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Events in the year 1968 in Norway.
Incumbents
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]
- 6 July – Johan Sæterhaug, boxer (born 1893)
- 16 July – Sigurd Pedersen, politician (born 1893)
- 25 July – Hallvard Sandnes, writer (born 1893).[30]
- 6 August – Tore Foss, singer, actor and theatre director (born 1901).[31]
- 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).[32]
- 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).[33]
- 30 December – Trygve Lie, politician, the first elected United Nations Secretary-General (born 1896)
See also
References
- ↑ "Tidligere vinnere av Kritikerprisen" (in Norwegian). NRK. 2002. Archived from the original on 6 September 2006. Retrieved 21 October 2008.
- ↑ "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.). "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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