1953 in Norway

Events in the year 1953 in Norway.

Incumbents

1 June –The first Bergen International Festival opens.
16 July – Parliament voted to move the main base for the Navy from Horten to Bergen.
11 September – The Norwegian Consumer Council established
12 October – The 1953 Parliamentary election takes place.
15 November – 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.

6 January – Jon Eberson, jazz guitarist
10 February – Aud Folkestad, politician
18 February – Erling Aksdal, jazz pianist
6 March – Jan Kjærstad, author
8 March – Kristin Ørmen Johnsen, politician.
21 March – Per Inge Torkelsen, humorist (died 2021).
13 April – Tom Olstad, jazz drummer
24 April – Nina Bjerkedal, civil servant
24 April – Øyvind Sandberg, film director
8 May – May Hansen, politician
12 May – Odd Riisnæs, jazz saxophonist
20 May – John Arne Markussen, journalist and newspaper editor.
2 June – Vidar Johansen, jazz saxophonist
25 June – Svein Tindberg, actor.
30 June – Ståle Wikshåland, musicologist (died 2017).
13 July – Sigurd Ulveseth, jazz upright bassist
15 July – Even Pellerud, football coach.
27 July – Hildegunn Eggen, actress.
19 September – Olav Berstad, diplomat
21 September – Lars Saabye Christensen, author
7 November – Erik Balke, jazz saxophonist
22 November – Stein Erik Lunde, novelist, children's writer, biographer and textbook writer.
7 December – Arne Nævra, photographer and politician, member of the Storting.

11 January – Hans Aanrud, author, poet and playwright (born 1863)
31 January – Fanny Schnelle, politician, women's rights advocate, teacher and humanitarian (born 1866)
9 March – Ole Iversen, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist (born 1884)
2 April – Halfdan Hansen, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (born 1883)
20 May – Lorentz Brinch, barrister, military officer, resistance member and politician (born 1910).
18 June – Thomas Thorstensen, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (born 1880)
24 June – Jentoft Jensen, politician (born 1901)
12 July – Otto Olsen, rifle shooter and Olympic gold medallist (born 1884)
18 July – Ole Jensen Rong, politician (born 1885)
4 September – Magdalon Monsen, soccer player and Olympic bronze medallist (born 1910).
12 September – Sigrid Boo, author (born 1898)
11 November – Marie Karsten, interior designer (born 1872).
9 December – Issay Dobrowen, composer and conductor (born 27 February 1891).

Solveig Haugan, stage and movie actress (born 1901)
Kristen Holbø, painter and illustrator (born 1869)
Johan Martin Holst, surgeon and military doctor (born 1892).
Christian Pierre Mathiesen, politician and Minister (born 1870)
Jonas Pedersen, politician (born 1871)
Marius Nygaard Smith-Petersen, physician and orthopaedic surgeon in America (born 1886)
Alfred Trønsdal, politician (born 1896)
Eirik Vandvik, professor in literature (born 1904)