene/Representant/?perid=ROBE stortinget.no no 26 September 2022 20 April – Tor Richter, sports shooter (died 2010).Tor Richter https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/43538 Olympedia 27 September 2022 23 April – Kåre Kivijärvi, photographer (died 1991). Kåre Kivijärvi Annette Faltin Store norske leksikon Bolstad Erik Norsk nettleksikon Oslo https://snl.no/Kåre_Kivijärvi Norwegian 26 September 2022 27 April – Rolf Olsen, sprint canoer.Rolf Olsen https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/10409 Olympedia 27 September 2022 May thumb |right |100 px | Karsten Alnæs 4 May – Birgit Brock-Utne, educator.Birgit Brock-Utne Store norske leksikon Bolstad Erik Norsk nettleksikon Oslo https://snl.no/Birgit_Brock-Utne Norwegian 14 September 2022 8 May – Lucie Paus Falck, politician.Falck, Lucie Paus (1938-) https://www.stortinget.no/no/Representanter-og-komiteer/Representantene/Representant/?perid=LUFA stortinget.no no 26 September 2022 20 May – Lars Walløe, scientist. Lars Walløe Erlend Hem Store norske leksikon Bolstad Erik Norsk nettleksikon Oslo https://snl.no/Lars_Walløe Norwegian 24 September 2022 22 May – Ulf Sand, civil servant and politician (died 2014).Ulf Sand Store norske leksikon Bolstad Erik Norsk nettleksikon Oslo https://snl.no/Ulf_Sand Norwegian 24 September 2022 23 May – Ole Herman Fisknes, jurist and civil servantFisknes gjør kirkecomeback Holbek Jan Arild 27 November 2009 Vårt Land 14 Norwegian 26 May – Inger Lise Gjørv, politician (died 2009).Gjørv, Inger Lise (1938-2009) https://www.stortinget.no/no/Representanter-og-komiteer/Representantene/Representant/?perid=INGJ stortinget.no no 26 September 2022 29 May Karsten Alnæs, historian, writer and journalist. Karsten Alnæs Ingvild Christine Herzog Store norske leksikon Bolstad Erik Norsk nettleksikon Oslo https://snl.no/Karsten_Alnæs Norwegian 24 September 2022 Jan Gulbrandsen, hurdler, politician and sports official (died 2007).Jan Gulbrandsen Rolf Bryhn Store norske leksikon Bolstad Erik Norsk nettleksikon Oslo https://snl.no/Jan_Gulbrandsen Norwegian 22 September 2022 Ove Liavaag, civil servant (died 2007). Ove Liavaag Store norske leksikon Bolstad Erik Norsk nettleksikon Oslo https://snl.no/Ove_Liavaag Norwegian 26 September 2022 June thumb |right |100 px | Marit Tingelstad 3 June Turid Dørumsgaard Varsi, politician.Varsi, Turid Dørumsgaard (1938-) https://www.stortinget.no/no/Representanter-og-komiteer/Representantene/Representant/?perid=TUVA stortinget.no no 27 September 2022 Thor Listau, politician (died 2014).Listau, Thor (1938-2014) https://www.stortinget.no/no/Representanter-og-komiteer/Representantene/Representant/?perid=THLI stortinget.no no 27 September 2022 15 June – Roger Gudmundseth, politician.Gudmundseth, Roger (1938-) https://www.stortinget.no/no/Representanter-og-komiteer/Representantene/Representant/?perid=ROG stortinget.no no 27 September 2022 16 June – Reidar Nielsen, newspaper editor and politician (died 2018).Nielsen, Reidar (1938-2018) https://www.stortinget.no/no/Representanter-og-komiteer/Representantene/Representant/?perid=RENI stortinget.no no 24 September 2022 18 June – Marit Tingelstad, politician.Tingelstad, Marit (1938-) https://www.stortinget.no/no/Representanter-og-komiteer/Representantene/Representant/?perid=MTI stortinget.no no 24 September 2022 23 June – Unn Aarrestad, politician.Aarrestad, Unn (1938-) https://www.stortinget.no/no/Representanter-og-komiteer/Representantene/Representant/?perid=UAA stortinget.no no 27 September 2022 Martin Stavrum, politician. (died 2022)Stavrum, Martin (1938-) https://www.stortinget.no/no/Representanter-og-komiteer/Representantene/Representant/?perid=MARS stortinget.no no 27 September 2022 July thumb |right |100 px | Yngve Hågensen 7 July – Trygve Henrik Hoff, singer, composer, songwriter, and writer (died 1987).Trygve Hoff Ida Habbestad Store norske leksikon Bolstad Erik Norsk nettleksikon Oslo https://snl.no/Trygve_Hoff Norwegian 24 September 2022 10 July – Jostein Nerbøvik, historian (died 2004) 13 July – Yngve Hågensen, trade union leader (died 2023) 18 July – Bjørn Myhre, archaeologist (died 2015).Bjørn Myhre Store norske leksikon Bolstad Erik Norsk nettleksikon Oslo https://snl.no/Bjørn_Myhre Norwegian 16 September 2022 21 July – Willy Martinussen, sociologist.Willy Martin Martinussen Ole T. Berg Store norske leksikon Bolstad Erik Norsk nettleksikon Oslo https://snl.no/Willy_Martin_Martinussen Norwegian 16 September 2022 30 July – Kate Næss, poet (died 1987).Kate Næss Store norske leksikon Bolstad Erik Norsk nettleksikon Oslo https://snl.no/Kate_Næss Norwegian 14 September 2022 August 6 August – Tone Vigeland, goldsmith (died 2024).Tone Vigeland Mats Linder Store norske leksikon Bolstad Erik Norsk nettleksikon Oslo https://snl.no/Tone_Vigeland Norwegian 14 September 2022 10 August – Erling Steineide, cross-country skier (died 2019).Erling Steineide https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/97807 Olympedia 22 September 2022 18 August – Arvid Torgeir Lie, writer (died 2020).Arvid Torgeir Lie Arild Stubhaug Arild Stubhaug Store norske leksikon Bolstad Erik Norsk nettleksikon Oslo https://snl.no/Arvid_Torgeir_Lie Norwegian 22 September 2022 25 August – Ruth Lilian Brekke, politician September 8 September – Olav Dalsøren, ice hockey player.Olav Dalsøren Rolf Bryhn Store norske leksikon Bolstad Erik Norsk nettleksikon Oslo https://snl.no/Olav_Dalsøren Norwegian 24 September 2022 10 September – Eva Birkeland, civil servant.Eva Birkeland Store norske leksikon Bolstad Erik Norsk nettleksikon Oslo https://snl.no/Eva_Birkeland Norwegian 24 September 2022 11 September – Sondre Bratland, folk singer.Sondre Bratland Svein Arne Myhren Tegland Store norske leksikon Bolstad Erik Norsk nettleksikon Oslo https://snl.no/Sondre_Bratland Norwegian 17 September 2022 13 September – Guttorm Guttormsgaard, visual artist (died 2019).https://snl.no/Guttorm_Guttormsgaard Guttorm Guttormsgaard Hege Blom 13 September 2022 Store norske leksikon Erik Bolstad no 18 September – Lars Gunnar Lie, politician October thumb |right |100 px | Bjørn Hansen 2 October – Kjell Bartholdsen, jazz musician (died 2009).Kjell Bartholdsen Bjørn Stendahl Store norske leksikon Bolstad Erik Norsk nettleksikon Oslo https://snl.no/Kjell_Bartholdsen Norwegian 16 September 2022 11 October – Arvid Jacobsen, newspaper editor (died 2014) 12 October – Kari Rolfsen, sculptor and illustrator (died 2020).Kari Rolfsen Store norske leksikon Bolstad Erik Norsk nettleksikon Oslo https://snl.no/Kari_Rolfsen Norwegian 15 September 2022 12 October – Bjørn Hansen, news presenter and correspondent 14 October – Terje Bergstad, painter and printmaker (died 2014).Terje Bergstad Norsk kunstnerleksikon Oslo https://nkl.snl.no/Terje_Bergstad no 22 September 2022 27 October – Jan Martin Larsen, cartographer, orienteer and politician 31 October – Egil Ly, sailor.Egil Normann Ly https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/62845 Olympedia 24 September 2022 Magnar Mangersnes, organist and choral conductor.Magnar Mangersnes Store norske leksikon Bolstad Erik Norsk nettleksikon Oslo https://snl.no/Magnar_Mangersnes Norwegian 22 September 2022 (died 2023) November thumb |right |100 px | Oddvar Torsheim 2 November – Oddvar Torsheim, visual artist, poet and musician.Oddvar Torsheim Tove Kårstad Haugsbø Store norske leksikon Bolstad Erik Norsk nettleksikon Oslo https://snl.no/Oddvar_Torsheim Norwegian 15 September 2022 9 November – Tove Stang Dahl, legal scholar (died 1993).Tove Stang Dahl Store norske leksikon Bolstad Erik Norsk nettleksikon Oslo https://snl.no/Tove_Stang_Dahl Norwegian 24 September 2022 Dag Østerberg, sociologist, philosopher and musicologist (died 2017).Dag Østerberg Store norske leksikon Bolstad Erik Norsk nettleksikon Oslo https://snl.no/Dag_Østerberg Norwegian 25 September 2022 11 November – Fredrik Heffermehl, jurist, writer and translator 15 November – Aril Edvardsen, evangelical preacher and missionary (died 2008) 23 November – Arvid Vatle, physician 27 November – Ragnar Tveiten, biathlete and double World Champion.Ragnar Tveiten Rolf Bryhn Store norske leksikon Bolstad Erik Norsk nettleksikon Oslo https://snl.no/Ragnar_Tveiten no 14 February 2024 29 November – Kjartan Rødland, journalist, newspaper editor and author (died 2025).Kjartan Rødland Olav Garvik Olav Garvik Store norske leksikon Bolstad Erik Norsk nettleksikon Oslo https://snl.no/Kjartan_Rødland Norwegian 22 September 2022Tidligere sjefredaktør Kjartan Rødland er død, 86 år gammel Hanne Ørnhaug Eskeland https://www.bt.no/folk/i/Xj2jvb/tidligere-sjefredaktoer-kjartan-roedland-er-doed-86-aar-gammel Bergens Tidende 27 February 2025 28 February 2025 no December thumb |right |100 px | Liv Ullmann 2 December – Reidar Grønhaug, social anthropologist (died 2005) 5 December – Aud Dalseg, interior architect.Aud Dalseg Ellen S. Klingenberg Store norske leksikon Erik Bolstad Norsk nettleksikon Oslo http://snl.no/Aud_Dalseg Norwegian 18 April 2023 9 December – Astrid Marie Nistad, politician 11 December – Asbjørn Bjørnset, politician 15 December – Fred Anton Maier, speed skater (died 2015).Fred Anton Maier Rolf Bryhn Store norske leksikon Bolstad Erik Norsk nettleksikon Oslo https://snl.no/Fred_Anton_Maier Norwegian 24 September 2022 16 December – Liv Ullmann, actress. Liv Ullmann Svend Erik Løken Larsen Lillian Bikset Store norske leksikon Bolstad Erik Norsk nettleksikon Oslo https://snl.no/Liv_Ullmann Norwegian 24 September 2022 25 December – Finn Graff, illustrator.Finn Graff Katrine Kalleklev Store norske leksikon Bolstad Erik Norsk nettleksikon Oslo https://snl.no/Finn_Graff Norwegian 24 September 2022 27 December – Oddvar Nes, linguist (died 2016) Full date unknown Geir Grung, diplomat (died 2005) Notable deaths 3 January – Ludvig Meyer, barrister, newspaper editor and politician (born 1861) 7 January – Oluf Christian Müller, politician (born 1876) 8 January – Nils Riddervold Jensen, politician and Minister (born 1863) 9 February – Axel Paulsen, speed skater and figure skater (born 1855) 21 March – Jacob Opdahl, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (born 1894) 25 March – Edvard Hagerup Bull, judge and politician (born 1855) 16 June – Torolf Prytz, architect, goldsmith and politician (born 1858) 28 July – Johan Fahlstrøm, actor and theatre manager (born 1867) 15 September – Adolph Gundersen, Norwegian American medical doctor (born 1865) 18 September – Erik Rotheim, chemical engineer and inventor of the aerosol spray can (born 1898) 25 September – Paul Olaf Bodding, missionary, linguist and folklorist (born 1865) 16 October – Nils Yngvar Ustvedt, medical doctor and politician (born 1868) 23 November – Erik Werenskiold, painter and illustrator (born 1855) 4 December – Borghild Holmsen, pianist, composer and music critic (born 1865)Weydahl Hanna-Marie Hanna-Marie Weydahl Borghild Holmsen https://bergenbibliotek.no/musikkogfilm/komponistportretter/borghild-holmsen Bergen Offentlige Bibliotek 1 April 2025 11 December – Christian Lous Lange, historian, political scientist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate (born 1869) 12 December – Holger Sinding-Larsen, architect (born 1869) 14 December – Sven Moren, writer (born 1871).Sven Moren Arnfinn Engen Store norske leksikon Bolstad Erik Norsk nettleksikon Oslo https://snl.no/Sven_Moren no 6 July 2024 Full date unknown Gunnar Olavsson Helland, Hardanger fiddle maker (born 1852) Jakob Sverdrup, philologist and lexicographer (born 1881) See also Norway History Lists References External links 1938