1980 in Norway

1980
in
Norway

Decades:	1960s • 1970s • 1980s • 1990s • 2000s
Centuries:	18th • 19th • 20th • 21st
See also:	Other events of 1980 List of years in Norway

Events in the year 1980 in Norway.

Incumbents

27 March – The Norwegian oil platform Alexander L. Kielland collapses in the North Sea, killing 123 of its crew of 212.
1 November – Population Census: 4,091,132 inhabitants in Norway.
Røros is designated by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site.

3 January - Harald Heide Steen, actor (b.1911)
4 January - Axel Henry Hansen, gymnast and Olympic bronze medallist (b.1887)
8 January - Tryggve Gran, aviator, explorer and author (b.1889)
2 February - Sigurd Lersbryggen, politician (b.1901)
12 February - Jørgen Stubberud, polar explorer (b.1883)
16 February - Knut Olaf Andreasson Strand, politician (b.1887)
1 March - Art Jorgens, baseball player in America (b.1905)
17 March - Hans Nikolai Stavrand, politician (b.1894)
29 March - Einar Nilsen, boxer (b.1901)
9 May - Rolf Hansen, long distance runner (b.1906)
11 May - Dyre Vaa, sculptor and painter (b.1903)
17 May - Thore Michelsen, rower and Olympic bronze medallist (b.1888)
1 June - Ingvald Svinsås-Lo, politician (b.1897
9 July - Synnøve Lie, speed skater (b.1908)
14 July - Kristian Kristiansen, novelist, playwright, short story and children's writer (b.1909)
22 July - Gunvor Katharina Eker, politician (b.1906)
15 August - Hans Berg, politician (b.1902)
19 August - Hans Offerdal, politician (b.1909)
2 October - Anders Kristian Orvin, geologist and explorer (b. 1889)
5 October - Tor Oftedal, politician (b.1925)
19 October - Torger Hovi, politician (b.1905)
9 November - Claudia Olsen, politician (b.1896)
18 November - Knut Toven, politician (b.1897)
30 November - Ingrid Bjerkås, first female minister in the Church of Norway (b.1901)
25 December - Olav Dalgard, filmmaker and literature and art historian (b.1898)

Sigval Bergesen the Younger, shipping magnate and industrialist (b.1893)
Gunnar Bråthen, politician and Minister (b.1896)
Hilmar Reksten, shipping magnate (b.1897)
Øistein Strømnæs, intelligence officer (b.1914)
Kristian Vilhelm Koren Schjelderup, Jr., Lutheran theologian, author and bishop (b.1894)
Kolbjørn Varmann, politician and Minister (b.1904)

Independent monarchy of Norway (1905–present)

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