1996 in Norway

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Events in the year 1996 in Norway.

Contents 1 Incumbents 2 Events 3 Popular culture 3.1 Sports 3.2 Music 3.3 Film 3.4 Literature 4 Notable births 5 Notable deaths 5.1 Full date unknown 6 External links

Incumbents

• Monarch - Harald V of Norway
• Prime Minister - Gro Harlem Brundtland (Labour Party) until October 25, Thorbjørn Jagland (Labour Party)

Events

• 29 August - Operafjell Accident: Vnukovo Airlines Flight 2801, a Tupolev Tu-154, crashes into a mountain on Spitsbergen, an island in the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard, killing all 141 on board.
• 25 October - Gro Harlem Brundtland resigns as Prime Minister of Norway for the third time.
• 25 October – Jagland's Cabinet was appointed.

Popular culture

Sports

Music

Film

Literature

Notable births

• 29 January - Nora Foss al-Jabri, singer

Notable deaths

• 8 January - Olaf Knudson, politician (b.1915)
• 13 February - Willy Arne Wold, politician (b.1929)
• 1 March - Hårek Ludvig Hansen, politician (b.1901)
• 21 March - Sverre Sørsdal, boxer and Olympic silver medallist (b.1900)
• 30 March - Hjalmar Hvam, Nordic skier and inventor of the first safety ski binding (b.1902)
• 10 April - Hans Beck, ski jumper and Olympic silver medallist (b.1911)
• 10 April - Gunnar Konsmo, speed skater (b.1922)
• 1 May - Arvid Johansen, politician (b.1910)
• 20 May - Kristian Lien, politician (d.1915)
• 17 June - Erling Kaas, pole vaulter (b.1915)
• 28 June - Birger Breivik, politician (b.1912)
• 1 July - Einar Hovdhaugen, politician (b.1908)
• 4 July - Magnhild Hagelia, politician (b.1904)
• 19 July - Sverre Wilberg, actor (b.1929)
• 20 July - Bernt Østerkløft, Nordic combined skier (b.1906)
• 26 July - Olav Totland, politician (b.1904)
• 23 August - Øivind Holmsen, international soccer player and Olympic bronze medallist (b.1912)
• 13 September - Thorvald Wilhelmsen, long distance runner (b.1912)
• 25 September - Helge Jakobsen, politician (b.1901)
• 1 October - Carl Fredrik Engelstad, writer, playwright, journalist, translator and theatre director (b.1915)
• 9 October - Per Asplin, actor (b.1928)
• 11 October - Rolf Wideröe, particle physicist (b.1902)
• 25 October - Eva Lund Haugen, author and editor in America (b.1907)
• 7 November - Sverre Kolterud, Nordic combined skier (b.1908)
• 20 November - Jens Boyesen, diplomat and politician (b.1920)
• 23 November - Torstein Olav Kuvaas, politician (b.1908)
• 29 December - Johan Trandem, shot putter and discus thrower (b.1899)
• 30 December - Erik Heiberg, sailor and Olympic silver medallist (b.1916)

Full date unknown

• Knut Blom, judge (b.1916)
• Kjell Borgen, politician and Minister (b.1939)
• Trygve Brodahl, cross country skier (b.1904)
• John Engh, architect (b.1915)
• Kjell Henriksen, scientist (b.1938)
• Kirsten Myklevoll, politician and Minister (b.1928)

External links

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