1908 in Norway

Events in the year 1908 in Norway.

Incumbents

 * Monarch – Haakon VII.

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.

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)
 * 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)