1955 in Norway

• Monarch – Haakon VII. • Regent – Olav after July, following injury to King due to fall • Prime Minister – Oscar Torp (Labour Party) until 22 January, Einar Gerhardsen (Labour Party) ==Events==

• 14 January – Prime Minister Oscar Torp resigned. • 22 January – Gerhardsen's Third Cabinet was appointed. • 3 December – Osvald Harjo returned to Norway after 13 years in Soviet prison camps. • Municipal and county elections are held throughout the country. ==Popular culture==

Sports • Kristian Kristiansen, novelist, playwright, short story and children's writer, is awarded the Mads Wiel Nygaard's Endowment literary prize Music Film Literature • Jonas, novel by Jens Bjørneboe ==Notable births==

• 4 January – Bror Yngve Rahm, politician • 2 March – Sven Mollekleiv, organizational leader • 10 April – Marit Breivik, handball player and coach. • 18 May - Reidar Johansen, politician • 8 June – Merete Armand, actress (died 2017). • 16 June – Grete Faremo, former politician and businessperson • 18 July – Hilde Grythe, actress. • 30 July – Gunnar Pettersen, handball player and coach. • 5 August – Lise Christoffersen, politician • 7 August – Vigdis Hjulstad Belbo, politician • 10 August – Kari Henriksen, politician • 16 August – Åse Lill Kimestad, politician • 30 November – Berit Kjøll, corporate officer and sports administrator. • 15 December – Ingalill Olsen, schoolteacher and politician. • 16 December – Kari Økland, politician Full date missing • Gerd Kvale, psychologist ==Notable deaths==

outside the University in the 1890s • 16 January – Asbjørn Halvorsen, international soccer player and general secretary of the Norwegian Football Association (born 1898) • 25 January – Hans Peter Elisa Lødrup, journalist, newspaper editor, non-fiction writer and politician (born 1885). • 16 February – Einar Osland, politician (born 1886) • 2 May – Torkell Vinje, politician (born 1879) • 6 May – Barbra Ring, writer (born 1870). • 1 June – F. Melius Christiansen, violinist and choral conductor (born 1871) • 2 June – Haaken Hasberg Gran, botanist (born 1870) • 28 June – Haakon Lind, boxer (born 1906) • 6 July – Alfred Næss, speed skater (born 1877) • 10 July – Einar Frogner, politician and Minister (born 1893) • 11 July – Christian S. Oftedal, politician (born 1907) • 19 July – Tordis Halvorsen, actress (born 1884) • 22 July – Haakon Shetelig, archaeologist (born 1877) • 30 July – Ferdinand Schjelderup, mountaineer, Supreme Court Justice and resistance member (born 1886) • 4 September – Christen Gran Bøgh, jurist, tourism promoter and theatre critic (born 1876) • 9 September – Einar Liberg, rifle shooter and Olympic gold medallist (born 1873). • 17 October – Charles Mackenzie Bruff, forensic chemist (born 1887). Full date unknown • Anders Fjelstad, politician (born 1879) • Karl Hovelsen, Nordic skier (born 1877) • Andreas Tostrup Urbye, politician and Minister (born 1869) ==See also==