1959 in Norway

Events in the year 1959 in Norway.

Incumbents

 * Monarch – Olav V
 * Prime Minister – Einar Gerhardsen (Labour Party)

Events

 * 16 February – The Norwegian National Opera and Ballet holds its first performance in Folketeatret in Oslo.
 * 26 June – The "Farmers' Party" (Bondepartiet) changes its name to the "Centre Party" (Senterpartiet).
 * 19 July – Nikita Khrushchev cancels a planned visit to Norway, among others due to an alleged anti-Soviet press coverage.
 * 29 December – The Norwegian government signs the EFTA free trade treaty. Norway becomes an EFTA member.
 * Municipal and county elections are held throughout the country.

Literature

 * Harald Sverdrup, poet and children's writer, is awarded the Mads Wiel Nygaard's Endowment literary prize.

Notable births

 * 19 January
 * Arne Borgstrøm, swimmer.
 * Sigmund Steinnes, politician (died 2018).
 * 27 January – Elizabeth Norberg-Schulz, operatic soprano.
 * 10 February – Steinar Ness, politician.
 * 13 February – Arne Thomassen, politician.
 * 23 February – Sidsel Wold, correspondent and non-fiction writer.
 * 27 February – Tore Sagvolden, orienteering competitor.
 * 9 March – Nils T. Bjørke, farmer, organisational leader and politician.
 * 10 March – Ruth Mari Grung, politician.
 * 16 March – Jens Stoltenberg, prime minister and Secretary-General of NATO
 * 23 March – Unni Larsen, racing cyclist and dogsled racer.
 * 1 April – Pål Farstad, politician.
 * 3 April – Hanne Bramness, poet and translator.
 * 10 April – Mona Juul, diplomat and politician
 * 2 May – Sanna Grønlid, biathlete.
 * 6 May – Morten Staubo, speed skater.
 * 14 May – Bjørn Ousland, comics writer.
 * 22 June – Steffen Tangstad, boxer (died 2024).
 * 27 June – Thure Erik Lund, author
 * 29 June – Harald Tveit Alvestrand, computer scientist
 * 5 July – Synnøve Brenden Klemetrud, politician
 * 8 July – Tom Egeland, author
 * 27 August – Frode Fjellheim, Sami musician
 * 14 September – Morten Harket, A-ha lead singer
 * 29 September – Jon Fosse, author and dramatist
 * 21 October – Åslaug Haga, politician and Minister
 * 1 November – Pål Gerhard Olsen, author.
 * 7 November – Kristin Glosimot Kjelsberg, handball player.
 * 28 November – Lars Sørgard, economist and civil servant.
 * 2 December – Hans Kristian Amundsen, newspaper editor and politician (d. 2018)
 * 28 December – Ragnhild Noer, judge.

Notable deaths

 * 21 March – Hartvig Caspar Christie, politician (born 1893)
 * 17 May – Alf Grindrud, politician (born 1904)
 * 16 June – Konrad Knudsen, painter, journalist and politician (born 1890)
 * 3 July – Johan Bojer, novelist and dramatist (born 1872)
 * 15 July – Peter Egge, writer (born 1869)
 * 28 July – Roald Larsen, speed skater and Olympic silver medallist (born 1898)
 * 5 September – Sigvald Hasund, researcher of agriculture, politician and Minister (born 1868)
 * 21 November – Olav Meisdalshagen, politician and Minister (born 1903)

Full date unknown

 * Eivind Berggrav, Lutheran bishop (born 1884)
 * Sverre Grette, judge (born 1888)
 * Kristian Hansson, jurist and civil servant (born 1895)
 * Olaf Norli, bookseller and publisher (born 1861)
 * Lars Slagsvold, veterinarian (born 1887)
 * Sverre Kornelius Eilertsen Støstad, politician and Minister (born 1887)
 * G. Unger Vetlesen, shipbuilder and philanthropist (born 1889)