1908 in Norway

• Monarch – Haakon VII. ==Popular culture==

Sports • 26 September – SK Brann football club is founded. • Football Association of Norway joins FIFA. Music Film Literature • The Knut Hamsund novels Benoni and ''Rosa: Af Student Parelius' Papirer'', was published. • The Olav Duun novel Marjane was published. ==Births==

January to March • 22 January – Kåre Hatten, cross-country skier (died 1983). • 3 February – Ragna Johanne Forsberg, politician (died 1984) • 3 February – Oddbjørn Hagen, skier, Olympic gold medallist and World Champion (died 1983) • 4 February – Ellisiv Steen, literary scholar (d. 2001). • 26 February – Einar Hovdhaugen, politician (died 1996) • 15 March – Sverre Kolterud, Nordic combined skier (died 1996) • 17 March – Oscar Christian Gundersen, politician and Minister (died 1991) • 28 March – Hans Engnestangen, speed skater and World Champion (died 2003) April to June • 9 April – Odd Bang-Hansen, novelist and children's writer (died 1984) • 10 April – Oskar Steinvik, politician (died 1975) • 21 April – Nic. Stang, art historian and writer (died 1971) • 24 April – Jonas Enge, politician (died 1981) • 9 May – Lars Mathias Hille Esmark, civil servant and business person in the tourist industry (died 1998). • 2 June – Michael Staksrud, speed skater and World Champion (died 1940) • 6 June – Bjarne Eilif Thorvik, politician (died 1972) • 19 June – Leo Tallaksen, politician (died 1983) • 21 June – Erik Brofoss, economist, politician and Minister (died 1979) • 28 June – Nini Haslund Gleditsch, political activist and advocate for peace (died 1996). • 28 June – Olav Reiersøl, statistician and econometrician (died 2001) • 29 June – Arne Berge, priest. • 30 June – Thor Myklebust, politician (died 1989) July to September • 1 August – Gidsken Jakobsen, aviation pioneer (died 1990) • 6 August – Arthur Klæbo, journalist (died 1985). • 13 August – Nils Kristen Jacobsen, politician (died 1993) • 17 August – Harald Selås, politician (died 1986) • 18 August – Olav H. Hauge, poet (died 1994) • 19 August – Birger Haug, high jumper (died 1981) • 22 August – Synnøve Lie, speed skater (died 1980) • 2 September – Olaf Hoffsbakken, Nordic skier, Olympic silver medallist and World Champion (died 1986). • 23 September – Oscar Olsen, politician (died 2004) • 24 September – Hans Borgen, politician (died 1983) October to December • 19 October – Geirr Tveitt, composer and pianist (died 1981) • 4 November – Olaf Fredrik Watnebryn, politician (died 1977) • 1 December – Torstein Olav Kuvaas, politician (died 1996) • 8 December – Synnøve Anker Aurdal, textile artist (died 2000). • 19 December – Gunnar Olram, actor and stage director (died 2001). • 31 December – Carl Fredrik Wisløff, theologian and Christian preacher (died 2004) Full date unknown • Reidar Carlsen, politician and Minister (died 1987) • Helmer Dahl, engineer (died 1999) • Jens E. Ekornes, businessperson (died 1976) • Nils Johan Rud, novelist, short story writer and magazine editor (died 1993) • Rolf Ingvar Semmingsen, civil servant (died 1979) • Oskar Skogly, politician and Minister (died 1988) ==Deaths==

• 28 January – Ragnhild Jølsen, author (born 1875) • 13 April – Aasta Hansteen, painter, writer, and early feminist (born 1824) • 2 June – Aimar August Sørenssen, politician and Minister (born 1823) • 5 July – Jonas Lie, novelist (born 1833) • 2 August – Jørgen Breder Faye, banker and politician (born 1823) • 22 October – Esther Edler, actress (born 1884) • 27 November – Knud Bergslien, painter and teacher (born 1827) Full date unknown • Lars Christian Dahll, politician and Minister (born 1823) • Einar Løchen, jurist and politician (born 1850) ==See also==