title: 1946 in Norway
text: # 1946 in Norway
  
  Events in the year 1946 in Norway.
  
  ## Incumbents
  
  * Monarch – Haakon VII
  * Prime Minister – Einar Gerhardsen (Labour Party)
  
  ## Events
  
  * 1 February – Trygve Lie is selected as the first United Nations Secretary General
  * 6 December – The Home Guard was established.
  * Årdal og Sunndal Verk is established as a state-run corporation with the task of finishing unfinished industrial facilities started by the German occupational forces.
  
  ## Popular culture
  
  ### Sports
  
  * Godtfred Holmvang, decathlete and skier, is awarded the Egebergs Ærespris, for athletes who excel in more than one sport.
  
  ## Notable births
  
  ### January
  
  * 8 January – Åse Klundelien, politician
  * 10 January – Bernhard Riksfjord, politician
  * 17 January – Finn Kristian Marthinsen, politician
  * 18 January – Herbjørn Skogstad, illustrator.
  * 20 January – Lisbeth Holand, politician
  * 21 January – Bjørn Skogstad Aamo, economist and politician
  * 22 January – Svein Kristensen, civil servant
  * 31 January – Knut Lystad, actor, singer, translator, screenwriter, comedian and director
  
  ### February
  
  * 1 February – Øystein Rottem, philologist, literary historian and literary critic (died 2004)
  * 2 February – Lasse Qvigstad, jurist
  * 4 February – Anders Talleraas, politician
  * 8 February – Karin Kjølmoen, politician
  * 11 February – Knut Vollebæk, diplomat and politician
  * 12 February
     * Ingrid Hadler, orienteer and World Champion
     * Ulf Thoresen, harness racer (died 1992)
  * 17 February – Helge Jordal, actor and singer
  * 18 February – Torny Pedersen, politician
  * 19 February – Tore Schei, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Norway
  * 20 February – Ole Nafstad, rower and Olympic silver medallist
  * 21 February
     * Marianne Heske, visual artist.
     * Knut Hove, veterinarian
  * 24 February – Sverre Stub, diplomat
  
  ### March
  
  * 4 March – Harald Rensvik, civil servant
  * 5 March
     * Klaus Hagerup, author, translator, screenwriter, actor and director (died 2018)
     * Oddvar Stenstrøm, journalist and television host
  * 9 March – Britt Harkestad, politician
  * 14 March – Knut Hanselmann, politician (died 2022)
  * 16 March – Sigmund Groven, classical harmonica player
  * 19 March – Roar Grønvold, speed skater and Olympic silver medallist
  * 21 March – Svein Sturla Hungnes, actor, theatre director and instructor
  * 23 March – Jon Reinertsen, handball player
  * 28 March – Marianne Gullestad, social anthropologist (died 2008)
  
  ### April
  
  * 8 April – Åge Korsvold, businessperson
  * 10 April – Erling Kittelsen, poet, novelist, children's writer, playwright and translator.
  * 18 April – Per Erik Monsen, politician (died 2008)
  * 21 April – Inge Hansen, handball player
  * 27 April – Tanja Heiberg Storm, diplomat (died 2023).
  * 30 April – Lars Vikør, linguist
  
  ### May
  
  * 4 May – Gunnar Jordfald, civil servant
  * 5 May – Svend Wam, film director (died 2017)
  * 16 May
     * Laila Stien, novelist, poet and translator. (died 2017)
     * Olav Anton Thommessen, composer
     * Willy Ustad, novelist
  * 18 May – Liv Sandven, politician
  * 21 May
     * Pål Bye, handball player
     * Arne Fliflet, jurist and civil servant
  * 23 May – Åge Starheim, politician
  
  ### June
  
  * 10 June – Sverre J. Hoddevik, politician
  * 11 June
     * Gunn Imsen, educationalist
     * Jan Petersen, politician and Minister
  * 13 June – Rune Gerhardsen, politician and sports leader (died 2021).
  * 21 June
     * Trond Kirkvaag, comedian, actor, imitator, screenwriter, author, director and television host (died 2007)
     * Harald Norvik, businessperson
  * 23 June – Svein Thøgersen, rower and Olympic silver medallist.
  
  ### July
  
  * 11 July – Kim Traavik, diplomat and politician.
  * 12 July – Bernt Bull, politician and organizational leader.
  * 13 July – Jon Westborg, diplomat.
  * 18 July
     * Gerd Dvergsdal, politician
     * Bjørn Kjos, aviator, lawyer, and business magnate.
     * Svein Ludvigsen, politician and Minister
     * Victor D. Norman, economist and politician.
  * 19 July – Odd L. Fosseidbråten, civil servant and diplomat.
  * 22 July – Jan Grund, academic
  
  ### August
  
  * 2 August – Ivar Frønes, sociologist
  * 4 August – Ola Dybwad-Olsen, international soccer player
  * 7 August – Øystein Hedstrøm, politician.
  * 13 August – Arild Underdal, political scientist.
  * 14 August
     * Bjørn Kruse, composer.
     * Gunn Vigdis Olsen-Hagen, politician (died 1989)
  * 15 August – Tone Danielsen, actress.
  * 18 August – Arild Braastad, diplomat
  
  ### September
  
  * 5 September – Sigurd Allern, media theorist and professor of journalism
  * 8 September – Arent M. Henriksen, politician.
  * 15 September – Bente Sætrang, textile artist.
  * 16 September – Trond Bergh, economic historian
  * 23 September – John Haugland, rally driver
  * 28 September – Tarald Osnes Brautaset, diplomat
  * 29 September – Tove Strand, civil servant and politician
  
  ### October
  
  * 7 October – Svein Aaser, businessperson
  * 13 October – Sven-Erik Svedman, diplomat and politician
  * 22 October – Eirik Glenne, diplomat
  * 27 October – Steinar Gullvåg, politician
  * 28 October – Per Rom, sprinter
  * 31 October – Jo Inge Bjørnebye, ski jumper (died 2013).
  
  ### November
  
  * 1 November – Jørgen Åsland, politician
  * 7 November
     * Sten Egil Bjørnø, politician
     * Anne Marit Jacobsen, actress.
  * 9 November – Gunnar Fatland, politician
  * 18 November – Ulf Magnussen, handball player
  * 23 November – Agnes Buen Garnås, traditional folk singer
  * 25 November – Harald Tyrdal, handball player
  
  ### December
  
  * 7 December
     * Haakon Baardsøn Hjelde, diplomat
     * Kirsti Sparboe, singer and actress
     * Lars Wilhelmsen, civil servant
  * 11 December
     * Torbjørn Frøysnes, diplomat and politician
     * Dagfinn Sundsbø, politician
  * 14 December – Ingse Stabel, judge
  * 24 December – Vigdis Moe Skarstein, librarian.
  * 29 December – Bernhard Ramstad, actor, theatre instructor and director
  
  ### Full date unknown
  
  * Olav Terje Bergo, newspaper editor
  * Svein Koningen, painter
  * Torleiv Maseng, engineer
  * Oddbjørn Nordset, civil servant and politician
  * Arvid Noe, sailor and truck driver, one of the first non-Africans known to have died from AIDS (died 1976)
  * Arne Nore, businessperson
  
  ## Notable deaths
  
  * 8 January – Rasmus Pedersen Thu, photographer (born 1864)
  * 23 January – Bernt Tunold, painter (born 1877)
  * 13 February – Johan Throne Holst, industrialist and politician (born 1868)
  * 22 March – Ragnvald Bødtker, engineer (born 1859)
  * 23 March – Ingolf Davidsen, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist (born 1893)
  * 4 April – Klaus Sletten, organizational worker, editor and politician (born 1877)
  * 30 April – Olav Gunnarsson Helland, Hardanger fiddle maker (born 1875)
  * 5 May – Theodor Dahl, journalist and fiction writer (born 1886).
  * 16 May – Søren Berg Sørensen Moen, politician (born 1899)
  * 29 June – Edle Hartmann, writer (born 1862).
  * 21 August – Rudolf Gundersen, speed skater (born 1879)
  * 16 September – Margit Schiøtt, politician (born 1889)
  * 13 October – Ole Sæther, rifle shooter and Olympic gold medallist (born 1870)
  * 6 November – Hans Aall, librarian and museum director (born 1869).
  * 11 November – Egill Reimers, architect, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (born 1878)
  * 26 November – Ola Bertelsen, jurist and politician (born 1864)
  * 13 December – Egil Eide, actor and director (born 1868)
  
  ### Full date unknown
  
  * Gunnar Horn, petroleum geologist and Arctic explorer
  * Ambrotius Olsen Lindvig, politician and Minister (born 1855)
  