Events in the year 1988 in Norway.
Events
- May 6 – Widerøe Flight 710, a Dash 7, crashes in Torghatten, Norway in heavy fog, killing all 36 passengers in the worst-ever Dash 7 accident.
- February 23 – Edvard Munch's painting "Vampire" was stolen from the Munch Museum in Oslo.
- July – Seal hunting inspector Odd F. Lindberg submits a highly critical report on the conditions of the hunt. With the national and international attention that follows this becomes arguably the biggest news story in Norway this year.
- August – 4 people are killed in the Farsund shooting.
- August 15 – 15 people are killed in the Måbødalen bus accident.
- August 21 – The Stolen Munch painting "Vampire" is retrieved.
- December 5 – TVNorge, the first advertising-supported Norwegian channel, begins its broadcasting.
Notable deaths
- 1 January – Rolf Presthus, politician and Minister (born 1936)
- 16 January – Inge Einarsen Bartnes, politician (born 1911)
- 21 January – Jørgen Grave, politician (born 1909)
- 29 February – Alf Brodal, professor of anatomy (born 1910).[2]
- 29 February – Kaare Wahlberg, ski jumper and Olympic bronze medallist (born 1912)
- 14 March – Johannes Pettersen Løkke, politician (born 1895)
- 17 March – Leif Granli, politician and Minister (born 1909)
- 1 April – Nils Thune, politician (born 1898)
- 17 May – Greta Nissan, actress (born 1906)
- 27 May – Lars Sæter, politician (born 1895)
- 29 May – Henry Johansen, international soccer player (born 1904)
- 8 June – Tollef Landsverk, judge and civil servant (born 1920)
- 21 June – Sverre Riisnæs, jurist, public prosecutor and collaborator (born 1897)
- 28 June – Fridtjof Paulsen, speed skater (born 1895)
- 14 July – Erik Braadland, diplomat and politician (born 1910)
- 16 July – Ole Myrvoll, professor in economy, politician and Minister (born 1911)
- 19 July – Erland Asdahl, politician (born 1921)
- 19 July – Vilhelm Aubert, sociologist (born 1922)
- 19 August – Johan Møller Warmedal, politician (born 1914)
- 23 August – Alf Martinsen, soccer player and Olympic bronze medallist (born 1911)
- 30 September – Sivert Todal, politician (born 1904)
- 18 October – Aasmund Kulien, politician (born 1893)
- 20 November – Nils Sønnevik, politician (born 1911)
- 30 December – Jan Baalsrud, resistance member (born 1917)
- 31 December – Alfred Thommesen, ship owner and politician (born 1914)
