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Decades: 1950s • 1960s • 1970s • 1980s • 1990s Centuries: 18th • 19th • 20th • 21st See also: 1977 in Norwegian football Other events of 1977 List of years in Norway

Incumbents

• King of Norway - Olav V of Norway
• Prime Minister of Norway - Odvar Nordli

Events

Arts and literature

• Gerd Brantenberg's most renowned novel, Egalias døtre ("The Daughters of Egalia") is published.

Births

January to June

• 30 March - Silvia K. Kosmo, politician
• 2 May - Pernille Holmboe, model
• 6 June - Trude Gundersen, taekwondo athlete
• 30 June - Zahid Ali, stand-up comedian

July to December

• 23 October - Jarle Andhøy, adventurer and sailboat-skipper
• 21 November - Annie, pop artist and DJ
• 3 December - Jennie Johnsen, politician
• 25 December - Sylvi Listhaug, politician

Deaths

January to March

• 17 January - Erling Fredriksfryd, politician (b.1905)
• 1 February - Edvard Hambro, politician and 25th President of the United Nations General Assembly (b.1911)
• 8 February - Eivind Groven, composer and music-theorist (b.1901)
• 3 March - Kai Knudsen, politician (b.1903)
• 7 March - Jørgen Leonard Firing, politician (b.1894)
• 22 March - Alfred Nilsen, politician (b.1892)

April to June

• 27 May - Kristian Birger Gundersen, politician (b.1907)
• 6 June - Olaf Fredrik Watnebryn, politician (b.1908)
• 13 June - Olav Aslakson Versto, politician (b.1892)
• 23 June - Asbjørn Solberg, politician (b.1893)

July to September

• 1 July - Torvald Kvinlaug, politician (b.1911)
• 2 July - Christian Schweigaard Stang, linguistics researcher and professor (b.1900)
• 7 July - Nils Kristian Lysø, politician and Minister (b.1905)
• 13 July - Edgar Christensen, boxer (b.1905)
• 24 July - Sigrid Sundby, speed skater (b.1942)
• 2 August - Alfred Sigurd Nilsen, politician (b.1891)
• 5 August - Gunvor Galtung Haavik, interpreter charged with espionage (b.1912)
• 17 August - Harald Økern, Nordic combined skier (b.1898)

October to December

• 2 October - Odd Frantzen, soccer player and Olympic bronze medallist (b.1913)
• 4 November - Frede Castberg, jurist (b.1893)
• 4 November - Sigurd Lund Hamran, politician (b.1902)
• 5 November - Gunnar Nordbye, United States federal judge (b.1888)
• 15 November - Olaf Johannessen, rifle shooter (b.1890)
• 5 December - Jon Mårdalen, cross country skier (b.1895)
• 25 December - Harald Strøm, speed skater and World Champion (b.1897)

Full date unknown

• Birger Bergersen, politician and Minister (b.1891)
• Lars Fletre, sculptor (b.1904)
• John Gunnarsson Helland, Hardanger fiddle maker (b.1897)
• Kåre Jonsborg, painter and textile artist (b.1912)