1910 in Norway


In 1910 Haakon VII serves his sixth year as King of Norway. On 1 February Wollert Konow takes over as Prime Minister after Gunnar Knudsen, who has held this position since 1908.
The Parliament passes a resolution about universal suffrage for women in municipal elections on 30 April. In Finnmark the Kirkenes–Bjørnevatn Line opens this year, and the Bøkfjord Lighthouse outside Kirkenes is completed. The Norwegian Institute of Technology is opened in Trondheim, as well as the accociated Student Society in Trondheim. The factory Norsk Gjærde- og Metaldukfabrik is founded. Also the Solør Line between Flisa and Elverum opens this year.
Several of the most difficult summits in Norway are first ascended in 1910. The climbing of Stetind in Nordland by Bryn, Rubenson and Schjelderup is followed by the same group's first ascent of Svolværgeita and Trakta in the Lofoten archipelago. There are now 278 newspapers in Norway. Among the new newspapers is Tidens Tegn, founded by Ola Thommessen, and the cultural magazine Kunst og Kultur is founded by Harry Fett and Haakon Shetelig.
In February anarchist writer Hans Jæger dies, and Nobel Laureate Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson dies in April. Politicians Stousland, Sunde, Ullmann and Segelcke die this year. In January later Prime Minister Trygve Bratteli is born, and later government minister Jens Haugland is born in April. The popular comedian Leif Juster is born in February this year. Folk musician Sigbjørn Bernhoft Osa is born in May, poet and actor Claes Gill is born in October, and Jens Book-Jenssen, the best-selling Norwegian artist in Norway in the 20th century, is born in November. Footballers and 1936 Olympic medalists Magnar Isaksen and Magdalon Monsen are born this year, as is illustrator Borghild Rud, professor of anatomy Alf Brodal and historian Ingrid Semmingsen.

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