Notable Deaths
- 16 January - Asbjørn Halvorsen, international soccer player and general secretary of the Norwegian Football Association (born 1898)
- 16 February - Einar Osland, politician (born 1886)
- 2 May - Torkell Vinje, politician (born 1879)
- 1 June - F. Melius Christiansen, violinist and choral conductor (born 1871)
- 2 June - Haaken Hasberg Gran, botanist (born 1870)
- 28 June - Haakon Lind, boxer (born 1906)
- 6 July - Alfred Ingvald Næss, speed skater (born 1877)
- 11 July - Christian S. Oftedal, politician (born 1907)
- 4 September - Christen Gran Bøgh, jurist, tourism promoter and theatre critic (born 1876)
- 9 September - Einar Liberg, rifle shooter and Olympic gold medallist (born 1873).
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