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Decades: 1960s • 1970s • 1980s • 1990s • 2000s Centuries: 18th • 19th • 20th • 21st See also: 1985 in Norwegian football Other events of 1985 List of years in Norway

Incumbents

• King of Norway - Olav V of Norway

Events

• 3 December - Rock carvings at Alta are placed on the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites, Norway's only prehistoric World Heritage Site.

Arts and literature

• Fredrik Skagen, writer, is awarded the Norwegian Booksellers' Prize.
• Harald Sverdrup, poet and children's writer, is awarded the Riksmål Society Literature Prize.^[1]

Births

• 16 April - Ingeborg Gjærum, environmentalist
• 29 May - Benjamin Hermansen, murder victim (d.2001)
• 2 July - Gunnhold Sundli, singer and actor
• 12 August - Kirby Ann Basken, model
• 15 September - Iselin Steiro, model
• 11 October - Margaret Berger, electropop singer and songwriter

Deaths

January to March

• 10 January - André Bjerke, writer and poet (b.1918)
• 16 January - Arnt Njargel, politician (b.1901)
• 19 January - Svein Rosseland, astrophysicist (b.1894)
• 6 February - Inger Hagerup, author, playwright and poet (b.1905)
• 6 February - Harald Johan Løbak, politician and Minister (b.1904)
• 4 March - Odd Rasdal, long distance runner (b.1911)
• 4 March - Sverre Strandli, hammer thrower and European Champion (b.1925)
• 12 March - Ragnvald Marensius Gundersen, politician (b.1907)

April to June

• 7 April - Torstein Børte, politician (b.1899)
• 24 April - Bernt Ingvaldsen, politician (b.1902)
• 26 April - Kåre Martin Hansen, politician (b.1913)
• 28 May - Haakon Hansen, boxer (b.1907)
• 29 May - Einar Thorsrud, psychologist, researcher and professor (b.1923)
• 26 June - Torstein Kvamme, politician (b.1893)

July to September

• 9 July - Trygve Braarud, botanist (b.1903)
• 5 August - Olav Kielland, composer and conductor (b.1901)
• 12 August - Halvor Bjellaanes, politician (b.1925)
• 12 August - Kåre Stokkeland, politician (b.1918)
• 22 August - Peter Torleivson Molaug, politician (b.1902)
• 26 August - Ole Rømer Aagaard Sandberg, politician (b.1900)
• 7 September - Finn Seemann, international soccer player (b.1944)

October to December

• 4 October - Trond Halvorsen Wirstad, politician (b.1904)
• 10 November - Olav Sunde, javelin thrower and Olympic bronze medallist (b.1903)
• 22 November - Gudolf Blakstad, architect (b.1893)

Full date unknown

• Astrid Hjertenæs Andersen, poet and travel writer (b.1915)
• Jan Bull, author and theatre instructor (b.1927)
• Thorbjørn Feyling, ceramist and designer (b.1907)
• Nils Hjelmtveit, politician and Minister (b.1892)
• Asbjørn Sunde, sailor, saboteur and spy (b.1909)

References