1977 in Norway

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Centuries:

18th
19th
20th
21st

Decades:

1950s
1960s
1970s
1980s
1990s

Incumbents

Monarch - Olav V
Prime Minister - Odvar Nordli (Labour Party)

Events

12 September - The 1977 Parliamentary election takes place.
22 April – Ekofisk oil field blowout: an oil well blowout occurred at the Ekofisk Bravo platform, due to an incorrectly installed downhole safety valve.^[1] At an estimated 80,000–126,000 barrels (12,700–20,000 m³) total, this is the largest blowout in the North Sea.

Popular culture

Music

Film

Notable births

Sylvi Listhaug, Minister of Agriculture and Food

30 March - Silvia K. Kosmo, politician
2 May - Pernille Holmboe, model
6 June - Trude Gundersen, taekwondo athlete
30 June - Zahid Ali, stand-up comedian
23 October - Jarle Andhøy, adventurer and sailboat-skipper
21 November - Annie, pop artist and DJ
3 December - Jennie Johnsen, politician
25 December - Sylvi Listhaug, politician

Notable deaths

17 January - Erling Fredriksfryd, politician (b.1905)
1 February - Edvard Hambro, politician and 25th President of the United Nations General Assembly (b.1911)
8 February - Eivind Groven, composer and music-theorist (b.1901)
3 March - Kai Knudsen, politician (b.1903)
7 March - Jørgen Leonard Firing, politician (b.1894)
22 March - Alfred Nilsen, politician (b.1892)
27 May - Kristian Birger Gundersen, politician (b.1907)
6 June - Olaf Fredrik Watnebryn, politician (b.1908)
13 June - Olav Aslakson Versto, politician (b.1892)
23 June - Asbjørn Solberg, politician (b.1893)
1 July - Torvald Kvinlaug, politician (b.1911)
2 July - Christian Schweigaard Stang, linguistics researcher and professor (b.1900)
7 July - Nils Kristian Lysø, politician and Minister (b.1905)
13 July - Edgar Christensen, boxer (b.1905)
24 July - Sigrid Sundby, speed skater (b.1942)
2 August - Alfred Sigurd Nilsen, politician (b.1891)
5 August - Gunvor Galtung Haavik, interpreter charged with espionage (b.1912)
17 August - Harald Økern, Nordic combined skier (b.1898)
2 October - Odd Frantzen, soccer player and Olympic bronze medallist (b.1913)
4 November - Frede Castberg, jurist (b.1893)
4 November - Sigurd Lund Hamran, politician (b.1902)
5 November - Gunnar Nordbye, United States federal judge (b.1888)
15 November - Olaf Johannessen, rifle shooter (b.1890)
24 November – Reidar Dahl, jurist and sports official, president of the Football Association of Norway (born 1893).^[2]^[3]
5 December - Jon Mårdalen, cross country skier (b.1895)
25 December - Harald Strøm, speed skater and World Champion (b.1897)

Full date missing

Birger Bergersen, politician and Minister (b.1891)
Lars Fletre, sculptor (b.1904)
John Gunnarsson Helland, Hardanger fiddle maker (b.1897)
Kåre Jonsborg, painter and textile artist (b.1912)
Finn Nagell, military officer, Milorg pioneer, economist and businessperson (born 1899).^[4]^[5]

References

↑ Oil Rig Disasters - Ekofisk Bravo Platform
↑ Steenstrup, Bjørn, ed. (1973). "Dahl, Leiv Reidar". Hvem er hvem? (in Norwegian). Oslo: Aschehoug. p. 115. Retrieved 12 November 2013.
↑ Godal, Anne Marit (ed.). "Reidar Dahl". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 12 November 2013.
↑ Steenstrup, Bjørn, ed. (1973). "Nagell, Finn". Hvem er hvem? (in Norwegian). Oslo: Aschehoug. p. 403. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
↑ Nøkleby, Berit (1995). "Nagell, Finn". In Dahl; Hjeltnes; Nøkleby; Ringdal; Sørensen. Norsk krigsleksikon 1940-45 (in Norwegian). Oslo: Cappelen. p. 283. ISBN 82-02-14138-9.

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