1982 in Norway

Events in the year 1982 in Norway.

Incumbents

11 March – Widerøe Flight 933 crashed into the Barents Sea near Mehamn, killing all 15 on board; this accident remains highly controversial in Norway.
2 July – A bomb explodes in a locker at the Oslo Central Station. A young woman is killed and eleven others are injured.
9 July – An unexploded bomb is found and defused in the cargo storage at the Oslo central station.
9 October – An 18-year-old confesses that it was he who was behind the bombing of the Central Station in Oslo.
11 October – Eight paintings worth an estimated 25 million NOK are stolen from the National Gallery in Oslo .
18 October – the trail of Arnfinn Nesset, who stands accused of killing 25 patients at the Geriatric institution in Orkdal where he was the director, begins.
The Norwegian Ministry of Culture and Church Affairs is established

Gunvor Hofmo, writer and poet, is awarded the Dobloug Prize literature award.
Sissel Lange-Nielsen, writer, literary critic, and journalist, is awarded the Riksmål Society Literature Prize.
Åge Rønning, writer and journalist, is awarded the Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature for his novel Kolbes reise.^[1]

4 January – Ragnhild Hartmann Varmbo, politician (born 1886)
8 January – Bjarne Støtvig, politician (born 1898)
14 January – Ragnar Larsen, international soccer player, manager and journalist (born 1925)
26 January – Hans Jacob Ustvedt, medical doctor and broadcasting administrator (born 1903)
1 February – Eilert Bøhm, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist (born 1900)
11 February – Andreas Knudsen, sailor and Olympic silver medallist (born 1887)
5 March – Torolv Kandahl, politician (born 1899)
29 March – Karl Aasland, politician (born 1918)
9 May – Erling Engan, politician (born 1910)
27 June – Ingvar Bakken, politician (born 1920)
4 August – Hallvard Rieber-Mohn, writer and Dominican priest (born 1922)
13 August – Bjarne Andersen, actor, stage producer and theatre director (born 1909)
2 September – Odd Granlund, media personality (born 1910).^[2]
2 September – Knut Hergel, actor and theatre director (born 1899)
1 October – Nils Helgheim, politician (born 1903)
13 October – Kristian Rønneberg, politician (born 1898)
21 October – Radka Toneff, jazz singer (born 1952)
19 December – Karen Grønn-Hagen, politician and Minister (born 1903)

↑ "Tidligere vinnere av Kritikerprisen" (in Norwegian). NRK. 2002. Archived from the original on 6 September 2006. Retrieved 2008-10-21.
↑ Dahl, Hans Fredrik. "Odd Granlund". In Helle, Knut. Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 3 March 2014.

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