1977 in Norway

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Events in the year 1977 in Norway.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Olav V.^[1]
• Prime Minister – Odvar Nordli (Labour Party)

Events

• 12 September – The 1977 Parliamentary election takes place.
• 22 April – Ekofisk oil field blowout: an oil well blowout occurred at the Ekofisk Bravo platform, due to an incorrectly installed downhole safety valve.^[2] At an estimated 80,000–126,000 barrels (12,700–20,000 m³) total, this is the largest blowout in the North Sea.
• 24–27 February – The Biathlon World Championships 1977 take place in Vingrom, Norway.

Popular culture

Sports

Music

Main article: 1977 in Norwegian music

Film

Main article: Norwegian films of the 1970s § 1977

Literature

Notable births

Linda Hofstad Helleland

Sylvi Listhaug

Olaug Nilssen

• 11 January – Kine Asper Vistnes, trade unionist.^[3]
• 17 January – Sverre Rotevatn, Nordic combined skier.^[4]
• 25 February – Ingrid Sternhoff, footballer.^[5]
• 7 March – Pål Grotnes, ice hockey player.^[6]
• 7 March – Mia Hundvin, handball player.^[7]
• 15 March – Anita Tomulevski, gymnast.^[8]
• 22 March – Linda Ørmen, footballer.^[9]
• 30 March – Silvia K. Kosmo, politician.^[10]
• 11 April – Pål Berrefjord, politician
• 19 April – Kristin Bekkevold, footballer.^[11]
• 22 April – Linn Torp, cyclist.^[12]
• 2 May – Pernille Holmboe, model
• 5 May – Silje Jørgensen, footballer.^[13]
• 18 May – Bjarne Solbakken, alpine skier.^[14]
• 2 June – Alexandra Beverfjord, crime fiction writer, journalist and newspaper editor.^[15]
• 6 June – Trude Gundersen, taekwondo athlete.^[16]
• 30 June – Zahid Ali, stand-up comedian
• 30 June – Kjersti Horn, theater director.^[17]
• 24 July – Anita Rapp, footballer.^[18]
• 16 August – Sigmund Løvåsen, novelist and playwright.^[19]
• 20 August – Henning Stensrud, ski jumper.^[20]
• 26 August – Linda Cathrine Hofstad Helleland, politician.^[21]
• 6 September – Mari Skurdal, journalist and newspaper editor.^[22]
• 12 September – Pia Tjelta, actress.^[23]
• 30 September – Audun Lysbakken, politician.^[24]
• 7 October – Vegard Arnhoff, sailor.^[25]
• 23 October – Jarle Andhøy, adventurer and sailboat-skipper
• 12 November – Anne Molin Kongsgård, snowboarder.^[26]
• 21 November – Annie, pop artist and DJ
• 3 December – Jennie Johnsen, politician
• 25 December – Sylvi Listhaug, politician.^[27]
• 28 December – Olaug Nilssen, writer.^[28]

Notable deaths

• 17 January – Erling Fredriksfryd, politician (b.1905)
• 1 February – Edvard Hambro, politician and 25th President of the United Nations General Assembly (b.1911)
• 8 February – Eivind Groven, composer and music-theorist (b.1901)^[29]
• 3 March – Kai Knudsen, politician (b.1903)
• 7 March – Jørgen Leonard Firing, politician (b.1894)
• 22 March – Alfred Nilsen, politician (b.1892)
• 27 May – Kristian Birger Gundersen, politician (b.1907)
• 6 June – Olaf Fredrik Watnebryn, politician (b.1908)
• 13 June – Olav Aslakson Versto, politician (b.1892)
• 23 June – Asbjørn Solberg, politician (b.1893)
• 1 July – Torvald Kvinlaug, politician (b.1911)
• 2 July – Christian Schweigaard Stang, linguistics researcher and professor (b.1900)
• 7 July – Nils Kristian Lysø, politician and Minister (b.1905)
• 13 July – Edgar Christensen, boxer (b.1905)
• 14 July – Birger Bergersen, politician and minister (b.1891)
• 24 July – Sigrid Sundby, speed skater (b.1942).^[30]
• 2 August – Alfred Sigurd Nilsen, politician (b.1891)
• 5 August – Gunvor Galtung Haavik, interpreter charged with espionage (b.1912)
• 17 August – Harald Økern, Nordic combined skier (b.1898)
• 2 October – Odd Frantzen, soccer player and Olympic bronze medallist (b.1913)
• 18 October – Kristian Hauger, pianist, orchestra leader and composer (b. 1905).^[31]
• 4 November – Frede Castberg, jurist (b.1893)
• 4 November – Sigurd Lund Hamran, politician (b.1902)
• 5 November – Gunnar Nordbye, United States federal judge (b.1888)
• 15 November – Olaf Johannessen, rifle shooter (b.1890)
• 24 November – Reidar Dahl, jurist and sports official, president of the Football Association of Norway (born 1893).^[32][33]
• 5 December – Jon Mårdalen, cross country skier (b.1895)
• 25 December – Harald Strøm, speed skater and World Champion (b.1897).^[34]

Full date missing

• Reidar Eriksen, trade unionist and politician (b.1894)^[35]
• Lars Fletre, sculptor (b.1904)
• John Gunnarsson Helland, Hardanger fiddle maker (b.1897)
• Kåre Jonsborg, painter and textile artist (b.1912)
• Finn Nagell, military officer, Milorg pioneer, economist and businessperson (born 1899).^[36][37]
• Ola Solberg, newspaper editor and politician (b. 1886)

See also

References

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