1930 in Norway

← 1929 1928 1927 1930 in Norway → 1931 1932 1933
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See also:	List of years in Norway

Events in the year 1930 in Norway.

Incumbents

• Monarch - Haakon VII

Events

• 12 November - Norway relinquishes its claim to the Sverdrup Islands.
• Having established two years earlier, what is to become Norway's largest industrial park at Herøya outside Porsgrunn, Norsk Hydro opens up its first plant in this location.
• The 1930 Parliamentary election takes place.

Notable births

• 9 January - Tone Groven Holmboe, composer and teacher
• 12 January - Per Andersen, neuroscientist
• 12 January - Viking Mestad, banker and politician
• 6 February - Rikard Olsvik, politician
• 8 April - Kåre Lunden, historian
• 28 April - Paul Hilmar Jenson, philatelist (died 2004)
• 6 May - Kjell Bækkelund, pianist (died 2004)
• 10 May - Jens Bugge, judge
• 29 May - Liv Stubberud, politician (died 1997)
• 21 June - Arnor Njøs, soil researcher
• 21 June - Trygve Reenskaug, computer scientist
• 4 July - Thea Knutzen, politician
• 9 July - Håkon Randal, politician
• 7 August - Gunnar Ellefsen, politician (died 1997)
• 10 August - Axel Buch, politician (died 1998)
• 7 September - Olav Sigurd Carlsen, politician
• 12 September - Gunder Gundersen, Nordic combined skier and sports official (died 2005)
• 16 October - Hans Andreas Ihlebæk, journalist (died 1993)
• 19 October - Vesla Vetlesen, politician and Minister
• 24 October - Johan Galtung, sociologist
• 30 October - Sjur Hopperstad, politician
• 20 November - Kjell Storvik, economist and former Governor of the Central Bank of Norway
• 24 November - Tor Halvorsen, trade unionist, politician and Minister (died 1987)
• 18 December - Tor Hagfors, scientist, radio astronomer and radar expert (died 2007)
• 19 December - Knut Helle, historian and professor
• 20 December - Jan Elgarøy, organist and composer
• 22 December - Per Bredesen, international soccer player
• 30 December - Sigfrid Mohn, politician

Notable deaths

Fridtjof Nansen

• 7 January - Jacob Breda Bull, author (born 1853)
• 10 February - Mons Monssen, sailor in the United States Navy who received the Medal of Honor (born 1867)
• 12 February - Oddmund Vik, politician (born 1858)
• 24 February - Christian Theodor Holtfodt, politician (born 1863)
• 14 April - Sigurd Ibsen, author and politician (born 1859)
• 13 May - Fridtjof Nansen, explorer, scientist and diplomat, awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1922 (born 1861)
• 5 October - Haaken L. Mathiesen, landowner and businessperson (born 1858)
• 14 October - Wilhelm Christian Magelssen, politician and Minister (born 1867)
• 26 November - Otto Sverdrup, Arctic scientist and explorer (born 1854)
• 9 December - Lauritz Christiansen, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (born 1867)
• 29 December - Oscar Borg, composer (born 1851)

Full date unknown

• Kristofer Kristofersson Hjeltnes, horticulturist and politician (born 1856)