Events in the year 1903 in Norway.

Incumbents Monarch: Oscar II. Prime Minister: Otto Blehr, then Francis Hagerup

Events

16 June – Roald Amundsen commences the first east-west navigation of the Northwest Passage by leaving Oslo, Norway. 10 August – The Oseberg ship, a well-preserved Viking ship from the 9th century, was discovered in a large burial mound at the Oseberg farm near Tønsberg in the Vestfold county. 22 October – Francis Hagerup succeeded Otto Blehr as Prime Minister of Norway The 1903 Parliamentary election takes place.

Popular culture

Sports

31 January–6 February – The Nordic Games take place in Kristiania. 7 April – Fredrikstad FK (FFK) is founded.

Music

Edvard Grieg, in Paris, became the first Norwegian to make gramophone records.

Film

Literature

Births

5 January – Kirsten Hansteen, politician and Minister, first female member of cabinet in Norway (died 1974). 19 January – Dyre Vaa, sculptor and painter (died 1980). 29 January – Olav Rytter, newspaper editor, radio personality, foreign correspondent, philologist and translator (died 1992) 3 February – Johan Strand Johansen, politician and Minister (died 1970) 25 February – Olav Kjetilson Nylund, politician (died 1957) 15 March – Svale Solheim, folklorist (died 1971). 17 March – Olav Meisdalshagen, politician and Minister (died 1959) 27 March – Leif Tronstad, scientist, intelligence officer and military organizer (died 1945). 28 March – Hans Kristian Bromstad, politician (died 1971) 24 April – Anders Platou Wyller, philologist and humanist (died 1940) 27 April – Tor Skjønsberg, resistance leader, politician and Minister (died 1993) 28 April – Egil Rasmussen, author, literature critic and musician (died 1964) 2 May – Øivin Fjeldstad, conductor and violinist (died 1983) 19 May – Karl Eugen Hammerstedt, politician (died 1960) 24 May – Gudbrand Bernhardsen Tandberg, politician (died 1949) 26 May – Sverre Helgesen, high jumper (died 1981) 1 June – Hans Vogt, linguist (died 1986) 3 June – Tobias Gedde-Dahl, physician (died 1994). 10 June – Ferdinand Strøm, dentist and a pioneer in developing forensic dentistry in Norway (died 1990). 14 June – Nils Helgheim, politician (died 1982) 17 June – Halvor Bunkholt, politician (died 1978) 25 June – Kai Knudsen, politician (died 1977) 26 June – Iver Johan Unsgård, politician (died 1993) 2 July – Olav V, King of Norway (died 1991) 4 July – Hans Jacob Ustvedt, medical doctor and broadcasting administrator (died 1982) 12 July – Haldis Tjernsberg, politician (died 1972) 31 July – Sigmund Skard, poet, essayist and professor of literature (died 1995) 11 August – Arnvid Vasbotten, jurist, Nazi civil servant and politician (died 1995). 17 August – Bjarne Amdahl, pianist, composer and orchestra conductor (died 1968). 17 August – Kittill Kristoffersen Berg, politician (died 1983) 17 August – Olav Sunde, javelin thrower and Olympic bronze medallist (died 1985) 29 August – Ole Stenen, Nordic skier, Olympic silver medallist and World Champion (died 1975) 15 September – Trygve Braarud, botanist (died 1985) 23 September – Egil Sundt, civil servant (died 1950). 24 September – Andreas Martinius Andersen, civil servant. 15 October – Erik Anker, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (died 1994) 30 October – Leif Rustad, cellist and radio pioneer (died 1976). 7 November – Ståle Kyllingstad, sculptor (died 1987). 20 November – Leif Skagnæs, Nordic combined skier 24 November – Sverre Bernhard Nybø, politician (died 1976) 27 November – Karen Grønn-Hagen, politician and Minister (died 1982) 27 November – Lars Onsager, physical chemist and theoretical physicist, winner of the 1968 Nobel Prize in Chemistry (died 1976) 30 November – Einar Østvedt, historian and educator (died 1980). 6 December – Kristian Hovde, cross country skier (died 1969) 15 December – Georg Braathe, long distance runner (died 1968)

Notable deaths

4 January – Christian Fredrik Sissenèr, property owner and politician (born 1849) 20 March – Carl Anton Bjerknes, mathematician and physicist (born 1825) 22 June – Torbjørg Utne, hotelier (born 1812). 17 August – Hans Gude, painter (born 1825) 28 August – Hans Hein Theodor Nysom, politician (born 1845) 10 October – Jacob Thurmann Ihlen, politician (born 1833) 12 October – Olaus Alvestad, educator and newspaper editor (born 1866) 27 October – Erika Nissen, pianist (born 1845)

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