1917 in Norway

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See also:	List of years in Norway

Events in the year 1917 in Norway.

• Monarch – Haakon VII.^[1]

• The Bratsberg Line began rail traffic between Eidanger and Notodden. The line was closed in 2001.

• 2 April – Lillestrøm SK football club is founded after the merger of two local football clubs.
• 19 May – Rosenborg BK football club is founded.

• The Knut Hamsun novel Markens Grøde Volume 1 & 2 (Growth of the Soil, was published.
• The Olav Duun novel På Lyngsøya (At Heather Island), was published.
• The Mikkjel Fønhus debut novel Skoggangsmand (Outlaw), was published.

• 5 January – Bernt Bjørkø, painter (died 1992)^[2]
• 15 January – Hampus Huldt-Nystrøm, pianist and musicologist (died 1995)^[3]
• 20 January – Gunnar Bøe, economist and politician (died 1989)^[4]
• 21 January – Kjeld Rasmussen, sculptor (died 1999)^[5]
• 24 January – Alf Malland, actor (died 1997)^[6]
• 28 January – Eivind Erichsen, economist and civil servant (died 2005)^[7]

• 1 February – Tor Aspengren, trade unionist (died 2004)^[8]
• 9 February – Ada Madssen, sculptor (died 2009)^[9]
• 15 February – Fredrik Mellbye, physician (died 1999)^[10]
• 15 February – Torolf Smedvig, ship-owner (died 1977)^[11]
• 18 February – Eva Gustavson, singer (died 2009)^[12]
• 23 February – Erling Sverdrup, statistician (died 1994)^[13]

• 2 March – Haakon Tranberg, sprinter (died 1991)^[14]
• 4 March – Georg Kristiansen, military officer and diplomat (died 2003)^[15]
• 6 March – Paul Svarstad, politician (died 1998)
• 8 March – Harald Skjervold, agronomer (died 1995)^[16]
• 18 March – Rita Drangsholt, singer (died 2012).^[17]
• 21 March – Egil Weiglin, painter (died 1997)^[18]
• 26 March – Idar Ingebrigtsen, painter (died 2004)^[19]
• 27 March – Leif Holbæk-Hanssen, economist (died 1991)^[20]

• 2 April – Reidar Myhre, educationalist (died 2005)^[21]
• 6 April – Tit Mohr, artist (died 2008)^[22]
• 9 April – Ole Jacob Bangstad, major general and sports official (died 2010)^[23]
• 10 April – Fanny Natvig, textile artist (died 1970)^[24]
• 11 April – Bjørn Cook, wrestler (died 2003)^[25]
• 20 April – Eva Prytz, singer (died 1987)^[26]
• 26 April – Liv Hassel, textile artist (died 1989)^[27]

• 2 May – Sverre Hartmann, historian (died 2003)^[28]
• 5 May – Aage Eriksen, wrestler (died 1998)^[29]
• 5 May – Lauritz Opstad, museum director (died 2003)^[30]
• 12 May – Johan Berg, military officer^[31] (died 1981)
• 15 May – Jan Didriksen, jurist (died 1989)^[32]
• 15 May – Daniel Haakonsen, literary historian (died 1989)^[33]
• 15 May – Guthorm Kavli, art historian (died 1995)^[34]
• 15 May – Harald Risberg, painter (died 1996)^[35]
• 16 May – Arne Røgden, bobsledder (died 2002)
• 17 May – Ragnvald Winjum, jurist and politician (died 1965)
• 25 May – Brynjulv Sjetne, politician (died 1976)

• 2 June – Sverre Bratland, military leader (died 2002)^[36]
• 13 June – Peter Krag Helland-Hansen, architect (died 1984)^[37]
• 14 June – Atle Selberg, mathematician (died 2007)^[38]
• 15 June – Einfrid Perstølen, psychiatrist and Nynorsk proponent (died 2017)^[39]
• 16 June – Odd Solumsmoen, writer (died 1986)^[40]
• 19 June – Karl Victor Hall, physician (died 2001)^[41]
• 27 June – Wilhelm Mohr, aviator (died 2016)^[42]
• 28 June – Reidar Johan Berle, illustrator (died 1997)^[43]
• 28 June – Grete Prytz Kittelsen, designer (died 2010)^[44]

• 3 July – Brita Collett Paus, humanitarian leader (died 1998)
• 18 July – Harald Nikolai Brøvig, politician (died 2010)^[45]
• 23 July – Knut Brynildsen, international soccer player (died 1986)
• 27 July – Guy Krohg, painter, illustrator and scenographer (died 2002).^[46]
• 12 August – Ebba Haslund, novelist, short story writer, playwright, essayist, children's writer, literary critic, radio speaker and politician (died 2009)
• 13 August – Lulla Einrid Fossland, politician (died 2009)
• 3 September – Bjarne Hanssen, politician (died 2014)
• 23 September – Knut Haugland, resistance fighter and explorer (died 2009)
• 26 September – Åslaug Linge Sunde, politician (died 2006)
• 3 October – Odd Lundberg, speed skater (died 1983)
• 7 October – Godtfred Holmvang, decathlete and skier (died 2006)
• 16 October – Aasmund Brynildsen, writer (died 1974)
• 26 October – Kaare Steel Groos, politician (died 1994)
• 5 November – Jens Evensen, lawyer, judge and politician (died 2004)
• 18 November – Ragnar Kvam, journalist, novelist, translator and literary critic (died 2006)^[47]
• 30 November – Arne Konrad Eldegard, banker and politician (died 2018)
• 5 December – Wenche Foss, actress (died 2011)
• 13 December – Jan Baalsrud, resistance member (died 1988)
• 15 December – Gregers Gram, resistance fighter and saboteur (died 1944)
• 19 December – Olaf Dufseth, Nordic combined and cross-country skier (died 2009)
• 23 December – Eivind Sværen, shot putter (died 1986)

• Gudmund Harlem, politician (died 1988)
• Odd Hovdenak, civil servant (died 1982)
• Olav Harald Jensen, economist (died 1991)
• Tor Ørvig, paleontologist (died 1994)

• 7 January – Jørgen Alexander Knudtzon, linguist (born 1854)^[48]
• 26 January – Oluf Iversen, politician (born 1847)
• 1 February – Georg Andreas Bull, architect and chief building inspector (born 1829)
• 6 March – Lorentz Dietrichson, art historian (born 1834)^[49]
• 15 March – Kristofer Randers, writer (born 1851)^[50]
• 17 March – Cæsar Peter Møller Boeck, dermatologist (born 1845)^[51]
• 11 April – Rasmus Høydahl Ohme, marketer (born 1865)^[52]
• 27 April – Christen Brun, bishop (born 1846)^[53]
• 8 May – Gustaf Aspelin, businessperson (born 1857, died in Sweden)^[54]
• 11 May – Andreas Bloch, caricaturist (born 1860)^[55]
• 16 May – Ole Olsen Malm, physician, veterinarian, civil servant and politician (b. 1854).^[56]
• 15 June – Kristian Birkeland, scientist (born 1867, died in Japan)^[57]
• 18 June – Oscar Ambrosius Castberg, painter and sculptor (born 1846)^[58]
• 19 June – Johan Gerhard Theodor Ameln, politician (born 1838)
• 4 August – Kristian Birch-Reichenwald Aars, academic (born 1868)
• 20 September – Einar Sundt, businessman, writer and publisher (born 1854).^[59]

• Olaus Arvesen, educator and politician (born 1830)
• Jørgen Brunchorst, politician (born 1862)
• Hans Konrad Foosnæs, politician (born 1846)
• Haagen Krog Steffens, historian, archivist and genealogist (born 1873)
• Anders Sveaas, businessperson and consul (born 1840)
• Georg August Thilesen, politician (born 1837)
• Aasmund Halvorsen Vinje, politician (born 1851)

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