1946 in Norway

Incumbents

• Monarch – Haakon VII
• Prime Minister – Einar Gerhardsen

  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.

  Music

Film

Literature

Notable births

• 8 January – Åse Klundelien, politician
• 10 January – Bernhard Riksfjord, politician
• 17 January – Finn Kristian Marthinsen, politician
• 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
• 1 February – Øystein Rottem, philologist, literary historian and literary critic
• 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
• 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 – Knut Hove, veterinarian
• 24 February – Sverre Stub, diplomat
• 4 March – Harald Rensvik, civil servant
• 5 March
• *Klaus Hagerup, author, translator, screenwriter, actor and director
• *Oddvar Stenstrøm, journalist and television host
• 9 March – Britt Harkestad, politician
• 14 March – Knut Hanselmann, politician
• 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
• 8 April – Åge Korsvold, businessperson
• 18 April – Per Erik Monsen, politician
• 21 April – Inge Hansen, handball player
• 30 April – Lars Vikør, linguist
• 4 May – Gunnar Jordfald, civil servant
• 5 May – Svend Wam, film director
• 16 May
• *Laila Stien, novelist, poet and translator
• *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
• 10 June – Sverre J. Hoddevik, politician
• 11 June
• *Gunn Imsen, educationalist
• *Jan Petersen, politician and Minister
• 13 June – Rune Gerhardsen, politician
• 21 June
• *Trond Kirkvaag, comedian, actor, imitator, screenwriter, author, director and television host
• *Harald Norvik, businessperson
• 23 June – Svein Thøgersen, rower and Olympic silver medallist
• 18 July
• *Gerd Dvergsdal, politician
• *Svein Ludvigsen, politician and Minister
• 22 July – Jan Grund, academic
• 2 August – Ivar Frønes, sociologist
• 4 August – Ola Dybwad-Olsen, international soccer player
• 13 August – Arild Underdal, political scientist.
• 14 August – Gunn Vigdis Olsen-Hagen, politician
• 18 August – Arild Braastad, diplomat
• 5 September – Sigurd Allern, media theorist and professor of journalism
• 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
• 7 October – Svein Aaser, businessperson
• 13 October – Sven-Erik Svedman, diplomat and politician
• 27 October – Steinar Gullvåg, politician
• 28 October – Per Rom, sprinter
• 1 November – Jørgen Åsland, politician
• 7 November – Sten Egil Bjørnø, politician
• 7 December – Haakon Baardsøn Hjelde, diplomat
• 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
• 7 December
• *Kirsti Sparboe, singer and actress
• *Lars Wilhelmsen, civil servant
• 11 December
• *Torbjørn Frøysnes, diplomat and politician
• *Dagfinn Sundsbø, politician
• 14 December – Ingse Stabel, judge
• 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
• Arne Nore, businessperson

  Notable deaths

• 8 January – Rasmus Pedersen Thu, photographer
• 23 January – Bernt Tunold, painter
• 13 February – Johan Throne Holst, industrialist and politician
• 22 March – Ragnvald Bødtker, engineer
• 23 March – Ingolf Davidsen, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist
• 4 April – Klaus Sletten, organizational worker, editor and politician
• 30 April – Olav Gunnarsson Helland, Hardanger fiddle maker
• 5 May – Theodor Dahl, journalist and fiction writer.
• 16 May – Søren Berg Sørensen Moen, politician
• 21 August – Rudolf Gundersen, speed skater
• 16 September – Margit Schiøtt, politician
• 13 October – Ole Sæther, rifle shooter and Olympic gold medallist
• 11 November – Egill Reimers, architect, sailor and Olympic gold medallist
• 26 November – Ola Bertelsen, jurist and politician
• 13 December – Egil Eide, actor and director

  Full date unknown

• Gunnar Horn, petroleum geologist and Arctic explorer
• Ambrotius Olsen Lindvig, politician and Minister