1915 in Norway

Events in the year 1915 in Norway.

Incumbents

 * Monarch – Haakon VII.

Events

 * 20 May - The Bastøy Boys' Home Insurrection.
 * 21 October - The 1915 Parliamentary election takes place.
 * The present Lindesnes Lighthouse was built.

Literature

 * The Knut Hamsund novel Segelfoss By Volume 1 & 2 (Segelfoss Town), was published.
 * The Olav Duun novel Harald was published.

Notable births

 * 16 January – Aase Bjerkholt, politician (died 2012)
 * 19 January – Håkon Kyllingmark, politician and minister (died 2003)
 * 25 January – Sverre L. Mo, politician (died 2002)
 * 31 January – Andreas Zeier Cappelen, politician (died 2008).
 * 3 February – Henki Kolstad, actor (died 2008).
 * 14 February – Idar Norstrand, civil servant and politician (died 1986)
 * 8 March – Odd Hilt, sculptor (died 1986).
 * 9 March – Kåre Grøndahl Hagem, politician (died 2008)
 * 13 March – Eva Scheer, journalist, literary critic, translator and author (died 1999).
 * 22 March – Erling Asbjørn Kongshaug, rifle shooter, Olympic gold medallist and multiple World Champion (died 1993)
 * 28 March – Odd Vigestad, politician (died 1999)
 * 31 March – Bergfrid Fjose, politician and minister (died 2004)
 * 21 April – Oddmund Myklebust, politician and minister (died 1972)
 * 8 May – Arvid Fladmoe, composer and conductor (died 1993)
 * 10 May – Kristian Lien, politician (died 1996)
 * 12 May – Olav Askvik, politician (died 2011)
 * 15 May – Jens Christian Hauge, resistance member and politician (died 2006)
 * 5 June – John Engh, architect (died 1996)
 * 5 June – Hilmar Myhra, ski jumper (died 2013)
 * 8 June – Knut Haus, politician (died 2006)
 * 23 June – Jens Bolling, actor and theatre director (died 1992)
 * 1 July – Rolf Hauge, army officer (died 1989)
 * 2 July – Georg Krog, speed skater and Olympic silver medallist (died 1991)
 * 9 July – Arvid Storsveen, intelligence officer (died 1943)
 * 23 July – Olai Ingemar Eikeland, politician (died 2003)
 * 15 August – Per Sonerud, politician (died 1993)
 * 16 August – Odd Lien, newspaper editor and politician (died 2002)
 * 19 August – Erling Kaas, pole vaulter (died 1996)
 * 29 August – Einar Tufte-Johnsen, aviation officer (d. 1985).
 * 3 September – Knut Nystedt, composer (died 2014)
 * 24 September – Knut Schmidt-Nielsen, comparative physiologist (died 2007)
 * 30 September – Wilhelm Bøe, organizational leader (died 1980).
 * 17 October – Alfred Hauge, novelist, poet and historian (died 1986)
 * 22 October – Per Karstensen, politician (died 2010)
 * 6 November – Olav Berkaak, novelist (died 1980).
 * 11 November – Carl Fredrik Engelstad, writer, playwright, journalist, translator and theatre director (died 1996)
 * 29 November – Erik Stai, high jumper (died 2004)
 * 9 December – Arnt Eliassen, meteorologist (died 2000)
 * 13 December – Magne Skodvin, historian (died 2004)
 * 15 December – Odd Aukrust, economist (died 2008).
 * 31 December – Olaf Knudson, politician (died 1996)

Full date missing

 * Alf-Jørgen Aas, painter (died 1981)
 * Astrid Hjertenæs Andersen, poet and travel writer (died 1985)
 * Johan Hambro, journalist (died 1993)
 * Rein Henriksen, lawyer and industrialist (died 1994)
 * Johan Berthin Holte, businessperson (died 2002)
 * Agnar Mykle, author (died 1994)
 * Rasmus Nordbø, politician and minister (died 1983)

Notable deaths

 * 29 January – Ole Andres Olsen, Seventh-day Adventist minister and administrator (born 1845)
 * 15 April – Christian Andreas Irgens, politician (born 1833)
 * 28 April – Vilhelmine Ullmann, proponent for women's rights (born 1816).
 * 31 May – Lars Holst, journalist, newspaper editor and politician (born 1848).
 * 28 July – Christopher Knudsen, priest, politician and minister (born 1843)
 * 12 August – Haakon Ditlev Lowzow, military officer, politician and minister (born 1854)

Full date unknown

 * Knud Knudsen, photographer (born 1832)
 * Henrik Nissen, architect (born 1848)
 * Christian Wilhelm Engel Bredal Olssøn, politician and minister (born 1844)
 * Karl Ditlev Rygh, archaeologist and politician (born 1839)