1983 in Norway

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Events in the year 1983 in Norway.

Incumbents

• Monarch - Olav V
• Prime Minister - Kåre Willoch (Conservative Party)

Events

• 18 March – Arnfinn Nesset is convicted of poisoning 22 patients with Curacit, a muscle relaxing drug, at a Geriatric institution in Orkdal, Norway where he was the director since 1977. Nesset was sentenced to 21 years in prison; the maximum punishment possible by Norwegian law.
• 8 June – Willoch's Second Cabinet was appointed.
• 18 August – Much of the Archbishop's Palace in Trondheim burned down.
• Municipal and county elections are held throughout the country.
• Dagbladet switched to tabloid format.

Popular culture

Film

Literature

Events

• Odd Abrahamsen, poet, is awarded the Riksmål Society Literature Prize.^[1]
• Karin Bang, poet and novelist, is awarded the Gyldendal's Endowment literature prize.^[2]

Novels

• Kjartan Fløgstad - U 3
• Herbjørg Wassmo - Det stumme rommet

Short stories

• Merethe Lindstrøm - Sexorcisten og andre fortellinger

Notable births

• 27 March – Maria Bodøgaard, television presenter
• 30 March – Siri Seglem, handball player.^[3]
• 1 July – Marit Larsen, singer and songwriter

Notable deaths

Ca. 1930

• 3 January - Ludvig Ellefsrød, politician (born 1894)
• 16 January
  • Gunnar S. Gundersen, painter (born 1921)
  • Arnfinn Severin Roald, politician (born 1914)
• 24 January - Johan Grøttumsbråten, skier and multiple Olympic gold medallist (born 1899)
• 10 February - Paul Oskar Lindberget, politician (born 1895)
• 7 March - Odd Lundberg, speed skater and Olympic silver medallist (born 1917)
• 9 March - Lars Elisæus Vatnaland, politician (born 1892)
• 7 April - Einar Hareide, politician (born 1899)
• 12 April - Jørgen Juve, international soccer player and Olympic bronze medallist (born 1906)
• 14 April – Kåre Hatten, cross-country skier (born 1908).^[4]
• 17 April - Kittill Kristoffersen Berg, politician (born 1903)
• 25 April - Hans Struksnæs, sailor and Olympic silver medallist (born 1902)
• 23 May - Finn Mortensen, composer, critic and educator (born 1922)
• 26 May - Asbjørn Lillås, politician (born 1919)
• 12 June - Conrad Bonnevie-Svendsen, priest and politician (born 1898)
• 25 June - Oddbjørn Hagen, skier, Olympic gold medallist and World Champion (born 1908)
• 16 August - Ragnvald Skrede, author, journalist, literary critic and translator (born 1904)
• 26 August - Hans Christian Henriksen, businessperson (born 1909)
• 10 September - Torstein Selvik, politician (born 1900)
• 12 September - Hans Borgen, politician (born 1908)
• 2 October – Helga Stene, educator (born 1904).^[5]
• 4 October - Per Hagen, politician (born 1899)
• 16 October - Øivin Fjeldstad, conductor and violinist (born 1903)
• 17 October - Sonja Hagemann, literary historian and literary critic (born 1898)
• 20 October - Otto Aasen, Nordic skier (born 1894)
• 7 November - Einar Tommelstad, high jumper (born 1909)
• 18 November - Leo Tallaksen, politician (born 1908)
• 26 November - Oddmund Hoel, politician (born 1910)
• 10 December - Tolv Aamland, politician (born 1893)
• 21 December - Kjell Bondevik, politician and Minister (born 1901)
• 26 December - Rudolf Andreassen, boxer (born 1909)

Full date unknown

• Rasmus Nordbø, politician and Minister (born 1915)
• Hans Fredrik Wirstad, veterinarian (born 1897)

References

1. "Språk- og litteraturpriser" (in Norwegian). Riksmålsforbundet. Retrieved 28 March 2009.
2. "Gyldendalprisen" (in Norwegian). Forfatterportalen.no. Retrieved 29 March 2009.
3. "Landslagsprofiler – Siri Seglem" (in Norwegian). Norges Håndballforbund. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
4. "Kåre Hatten". Sports-Reference. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
5. Vormeland, Oddvar. "Helga Stene". In Helle, Knut. Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 25 February 2013.

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