1911 in Norway

• Monarch – Haakon VII. ==Events==

• 14 December – Roald Amundsen's Norwegian expedition becomes the first to reach the South Pole. • Norsk Hydro's second plant opens at Rjukan, four years after its first plant at Notodden. File:Aan de Zuidpool - p1913-160.jpg|Amundsen (at left) and companions at Polheim, South Pole, December 1911. ==Popular culture==

Sports • 19 June – Molde FK football club is founded. Music Film Literature • The Olav Duun novel Gamal jord (Old Soil) was published. ==Births==

January to March • 1 January – Håkon Melberg, linguist (died 1990) • 11 January – Harald Heide Steen, actor (died 1980) • 12 January – Halvor J. Sandsdalen, farmer, journalist, poet, novelist, playwright and children's writer (died 1998). • 16 January – Arne Tuft, cross country skier (died 1989) • 20 January – Andreas Wormdahl, politician (died 2001) • 28 January – Sverre Engen, skier, ski coach, ski area manager and film-maker in America (died 2001) • 31 January – Rigmor Frimannslund Holmsen, ethnologist (died 2006). • 12 February – Charles Mathiesen, speed skater and Olympic gold medallist (died 1994) • 21 February – Erling Fjellbirkeland, research administrator (died 1986). • 3 March – Kristian Henriksen, international soccer player, coach (died 2004) • 5 March – Nils Eriksen, international soccer player and Olympic bronze medallist (died 1975) April to June • 6 April – Per Tønder, politician (died 2015) • 10 April – Kåre Christiansen, bobsledder (died 1964) • 13 April – Thorstein Treholt, politician and Minister (died 1993) • 14 April – Astrid Løken, entomologist (died 2008) • 20 April – Reidar Andersen, ski jumper and Olympic bronze medallist (died 1991) • 25 April – Hans Beck, ski jumper and Olympic silver medallist (died 1996) • 18 May – Ole Myrvoll, professor in economy, politician and Minister (died 1988) • 19 May – Petter Pettersson, Jr., politician (died 1984) • 24 May – Egil Storbekken, folk musician (died 2002). • 26 May – Randi Brænne, actress (died 2004). • 27 May – Torolf Elster, newspaper and radio journalist, magazine editor, novelist, crime writer and short story writer (died 2006) • 3 June – Olav Økern, cross country skier and Olympic bronze medallist (died 2000) July to September • 6 July – Odd Rasdal, long-distance runner (died 1985) • 13 July – Torvald Kvinlaug, politician (died 1977) • 18 July – Claus Marius Neergaard, politician (died 1990) • 22 August – Edvard Hambro, politician and 25th President of the United Nations General Assembly (died 1977) • 23 August – Birger Ruud, ski jumper, twice Olympic gold medallist and three time World Champion (died 1998) • 25 August – Ragnar Haugen, boxer (died 1964) • 10 September – Frithjof Ulleberg, soccer player and Olympic bronze medallist (died 1993) • 12 September – Bjørn Fraser, naval and aviation officer (died 1993) • 15 September – Karsten Solheim, golf club designer and businessman in America (died 2000) • 20 September – Oddleif Fagerheim, politician (died 1999) • 22 September – Inge Einarsen Bartnes, politician (died 1988) • 23 September – Herman Hebler, printmaker and graphic artist (died 2007) • 28 September – Nils Sønnevik, politician (died 1988) October to December • 1 October – Harald Sandvik, military officer (died 1992) • 12 October – Johannes Lislerud, politician (died 1989) • 15 October – Margith Johanne Munkebye, politician (died 2000) • 2 November – Guri Johannessen, politician (died 1972) • 6 November – Harald Nicolai Samuelsberg, politician (died 1986) • 9 November – Ebba Lodden, politician (died 1997) • 19 November – Harry Haraldsen, speed skater (died 1966) • 13 December – Trygve Haavelmo, economist, awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (died 1999) • 29 December – Alf Martinsen, soccer player and Olympic bronze medallist (died 1988) Full date unknown • Henriette Bie Lorentzen, humanist, peace activist, feminist and editor (died 2001) • Leif Iversen, politician (died 1989) • Reidar Fauske Sognnaes, Dean of Harvard School of Dental Medicine, forensic scientist (died 1984) ==Deaths==

• 4 January – Oscar Nissen, physician, newspaper editor and politician (born 1843) • 15 January – Rosa Asmundsen, actress and singer (born 1846) • 30 March – Sven Oftedal, helped found the Lutheran Free Church (born 1844) • 14 June – Johan Svendsen, composer, conductor and violinist (born 1840) • 2 September – Isak Kobro Collett, politician (born 1867) • 30 October – Ulrik Frederik Christian Arneberg, politician (born 1829) • 13 November – Cecilie Thoresen Krog, woman’s rights pioneer (born 1858). • 5 December – Sofie Borchgrevink, educator (born 1846). • 7 December – Marie Wexelsen, writer (born 1832). Full date unknown • Nils Christian Egede Hertzberg, politician and Minister (born 1827) • Hans Møller, politician, consul and businessperson (born 1830) • Harald Smedal, politician and Minister (born 1859) ==See also==