Notable Deaths
- 17 February - Waldemar Christofer Brøgger, geologist and mineralogist (born 1851)
- 9 April - Øyvinn Øi, military officer (born 1901)
- 9 April - Odd Isaachsen Willoch, naval officer (born 1885)
- 29 April - Ole Lilloe-Olsen, rifle shooter and Olympic gold medallist (born 1883)
- 1 August - Erling Falk, businessman and politician (born 1887)
- 29 August - Gerda Grepp, war correspondent (born 1907)
- 2 October - Johan Anker, sailor, yacht designer and double Olympic gold medallist (born 1871)
- 2 October - Anders Platou Wyller, philologist and humanist (born 1903)
- 24 October - Johan Wollebæk, jurist and diplomat (born 1875)
- 6 November - Ivar Andresen, opera singer (born 1896)
- 10 November - Michael Staksrud, speed skater and World Champion (born 1908)
- 19 December - Hendrik Christian Andersen, sculptor, painter and urban planner in America (born 1872)
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