1937 in Norway

Events in the year 1937 in Norway.

Incumbents

 * Monarch – Haakon VII.
 * Prime Minister – Johan Nygaardsvold (Labour Party)

Events

 * 29 May – Stavanger Airport, Sola is opened by King Haakon VII
 * Municipal and county elections are held throughout the country.
 * A flash flood destroys 20 houses in the Sima Valley, Hordaland. No lives are lost.

Notable births

 * 4 January – Harald Barlie, Greco-Roman wrestler (died 1995)
 * 4 January – Ole Kristian Grimnes, historian
 * 4 January – Per Tresselt, diplomat
 * 11 February – Ola Teigen, politician (died 1970)
 * 17 February – Bjørn Wiik, physicist (died 1999)
 * 18 February – Halle Jørn Hanssen, television correspondent, development aid administrator and politician
 * 21 February – Harald V, King of Norway
 * 22 February – Bjarte Eikeset, jurist and politician
 * 23 March – Per Olav Wiken, sailor and Olympic silver medallist (died 2011)
 * 13 April – Berge Furre, historian, theologian and politician
 * 15 April – Johan J. Jakobsen, politician and Minister (died 2016)
 * 18 April – Arne Alsåker Spilde, politician (died 2018)
 * 21 April – Henrik Jahre, politician
 * 7 May – Gullow Gjeseth, Army officer (died 2017.
 * 11 May – Per Brunvand, newspaper editor (died 2015)
 * 24 May – Fredrik Torp, architect
 * 2 June – Geir Kjetsaa, professor of Russian literary history, translator and author (died 2008)
 * 28 June – Odd Bergh, triple jumper and long jumper (died 2023)
 * 4 July – Queen Sonja of Norway
 * 29 July – Pål Bang-Hansen, actor, film producer, film critic and television personality (died 2010)
 * 3 August – Gudrun Waadeland, actress and theatre director (died 2020)
 * 20 August – Kjell Hovik, pole vaulter
 * 4 September – Per Risvik, politician
 * 6 September – Tom Veierød, civil servant
 * 13 September – Alv Gjestvang, speed skater and Olympic silver medallist (died 2016)
 * 14 September – Dag C. Weberg, politician
 * 18 September – Per Flatberg, environmentalist and pharmacist (died 2022)
 * 24 September – Børre Knudsen, Lutheran minister and anti-abortion activist (died 2022)
 * 26 September – Aud Blattmann, politician (died 2023)
 * 16 October – Reidar Hjermstad, cross country skier
 * 17 October – Svein Johannessen, chess player, became Norway's second International Master (died 2007)
 * 21 October – Johan Fredrik Heyerdahl, publisher and secretary general (died 2021).
 * 31 October – Per Øien, flutist (died 2016).
 * 14 November – Bjørn Bang Andersen, shot putter
 * 23 November – Turi Widerøe, Norway's first female air transport pilot
 * 29 November – Johan Jørgen Holst, politician and Minister (died 1994)
 * 1 December – Bodolf Hareide, politician
 * 3 December – Willy Rasmussen, javelin thrower (died 2018)
 * 8 December – Arne Næss, Jr., businessman and mountaineer (died 2004)
 * 23 December – Arne Larsen, Nordic combined skier and World Champion
 * 24 December – Ola Wærhaug, biathlete, Olympic silver medallist and World Champion
 * 29 December – Hjalmar Inge Sunde, military officer
 * 30 December – Einar Johan Rasmussen, ships engineer and ship owner.
 * 31 December – Bjørn Rønningen, children's writer

Full date unknown

 * Jan Balstad, politician and Minister
 * Knut Boye, civil economist (died 2008)
 * Ronald Bye, politician and Minister (died 2018)
 * Nils Petter Faarlund, mountaineer.
 * Øyvind Gustavsen, civil servant
 * Einfrid Halvorsen, politician
 * Knut Hartvig Johannson, businessperson
 * Arild Nyquist, novelist, poet, children's writer and musician (died 2004)
 * Oddrunn Pettersen, politician and Minister (died 2002)
 * Gudmund Restad, politician and Minister (died 2021)
 * Wenche Frogn Sellæg, politician and Minister

Notable deaths

 * 7 January – Hjalmar Nygaard, boxer (born 1900)
 * 19 July – Sigurd Asserson, civil servant (born 1882)
 * 27 July – Hans Dahl, painter (born 1849)
 * 27 October – Harald Pettersen, businessperson and politician (born 1869)
 * 14 November – Harald Stormoen, actor (born 1872)
 * 23 December – Nils Collett Vogt, poet (born 1864)