1963 in Norway

Events in the year 1963 in Norway.

Incumbents

 * Monarch – Olav V
 * Prime Minister – Einar Gerhardsen (Labour Party) until 28 August, John Lyng (Conservative Party) until 25 September, Einar Gerhardsen (Labour Party)

Events

 * 21 March – MS Høegh Aronde sank near Morocco during a voyage from Sassandra to Valencia, resulting in the deaths of 15 of the 28 Norwegian crew members.
 * 1 July – Work begins to build Tromsø Airport
 * 28 August – Lyng's Cabinet was appointed.
 * 25 September – Gerhardsen's Fourth Cabinet was appointed.
 * Norsk Hydro in cooperation with Harvey Aluminum starts Alnor, a plant at Karmøy to produce aluminium
 * Municipal and county elections are held throughout the country.
 * The Munch Museum was opened, 100 years after Edvard Munch's birth.

Sports
Football (No Data Given)

Top songs of 1963 in Norway

 * 1) Arne Bendiksen - "Jeg vil ha en blå ballong"
 * 2) Cliff Richard - "Summer Holiday"
 * 3) Ned Miller - "From a Jack to a King"
 * 4) Cliff Richard - "Lucky Lips"
 * 5) Elvis Presley - "(You're the) Devil in Disguise"
 * 6) Kyu Sakamoto - "Sukiyaki"
 * 7) Wenche Myhre - "Gi meg en cowboy til mann"
 * 8) Bobby Bare - "Detroit City"
 * 9) Cliff Richard - "Don't Talk to Him"

Film
Om Tilla, by Arne Skouen

Literature

 * Stein Mehren, poet, novelist, essayist and playwright, is awarded the Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature and the Mads Wiel Nygaards Endowment for Mot en verden av lys.

January



 * 4 January – May-Britt Moser, neuroscientist and winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
 * 7 January – Georg Andersen, shot putter.
 * 14 January – Steffen Kverneland, comics artist.
 * 15 January – Erling Kagge, adventurer and publisher.
 * 23 January – Rune Gulliksen, ice hockey player.
 * 30 January – Terje Holtet Larsen, journalist and author.

February



 * 3 February
 * Jørn Andersen, footballer.
 * Kathrine Bomstad, swimmer.
 * Liv Heløe, actress and playwright.
 * 5 February – Jan Kvalheim, beach volleyball player.
 * 8 February – Siri A. Meling, politician.

March

 * 14 March – Lisbeth Berg-Hansen, politician.

April



 * 10 April – Rune Christiansen, poet and novelist
 * 14 April – Gunvor Eldegard, politician
 * 15 April – Mette Wikborg, civil servant.
 * 20 April
 * Pål Hembre, sport shooter.
 * Christopher Nielsen, comics artist.
 * 21 April – Lars Monsen, adventurer and journalist.
 * 28 April
 * Amund Djuve, journalist and newspaper editor.
 * Beate Grimsrud, writer (died 2020).
 * 28 April – Henrik Hellstenius, composer and musicologist

May

 * 4 May – Jørgen Salsten, ice hockey player.
 * 16 May – Carl Erik Johannessen, sailor.
 * 26 May – Merethe Lindstrøm, writer.

June



 * 4 June
 * Elin Brodin, novelist.
 * Solveig Kringlebotn, operatic soprano.
 * 10 June – Kristin Vinje, chemist and politician.
 * 20 June
 * Viel Bjerkeset Andersen, artist
 * Anne Jahren, cross-country skier.

July



 * 2 July – Christl Kvam, nurse, economist, trade unionist, civil servant, and politician.
 * 4 July – Heidi Støre, footballer.
 * 6 July – Rolf Terje Klungland, politician.
 * 7 July – Geir Karlstad, speed skater.
 * 27 July – Lars Bjønness, competition rower.

August



 * 8 August – Christian Tybring-Gjedde, politician.
 * 9 August – Arne Hjeltnes, writer, television personality, and politician.
 * 27 August – Kirsti Leirtrø, politician.
 * 29 August – Hilde Frafjord Johnson, politician

September

 * 16 September – Vidar Kleppe, politician.
 * 22 September – Lisa Scheibert, rower.

October

 * 5 October – Ronni Le Tekrø, guitarist (TNT)
 * 18 October – Sigvart Dagsland, singer, pianist and composer

November



 * 17 November
 * Einar Hålien, newspaper editor.
 * Roy Waage, politician.
 * 19 November – Geir Jørgen Bekkevold, politician.
 * 30 November – Einar Gausel, chess player.

December



 * 5 December – Ingrid Bjørnov, singer, songwriter, keyboard player, composer and text writer.
 * 12 December – Arve Seland, footballer.
 * 25 December – Øystein Fevang, singer and choir conductor.
 * 27 December – Sigrid Brattabø Handegard, politician

Full date unknown

 * Synnøve Eriksen, novelist
 * Ole Amund Gjersvik, jazz musician.
 * Geir Gulliksen, writer and publisher.

Notable deaths

 * 15 January – Bertel Flaten, politician (b.1900)
 * 1 February – Hermann Helgesen, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist (b.1889)
 * 6 March – Ole Øisang, newspaper editor and politician (b.1893)
 * 7 March – Joachim Holst-Jensen, film actor (b.1880)
 * 8 March – Per Askim, naval officer (b.1881).
 * 13 March – Edvin Paulsen, gymnast and Olympic bronze medallist (b.1889)
 * 23 March – Thoralf Skolem, mathematician (b.1887)
 * 24 March – Peder Holt, politician (b.1899)
 * 28 March – Tollef Tollefsen, rower and Olympic bronze medallist (b.1885)
 * 1 April – Agnes Mowinckel, actress and stage producer (b.1875).
 * 10 April – Ottar Gjermundshaug, Nordic combined skier (b.1925)
 * 11 April
 * Thorleif Holbye, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (b.1883)
 * Arvid Gram Paulsen, jazz musician and composer (b. 1922)
 * 13 June – Olav Bjørnstad, rower and Olympic bronze medallist (b.1882)
 * 14 June – Olav Hindahl, trade unionist and politician (b.1892)
 * 17 June – Eugen Lunde, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (b.1887)
 * 20 June – Erling Vinne, triple jumper (b.1892)
 * 30 June – Erling Aastad, long jumper and sprinter (b.1898)
 * 11 July – Paal Kaasen, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (b.1883)
 * 14 July – Rasmus Hatledal, topographer and military officer (b.1885)
 * 27 July – Trygve Bøyesen, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist (b.1886)
 * 2 August – Thorstein Johansen, rifle shooter and Olympic gold medallist (b.1888)
 * 7 August – Knut Markhus, educator and politician (b. 1878).
 * 18 September – Karl Johan Edvardsen, politician (b.1883)
 * 20 September – Thorleiv Røhn, military officer, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (b.1881)
 * 27 September – Svein Olsen Øraker, politician (b.1886)
 * 2 November – Per Gulbrandsen, rower and Olympic bronze medallist (b.1897)
 * 18 November – Astrid Skare, politician (b.1891)
 * 1 December – Jacob Erstad, gymnast (b.1898)
 * 16 December – Anton Beinset, journalist, newspaper editor, short story writer, crime fiction writer and politician (born 1894).
 * 19 December – Ingolf Rød, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (b.1889)
 * 27 December – Sigvard Sivertsen, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (b.1881)

Full date unknown

 * Nils Selmer Hauff, bookseller (b.1882)
 * Hjalmar Holand, historian (b.1872)
 * Kjeld Stub Irgens, sea captain and collaborator minister (b.1879)
 * Lars Knutsen, shipowner (b.1884)
 * Magnus Olsen, linguist and professor of Norse philology (b.1878)
 * Ulrik Olsen, politician and Minister (b.1885)
 * Didrik Arup Seip, linguist and professor (b.1884)