1916 in Norway

Events in the year 1916 in Norway.

Incumbents

 * Monarch – Haakon VII.

Events

 * Municipal and county elections are held throughout the country.

Literature

 * The Olav Duun novel Det gode samvite (Good Conscience) was published.

Notable births

 * 7 January – Gunnar Jakobsen, politician (died 1992)
 * 15 January – Sigrid Utkilen, politician (died 2006)
 * 24 January – Erik Heiberg, sailor and Olympic silver medallist (died 1996)
 * 14 February – Reidar Kvaal, military officer (died 2016)
 * 15 February – Thorleif Kristensen, politician (died 1997)
 * 16 February – Torgeir Andersen, politician (died 1991)
 * 1 March – Arvid Hansen, resistance member, executed (died 1945)
 * 13 March – Frithjof Clausen, wrestler (died 1998).
 * 17 March – Hans Hjelle, politician (died 2008)
 * 20 March – Magnus Andersen, politician and minister (died 1994)
 * 28 March – Charles Oluf Herlofson, naval officer (died 1984)
 * 8 April – Victor Borg, physician, novelist, playwright and script writer (died 1996).
 * 12 April – Finn Lied, military researcher, politician and minister (died 2014)
 * 29 April – Lars Korvald, politician and Prime Minister of Norway (died 2006)
 * 4 May – Ole Borge, jurist and resistance member (died 1995)
 * 7 May – Eigil Olaf Liane, politician (died 1994)
 * 5 June – Torstein Eckhoff, civil servant and professor of law (died 1993)
 * 5 June – Jan Iversen, politician (died 1999)
 * 13 June – Dagfinn Mannsåker, archivist and historian (died 1994)
 * 14 June – Odd Starheim, resistance fighter and SOE agent (died 1943)
 * 20 June – Reidar Alveberg, bobsledder (died 2004)
 * 22 June – Bjarne Kjørberg, politician (died 1969)
 * 29 June – Thor Fossum, politician (died 1993)
 * 17 August – Eivind Skabo, sprint canoer and Olympic bronze medallist (died 2006)
 * 22 August – Ole Bergesen, politician (died 1965)
 * 24 August – Sigmund P. Haave, politician (died 2001)
 * 30 August – Oskar Edøy, politician (died 2008)
 * 12 September – Rolf Andersen, politician (died 1990)
 * 18 September – Thomas Byberg, speed skater and Olympic silver medallist (died 1998)
 * 24 September – Olav Gjærevoll, botanist, politician and minister (died 1994)
 * 10 October – Kåre Holt, author (died 1997)
 * 21 October – Ottar Grønvik, philologist and runology scholar (died 2008)
 * 15 November – Greta Gynt, singer, dancer and actress (died 2000)
 * 9 December – Claus Egil Feyling, politician (died 1989)

Full date unknown

 * Trygve Bjørgo, educator and poet (died 1997)
 * Knut Blom, judge (died 1996)
 * Bjørvik Jacobsen, trapper/hunter and author (d. c2000)
 * Tor Jonsson, author and journalist (died 1951)
 * Sivert Andreas Nielsen, civil servant, banker and politician (died 2004)

Notable deaths

 * 10 April – Ole Bornemann Bull, ophthalmologist (born 1842)
 * 14 April – Gina Krog, suffragist (born 1847).
 * 12 September – Henrik Mohn, meteorologist (born 1835)
 * 1 October – Carl Otto Løvenskiold, naval officer, politician and land owner (born 1839).

Full date unknown

 * Nils Henrik Bruun, engineer (born 1832)
 * Endre Johannes Cleven, settler in Canada (born 1874)
 * Ole Herman Johannes Krag, gun designer (born 1837)
 * Yngvar Nielsen, historian and geographer (born 1843)
 * Erik V. Vullum, politician and author (born 1850)