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Events in the year1963 in Norway.

• Monarch –Olav V
• Prime Minister –Einar Gerhardsen (Labour Party) until 28 August,John Lyng (Conservative Party) until 25 September,Einar Gerhardsen (Labour Party)

• Norway proclaims sovereignty over its continental shelf, establishing state ownership of natural resources, and only the government can award exploration licenses.^[1]

• 21 March –MS Høegh Aronde sank nearMorocco during a voyage fromSassandra toValencia, resulting in the deaths of 15 of the 28 Norwegian crew members.^{[citation needed]}
• 1 July – Work begins to buildTromsø Airport
• 28 August –Lyng's Cabinet was appointed.
• 25 September –Gerhardsen's Fourth Cabinet was appointed.
• Norsk Hydro in cooperation withHarvey Aluminum starts Alnor, a plant atKarmøy to producealuminium
• Municipal and county elections are held throughout the country.
• TheMunch Museum was opened, 100 years afterEdvard Munch's birth.

1. Arne Bendiksen - "Jeg vil ha en blå ballong"
2. Cliff Richard - "Summer Holiday"
3. Ned Miller - "From a Jack to a King"
4. Cliff Richard - "Lucky Lips"
5. Elvis Presley - "(You're the) Devil in Disguise"
6. Kyu Sakamoto - "Sukiyaki"
7. Wenche Myhre - "Gi meg en cowboy til mann"
8. Bobby Bare - "Detroit City"
9. Cliff Richard - "Don't Talk to Him"

Om Tilla, byArne Skouen

• Stein Mehren, poet, novelist, essayist and playwright, is awarded theNorwegian Critics Prize for Literature and theMads Wiel Nygaards Endowment forMot en verden av lys.

• 4 January –May-Britt Moser, neuroscientist and winner of theNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.^[2]
• 7 January –Georg Andersen, shot putter.^[3]
• 14 January –Steffen Kverneland, comics artist.^[4]
• 15 January –Erling Kagge, adventurer and publisher.^[5]
• 23 January –Rune Gulliksen, ice hockey player.^[6]
• 30 January –Terje Holtet Larsen, journalist and author.^[7]

• 3 February
  • Jørn Andersen, footballer.^[8]
  • Kathrine Bomstad, swimmer.^[9]
  • Liv Heløe, actress and playwright.^[10]
• 5 February –Jan Kvalheim, beach volleyball player.^[11]
• 8 February –Siri A. Meling, politician.^[12]

• 14 March –Lisbeth Berg-Hansen, politician.^[13]

• 10 April –Rune Christiansen, poet and novelist
• 14 April –Gunvor Eldegard, politician
• 15 April –Mette Wikborg, civil servant.^[14]
• 20 April
  • Pål Hembre, sport shooter.^[15]
  • Christopher Nielsen, comics artist.^[16]
• 21 April –Lars Monsen, adventurer and journalist.^[17]
• 28 April
  • Amund Djuve, journalist and newspaper editor.^[18]
  • Beate Grimsrud, writer (died 2020).^[19]
• 28 April –Henrik Hellstenius, composer and musicologist

• 4 May –Jørgen Salsten, ice hockey player.^[20]
• 16 May –Carl Erik Johannessen, sailor.^[21]
• 26 May –Merethe Lindstrøm, writer.^[22]

• 4 June
  • Elin Brodin, novelist.^[23]
  • Solveig Kringlebotn, operatic soprano.^[24]
• 10 June –Kristin Vinje, chemist and politician.^[25]
• 20 June
  • Viel Bjerkeset Andersen, artist
  • Anne Jahren, cross-country skier.^[26]

• 4 July –Heidi Støre, footballer.^[27]
• 6 July –Rolf Terje Klungland, politician.^[28]
• 7 July –Geir Karlstad, speed skater.^[29]
• 27 July –Lars Bjønness, competition rower.^[30]

• 8 August –Christian Tybring-Gjedde, politician.^[31]
• 9 August –Arne Hjeltnes, writer, television personality, and politician.^[32]
• 27 August –Kirsti Leirtrø, politician.^[33]
• 29 August –Hilde Frafjord Johnson, politician

• 16 September –Vidar Kleppe, politician.^[34]
• 22 September –Lisa Scheibert, rower.^[35]

• 5 October –Ronni Le Tekrø, guitarist (TNT)
• 18 October –Sigvart Dagsland, singer, pianist and composer

• 17 November
  • Einar Hålien, newspaper editor.^[36]
  • Roy Waage, politician.^[37]
• 19 November –Geir Jørgen Bekkevold, politician.^[38]
• 30 November –Einar Gausel, chess player.^[39]

• 5 December –Ingrid Bjørnov, singer, songwriter, keyboard player, composer and text writer.^[40]
• 12 December –Arve Seland, footballer.^[41]
• 25 December –Øystein Fevang, singer and choir conductor.^[42]
• 27 December –Sigrid Brattabø Handegard, politician

• Synnøve Eriksen, novelist
• Ole Amund Gjersvik, jazz musician.^[43]
• Geir Gulliksen, writer and publisher.^[44]

• 15 January –Bertel Flaten, politician (b.1900)
• 1 February –Hermann Helgesen, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist (b.1889)
• 6 March –Ole Øisang, newspaper editor and politician (b.1893)
• 7 March –Joachim Holst-Jensen, film actor (b.1880)
• 8 March –Per Askim, naval officer (b.1881).^[45]
• 13 March –Edvin Paulsen, gymnast and Olympic bronze medallist (b.1889)
• 23 March –Thoralf Skolem, mathematician (b.1887)
• 24 March –Peder Holt, politician (b.1899)
• 28 March –Tollef Tollefsen, rower and Olympic bronze medallist (b.1885)
• 1 April –Agnes Mowinckel, actress and stage producer (b.1875).^[46]
• 10 April –Ottar Gjermundshaug, Nordic combined skier (b.1925)
• 11 April
  • Thorleif Holbye, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (b.1883)
  • Arvid Gram Paulsen, jazz musician and composer (b. 1922)
• 13 June –Olav Bjørnstad, rower and Olympic bronze medallist (b.1882)
• 14 June –Olav Hindahl, trade unionist and politician (b.1892)
• 17 June –Eugen Lunde, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (b.1887)
• 20 June –Erling Vinne, triple jumper (b.1892)
• 30 June –Erling Aastad, long jumper and sprinter (b.1898)
• 11 July –Paal Kaasen, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (b.1883)
• 14 July –Rasmus Hatledal, topographer and military officer (b.1885)
• 27 July –Trygve Bøyesen, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist (b.1886)
• 2 August –Thorstein Johansen, rifle shooter and Olympic gold medallist (b.1888)
• 7 August –Knut Markhus, educator and politician (b.1878).^[47]
• 18 September –Karl Johan Edvardsen, politician (b.1883)
• 20 September –Thorleiv Røhn, military officer, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (b.1881)
• 27 September –Svein Olsen Øraker, politician (b.1886)
• 2 November –Per Gulbrandsen, rower and Olympic bronze medallist (b.1897)
• 18 November –Astrid Skare, politician (b.1891)
• 1 December –Jacob Erstad, gymnast (b.1898)
• 16 December –Anton Beinset, journalist, newspaper editor, short story writer, crime fiction writer and politician (born 1894).^[48]
• 19 December –Ingolf Rød, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (b.1889)
• 27 December –Sigvard Sivertsen, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (b.1881)

• Nils Selmer Hauff, bookseller (b.1882)
• Hjalmar Holand, historian (b.1872)
• Kjeld Stub Irgens, sea captain and collaborator minister (b.1879)
• Lars Knutsen, shipowner (b.1884)
• Magnus Olsen, linguist and professor of Norse philology (b.1878)
• Ulrik Olsen, politician and Minister (b.1885)
• Didrik Arup Seip, linguist and professor (b.1884)

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