List of events
Events in the year 1949 in Norway .
Incumbents
Events
Popular culture
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Literature
The Knut Hamsund novel Paa gjengrodde Stier (On Overgrown Paths ), was published.
Notable births
Hæge Follegg Pedersen
7 January – Bente Erichsen , culture director
7 February – Oddvar Einarson , film director
2 April – Per Husby , jazz musician and orchestra leader
10 April – Ingolf Håkon Teigene , journalist and editor (died 2007 )
29 April – Hæge Follegg Pedersen , children's writer.
3 May – Esben Esther Pirelli Benestad , doctor and sexologist
14 May – Sverre Årnes , novelist
19 May – Inga Kvalbukt , politician
30 May
20 June – Synnøve Korssjøen , goldsmith, jewellery designer.
8 July – Jan Elvheim , politician
30 September – Lars Klevstrand , singer, guitarist, and composer.
8 November – Clement Endresen , judge
10 November – Aud Gaundal , politician
18 November – Sverre Diesen , military officer and Chief of Defence of Norway
18 November – Knut Magne Flølo , politician
30 November – Petter Henriksen , musician and publisher.
6 December – Bjørn Hvinden , sociologist
9 December – Anne Enger , politician
14 December – Inger Lise Rypdal , singer and actress
Notable deaths
Sigrid Undset
25 January – Leon Aurdal , painter (born 1890 ).
5 February – Rudolf Elias Peersen , politician and Minister (born 1868 )
14 February – Lise Stauri , educator (born 1882 ).
21 February – Anders Beer Wilse , photographer (born 1865 )
2 June – Gudbrand Bernhardsen Tandberg , politician (born 1903 )
10 June – Sigrid Undset , novelist, awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1928 (born 1882 )
12 July – Kirsten Utheim Toverud , pediatrician (born 1890 ).
13 July – Nils Tveit , politician (born 1876 )
15 July – Erik Solem , judge (born 1877 )
8 August – Eivind Kristoffer Eriksen , politician (born 1893 )
8 October – Erik Ørvig , sailor and Olympic gold medallist (born 1895 )
4 December – Ivar Lykke , politician and Prime Minister of Norway (born 1872 )
22 December – Ole Reistad , military officer and pentathlete (born 1898 ).
See also