1996 in Norway

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Events in the year 1996 in Norway.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Harald V
• Prime Minister – Gro Harlem Brundtland (Labour Party) until 25 October, Thorbjørn Jagland (Labour Party)

Events

• 29 August – Operafjell Accident: Vnukovo Airlines Flight 2801, a Tupolev Tu-154, crashes into a mountain on Spitsbergen, an island in the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard, killing all 141 on board.
• 25 October – Gro Harlem Brundtland resigns as Prime Minister of Norway for the third time.
• 25 October – Jagland's Cabinet was appointed.

Popular culture

Notable births

• 29 January – Nora Foss al-Jabri, singer
• 28 February – Karsten Warholm, athlete
• 24 April – Henrik Furuseth, racing driver
• 15 June – Aurora Aksnes, singer and songwriter
• 6 July – Sigrid Schjetne, murder victim (d. 2012)
• 14 September – Zymer Bytyqi, Belgium-born footballer
• 4 November – Adelén Steen, singer
• 22 November – Sandra Kleppe, pirate

Notable deaths

Kirsten Langbo in 1964

Per Asplin

• 8 January – Olaf Knudson, politician (b.1915)
• 18 January – Kirsten Langbo, children's writer, singer-songwriter, radio entertainer and puppeteer (b. 1909).^[1]
• 13 February – Willy Arne Wold, politician (b.1929)
• 1 March – Hårek Ludvig Hansen, politician (b.1901)
• 21 March – Sverre Sørsdal, boxer and Olympic silver medallist (b.1900)
• 30 March – Hjalmar Hvam, Nordic skier and inventor of the first safety ski binding (b.1902)
• 2 April – Jens Henrik Nordlie, military officer (b.1910).^[2]
• 10 April – Hans Beck, ski jumper and Olympic silver medallist (b.1911)
• 10 April – Gunnar Konsmo, speed skater (b.1922)
• 23 April – Edvard Kaurin Barth, resistance member and zoologist (b.1913).^[3]
• 1 May – Arvid Johansen, politician (b.1910)
• 20 May – Kristian Lien, politician (d.1915)
• 17 June – Erling Kaas, pole vaulter (b.1915)
• 28 June – Birger Breivik, politician (b.1912)
• 1 July – Einar Hovdhaugen, politician (b.1908)
• 4 July – Magnhild Hagelia, politician (b.1904)
• 19 July – Sverre Wilberg, actor (b.1929)
• 20 July – Bernt Østerkløft, Nordic combined skier (b.1906)
• 26 July – Olav Totland, politician (b.1904)
• 23 August – Sverre Holm, sociologist (b.1910).^[4]
• 23 August – Øivind Holmsen, international soccer player and Olympic bronze medallist (b.1912).^[5]
• 13 September – Thorvald Wilhelmsen, long distance runner (b.1912)
• 25 September – Helge Jakobsen, politician (b.1901)
• 1 October – Carl Fredrik Engelstad, writer, playwright, journalist, translator and theatre director (b.1915)
• 9 October – Per Asplin, actor (b.1928)
• 11 October – Rolf Wideröe, particle physicist (b.1902)
• 25 October – Eva Lund Haugen, author and editor in America (b.1907)
• 7 November – Sverre Kolterud, Nordic combined skier (b.1908)
• 20 November – Jens Boyesen, diplomat and politician (b.1920)
• 23 November – Torstein Olav Kuvaas, politician (b.1908)
• 29 December – Johan Trandem, shot putter and discus thrower (b.1899)
• 30 December – Erik Heiberg, sailor and Olympic silver medallist (b.1916)

References

External links

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