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Contents 1 Incumbents 2 Events 3 Arts and literature 4 Births 5 Deaths 5.1 January to March 5.2 April to June 5.3 July to September 5.4 October to December 5.5 Full date unknown 6 References

[edit] Incumbents

• King of Norway - Harald V of Norway

[edit] Events

• Saga Petroleum, Norway's third largest petroleum company, is acquired by Norsk Hydro.

[edit] Arts and literature

• Finn Carling, novelist, playwright, poet and essayist, is awarded the Norsk kulturråds ærespris (Arts Council Norway Honorary Award), for making a significant contribution to Norwegian art and culture.^[1]

[edit] Births

[edit] Deaths

[edit] January to March

• 2 January - Aase Lionæs, politician (b.1907)
• 19 January - Odd Vigestad, politician (b.1915)
• 21 January - Magne Lystad, orienteering champion (b.1932)
• 1 February - Martin Skaaren, politician (b.1905)
• 9 February - Bernhard Paus, orthopedic surgeon and Grand Master of the Norwegian Order of Freemasons (b.1910)
• 10 February - Birger Leirud, high jumper (b.1924)
• 13 February - Kåre Hovda, biathlete (b.1944)
• 26 February - Bjørn Wiik, physicist (b.1937)
• 26 March - Olle Johan Eriksen, politician (b.1923)
• 26 March - Nils O. Golten, politician (b.1935)
• 26 March - Eva Kolstad, politician and Minister (b.1918)

[edit] April to June

• 7 May - Randi Anda, politician (b.1898)
• 31 May - Carl Viggo Manthey Lange, politician (b.1904)
• 16 June - Thor Lund, politician (b.1921)
• 19 June - Karl J. Brommeland, politician (b.1913)
• 22 June - Petter Furberg, politician (b.1923)

[edit] July to September

• 26 July - Trygve Haavelmo, economist, awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (b.1911)
• 25 August - Jan Iversen, politician (b.1916)
• 7 September - Bjarne Iversen, cross country skier and Olympic silver medallist (b.1912)

[edit] October to December

• 5 October - Lars Breie, jurist, auditor and politician (b.1907)
• 25 November - Oddvar Berrefjord, jurist, politician and Minister (b.1918)
• 8 December - Bjarne Flem, politician (b.1914)
• 11 December - Oddleif Fagerheim, politician (b.1911)
• 21 December - Elsa Rastad Bråten, politician (b.1918)
• 22 December - Per Aabel, comic actor (b.1902)
• 23 December - Valter Gabrielsen, politician (b.1921)
• 26 December - Ola Skjåk Bræk, banker, politician and Minister (b.1912)
• 31 December - Johannes Seland, politician (b.1912)

[edit] Full date unknown

• Erling Anger, civil servant (b.1909)
• Ola Bauer, novelist and playwright (b.1943)
• Helmer Dahl, engineer (b.1908)
• Kjølv Egeland, politician (b.1918)
• Dagmar Lahlum, resistance member and agent (b.1922)
• Fredrik Mellbye, physician and chief medical officer (b.1917)
• Karl Olsen, civil servant (b.1910)
• Hans Skjervheim, philosopher (b.1926)

[edit] References