1928 in Norway

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See also:	List of years in Norway

Events in the year 1928 in Norway.

Incumbents

• Monarch - Haakon VII

Events

Holmenkoll Line tram at Nationaltheatret in 1928

• 27 June – The opening of the underground railway line to Nationaltheatret station in Oslo .
• At Herøya, outside Porsgrunn, Norsk Hydro establishes what is to become Norway's largest industrial park.
• Municipal and county elections are held throughout the country.

Sport

• Bernt Evensen, speed skater, Olympic gold medallist and racing cyclist, is awarded the Egebergs Ærespris for his achievements in speed skating and cycling.

Notable births

• 8 January – Bab Christensen, actress
• 25 January – Rolf Nilssen, politician
• 3 February – Kjell Magne Fredheim, politician (died 2006)
• 7 February – Sonja Ludvigsen, politician and Minister (died 1974)
• 23 February – Bjørn Unneberg, politician
• 24 February – Per Lønning, bishop, theologian, professor and politician
• 29 February – Anders Myklebust, politician
• 18 March – Hans Bjørnstad, ski jumper and World Champion (died 2007)
• 25 March – Roald Aas, speed skater and Olympic gold medallist and cyclist
• 9 April – Erling Norvik, politician (died 1998)
• 10 April – Berit Ås, politician, professor of social psychology and feminist
• 14 April – Juul Bjerke, economist (died 2014)
• 14 April – Egil Monn-Iversen, composer
• 20 April – Svein Døvle Larssen, newspaper editor
• 6 May – Per J. Husabø, politician
• 17 May – Dag Skogheim, teacher, poet, novelist, short story writer, biographer and non-fiction writer (died 2015).
• 19 May – Arvid Nyberg, politician
• 21 May – Inge Johansen, electrical engineer
• 22 May – Ulf Oscar Sand, civil servant and politician
• 29 May – Harald Hennum, international soccer player (died 1993)
• 26 June – Olav Haukvik, politician and Minister (died 1992)
• 27 July – Bill Johansen, ice hockey player in Canada
• 28 July – Tove Billington Bye, politician (died 2008)
• 4 August – Helge Høva, politician
• 10 August
  • Per Asplin, actor (died 1996)
  • Haagen Ringnes, journalist and author (died 2008)
• 15 August
  • Inger Koppernæs, politician and Minister (died 1990)
  • Fritz Røed, sculptor (died 2002)
• 17 August – Arnt Gudleik Hagen, politician (died 2007)
• 23 August – Tor Stokke, actor (died 2003)
• 4 September – Tor Arneberg, sailor and Olympic silver medallist
• 14 September – Astrid Gjertsen, politician and Minister
• 15 September – Brikt Jensen, writer, editor, literary manager, professor and television producer
• 21 September – Liv Aasen, politician (died 2005)
• 25 September – Kirsten Myklevoll, politician and Minister (died 1996)
• 27 September – Kjell Bohlin, politician
• 29 September – Johan Kleppe, politician and Minister
• 13 October – Arnulf Olsen, politician
• 20 October – Kjell Egil Eimhjellen, microbiologist
• 23 October – Jan Frøystein Halvorsen, judge
• 7 November – Roald Åsmund Bye, politician
• 8 November – Odd Langholm, economist and historian of economic thought
• 19 November – Reidar Birkeland, veterinarian
• 24 November – Arne Langeland, jurist, civil servant and diplomat
• 1 December – Arild Andresen, soccer and ice hockey player (died 2008)
• 3 December – Karin Bang, poet, novelist, children's writer and crime writer
• 5 December – Leif Ottersen, priest
• 16 December – Bjørn Haug, judge
• 22 December – Arne Øien, economist, politician and Minister (died 1998)
• 29 December – Marit Hemstad, sprinter (died 1971)
• 29 December – Marit Øiseth, cross country skier (died 1971)

Full date unknown

• Helge Barstad, politician

Notable deaths

Roald Amundsen

• 16 January - Bjarne Solberg, physician and politician (born 1877)
• 18 January - Nordahl Rolfsen, writer, educationalist and teacher, journalist, translator and speaker (born 1848)
• 21 January - Nikolai Astrup, painter (born 1880)
• 7 February - Herman Johan Foss Reimers, politician and Minister (born 1843)
• 9 February - Anna Bugge, feminist (born 1862)
• 27 April - Amund B. Larsen, linguist (born 1849)
• 17 June - Torgrim Castberg, violinist (born 1874)
• 6 June - Sverre Hassel, polar explorer (born 1876)
• June - Roald Amundsen, polar explorer, led the first Antarctic expedition to reach the South Pole (born 1872)
• 14 July - August Geelmuyden Spørck, politician and Minister (born 1851)
• 11 September - Per Klingenberg Hestetun, politician (born 1877)
• 1 December - Gunnar Knudsen, politician and twice Prime Minister of Norway (born 1848)
• 29 December - Eilif Peterssen, painter (born 1852)

Full date unknown

• Hartvig Sverdrup Eckhoff, architect (born 1855)