1977 in Norway
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Events in the year 1977 in Norway.
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
Sports
Music
Film
Literature
Notable births
- 30 March – Silvia K. Kosmo, politician
- 2 May – Pernille Holmboe, model
- 2 June – Alexandra Beverfjord, crime fiction writer, journalist and newspaper editor.[2]
- 6 June – Trude Gundersen, taekwondo athlete
- 30 June – Zahid Ali, stand-up comedian
- 6 September – Mari Skurdal, journalist and newspaper editor.[3]
- 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).[4][5]
- 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).[6][7]
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See also
References
- "Oil Rig Disasters – Ekofisk Bravo Platform". Archived from the original on 3 December 2010. Retrieved 30 September 2010.
- "Alexandra Beverfjord". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
- Garvik, Olav. "Mari Skurdal". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
- 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 (eds.). Norsk krigsleksikon 1940-45 (in Norwegian). Oslo: Cappelen. p. 283. ISBN 82-02-14138-9.
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