1920 in Norway

Events in the year 1920 in Norway.

Incumbents

 * Monarch – Haakon VII.

Events

 * 9 February – The League of Nations gives Spitsbergen to Norway.
 * 17–19 June – The Centre Party was founded.
 * Aalesund ship is discovered embedded in the earth south of Ålesund.

Sports

 * Helge Løvland, won the Olympic gold medal in the decathlon.

Literature

 * Knut Hamsund was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature for the novel Markens Grøde (Growth of the Soil, 1917).
 * The Knut Hamsund novel Konerne ved Vandposten Volume 1 & 2 (The Women at the Pump), was published.
 * The third Sigrid Undset for the trilogy of Kristin Lavransdatter was published.
 * The Olav Duun novel Storbybryllope (The Big Wedding) from the work Juvikfolket (The People of Juvik, 1918–23), was published.

January

 * 2 January – Anne-Sofie Østvedt, resistance leader (died 2009)
 * 7 January – Anders Bratholm, jurist and professor of jurisprudence (died 2010)
 * 10 January – Rut Brandt, writer and second wife of the German Chancellor Willy Brandt (died 2006)
 * 11 January – Ole Henrik Moe, pianist, art historian and art critic (died 2013).
 * 14 January – Helge Rognlien, politician and Minister (died 2001)
 * 19 January – Kåre Olafsen, resistance member, executed (died 1945)
 * 20 January – Thorleif Schjelderup, ski jumper, Olympic bronze medallist and author (died 2006)
 * 27 January – Gudmund Saxrud, civil servant and diplomat (died 2003)

February

 * 4 February – Ole J. Kleppa, physical chemist (died 2007)
 * 8 February – Sverre Farstad, speed skater and Olympic gold medallist (died 1978)
 * 15 February – Anne-Catharina Vestly, children's author (died 2008)
 * 16 February – Karsten Andersen, conductor (died 1997).
 * 17 February – Ivo Caprino, film director and writer (died 2001)
 * 21 February – Per Øisang, journalist and radio and television presenter (died 1967)

March

 * 3 March – Henry Gundersen, resistance member, executed (died 1945)
 * 10 March – Finn Ferner, sailor and Olympic silver medallist (died 2001).
 * 11 March – Kåre Kristiansen, politician (died 2005)
 * 19 March – Kjell Aukrust, author, poet and artist (died 2002)
 * 21 March – Trygve Moe, politician (died 1998)
 * 23 March – Lorentz Eldjarn, biochemist and medical doctor (died 2007)
 * 27 March – Maren-Sofie Røstvig, literary historian (died 2014).
 * 29 March – Hans Methlie Michelsen, judge (died 2014)

April

 * 4 April – Dagfinn Grønoset, author (died 2008)
 * 8 April – Kristian Asdahl, politician (died 2000)
 * 9 April – Otto Nes, television manager (died 2014)
 * 10 April – Jakob Aano, politician (died 2016)
 * 12 April – Audun Hetland, illustrator (died 1998)
 * 19 April – Ragnar Ulstein, journalist, writer and resistance member (died 2019).
 * 22 April – Adolf Bogstad, resistance member, executed (died 1945)
 * 28 April – Egil Endresen, jurist and politician (died 1992)

May

 * 7 May – Einar Wøhni, politician (died 1987)
 * 10 May – Olaf Kortner, politician (died 1998)
 * 11 May − Per Jorsett, sports reporter (died 2019)
 * 29 May – Bjarne Aagard Strøm, politician (died 2008)

June

 * 1 June – Alexander Pihl, medical scientist (died 2009).
 * 6 June – Tormod Førland, chemist (died 1995).
 * 14 June – Ivar Mathisen, sprint canoer and Olympic silver medallist (died 2008)
 * 30 June – Hans Kristian Seip, forester (died 2012)

July

 * 2 July – Lars T. Platou, electrical engineer and politician (died 2003)
 * 6 July – Carl Nesjar, painter, sculptor and printmaker (died 2015).
 * 9 July – Ragnhild Magerøy, novelist and essayist (died 2010).
 * 13 July – Jens Christian Magnus, military officer and politician (died 2017)
 * 15 July – Gudmund Grytøyr, politician (died 2001)
 * 21 July – Gunnar Thoresen, international soccer player (died 2017)
 * 21 July – Harald Warholm, politician (died 1967)
 * 22 July – Ingvar Bakken, politician (died 1982)
 * 25 July – Merete Skavlan, actress, theatre instructor and director (died 2018)
 * 27 July – Olaf Poulsen, speed skater and president of the International Skating Union (died 2008)
 * 31 July – Per Hysing-Dahl, politician (died 1989)

August

 * 3 August – Jonas Brunvoll Jr., opera singer and actor (died 1982).
 * 9 August
 * Kjeld Langeland, politician (died 1973)
 * Tormod Skagestad, writer, actor and theatre director (died 1997).

September

 * 6 September – Sigurd Helle, topographer and explorer (died 2013).
 * 20 September – Rolf Kirkvaag, journalist and radio and television personality (died 2003)

October

 * 6 October – Edvard Beyer, literary historian, literary critic and professor (died 2003)
 * 9 October
 * Jens Bjørneboe, writer (died 1976)
 * Jens Boyesen, diplomat and politician (died 1996)
 * 24 October – Per Saugstad, psychologist and professor (died 2010)
 * 26 October – Anne Valen Hestetun, politician (died 2009)

November

 * 3 November
 * Guttorm Hansen, writer and politician (died 2009)
 * Gerhard Knoop, stage producer and theatre director (died 2009).
 * 26 November – Sven Oluf Sørensen, physicist (died 2017).
 * 27 November – Johannes Bråten, politician (died 1997)
 * 29 November – Eva Børresen, ceramist (died 2022).

December

 * 5 December – Hallvard Eika, politician and Minister (died 1989)
 * 8 December – Ivar Martinsen, speed skater (died 2018)
 * 12 December – Tollef Landsverk, judge and civil servant (died 1988)
 * 19 December – Trygve Brudevold, bobsledder (died 2021)
 * 20 December – Ludvig Eikaas, painter, sculptor and printmaker (died 2010).

Full date missing

 * Sverre Bergh, spy in Nazi Germany during World War II (died 2006)
 * Bjarte Birkeland, literary researcher (died 2000)
 * Jens-Halvard Bratz, businessman, politician and Minister (died 2005)
 * Rolf Arthur Hansen, politician and minister (died 2006)
 * Simen Skjønsberg, journalist and writer (died 1993)

Notable deaths

 * 24 January – Hagbard Berner, lawyer, politician and newspaper editor (born 1839).
 * 3 April – Fernanda Nissen, journalist, literary critic, theatre critic, politician and feminist pioneer (born 1862)
 * 18 May – Johan Henrik Paasche Thorne, businessperson and politician (born 1843)
 * 17 July – Christopher Bruun, Norwegian priest and educator.

Full date unknown

 * Anders Bergene, businessperson (born 1855)
 * Oskar Fredriksen, speed skater (born 1872)
 * Knut Gunnarsson Helland, Hardanger fiddle maker (born 1880)
 * Baard Iversen, businessperson and politician (born 1836)
 * Olaj Olsen, jurist and politician (born 1851)
 * Steinar Schjøtt, philologist and lexicographer (born 1844)
 * Andreas Lauritz Thune, engineer and businessman (born 1848)