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Incumbents

• King of Norway - Harald V of Norway

Events

• 10 August - Black metal musician Varg Vikernes murders Euronymous, another black metal musician. Vikernes gets sentenced to 21 years in prison (maximum sentence under Norwegian law).
• Alta Museum receives the European Museum of the Year Award.

Births

Deaths

January to March

• 12 January - Margit Tøsdal, politician (b.1918)
• 25 January - Nils Kristen Jacobsen, politician (b.1908)
• 28 January - Erik Herseth, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (b.1892)
• 31 January - Frithjof Ulleberg, soccer player and Olympic bronze medallist (b.1911)
• 7 February - Erling Dekke Næss, shipowner and businessman (b.1901)
• 17 March - Thorstein Treholt, politician and Minister (b.1911)
• 28 March - Per Sonerud, politician (b.1915)

April to June

• 17 April - Torstein Eckhoff, civil servant and professor of law (b.1916)
• 18 June - Brynjulf Bull, lawyer, Supreme Court advocate and politician (b.1906)
• 24 June - Odd Sagør, politician and Minister (b.1918)
• 30 June - Iver Johan Unsgård, politician (b.1903)

July to December

• 30 July - Sigmund Søfteland, speed skater (b.1923)
• 10 August - Euronymous, black metal guitarist (b.1968)^[1]
• 21 August - Thor Fossum, politician (b.1916)
• 14 September - Erling Asbjørn Kongshaug, rifle shooter, Olympic gold medallist and multiple World Champion (b.1915)
• 14 October - Harald Hennum, international soccer player (b.1928)
• 18 November - Arvid Fladmoe, composer and conductor (b.1915)
• 27 November - Einar Landvik, Nordic skier (b.1898)
• 6 December - Jørgen Mathiesen, landowner and businessperson (b.1901)

Full date unknown

• Aagot Børseth, actor (b.1898)
• Johan Hambro, journalist (b.1915)
• Hans Andreas Ihlebæk, journalist (b.1930)
• Jens Christian Mellbye, judge (b.1914)
• Nils Johan Rud, novelist, short story writer and magazine editor (b.1908)
• Simen Skjønsberg, journalist and writer (b.1920)
• Tor Skjønsberg, resistance leader, politician and Minister (b.1903)
• Olav Torpp, traffic engineer and civil servant (b.1907)
• Johan Vestly, illustrator (b.1923)

References