title: 1934 in Norway
text: # 1934 in Norway
  
  Events in the year 1934 in Norway.
  
  ## Incumbents
  
  * Monarch – Haakon VII
  * Prime Minister – Johan Ludwig Mowinckel (Liberal Party)
  
  ## Events
  
  * 7 April – A major rockfall hit Tafjorden in Møre og Romsdal, creating a 64 m (210 ft) flood wave that destroyed the villages of Tafjord and Fjørå, killing 40 people.
  * Municipal and county elections are held throughout the country.
  
  ## Notable births
  
  * 7 January – Per Ø. Grimstad, businessperson, diplomat and politician
  * 11 January – Egil Johansen, jazz drummer, teacher, composer and arranger (died 1998)
  * 15 February – Tinius Nagell-Erichsen, publisher (died 2007)
  * 18 February – Arve Johnsen, industrial executive and politician
  * 31 March – Knut Haug, politician
  * 8 April – Gerd Søraa, writer and politician (died 2018)
  * 8 April – Frans Widerberg, painter and graphic artist (d. 2017).
  * 1 May – Mette Janson, journalist (died 2004).
  * 18 June – Torbjørn Yggeseth, ski jumper (died 2010)
  * 21 June – Bente Børsum, actress
  * 29 June – Jarle Bondevik, philologist (died 2016)
  * 12 July – Jan Grøndahl, police chief and civil servant (died 2022)
  * 13 July – Trond Dolva, judge (died 2022)
  * 14 August – Torhild Johnsen, politician
  * 20 August – Hans E. Strand, politician (died 2000)
  * 23 August – Leif Frode Onarheim, businessperson and politician (died 2021)
  * 25 September – Alfred Oftedal Telhaug, educationalist. (died 2016)
  * 29 September – Ragnhild Barland, politician (died 2015)
  * 6 October – Odd S. Lovoll, Norwegian-American author, historian and educator
  * 9 October – Harald Grønningen, cross country skier, double Olympic gold medallist and World Champion (died 2016)
  * 14 October – Magnus Aarbakke, judge
  * 20 October – Olav T. Laake, judge and politician
  * 26 October – Ingvald Godal, politician (died 2019)
  * 3 November – Roar Berthelsen, long jumper (died 1990)
  * 5 November – Kjell Hallbing, author of Western books under the pseudonym Louis Masterson (died 2004)
  * 6 December – Jacob Birger Natvig, physician, hospital director and medical researcher. (died 2021)
  * 29 December – Geirmund Ihle, politician (died 2016)
  * 29 December – Turid Iversen, politician
  
  ### Full date unknown
  
  * Finn Haldorsen, businessperson
  
  ## Notable deaths
  
  * 21 January – Christian Lange Rolfsen, politician and Minister (born 1864)
  * 19 February – Ivar Kleiven, local historian and poet (born 1854)
  * 21 April – Carsten Borchgrevink, polar explorer (born 1864)
  * 29 May – Nicolai Kiær, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist (born 1888)
  * 29 May – Christian Bendz Kielland, civil servant (born 1858)
  * 12 July – Ole Evinrude, inventor, known for the invention of the first outboard motor with practical commercial application, in America (born 1877)
  * 30 July – Rasmus Olai Mortensen, politician and Minister (born 1869)
  * 5 November – Hulda Garborg, writer, novelist, playwright, poet, folk dancer and theatre instructor (born 1862)
  * 12 November – Jacob Marius Schøning, politician and Minister (born 1856)
  * 16 November – Haakon Martin Evjenth, politician (born 1865)
  * 12 December – Thorleif Haug, skier and Olympic gold medallist (born 1894)
  * 19 December – Sven Elvestad, journalist and author (born 1884)
  
  ### Full date unknown
  
  * Peter Collett Solberg, businessperson and politician (born 1866)
  