1961 in Norway

Incumbents

• Monarch – Olav V
• Prime Minister – Einar Gerhardsen

  Events

• 12 January – Princess Astrid marries Johan Martin Ferner.
• March – Ingrid Bjerkås, ordained as first female minister in the Church of Norway
• 15 April – The Socialist People's Party was founded.
• 9 August – Holtaheia Accident: A British passenger plane crashes in Strand. All 39 passengers aboard, including 34 children, are killed.
• 11 September – The 1961 Parliamentary election takes place.

  Popular culture

Sports

Music

Film

Literature

Notable births

• 7 January – Irene Johansen, politician
• 11 January – Carl Morten Amundsen, dramaturg and theatre director
• 3 March – Anita Hegerland, singer
• 18 March – Ingvild Bryn, journalist and news anchor
• 18 March – Kyrre Nakkim, journalist
• 23 March – Jørgen Sigurd Lien, software developer
• 23 May – Pål Brekke, astrophysicist
• 12 August – Kristin Krohn Devold, politician
• 12 August – Ingrid Heggø, politician
• 29 August – Signy Fardal, magazine editor
• 6 September – Paul Waaktaar-Savoy, A-ha lead guitarist
• 19 December – Anne Kristine Linnestad, politician

  Notable deaths

• 23 January – Andreas Baalsrud, engineer
• 13 March – Lise Lindbæk, war correspondent
• 27 March – Jacob Pedersen, track and field athlete
• 2 April – Arne Torolf Strøm, politician
• 26 April – Anna Sethne, educator.
• 2 May – Petter Jamvold, sailor and Olympic gold medallist
• 24 May – Rachel Grepp, journalist and politician
• 7 June – Harald Gram, jurist, politician and genealogist
• 8 June – Olav Bjaaland, ski champion and polar explorer
• 9 June – Arnstein Arneberg, architect
• 30 June – Lars Sverkeson Romundstad, politician
• 14 August – Thomas Aas, sailor and Olympic gold medallist
• 16 September – Johanne Samueline Pedersen, politician
• 17 September – Henrik Ameln, jurist and politician
• 25 September – Olav Gullvåg, playwright, novelist, poet and editor
• 3 October – Anne Grimdalen, sculptor
• 17 October – Jens Olai Steffensen, politician
• 9 November – Ferdinand Bie, long jumper and Olympic gold medallist.
• 13 November – Herman Smitt Ingebretsen, politician
• 21 November – Hjalmar Olai Storeide, politician
• 22 November – Ole Hallesby, Lutheran neo-orthodox pietist
• 4 December – Ingvar Wedervang, economist and statistician
• 12 December – Hauk Aabel, comedian and actor
• 26 December – Kristofer Uppdal, poet and author

  Full date unknown

• Haakon Hauan, politician and Minister
• Lars Høgvold, ski jumper
• Kristian Løken, military officer
• Niels Nielsen, sailor and Olympic silver medallist
• Vaadjuv Nyqvist, sailor and Olympic silver medallist
• Arnold Rørholt, military officer
• Olav Martinus Knutsen Steinnes, politician and Minister