1974 in Norway

← 1973 1972 1971 1974 in Norway → 1975 1976 1977
Centuries:	18th 19th 20th 21st
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See also:	List of years in Norway

Events in the year 1974 in Norway.

Incumbents

• Monarch - Olav V
• Prime Minister - Trygve Bratteli (Labour Party)

Events

• 2 January - drilling rig "Transocean 3" sinks in the North Sea.
• 1 February – Lillehammer affair: Five Israeli Mossad agents are sentenced to prison terms for the assassination of Ahmed Bouchiki. The prison terms ranged from two and a half to five years, although all the agents were eventually released within 22 months and deported back to Israel.
• 15 September - The wreck of the Danish slave ship Fredensborg, which sank during a storm in 1768, is discovered off the coast of Tromøy.
• 31 October - Parliament rejects a bill on abortion.

Popular culture

Music

• Inger Lise Rypdal and Benny Borg win the 1973 Spellemannprisen in the female and male vocalist categories respectively. Christiania Jazzband, Saft, Torkil Bye/Brynjar Hoff, Lillebjørn Nilsen, Bjørn Sand/Totto Osvold and Oddvar Nygaards Kvartett also receive the award. Dizzie Tunes win in the category "Music for children" and Sigbjørn Bernhoft Osa win the Special Award.

Film

Literature

• Haiene, novel by Jens Bjørneboe

Notable births

• 17 March - Bjarte Breiteig, short story writer
• 13 June - Noman Mubashir, journalist
• 25 September - Bente Elin Lilleøkseth, politician

Notable deaths

Francis Bull in 1925

• 16 January - Johannes Olai Olsen, politician (b.1895)
• 7 February - Sigge Johannessen, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist (b.1884)
• 14 February - Halfdan Schjøtt, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (b.1893)
• May - Leif Høegh, shipowner (b.1896)
• 19 June - Aasmund Brynildsen, essayist, biographer, magazine editor and publishing house consultant (b.1917)
• 4 July - Francis Bull, literary historian, professor, essayist and magazine editor (b.1887).^[1]
• 20 August - Haldor Bjerkeseth, politician (b.1883)
• 22 August - Sverre Hansen, international soccer player and Olympic bronze medallist (b.1913)
• 25 September - Hartmann Bjørnsen, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (b.1889)
• 18 October - Anders Lange, politician (b.1904)
• 13 November - Jens Lunde, politician (b.1884)
• 17 December - Jørgen Bru, sport shooter (b.1881)

Full date unknown

• Ørnulf Bast, sculptor (b.1907)
• Kirsten Hansteen, politician and Minister, first female member of cabinet in Norway (b.1903)
• Sonja Aase Ludvigsen, politician and Minister (b.1928)
• Sverre Petterssen, meteorologist (b.1898)
• Arne Skaug, politician and Minister (b.1906)
• Axel Heiberg Stang, politician and Minister (b.1904)
• Gabriel Thorstensen, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (b.1888)
• Nils Voss, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (b.1886)

References

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