1958 in Norway

Events in the year 1958 in Norway.

Incumbents

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

Events

• 8 January - Fire breaks out in the coastal steamer MS Erling Jarl while it is docked in Bodø. 14 people are killed.
• 22 June - Olav V is crowned as ruler of Norway in the Nidaros Cathedral.

Popular culture

Film

Main article: Norwegian films of the 1950s § 1958

Literature

• Harald Sverdrup, poet and children's writer, is awarded the Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature for his poetry, Sankt Elms ild.
• Astrid Tollefsen, poet, is awarded the Gyldendal's Endowment literature prize.

Notable births

• 4 February - Kjell Ola Dahl, writer
• 25 February - Eugene Ejike Obiora, died during police arrest (died 2006)
• 19 June - Siri Bjerke, politician
• 28 July - Peter M. Haugan, scientist and Director of the Geophysical Institute, University of Bergen
• 26 August - Nils Carl Aspenberg, historian, author and businessperson
• 23 October - Liv Signe Navarsete, politician and Minister
• 30 October - Gunn Marit Helgesen, politician
• 23 November - Kjerstin Andersen, handball player.
• 24 November - Randi Hansen, pop singer
• 15 December - Christopher Hjort, typographer and graphical designer

Notable deaths

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Lars Osa in 1929

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Birger Eriksen

• 21 January - Sven Nielsen, politician (born 1883)
• 29 January - Arnfinn Heje, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (born 1887)
• 29 January - Birger Øivind Meidell, politician (born 1882)
• 9 February - Lars Osa, artist (born 1860)
• 22 February - Thorleif Petersen, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (born 1884)
• 25 February - Ole Sørensen, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (born 1883)
• 18 March - Sigve Lie, sailor and twice Olympic gold medallist (born 1906)
• 19 March - Hellmer Hermandsen, rifle shooter and Olympic silver medallist (born 1871)
• 19 April - Andreas Strand, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist (born 1889)
• 20 June - Ingvald Haugen, trade unionist and politician (born 1894)
• 27 June - Ragna Wettergreen, stage and film actress (born 1864)
• 16 July - Birger Eriksen, military officer (born 1875)
• 2 September - Paul Tjøstolsen Sunde, politician (born 1896)
• 11 September - Dorthea Dahl, writer in America (born 1881)
• 16 September - Olav Berntsen Oksvik, politician and Minister (born 1887)
• 18 September - Olaf Gulbransson, artist, painter and designer (born 1873)
• 5 October - Nils Bertelsen, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (born 1879)
• 5 November - Gunnar Larsen, journalist, writer and translator (born 1900)
• 10 December - Hans Næss, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (born 1886)

Full date unknown

• Torgeir Anderssen-Rysst, politician and Minister (born 1888)
• Per Bakken, Nordic skier (born 1882)
• Theodor Bull, businessperson and genealogist (born 1870)