Notable Deaths
- 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)
- 1 August - Olaf Sørensen, politician (b.1892)
- 12 August - Vibeke Lunde, sailor and Olympic silver medallist (b.1921).
- 10 October - Trygve Gulbranssen, novelist (b.1894)
- 29 October - Einar Gundersen, international soccer player (b.1896)
- 7 December - Kirsten Flagstad, opera singer (b.1895)
- 21 December - Asbjørn Bodahl, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist (b.1896)
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