1954 in Norway

Events in the year 1954 in Norway.

Incumbents

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

Events

 * 28 March – Bear Island accident: A Royal Norwegian Air Force seaplane crashed on the Bear Island. The plane had a crew of 8 men and one passenger. One of the crew members survived the accident.
 * 5 April – Crown Princess Martha, wife of Crown Prince Olav dies, age 53.
 * 3 May – Asbjørn Sunde and Erling Nordby were convicted for treason and espionage in favour of the Soviet Union.
 * State-owned Årdal og Sunndal Verk begins construction on the Sunndal plant.

Anniversaries

 * 100 years since the opening of Norway's first railway line.

Sports

 * Martin Stokken, cross country skier and athlete, is awarded the Holmenkollen medal, Norway's highest skiing award.
 * Football Association of Norway joins UEFA.

Notable births



 * 12 January – Jan-Olav Ingvaldsen, politician (died 2021).
 * 27 January – Leif Holger Larsen, diplomat (died 2015).
 * 29 January – Vera Lysklætt, politician.
 * 8 February – Per Thomas Andersen, literary historian and novelist.
 * 16 February – Viggo Hagstrøm, legal scholar (died 2013).
 * 18 February – Helen Bjørnøy, Lutheran minister and politician.
 * 15 March – Unni Steinsmo, chemical engineer.
 * 17 March – Bjørn Eidsvåg, singer, songwriter and Lutheran minister
 * 25 March – Grete Berget, politician and Minister (died 2017).
 * 3 April – Mille-Marie Treschow, landlord and businessperson (died 2018).
 * 7 April – Geir Myhre, ice hockey player (died 2016).
 * 16 April – Ingun Brechan, sport rower.
 * 26 April – Toril Førland, alpine skier.
 * 28 April – Gunn Berit Gjerde, politician
 * 10 July – Wenche Andersen, chef
 * 18 August – Egil Johansen, orienteering competitor.
 * 28 August – Torgeir Schjerven, author and poet
 * 5 September – Per Knut Aaland, cross country skier
 * 20 September – Arne Blix, journalist
 * 23 September – Idar Lind, novelist, crime fiction writer, songwriter and playwright.
 * 1 October – Tone Pahle, sport rower.
 * 7 October – Kjell Grandhagen, military officer (died 2019).
 * 17 October – Hans Kristian Hogsnes, politician (died 2010).
 * 20 October – Terje Moe Gustavsen, politician (died 2019).
 * 6 November – Karin Fossum, author
 * 15 November – Arne A. Jensen, media and corporate executive (died 2020).
 * 25 November – Kristin Moe, politician
 * 27 November – Elisabeth Berge, businessperson and civil servant (died 2020).
 * 15 December – Kine Hellebust, singer, actress, children's writer, non-fiction writer and playwright.
 * 21 December – Grethe Fossli, politician

Full date unknown

 * Jan Bugge-Mahrt, diplomat
 * Bente Haukland Næss, politician
 * Harald Thon, orienteering competitor (died 2019).

Notable deaths

 * 21 January – Per Reidarson, composer and music critic (born 1879)
 * 31 January – Christian Fredrik Monsen, politician (born 1878)
 * 8 March – Leiv Heggstad, educator, linguist and translator (born 1879).
 * 5 April – Crown Princess Martha, royal (born 1901)
 * 10 April – Oscar Mathisen, speed skater (born 1888)
 * 28 April – Knud Leonard Knudsen, gymnast and Olympic gold-medallist (born 1879)
 * 25 May – Snefrid Eriksmoen, politician (born 1894)
 * 25 May – Albert Helgerud, rifle shooter and Olympic gold medallist (born 1876).
 * 4 June – Wilhelm Keilhau, historian and economist (born 1888).
 * 7 June – Sigurd Smebye, gymnast and Olympic bronze medallist (born 1886)
 * 4 July – Wilhelm Blystad, track and field athlete (born 1881)
 * 27 July – Jacob Tullin Thams, Olympian skier (born 1889)
 * 29 July – Knut Johannes Hougen, politician and Minister (born 1854)
 * 14 August – Fredrik Ludvig Konow, politician and Minister (born 1864)

Full date unknown

 * Rasmus Olsen Langeland, politician and Minister (born 1873)
 * Per Berg Lund, politician and Minister (born 1878)
 * Torjus Værland, politician and Minister (born 1868)