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.
Incumbents
- Monarch – Haakon VII
- Prime Minister – Gunnar Knudsen ; Wollert Konow
Events
- 15 February – Norsk Gjærde- og Metaldukfabrik established.
- 30 April – The Parliament passes a resolution about universal suffrage for women in municipal elections.
- 29 May – Nationalforeningen mot tuberkulose founded.
- 13 July – The railway line Kirkenes–Bjørnevatn opened.
- 30 July – First ascent of Stetind, by Bryn, Rubenson and Schjelderup.
- 1 August – First ascent of Svolværgeita, by Bryn, Rubenson and Schjelderup.
- 3 August – First ascent of Trakta, by Bryn, Rubenson and Schjelderup.
- 15 September – Norwegian Institute of Technology is opened in Trondheim.
- 4 December – The railway line from Flisa to Elverum opened.
- Municipal and county elections are held throughout the country.
- Bøkfjord Lighthouse is established at the mouth of Bøkfjorden, outside Kirkenes.
Full date unknown
- Eidsvold TF founded
- Hornindal IL founded
- Mjøndalen IF founded
- Stjørdal IL founded
- IL Varden founded
- Vestfossen IF founded
Popular culture
Sports
- 26 March – The sports club Grane SK is founded
- 29 May – The sports club Stenkjær FK founded
- 2 July – Norges Rigsforbund for Idræt is founded.
Music
Film
Literature
- 5 April – First issue of the newspaper Fjordenes Tidende.
- 5 May – First issue of the newspaper Tidens Tegn.
- The periodical Kunst og Kultur established.
- The Olav Duun novel Nøkksjøliga was published.
- The Knut Hamsund play Livet i Vold, was published.
Notable births
- 10 January – Kitty Petrine Fredriksen, politician
- 11 January – Trygve Bratteli, twice Prime Minister of Norway
- 14 January – Chris Bruusgaard, midwife
- 18 January – Jens Henrik Nordlie, military officer
- 18 January – Oddmund Hoel, politician.
- 22 January – Petter Mørch Koren, politician
- 25 January – Alf Brodal, professor of anatomy
- 1 February – Birger Tvedt, physician
- 4 February – Asbjørn Lindhjem, politician
- 9 February – Rønnaug Alten, actress
- 14 February – Leif Juster, comedian, singer and actor
- 15 February – Odd Granlund, media personality
- 18 February – Randi Monsen, illustrator
- 24 February – Parelius Hjalmar Bang Berntsen, politician.
- 1 March – Torgeir Svendsen, politician
- 13 March - Sverre Nordby, football goalkeeper
- 15 March - Rolf Johannessen, football defender
- 20 March – Edmund Fjærvoll, politician.
- 20 March – Borghild Rud, illustrator
- 27 March – Ludvig Olai Botnen, politician
- 29 March – Ingrid Semmingsen, historian
- 16 April – Jens Haugland, politician and Minister
- 19 April – Magdalon Monsen, soccer player and Olympic bronze medallist
- 22 April – Lars L'Abée-Lund, police
- 27 April – Johan Melander, banker
- 28 April – Åsmund Sveen, writer
- 3 May – Sigbjørn Bernhoft Osa, folk musician, fiddler
- 9 May - Lorentz Brinch, barrister, military officer, resistance member and politician
- 14 May – Sverre Holm, sociologist
- 15 May – Onar Onarheim, businessperson
- 28 May – Helga Dagsland, nurse educator
- 2 June – Per Hurum, sculptor
- 3 June – Christian Hartmann, composer
- 12 June – Finn Brudevold, odontologist
- 14 June – Erling Engan, politician
- 19 June – Lilli Gjerløw, archivist
- 21 June – Ole Martin Ystgaard, dairy leader
- 23 June – Arthur Mørch Hansson, diplomat
- 26 June – Ole Otto Paus, general and diplomat
- 4 July – Erling Viksjø, architect
- 9 July – Torrey Mosvold, entrepreneur
- 27 July – Per Fossum, alpine skier
- 27 July – Lorentz Nitter, physician
- 31 July - Svein Helling, sports shooter.
- 7 August – Ingeborg Lyche, civil servant
- 11 August – Sigmund Selberg, mathematician
- 11 August – Arne Selberg, engineer
- 26 August – Finn Halse, writer
- 13 September – Olav Mosebekk, artist
- 30 September – Osvald Harjo, resistance member
- 7 October – Halfdan Gran Olsen, rower
- 12 October – Ferdinand Finne, artist
- 13 October – Claes Gill, author, poet and actor
- 13 October – Magnar Isaksen, footballer
- 24 October – Sverre Marstrander, archaeologist
- 26 October – Alex Johnson, clergyman
- 5 November – Eigil Helland-Hansen, travel agent
- 7 November – Bjarne Daniel Solli, politician
- 9 November – Bernhard Paus, orthopedic surgeon and Freemason Grand Master.
- 12 November – Arvid Johansen, politician
- 14 November – Jens Book-Jenssen, singer, revue artist and theatre director
- 21 November – Erik Braadland, diplomat and politician
- 1 December – Per Palle Storm, sculptor
- 12 December – Aslaug Låstad Lygre, poet
- 13 December – Leif J. Wilhelmsen, philologist and politician
- 16 December – Ivar Johansen, bobsledder
- 18 December – Edvard Magnus Edvardsen, politician
- 21 December – Ole J. Malm, physician
- 26 December – Roar Hauglid, art historian
- 27 December – Karl Olsen, civil servant
- 30 December – Erling Nilsen, boxer
Full date unknown
- Ole Arntzen, Businessman and Milorg leader
Notable deaths
- 8 January – Christian Fürst, architect
- 8 February – Hans Jæger, writer, philosopher and anarchist political activist.
- 24 February – John Anderson, Norwegian-American publisher.
- 7 April – Theodor Nilsen Stousland, politician.
- 26 April – Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, writer and the 1903 Nobel Prize in Literature laureate.
- 20 May – Oscar Wergeland, painter.
- 2 July – Elias Sunde, politician and Minister.
- 19 July – Carl August Gulbranson, businessperson and politician
- 30 August – Viggo Ullmann, educator and politician.
- 16 September John Utheim, teacher and politician
- 24 October - Toini Topelius, Finnish journalist who settled in Norway
- 25 October – Lorentz Henrik Müller Segelcke, politician and Minister.
- 9 November – Hans Larsen Saakvitne, farmer, bailiff and politician
- 15 November – Emil Schreiner, philologist and educator.
- 11 December – Lars Olsen Skrefsrud, missionary and language researcher in India.
- 19 December – Anders Daae, prison director
- 19 December U. V. Koren, Norwegian-American author, theologian and church leader
- 24 December Gudbrand Gregersen de Saág, Norwegian-Hungarian bridge engineer, architect and member of the Hungarian nobility.
- 29 December – Henrik Thrap-Meyer, architect.
Full date unknown
- Axel Nicolai Herlofson, fraudster
- Johan Vaaler, inventor.