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Decades: 1960s • 1970s • 1980s • 1990s • 2000s Centuries: 18th • 19th • 20th • 21st See also: 1981 in Norwegian football Other events of 1981 List of years in Norway

Incumbents

• King of Norway - Olav V of Norway
• Prime Minister of Norway - Odvar Nordli (until 30 January)
• Prime Minister of Norway - Gro Harlem Brundtland

Events

• 4 February - Gro Harlem Brundtland becomes the first female Prime Minister of Norway
• 14 October - The government of Gro Harlem Brundtland resigns

Arts and literature

• Jan Bull, author, is awarded the Riksmål Society Literature Prize

Births

• 1 July - Kirsti Bergstø, politician
• 9 August - Azar Karadaş, soccer player
• 29 October - Lene Alexandra, singer and model

Deaths

January to June

• 12 January - Olav Marensius Strandås, politician (b.1900)
• 16 January - Birger Haug, high jumper (b.1908)
• 22 January - Torgeir Svendsen, politician (b.1910)
• 1 February - Geirr Tveitt, composer and pianist (b.1908)
• 11 February - Haakon Olsen Wika, politician (b.1899)
• 11 March - Jonas Enge, politician (b.1908)
• 11 May - Odd Hassel, physical chemist and Nobel Laureate (b.1897)
• 7 June - Asbjørn Listerud, politician (b.1905)

July to December

• 11 August - Arne Skaare, politician (b.1907)
• 28 August - Bjarne Fjærtoft, politician (b.1899)
• 31 October - Bent Røiseland, politician (b.1902)
• 4 November - Sverre Helgesen, high jumper (b.1903)
• 18 December - Olav Rasmussen Langeland, politician (b.1904)

Full date unknown

• Alf-Jørgen Aas, painter (b.1915)
• Per Arneberg, poet, prosaist and translator (b.1901)
• Jens Gram Dunker, architect (b.1892)
• Sigbjørn Hølmebakk, author (b.1922)
• Olav Larssen, newspaper editor (b.1894)
• Knut Robberstad, jurist and philologist (b.1899)