1960 in Norway

Events in the year 1960 in Norway.

Incumbents

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

Events

 * 1 May – The U-2 incident reveals that the United States uses Norwegian air bases as part of spying missions against the Soviet Union.
 * 20 August – King Olav V declares television officially opened in Norway.
 * 6 October – The Akershus University Hospital opens
 * 1 November – Population Census: 3,591,234 inhabitants in Norway.
 * 9 December – The Norwegian government decides, contrary to the advice of the Norwegian military leadership, that Norway will not acquire any nuclear weapons.
 * NRK began its regular television broadcasts.

Sports

 * 1960 in Norwegian football
 * Norway at the 1960 Summer Olympics
 * Norway at the 1960 Winter Olympics

Film

 * Struggle for Eagle Peak (Venner), starring Alf Malland

Literature

 * Jens Bjørneboe - Den onde hyrde

Notable births

 * 17 January – Vivian Knarvik Bugge, politician.
 * 7 February – Ingunn Foss, politician
 * 2 March – Svein Stølen, chemist.
 * 10 March – Agnete Haaland, actress and theatre director.
 * 19 March – Hanne Woods, curler.
 * 21 March – Gunn Nyborg, footballer.
 * 29 March – Sonja Mandt-Bartholsen, politician
 * 4 April – Brit Volden, orienteering competitor.
 * 8 April – Jørn Sigurd Maurud, jurist and civil servant.
 * 27 April – Hanne Hegh, handball player.
 * 25 June – Randi Karlstrøm, politician
 * 26 June – Rigmor Aasrud, politician
 * 16 July – Trond Abrahamsen, ice hockey player.
 * 17 July – Toril Marie Øie, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Norway.
 * 21 July – Brynjar Aa, dramatist
 * 27 July – Sverre Løken, rower.
 * 2 August – Joar Vaadal, footballer.
 * 10 August – Øystein Alme, author
 * 2 September – Kristin Halvorsen, politician and Minister
 * 2 September – Ida Hjort Kraby, civil servant.
 * 2 September – Vetle Lid Larssen, journalist and novelist.
 * 4 September – Ragnhild Aarflot Kalland, politician
 * 18 September – Nils Petter Molvær, jazz trumpeter, composer and producer
 * 1 October – Per Bergersen, musician (died 1990)
 * 26 October – Arne Berggren, writer and musician.
 * 18 December – Niels Christian Geelmuyden, journalist and writer
 * 11 December – Frode Grytten, writer and journalist

Notable deaths



 * 15 January – Carl Fredrik Holmboe, engineer (b. 1882)
 * 2 February – Eilert Falch-Lund, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (b. 1875)
 * 15 May – Rolf Jacobsen, boxer (b. 1899)
 * 22 May – Anders Tjøstolvsen Noddeland, politician (b. 1885)
 * 25 June – Carl Alfred Pedersen, gymnast and triple jumper (b. 1882)
 * 22 July
 * Bodil Katharine Biørn, missionary known as Mother Katharine (b. 1871)
 * Hans Nordvik, rifle shooter and Olympic gold medallist (b. 1880).
 * 29 July – Kristian Østervold, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (b. 1885).
 * 29 July – Carl Wilhelm Rubenson, mountaineer (born 1885 in Sweden).
 * 12 September – Jakob Nilsson Vik, politician and Minister (b. 1882)
 * 28 September – Gabriel Kielland, architect, painter and designer (b. 1871)
 * 14 October – Sigurd Hoel, author and publishing consultant (b. 1890)
 * 27 November – Gunnar Kaasen, musher, delivered diphtheria antitoxin to Nome, Alaska in 1925, as the last leg of a dog sled relay that saved the city from an epidemic (b. 1882)
 * 13 December – Christopher Hornsrud, politician and Prime Minister of Norway (b. 1859)
 * 13 December – Einar Jansen, historian, genealogist and archivist (b. 1893)
 * 17 December – Arne Sejersted, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (b.1877).
 * 18 December – Trygve Schjøtt, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (b.1882).
 * 28 December – Karl Eugen Hammerstedt, politician (b.1903)

Full date missing

 * Birger Gotaas, journalist (b. 1883).