1943 in Norway

Incumbents

• Government in Exile
• * Monarch – Haakon VII
• * Prime Minister – Johan Nygaardsvold
• German Military Governor
• * Reichskommissar in Norway – Josef Terboven
• German Puppet Government in Oslo
• * Minister-President – Vidkun Quisling

  Events

• 5 February – The Norwegian submarine HNoMS Uredd is destroyed by a German minefield. The 39 men aboard as well as six Special Operations Executive agents are killed in the sinking. The wreck of the submarine was only discovered in 1985.
• 22 February – The collaborationist Quisling regime approves the Lov om nasjonal arbeidsinnsats according to which all men between ages 18–55 and all women between ages 21–40, are required to enlist.
• 24 February – 158 Norwegian Jews are deported from Norway to German extermination camps.
• 28 February – Operation Gunnerside: Six Norwegian SOE agents led by Joachim Rønneberg successfully attack the heavy water plant at Vemork.
• 24 July – An allied air raid completely destroys the aluminium and magnesium plants in Herøya being built by Norsk Hydro in cooperation with Luftwaffe-operated Nordische Aluminium Aktiengesellschaft. 55 construction workers are killed.
• 28 July – MTB 345, a motor torpedo boat operated by the exiled Royal Norwegian Navy, is captured by the Germans off Western Norway. The seven-man Norwegian-British crew was executed in Bergen two days later based on Adolf Hitler's Commando Order
• 21 September – Operation Source: British midget submarines attack the German battleship Tirpitz, at anchor in the Kåfjord, crippling her for six months.
• 30 September – the sinking of the Hurtigruten passenger ship Sanct Svithun by Allied aircraft leads to heavy protests from the Norwegian resistance movement.
• 16 November – 160 American bombers strike a hydro-electric power facility and heavy water factory in Vemork, Norway.
• 26 December – the German battleship Scharnhorst is sunk off of Norway's North Cape after a battle against major Royal Navy forces.

  Popular culture

Sports

Music

Film

Literature

Notable births

• 11 January – Jon Bakken, politician
• 13 January – Roald Jensen, international soccer player
• 19 January – Gro Hillestad Thune, jurist and politician
• 20 January – Torkjell Berulfsen, television personality
• 27 January – Steinar Gil, philologist and diplomat
• 28 January – Håkon Steinar Giil, politician
• 31 January – Ragnhild Nilstun, novelist, children's writer and literary critic.
• 5 February – Jostein Berntsen, politician
• 6 February – Asbjørn Kjønstad, professor of law
• 9 February – Terje Pedersen, javelin thrower
• 13 February – Håkon Aasnes, comics artist and writer.
• 3 March – Trond Mohn, businessperson and philanthropist
• 14 March – Bjørn Odmar Andersen, footballer
• 14 March – Ole Daniel Enersen, climber, photographer, journalist, writer and medical historian
• 16 March – William Nygaard, publisher
• 20 March – Jon Christensen, jazz percussionist
• 20 March – Unne Terjesen, model
• 2 April – Gunnar Stavseth, journalist and politician
• 6 April – Johs Harviken, cross country skier and Olympic silver medallist
• 8 April – Gunnar Breivik, sociologist
• 14 April – Britt Hildeng, politician
• 18 April – Carl Graff-Wang, handball player
• 20 April – Per Søderstrøm, handball player
• 2 May – Arne Paus, visual artist and painter
• 4 May – Reidar Åsgård, politician
• 14 May – Johan Ludvik Løvald, diplomat
• 29 May – Nina Karin Monsen, moral philosopher and author
• 1 June – Egil Hestnes, politician
• 22 June – Synnøve Tronsvang, politician
• 27 June – Kjersti Døvigen, actress
• 3 July – Svein Sundsbø, businessperson and politician
• 6 July – Jan Fridthjof Bernt, jurist
• 6 July – Trond Nordby, historian and political scientist
• 19 July – Arvid Gjengedal, academic and politician
• 24 July – Hennild Wollstadmo, politician
• 27 July – Einar Lutro, politician
• 30 July – Magne Myrmo, cross country skier, Olympic silver medallist and World Champion
• 4 August – Bjørn Wirkola, ski jumper and World Champion, soccer player
• 13 August – Dagfinn Hjertenes, politician
• 16 August – Arnulf Bæk, handball player
• 29 August – Lars Sigmundstad, politician
• 3 September – Jorunn Ringstad, politician
• 30 September – Thore Langfeldt, psychologist and sexologist
• 3 October – Arne Bjørlykke, geologist
• 6 October – Bjøro Håland, country singer
• 6 October – Trygve Hegnar, investor, publisher and editor.
• 26 October – Ståle Dyrvik, historian
• 27 October – Torstein Hansen, handball player
• 5 November – Kjell Magne Yri, priest, linguist and translator
• 12 November – Julie Ege, actress and model
• 12 November – Thorgeir Stubø, jazz guitarist and composer
• 1 December – Finn E. Kydland, economist
• 3 December – Ingmar Ljones, politician
• 5 December – Eva Joly, magistrate in France
• 6 December – Mette Ravn, diplomat
• 7 December – Per Fugelli, professor of medicine.
• 14 December – Kari Oftedal Lima, politician
• 15 December – Håvard Holm, civil servant
• 17 December – Thorbjørn Lie, businessperson and politician
• 20 December – Svein Longva, economist and civil servant
• 29 December – Arne Øren, politician
• 29 December – Helge Pharo, historian

  Full date unknown

• Hallvard Bakke, politician and Minister
• Ola Bauer, novelist and playwright
• Odd Einar Dørum, politician and Minister
• Thorleif Enger, businessperson
• Ståle Eskeland, jurist
• Einar Førde, politician and Minister
• Kirsti Kolle Grøndahl, politician
• Gisle Handeland, politician
• Olav Hytta, businessperson
• Mary Synnøve Kvidal, politician and Minister
• Eldbjørg Løwer, politician
• Tom Martinsen, photographer.
• Ola H. Metliaas, civil servant and politician
• Helge Rykkja, author, poet, teacher and politician

  Notable deaths

• 9 January – Anathon Aall, academic
• 18 January – Urban Jacob Rasmus Børresen, rear admiral
• 10 February – Sverre Granlund, commando
• 28 February – Leonhard Hess Stejneger, zoologist
• 1 March – Odd Starheim, resistance fighter and SOE agent
• 12 March – Gustav Vigeland, sculptor
• 13 March – Hanna Resvoll-Holmsen, botanist
• 2 May – Nils Gregoriussen Skilbred, politician
• 19 May – Peder Morset, teacher and resistance member.
• 1 September – Karl Aas, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist
• 30 September – Johan Ludwig Mowinckel, politician and three-times Prime Minister of Norway
• 17 October – Arthur Olsen II, boxer
• 25 November – Einar Høigård, educator.
• 26 November – Anders Hovden, hymnwriter, priest, author and popular speaker
• 2 December – Nordahl Grieg, poet, novelist, dramatist, and journalist
• 7 December – Per Imerslund, politician, soldier and writer
• 9 December – Harald Halvorsen, politician.
• 16 December – Frederik Macody Lund, historian
• 16 December – Olaf Sletten, shooter and Olympic silver medallist

  Full date unknown

• Axel Aubert, businessperson
• Ole Ludvig Bærøe, politician
• Ingolf Elster Christensen, politician
• Jens Holmboe, botanist
• Herman Jeremiassen, ship-owner and politician
• Karsten Konow, sailor and Olympic silver medallist
• Olav Scheflo, politician and journalist
• Arvid Storsveen, intelligence officer