Events in the year 1952 in Norway.
Incumbents Monarch – Haakon VII. Prime Minister – Oscar Torp (Labour Party)
Events
7 January – 15 people are killed in a mine explosion in Svalbard. 14–25 February – 1952 Winter Olympics are held in Oslo. Around April 4 five Norwegian seal hunting vessels went down in a storm in the West Ice. The West Ice accidents claimed 78 lives in total. 1 September - Postwar rationing of sugar and coffee ended. 24 November – Folketeatret (lit. The People's Theatre) opened in Oslo.
Popular culture
Sports
Olaf Barda, chess player, becomes the first Norwegian to be awarded the title of International Master
Music
Film
20 March – Thor Heyerdahl received the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature at the 24th Academy Awards for the Kon-Tiki film.
Literature
Notable births 1 January – Aksel Nærstad, political activist and advisor (died 2022). 25 January – Inga Balstad, politician 11 March – Vigdis Giltun, politician 6 March – Nils Johan Ringdal, author and historian (died 2008)Verdens Gang (in Norwegian) 28 March – Espen Salberg, ballroom dancer 15 April – Ragnar Hovland, novelist, essayist, poet, and writer of children's books. 25 April – Ketil Bjørnstad, pianist and composer 2 May – Gunda Johansen, politician 13 May – Lars Amund Vaage, author and playwright 19 May – Guri Ingebrigtsen, politician (died 2020) 19 June – Sidsel Endresen, jazz singer 25 June – Radka Toneff, jazz singer (died 1982) 27 June – Asle Amundsen, politician 10 July – Kari Husøy, politician 18 July – Per Petterson, novelist 27 July – Torfinn Bjarkøy, civil servant 4 August – Karsten Klepsvik, diplomat (died 2025). 8 August – Jostein Gaarder, author 11 August – Finn Sletten, jazz drummer 19 August – Lillian Müller, model and actress 9 September – Per Jørgensen, jazz trumpeter 18 September – Gunn Olsen, politician 23 September – Unni Holmen, artistic gymnast. 25 October – Helen Fløisand, politician 25 October – Tove Nilsen, writer. 8 November – Carl Haakon Waadeland, musicologist and drummer 11 November – Ole Robert Sunde, writer. 18 November – Gerd Janne Kristoffersen, politician 28 November – Ole Thomsen, jazz guitarist 16 December – Jon Laukvik, organist
Full date unknown Anne-Lise Bakken, politician and Minister Magnus Takvam, journalist
Notable deaths
11 February – Ola Torstensen Lyngstad, politician (born 1894) 14 February – Johan Clementz, boxer (born 1894) 19 February – Knut Hamsun, author, Nobel Prize in Literature laureate (born 1859) 13 March – Johan Nygaardsvold, politician and Prime Minister of Norway (born 1879) 20 April – Sigurd Maseng, diplomat (born 1894) 14 May – Carl Julius Alvin Westerlund, politician (born 1885) 13 June – Andreas Brecke, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (born 1879) 3 August – Even Ulving, painter (born 1863). 26 September – Aslak Nilsen, politician (born 1898). 28 September – Ingvald Tøndel, politician (born 1887) 14 November – Aldor Ingebrigtsen, politician (born 1888) 14 December – Fartein Valen, composer and musical theorist (born 1887)
Full date unknown Einar Borch, landowner and politician (born 1870). Adam Egede-Nissen, politician (born 1868) Christian Wegner Haaland, ship-owner and politician (born 1892) Knut Liestøl, politician and Minister (born 1881) William Martin Nygaard, publisher and politician (born 1865)
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