1953 in Norway

Events in the year 1953 in Norway.

Incumbents

 * Monarch – Haakon VII
 * Prime Minister – Oscar Torp (Labour Party)

Events

 * 1 June –The first Bergen International Festival opens.
 * 16 July – Parliament voted to move the main base for the Navy from Horten to Bergen.
 * 11 September – The Norwegian Consumer Council established
 * 12 October – The 1953 Parliamentary election takes place.
 * 15 November – Four men suspected of spying for the Soviet Union were arrested in Kirkenes.
 * The Norwegian Academy for Language and Literature (Det Norske Akademi for Sprog og Litteratur) is founded.

Notable births



 * 6 January – Jon Eberson, jazz guitarist
 * 10 February – Aud Folkestad, politician
 * 18 February – Erling Aksdal, jazz pianist
 * 6 March – Jan Kjærstad, author
 * 8 March – Kristin Ørmen Johnsen, politician.
 * 21 March – Per Inge Torkelsen, humorist (died 2021).
 * 13 April – Tom Olstad, jazz drummer
 * 24 April – Nina Bjerkedal, civil servant
 * 24 April – Øyvind Sandberg, film director
 * 8 May – May Hansen, politician
 * 12 May – Odd Riisnæs, jazz saxophonist
 * 20 May – John Arne Markussen, journalist and newspaper editor.
 * 2 June – Vidar Johansen, jazz saxophonist
 * 25 June – Svein Tindberg, actor.
 * 30 June – Ståle Wikshåland, musicologist (died 2017).
 * 13 July – Sigurd Ulveseth, jazz upright bassist
 * 27 July – Hildegunn Eggen, actress.
 * 19 September – Olav Berstad, diplomat
 * 21 September – Lars Saabye Christensen, author
 * 7 November – Erik Balke, jazz saxophonist
 * 22 November – Stein Erik Lunde, novelist, children's writer, biographer and textbook writer.
 * 7 December – Arne Nævra, photographer and politician, member of the Storting.

Full date unknown

 * Erik Blücher, political activist
 * Nils Lid Hjort, statistician and professor
 * Per Hannevold, principal bassoonist of the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra

Notable deaths



 * 11 January – Hans Aanrud, author, poet and playwright (born 1863)
 * 31 January – Fanny Schnelle, politician, women's rights advocate, teacher and humanitarian (born 1866)
 * 9 March – Ole Iversen, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist (born 1884)
 * 2 April – Halfdan Hansen, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (born 1883)
 * 20 May – Lorentz Brinch, barrister, military officer, resistance member and politician (born 1910).
 * 18 June – Thomas Thorstensen, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (born 1880)
 * 24 June – Jentoft Jensen, politician (born 1901)
 * 12 July – Otto Olsen, rifle shooter and Olympic gold medallist (born 1884)
 * 18 July – Ole Jensen Rong, politician (born 1885)
 * 4 September – Magdalon Monsen, soccer player and Olympic bronze medallist (born 1910).
 * 12 September – Sigrid Boo, author (born 1898)
 * 11 November – Marie Karsten, interior designer (born 1872).
 * 9 December – Issay Dobrowen, composer and conductor (born 27 February 1891).

Full date unknown

 * Solveig Haugan, stage and movie actress (born 1901)
 * Kristen Holbø, painter and illustrator (born 1869)
 * Johan Martin Holst, surgeon and military doctor (born 1892).
 * Christian Pierre Mathiesen, politician and Minister (born 1870)
 * Jonas Pedersen, politician (born 1871)
 * Marius Nygaard Smith-Petersen, physician and orthopaedic surgeon in America (born 1886)
 * Alfred Trønsdal, politician (born 1896)
 * Eirik Vandvik, professor in literature (born 1904)