1907 in Norway

Events in the year 1907 in Norway.

Incumbents

 * Monarch – Haakon VII.
 * Prime Minister – Christian Michelsen

Events

 * 14 June – Norway adopts female suffrage in parliamentary elections.
 * Norsk Hydro, having been founded in 1905, opens up its first plant at Notodden.
 * Municipal and county elections are held throughout the country.
 * The construction of the Bergen Line is completed.

Literature

 * The first Olav Duun novel Løglege skruvar og anna folk (Sogor) (Oddballs and Other People (Stories)) was published.

Notable births

 * 5 January – Sunniva Hakestad Møller, politician (died 1995)
 * 9 January – Haakon Hansen, boxer (died 1985)
 * 14 January – Christian S. Oftedal, politician (died 1955)
 * 16 January – Arne Skaare, politician (died 1981)
 * 4 February – Eva Lund Haugen, author and editor in America (died 1996)
 * 5 February – Birgith Dalland, politician
 * 24 February – Karl Valdemar Westerlund, politician (died 1997)
 * 27 February – Øistein Jakobsen, politician (died 1947)
 * 2 March – Kai Fjell, painter, printmaker and scenographer (died 1989)
 * 8 March – Rolf Jacobsen, writer (died 1994)
 * 13 March – Ingvald Bjerke, boxer (died 1990)
 * 16 March – Hans Kleppen, ski jumper and Olympic bronze medallist (died 2009)
 * 19 March – Arthur Olsen II, boxer (died 1943)
 * 29 March – Berte Rognerud, politician (died 1997)
 * 3 April – Lars Breie, jurist, auditor and politician (died 1999)
 * 10 April – Aase Lionæs, politician (died 1999)
 * 5 May – Haakon Hansen, politician (died 1971)
 * 18 May – Lars Amandus Aasgard, politician (died 1984)
 * 20 May – Per Lie, labour activist (died 1945)
 * 28 June – Odd Bull, air force officer, Chief of Air Staff (died 1991)
 * 31 July – Sigurd Vestad, cross country skier (died 2001)
 * 10 August – Ragnvald Marensius Gundersen, politician (died 1985)
 * 16 August – Edvard Natvig, decathlete (died 1994)
 * 22 August – Einar Normann Rasmussen, politician (died 1975)
 * 25 August – Wilhelm Engel Bredal, politician (died 1966)
 * 13 September – Oskar Slaaen, politician (died 1972)
 * 18 October – Einar Høigård, educator (died 1943).
 * 19 October – Kristian Birger Gundersen, politician (died 1977)
 * 26 October – Martha Frederikke Johannessen, politician (died 1973)
 * 14 November – Kåre Norum, educator (died 1981).
 * 19 November – Gunnar Halle, engineer and military officer.
 * 25 December – Kristian Johansson, ski jumper and World Champion
 * 30 December – Sigmund Ruud, ski jumper, Olympic silver medallist and World Champion (died 1994).

Full date unknown

 * Gerda Grepp, war correspondent (died 1940)
 * Ørnulf Bast, sculptor (died 1974)
 * Per Bratland, newspaper editor (died 1988)
 * Thorbjørn Feyling, ceramist and designer (died 1985)
 * Nils Langhelle, politician and Minister (died 1967)
 * Knut Tjønneland, politician (died 2002)
 * Olav Torpp, traffic engineer and civil servant (died 1993)

Notable deaths

 * 19 April – Ole Vollan, educator, editor and politician (born 1837)
 * 3 May – Georg Sverdrup, theologian and educator (born 1848)
 * 4 June – Agathe Backer Grøndahl, pianist and composer (born 1847).
 * 8 July – Sophus Bugge, philologist (born 1833)
 * 4 September – Edvard Grieg, composer and pianist (born 1843)
 * 5 September – Adolf Østbye, revue artist, made the first Norwegian gramophone record (born 1868)
 * 11 September – Hans Georg Jacob Stang, politician and Minister (born 1858)

Full date unknown

 * Hans Hagerup Krag, engineer (born 1829)
 * Hans Georg Jacob Stang, politician and Prime Minister (born 1830)