1911 in Norway

Events in the year 1911 in Norway.

Incumbents

• Monarch - Haakon VII

Events

• 14 December - Roald Amundsen's Norwegian expedition becomes the first to reach the South Pole.
• Norsk Hydro's second plant opens at Rjukan, four years after its first plant at Notodden.

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  Amundsen (at left) and companions at Polheim, South Pole, December 1911.]]

Sport

• 19 June - Molde FK football club is founded.

Births

January to March

• 1 January - Håkon Melberg, linguist (died 1990)
• 11 January - Harald Heide Steen, actor (died 1980)
• 12 January – Halvor J. Sandsdalen, farmer, journalist, poet, novelist, playwright and children's writer (died 1998).
• 16 January - Arne Tuft, cross country skier (died 1989)
• 20 January - Andreas Wormdahl, politician (died 2001)
• 28 January - Sverre Engen, skier, ski coach, ski area manager and film-maker in America (died 2001)
• 12 February - Charles Mathiesen, speed skater and Olympic gold medallist (died 1994).
• 3 March - Kristian Henriksen, international soccer player, coach (died 2004).
• 5 March - Nils Eriksen, international soccer player and Olympic bronze medallist (died 1975).

April to June

• 6 April - Per Tønder, politician
• 10 April - Kåre Christiansen, bobsledder (died 1964)
• 13 April - Thorstein Treholt, politician and Minister (died 1993)
• 14 April - Astrid Løken, entomologist (died 2008)
• 20 April - Reidar Andersen, ski jumper and Olympic bronze medallist (died 1991).
• 25 April - Hans Beck, ski jumper and Olympic silver medallist (died 1996).
• 18 May - Ole Myrvoll, professor in economy, politician and Minister (died 1988)
• 19 May - Petter Pettersson, Jr., politician (died 1984)
• 27 May - Torolf Elster, newspaper and radio journalist, magazine editor, novelist, crime writer and short story writer (died 2006)
• 3 June - Olav Økern, cross country skier and Olympic bronze medallist (died 2000).

July to September

• 6 July - Odd Rasdal, long distance runner (died 1985)
• 13 July - Torvald Kvinlaug, politician (died 1977)
• 18 July - Claus Marius Neergaard, politician (died 1990)
• 22 August - Edvard Hambro, politician and 25th President of the United Nations General Assembly (died 1977)
• 23 August - Birger Ruud, ski jumper, twice Olympic gold medallist and three time World Champion (died 1998).
• 25 August - Ragnar Haugen, boxer (died 1964)
• 10 September - Frithjof Ulleberg, soccer player and Olympic bronze medallist (died 1993).
• 12 September – Bjørn Fraser, naval and aviation officer.
• 15 September - Karsten Solheim, golf club designer and businessman in America (died 2000)
• 20 September - Oddleif Fagerheim, politician (died 1999)
• 22 September - Inge Einarsen Bartnes, politician (died 1988)
• 23 September - Herman Hebler, printmaker and graphic artist (died 2007)
• 28 September - Nils Sønnevik, politician (died 1988)

October to December

• 1 October - Harald Sandvik, military officer.
• 12 October - Johannes Lislerud, politician (died 1989)
• 15 October - Margith Johanne Munkebye, politician (died 2000)
• 2 November - Guri Johannessen, politician (died 1972)
• 6 November - Harald Nicolai Samuelsberg, politician (died 1986)
• 9 November - Ebba Lodden, politician (died 1997)
• 19 November - Harry Haraldsen, speed skater (died 1966)
• 13 December - Trygve Haavelmo, economist, awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (died 1999)
• 29 December - Alf Martinsen, soccer player and Olympic bronze medallist (died 1988).

Full date unknown

• Henriette Bie Lorentzen, humanist, peace activist, feminist and editor (died 2001)
• Leif Iversen, politician (died 1989)
• Reidar Fauske Sognnaes, Dean of Harvard School of Dental Medicine, forensic scientist (died 1984)

Deaths

• 4 January - Oscar Nissen, physician, newspaper editor and politician (born 1843)
• 30 March - Sven Oftedal, helped found the Lutheran Free Church (born 1844)
• 14 June - Johan Svendsen, composer, conductor and violinist (born 1840)
• 2 September - Isak Kobro Collett, politician (born 1867)
• 30 October - Ulrik Frederik Christian Arneberg, politician (born 1829)

Full date unknown

• Nils Christian Egede Hertzberg, politician and Minister (born 1827)
• Hans Møller, politician, consul and businessperson (born 1830)
• Harald Smedal, politician and Minister (born 1859)