1976 in Norway
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[edit] Incumbents
- King of Norway - Olav V of Norway
- Prime Minister of Norway - Trygve Bratteli
- Prime Minister of Norway - Odvar Nordli
[edit] Events
- 12 January - Odvar Nordli becomes Prime Minister of Norway
[edit] Arts and literature
- Karin Bang, poet and novelist, is awarded the Aschehoug Prize literature award.[1]
- Finn Carling, novelist, playwright, poet and essayist, is awarded the Gyldendal's Endowment literature prize.
[edit] Births
- 10 March - Ane Brun, singer-songwriter
- 22 June - Silja Ekeland Bjørkly, politician
- 26 June - Mette Davidsen, team handball player
[edit] Deaths
[edit] January to March
- 5 February - Harald Stenerud, hammer and discus thrower (b.1897)
- 2 March - Narve Bonna, ski jumper and Olympic silver medallist (b.1901)
- 10 March - Einar Ræder, long jumper (b.1896)
- 12 March - Petter Carl Reinsnes, politician (b.1904)
[edit] April to June
- 4 April - Nils Emaus Nilsen, politician (b.1886)
- 8 April - Brynjulv Sjetne, politician (b.1917)
- 9 May - Jens Bjørneboe, writer (b.1920)
- 19 May - Tønnes Oksefjell, politician (b.1901)
- 19 June - Peder Ree Pedersen, politician (b.1913)
[edit] July to December
- 19 July - Oliver Dahl-Goli, politician (b.1897)
- 30 July - Sverre Offenberg Løberg, politician (b.1905)
- 4 September - Sverre Bernhard Nybø, politician (b.1903)
- 7 September - Birger Halvorsen, high jumper (b.1905)
- 21 September - Jens Salvesen, sailor and Olympic silver medallist (b.1881)
- 5 October - Lars Onsager, physical chemist and theoretical physicist, winner of the 1968 Nobel Prize in Chemistry (b.1903)
- 29 October - Magnus Herseth, rower and Olympic bronze medallist (b.1892)
- 28 November - Jens E. Ekornes, businessperson (b.1908)
[edit] Full date unknown
- Ludvig G. Braathen, shipping and airline magnate (b.1891)
- Edvard Drabløs, actor and theatre director (b.1883)
- Bjarne Eriksen, businessperson (b.1886)
- Sigurd Eriksen, painter (b.1884)
- Kristian Fjeld, politician and Minister (b.1887)
- Gunnar Gunnarsson Helland, Hardanger fiddle maker (b.1889)
- Erik Kristen-Johanssen, jurist and theatre director (b.1901)
- Arvid Noe, sailor and truck driver, one of the first non-Africans known to have died from AIDS (b.1946)
- Leif J. Sverdrup, civil engineer and military officer in America (b.1898)
[edit] References
- ^ Lotherington, Tom (1999). "Karin Bang". in Helle, Knut (in Norwegian). Norsk biografisk leksikon. 1. Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. http://www.snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Karin_Bang/utdypning. Retrieved on 29 March 2009.
