1998 in Norway
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See also: | List of years in Norway |
Incumbents
- Monarch – Harald V
- Prime Minister – Kjell Magne Bondevik (Christian Democratic Party)
Events
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On October 8 the Gardermoen airport was opened
- 26 September – Christian Conservative Party merged with the New Future Coalition Party to form the Christian fundamentalist party Christian Unity Party.
- 7 October – Operations cease at Oslo Airport, Fornebu
- 8 October – The main airport serving Oslo is moved from the Fornebu airport to the all-new Gardermoen airport.
Popular culture
Sports
Music
Film
Literature
Television
Notable births
- 6 August – Einar Lurås Oftebro, Nordic combined skier
- 17 December – Martin Ødegaard, footballer
Notable deaths
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Birger Ruud, ski jumper, Olympic Champion and World Champion
- 8 January – Audun Hetland, illustrator (born 1920).[1]
- 26 January – Olaf Kortner, politician (b.1920)
- 28 January – Asbjørn Berg-Hansen, boxer (b.1912)
- 18 February – Rolv Ryssdal, judge (b.1914)
- 1 April – Anne Gullestad, actress and theatre director (b.1925)
- 3 April – Paul Svarstad, politician (b.1917)
- 8 June – Eva R. Finstad, politician (b.1933)
- 13 June – Birger Ruud, ski jumper, twice Olympic gold medallist and three time World Champion (b.1911)
- 17 June – Aage Eriksen, wrestler and Olympic silver medallist (b.1917)
- 28 June – Brita Collett Paus, humanitarian leader and founder of Fransiskushjelpen (b.1917)
- 9 July – Knut Bergsland, linguist (b.1914)
- 9 July – Halvor J. Sandsdalen, farmer, journalist, poet, novelist, playwright and children's writer (b. 1911).[2]
- 18 July – Lars Mathias Hille Esmark, civil servant and business person in the tourist industry (born 1908).[3]
- 19 July – Rune Nilsen, triple jumper (b.1923)
- 26 July – Olav Bø, folklorist (born 1918).[4]
- 30 July – Axel Buch, politician (b.1930)
- 30 July – Laila Schou Nilsen, speed skater, alpine skier and tennis player (b.1919)
- 31 July – Erling Evensen, cross country skier and Olympic bronze medallist (b.1914)
- 23 August – Rolf Søder, actor (b.1918)
- 1 September – Eystein Bærug, politician (b.1923)
- 13 September – Trygve Moe, politician (b.1920)
- 16 September – John Systad, long-distance runner (b.1912)
- 1 October – Sjur Lindebrække, banker and politician (b.1909)
- 5 October – Arne Øien, economist, politician and Minister (b.1928)
- 13 October – Thomas Byberg, speed skater and Olympic silver medallist (b.1916)
- 27 October – Reidar Kvammen, international soccer player (b.1914)
- 2 November – Sverre Brodahl, Nordic skier and Olympic silver medallist (b.1909)
- 11 November – Sam Melberg, sports diver and sports instructor (b. 1912).[5]
- 12 November – Bjørn Endreson, actor, stage producer and theatre director (b.1922)
- 15 November – Asbjørn Øye, politician (b.1902)
- 4 December – Egil Johansen, jazz drummer, teacher, composer and arranger (b.1934)
- 4 December – Lilli Gjerløw, archivist (b.1910).[6]
- 10 December – Trygve Haugeland, politician and Minister (b.1914)
- 31 December – Erling Norvik, politician (b.1928)
Full date unknown
- Øystein Elgarøy, astronomer (b.1929)
- Yngvar Løchen, sociologist (b.1931)
gollark: As long as they can make something which is better perf/$, I don't see the problem.
gollark: It's actually worse than my laptop iGPU.
gollark: I have one in a thing I need bare-minimum video output capability on.
gollark: Nvidia has the highest-end GPUs, sure, but most of the time what actually matters is what the best GPU which fits within your budget is.
gollark: I can't tell if you're being jokey or not.
See also
References
- Madsen, Alf H. "Audun Hetland". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 26 December 2014.
- Aanderaa, Dag. "Halvor J Sandsdalen". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
- Thon, Sverre. "Lars Mathias Hille Esmark". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
- Espeland, Velle. "Olav Bø". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 11 March 2013.
- "Sam Melberg". Sports reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
- Fæhn, Helge. "Lilli Gjerløw". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 11 November 2012.
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