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Decades: 1950s • 1960s • 1970s • 1980s • 1990s Centuries: 18th • 19th • 20th • 21st See also: 1978 in Norwegian football Other events of 1978 List of years in Norway

Incumbents

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

Events

Arts and literature

• Harald Sverdrup, poet and children's writer, is awarded the Dobloug Prize literature award.^[1]

Births

• 11 April - Martin Bartnes, ski mountaineer and cross-country skier
• 28 May - Elin Lerum Boasson, environmentalist
• 20 July - Fritz Aanes, Greco-Roman wrestler
• 29 September - Kurt Nilsen, pop/country singer
• 17 October - Rolv Eriksrud, ski mountaineer and cross-country skier
• 13 November - Marit Velle Kile, actress
• 28 November - Siri Hall Arnøy, politician

Deaths

January to June

• 16 January - Otto Dahl, politician (b.1914)
• 21 January - Olav Sundal, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist (b.1899)
• 27 January - Alf Konningen, alpine skier (b.1901)
• 14 February - Anders Hove, politician (b.1885)
• 19 February - Olaf Ditlev-Simonsen, sailor and Olympic silver medallist (b.1897)
• 27 March - Sverre Farstad, speed skater and Olympic gold medallist (b.1920)
• 25 April - Arne Rustadstuen, Nordic skier, Olympic bronze medallist and World Champion (b.1905)
• 8 May - Klara Amalie Skoglund, politician (b.1891)
• 9 May - Halvor Bunkholt, politician (b.1903)

July to December

• 3 July - Syvert Tobiassen Messel, politician (b.1897)
• 27 July - Henrik Friis Robberstad, politician (b.1901)
• 15 August - Viggo Brun, mathematician (b.1885)
• 16 August - Henry Olsen, track and field athlete (b.1887)
• 30 August - Vebjørn Tandberg, businessperson and industrialist (b.1904)
• 26 October - Rolf Schjerven, politician (b.1910)
• 13 November - Liv Tomter, politician (b.1901)
• 4 December - Tancred Ibsen, officer, pilot, film director and screenwriter (b.1893)
• 31 December - Arne Gjedrem, politician (b.1890)

Full date unknown

• Aslak Brekke, folksinger (b.1901)
• Sigurd Evensmo, author and journalist (b.1912)
• Reidar Kjellberg, art historian (b.1904)
• Margrete Aamot Øverland, resistance member (b.1913)
• Carl Søyland, newspaper editor (b.1894)

References