1968 in Norway

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Incumbents

Monarch – Olav V
Prime Minister – Per Borten (Centre Party)

Events

19 February – Avalanches occur in Bondalen which kill four people.
19 March – The Palace announces that Crown Prince Harald has engaged to Sonja Haraldsen.
29 August – Crown Prince Harald married Sonja Haraldsen in the Oslo Cathedral.
13 September – Norwegian whaling in the Southern Hemisphere ceases after the last whaling company officially announces it would not send any more whaling expeditions.
9 October – the first commercial discovery of petroleum deposit on the Norwegian continental shelf was confirmed.
The Norwegian Sami Association was founded

Popular culture

Sports

Music

Film

Literature

The Norwegian Writers' Center (Norsk forfattersentrum) is established.
Finn Alnæs, novelist, is awarded the Norwegian Booksellers' Prize and the Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature for the novel Gemini.^[1]
Ebba Haslund, novelist, is awarded the Riksmål Society Literature Prize for Syndebukkens krets.^[2]

Notable births

15 January – Grete Wold, politician.^[3]
16 January – Mikkel Gaup, actor.^[4]
28 January – Tore Torvbråten, curler.^[5]
31 January – May-Helen Molvær Grimstad, politician
6 February – Monica Mæland, politician
18 February – Frank Edvard Sve, politician.^[6]
1 March – Lars Mytting, writer.^[7]
19 March – Julie Christiansen, politician
22 March – Euronymous, black metal guitarist (died 1993)^[8]
7 April – Stein Torleif Bjella, singer and songwriter.^[9]
20 May – Vibeke Fürst Haugen, media executive.^[10]
27 June – Rikke Lind, politician
2 July – Fridtjov Såheim, actor.^[11]
5 August – Frode Jacobsen, politician.^[12]
8 August – Else Ragni Yttredal, speed skater.^[13]
13 August – Ketil Kjenseth, politician.^[14]
21 August – Hanne Tømta, theatre instructor and theatre director.^[15]
25 August – Rune Erland, handball player.^[16]
24 September – Beate Heieren Hundhammer, politician
16 October – Vibeke Johnsen, handball player.^[17]
1 November – Astrid Danielsen, cyclist.^[18]
6 December – Karl Ove Knausgård, author
12 December – Anita Valen, cyclist.^[19]

Notable deaths

12 January – John Aae, politician (born 1890)
18 January – Trygve Knudsen, philologist, linguist and lexicographer (born 1897).^[20]
21 January – Jacob Gundersen, freestyle wrestler and Olympic silver medallist (born 1875).^[21]
11 February
- Jørgen Wilhelm Rudolph, businessperson (born 1881)^[22]
- Herman Willoch, painter (born 1892).^[23]
29 February – Tore Ørjasæter, poet (born 1886).^[24]
2 March – Odd Hølaas, journalist and writer (born 1898).^[25]
12 March – Einar Kristian Haugen, politician (born 1905)
19 March – Aagot Didriksen, actress (born 1874).^[26]
25 March – Arnulf Øverland, author (born 1889).^[27]
31 March – Christen Wiese, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (born 1876)
15 April – Martin Stenersen, sport shooter (born 1879)
25 April – Gunnar Andersen, international soccer player and ski jumper (born 1890)
27 April – Anton Olsen, rifle shooter and Olympic bronze medallist (born 1897)
29 April – Aasa Helgesen, midwife and politician (born 1877).^[28]
11 May – Johan Andersen, politician (born 1902)
23 May – Georg Braathe, long-distance runner (born 1903)
24 May – Paal Olav Berg, politician and Minister (born 1873)
25 May – Kasper Idland, resistance member (born 1918)
1 June – Harald Eriksen, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (born 1888)
3 June – John Bjørnstad, rowing coxswain (born 1888).^[29]
29 June – Thorry Kiær, industrialist (born 1888).^[30]
6 July – Johan Sæterhaug, boxer (born 1893)
16 July – Sigurd Pedersen, politician (born 1893)
25 July – Hallvard Sandnes, writer (born 1893).^[31]
6 August – Tore Foss, singer, actor and theatre director (born 1901).^[32]
13 August – Øystein Ore, mathematician (born 1899)
16 August – Paul Ingebretsen, politician (born 1904)
29 August – Arne Korsmo, architect (born 1900)
4 September – Engebret Skogen, rifle shooter and Olympic bronze medallist (born 1887)
24 September – Kjell Tellander, politician (born 1899)
3 October – Jens Martin Arctander Jenssen, politician (born 1885)
2 December – Arne Damm, publisher (born 1894).^[33]
15 December – Håkon Bryhn, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (born 1901)
20 December – Anders Endreson Skrondal, politician (born 1891)
29 December – Bergljot Larsson, nurse and organizational leader (born 1883).^[34]
30 December – Trygve Lie, politician, the first elected United Nations Secretary-General (born 1896)

References

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^ "Språk- og litteraturpriser" (in Norwegian). Riksmålsforbundet. Archived from the original on 1 April 2010. Retrieved 28 March 2009.
^ "Wold, Grete (1968-)". stortinget.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 1 October 2021.
^ Bikset, Lillian. "Mikkel Gaup". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
^ "Tore Torvbråten". olympedia.org. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
^ "Sve, Frank Edvard (1968-)". stortinget.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 3 October 2021.
^ Skei, Hans H. "Lars Mytting". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
^ "Euronymous' headstone". Archived from the original on 7 June 2011. Retrieved 16 March 2009.
^ Bergan, Jon Vidar; Tørset, Espen. "Stein Torleif Bjella". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
^ Garvik, Olav. "Vibeke Fürst Haugen". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
^ Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Fridtjov Såheim". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 20 December 2022.
^ Tvedt, Knut Are. "Frode Jacobsen". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
^ "Else Ragni Yttredal". olympedia.org. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
^ Tvedt, Knut Are. "Ketil Kjenseth". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
^ Bikset, Lillian. "Hanne Tømta". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
^ Bryhn, Rolf; Aune, Thomas. "Rune Erland". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
^ "Vibeke Johnsen". olympedia.org. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
^ "Astrid Danielsen". olympedia.org. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
^ "Anita Valen". olympedia.org. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
^ Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Trygve Kristofer Knudsen". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
^ "Jacob Gundersen". olympedia.org. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
^ Hoffstad, Einar, ed. (1935). "Rudolph, J(ørgen) W(ilh.)". Merkantilt biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian) (1st ed.). Oslo: Yrkesforlaget. p. 650. Retrieved 28 August 2012.
^ Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Herman Willoch". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
^ Helleve, Erik. "Tore Ørjasæter". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
^ Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Odd Hølaas". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
^ Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Aagot Didriksen". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
^ Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Arnulf Øverland". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
^ Haugland, Ånund. "Aasa Helgesen". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
^ "John Bjørnstad". Sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 5 November 2012. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
^ Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Thorry Meyer Kjær". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
^ Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Hallvard Sandnes". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
^ Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Tore Ejnarssøn Foss". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
^ Steenstrup, Bjørn, ed. (1973). "Fortegnelse over personer som siste gang er omtalt i utgaven 1968 med angivelse av deres dødsdatum". Hvem er hvem? (in Norwegian). Oslo: Aschehoug. p. 625. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
^ Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Bergljot Larsson". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 7 January 2024.

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