1923 in Norway
Events in the year 1923 in Norway.Incumbents
Sports
Music
Film
Literature
- The Knut Hamsund novel Siste Kapitel Volume 1 & 2, was published.
- The Olav Duun novel I stormen from the work Juvikfolket, was published.
Births
January to March
- 1 January – Kristin Kverneland Lønningdal, politician
- 16 January – Martin Stokken, cross country skier and Olympic silver medallist, athlete
- 22 January – Walter Kåre Tjønndal, politician
- 28 January – Erling Lorentzen, Norwegian-born businessman in Brazil
- 29 January – Leif Næss, rower and Olympic bronze medallist
- 5 February – Inger Waage, industrial ceramicist
- 10 February – Hans Goksøyr, businessperson
- 10 February – Peder I. Ramsrud, politician
- 13 February – Jens P. Flå, politician
- 21 February – Gunnar Christie Wasberg, librarian and non-fiction writer
- 23 February – Jon Fossum, orienteer and politician
- 7 March – Johannes Vågsnes, politician
- 9 March – Pelle Christensen, actor and translator
- 12 March – Hjalmar Andersen, speed skater and triple Olympic gold medallist
- 12 March – Arne Asper, businessman
- 29 March – Eystein Bærug, politician
April to June
- 4 April – Reidar Nyborg, cross country skier and Olympic bronze medallist
- 30 April – Einar Thorsrud, psychologist, researcher and professor
- 1 May – Anders John Aune, resistance member and politician
- 2 May – Albert Nordengen, politician
- 29 May – Harald Sverdrup, poet and children's writer
- 14 June – Jakob Weidemann, painter
- 21 June – Bjørn Paulson, high jumper and Olympic silver medallist, jurist
- 23 June – Nils Slaatto, architect
- 29 June – Olav Thon, property developer
July to September
- 17 July – Wiggo Hanssen, speed skater
- 18 July – Odvar Omland, politician
- 26 July – Ole Frithjof Klemsdal, politician
- 1 August – Erling Stordahl, singer
- 12 August – Olle Johan Eriksen, politician
- 13 August – Arnljot Eggen, lyricist
- 17 August – Bjørn Erling Ytterhorn, politician
- 25 August – Stephan Tschudi-Madsen, art historian
- 30 August – Andreas Bernhard Gamst, politician
- 3 September – Egil Solin Ranheim, politician
- 9 September – Erling Rønneberg, politician
- 11 September – Leiv Magnus Vidvei, economist and politician
- 13 September – Gunnar Berg, politician
- 15 September – Rune Nilsen, triple jumper
- 23 September – Egil Oddvar Larsen, politician
October to December
- 13 October – Eivind Bolle, politician and Minister
- 23 October – Sigmund Søfteland, speed skater
- 7 November – Reidar Haave Olsen, pilot
- 10 November – Alf Martin Bjørnø, politician
- 24 November – Johan Vestly, illustrator
- 12 December – Frode Nilsen, diplomat
- 13 December – Ivar Johansen, journalist and editor
- 15 December – Petter Furberg, politician
- 15 December – Jon Ola Norbom, economist, politician and Minister
- 26 December – Rolf Hellem, politician
- 29 December – Helge Røstad, judge
Full date unknown
- Finn-Egil Eckblad, mycologist and professor
Deaths
- 4 February – Svend Borchmann Hersleb Vogt, jurist and politician
- 9 February – Otto Aulie, footballer
- 28 April – Knute Nelson, Governor of Minnesota from 1893 till 1895 and United States Senator from Minnesota from 1895 till 1923.
- 23 May – Otto Bahr Halvorsen, politician and twice Prime Minister of Norway
- 22 June – Edvard Sverdrup, theologian
- 28 July – Christian Emil Stoud Platou, railroad director and politician
- 11 September – Ole Østmo, rifle shooter and Olympic medallist
- 23 September – Carl L. Boeckmann, artist
- 2 November – Claus Høyer, rower and Olympic bronze medallist
- 16 November – Christen Christensen, shipyard owner, ship-owner and whaling manager
- 19 November – Ivar Bergersen Sælen, politician and Minister
