1942 in Norway

Incumbents

• Government in Exile
• * Monarch – Haakon VII
• * Prime Minister – Johan Nygaardsvold
• German Military Governor
• * Reichskommissar in Norway – Josef Terboven
• German Puppet Government in Oslo
• * Minister-President – Vidkun Quisling – inducted on 1 February

  Events

• 1 February – Vidkun Quisling is appointed as the Minister-President of Norway by the German occupiers despite strong opposition.
• 12 February – Vidkun Quisling meets Adolf Hitler.
• 13 March – Vidkun Quisling restored the so-called "Jewish paragraph" of the Norwegian Constitution which forbade Jews to enter or settle in Norway. This paragraph was in force until 1945. Quisling was convicted after the war on illegal amendment of the Constitution.
• 15 April – About 500 Norwegian teachers are sent to forced labour in Kirkenes.
• 30 April – German forces destroy the entire Norwegian fishing village of Telavåg as a retaliation action after having discovered four days earlier that two men from the Linge company were being hidden in the village.
• 25 September – Allied bombers tried to bomb the Victoria Terrasse building in Oslo, which was used as the Gestapo headquarters, but missed the target and instead hit civilian targets. 4 civilians are killed.
• 6 October – Martial law is declared in Trondheim: During this time, 34 Norwegians were murdered by extrajudicial execution.
• 21 October – The German prisoner ship Palatia is sunk off Lindesnes by a Royal New Zealand Air Force torpedo bomber, in the second deadliest ship disaster in Norwegian history
• 26 October – All Jewish men in Norway over 15 are arrested; all Jewish property is ordered confiscated. See the Holocaust in Norway for more.
• 17 September – The prime minister Vidkun Quisling reintroduces the death penalty
• 24 November – All Norwegian Jewish women and children are arrested.
• 26 November – 548 Norwegian Jewish men, women and children are transported on the ship SS Donau to Stettin. And from there they were later taken by train to Auschwitz concentration camp. Only eight of those deported on the SS Donau survived.

  Popular culture

Sports

Music

Film

Literature

Notable births

• 2 January – Jens Petter Ekornes, businessperson.
• 9 January –
• *Per Haddal, journalist, film critic and writer
• *Johan Lind, speed skater.
• 19 January – Knut O. Aarethun, politician
• 24 January – Nils Bjørnflaten, politician
• 24 January – Olav Nilsen, international soccer player
• 30 January – Kåre Gjønnes, politician and Minister
• 2 February – Trygve Bornø, international soccer player
• 5 February – Oddny Aleksandersen, politician and Minister
• 9 February – Peder Lunde Jr., sailor and Olympic gold medallist
• 12 February – Finn Arild Hvistendahl, businessperson
• 18 February – Bernt Oftestad, historian and theologian
• 21 February – Anders C. Sjaastad, politician and Minister
• 28 February – Alf Ivar Samuelsen, politician
• 7 March – Ivar Eriksen, speed skater and Olympic silver medallist
• 8 March – Håkon Fimland, hurdler and politician
• 10 March – Einar Steensnæs, politician and Minister
• 12 March – Karin Lian, politician
• 28 March – Stig Berge, orienteer and World Champion
• 28 March – Pål Tyldum, cross country skier and double Olympic gold medallist
• 31 March – Hans Jacob Biørn Lian, diplomat
• 1 April – Jan Fredrik Christiansen, trumpeter
• 2 April – Torgeir Kvalvaag, journalist
• 22 April – Egil "Drillo" Olsen, international soccer player and coach
• 6 May – Svein-Erik Stiansen, speed skater
• 6 June – Ingrid Piltingsrud, politician
• 9 June – Egil Myklebust, businessperson and lawyer
• 11 June – Per Willy Guttormsen, speed skater
• 15 June – Bjørg Andersen, handball player.
• 17 June – Torgrim Sollid, jazz and traditional folk trumpeter, and composer and musician
• 18 June – Knut Grøholt, civil servant
• 21 June – Ditlef Eckhoff, jazz trumpeter
• 13 July – Sigrid Sundby, speed skater
• 16 July – Jens Ulltveit-Moe, businessperson
• 23 July – Sverre Asmervik, psychologist, novelist and non-fiction writer.
• 7 August – Sverre Bagge, historian
• 9 August – Odd Flattum, sports official and politician
• 11 August – Tove Kari Viken, politician
• 12 August – Eldrid Nordbø, politician and Minister
• 22 August – Finn Fuglestad, historian
• 25 August – Terje Fjærn, musician, orchestra leader and musical conductor
• 28 August – Sigurd Manneråk, politician
• 28 August – Tor Berntin Næss, diplomat
• 5 September – Björn Haugan, operatic lyric tenor
• 9 September – Ulf Guttormsen, politician
• 13 September – Bjørg Hope Galtung, politician
• 20 September – Einar M. Bull, diplomat
• 24 September – Leif Lund, politician
• 25 September – Ragnar Pedersen, illustrator, magazine editor and revue writer.
• 29 September - Kirsten Reitan, politician
• 2 October – Gro Sandvik, classical flautist
• 6 November –
• *Tora Aasland, politician and Minister
• *Gunhild Hagestad, sociologist.
• 12 November –
• *Aud Inger Aure, politician and Minister
• *Sissel Lie, author, playwright and professor.
• 14 November – Are Næss, physician and politician
• 15 November – Ivar Østberg, politician
• 16 November – Hans Olav Sørensen, ski jumper
• 19 November – Berit Kvæven, politician
• 24 November – Erling Walderhaug, politician
• 26 November – Jan Stenerud, American football placekicker
• 6 December – Herbjørg Wassmo, author
• 8 December – Eyvind W. Wang, politician
• 13 December – Arne Treholt, politician and diplomat convicted of high treason and espionage on behalf of the Soviet Union and Iraq
• 19 December – Brit Hoel, politician
• 20 December – Odd Martinsen, cross country skier, Olympic gold medallist and World Champion.
• 21 December – Ivar Langen, professor of Mechanical Engineering
• 23 December – Grynet Molvig, actress and singer
• 31 December – Bendik Rugaas, politician and Minister

  Full date unknown

• John Kristen Skogan, political scientist and politician

  Notable deaths

• 16 January – Henry Wilhelm Kristiansen, newspaper editor and politician
• 19 January – Sven Aarrestad, writer, politician and leader in the Norwegian temperance movement
• 19 January – Martin Ulvestad, Norwegian-American historian and author
• 29 January – Wictor Esbensen, mariner and explorer
• 10 February – Jørgen Bjørnstad, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist
• 10 February – Ola Thommessen, newspaper editor
• 22 February – Rolf Jacobsen, jurist, politician and Minister
• 28 February – Arne Mortensen, rower and Olympic bronze medallist
• 4 March – Johannes Stubberud, newspaper editor
• 7 March – Ole Monsen Mjelde, politician and Minister
• 24 March – Karenus Kristofer Thinn, judge
• 20 April – Helga Estby, noted for her walk across the United States during 1896
• 13 May – Einar Sverdrup, mining engineer and businessman
• 14 May – Bjørn Bjørnson, actor and theatre director
• 20 May – Nini Roll Anker, novelist and playwright.
• 23 May – Sten Abel, sailor and Olympic silver medallist
• 27 June – Jens Thiis, art historian, conservator and museum director
• 15 July – Ragnvald A. Nestos, governor of the U.S. state of North Dakota
• 21 July – Nils Olaf Hovdenak, politician and Minister
• 6 October – Harald Langhelle, newspaper editor and politician
• 26 October – Gulbrand Lunde, politician
• 5 December – Adolf Indrebø, politician

  Full date unknown

• Alfred Evensen, musician
• Niels Thorshaug, veterinarian