Events in the year 1929 in Norway .
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(September 2010 )
Norway annexed the volcanic island Jan Mayen
8 May
Norway annexed the volcanic island Jan Mayen located in the Arctic Ocean.
Seamen organize a general strike in opposition to proposed wage cuts.[3]
Hallgeir Brenden
Inger Sitter
1 January – Fredrik Olsen , shipping magnate
3 January – Grethe Rytter Hasle , planktologist (died 2013)
17 January – Jan Rasmus Skåre , judge (died 2018)
3 February – Arvid Johanson , politician and minister (died 2013)
10 February – Hallgeir Brenden , cross country skier and double Olympic gold medallist (died 2007)
10 February – Einar W. Sissener , businessperson (died 2008)
26 February – Bjørn Skau , politician and minister (died 2013)
4 March – Fredrik Hagemann , geologist and public servant (died 2019).[4] [5]
5 April – Ivar Giaever , physicist, shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1973
19 April – Guttorm Berge , alpine skier and Olympic bronze medallist (died 2004)
20 April – Knut S. Heier , geochemist (died 2008)
6 May – Jorun Askersrud , cross country skier and athlete (died 2012)
7 May – Arnsten Samuelstuen , ski jumper (died 2012)
10 May – Audun Boysen , middle-distance runner and Olympic bronze medallist (died 2000)
10 May – John Gjerde , politician (died 2005)
28 or 29 May – Dag Frogner , painter and scenographer (died 2015 ).[6] [7]
31 May – Halvdan Ljøsne , painter (died 2006)
11 June – Per Almar Aas , politician (died 2014)
24 June – Oddvar Barlie , sports wrestler (died 2017 ).[8] [9]
1 July – Sigurd Berge , composer (died 2002)
8 July – Gunnar Block Watne , engineer and businessperson, introduced prefabricated houses in Norway (died 2016).[10]
13 July – Svein Ellingsen , visual artist and hymnist (died 2020)[11]
18 July – Kai Ekanger , politician (died 2018)
26 August – Willy Arne Wold , politician (died 1996)
24 September – Kåre Rønning , politician (died 1990)
30 September – Kjell Askildsen , writer (died 2021)
30 September – Helga Gitmark , politician (died 2008)[12]
18 October – Inger Sitter , painter and printmaker (died 2015 ).[13]
19 October – Thorbjørn Kultorp , politician (died 2004)
22 October – Tore Sinding-Larsen , judge (died 2013)
30 November – Leif Haraldseth , trade unionist, politician and minister (died 2019)
13 December – Lars Skytøen , politician and minister (died 2016)
14 December – Magne Lerheim , politician (died 1994)
24 December – Sverre Wilberg , actor (died 1996)
Christian Holtermann Knudsen
Gerhard Munthe
6 January – August Herman Halvorsen , politician (born 1866)
22 February – Gunnar Heiberg , playwright (born 1857).[15]
23 March – Rudolf Nilsen , poet and journalist (born 1901)
2 May – Anders Svor , sculptor (born 1864)
24 May – Just Bing Ebbesen , priest and politician (born 1847)
8 June – Ole Larsen Skattebøl , judge and politician (born 1844)
9 July – Hans Andersen Foss , author, newspaper editor and temperance leader in America (born 1851)
1 August – Gregers Winther Wulfsberg Gram , jurist and politician (born 1846).[16]
12 September – Olaf Hovdenak , long-distance runner (born 1891)
3 November – Olav Aukrust , poet and teacher (born 1883)
19 November – Torleiv Hannaas , philologist (born 1874)
14 December – Sigurd Jørgensen , gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (born 1887)