1986 in Norway

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Events in the year 1986 in Norway.

Incumbents

• Monarch - Olav V
• Prime Minister - Kåre Willoch (Conservative Party) until 9 May, Gro Harlem Brundtland (Labour Party)

Events

• 9 May - Gro Harlem Brundtland becomes Prime Minister of Norway for the second time.
• 9 May – Brundtland's Second Cabinet was appointed.
• Norsk Hydro acquires Årdal og Sunndal Verk in a merger to create the light metal division Hydro Aluminium.

Popular culture

Film

Notable births

Camilla Herrem

• 10 March - Jon Aaraas, ski jumper.
• 8 October - Camilla Herrem, handball player.^[1]

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)
• 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)

Full date unknown

• Sverre Marstrander, professor in archaeology (born 1910).^[2]

References

1. "Camilla Herrem". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
2. Godal, Anne Marit (ed.). "Sverre Marstrander". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 11 November 2012.

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