1952 in Norway

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7 January – 15 people are killed in a mine explosion in Svalbard.
14–25 February – 1952 Winter Olympics are held in Oslo.^[1]
Around April 4 five Norwegian seal hunting vessels went down in a storm in the West Ice. The West Ice accidents claimed 78 lives in total.
24 November – Folketeatret (lit. The People's Theatre) opened in Oslo.

Olaf Barda, chess player, becomes the first Norwegian to be awarded the title of International Master

20 March – Thor Heyerdahl received the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature at the 24th Academy Awards for the Kon-Tiki film.

1 January – Aksel Nærstad, political activist and advisor (died 2022).^[2]^[3]
25 January – Inga Balstad, politician
11 March – Vigdis Giltun, politician
6 March – Nils Johan Ringdal, author and historian (died 2008)^[4]
15 April – Ragnar Hovland, novelist, essayist, poet, and writer of children's books.^[5]
25 April – Ketil Bjørnstad, pianist and composer
2 May – Gunda Johansen, politician
13 May – Lars Amund Vaage, author and playwright
19 May – Guri Ingebrigtsen, politician (died 2020)
19 June – Sidsel Endresen, jazz singer
25 June – Radka Toneff, jazz singer (died 1982)
27 June – Asle Amundsen, politician
10 July – Kari Husøy, politician
18 July – Per Petterson, novelist
27 July – Torfinn Bjarkøy, civil servant
8 August – Jostein Gaarder, author
11 August – Finn Sletten, jazz drummer
19 August – Lillian Müller, model and actress
9 September – Per Jørgensen, jazz trumpeter
18 September – Gunn Olsen, politician
23 September – Unni Holmen, artistic gymnast.^[6]
25 October – Helen Fløisand, politician
25 October – Tove Nilsen, writer.^[7]
8 November – Carl Haakon Waadeland, musicologist and drummer
11 November – Ole Robert Sunde, writer.^[8]
18 November – Gerd Janne Kristoffersen, politician
28 November – Ole Thomsen, jazz guitarist
16 December – Jon Laukvik, organist

11 February – Ola Torstensen Lyngstad, politician (born 1894)
14 February – Johan Clementz, boxer (born 1894)
19 February – Knut Hamsun, author, Nobel Prize in Literature laureate (born 1859)
13 March – Johan Nygaardsvold, politician and Prime Minister of Norway (born 1879)
20 April – Sigurd Maseng, diplomat (born 1894)
14 May – Carl Julius Alvin Westerlund, politician (born 1885)
13 June – Andreas Brecke, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (born 1879)
3 August – Even Ulving, painter (born 1863).^[9]
26 September – Aslak Nilsen, politician (born 1898).^[10]
28 September – Ingvald Tøndel, politician (born 1887)
14 November – Aldor Ingebrigtsen, politician (born 1888)
14 December – Fartein Valen, composer and musical theorist (born 1887)

^ "Olympedia – 1952 Winter Olympics Overview". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
^ Arntzen, Jon Gunnar, ed. (1994). "Nærstad, Aksel". Hvem er hvem? (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget; Aschehoug; Gyldendal. p. 413. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
^ "Tidligere RV-leder Aksel Nærstad er død". nrk.no (in Norwegian). 25 October 2022.
^ Verdens Gang (in Norwegian)
^ Herzog, Ingvild Christine; Karlsvik, Mette. "Ragnar Hovland". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
^ Bryhn, Rolf. "Unni Holmen". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
^ Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Tove Nilsen". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
^ Drangsholt, Janne Stigen. "Ole Robert Sunde". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
^ Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Even Ulving". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
^ "Biografier. Aslak Nilsen". nsd.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 14 March 2021.
^ Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Einar Gram Borch". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 28 January 2018.

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