1954 in Norway
# 1954 in Norway

Events in the year 1954 in Norway.

## Incumbents

* Monarch – Haakon VII
* Prime Minister – Oscar Torp (Labour Party)

## Events

* 28 March – Bear Island accident: A Royal Norwegian Air Force seaplane crashed on the Bear Island. The plane had a crew of 8 men and one passenger. One of the crew members survived the accident.
* 5 April – Crown Princess Martha, wife of Crown Prince Olav dies, age 53.
* 3 May – Asbjørn Sunde and Erling Nordby were convicted for treason and espionage in favour of the Soviet Union.
* State-owned Årdal og Sunndal Verk begins construction on the Sunndal plant.

## Anniversaries

* 100 years since the opening of Norway's first railway line.

## Popular culture

### Sports

* Martin Stokken, cross country skier and athlete, is awarded the Holmenkollen medal, Norway's highest skiing award.
* Football Association of Norway joins UEFA.

## Notable births

* 12 January – Jan-Olav Ingvaldsen, politician (died 2021).
* 27 January – Leif Holger Larsen, diplomat (died 2015).
* 29 January – Vera Lysklætt, politician.
* 8 February – Per Thomas Andersen, literary historian and novelist.
* 16 February – Viggo Hagstrøm, legal scholar (died 2013).
* 18 February – Helen Bjørnøy, Lutheran minister and politician.
* 15 March – Unni Steinsmo, chemical engineer.
* 17 March – Bjørn Eidsvåg, singer, songwriter and Lutheran minister
* 25 March – Grete Berget, politician and Minister (died 2017).
* 3 April – Mille-Marie Treschow, landlord and businessperson (died 2018).
* 7 April – Geir Myhre, ice hockey player (died 2016).
* 16 April – Ingun Brechan, sport rower.
* 26 April – Toril Førland, alpine skier.
* 28 April – Gunn Berit Gjerde, politician
* 10 July – Wenche Andersen, chef
* 18 August – Egil Johansen, orienteering competitor.
* 28 August – Torgeir Schjerven, author and poet
* 5 September – Per Knut Aaland, cross country skier
* 20 September – Arne Blix, journalist
* 23 September – Idar Lind, novelist, crime fiction writer, songwriter and playwright.
* 1 October – Tone Pahle, sport rower.
* 7 October – Kjell Grandhagen, military officer (died 2019).
* 17 October – Hans Kristian Hogsnes, politician (died 2010).
* 20 October – Terje Moe Gustavsen, politician (died 2019).
* 6 November – Karin Fossum, author
* 15 November – Arne A. Jensen, media and corporate executive (died 2020).
* 25 November – Kristin Moe, politician
* 27 November – Elisabeth Berge, businessperson and civil servant (died 2020).
* 15 December – Kine Hellebust, singer, actress, children's writer, non-fiction writer and playwright.
* 21 December – Grethe Fossli, politician

### Full date unknown

* Jan Bugge-Mahrt, diplomat
* Bente Haukland Næss, politician
* Harald Thon, orienteering competitor (died 2019).

## Notable deaths

* 21 January – Per Reidarson, composer and music critic (born 1879)
* 31 January – Christian Fredrik Monsen, politician (born 1878)
* 8 March – Leiv Heggstad, educator, linguist and translator (born 1879).
* 5 April – Crown Princess Martha, royal (born 1901)
* 10 April – Oscar Mathisen, speed skater (born 1888)
* 28 April – Knud Leonard Knudsen, gymnast and Olympic gold-medallist (born 1879)
* 25 May – Snefrid Eriksmoen, politician (born 1894)
* 25 May – Albert Helgerud, rifle shooter and Olympic gold medallist (born 1876).
* 7 June – Sigurd Smebye, gymnast and Olympic bronze medallist (born 1886)
* 4 July – Wilhelm Blystad, track and field athlete (born 1881)
* 27 July – Jacob Tullin Thams, Olympian skier (born 1889)
* 29 July – Knut Johannes Hougen, politician and Minister (born 1854)
* 14 August – Fredrik Ludvig Konow, politician and Minister (born 1864)

### Full date unknown

* Rasmus Olsen Langeland, politician and Minister (born 1873)
* Per Berg Lund, politician and Minister (born 1878)
* Torjus Værland, politician and Minister (born 1868)
