1963 in Norway
# 1963 in Norway

Events in the year 1963 in Norway.

## Incumbents

* Monarch – Olav V
* Prime Minister – Einar Gerhardsen (Labour Party) until 28 August, John Lyng (Conservative Party) until 25 September, Einar Gerhardsen (Labour Party)

## Events

* 21 March – MS Høegh Aronde sank near Morocco during a voyage from Sassandra to Valencia, resulting in the deaths of 15 of the 28 Norwegian crew members.
* 1 July – Work begins to build Tromsø Airport
* 28 August – Lyng's Cabinet was appointed.
* 25 September – Gerhardsen's Fourth Cabinet was appointed.
* Norsk Hydro in cooperation with Harvey Aluminum starts Alnor, a plant at Karmøy to produce aluminium
* Municipal and county elections are held throughout the country.
* The Munch Museum was opened, 100 years after Edvard Munch's birth.

## Popular culture

### Sports

Football (No Data Given)

### Music

**Top songs of 1963 in Norway**

* Arne Bendiksen - "Jeg vil ha en blå ballong"
* Cliff Richard - "Summer Holiday"
* Ned Miller - "From a Jack to a King"
* Cliff Richard - "Lucky Lips"
* Elvis Presley - "(You're the) Devil in Disguise"
* Kyu Sakamoto - "Sukiyaki"
* Wenche Myhre - "Gi meg en cowboy til mann"
* Bobby Bare - "Detroit City"
* Cliff Richard - "Don't Talk to Him"

### Film

Om Tilla, by Arne Skouen

### Literature

* Stein Mehren, poet, novelist, essayist and playwright, is awarded the Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature and the Mads Wiel Nygaards Endowment for Mot en verden av lys.

## Notable births

### January

* 4 January – May-Britt Moser, neuroscientist and winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
* 7 January – Georg Andersen, shot putter.
* 14 January – Steffen Kverneland, comics artist.
* 15 January – Erling Kagge, adventurer and publisher.
* 23 January – Rune Gulliksen, ice hockey player.
* 30 January – Terje Holtet Larsen, journalist and author.

### February

* 3 February
   * Jørn Andersen, footballer.
   * Kathrine Bomstad, swimmer.
   * Liv Heløe, actress and playwright.
* 5 February – Jan Kvalheim, beach volleyball player.
* 8 February – Siri A. Meling, politician.

### March

* 14 March – Lisbeth Berg-Hansen, politician.

### April

* 10 April – Rune Christiansen, poet and novelist
* 14 April – Gunvor Eldegard, politician
* 20 April
   * Pål Hembre, sport shooter.
   * Christopher Nielsen, comics artist.
* 21 April – Lars Monsen, adventurer and journalist.
* 28 April
   * Amund Djuve, journalist and newspaper editor.
   * Beate Grimsrud, writer (died 2020).
* 28 April – Henrik Hellstenius, composer and musicologist

### May

* 4 May – Jørgen Salsten, ice hockey player.
* 16 May – Carl Erik Johannessen, sailor.
* 26 May – Merethe Lindstrøm, writer.

### June

* 4 June
   * Elin Brodin, novelist.
   * Solveig Kringlebotn, operatic soprano.
* 10 June – Kristin Vinje, chemist and politician.
* 20 June
   * Viel Bjerkeset Andersen, artist
   * Anne Jahren, cross-country skier.

### July

* 2 July – Christl Kvam, nurse, economist, trade unionist, civil servant, and politician.
* 4 July – Heidi Støre, footballer.
* 6 July – Rolf Terje Klungland, politician.
* 7 July – Geir Karlstad, speed skater.
* 27 July – Lars Bjønness, competition rower.

### August

* 8 August – Christian Tybring-Gjedde, politician.
* 9 August – Arne Hjeltnes, writer, television personality, and politician.
* 27 August – Kirsti Leirtrø, politician.
* 29 August – Hilde Frafjord Johnson, politician

### September

* 16 September – Vidar Kleppe, politician.
* 22 September – Lisa Scheibert, rower.

### October

* 5 October – Ronni Le Tekrø, guitarist (TNT)
* 18 October – Sigvart Dagsland, singer, pianist and composer

### November

* 17 November
   * Einar Hålien, newspaper editor.
   * Roy Waage, politician.
* 19 November – Geir Jørgen Bekkevold, politician.
* 30 November – Einar Gausel, chess player.

### December

* 5 December – Ingrid Bjørnov, singer, songwriter, keyboard player, composer and text writer.
* 12 December – Arve Seland, footballer.
* 25 December – Øystein Fevang, singer and choir conductor.
* 27 December – Sigrid Brattabø Handegard, politician

### Full date unknown

* Synnøve Eriksen, novelist
* Ole Amund Gjersvik, jazz musician.
* Geir Gulliksen, writer and publisher.

## Notable deaths

* 15 January – Bertel Flaten, politician (b.1900)
* 1 February – Hermann Helgesen, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist (b.1889)
* 6 March – Ole Øisang, newspaper editor and politician (b.1893)
* 7 March – Joachim Holst-Jensen, film actor (b.1880)
* 8 March – Per Askim, naval officer (b.1881).
* 13 March – Edvin Paulsen, gymnast and Olympic bronze medallist (b.1889)
* 23 March – Thoralf Skolem, mathematician (b.1887)
* 24 March – Peder Holt, politician (b.1899)
* 28 March – Tollef Tollefsen, rower and Olympic bronze medallist (b.1885)
* 1 April – Agnes Mowinckel, actress and stage producer (b.1875).
* 10 April – Ottar Gjermundshaug, Nordic combined skier (b.1925)
* 11 April
   * Thorleif Holbye, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (b.1883)
   * Arvid Gram Paulsen, jazz musician and composer (b. 1922)
* 13 June – Olav Bjørnstad, rower and Olympic bronze medallist (b.1882)
* 14 June – Olav Hindahl, trade unionist and politician (b.1892)
* 17 June – Eugen Lunde, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (b.1887)
* 20 June – Erling Vinne, triple jumper (b.1892)
* 30 June – Erling Aastad, long jumper and sprinter (b.1898)
* 11 July – Paal Kaasen, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (b.1883)
* 14 July – Rasmus Hatledal, topographer and military officer (b.1885)
* 27 July – Trygve Bøyesen, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist (b.1886)
* 2 August – Thorstein Johansen, rifle shooter and Olympic gold medallist (b.1888)
* 7 August – Knut Markhus, educator and politician (b. 1878).
* 18 September – Karl Johan Edvardsen, politician (b.1883)
* 20 September – Thorleiv Røhn, military officer, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (b.1881)
* 27 September – Svein Olsen Øraker, politician (b.1886)
* 2 November – Per Gulbrandsen, rower and Olympic bronze medallist (b.1897)
* 18 November – Astrid Skare, politician (b.1891)
* 1 December – Jacob Erstad, gymnast (b.1898)
* 16 December – Anton Beinset, journalist, newspaper editor, short story writer, crime fiction writer and politician (born 1894).
* 19 December – Ingolf Rød, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (b.1889)
* 27 December – Sigvard Sivertsen, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (b.1881)

### Full date unknown

* Nils Selmer Hauff, bookseller (b.1882)
* Hjalmar Holand, historian (b.1872)
* Kjeld Stub Irgens, sea captain and collaborator minister (b.1879)
* Lars Knutsen, shipowner (b.1884)
* Magnus Olsen, linguist and professor of Norse philology (b.1878)
* Ulrik Olsen, politician and Minister (b.1885)
* Didrik Arup Seip, linguist and professor (b.1884)
