1973 in Norway

1973
in
Norway

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Events in the year 1973 in Norway.

Incumbents

21 July – Lillehammer affair: Israeli Mossad agents assassinate a Moroccan waiter in Lillehammer. He had been mistaken for Ali Hassan Salameh, one of the leaders of Black September, the Palestinian group responsible for the 1972's Munich Olympics Massacre, who had been given shelter in Norway. Six Mossad agents were arrested by the Norwegian authorities and the incident became known as the "Lillehammer affair".
10 September – The 1973 Parliamentary election takes place.
16 October – Bratteli's Second Cabinet was appointed.
22 November - 1973 oil crisis: The government approves the weekend closure of all petrol stations.
5 December - 1973 oil crisis: Driving ban for vehicles on weekends.

The popular chart show Norsktoppen debuts on NRK Radio.
Kirsti Sparboe and Erik Bye win the 1972 Spellemannprisen in the female and male vocalist categories respectively. Popol Vuh, Philharmonic Company Orchestra, Birgitte Grimstad, Einar Schanke, Egil Monn-Iversen, Bør Børson Jr. and Sigurd Jansen also receive the award. Knutsen & Ludvigsen win in the category "Music for children" and Jens Book-Jenssen win the Special Award.

Aasmund Brynildsen, essayist, biographer and magazine editor, is awarded the Riksmål Society Literature Prize^[1]

24 January - Ivar Asbjørn Følling, physician (b.1888)
25 January - Kjeld Langeland, politician (b.1920)
31 January - Ragnar Anton Kittil Frisch, economist and Nobel Prize laureate (b.1895)
31 March - Søren Hans Smith Sørensen, ship-owner and politician (b.1885)
13 April - Ola Olsen, politician (b.1891)
21 April - Johan Jentoft Johansen, politician (b.1906)
30 April - Torgeir Andreas Berge, politician (b.1897)
30 April - Ivar Kristiansen Hognestad, politician (b.1888)
30 May - Jørgen Andersen, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist (b.1886)
10 June - Leif Næss, rower and Olympic bronze medallist (b.1923)
11 June - Claes Gill, author, poet and actor (b.1910)
27 June - Odd Nansen, architect, author and humanitarian (b.1901)
30 June - Peter Kjeldseth Moe, politician (b.1909)
8 August - Henrik Nielsen, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist (b.1886)
4 September - Martha Frederikke Johannessen, politician (b.1907)
4 September - Elise Ottesen-Jensen, sex educator, journalist and anarchist agitator (b.1886)
14 September - Arne Sæter, politician (b.1913)
24 September - Johan Støa, politician (b.1913)
17 October - Bernt Balchen, polar and aviation pioneer in America (b.1899)
21 October - Conrad Carlsrud, gymnast, track and field athlete and Olympic silver medallist (b.1884)
21 October - Arnold Dyrdahl, bobsledder (b.1919)
10 December - Per Fokstad, teacher, politician and intellectual (b.1890)
17 December - Toralv Kollin Markussen, politician (b.1895)

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