1962 in Norway

← 1961 1960 1959 1962 in Norway → 1963 1964 1965
Centuries:	18th 19th 20th 21st
Decades:	1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s
See also:	List of years in Norway

Events in the year 1962 in Norway.

Incumbents

• Monarch - Olav V
• Prime Minister - Einar Gerhardsen (Labour Party)

Events

• 7 June – The Nordland Line between Trondheim and Bodø was opened.
• 21 October - Hurtigruten passenger ship MS Sanct Svithun running between Bergen and Kirkenes goes in the northbound Hurtigruten, sank during a stormy night after running aground off her normal course, resulting in the deaths of 41 while 48 survived the event.
• 5 November - 21 workers were killed in a mine accident in the Kongsfjorden in Svalbard.
• 21 December – Rondane National Park is established as Norway's first national park.

Popular culture

Film

Notable births

• 25 January - Kari Kjønaas Kjos, politician
• 6 February - Thomas Hylland Eriksen, social anthropologist
• 4 May - Marit Arnstad, lawyer and politician
• 5 April - Bente Engesland, magazine editor
• 15 May - Gro Dahle, poet and writer
• 12 October - Jonny Halberg, author and dramatist
• 16 October - Elisabeth Aspaker, politician
• 16 October - Helge Lund, businessperson
• 1 November - Magne Furuholmen, A-ha lead keyboardist
• 18 December - Dorthe Skappel, television personality, journalist, celebutante and former model

Notable deaths

Johannes Gerckens Bassøe

• 24 February - Per Skou, international soccer player (b.1891)
• 22 April - Anders Johanneson Bøyum, politician (b.1890)
• 8 May - Alfred Madsen, engineer, newspaper editor, trade unionist and politician (b.1888)
• 5 June - Hans Eidnes, politician (b.1887)
• 11 June - Sveinung O. Flaaten, politician (b.1898)
• 30 July - Johannes Gerckens Bassøe, jurist and civil servant (b.1878)
• 1 August - Olaf Sørensen, politician (b.1892)
• 12 August - Vibeke Lunde, sailor and Olympic silver medallist (b.1921).^[1]
• 10 October - Trygve Gulbranssen, novelist (b.1894)
• 29 October - Einar Gundersen, international soccer player (b.1896)
• 7 December - Kirsten Flagstad, opera singer (b.1895)
• 17 December - Jens Schive, journalist and diplomat (b.1900)
• 21 December - Asbjørn Bodahl, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist (b.1896)
• 30 December - Olav Bruvik, politician and Minister (b.1912)

References

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