Events
- 16 March - The Kongsberg Silver Mines closes.
- 21 March - The Soviet Union threatened to use nuclear weapons if foreign military bases were established in Norway.
- 21 September - King Haakon VII of Norway dies
- 7 October - The 1957 Parliamentary election takes place.
- 16 December - During a NATO meeting in Paris, Prime Minister Einar Gerhardsen declares that Norway will not allow nuclear weapons or foreign bases on Norwegian soil.
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