1978 in Norway

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Centuries:

18th
19th
20th
21st

Decades:

1950s
1960s
1970s
1980s
1990s

Incumbents

Monarch - Olav V
Prime Minister - Odvar Nordli (Labour Party)

Events

7 September - Skateboarding is banned in Norway.

Popular culture

Film

Main article: Norwegian films of the 1970s § 1978

Literature

Harald Sverdrup, poet and children's writer, is awarded the Dobloug Prize literature award.^[1]

Notable births

11 April - Martin Bartnes, ski mountaineer and cross-country skier
28 May - Elin Lerum Boasson, environmentalist
20 July - Fritz Aanes, Greco-Roman wrestler
29 September - Kurt Nilsen, pop/country singer and winner of Idol (Norway season 1) and World Idol
17 October - Rolv Eriksrud, ski mountaineer and cross-country skier
13 November - Marit Velle Kile, actress
28 November - Siri Hall Arnøy, politician

Notable deaths

Vebjørn Tandberg

16 January – Otto Dahl, politician (b.1914)
21 January – Olav Sundal, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist (b.1899)
27 January – Alf Konningen, alpine skier (b.1901)
14 February – Anders Hove, politician (b.1885)
19 February – Olaf Ditlev-Simonsen, sailor and Olympic silver medallist (b.1897)
27 March – Sverre Farstad, speed skater and Olympic gold medallist (b.1920)
25 April – Arne Rustadstuen, Nordic skier, Olympic bronze medallist and World Champion (b.1905)
4 May – Kolbjørn Fjeld, librarian and publisher (born 1901).^[2]
8 May – Klara Amalie Skoglund, politician (b.1891)
9 May – Halvor Bunkholt, politician (b.1903)
3 July – Syvert Tobiassen Messel, politician (b.1897)
27 July – Henrik Friis Robberstad, politician (b.1901)
15 August – Viggo Brun, mathematician (b.1885)
16 August – Henry Olsen, track and field athlete (b.1887)
30 August – Vebjørn Tandberg, businessperson and industrialist (b.1904)
26 October – Rolf Schjerven, politician (b.1910)
13 November – Liv Tomter, politician (b.1901)
4 December – Tancred Ibsen, officer, pilot, film director and screenwriter (b.1893)
31 December – Arne Gjedrem, politician (b.1890)

Full date unknown

Aslak Brekke, folksinger (b.1901)
Sigurd Evensmo, author and journalist (b.1912)
Reidar Kjellberg, art historian (b.1904)
Margrete Aamot Øverland, resistance member (b.1913)
Carl Søyland, newspaper editor (b.1894)

References

↑ Henriksen, Petter, ed. (2007). "Harald Ulrik Sverdrup – forfatter". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 4 April 2009.
↑ Tveterås, Egil. "Kolbjørn Fjeld". In Helle, Knut. Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 11 March 2013.

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