1917 in Norway
Events in the year 1917 in Norway.Incumbents
Sports
- 2 April – Lillestrøm SK football club is founded after the merger of two local football clubs.
- 19 May – Rosenborg BK football club is founded.
Music
Film
Literature
- The Knut Hamsun novel Markens Grøde Volume 1 & 2, was published.
- The Mikkjel Fønhus debut novel Skoggangsmand, was published.
Notable births
- 20 January – Gunnar Bøe, economist and politician
- 1 February – Tor Aspengren, trade unionist
- 2 March – Haakon Tranberg, sprinter
- 6 March – Paul Svarstad, politician
- 5 May – Aage Eriksen, wrestler and Olympic silver medallist
- 12 May – Johan Berg, military officer
- 16 May – Arne Røgden, bobsledder
- 17 May – Ragnvald Winjum, jurist and politician
- 25 May – Brynjulv Sjetne, politician
- 2 June – Sverre Bratland, military leader
- 14 June – Atle Selberg, mathematician
- 15 June – Einfrid Perstølen, psychiatrist and language proponent
- 3 July – Brita Collett Paus, humanitarian leader and founder of Fransiskushjelpen
- 18 July – Harald Nikolai Brøvig, politician
- 23 July – Knut Brynildsen, international soccer player
- 12 August – Ebba Haslund, novelist, short story writer, playwright, essayist, children's writer, literary critic, radio speaker and politician
- 13 August – Lulla Einrid Fossland, politician
- 3 September – Bjarne Hanssen, politician
- 23 September – Knut Haugland, resistance fighter and explorer
- 26 September – Åslaug Linge Sunde, politician
- 3 October – Odd Lundberg, speed skater and Olympic silver medallist
- 7 October – Godtfred Holmvang, decathlete and skier
- 16 October – Aasmund Brynildsen, essayist, biographer, magazine editor and publishing house consultant
- 26 October – Kaare Steel Groos, politician
- 5 November – Jens Evensen, lawyer, judge, politician and Minister
- 18 November – Ragnar Kvam, journalist, novelist, translator and literary critic
- 30 November – Arne Konrad Eldegard, banker and politician
- 5 December – Wenche Foss, actress
- 13 December – Jan Baalsrud, resistance member
- 15 December – Gregers Gram, resistance fighter and saboteur
- 19 December – Olaf Dufseth, Nordic combined and cross-country skier
- 23 December – Eivind Sværen, shot putter
Full date unknown
- Eivind Erichsen, economist and civil servant
- Gudmund Harlem, politician and Minister
- Odd Hovdenak, civil servant
- Olav Harald Jensen, economist
- Fredrik Mellbye, physician and chief medical officer
- Tor Ørvig, paleontologist
Notable deaths
- 26 January – Oluf Iversen, politician
- 1 February – Georg Andreas Bull, architect and chief building inspector
- 17 March – Cæsar Peter Møller Boeck, dermatologist
- 15 June – Kristian Birkeland, scientist
- 18 June – Oscar Ambrosius Castberg, painter and sculptor
- 19 June – Johan Gerhard Theodor Ameln, politician
- 4 August – Kristian Birch-Reichenwald Aars, academic
Full date unknown
- Olaus Arvesen, educator and politician
- Jørgen Brunchorst, politician and Minister
- Hans Konrad Foosnæs, politician and Minister
- Haagen Krog Steffens, historian, archivist and genealogist
- Anders Sveaas, businessperson and consul
- Georg August Thilesen, politician and Minister
- Aasmund Halvorsen Vinje, politician and Minister
