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Decades:

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Incumbents

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

Events

25 February - The trial of the accused spy Arne Treholt starts.
20 June – Arne Treholt was sentenced to 20 years in prison for espionage.
9 September – The 1985 Parliamentary election takes place.
3 December - The Rock carvings at Alta, Norway's only prehistoric World Heritage Site, is designated by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site.
The volcano Beerenberg on the Norwegian volcanic island Jan Mayen erupts.

Popular culture

Music

A-ha in concert in 2005

4 May - With the song "La det swinge" ("Let it swing"), Norway's Norwegian pop duo Bobbysocks! wins Eurovision Song Contest 1985.
16 September - Norwegian Pop band A-ha releases a new version of their single Take On Me, which debuted last year, featuring a cartoon music video of a motor race; within weeks it is a number one hit worldwide in countries including the United Kingdom and the United States of America.

Literature

Fredrik Skagen, writer, is awarded the Norwegian Booksellers' Prize.
Harald Sverdrup, poet and children's writer, is awarded the Riksmål Society Literature Prize.^[1]

Notable births

16 April - Ingeborg Gjærum, environmentalist
29 May - Benjamin Hermansen, murder victim (died 2001)
2 July - Gunnhold Sundli, singer and actor
12 August - Kirby Ann Basken, model
28 August - Kjetil Jansrud, alpine skier.^[2]
15 September - Iselin Steiro, model
11 October - Margaret Berger, electropop singer and songwriter

Notable deaths

10 January – André Bjerke, writer and poet (born 1918)
16 January – Arnt Njargel, politician (born 1901)
19 January – Svein Rosseland, astrophysicist (born 1894)
6 February – Inger Hagerup, author, playwright and poet (born 1905)
6 February – Harald Johan Løbak, politician and Minister (born 1904)
4 March – Odd Rasdal, long distance runner (born 1911)
4 March – Sverre Strandli, hammer thrower and European Champion (born 1925)
12 March – Ragnvald Marensius Gundersen, politician (born 1907)
7 April – Torstein Børte, politician (born 1899)
23 April – Asbjørn Sunde, sailor, saboteur and spy (born 1909)
24 April – Bernt Ingvaldsen, politician (born 1902)
26 April – Kåre Martin Hansen, politician (born 1913)
28 May – Haakon Hansen, boxer (born 1907)
29 May – Einar Thorsrud, psychologist, researcher and professor (born 1923)
18 June – Axel Strøm, physician (born 1901).^[3]
26 June – Torstein Kvamme, politician (born 1893)
9 July – Trygve Braarud, botanist (born 1903)
5 August – Olav Kielland, composer and conductor (born 1901)
12 August – Halvor Bjellaanes, politician (born 1925)
12 August – Kåre Stokkeland, politician (born 1918)
22 August – Peter Torleivson Molaug, politician (born 1902)
26 August – Ole Rømer Aagaard Sandberg, politician (born 1900)
7 September – Finn Seemann, international soccer player (born 1944)
4 October – Trond Halvorsen Wirstad, politician (born 1904)
30 October – Nils Hjelmtveit, politician and Minister (born 1892)
10 November – Olav Sunde, javelin thrower and Olympic bronze medallist (born 1903)
22 November – Gudolf Blakstad, architect (born 1893)

Full date unknown

Astrid Hjertenæs Andersen, poet and travel writer (born 1915)
Jan Bull, author and theatre instructor (born 1927)
Thorbjørn Feyling, ceramist and designer (born 1907)

References

↑ "Språk- og litteraturpriser" (in Norwegian). Riksmålsforbundet. Retrieved 4 April 2009.
↑ "Profile: Kjetil Jansrud". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
↑ Larsen, Øivind. "Axel Strøm". In Helle, Knut. Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 1 February 2013.

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