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Decades: 1970s • 1980s • 1990s • 2000s • 2010s Centuries: 18th • 19th • 20th • 21st See also: 1991 in Norwegian football Other events of 1991 List of years in Norway

Incumbents

• King of Norway - Olav V of Norway (until his death on 17 January)
• King of Norway - Harald V of Norway

Events

• 17 January - Olav V of Norway, King of Norway dies
• Rjukanbanen railway line closes (opened in 1909).

Arts and literature

• Bjørg Vik, writer, playwright and journalist, is awarded the Ibsen Prize drama award.
• Burzum, the musical project by black metal musician Varg Vikernes is begun. This was going to be at the core of the early Norwegian black metal scene.
• Christian black metal band Antestor release their debut demo The Defeat of Satan which has been credited for starting the whole northern European Christian extreme metal scene.^[1]

Births

Deaths

January to March

• 17 January - Olav V of Norway, King of Norway (b.1903)
• 25 January - Per Gjelten, Nordic skier (b.1927)
• 5 February - Torgeir Andersen, politician (b.1916)
• 5 February - Tora Øyna, politician (b.1898)
• 21 February - Oscar Christian Gundersen, politician and Minister (b.1908)
• 25 February - Sverre Hansen, long jumper and Olympic bronze medallist (b.1899)

April to June

• 10 April - Otto Berg, long jumper (b.1906)
• 17 April - Gulborg Nygaard, politician (b.1902)
• 21 April - Andreas Frivåg, politician (b.1925)
• 24 April - Haakon Tranberg, sprinter (b.1917)
• 2 May - Jens Haugland, politician and Minister (b.1910)
• 10 June - Anders Sæterøy, politician (b.1901)

July to September

• 10 July - Aase Bye, actress (b.1904)
• 25 July - Per Almaas, politician (b.1898)
• 28 July - Lars Tangvik, politician (b.1902)
• 2 August - Alf Martin Bjørnø, politician (b.1923)
• 3 August - Olaf Aarvold, priest and politician (b.1899)
• 6 August - Georg Krog, speed skater and Olympic silver medallist (b.1915)
• 24 August - Åge Ramberg, politician (b.1921)
• 7 September - Haakon Pedersen, speed skater (b.1906)

October to December

• 17 October - Håkon Johnsen, politician (b.1914)
• 29 October - Johan Støa, multi-sportsman (b.1900)
• 27 December - Arne Holst, bobsledder (b.1904)
• 31 December - Elise Fliflet, politician (b.1893)

Full date unknown

• Finn Alnæs, novelist (b.1932)
• Reidar Andersen, ski jumper and Olympic bronze medallist (b.1911)
• Dag Ramsøy Bryn, diplomat and politician (b.1909)
• Odd Bull, air force officer, Chief of Air Staff (b.1907)
• Kåre Berven Fjeldsaa, ceramics designer (b.1918)
• Eigil Gullvåg, newspaper editor and politician (b.1921)
• Olav Harald Jensen, economist (b.1917)
• Kåre Kivijärvi, photographer (b.1938)
• Arnholdt Kongsgaard, ski jumper (b.1914)
• Selmer Nilsen, fisherman who spied for the KGB (b.1931)
• Åge Rønning, writer and journalist (b.1925)

References