1921 in Norway

Events in the year 1921 in Norway.

Incumbents

 * Monarch – Haakon VII.

Events

 * 6 May – A general strike begins in Norway.
 * 17 September – the Dovre Line was opened.
 * 18 September – Nidareid train disaster on the Trondhjem-Størenbanen railway line. Six people were killed in this, the first serious passenger train accident in Norway
 * The 1921 Parliamentary election takes place.

Sports

 * Harald Strøm, speedskater and football player, becomes the third to receive the Egebergs Ærespris, an award presented to Norwegian athletes who excel at two (or more) different sports.

Literature

 * The Olav Duun novel I eventyret (Odin in Fairyland) from the work Juvikfolket (The People of Juvik, 1918–23), was published.

Notable births



 * 3 January – Mosse Jørgensen, school principal and non-fiction writer (died 2009).
 * 5 January – Odd Højdahl, trade unionist, politician and Minister (died 1994)
 * 6 January – Hans Aardal, politician (died 1995)
 * 15 January – Kristian Ottosen, writer and public servant (died 2006)
 * 4 February – Valter Gabrielsen, politician (died 1999)
 * 27 February – Eigil Gullvåg, newspaper editor and politician (died 1991)
 * 9 March – Wanda Hjort Heger, social worker (died 2017)
 * 21 March – Vibeke Lunde, sailor and Olympic silver medallist (died 1962).
 * 24 March – Kjell Stormoen, actor, scenographer and theatre director (died 2010)
 * 25 March – Fredrik Jensen, decorated soldier in the German Waffen SS (died 2011)
 * 27 March – Vidkunn Hveding, politician and Minister (died 2001)
 * 6 April – Erland Asdahl, politician (died 1988)
 * 7 April – Erling Sandene, judge and civil servant (died 2015)
 * 9 April – Asbjørn Antoni Holm, politician (died 2001)
 * 23 April – Ola H. Kveli, politician (died 2003)
 * 9 May – Sverre Moen, politician (died 1987)
 * 14 May – Arve Opsahl, film and stage actor, singer and stand-up comedian (died 2007)
 * 16 May – Odd With, politician (died 2006)
 * 27 May – Thor Lund, politician (died 1999)
 * 5 June – Rolf Gjermundsen, politician (died 1994)
 * 11 June – Einar Hole Moxnes, politician and Minister (died 2006)
 * 15 June – Harald Sverre Olsen, politician (died 2020)
 * 27 June – Frank Weylert, actor and singer (died 2007)
 * 30 June – Gunvor Hofmo, writer and poet (died 1995)
 * 10 July – Eva Kløvstad, resistance leader (died 2014)
 * 11 July – Petter Hugsted, ski jumper and Olympic gold medallist (died 2000)
 * 13 July – Carl Monssen, rower and Olympic bronze medallist (died 1992)
 * 17 July – Knut Thomassen, actor and theatre director (died 2002).
 * 15 August – Nils Christensen, aviator and aircraft engineer (died 2017)
 * 27 August – Babbis Friis-Baastad, children's writer (died 1970).
 * 23 September – Annemarie Lorentzen, politician and Minister (died 2008)
 * 28 September – Åge Ramberg, politician (died 1991)
 * 8 October – Odd Mæhlum, javelin thrower (died 2011)
 * 10 October – Gunnar Thoresen, bobsledder (died 1972)
 * 17 October – Edel Hætta Eriksen, schoolteacher and politician (died 2023).
 * 11 November – Trygve Olsen, politician (died 1979)
 * 15 November – Thorleif Olsen, footballer (died 1996).
 * 27 November – Aud Alvær, politician (died 2000)
 * 28 November – Olav Hagen, cross country skier and Olympic bronze medallist (died 2013)
 * 24 December – Birger Dannevig, journalist and historian (died 1998).
 * 25 December – Gunnar S. Gundersen, painter (died 1983)

Notable deaths

 * 8 February – Francis Hagerup, lawyer, diplomat, politician and twice Prime Minister of Norway (born 1853)
 * 25 February – Elizabeth Fedde, Lutheran Deaconess who established the Norwegian Relief Society (born 1850)
 * 4 May – Waldemar Hansteen, architect (born 1857)
 * 22 June – Gjert Holsen, politician (born 1855)
 * 21 July – Lars Kristian Abrahamsen, politician and Minister (born 1855)
 * 25 July – Peder Nilsen, politician and Minister (born 1846)
 * 19 September – Erik Glosimodt, architect (born 1881)

Full date unknown

 * Nils S. Dvergsdal, politician (born 1842)