1968 in Norway
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Events in the year 1968 in Norway.
Contents
Incumbents
Events
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- 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
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Sports
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Music
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Film
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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
- 31 January - May-Helen Molvær Grimstad, politician
- 6 February - Monica Mæland, politician
- 19 March - Julie Christiansen, politician
- 22 March - Euronymous, black metal guitarist (died 1993)[3]
- 27 June - Rikke Lind, politician
- 24 September - Beate Heieren Hundhammer, politician
- 6 December - Karl Ove Knausgård, author
Notable deaths
- 18 January - Trygve Knudsen, philologist, linguist and lexicographer (born 1897)
- January - Jacob Gundersen, freestyle wrestler and Olympic silver medallist (born 1875)
- 11 February - Herman Willoch, painter (born 1892)
- 29 February - Tore Ørjasæter, poet (born 1886)
- 2 March - Odd Hølaas, journalist and writer (born 1898)
- 12 March - Einar Kristian Haugen, politician (born 1905)
- 19 March - Aagot Didriksen, actress (born 1874)
- 25 March - Arnulf Øverland, author (born 1889)
- 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)
- 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)
- 6 July - Johan Sæterhaug, boxer (born 1893)
- 16 July - Sigurd Pedersen, politician (born 1893)
- 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)
- 15 December - Håkon Bryhn, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (born 1901)
- 20 December - Anders Endreson Skrondal, politician (born 1891)
- 30 December - Trygve Lie, politician, the first elected United Nations Secretary-General (born 1896)
Full date unknown
- John Aae, politician (born 1890)
References
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- ↑ Euronymous' headstone
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