Events
- 1 June βThe first Bergen International Festival opens.
- 16 July β Parliament voted to move the main base for the Navy from Horten to Bergen.
- 11 September - The Norwegian Consumer Council established
- 12 October β The 1953 Parliamentary election takes place.
- 15 November β Four men suspected of spying for the Soviet Union were arrested in Kirkenes.
- The Norwegian Academy for Language and Literature (Det Norske Akademi for Sprog og Litteratur) is founded.
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