Events in the year 1960 in Norway.
Incumbents
Events
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- 1 May – The U-2 incident reveals that the United States uses Norwegian air bases as part of spying missions against the Soviet Union.
- 20 August – King Olav V declares television officially opened in Norway.
- 6 October – The Akershus University Hospital opens
- 1 November – Population Census: 3,591,234 inhabitants in Norway.
- 9 December – The Norwegian government decides, contrary to the advice of the Norwegian military leadership, that Norway will not acquire any nuclear weapons.
- NRK began its regular television broadcasts.
Popular culture
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Sports
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Music
Film
Literature
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Television
Notable births
- 7 February – Ingunn Foss, politician
- 29 March – Sonja Mandt-Bartholsen, politician
- 8 April – Jørn Sigurd Maurud, jurist and civil servant.[1]
- 27 April – Hanne Hegh, handball player.[2]
- 25 June – Randi Karlstrøm, politician
- 26 June – Rigmor Aasrud, politician
- 21 July – Brynjar Aa, dramatist
- 2 September – Kristin Halvorsen, politician and Minister
- 4 September – Ragnhild Aarflot Kalland, politician
- 18 September – Nils Petter Molvær, jazz trumpeter, composer and producer
- 18 December – Niels Christian Geelmuyden, journalist and writer
- 11 December – Frode Grytten, writer and journalist
Full date unknown
Notable deaths
- 15 January – Carl Fredrik Holmboe, engineer (b.1882)
- 15 May – Rolf Jacobsen, boxer (b.1899)
- 22 May – Anders Tjøstolvsen Noddeland, politician (b.1885)
- 25 June – Carl Alfred Pedersen, gymnast and triple jumper (b.1882)
- 22 July – Hans Nordvik, rifle shooter and Olympic gold medallist (b.1880).[3]
- 29 July – Kristian Østervold, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (b.1885).[4]
- 29 July – Carl Wilhelm Rubenson, mountaineer (born 1885 in Sweden).[5][6]
- 14 October – Sigurd Hoel, author and publishing consultant (b.1890)
- 13 December – Christopher Hornsrud, politician and Prime Minister of Norway (b.1859)
- 13 December – Einar Jansen, historian, genealogist and archivist (b.1893)
- 17 December – Arne Sejersted, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (b.1877).[7]
- 18 December – Trygve Schjøtt, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (b.1882).[8]
- 28 December – Karl Eugen Hammerstedt, politician (b.1903)
Full date missing
- Bodil Katharine Biørn, missionary known as Mother Katharine (b.1871)
- Eilert Falch-Lund, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (b.1875)
- Birger Gotaas, journalist (b. 1883).[9]
- Gunnar Kaasen, musher, delivered diphtheria antitoxin to Nome, Alaska in 1925, as the last leg of a dog sled relay that saved the city from an epidemic (b.1882)
- Gabriel Kielland, architect, painter and designer (b.1871)
- Jakob Nilsson Vik, politician and Minister (b.1882)
See also
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