Events in the year 1990 in Norway.
Notable deaths
- 1 January – Ingvald Bjerke, boxer (b.1907)
- 2 February – Sigbjørn Bernhoft Osa, folk musician, fiddler (b.1910).[3]
- 7 February – Anna Sofie Herland, politician (b.1913)
- 22 March – Eivind Holmsen, sport shooter (b.1894)
- 6 April – Carsten Byhring, actor (b.1918)
- 12 April – Borghild Bondevik Haga, politician (b.1906)
- 14 April – Alv Kjøs, politician (b.1894)
- 13 May – Arnljot Karstein Eidnes, politician (b.1909)
- 13 June – Gidsken Jakobsen, aviation pioneer (b.1908)
- 27 June – Olav Benum, politician (b.1896)
- 15 July – Magnus Jensen, historian and educator (born 1902).[4]
- 19 July – Egil Aarvik, politician (b.1912)
- 27 July – Rolf Andersen, politician (b.1916)
- 1 August – Roar Berthelsen, long jumper (b.1934)
- 25 August – Ingvarda Røberg, politician (b.1895)
- 10 October – Erling Gjone, architect (born 1898).[5]
- 12 October – Leif Larsen, naval officer (b.1906)
- 12 October – Peter Wessel Zapffe, author and philosopher (b.1899)
- 21 October – Eugen Haugland, triple jumper (b.1912)
- 29 October – Albert Andreas Mørkved, politician (b.1898)
- 4 November – Håkon Melberg, linguist (b.1911)
- 7 November – Sigurd Monssen, rower and Olympic bronze medallist (b.1902)
- 8 November – Nils Reinhardt Christensen, film director and screenwriter (b.1919)
- 21 December – Per Høybråten, politician (b.1932)
- 22 December – Claus Marius Neergaard, politician (b.1911)
- 24 December – Thorbjørn Egner, playwright, songwriter and illustrator (b.1912)
- 27 December – Kåre Rønning, politician (b.1929)
Date unknown
- Sigurd Anderson, nineteenth Governor of South Dakota (b.1904)
- Karl Egil Aubert, mathematician (b.1924)
- Per Bergersen, musician (b.1960)
- Leonard Borgzinner, essayist, political philosopher, science fiction author, illustrator and fanzine editor (b.1957
- Arne Dagfin Dahl, military officer (b.1894)
- Inger Koppernæs, politician and Minister (b.1928)
- Odd Kvaal Pedersen, journalist, author and translator (b.1935)
- Niels Werring, shipowner (b.1897)
