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Incumbents

  • Monarch - Harald V of Norway
    Harald V of Norway
    Harald V is the king of Norway. He succeeded to the throne of Norway upon the death of his father Olav V on 17 January 1991...

  • Prime Minister
    Heads of government of Norway
    This is a list of heads of government of Norway, who held, inter alia, offices and titles such as steward , viceroy , first minister and prime minister ....

     - Gro Harlem Brundtland
    Gro Harlem Brundtland
    Gro Harlem Brundtland is a Norwegian Social democratic politician, diplomat, and physician, and an international leader in sustainable development and public health. She served three terms as Prime Minister of Norway , and has served as the Director General of the World Health Organization...

     (Labour Party
    Norwegian Labour Party
    The Labour Party is a social-democratic political party in Norway. It is the senior partner in the current Norwegian government as part of the Red-Green Coalition, and its leader, Jens Stoltenberg, is the current Prime Minister of Norway....

    ) until October 25, Thorbjørn Jagland
    Thorbjørn Jagland
    is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party, currently serving as the Secretary-General of the Council of Europe...

     (Labour Party
    Norwegian Labour Party
    The Labour Party is a social-democratic political party in Norway. It is the senior partner in the current Norwegian government as part of the Red-Green Coalition, and its leader, Jens Stoltenberg, is the current Prime Minister of Norway....

    )

Events

  • 29 August - Operafjell Accident
    Vnukovo Airlines Flight 2801
    Vnukovo Airlines Flight 2801 was an international charter flight that, on 29 August 1996 at 10:22:23 Central European Summer Time, crashed in Operafjellet, Svalbard, Norway. All 141 people aboard the Tupolev Tu-154M were killed during the approach to Svalbard Airport, Longyear, making it the...

    : Vnukovo Airlines Flight 2801
    Vnukovo Airlines Flight 2801
    Vnukovo Airlines Flight 2801 was an international charter flight that, on 29 August 1996 at 10:22:23 Central European Summer Time, crashed in Operafjellet, Svalbard, Norway. All 141 people aboard the Tupolev Tu-154M were killed during the approach to Svalbard Airport, Longyear, making it the...

    , a Tupolev Tu-154
    Tupolev Tu-154
    The Tupolev Tu-154 is a three-engine medium-range narrow-body airliner designed in the mid 1960s and manufactured by Tupolev. As the mainstay 'workhorse' of Soviet and Russian airlines for several decades, it serviced over a sixth of the world's landmass and carried half of all passengers flown...

    , crashes into a mountain on Spitsbergen
    Spitsbergen
    Spitsbergen is the largest and only permanently populated island of the Svalbard archipelago in Norway. Constituting the western-most bulk of the archipelago, it borders the Arctic Ocean, the Norwegian Sea and the Greenland Sea...

    , an island in the Norwegian
    Norway
    Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

     archipelago of Svalbard
    Svalbard
    Svalbard is an archipelago in the Arctic, constituting the northernmost part of Norway. It is located north of mainland Europe, midway between mainland Norway and the North Pole. The group of islands range from 74° to 81° north latitude , and from 10° to 35° east longitude. Spitsbergen is the...

    , killing all 141 on board.
  • 25 October - Gro Harlem Brundtland
    Gro Harlem Brundtland
    Gro Harlem Brundtland is a Norwegian Social democratic politician, diplomat, and physician, and an international leader in sustainable development and public health. She served three terms as Prime Minister of Norway , and has served as the Director General of the World Health Organization...

     resigns as Prime Minister of Norway
    Prime Minister of Norway
    The Prime Minister of Norway is the political leader of Norway and the Head of His Majesty's Government. The Prime Minister and Cabinet are collectively accountable for their policies and actions to the Sovereign, to Stortinget , to their political party, and ultimately the...

     for the third time.
  • 25 October – Jagland's Cabinet was appointed.

Notable deaths

  • 8 January - Olaf Knudson
    Olaf Knudson
    Olaf Knudson was a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Buskerud in 1954, and was re-elected on five occasions....

    , politician (b.1915
    1915 in Norway
    -Events:* The 1915 Parliamentary election takes place.-Notable births:*16 January - Aase Bjerkholt, politician*19 January - Håkon Kyllingmark, politician and Minister *25 January - Sverre L...

    )
  • 13 February - Willy Arne Wold
    Willy Arne Wold
    Willy Arne Wold was a Norwegian politician for the Centre Party.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Nordland in 1969, and was re-elected on one occasion....

    , politician (b.1929
    1929 in Norway
    -Events:* 8 May – Norway annexed the volcanic island Jan Mayen located in the Arctic Ocean.-Notable births:* 1 January - Fredrik Olsen, shipping magnate* 3 January - Grethe Rytter Hasle, planktologist* 17 January - Jan Rasmus Skåre, judge...

    )
  • 1 March - Hårek Ludvig Hansen
    Hårek Ludvig Hansen
    Hårek Ludvig Hansen was a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Nordland in 1945, but was not re-elected in 1949....

    , politician (b.1901
    1901 in Norway
    -January to March:*9 January - Bjarne Lyngstad, politician and Minister *16 January - Narve Bonna, ski jumper and Olympic silver medallist *16 January - Hans Karolus Ommedal, politician *26 January - Alf Konningen, alpine skier...

    )
  • 21 March - Sverre Sørsdal
    Sverre Sørsdal
    Sverre Sørsdal was a Norwegian boxer who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics, in the 1924 Summer Olympics, and in the 1928 Summer Olympics.He was born in Hamar....

    , boxer and Olympic silver medallist (b.1900
    1900 in Norway
    -Events:* 17 February - The Norwegian Ministry of Agriculture and Food is established* 21 November – the Norwegian Employers' Association was founded.* 3 December – Population Census: There were 2,239,881 inhabitants in Norway....

    )
  • 30 March - Hjalmar Hvam
    Hjalmar Hvam
    Hjalmar P. Hvam was a competitive Norwegian-American Nordic skier and inventor of the first safety ski binding.-Early life:...

    , Nordic skier and inventor of the first safety ski binding (b.1902
    1902 in Norway
    -Incumbents:*Prime Minister of Norway: Johannes Steen, succeeded by:*Prime Minister of Norway: Otto Blehr-Notable births:*15 January - Olaug Hay, politician *24 January - Sigurd Lund Hamran, politician...

    )
  • 10 April - Hans Beck
    Hans Beck (ski jumper)
    Hans Beck was a Norwegian ski jumper who won a silver medal in the large hill individual event at the 1932 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York. Having been in the lead after the first round, he was overcome by Birger Ruud, who hailed from the same city, in the second round.Born in Kongsberg,...

    , ski jumper and Olympic silver medallist (b.1911
    1911 in Norway
    -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.-January to March:*1 January - Håkon Melberg, linguist...

    )
  • 10 April - Gunnar Konsmo
    Gunnar Konsmo
    Gunnar Konsmo was a Norwegian speed skater who competed in the 1948 Winter Olympics.In 1948 he finished tenth in the 1500 metres competition.-External links:*...

    , speed skater (b.1922
    1922 in Norway
    -Events:* 8 January - The Social Democratic Youth League of Norway is founded.* 30 November - The establishment of Norwegian government-owned alcoholic beverage retailer "Vinmonopolet"....

    )
  • 1 May - Arvid Johansen
    Arvid Johansen
    Arvid Johansen was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.He was born in Sør-Odal.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Hedmark in 1945, but was not re-elected in 1949....

    , politician (b.1910
    1910 in Norway
    -Events:* Norwegian Institute of Technology is established in Trondheim.* Municipal and county elections are held throughout the country.-Notable births:*10 January - Kitty Petrine Fredriksen, politician...

    )
  • 20 May - Kristian Lien
    Kristian Lien
    Kristian Lien was a Norwegian politician for the Christian Democratic Party.He grew up in Bergen, but settled at Bygstad. He served as mayor of Gaular municipality, and was a member of Sogn og Fjordane county council from 1968 to 1975...

    , politician (d.1915
    1915 in Norway
    -Events:* The 1915 Parliamentary election takes place.-Notable births:*16 January - Aase Bjerkholt, politician*19 January - Håkon Kyllingmark, politician and Minister *25 January - Sverre L...

    )
  • 17 June - Erling Kaas
    Erling Kaas
    Erling Kaas was a Norwegian pole vaulter. He represented IK Tjalve.At the 1948 Summer Olympics he finished fourth in the pole vault final with a vault of 4.10 metres. At the 1952 Summer Olympics he finished sixteenth with 3.80 m. He finished fourth at the 1946 European Championships and fifth at...

    , pole vaulter (b.1915
    1915 in Norway
    -Events:* The 1915 Parliamentary election takes place.-Notable births:*16 January - Aase Bjerkholt, politician*19 January - Håkon Kyllingmark, politician and Minister *25 January - Sverre L...

    )
  • 28 June - Birger Breivik
    Birger Breivik
    Birger Breivik is a Norwegian politician for the Christian Democratic Party.He was born in Fyresdal.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Aust-Agder in 1958, but was not re-elected in 1961.-References:...

    , politician (b.1912
    1912 in Norway
    -Incumbents:*King of Norway - Haakon VII of Norway*Prime Minister of Norway - Jens Bratlie-Events:*7 March - Roald Amundsen announces his success in reaching the South Pole*Norsk Hydro establishes artificial fertilizer production at Glomfjord in Nordland...

    )
  • 1 July - Einar Hovdhaugen
    Einar Hovdhaugen
    Einar Hovdhaugen was a Norwegian politician for the Centre Party.He was born in Ringebu.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Oppland in 1958, and was re-elected on two occasions...

    , politician (b.1908
    1908 in Norway
    -Sport:*26 September - SK Brann football club is founded.*Football Association of Norway joins FIFA.-January to March:*3 February - Ragna Johanne Forsberg, politician *3 February - Oddbjørn Hagen, skier, Olympic gold medallist and World Champion...

    )
  • 4 July - Magnhild Hagelia
    Magnhild Hagelia
    Magnhild Hagelia was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.She was born in Gjerstad.She was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Aust-Agder in 1950, and was re-elected on three occasions...

    , politician (b.1904
    1904 in Norway
    -Events:* 23 January – Ålesund Fire: a major fire break out during the night in the town of Ålesund. The fire destroyed almost the whole city centre, built mostly of wood like the majority of Norwegian towns in that era...

    )
  • 19 July - Sverre Wilberg
    Sverre Wilberg
    Sverre Wilberg was a Norwegian actor, perhaps best remembered as the clumsy police superintendent Hermansen, always going after Egon and the rest of Olsenbanden...

    , actor (b.1929
    1929 in Norway
    -Events:* 8 May – Norway annexed the volcanic island Jan Mayen located in the Arctic Ocean.-Notable births:* 1 January - Fredrik Olsen, shipping magnate* 3 January - Grethe Rytter Hasle, planktologist* 17 January - Jan Rasmus Skåre, judge...

    )
  • 20 July - Bernt Østerkløft
    Bernt Østerkløft
    Bernt Østerkløft was a Norwegian nordic combined skier who competed in the 1930s. He finished sixth in the nordic combined event at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.-External links:*...

    , Nordic combined skier (b.1906
    1906 in Norway
    -Incumbents:*King of Norway - Haakon VII of Norway*Prime Minister of Norway - Christian Michelsen-Events:* 22 June - Haakon VII and Maud of Wales are crowned rulers of Norway in the Nidaros Cathedral.* The 1906 Parliamentary election takes place....

    )
  • 26 July - Olav Totland
    Olav Totland
    Nils Olav Totland is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.He was Minister of Administration from October 1993 to October 1996, in the third cabinet Brundtland. On the local level, he was a member of Skedsmo municipal council from 1967 to 1982 and Fet municipal council from 1999 to 2003...

    , politician (b.1904
    1904 in Norway
    -Events:* 23 January – Ålesund Fire: a major fire break out during the night in the town of Ålesund. The fire destroyed almost the whole city centre, built mostly of wood like the majority of Norwegian towns in that era...

    )
  • 23 August - Øivind Holmsen
    Øivind Holmsen
    Øivind Holmsen was a Norwegian international footballer. He played left back for Lyn and the 1936 Olympic bronze team. He also played in the 1938 FIFA World Cup, and got 36 caps in total.-External links:*...

    , international soccer player and Olympic bronze medallist (b.1912
    1912 in Norway
    -Incumbents:*King of Norway - Haakon VII of Norway*Prime Minister of Norway - Jens Bratlie-Events:*7 March - Roald Amundsen announces his success in reaching the South Pole*Norsk Hydro establishes artificial fertilizer production at Glomfjord in Nordland...

    )
  • 13 September - Thorvald Wilhelmsen
    Thorvald Wilhelmsen
    Thorvald Wilhelmsen was a Norwegian long-distance runner who specialized in the 10,000 metres. He represented the club Grue-Finnskog IL....

    , long distance runner (b.1912
    1912 in Norway
    -Incumbents:*King of Norway - Haakon VII of Norway*Prime Minister of Norway - Jens Bratlie-Events:*7 March - Roald Amundsen announces his success in reaching the South Pole*Norsk Hydro establishes artificial fertilizer production at Glomfjord in Nordland...

    )
  • 25 September - Helge Jakobsen
    Helge Jakobsen
    Helge Jakobsen was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party and later the Liberal People's Party.He was born in Tromsøysund....

    , politician (b.1901
    1901 in Norway
    -January to March:*9 January - Bjarne Lyngstad, politician and Minister *16 January - Narve Bonna, ski jumper and Olympic silver medallist *16 January - Hans Karolus Ommedal, politician *26 January - Alf Konningen, alpine skier...

    )
  • 1 October - Carl Fredrik Engelstad
    Carl Fredrik Engelstad
    Carl Johan Fredrik Engelstad was a Norwegian writer, playwright, journalist, translator and theatre director.-Personal life:...

    , writer, playwright, journalist, translator and theatre director (b.1915
    1915 in Norway
    -Events:* The 1915 Parliamentary election takes place.-Notable births:*16 January - Aase Bjerkholt, politician*19 January - Håkon Kyllingmark, politician and Minister *25 January - Sverre L...

    )
  • 9 October - Per Asplin
    Per Asplin
    Per Asplin was a Norwegian singer, composer and actor. He co-starred in a handful of films as well as participating in Melodi Grand Prix five times in the 1960s...

    , actor (b.1928
    1928 in Norway
    -Events:* 27 June – The opening of the underground railway line to Nationaltheatret station in Oslo .* At Herøya, outside Porsgrunn, Norsk Hydro establishes what is to become Norway's largest industrial park....

    )
  • 11 October - Rolf Wideröe
    Rolf Wideröe
    Rolf Widerøe , was a Norwegian particle physicist who was the originator of many particle acceleration concepts, including the resonance accelerator, the betatron accelerator.-Early life:...

    , particle physicist (b.1902
    1902 in Norway
    -Incumbents:*Prime Minister of Norway: Johannes Steen, succeeded by:*Prime Minister of Norway: Otto Blehr-Notable births:*15 January - Olaug Hay, politician *24 January - Sigurd Lund Hamran, politician...

    )
  • 25 October - Eva Lund Haugen
    Eva Lund Haugen
    Eva Lund Haugen was an American author and editor. Haugen was born in Kongsvinger, in Hedmark county, Norway. Haugen was twelve years old when her journalist parents emigrated in 1919. They settled in Decorah, Iowa, where both parents worked for the Norwegian-American newspaper, Decorah-Posten...

    , author and editor in America (b.1907
    1907 in Norway
    -Incumbents:*King of Norway - Haakon VII of Norway*Prime Minister of Norway - Christian Michelsen-Events:* June 14 – Norway adopts female suffrage.* Norsk Hydro, having been founded in 1905, opens up its first plant at Notodden....

    )
  • 7 November - Sverre Kolterud
    Sverre Kolterud
    Sverre Cristiansen Kolterud was a Norwegian Nordic combined skier who competed in the 1930s.He was born in Dokka and died in Oslo....

    , Nordic combined skier (b.1908
    1908 in Norway
    -Sport:*26 September - SK Brann football club is founded.*Football Association of Norway joins FIFA.-January to March:*3 February - Ragna Johanne Forsberg, politician *3 February - Oddbjørn Hagen, skier, Olympic gold medallist and World Champion...

    )
  • 20 November - Jens Boyesen
    Jens Boyesen
    Jens Mogens Boyesen was a Norwegian diplomat and politician for the Labour Party.At the time Norway was invaded by Germany in 1940, Boyesen was a law student and member of the Labour Party. The Labour cabinet Nygaardsvold fled to London in order to avoid an early capitulation...

    , diplomat and politician (b.1920
    1920 in Norway
    -Events:* 9 February – The League of Nations gives Spitsbergen to Norway.* 17-19 June – The Centre Party was founded.* Aalesund ship is discovered embedded in the earth south of Ålesund.-Notable births:*2 January - Anne-Sofie Østvedt, resistance leader...

    )
  • 23 November - Torstein Olav Kuvaas
    Torstein Olav Kuvaas
    Torstein Olav Kuvaas was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party.He served as a deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament from Nordland during the terms 1950–1953, 1954–1957 and 1965–1969....

    , politician (b.1908
    1908 in Norway
    -Sport:*26 September - SK Brann football club is founded.*Football Association of Norway joins FIFA.-January to March:*3 February - Ragna Johanne Forsberg, politician *3 February - Oddbjørn Hagen, skier, Olympic gold medallist and World Champion...

    )
  • 29 December - Johan Trandem
    Johan Trandem
    Johan Trandem was a Norwegian shot putter and discus thrower.At the 1928 Summer Olympics he finished eighth in the discus final with a throw of 43.97 metres and thirteenth in shot put with 13.40 metres. He became Norwegian champion in discus throw in the years 1922-1924, and in shot put in 1925...

    , shot putter and discus thrower (b.1899
    1899 in Norway
    -Events:*27 June - The paperclip is patented by Johan Vaaler, a Norwegian inventor.-Notable births:*25 January - Peder Holt, politician *25 January - Rolf Jacobsen, boxer *3 February - Olaf Aarvold, priest and politician...

    )
  • 30 December - Erik Heiberg
    Erik Heiberg
    Erik Heiberg is a Norwegian sailor and Olympic medalist. He was born and died in Oslo. He received a silver medal in the 6 metre class with the boat Elisabeth X at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, together with Johan Ferner, Finn Ferner, Tor Arneberg and Carl Mortensen.-References:...

    , sailor and Olympic silver medallist (b.1916
    1916 in Norway
    -Events:* Municipal and county elections are held throughout the country.-Notable births:*7 January - Gunnar Jakobsen, politician *15 January - Sigrid Utkilen, politician *24 January - Erik Heiberg, sailor and Olympic silver medallist...

    )

Full date unknown

  • Knut Blom
    Knut Blom
    Knut Blom was a Norwegian judge. He served as a Supreme Court Justice from 1968 to 1986.He was born in Kristiania as a son of barrister Hans Jensen Blom and Anna Martens Wingaard . He was a great-grandson of Oluf Petersen Wingaard. He finished his secondary education in 1934, started law studies...

    , judge (b.1916
    1916 in Norway
    -Events:* Municipal and county elections are held throughout the country.-Notable births:*7 January - Gunnar Jakobsen, politician *15 January - Sigrid Utkilen, politician *24 January - Erik Heiberg, sailor and Olympic silver medallist...

    )
  • Kjell Borgen
    Kjell Borgen
    Kjell Borgen was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He served as Minister of Transport and Communications from 1986 to 1988, Minister of Local Government 1988 to 1989 and 1990 to 1992. He served as County Governor of Hedmark from 1993 to his death.-Early life and career:He was born in...

    , politician and Minister (b.1939
    1939 in Norway
    -Incumbents:* Monarch - Haakon VII of Norway* Prime Minister - Johan Nygaardsvold -Events:*17 May - Sweden, Norway, and Finland refuse Germany's offer of non-aggression pacts.*1 June - Oslo Airport, Fornebu is opened....

    )
  • Trygve Brodahl
    Trygve Brodahl
    Trygve Brodahl was a Norwegian cross country skier who competed during the 1930s.He won a silver medal at the 1930 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in 17 km and a silver in the 4 x 10 km relay as well as a bronze at 50 km in 1935. In 1939, Brodahl won the 18 km cross country...

    , cross country skier (b.1904
    1904 in Norway
    -Events:* 23 January – Ålesund Fire: a major fire break out during the night in the town of Ålesund. The fire destroyed almost the whole city centre, built mostly of wood like the majority of Norwegian towns in that era...

    )
  • John Engh
    John Engh
    John Engh was a Norwegian architect, most known for his innovative work in stone and concrete....

    , architect (b.1915
    1915 in Norway
    -Events:* The 1915 Parliamentary election takes place.-Notable births:*16 January - Aase Bjerkholt, politician*19 January - Håkon Kyllingmark, politician and Minister *25 January - Sverre L...

    )
  • Kjell Henriksen
    Kjell Henriksen
    Kjell Henriksen was a Norwegian scientist, professor at the University of Tromsø and researcher with a special interest in Polar Lights. For his effort in researching the Polar Lights a new observatory has been named after him, the Kjell Henriksen Observatory on Svalbard.- External links :* *...

    , scientist (b.1938
    1938 in Norway
    -Incumbents:* Monarch - Haakon VII of Norway* Prime Minister - Johan Nygaardsvold -Events:* January 14 – Norway claims Queen Maud Land in Antarctica.* 20 November - Queen Maud of Norway dies* Construction starts on Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik...

    )
  • Kirsten Myklevoll
    Kirsten Myklevoll
    Kirsten Myklevoll was the Norwegian Minister of Administration and Consumer Affairs 1978-1979....

    , politician and Minister (b.1928
    1928 in Norway
    -Events:* 27 June – The opening of the underground railway line to Nationaltheatret station in Oslo .* At Herøya, outside Porsgrunn, Norsk Hydro establishes what is to become Norway's largest industrial park....

    )

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