1988 in Norway

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Centuries:

18th
19th
20th
21st

Decades:

1960s
1970s
1980s
1990s
2000s

Incumbents

Monarch - Olav V
Prime Minister - Gro Harlem Brundtland (Labour Party)

Events

May 6 – Widerøe Flight 710, a Dash 7, crashes in Torghatten, Norway in heavy fog, killing all 36 passengers in the worst-ever Dash 7 accident.
February 23 - Edvard Munch's painting "Vampire" was stolen from the Munch Museum in Oslo.
July – Seal hunting inspector Odd F. Lindberg submits a highly critical report on the conditions of the hunt. With the national and international attention that follows this becomes arguably the biggest news story in Norway this year.
August 15 – 15 people are killed in the Måbødalen bus accident.
August 21 - The Stolen Munch painting "Vampire" is retrieved.
December 5 - TVNorge, the first advertising-supported Norwegian channel, begins its broadcasting.

Popular culture

Music

June 26 - Leonard Cohen concert at Kalvøya (Kalvøyafestival).

Film

Main article: Norwegian films of the 1980s § 1988

Notable births

12 April - Tone Damli Aaberge, singer.
17 April - Pernille Wibe, team handball player.^[1]

Notable deaths

Gerd Grieg

1 January - Rolf Presthus, politician and Minister (born 1936)
16 January - Inge Einarsen Bartnes, politician (born 1911)
21 January - Jørgen Grave, politician (born 1909)
29 February - Alf Brodal, professor of anatomy (born 1910).^[2]
29 February - Kaare Wahlberg, ski jumper and Olympic bronze medallist (born 1912)
14 March - Johannes Pettersen Løkke, politician (born 1895)
17 March - Leif Granli, politician and Minister (born 1909)
1 April - Nils Thune, politician (born 1898)
17 May - Greta Nissan, actress (born 1906)
27 May - Lars Sæter, politician (born 1895)
29 May - Henry Johansen, international soccer player (born 1904)
8 June - Tollef Landsverk, judge and civil servant (born 1920)
21 June - Sverre Riisnæs, jurist, public prosecutor and collaborator (born 1897)
28 June - Fridtjof Paulsen, speed skater (born 1895)
14 July - Erik Braadland, diplomat and politician (born 1910)
16 July - Ole Myrvoll, professor in economy, politician and Minister (born 1911)
19 July - Erland Asdahl, politician (born 1921)
19 July - Vilhelm Aubert, sociologist (born 1922)
19 August - Johan Møller Warmedal, politician (born 1914)
23 August - Alf Martinsen, soccer player and Olympic bronze medallist (born 1911)
30 September - Sivert Todal, politician (born 1904)
18 October - Aasmund Kulien, politician (born 1893)
20 November - Nils Sønnevik, politician (born 1911)
30 December - Jan Baalsrud, resistance member (born 1917)
31 December - Alfred Thommesen, ship owner and politician (born 1914)

Full date unknown

Gunnar Andersen, ski jumper and World Champion (born 1909)
Per Bratland, newspaper editor (born 1907)
Olav Brunvand, newspaper editor and politician (born 1912)
Odd Eidem, writer, journalist and literary critic (born 1913)
Rolf Jørgen Fuglesang, politician and Minister (born 1909)
Gerd Grieg, actress (born 1895)
Gudmund Harlem, politician and Minister (born 1917)
Oskar Skogly, politician and Minister (born 1908)

References

↑ "Landslagsprofiler – Pernille B. Wibe" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Handball Federation. Retrieved 5 December 2013.
↑ Larsen, Øivind. "Alf Brodal". In Helle, Knut. Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 4 November 2012.

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