1922 in Norway

Events in the year 1922 in Norway.

Incumbents

 * Monarch – Haakon VII.

Events

 * 8 January – The Social Democratic Youth League of Norway is founded.
 * 30 November – The establishment of Norwegian government-owned alcoholic beverage retailer "Vinmonopolet".
 * Fridtjof Nansen is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his work as a League of Nations High Commissioner.
 * Municipal and county elections are held throughout the country.

Sports

 * Ole Reistad, pentathlete, is awarded the Egebergs Ærespris for achievements in multiple sports.

Literature

 * The Olav Duun novel I ungdommen (Odin Grows Up) from the work Juvikfolket (The People of Juvik, 1918–23), was published.

Notable births

 * 6 January – Finn Mortensen, composer, critic and educator (died 1983)
 * 15 January – Eva Bull Holte, painter and printmaker (died 1993).
 * 20 January – Bjørn Endreson, actor, stage producer and theatre director (died 1998)
 * 25 January
 * Just Faaland, political economist (died 2017)
 * Kåre Tveter, painter (died 2012)
 * 2 February – Sigbjørn Hølmebakk, author (died 1981)
 * 11 February – Svenn Stray, politician and Minister (died 2012)
 * 13 February – Jørgen Sønstebø, politician (died 2013)
 * 10 March – Dagmar Lahlum, resistance member and agent (died 1999)
 * 15 March – Kristoffer Lepsøe, rower and Olympic bronze medallist (died 2006).
 * 8 April – Odd Steinar Holøs, politician (died 2001)
 * 14 April – Viking Olver Eriksen, nuclear physicist (died 2014)
 * 30 April – Frank Olsen, resistance member, executed (died 1945)
 * 16 May – Norveig Karlsen, gymnast (died 1993).
 * 18 May – Gerda Boyesen, founder of Biodynamic Psychology (died 2005)
 * 29 May – Edith Roger, dancer, choreographer and stage director. (died 2023)
 * 7 June – Vilhelm Aubert, sociologist (died 1988)
 * 10 June – Edvard Hagerup Bull, composer (died 2012)
 * 10 June – Erling Danielsen, politician (died 2010)
 * 13 June – Gunnar Konsmo, speed skater (died 1996)
 * 14 June – Sven Olsen, politician (died 2001)
 * 26 June – Reidun Andersson, politician (died 1992)
 * 28 June – Jostein Goksøyr, microbiologist (died 2000)
 * 6 July – Thorolf Rafto, human rights activist and professor in Economic History (died 1986)
 * 7 July – Reidar Torp, Norwegian military officer (died 2017)
 * 8 July – Torodd Hauer, speed skater (died 2010)
 * 17 July – Olina Storsand, politician (died 2021)
 * 24 July – Per Hansson, journalist and writer (died 1982).
 * 26 July – Johan Trondsen, politician (died 2018)
 * 27 July – Ambjørg Sælthun, politician (died 2012)
 * 7 September – Bodil Aakre, jurist and politician (died 2008)
 * 28 September – Liv Dommersnes, actress and reciter of poetry (died 2014)
 * 2 October – Hallvard Rieber-Mohn, writer and Dominican priest (died 1982).
 * 8 October – Erik Diesen, revue writer and radio and television personality (died 1999).
 * 8 October – Helge Stormorken, veterinarian and physician (died 2019)
 * 20 October – Kjell Bloch Sandved, author, lecturer and nature photographer. (died 2015)
 * 4 November – Reidar Due, politician (died 2021)
 * 12 November – Knut Østby, sprint canoer and Olympic silver medallist (died 2010)
 * 13 November – Aud Schønemann, actress (died 2006)
 * 22 November – Aksel Jacobsen Bogdanoff, communist (died 1971)
 * 22 December – Odd Wang Sørensen, international soccer player (died 2004)
 * 28 December – Ragnar Christiansen, politician and Minister (died 1994)

Deaths

 * 7 January – Jørg Tofte Jebsen, physicist (born 1888)
 * 23 January – Stephan Sinding, sculptor (born 1846)
 * 6 February – Kyrre Grepp, politician (born 1879)
 * 14 February – Magnus Halvorsen, politician (born 1853)
 * 22 February – Frithjof Olsen, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist (born 1882)
 * 7 March – Axel Thue, mathematician (born 1863)
 * 10 March – Anton Johan Rønneberg, politician (born 1856)
 * 3 April – Aasulv Olsen Bryggesaa, politician and Minister (born 1866)
 * 18 April – Hjalmar Welhaven, architect, palace manager, and sportsman (born 1850)
 * 5 May – Carl Sofus Lumholtz, discoverer and ethnographer (born 1851)
 * 13 June – Fredrik Stang Lund, politician and Minister (born 1859)
 * 21 August – Jørgen Løvland, politician and Prime Minister of Norway (born 1848)
 * 5 September – Alvilde Prydz, novelist (born 1846)
 * 7 September – Hans G. Jensen, tailor, trade unionist and politician (born 1856)
 * 27 October – Hans Henrik Reusch, geologist (born 1852)
 * 25 December – Jørgen Christian Knudsen, ship-owner and politician (born 1843)