1976 in Norway
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Incumbents
- Monarch - Olav V of NorwayOlav V of NorwayOlav V was the king of Norway from 1957 until his death. A member of the House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, Olav was born in the United Kingdom as the son of King Haakon VII of Norway and Queen Maud of Norway...
- Prime MinisterHeads of government of NorwayThis is a list of heads of government of Norway, who held, inter alia, offices and titles such as steward , viceroy , first minister and prime minister ....
- Trygve BratteliTrygve Bratteliwas a Norwegian politician from the Labour Party and Prime Minister of Norway in 1971–1972 and 1973–1976.-Early life and career:...
(Labour PartyNorwegian Labour PartyThe Labour Party is a social-democratic political party in Norway. It is the senior partner in the current Norwegian government as part of the Red-Green Coalition, and its leader, Jens Stoltenberg, is the current Prime Minister of Norway....
) until 15 January, Odvar NordliOdvar Nordliis a Norwegian politician from the Labour Party. He was Prime Minister of Norway from 1976 to 1981.Nordli grew up in Tangen in Stange, Hedmark. After World War II he served in the Independent Norwegian Brigade Group in Germany, part of the Allied forces occupying post-war Germany...
(Labour PartyNorwegian Labour PartyThe Labour Party is a social-democratic political party in Norway. It is the senior partner in the current Norwegian government as part of the Red-Green Coalition, and its leader, Jens Stoltenberg, is the current Prime Minister of Norway....
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Events
- 15 January - Odvar NordliOdvar Nordliis a Norwegian politician from the Labour Party. He was Prime Minister of Norway from 1976 to 1981.Nordli grew up in Tangen in Stange, Hedmark. After World War II he served in the Independent Norwegian Brigade Group in Germany, part of the Allied forces occupying post-war Germany...
becomes Prime Minister of Norway - 15 January – Nordli's CabinetNordli's CabinetNordli's Cabinet governed Norway between 15 January 1976 and 4 February 1981. The Labour Party cabinet was led by Odvar Nordli. It had the following composition:-Cabinet members:...
was appointed. - 18 January – A 6.2-magnitude earthquake occurs in SvalbardSvalbardSvalbard is an archipelago in the Arctic, constituting the northernmost part of Norway. It is located north of mainland Europe, midway between mainland Norway and the North Pole. The group of islands range from 74° to 81° north latitude , and from 10° to 35° east longitude. Spitsbergen is the...
. - 25 May - Conscription age in Norway is lowered from 20 to 19 years of age.
Literature
- Karin BangKarin BangKarin Bang is a Norwegian poet, novelist, children's writer and crime writer.-Early and personal life:Bang was born in Oslo as the daughter of industrial manager Alf Bang and Dagmar Kathinka Hansen...
, poet and novelist, is awarded the Aschehoug PrizeAschehoug PrizeThe Aschehoug Prize is published annually by the Norwegian publishing house Aschehoug. The Aschehoug Prize is awarded Norwegian authors on the basis of the merit of a recent publication. It is awarded on merit, irrespective of the publisher, base on a binding recommendation from the Norwegian...
literature award. - Finn CarlingFinn CarlingFinn Carling was a Norwegian novelist, playwright, lyricist and essayist. He made his literary debut in 1949 with Broen ....
, novelist, playwright, poet and essayist, is awarded the Gyldendal's EndowmentGyldendal's EndowmentGyldendal's Endowment was a literature prize which was awarded in the period 1934–1995 by the Norwegian publisher Gyldendal Norsk Forlag. The prize was awarded to significant authors, regardless of which publisher the author was associated with...
literature prize.
Notable births
- 10 March - Ane BrunAne BrunAne Brun is a songwriter, guitarist and vocalist. Since 2003 she has recorded eight albums, four of which are studio albums, a live DVD and a collection of duets...
, singer-songwriter - 10 April - Jan Werner DanielsenJan Werner DanielsenJan Werner Danielsen, artist name Jan Werner, was a Norwegian pop, classical, and rock singer, famous for his powerful voice which stretched over four and a half octaves...
, singer (d.20062006 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Harald V of Norway* Prime Minister - Jens Stoltenberg -Events:* June 7 – A meteorite impact event occurs in northern Troms County, Norway. Locals compare the resultant explosion to the nuclear explosion at Hiroshima...
) - 22 June - Silja Ekeland BjørklySilja Ekeland BjørklySilja Ekeland Bjørkly is a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party.She served as a deputy representative in the Norwegian Parliament from Hordaland during the term 2001–2005...
, politician - 26 June - Mette DavidsenMette DavidsenMette Davidsen is a Norwegian team handball player and World Champion from 1999 with the Norwegian national team. She received a silver medal at the 1997 World Championship, and a bronze medal in 1993. She is European Champion from 1998 after beating Denmark in the final, and received a silver...
, team handballTeam handballHandball is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each pass a ball to throw it into the goal of the other team...
player - 17 October - Kjartan SalvesenKjartan SalvesenKjartan Salvesen is the winner of the second season of Norwegian version of Idol by 840.000 votes, the highest number for any participant on the show. His single "Standing Tall" sold five times platinum, making it the second most sold single of all time in Norway. He later released a self-titled...
, singer
Notable deaths
- 5 February - Harald StenerudHarald StenerudHarald Stenerud was a Norwegian hammer and discus thrower. He represented TIF Viking in Bergen.At the 1928 Summer Olympics he finished fourth in the discus final with a throw of 45.80 metres and sixteenth in the hammer final with a throw of 41.06 metres...
, hammer and discus thrower (b.18971897 in Norway-Events:* The 1897 Parliamentary election takes place.-January to March:*2 January - Olaf Ditlev-Simonsen, sailor and Olympic silver medallist *8 January - Theodore Theodorsen, Norwegian-American aerodynamicist...
) - 2 March - Narve BonnaNarve BonnaNarve Bonna was a Norwegian ski jumper.Born in Bærum, Bonna won the first Olympic ski jumping silver medal at the 1924 Winter Olympics in Chamonix.-External links:...
, ski jumper and Olympic silver medallist (b.19011901 in Norway-January to March:*9 January - Bjarne Lyngstad, politician and Minister *16 January - Narve Bonna, ski jumper and Olympic silver medallist *16 January - Hans Karolus Ommedal, politician *26 January - Alf Konningen, alpine skier...
) - 10 March - Einar RæderEinar RæderEinar Ræder was a Norwegian long jumper. He represented Kristiania IF in Oslo.Ræder was born in Rindal in Møre og Romsdal county. At the 1920 Summer Olympics he finished eighth in the long jump final with a jump of 6.58 metres. He also competed in decathlon, but did not finish the competition...
, long jumper (b.18961896 in Norway-Events:* 11 July – Noregs Ungdomslag was founded.-January to March:*2 February - Einar Ræder, long jumper *5 February - Paul Tjøstolsen Sunde, politician...
) - 12 March - Petter Carl ReinsnesPetter Carl ReinsnesPetter Carl Reinsnes was a Norwegian politician , mayor of the Sortland municipality, county mayor of Nordland, and a member of the Storting....
, politician (b.19041904 in Norway-Events:* 23 January – Ålesund Fire: a major fire break out during the night in the town of Ålesund. The fire destroyed almost the whole city centre, built mostly of wood like the majority of Norwegian towns in that era...
) - 4 April - Nils Emaus NilsenNils Emaus NilsenNils Emaus Nilsen was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.He was born in Mosjøen.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from the Market towns of Vest-Agder and Rogaland in 1950, but was not re-elected in 1954.Nilsen held various positions in Haugesund city council in 1922–1931,...
, politician (b.18861886 in Norway-Events:* The Norwegian Medical Association is established.-Notable births:*2 January - Elise Ottesen-Jensen, sex educator, journalist and anarchist agitator *6 January - Hans Oskar Evju, politician...
) - 8 April - Brynjulv SjetneBrynjulv SjetneBrynjulv Sjetne was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.During the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany he established the Hedmark and Oppland chapter of XU, later called ØXU...
, politician (b.19171917 in Norway-Events:* Bratsbergbanen railway line began traffic between Eidanger and Notodden. The line was closed in 2001.-Sport:*2 April - Lillestrøm SK football club is founded after the merger of two local football clubs.*19 May - Rosenborg BK football club is founded....
) - 9 May - Jens BjørneboeJens BjørneboeJens Ingvald Bjørneboe was a Norwegian writer whose work spanned a number of literary formats. He was also a painter and a waldorf school teacher. Bjørneboe was a harsh and eloquent critic of Norwegian society and Western civilization on the whole...
, writer (b.19201920 in Norway-Events:* 9 February – The League of Nations gives Spitsbergen to Norway.* 17-19 June – The Centre Party was founded.* Aalesund ship is discovered embedded in the earth south of Ålesund.-Notable births:*2 January - Anne-Sofie Østvedt, resistance leader...
) - 19 May - Tønnes OksefjellTønnes OksefjellTønnes Oksefjell was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party.He served as a deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament from Vest-Agder during the term 1945–1949.-References:...
, politician (b.19011901 in Norway-January to March:*9 January - Bjarne Lyngstad, politician and Minister *16 January - Narve Bonna, ski jumper and Olympic silver medallist *16 January - Hans Karolus Ommedal, politician *26 January - Alf Konningen, alpine skier...
) - 19 June - Peder Ree PedersenPeder Ree PedersenPeder Ree Pedersen was a Norwegian politician for the Christian Democratic Party.He served as a deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament from Rogaland during the term 1954–1957...
, politician (b.19131913 in Norway-Incumbents:*King of Norway - Haakon VII of Norway*Prime Minister of Norway - Jens Bratlie-Events:* Female suffrage is enacted in Norway* Municipal and county elections are held throughout the country.-Sport:...
) - 19 July - Oliver Dahl-GoliOliver Dahl-GoliOliver Dahl-Goli was a Norwegian politician for the Christian Democratic Party.He was born in Sandar.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Bergen in 1961 on a joint list of the Conservative Party and the Christian Democratic Party...
, politician (b.18971897 in Norway-Events:* The 1897 Parliamentary election takes place.-January to March:*2 January - Olaf Ditlev-Simonsen, sailor and Olympic silver medallist *8 January - Theodore Theodorsen, Norwegian-American aerodynamicist...
) - 30 July - Sverre Offenberg LøbergSverre Offenberg LøbergSverre Offenberg Løberg was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from the Market towns of Telemark and Aust-Agder counties in 1934, and was re-elected on five occasions....
, politician (b.19051905 in Norway- Overview :1905 is the year when Norway and Sweden regain their independence after dissolution of the Union between Sweden and Norway. For the first time since 1397 Norway had a national king, after 500 years of political unions with other Scandinavia countries — the Kalmar Union until 1532, then...
) - 4 September - Sverre Bernhard NybøSverre Bernhard NybøSverre Bernhard Nybø was a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party.He was born in Oslo.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Møre og Romsdal in 1954, and was re-elected on four occasions....
, politician (b.19031903 in Norway-Incumbents:*Prime Minister of Norway: Otto Blehr, succeeded by:*Prime Minister of Norway: Francis Hagerup-Events:* 7 April - Fredrikstad Football Club is founded...
) - 7 September - Birger HalvorsenBirger HalvorsenBirger Halvorsen was a Norwegian high jumper. He represented Horten FIK.He won a silver medal at the 1934 European Championships in Turin with a jump of 1.97 metres. This remained his career best jump. He never participated in the Summer Olympics. He became Norwegian champion in the years 1931-1934....
, high jumper (b.19051905 in Norway- Overview :1905 is the year when Norway and Sweden regain their independence after dissolution of the Union between Sweden and Norway. For the first time since 1397 Norway had a national king, after 500 years of political unions with other Scandinavia countries — the Kalmar Union until 1532, then...
) - 21 September - Jens SalvesenJens SalvesenJens Johan Salvesen was a Norwegian sailor who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics.He was a crew member of the Norwegian boat Lyn, which won the silver medal in the 8 metre class ....
, sailor and Olympic silver medallist (b.18811881 in Norway-January to June:*5 January - Jørgen Bru, sport shooter *27 February - Sigvard Sivertsen, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist *11 March - Wictor Esbensen, mariner and explorer *20 March - Dorthea Dahl, writer in America...
) - 5 October - Lars OnsagerLars OnsagerLars Onsager was a Norwegian-born American physical chemist and theoretical physicist, winner of the 1968 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.He held the Gibbs Professorship of Theoretical Chemistry at Yale University....
, physical chemistPhysical chemistryPhysical chemistry is the study of macroscopic, atomic, subatomic, and particulate phenomena in chemical systems in terms of physical laws and concepts...
and theoretical physicist, winner of the 1968 Nobel Prize in ChemistryNobel Prize in ChemistryThe Nobel Prize in Chemistry is awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to scientists in the various fields of chemistry. It is one of the five Nobel Prizes established by the will of Alfred Nobel in 1895, awarded for outstanding contributions in chemistry, physics, literature,...
(b.19031903 in Norway-Incumbents:*Prime Minister of Norway: Otto Blehr, succeeded by:*Prime Minister of Norway: Francis Hagerup-Events:* 7 April - Fredrikstad Football Club is founded...
) - 29 October - Magnus HersethMagnus HersethMagnus Herseth was a Norwegian rower who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was a crew member of the Norwegian boat, which won the bronze medal in the coxed fours, inriggers.-External links:*...
, rower and Olympic bronze medallist (b.18921892 in Norway-Events:* 31 January - The Holmenkollen ski jump opens.-Notable births:*5 January - John Johnsen, swimmer *1 February - Eugen Johansen, horse rider and Olympic silver medallist...
) - 28 November - Jens E. EkornesJens E. EkornesJens E. Ekornes was a Norwegian businessperson, known as the founder of Ekornes.He founded the furniture factory and company J.E. Ekornes Fjærfabrikk in Sykkylven in 1934, under the name. He visited the United States several times, to learn his trade.Jens E...
, businessperson (b.19081908 in Norway-Sport:*26 September - SK Brann football club is founded.*Football Association of Norway joins FIFA.-January to March:*3 February - Ragna Johanne Forsberg, politician *3 February - Oddbjørn Hagen, skier, Olympic gold medallist and World Champion...
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- Ludvig G. BraathenLudvig G. BraathenLudvig Gustav Braathen was a Norwegian entrepreneur that founded the shipping company Ludvig G. Braathens Rederi and the airline Braathens SAFE. He was CEO of both companies until his death.-Biography:...
, shipping and airline magnate (b.18911891 in Norway-Events:* The 1891 Parliamentary election takes place.-January to March:*8 January - Hans Gabrielsen, county governor of Finnmark and Oppland *10 January - Sig Haugdahl, motor racing driver in America...
) - Edvard DrabløsEdvard DrabløsEdvard Drabløs was a Norwegian actor and theatre director.He was born in Sykkylven. He worked most of his life at Det Norske Teatret, from 1912. He was the director of this theatre from 1915 to 1916 and 1950 to 1951. He also appeared briefly in films.He was proclaimed Knight, First Class of the...
, actor and theatre director (b.18831883 in Norway-January to March:*10 January - Kristian Arvesen, farmer and politician*21 January - Olav Aukrust, poet and teacher *27 January - Hans Ingvald Hansen Ratvik, politician *10 February - Gunnar Jahn, jurist, economist and politician...
) - Bjarne EriksenBjarne Eriksen (businessperson)Bjarne Eriksen was a Norwegian businessperson.He was born in Trondheim. He was hired as a Supreme Court barrister in 1917, but started a career in Norsk Hydro in 1926. He was originally head of the judicial and financial department, but was then promoted to Director-General in 1941...
, businessperson (b.18861886 in Norway-Events:* The Norwegian Medical Association is established.-Notable births:*2 January - Elise Ottesen-Jensen, sex educator, journalist and anarchist agitator *6 January - Hans Oskar Evju, politician...
) - Sigurd EriksenSigurd EriksenSigurd Eriksen was a Norwegian painter.He was born in Copenhagen as the brother of Bjarne Eriksen, who was a painter too. He studied under Kristian Zahrtmann in 1904 and 1905, and painted in the impressionist style. He is represented with two works in the National Gallery of Norway.-References:...
, painter (b.18841884 in Norway-Incumbents:*Prime Minister of Norway: Christian August Selmer *Prime Minister of Norway: Christian Homann Schweigaard *Prime Minister of Norway: Johan Sverdrup-Events:...
) - Kristian FjeldKristian FjeldKristian Fjeld was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He was Minister of Agriculture from 1945 to 1951.Fjeld comes from Vestre Toten, Oppland, but it was as a local politician for Stange and as a member of the parliament for Hedmark that he made his contributions to Norwegian...
, politician and Minister (b.18871887 in Norway-Events:* 21 August - The Norwegian Labour Party was established.-January to March:*7 January - Ingvald Tøndel, politician *17 January - Ola Raknes, psychoanalyst and philologist...
) - Gunnar Gunnarsson HellandGunnar Gunnarsson HellandGunnar Gunnarsson Helland was a Norwegian-American Hardanger fiddle maker.-Background:Gunnar Gunnarsson Helland was a member of the Helland fiddle maker family of Telemark, Norway...
, Hardanger fiddle maker (b.18891889 in Norway-Incumbents:*King of Norway - Oscar II, King of Sweden and Norway*Prime Minister of Norway: Johan Sverdrup, succeeded by*Prime Minister of Norway: Emil Stang-Notable births:*20 January - Tryggve Gran, aviator, explorer and author...
) - Erik Kristen-JohanssenErik Kristen-JohanssenErik Kristen-Johanssen was a Norwegian jurist and theatre director.He was born in Oslo as a son of Attorney General Kristen Johanssen. He took his law education abroad, and worked as a businessman until the Second World War, when he started working for the Ministry of Provisioning-in-exile in London...
, jurist and theatre director (b.19011901 in Norway-January to March:*9 January - Bjarne Lyngstad, politician and Minister *16 January - Narve Bonna, ski jumper and Olympic silver medallist *16 January - Hans Karolus Ommedal, politician *26 January - Alf Konningen, alpine skier...
) - Arvid NoeArvid NoeArvid Noe is the alias of a Norwegian sailor who is the first person known to have contracted HIV and died from AIDS outside of the United States. He is the second person confirmed to have died from AIDS, after the teenager known as Robert R., from St. Louis, Missouri, in 1969.-Biography:Noe...
, sailor and truck driver, one of the first non-Africans known to have died from AIDS (b.19461946 in Norway-Incumbents:* Monarch - Haakon VII of Norway* Prime Minister - Einar Gerhardsen -Events:*1 February - Trygve Lie is selected as the first United Nations Secretary General*6 December - The Home Guard was established....
) - Leif J. SverdrupLeif J. SverdrupLeif Johan Sverdrup was a Norwegian born, American civil engineer and general with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in the first half of the 20th century...
, civil engineer and military officer in America (b.18981898 in Norway-Incumbents:*Prime Minister of Norway: Francis Hagerup , replaced by:*Prime Minister of Norway: Johannes Steen-Arts and literature:*Olaus Alvestad publishes the songbook Norsk Songbok for Ungdomsskular og Ungdomslag-Notable births:...
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