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Incumbents

• King of Norway - Harald V of Norway

Events

Arts and literature

• Oslo-based black metal band 1349 is established.

Births

Deaths

January to March

• 14 January - Ebba Lodden, politician (b.1911)
• 27 January - Berte Rognerud, politician (b.1907)
• 10 February - Harriet Andreassen, labour activist, politician and Minister (b.1925)
• 9 March - Ingvard Sverdrup, politician (b.1936)
• 15 March - Kåre Holt, author (b.1916)
• 19 March - Johannes Bråten, politician (b.1920)
• 21 March - Liv Andersen, politician (b.1919)
• 27 March - Birger Hatlebakk, industrialist and politician (b.1912)
• 28 March - Arthur Arntzen, politician (b.1906)

April to June

• 12 April - Gunnar Ellefsen, politician (b.1930)
• 22 May - Nina Eik-Nes, politician (b.1900)
• 6 June - Thorleif Kristensen, politician (b.1916)

July to December

• 16 July - Johan A. Vikan, politician (b.1912)
• 20 July - Alf Engen, skier and skiing school owner/teacher in America (b.1909)
• 16 September - Liv Stubberud, politician (b.1930)
• September - Ernst Fredrik Eckhoff, judge (b.1905)
• 6 November - Anne Stine Ingstad, archaeologist (b.1918)
• 23 November - Karl Valdemar Westerlund, politician (b.1907)
• 1 December - Eldrid Erdal, politician (b.1901)

Full date unknown

• Lars Bergendahl, cross country skier and triple World Champion (b.1909)
• Trygve Bjørgo, educator and poet (b.1916)
• Gotfred Kvifte, physicist (b.1914)
• Åse Hiorth Lervik, literary researcher (b.1933)
• Bjarne Slapgard, educator and author (b.1901)
• Jakob Sverdrup, historian (b.1919)
• Alf Tveten, sailor and Olympic silver medallist (b.1912)