Events in the year 1917 in Norway.
Incumbents Monarch – Haakon VII.
Events The Bratsberg Line began rail traffic between Eidanger and Notodden. The line was closed in 2001. The Thorunn affair. 29 October – Deputy member of Parliament Sara Christie becomes the second woman to take a seat in the Parliament of Norway.
Popular culture
Sports
2 April – Lillestrøm SK is founded after the merger of two local football clubs. 19 May – Rosenborg BK is founded.
Music
24 October 1917 – the Norwegian Society of Composers was founded.
Film
Literature The Knut Hamsun novel Markens Grøde Volume 1 & 2 (Growth of the Soil, was published. The Olav Duun novel På Lyngsøya (At Heather Island), was published. The Mikkjel Fønhus debut novel Skoggangsmand (Outlaw), was published.
Anniversaries 14 October – 100 years since the birth of Marcus Thrane.
Notable births
5 January – Bernt Bjørkø, painter (died 1992) 15 January – Hampus Huldt-Nystrøm, pianist and musicologist (died 1995) 19 January – Arnfinn Kvithyll, politician (died 2002) 20 January – Gunnar Bøe, economist and politician (died 1989) 21 January – Kjeld Rasmussen, sculptor (died 1999) 24 January – Alf Malland, actor (died 1997) 28 January – Eivind Erichsen, economist and civil servant (died 2005)
1 February – Tor Aspengren, trade unionist (died 2004) 9 February – Ada Madssen, sculptor (died 2009) 15 February – Fredrik Mellbye, physician (died 1999) 15 February – Torolf Smedvig, ship-owner (died 1977) 18 February – Eva Gustavson, singer (died 2009) 19 February – Karl Trasti, politician (died 1976) 23 February – Erling Sverdrup, statistician (died 1994)
2 March – Haakon Tranberg, sprinter (died 1991) 4 March – Georg Kristiansen, military officer and diplomat (died 2003) 6 March – Paul Svarstad, politician (died 1998) 8 March – Harald Skjervold, agronomer (died 1995) 18 March – Rita Drangsholt, singer (died 2012). 21 March – Egil Weiglin, painter (died 1997) 26 March – , painter (died 2004) 27 March – Leif Holbæk-Hanssen, economist (died 1991)
2 April – Reidar Myhre, educationalist (died 2005) 6 April – , artist (died 2008) 9 April – Ole Jacob Bangstad, major general and sports official (died 2010) 10 April – Fanny Natvig, textile artist (died 1970) 11 April – Bjørn Cook, wrestler (died 2003) 20 April – Eva Prytz, singer (died 1987) 26 April – Liv Hassel, textile artist (died 1989)
1 May – Aud Gustad, politician (died 2000) 2 May – Sverre Hartmann, historian (died 2003) 5 May – Aage Eriksen, wrestler (died 1998) 5 May – Lauritz Opstad, museum director (died 2003) 12 May – Johan Berg, military officer (died 1981) 15 May – Jan Didriksen, jurist (died 1989) 15 May – Daniel Haakonsen, literary historian (died 1989) 15 May – Guthorm Kavli, art historian (died 1995) 15 May – Harald Risberg, painter (died 1996) 16 May – Arne Røgden, bobsledder (died 2002) 17 May – Ragnvald Winjum, jurist and politician (died 1965) 25 May – Brynjulv Sjetne, politician (died 1976)
2 June – Sverre Bratland, military leader (died 2002) 13 June – Peter Krag Helland-Hansen, architect (died 1984) 14 June – Atle Selberg, mathematician (died 2007) 15 June – Einfrid Perstølen, psychiatrist and Nynorsk proponent (died 2017) 16 June – Odd Solumsmoen, writer (died 1986) 19 June – Karl Victor Hall, physician (died 2001) 27 June – Wilhelm Mohr, aviator (died 2016) 28 June – , illustrator (died 1997) 28 June – Grete Prytz Kittelsen, designer (died 2010)
1 July – Milada Blekastad, writer and literary historian (died 2003; born in Prague) 3 July – Brita Collett Paus, humanitarian leader (died 1998) 12 July – Erling Erland, politician (died 1988) 15 July – Reidar Liaklev, speed skater (died 2006) 18 July – Harald Nikolai Brøvig, politician (died 2010) 21 July – Jon Ekeland, sculptor (died 1986) 22 July – Lothar Lindtner, actor (died 2005) 22 July – Torbjørn Navelsaker, television engineer (died 1976) 23 July – Knut Brynildsen, footballer (died 1986) 24 July – Gudmund Harlem, politician (died 1988) 24 July – Simon Slåttvik, skier (died 2001) 27 July – Guy Krohg, painter, illustrator and scenographer (died 2002). 28 July – Gunnar Haarberg, television presenter (died 2009)
2 August – Andreas Grimsø, politician (died 2004) 4 August – Torvald Moseid, textile artist (died 2000) 12 August – Ebba Haslund, writer and politician (died 2009; born in the US) 13 August – Lulla Einrid Fossland, politician (died 2009) 14 August – Anton Helmersberg, painter (died 1993) 17 August – Kåre Rodahl, physician (died 2008) 26 August – Gisle Straume, actor (died 1988)
3 September – Bjarne Hanssen, politician (died 2014) 3 September – Oddmund Ljone, writer (died 1985) 5 September – Rolf Vik, zoologist (died 1999) 9 September – Maj Sønstevold, composer (died 1996; born in Sweden) 14 September – Sigurd Aalefjær, engineer (died 1991; born in the US) 23 September – Knut Haugland, resistance fighter and explorer (died 2009) 26 September – Åslaug Linge Sunde, politician (died 2006)
3 October – Richard Fredrik Kjelstrup, clarinetist (died 1996) 3 October – Odd Lundberg, speed skater (died 1983) 7 October – Godtfred Holmvang, decathlete and skier (died 2006) 16 October – Aasmund Brynildsen, writer (died 1974) 22 October – Kathrine Johnsen, radio presenter (died 2002) 25 October – Torbjørn Afdal, furniture designer (died 1999) 26 October – Kaare Steel Groos, politician (died 1994)
5 November – Jens Evensen, lawyer, judge and politician (died 2004) 8 November – Rolf Solem, police chief (died 2011) 12 November – Arne Taraldsen, illustrator (died 1989) 18 November – Ragnar Kvam, journalist, novelist, translator and literary critic (died 2006) 29 November – Nicolai Johansen, football administrator (died 1999) 29 November – Annalise Convad, painter (died 2011; born in Denmark) 30 November – Arne Konrad Eldegard, banker and politician (died 2018)
5 December – Wenche Foss, actress (died 2011) 8 December – Hans Holtedahl, geologist (died 2001) 13 December – Jan Baalsrud, resistance member (died 1988) 13 December – Werner Christie, aviator (died 2004) 15 December – Gregers Gram, resistance member (died 1944) 19 December – Olaf Dufseth, skier (died 2009) 22 December – Hans Brimi, folk musician (died 1998) 23 December – Eivind Sværen, shot putter (died 1986) 24 December – Frithjof Sælen, writer (died 2004)
Full date missing Odd Hovdenak, civil servant (died 1982) Olav Harald Jensen, economist (died 1991) Tor Ørvig, paleontologist (died 1994)
Notable deaths
7 January – Jørgen Alexander Knudtzon, linguist (born 1854) 26 January – Oluf Iversen, politician (born 1847) 1 February – Georg Andreas Bull, architect and chief building inspector (born 1829) 6 March – Lorentz Dietrichson, art historian (born 1834) 15 March – Kristofer Randers, writer (born 1851) 17 March – Cæsar Peter Møller Boeck, dermatologist (born 1845) 11 April – Rasmus Høydahl Ohme, marketer (born 1865) 27 April – Christen Brun, bishop (born 1846) 8 May – Gustaf Aspelin, businessperson (born 1857, died in Sweden) 9 May – Haagen Krog Steffens, historian, archivist and genealogist (born 1873) 11 May – Andreas Bloch, caricaturist (born 1860) 16 May – Ole Olsen Malm, physician, veterinarian, civil servant and politician (b. 1854). 19 May – Jørgen Brunchorst, politician (born 1862; died in Italy) 15 June – Kristian Birkeland, scientist (born 1867; died in Japan) 18 June – Oscar Ambrosius Castberg, painter and sculptor (born 1846) 19 June – Johan Gerhard Theodor Ameln, politician (born 1838) 1 July – Olaus Arvesen, educator and politician (born 1830) 30 July – Hans Konrad Foosnæs, educator and politician (born 1846) 4 August – Kristian Birch-Reichenwald Aars, academic (born 1868) 11 September – Thora Hansson, actress and theatre director (born 1848) 20 September – Einar Sundt, businessman, writer and publisher (born 1854). 10 October – Johannes Ylvisaker, theologian (born 1845; died in the US) 11 October – Carl Frithjof Smith, painter (born 1859; died in Germany) 25 October – Johannes Grimelund, painter (born 1842; died in France) 17 November – Kristofer Janson, author (born 1841; died in Denmark) 3 December – Sigrid Bølling, painter (born 1852; died in Denmark) 4 December – Aasmund Halvorsen Vinje, politician (born 1851) 21 December – , engineer (born 1840)
Full date missing Anders Sveaas, businessperson and consul (born 1840) Georg August Thilesen, politician (born 1837)
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