Events in the year 1986 in Norway.
Notable deaths
- 5 January – Eivind Sværen, shot putter (born 1917)
- 15 January – Knut Brynildsen, international soccer player (born 1917)
- 24 February – Arthur Rydstrøm, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist (born 1896)
- 26 March – Asbjørn Ruud, ski jumper and World Champion (born 1919)
- 23 April – Harald Nicolai Samuelsberg, politician (born 1911)
- 6 May – Toralf Westermoen, engineer, pioneer for the development of high speed craft (born 1914)
- 19 May – Knut Rød, police officer responsible for the transfer of Jewish people to SS troops in Oslo, acquitted (born 1900)
- 6 August – Hans-Jørgen Holman, musicologist and educationalist (born 1925)
- 10 August – Jon Snersrud, skier and Olympic bronze medallist (born 1902)
- 8 September – Idar Norstrand, civil servant and politician (born 1915)
- 24 September – Harald Selås, politician (born 1908)
- 25 September – Hans Vogt, linguist (born 1903)
- 18 October – Sverre Ingolf Haugli, speed skater and Olympic bronze medallist (born 1925)
- 22 October – Thorgeir Stubø, jazz guitarist, band leader, and composer (born 1943)
- 30 October – Olaf Hansen, boxer (born 1906)
- 31 October – Alfred Hauge, novelist, poet and historian (born 1915)
- 4 November – Thorolf Rafto, human rights activist and professor in Economic History (born 1922)
- 23 November – Olaf Hoffsbakken, Nordic skier, Olympic silver medallist and World Champion (born 1908)
- 11 December – Olav O. Nomeland, politician (born 1919)
- 13 December – Jarl Johnsen, boxer (born 1913)
- 14 December – John Anker Johansen, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist (born 1894)
- 21 December – Helge Sivertsen, discus thrower, politician and Minister (born 1913)
- 31 December – Ole Johansen, politician (born 1904)
