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Incumbents

• King of Norway - Olav V of Norway

Events

• July – Seal hunting inspector Odd F. Lindberg submits a highly critical report on the conditions of the hunt. With the national and international attention that follows this becomes arguably the biggest news story in Norway this year.[1]
• August 15 – 15 people are killed in the Måbødalen bus accident.

Arts and literature

Births

• 12 April - Tone Damli Aaberge, singer.

Deaths

January to March

• 1 January - Rolf Presthus, politician and Minister (b.1936)
• 16 January - Inge Einarsen Bartnes, politician (b.1911)
• 21 January - Jørgen Grave, politician (b.1909)
• 29 February - Alf Brodal, professor of anatomy (b.1910)
• 29 February - Kaare Wahlberg, ski jumper and Olympic bronze medallist (b.1912)
• 14 March - Johannes Pettersen Løkke, politician (b.1895)
• 17 March - Leif Granli, politician and Minister (b.1909)

April to June

• 1 April - Nils Thune, politician (b.1898)
• 17 May - Greta Nissan, actress (b.1906)
• 27 May - Lars Sæter, politician (b.1895)
• 29 May - Henry Johansen, international soccer player (b.1904)
• 8 June - Tollef Landsverk, judge and civil servant (b.1920)
• 21 June - Sverre Riisnæs, jurist, public prosecutor and collaborator (b.1897)
• 28 June - Fridtjof Paulsen, speed skater (b.1895)

July to September

• 14 July - Erik Braadland, diplomat and politician (b.1910)
• 16 July - Ole Myrvoll, professor in economy, politician and Minister (b.1911)
• 19 July - Erland Asdahl, politician (b.1921)
• 19 July - Vilhelm Aubert, sociologist (b.1922)
• 19 August - Johan Møller Warmedal, politician (b.1914)
• 23 August - Alf Martinsen, soccer player and Olympic bronze medallist (b.1911)
• 30 September - Sivert Todal, politician (b.1904)

October to December

• 18 October - Aasmund Kulien, politician (b.1893)
• 20 November - Nils Sønnevik, politician (b.1911)
• 30 December - Jan Baalsrud, resistance member (b.1917)
• 31 December - Alfred Thommesen, ship owner and politician (b.1914)

Full date unknown

• Gunnar Andersen, ski jumper and World Champion (b.1909)
• Per Bratland, newspaper editor (b.1907)
• Olav Brunvand, newspaper editor and politician (b.1912)
• Odd Eidem, writer, journalist and literary critic (b.1913)
• Rolf Jørgen Fuglesang, politician and Minister (b.1909)
• Gerd Grieg, actress (b.1895)
• Gudmund Harlem, politician and Minister (b.1917)
• Oskar Skogly, politician and Minister (b.1908)