1930 in Norway

Events in the year 1930 in Norway.

Incumbents

 * Monarch – Haakon VII.
 * Prime Minister – Johan Ludwig Mowinckel

Events

 * 12 November – Norway relinquishes its claim to the Sverdrup Islands.
 * Having established two years earlier, what is to become Norway's largest industrial park at Herøya outside Porsgrunn, Norsk Hydro opens up its first plant in this location.
 * The 1930 Parliamentary election takes place.

Literature

 * The Knut Hamsund novel August Volume 1 & 2, was published.

Notable births

 * 9 January – Tone Groven Holmboe, composer and teacher (died 2020)
 * 12 January
 * Per Andersen, neuroscientist (died 2020)
 * Viking Mestad, banker and politician (died 2013)
 * 6 February – Rikard Olsvik, politician (died 2017)
 * 7 February – Odd Selmer, journalist and writer (died 2024).
 * 30 March – Petter Fauchald, footballer (died 2013)
 * 8 April – Kåre Lunden, historian (died 2013)
 * 28 April – Paul Hilmar Jenson, philatelist (died 2004)
 * 6 May – Kjell Bækkelund, pianist (died 2004)
 * 10 May – Jens Bugge, judge (died 2014)
 * 29 May – Liv Stubberud, politician (died 1997)
 * 21 June
 * Arnor Njøs, soil researcher (died 2019)
 * Trygve Reenskaug, computer scientist
 * 23 June – Annasif Døhlen, sculptor (died 2021).
 * 4 July – Thea Knutzen, politician (died 2016)
 * 9 July
 * Elsa Lystad, actress.
 * Håkon Randal, politician (died 2012)
 * 7 August – Gunnar Ellefsen, politician (died 1997)
 * 10 August – Axel Buch, politician (died 1998)
 * 11 August – Arne Vinje Gunnerud, sculptor (died 2007).
 * 27 August – Aase Foss Abrahamsen, children's writer (died 2023).
 * 7 September – Olav Sigurd Carlsen, politician (died 2013)
 * 12 September – Gunder Gundersen, Nordic combined skier and sports official (died 2005)
 * 16 October – Hans Andreas Ihlebæk, journalist (died 1993)
 * 19 October – Vesla Vetlesen, politician and minister
 * 24 October – Johan Galtung, sociologist
 * 30 October – Sjur Hopperstad, politician (died 2015)
 * 20 November – Kjell Storvik, economist and former Governor of the Central Bank of Norway
 * 24 November – Tor Halvorsen, trade unionist, politician and minister (died 1987)
 * 18 December – Tor Hagfors, scientist, radio astronomer and radar expert (died 2007)
 * 19 December – Knut Helle, historian and professor (died 2015).
 * 20 December – Jan Elgarøy, organist and composer (died 2018)
 * 22 December – Per Bredesen, international soccer player (died 2022)
 * 30 December – Sigfrid Mohn, politician (died 2015)

Notable deaths

 * 7 January – Jacob Breda Bull, author (born 1853)
 * 10 February – Mons Monssen, sailor in the United States Navy who received the Medal of Honor (born 1867)
 * 12 February – Oddmund Vik, politician (born 1858)
 * 24 February – Christian Theodor Holtfodt, politician (born 1863)
 * 14 April – Sigurd Ibsen, author and politician (born 1859)
 * 13 May – Fridtjof Nansen, explorer, scientist and diplomat, awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1922 (born 1861)
 * 5 October – Haaken L. Mathiesen, landowner and businessperson (born 1858)
 * 14 October – Wilhelm Christian Magelssen, politician and Minister (born 1867)
 * 26 November – Otto Sverdrup, Arctic scientist and explorer (born 1854)
 * 9 December – Lauritz Christiansen, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (born 1867)
 * 29 December – Oscar Borg, composer (born 1851)

Full date unknown

 * Kristofer Kristofersson Hjeltnes, horticulturist and politician (born 1856)