1977 in Norway

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Events in the year 1977 in Norway.

Incumbents

• Monarch - Olav V
• Prime Minister - Odvar Nordli (Labour Party)

Events

• 12 September - The 1977 Parliamentary election takes place.
• 22 April – Ekofisk oil field blowout: an oil well blowout occurred at the Ekofisk Bravo platform, due to an incorrectly installed downhole safety valve.^[1] At an estimated 80,000–126,000 barrels (12,700–20,000 m³) total, this is the largest blowout in the North Sea.

Popular culture

Film

Notable births

Sylvi Listhaug, Minister of Agriculture and Food

• 30 March - Silvia K. Kosmo, politician
• 2 May - Pernille Holmboe, model
• 6 June - Trude Gundersen, taekwondo athlete
• 30 June - Zahid Ali, stand-up comedian
• 23 October - Jarle Andhøy, adventurer and sailboat-skipper
• 21 November - Annie, pop artist and DJ
• 3 December - Jennie Johnsen, politician
• 25 December - Sylvi Listhaug, politician

Notable deaths

• 17 January - Erling Fredriksfryd, politician (b.1905)
• 1 February - Edvard Hambro, politician and 25th President of the United Nations General Assembly (b.1911)
• 8 February - Eivind Groven, composer and music-theorist (b.1901)
• 3 March - Kai Knudsen, politician (b.1903)
• 7 March - Jørgen Leonard Firing, politician (b.1894)
• 22 March - Alfred Nilsen, politician (b.1892)
• 27 May - Kristian Birger Gundersen, politician (b.1907)
• 6 June - Olaf Fredrik Watnebryn, politician (b.1908)
• 13 June - Olav Aslakson Versto, politician (b.1892)
• 23 June - Asbjørn Solberg, politician (b.1893)
• 1 July - Torvald Kvinlaug, politician (b.1911)
• 2 July - Christian Schweigaard Stang, linguistics researcher and professor (b.1900)
• 7 July - Nils Kristian Lysø, politician and Minister (b.1905)
• 13 July - Edgar Christensen, boxer (b.1905)
• 24 July - Sigrid Sundby, speed skater (b.1942)
• 2 August - Alfred Sigurd Nilsen, politician (b.1891)
• 5 August - Gunvor Galtung Haavik, interpreter charged with espionage (b.1912)
• 17 August - Harald Økern, Nordic combined skier (b.1898)
• 2 October - Odd Frantzen, soccer player and Olympic bronze medallist (b.1913)
• 4 November - Frede Castberg, jurist (b.1893)
• 4 November - Sigurd Lund Hamran, politician (b.1902)
• 5 November - Gunnar Nordbye, United States federal judge (b.1888)
• 15 November - Olaf Johannessen, rifle shooter (b.1890)
• 24 November – Reidar Dahl, jurist and sports official, president of the Football Association of Norway (born 1893).^[2][3]
• 5 December - Jon Mårdalen, cross country skier (b.1895)
• 25 December - Harald Strøm, speed skater and World Champion (b.1897)

Full date missing

• Birger Bergersen, politician and Minister (b.1891)
• Lars Fletre, sculptor (b.1904)
• John Gunnarsson Helland, Hardanger fiddle maker (b.1897)
• Kåre Jonsborg, painter and textile artist (b.1912)
• Finn Nagell, military officer, Milorg pioneer, economist and businessperson (born 1899).^[4][5]

References

1. Oil Rig Disasters - Ekofisk Bravo Platform
2. Steenstrup, Bjørn, ed. (1973). "Dahl, Leiv Reidar". Hvem er hvem? (in Norwegian). Oslo: Aschehoug. p. 115. Retrieved 12 November 2013.
3. Godal, Anne Marit (ed.). "Reidar Dahl". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 12 November 2013.
4. Steenstrup, Bjørn, ed. (1973). "Nagell, Finn". Hvem er hvem? (in Norwegian). Oslo: Aschehoug. p. 403. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
5. Nøkleby, Berit (1995). "Nagell, Finn". In Dahl; Hjeltnes; Nøkleby; Ringdal; Sørensen. Norsk krigsleksikon 1940-45 (in Norwegian). Oslo: Cappelen. p. 283. ISBN 82-02-14138-9.

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