1996 in Norway

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Events in the year 1996 in Norway.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Harald V
• Prime Minister – Gro Harlem Brundtland (Labour Party) until 25 October, 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

Music

Film

Literature

• Øystein Lønn is awarded the Nordic Council Literature Prize, for Hva skal vi gjøre i dag og andre noveller.[1]

Television

Notable births

Karsten Warholm

Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold

Lotta Udnes Weng

Melanie Stokke

Astrid S

• 4 January – Lene Retzius, pole vaulter
• 8 January – Niklas Castro, footballer
• 22 January – André Sødlund, footballer
• 29 January – Nora Foss al-Jabri, singer
• 7 February – Sondre Rossbach, footballer
• 13 February – Vebjørn Hoff, footballer
• 14 February – Rino Falk Larsen, footballer
• 15 February – Per Kristian Bråtveit, footballer
• 15 February – Synne Jensen, footballer
• 19 February – Tore Navrestad, BMX rider
• 19 February – Lars-Jørgen Salvesen, footballer
• 25 February – Jonathan Lindseth, footballer
• 26 February – Runar Espejord, footballer
• 26 February – Bjørn Inge Utvik, footballer
• 28 February – Karsten Warholm, athlete
• 3 March – Tor André Skimmeland Aasheim, footballer
• 10 March – Aslak Fonn Witry, footballer
• 13 March – Martin Hummervoll, footballer
• 14 March – Moa Högdahl, handball player
• 20 March – Cecilie Fiskerstrand, footballer
• 21 March – Aurora Mikalsen, footballer
• 24 March – Karina Sævik, footballer.[2]
• 10 April – Fabian Wilkens Solheim, alpine skier
• 13 April – Kristoffer Halvorsen, cyclist
• 14 April – Rasmus Martinsen, footballer
• 14 April – Vajebah Sakor, footballer
• 19 April – Fredrik Michalsen, cross-country skier
• 22 April – Ivan Näsberg, footballer
• 24 April – Oda Maria Hove Bogstad, footballer
• 24 April – Henrik Furuseth, racing driver
• 3 May – Morten Konradsen, footballer
• 5 May – Morten Thorsby, footballer
• 18 May – Magnus Lenes, footballer
• 18 May – Josefine Frida Pettersen, actress
• 23 May – Anna Bjørke Kallestad, handball player
• 28 May – Mathias Normann, footballer
• 29 May – Halvor Egner Granerud, ski jumper
• 3 June – Elise Skinnehaugen, handball player
• 6 June – Kristoffer Madsen, cyclist
• 15 June – Aurora Aksnes, singer and songwriter
• 22 June – Kristian Sæverås, handball player
• 29 June – Kristin Lysdahl, alpine skier
• 29 June – Alexandra Rotan, singer
• 3 July – Maria Hjertner, handball player
• 6 July – Sigrid Schjetne, murder victim (d. 2012)
• 12 July – Sverre Bjørkkjær, footballer
• 15 July – Iver Fossum, footballer
• 17 July – Ulrik Yttergård Jenssen, footballer
• 19 July – Sheriff Sinyan, footballer
• 21 July – Mikael Ingebrigtsen, footballer
• 21 July – Viljar Myhra, footballer
• 21 July – Markus Nakkim, footballer
• 23 July – Alexandra Andresen, heiress
• 28 July – Rasmus Tiller, cyclist
• 29 July – Elias Dahlberg, footballer
• 4 August – Moses Mawa, footballer
• 4 August – Mohamed Ofkir, footballer
• 6 August – Kristine Bjørdal Leine, footballer
• 8 August – Syver Wærsted, cyclist
• 13 August – Christian Bull, ice hockey player
• 13 August – Mattis Stenshagen, cross-country skier
• 30 August – Fredrik Pallesen Knudsen, footballer
• 31 August – Robin Pedersen, ski jumper
• 5 September – Sigrid Solbakk Raabe, singer and songwriter
• 14 September – Zymer Bytyqi, Belgium-born footballer
• 15 September – Fredrik Michalsen, footballer
• 17 September – Herman Kleppa, footballer
• 20 September – Mathias Skjold, racing cyclist
• 22 September – Bent Sørmo, footballer
• 23 September – Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold, biathlete
• 28 September – Erik Resell, racing cyclist
• 29 September – Lotta Udnes Weng, cross-country skier
• 29 September – Tiril Udnes Weng, cross-country skier
• 1 October – Melanie Stokke, tennis player
• 9 October – Tonje Haug Lerstad, handball player
• 10 October – Fredrik Flo, footballer
• 13 October – Jonathan Quarcoo, sprinter
• 16 October – Ludvig Hoff, ice hockey player
• 20 October – Susanne Guttorm, model
• 29 October – Astrid S, singer, songwriter and model
• 1 November – Alexander Betten Hansen, footballer
• 4 November – Adelén Steen, singer
• 9 November – Kevin Gulliksen, handball player
• 12 November – Sunniva Næs Andersen, handball player
• 24 November – Thea Louise Stjernesund, alpine skier
• 5 December – Solveig Skaugvoll Foss, politician
• 27 December – Timon Haugan, alpine skier

Full date missing

• Gustav Iden, triathlete
• Thea Sofie Loch Næss, actress

Notable deaths

Kirsten Langbo in 1964

Per Asplin

• 8 January – Olaf Knudson, politician (b.1915)
• 13 January – Johannes Kvittingen, bacteriologist and resistance member (b. 1906)
• 15 January – Nils Jørgensen, fencer (b. 1911)
• 18 January – Kirsten Langbo, children's writer, singer-songwriter, radio entertainer and puppeteer (b. 1909).[3]
• 24 January – Sigurd Bratlie, church leader (b. 1905)
• 20 January – Bente Grønli, disability athlete (b. 1956)
• 25 January – Arnold Juklerød, activist (b. 1925)
• 4 February – Sigmund Moren, philologist, encyclopedist, literary critic, theatre critic and children's writer (b.1913).[4]
• 13 February – Willy Arne Wold, politician (b.1929)
• 1 March – Hårek Ludvig Hansen, politician (b.1901)
• 1 March – Thorleif Vangen, cross-country skier (b. 1920)
• 11 March – Thorleif Olsen, footballer (b. 1921)
• 14 March – Maj Sønstevold, Swedish composer (b. 1917)
• 19 March – Erik Egeland, journalist and art critic (b. 1921)
• 21 March – Sverre Sørsdal, boxer and Olympic silver medallist (b.1900)
• 28 March – Jacob R. Kuhnle, newspaper editor (b. 1907)
• 30 March – Hjalmar Hvam, Nordic skier and inventor of the first safety ski binding (b.1902)
• 2 April – Jens Henrik Nordlie, military officer (b.1910).[5]
• 10 April – Hans Beck, ski jumper and Olympic silver medallist (b.1911)
• 10 April – Gunnar Konsmo, speed skater (b.1922)
• 11 April – Caspar Stephansen, civil servant (b. 1923)
• 18 April – Richard August Riekeles, barrister (b. 1904)
• 23 April – Edvard Kaurin Barth, resistance member and zoologist (b.1913).[6]
• 23 April – Gunnar Henningsmoen, palaeontologist (b. 1919)
• 1 May – Arvid Johansen, politician (b.1910)
• 12 May – Kirsten Sand, architect (b. 1895)
• 20 May – Kristian Lien, politician (d.1915)
• 11 June – Kari Berggrav, photographer (b. 1911)
• 15 June – Petra Mohn, politician (b. 1911)
• 17 June – Erling Kaas, pole vaulter (b.1915)
• 27 June – Victor Borg, physician, novelist, playwright and script writer (b. 1916).[7]
• 28 June – Birger Breivik, politician (b.1912)
• 28 June – Ola Solum, film director (b. 1943)
• 1 July – Einar Hovdhaugen, politician (b.1908)
• 2 July – Arvid Brodersen, sociologist (b. 1904).[8]
• 2 July – Olaf Kolstad, businessman (b. 1920)
• 4 July – Stein Åros, politician (b. 1952)
• 4 July – Magnhild Hagelia, politician (b.1904)
• 13 July – Karen Simensen, figure skater (b. 1907)
• 15 July – Hans Svendsgård, politician (b. 1937)
• 16 July – Jan Krogh Jensen, Danish mobster (b. 1958)
• 19 July – Sverre Wilberg, actor (b.1929)
• 20 July – Bernt Østerkløft, Nordic combined skier (b.1906)
• 21 July – Inger Jacobsen, singer and actress (b. 1923)
• 23 July – Georg Lous Jr., barrister (b. 1916)
• 25 July – Nini Haslund Gleditsch, political activist and advocate for peace (b. 1908).[9]
• 26 July – Olav Totland, politician (b.1904)
• 1 August – Else Høst, literary historian (b. 1908)
• 5 August – Helge Kvamme, jurist and businessmane (b. 1938)
• 20 August – Bjarne Øverhaug, journalist and politician (b. 1927)
• 23 August – Sverre Holm, sociologist (b.1910).[10]
• 23 August – Øivind Holmsen, international soccer player and Olympic bronze medallist (b.1912).[11]
• 3 September – Erling Christie, author (b. 1928)
• 13 September – Thorvald Wilhelmsen, long-distance runner (b.1912)
• 14 September – Odin Hansen, fisherman and politician (b. 1918)
• 20 September – Max Manus, resistance fighter during World War II (b. 1914)
• 25 September – Helge Jakobsen, politician (b.1901)
• 25 September – Arne Lie, civil servant and politician (b. 1927)
• 27 September – Johnny Larntvet, ice hockey player (b. 1916)
• 1 October – Carl Fredrik Engelstad, writer, playwright, journalist, translator and theatre director (b.1915).[12]
• 9 October – Per Asplin, actor (b.1928)
• 11 October – Rolf Wideröe, particle physicist (b.1902)
• 15 October – Leo Eitinger, psychiatrist, author and educator (b. 1912)
• 16 October – Einar Johansen, engineer and resistance member (b. 1915)
• 25 October – Eva Lund Haugen, author and editor in America (b.1907)
• 25 October – Solveig Gunbjørg Jacobsen, first person born and raised in South Georgia (b. 1913)
• 2 November – Egil Eriksen, educator and politician (b. 1909)
• 3 November – Martin Siem, businessman and World War II resistance member (b. 1915).[13]
• 5 November – Arne Hendriksen, ceramic artist and opera singer (b. 1911)
• 7 November – Sverre Kolterud, Nordic combined skier (b.1908)
• c. 13 November – Katja Medbøe actress (b. 1945)
• 20 November – Jens Boyesen, diplomat and politician (b.1920).[14]
• 23 November – Torstein Olav Kuvaas, politician (b.1908)
• 23 November – Annar Poulsson, businessman (b. 1911)
• 29 November – Olav Hestenes, barrister (b. 1930).[15]
• 5 December – Adolf Bredo Stabell, diplomat (b. 1908)
• 14 December – Jan Didriksen, jurist and businessman (b. 1917).[16]
• 25 December – Olav Tendeland, barrister and sports administrator (b. 1904)
• 29 December – Johan Trandem, shot putter and discus thrower (b.1899)
• 30 December – Erik Heiberg, sailor and Olympic silver medallist (b.1916).[17]

Full date missing

• Knut Blom, judge (b.1916)
• Kjell Borgen, politician and Minister (b.1939)
• Trygve Brodahl, cross country skier (b.1904)
• Jan Greve, psychiatrist (b. 1907)
• John Engh, architect (b.1915)
• Kjell Henriksen, scientist (b.1938)
• Jac Jacobsen, designer (b. 1901)
• Kirsten Myklevoll, politician and Minister (b.1928)
• Gudmund Seland, resistance member and newspaper editor (b. 1907)

References

1. "Nordic Council Literature Prize". norden.org. Archived from the original on 27 November 2015. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
2. "Karina Sævik". uefa.com. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
3. Vold, Karin Beate. "Kirsten Langbo". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
4. Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Sigmund Moren". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
5. Moksnes, Aslaug. "Jens Henrik Nordlie". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 7 November 2012.
6. Semb-Johansson, Arne. "Edvard K Barth". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 19 November 2012.
7. Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Victor Borg". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
8. Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Arvid Brodersen". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
9. Aas, Kristin Natvig. "Nini Haslund Gleditsch". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
10. Bråten, Stein. "Sverre Holm". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 12 November 2012.
11. "Øivind Holmsen". SR/Olympic Sports. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 12 November 2012.
12. Skei, Hans H. "Carl Fredrik Engelstad". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
13. Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Martin Siem". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
14. Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Jens Boyesen". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
15. Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Olav Hestenes". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
16. Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Jan Lauritz Didriksen". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
17. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Erik Heiberg". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 5 August 2019.

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